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New Arunachal CM Kalikho Pul Double laning of railway track will improve connectivity in the region : Sonowal “undisputed leader”: Governor A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Feb. 26
IANS Itanagar, Feb 26
"Pul has established himself as the undisputed and most popular democratically elected leader of the State today," Rajkhowa said, while congratulating Pul for successfully clearing the `floor test`, which Rajkowa had advised, with one hundred percent voting.
Arunachal Governor J.P. Rajkhowa has described newly-elected Chief Minister Kalikho Pul as an "undisputed and most popular democratically elected leader" of the state, a Raj Bhavan official said on Friday.
On Thursday, the rebel Congress legislator also won a vote of confidence in the 60-member assembly, whose strength now stands at 58 following the expulsion of two Congress legis-
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Bike Stolen Golaghat, Feb 26: A Pulsar bike Regn no. AS 03 N 7730 was stolen on 24th Feb in late night from the house of Jeevan Das, the owner of the bike. However, the owner have filed a complaint in Merapani police station regarding this. (Correspondent)
Any threat to Assam elections will be seriously dealt' Guwahati, Feb 26: Any threat to the upcoming Assam Assembly elections will be seriously dealt by the Police, which is also geared up to tackle communal forces ruthlessly, said Director General of Police Mukesh Sahay today. "Threat, either from militants or any other source, will be seriously dealt with," Sahay said while addressing a press meet here. "In the past, there have been instances of candidates having financial dealings with militants. (PTI)
CM Kalikho Pul lators in the recent political crisis. The BJP which has 11 members and two other Independent members also supported Pul. However, ousted chief minister Nabam Tuki and his 16 loyalist Congress members did not attend Thursday`s assembly session.
Rajkhowa was accused by the Congress of being a "BJP agent" after he advanced the sixth session of the assembly when rebel Congress legislators led by Pul openly revolted against
"Under Pul`s astute leadership together with his long experience and political acumen as an able legislator spread over long 25 years at a stretch, most pristine and picturesque Arunachal Pradesh would march forward along the road to peace, prosperity and all round sustainable development," Rajkhowa said.
A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Feb 26 Addressing the media persons at the Press Club, the Coordinator of Eastern Arunachal People’s Welfare Organisation (EAPWO), Bani Danggen (Retired Commissioner) reiterated their demand for posting of Divisional Commissioner (East) and Establishment of Zonal head Offices (Eastern Zone) of all departments today. Accordingly, highlighting EAPWO’s grievances therein, Danggen while informing that state government’s approval of posting the Divisional Commissioner (East) at Joypur, Namsai vide it’s order no. Appt.17/89, dated 30/04/1998 is still non-functional, requested on the government to make it functional by immediately posting an officer and staffs with full financial authorisation. Also, alleging that the of-
Retired Commissioner Bani Danggen fices of the zonal heads created for Eastern zone are still functioning from Itanagar and consequently serving no purpose to the public and the departmental offices of the eastern zone, EAPWO demanded for immediate shifting of the same with full financial power. Further, suggesting for 50:50 bifurcation of all the government departments on East/West Zone basis, EAPWO also called for
Meanwhile, EAPWO while stressing that the GREF Task Force engaged in construction/ maintenance of NH-52 stretch from Ruksin to Bomjir and beyond are doing “a highly commendable job by providing the public with best motorable road in generations,” also strongly demanded for a rollback on the Government’s decision to hand over the National Highway -52 construction to state PWD from GREF. The EAPWO Co-ordinator while observing that the present “Civil Terminal of the Advance Landing Ground (ALG), Pasighat is small enough to cope with the increasing number of air passengers,” also urged on the government to initiate actions for expansion of Civil terminal at ALG Pasighat.
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interested for the development of the state,’’ he said. Criticizing the Congress government, Sonowal said during their 10 years rule the Congress has done nothing for the development of Assam. He said after coming to power the BJP government has given top priority in improvement of the communication system of Assam and we would bring many bridges in the
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Brahamaputra and Barak valley region. When asked about the land acquisition process for the Bogibeel Bridge, he clearly said land acquisition process is fully dependent on state government. “We will allocate funds for the people and in this regard both the government has to work in co-ordination,’’ he said. Contd. on Page 4
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Arunachal Pradesh is an amalgamation of diverse cultures and festivals, inhabits by 26 major tribe and each tribe has its own cultures and tradition. Recently, Nyishi tribe celebrated ‘boori boot festival’ with great enthusiasm.
During the festival, people invoke God to bless them with prosperity and seek protection
Sonowal said that the Centre has allotted sufficient funds for the Bogibeel bridge project and it will be completed by 2017 and the Sadiya Bridge will be completed by the end of the current year. “BJP led Narendra Modi government have proved in its 18 months rule that by taking up development projects it is genuinely
BJP President Sarbananda Sonowal during the press meet in Dibrugarh. Pic - Jagadish Bharali
decentralisation of funds and allocate the same separately under a Sub-Head within the state budget.
ANI Itanagar, Feb 26
Boori Boot means getting together to welcome the spring and successful harvest. It is a 3-day festival celebrated by the Hill-Miris of Nyishi community in the month of February.
Demand for double laning of railways track have been a long pending demand of the people of Assam in order to improve connectivity and faster movement of trains to the region. Sonowal said this during an interaction with the media at the circuit house, here. “It was a long pending demand of the people of Assam and also by various organizations and business forums. Implementation of the project will definitely add to development of the state”, the minister said. The doubling of railway track will be carried out from Lumding to Guwahati, Bongaigoan via
Eastern Arunachal People’s Welfare Organisation demands posting of Divisional Commissioner (East)
Arunachal’s Nyishi community celebrates ‘Boori Boot Yullom’ festival
Dressed in colorful attires, men and women gathered at Nirjuli town in Arunachal Pradesh to celebrate ‘Boori Boot Yullom’ festival.
Union minister of sports and Assam Pradesh BJP President Sarbananda Sonowal today asserted that the double laning of railway tracks in Assam will start soon following the announcement of the same by union railway minister Suresh Prabhu in his railway budget presented on Thursday.
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NAMRATA CHAKRABORTY Arunachal’s Nyishi community celebrates ‘Boori Boot Yullom’ festival. Pic - DIPR from any kind of disease. A group of women in traditional attire form a circle and perform a colorful traditional dance to mark the event. “By celebrating such kind of festival gives us the feeling of unity and it also helps in spreading the message of brotherhood. It is not only
Boori boot but any kind of festivals in Arunachal like Nyokum, Solung, or Mopin are all connected to nature,” said Ninong Ering, MP, Arunachal Pradesh Another aspect of the festival is that people apply ‘etting’ or flour on their face and body. On the occasion, young girls
wear headgears made of canes and bamboo, bead necklaces, brass chains and heavy bracelets and perform a traditional dance with song and gaiety. Later, kids also join in the traditional dances. Contd. on Page 3
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Pul was sworn-in as the eighth chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh on February 19 after the central government recommended that President`s Rule be lifted from the state.
The governor also exuded confidence that Pul would rise to the high expectations of the people, particularly the common man and do everything possible to make all sections of the people contented.
Tuki. During the assembly session at a makeshift venue, the rebel Congress legislators with the support of 11 BJP legislators and two Independents impeached the then speaker Nabam Rebia and elected Pul as the new leader of the house. This led to the dismissal of the Tuki government and imposition of President`s Rule in the state on January 26.
Goalpara to Guwahati, Bongaigoan via Rangia to Agyathori and Lumding to Dibrugarh. “For the proposed doubling of railway track from Lumding to Dibrugarh Rs 5 crore will be sanctioned”, the minister added. He added, “We have got broad-gauge railway line but of single track in Assam whereas during the British rule the second railway line was built from Dibru to Sadiya. Railways plays a vital role for a development of a state and our government has taken the issue seriously,’’. He said an international standard terminus for passenger train will come up at Agyathori in Guwahati.
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ASTRO FOR YOU Aries You spend happy times with your loved ones today. Ganesha suggests you learn to play some musical instrument as it is a good way to express emotions. Besides, it gives you a novel method to attract new people. Do it promptly before the mood changes. Taurus This day you are likely be prone to daydreaming and fantasizing. Ganesha sees you losing touch with reality and making errors in judgment, in your assessment of facts.You will, by sheer force of your tenacity and determination ensure that things work out in the end. In spite of an initial lack of focus, you will be able to sort out your affairs and find that everything turns out in your favour. Gemini You will meet someone special who is here to stay for good, predicts Ganesha. Your kind and considerate nature will benefit others. You need to understand that it's okay to spend a little on comforts and entertainment. Be ready for a busy, yet cheerful, day ahead. Cancer You will help others and be cheerful, feels Ganesha. you will inspire and encourage others. Closeness with beloved will gladden you. You will be attracted to special person, and it could benefit you. Leo One way to assure success is by believing in oneself and one's abilities. Let this confidence and your high spirits take you to newer heights today, says Ganesha. Remain cheerful all day long, and you will see your hardships disappear as you tackle them with consummate skill. But more importantly, Ganesha foresees the day leading you to a fulfilling evening. Enjoy!
AJYCP blocks NH-38 demanding arrest of notorious criminal ET Correspondent Margherita, Feb 26: Asom Jatiyotabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) of Margherita Regional Committee today blocked the NH-38 road at Ledo College Tiniali in protest against Tutumoni Doley, a notorious Coal thief who on Thursday tried to rape a 9 year old girl, a student of Tikak LP School near Tikak Colliery. Today more than 400 irate residents of Ledo including the AJYCP activists blocked the road for an hour and the agitators shouted various slogans against the Margherita Administration for keeping mum.
Virgo A medley of good and bad awaits you today. Emotional people will find you immature and inconsistent. But your bag o' jokes is never empty, and you remain the jester as always. Ganesha advises you to meditate and engage in spiritually rich activities to channel and focus all your talents.
Salil Neog and Kanchan
Libra There is no end to work, so buckle up, as it is highly probable that work pressure will take up most of your time today. This leaves precious little for your family, but as always, they fully understand. Ganesha expects you to be both hard-working and conscientious today. You may also launch a new business scheme, especially if you are self-employed.
ET Correspondent, Haflong Feb 26 : One Dhruv Dholakia, the rider 'On a Bullet Yatra' entered Dima Hasao on Friday while on his way to Umrangso and Haflong. The young rider was welcomed by the 'Highlanders'Royal Enfield Biker Group at the gates of Dima Hasao.
Scorpio The spectre of financial instability will keep haunting you. But there can be a brighter side to life too, says Ganesha. Long overdue payments might get encashed today. And those blind bluffs you call sometimes in business might pay handsome rewards, predicts Ganesha. Sagittarius A tiring day is in store for you today. Find yourself labouring worse than Hercules. The positive outcome would be that you would lose a few extra calories. But late in the day, a nice quiet time with family and friends would relieve you of all the stress. Capricorn Everything you do today will be driven by the desire to meet the expectations of your family members, says Ganesha. For those of you pursuing studies, pending projects will finally get completed, and you will look forward to taking up new assignments. Giving free reign to your imagination will help you excel in areas of your interest, but don't go overboard or else you may lose touch with reality. Aquarius Good news may hit home today. Promotion, profit, scholarship, anything you've been working for will probably materialise. You are ingenuous, and will crack the toughest of problems with consummate ease. Ganesha sees money lenders and brokers doing well. Pisces In spite of the hardships that you will encounter on your way, your high spirits, enthusiasm and innate confidence will overcome all obstacles. And no matter how troubled the day starts, it ought to end on a cheerful note, says Ganesha.
PRASAR BHARATI (India's Public Service Broadcaster) ALL INDIA RADIO : DIBRUGARH (M.W.529.1m/KHz567 F.M. 101.30 MHz) Phone No.-03732325456 E-mail -dibrugarh@air.org.in Facebook Page-All India Radio Dibrugarh Programme Highlights 27-2-16 (SATURDAY) 5-35 A.M-Bhaktigeeti (Devotional Songs) 6-10 A.M-Swasthya Charcha (Health Programme) 6-30 A.M-Bidyarthir Anusthan 7-15 A.M-Aajir Dinto (Morning Information Service) 7-30 A.M-Geetanjali (Assamese Modern Songs) 8-35 A.M-Surar Panchoi (Composite Programme of Assamese Film Songs) 9-05 A.M- Antara (Composite Programme of Hindi Film Songs) 12-30 P.M-Hindi Film Songs 1-50 P.M-Adhunik Geet 2-30 P.M-Western Music 3-45 P.M-Programme in Miju Mishmi 4-05 P.M-Programme in Khamti 4-25 P.M-Programme in Wancho 4-45 P.M-News for Arunachal Pradesh 5-00 P.M-Programme in Idu 5-20 P.M-Programme in Tangsa 5-40 P.M-Programme in Nocte 6-15 P.M-Ganya Raijor Anusthan (Rural Programme) 7-15 P.M-Yuvavani (Youth Programme) 7-45 P.M-Daakpakhili 8-00 P.M-Ekalabya (Sponsored programme of KK Handique State Open University) 10.15P.M-Classical Music Sd-/H.O.P
Students of Salt Brook School, Dibrugarh performing dance during Parents Day, 2016 held in District Library Auditorium in Dibrugarh. Pic - Jagadish Bharali
Coal thief, Tutumoni Doley tried to rape a 9 year old student of Tikak LP School near Tikak Colliery. Therefore we demand a strict punishment for Tikak Doley and also to deport all the suspected citizens who are engaged in the illegal coal Bhattas of Ledo region” said Kanchan Bora, General Secretary of AJYCP Margherita Regional Committee.
AJYCP activists and other irate citizens of Ledo today blocked the NH 38 road at Ledo College Tiniali. Pic - Mithun Baruah Bora both President and General Secretary of AJYCP Margherita Regional Committee said that
in Ledo region many suspected citizens come to work at illegal Coal Bhattas and without doing any
proper verification, they were allowed to work. “On Thursday a notorious
Highlanders welcome Dhruv Dholakia to Dima Hasao
Dhruv plans to visit all 29 states of the country within 14 months and 14 days with
a reason - 'to motivate more youngsters to travel'. In his bid, Dhruv has now entered the beautiful district of Dima Hasao from Umrangso and plans to visit Haflong on 27 Feburary and further proceed to Silchar. Dhruv's visit to District is a big booster to Dima Hasao Tourism as this will help further promote tourism and place the District on National and International map. Dima Hasao has been
promoting its tourism potential with the catchy slogan of 'Go Tribal, Go Natural, Aao Dima Hasao'. The 'Highlanders' with assistance from Assam Rifles have taken up the onus of riding along the young biker and promote his cause of spreading awareness about tourism. A simple but solemn welcome cultural programme was organised by performers from
Khelma, Karbi and Khasi tribes at Umrangso for reception of Dhruv on 26 Feburary 2016. Dhruv was delighted and touched to see 'Highlanders' make such an effort of riding all the way up to Umrangso. A programme is also scheduled at New Sangar by Biate tribal dancers and at Boat House, Haflong Lake on 27 Feburary 2016 to welcome the biker to Haflong town.
Railway Consumer Depot at Dibrugarh inaugurated A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Feb. 26: The newly constructed Railway Consumer Depot at Dibrugarh Railway Station, Banipur here today by Indian Oil Corporation Limited was jointly inaugurated by Shri Aneet Dulat, Divisional Railway Manager, N F Railway, Tinsukia Division and Shri Dipankar Ray, Executive Director, Indian Oil-AOD State Office, Guwahati in presence of Shri Partha Datta, DGM (Consumer Sales), Indian Oil-AOD State Office, Guwahati and other senior officials from IOCL and N F Railway. The Railway Consumer Depot has a tankage capacity of six lakh eighty eight thousand liters of High Speed Diesel (HSD), with allied pumping and pipeline facilities for fuelling of Diesel LOCOs at Dibrugarh Railway Station. With the commissioning of the Railway Consumer De-
Aneet Dulat, DRM, NFR, Tinsukia Division and Shri Dipankar Ray, Executive Director, Indian Oil-AOD State Office, Guwahati inaugarating Railway Consumer Depot in Dibrugarh. Pic - ET Photo pot at Dibrugarh, a significant milestone has been achieved with assistance of Guwahati Divisional Office of Indian Oil Corporation in augmentation of Railway Infrastructure at Dibrugarh, which is the primary termi-
nus for all long distance trains originating from Upper Assam. N F Railway will also now have better flexibility of operation in managing train services as earlier fuelling of locomotives could be carried out at
Tinsukia Railway Station only. After the inauguration of the Railway Consumer Depot, fuelling of a Locomotive was successfully carried out for the first time at Dibrugarh Railway Station.
A memorandum was given to the Sub-Divisional officer (Civil) of Margherita by the President Salil Neog, General Secretary Kanchan Bora and other activists of AJYCP, Margherita Regional Committee.
CBSE Students are deprived of getting scholarship ET Correspondent Golaghat, Feb 26: The students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) are deprived of getting scholarship. Compare to SEBA & AHSEC students, the CBSE students enjoy less privilege of any scholarship or monetary prize, said some CBSE students. It is to be noted that there are numerous Scholarships award for all categories of students, whether they belong to SC, ST, OBC, or General category. The state board students usually have the facility of receiving Computers, Laptop and Tab under Anundram Baruah scholarship Scheme. Even, the government provides cycles to rural students as an award for splendid result, said CBSE Students. Therefore at the time of prize distribution the CBSE Students stands as mere spectators sitting at back benches and applauding their friends who in their comparison has performed less and yet chosen for the award. To this step behavior towards CBSE Students, the Central Government should take some initiative so that these students do not repent on their fate for being deprived of getting such awards even after performing better. According to CBSE Students, only few Hindi linguist organisations awarded them in Golaghat for splendid result.
Tezpur University honoured with best Central University award ET Correspondent Tezpur, Feb 26 : Standing on it’s academic feet the Tezpur university has accomplished the prestigious ‘Best Central university award’ today as announced by the Rastrapati Bhawan. Dr. Rajib Kumar Doley, Director, Inclusive Development, Tezpur University in a telephonic conversation told the Assam Tribune here that as stated by the Rastrapati Bhawan among the frontline central universalities in India has been able to achieve the honour reflecting the dignity of Tezpur as well as the martyrs of six years long Assam agitation as a fruition of supreme sacrifice of whose the University came into being. “Though it will be formally announced on March 14 from the office of the Rastrapati Bhawan, the news has delighted us and we our effort to take forward the university from all sides is given due honour.” Dr. Doley reiterated. In this context it is to be mentioned here that the central university considered to be one of
the outcomes of the Assam Accord, was established, by an Act of Parliament, in 1994 being opened by the then prime minister India, P. V. Narasimha Rao. Initially, the university was operated from the premises of the Darrang College, in Tezpur. For a while it was also operated from the Tezpur Law College premises. In the later years the land for it’s permanent set up was acquired at Napaam, a suburb of Tezpur, about 10 kilometers east from Tezpur town with a land of 242 acres (0.98 square kilometers). It must be noted here that cultural icon Kalaguru Bishnuprasad Rava donated an ancestral estate of 2500 bigha land received from the British government in favour of the peasants where the present-day Tezpur University stands. The university recently, acquired an additional plot of land. Tezpur University is the first university in India to offer the course, Master of Technology in Computational Seismology, and is also one of the few univer-
Tezpur University. sities in India to have its own Department of Energy. The Department of Electronics is the first of its kind in India to introduce an interdisciplinary Master of Technology programme in Bioelectronics, the first class of which graduated in June 2006. The university has four schools of studies which is divided into 21 departments and three special academic centers including School of Sciences School of Humanities & Social Sciences School of Management Sciences School of Engineering School of Science.
The School of Science is divided into five departments, which provides postgraduate degrees in Science and carries on research in science and mathematics. The Department of Chemical Sciences was started in 1997, with a postgraduate course in Polymer Science. From July 2006 the department started offering a postgraduate course in Applied Chemistry with specialization in Catalysis, Medicinal Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry. Currently the department is offering fiveyear integrated M.Sc.
course in Chemistry, four year integrated B.Sc.(major in chemistry)-B.Ed., Masters in Chemistry and M. Tech. in Polymer Science and Technology. It offers a doctoral program in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Bio–inorganic Chemistry, Surfactants, Water Treatments, Polymer Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Crystallography, Organometallic Chemistry, Catalysis and Nano-particles. The central university facilitated with modern world class hostel facilities namely Kanchenjungha Men's hostel, Charaideo Men's Hostel, Nilachal Men's Patkai Men's Hostel, Saraighat, C. V. Raman Men's Hostel, Bordoichilla Women's Dhansiri Women's hostel Pragjyotika Women's Hostel, Suwansiri Women's hostel, Kopili Women's Hostel, Pobitara Madam Curie Women's Hostel, etc. has been able to provide education to students hailing from across the country.
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Training cum demonstration Eco Survey pegs GDP at 7-7.75%; programme held at Dirang pitches for more reforms, GST
Dirang, Feb 26: A three days training cum demonstration programme on Integrated Farming System (IFS) was collaboratively organized by ICAR-National Research Centre on Yak, Dirang and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, West Kameng exclusively for the farmers of Salari village from 23-25 Feb, 2016 under Tribal Sub Plan (TSP). A total 35 nos. of participants were participated in the programme including farmers. The farmers were educated on the various topics of Integrated Farming System (IFS) with the help of joint scientific team from KVK West Kameng, Dirang and ICARNRC on Yak, Dirang, West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh. While inaugurating the programme, the chairman
of the training PTO, Farmers Training Centre, Salari Shri S. K. Srivastava highlighted the significance of Integrated farming and appealed the farmers to take scientific knowledge from the scientists of KVK and ICAR-NRC on Yak for improving their Socio-economic status. The Anchal Summit Member Shri Tsering Dorjee Rokpa (ASM) of Salari (Co-Chairman of the training programme) has appealed from the farming community to adopt this technology for more diversified production from an unit area, nutritional security and for livelihood generation. During the closing ceremony Sri S. K. Thongon, District Training Officer, Farmers Training Centre, Salari, P.T.O
salari, Dr. D. Medhi (Sr. Scientist) from ICAR-NRC on Yak, Dr. N.D. Singh, Programme Coordinator, Dr. V. K. Misra S.M.S. (Fishery) and Mr. Ashish Kumar Singh, Senior research Fellow (NICRA) from KVK West Kameng, Dirang were present. During this programme, tribal farmer trainees were supported by providing some important garden tools, like Secateur and budding & grafting knife etc. Dr. N.D. Singh, Programme Coordinator, KVK, West Kameng, has given the demonstration on using these garden tools in farm fields and he also urged upon adopting integrated farming System for improving production and productivity a small unit area for healthy food and better enumeration.
CM Pul appreciates wild life officials of Raneghat Forest Check Gate A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Feb 26: Wild Life officials of Raneghat Forest Check Gate gets pat on their back for their prompt action as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul appreciated them on their timely and vigilant intervention that resulted in seizing of wildlife cascade and arresting of a culprit female involved during a routine check.
Hailing the commendable job, CM called upon the Environment & forest department to ensure that the wildlife conservation and protection is given utmost importance. He suggested for conducting regular awareness campaign on the merits of forest and wildlife preservation besides also telling them about the strict provisions of wildlife act.
Calling for emulating similar steps by the wild life officials deputed in key areas, Pul hoped that wildlife crimes could be totally contained if each and every officials of the department discharge their duties with sincerity and devotion. He appealed citizens for being partners to preservation of the rich flora and fauna of the state.
New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) : Three days before the budget, the Economic Survey today pegged the country's economic growth at a conservative level of 7-7.75 per cent for the next fiscal, while pressing for more reforms, subsidy cuts and sticking to fiscal consolidation timetable.
ity and optimality" favours sticking to next year's deficit target of 3.5 per cent of GDP.
In contrast, the Survey of last year had project growth rate level of 8.1-8.5 per cent for the financial year 2015-16, ending March 31.
The Survey projected a growth rate of 7-7.75 per cent for the next fiscal as compared to 7.6 per cent expected in 2015-16, with downside risks from the weak global economic scenario.
Tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament, the Survey also said that "credibil-
It also called for expeditious implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which it described as an unprecedented reforms measure.
would take a "couple of years" to achieve 8-10 per cent GDP, considered by experts as India's potential growth rate. The next fiscal, it said, will be "challenging" as the government will have to allocate additional resources for implementing the Seventh Pay Commission award. However, it projected the inflation to decline to 4.5-5 per cent in the 2016-17, within the Reserve Bank of India's target, while the current account deficit would remain low at 1-1.5 per cent of the GDP.
It further said that the country
DLVMC for timely Implementation of NHM Programme
Aalo, 26 Feb: District Level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee Meeting of National Health Mission for West Siang was held under the Chairmanship of Shri Tamik Talom, ADC at DC’s Conference Hall Aalo on 25th Feb last. The meeting reviewed monitoring, progress of works and implementation of National Health Mission within the framework of central guidelines. Shri Talom disclosed that Gram Panchayat Development Committee in every Panchayat village will be constituted within Feb 2016 for involvement of PRI leaders in the entire National Flagship programme. He stressed on specific timeline
for the successful implementation of NHM Programme and cooperation from the line department under inter-convergence with the other department. Dr. Marbom Basar, DMO West Siang appealed all HODs & PRIs for keen participation and support to DLVMC to achieve its main objectives and insisted on community participation and monitoring of NHM programme through RKS Monitoring Committee. Meetings handouts should be circulated to members prior to meeting. Dr. K.Ori DFWO highlighted physical and financial achievements of NHM activities in West Siang
District during 2015-16 through PowerPoint presentation. The Committee reviewed all the major activities under NHM with strict adherence to prudent fiscal norms, intersect oral convergence, community participation and monitoring under NHM in West Siang District during the Year 2015-16. PRI Leaders appreciated the District Health Society for conducting such meeting with PRI Leaders as well as DLVMC Members. Most of the members stressed on providing sanctioned order of released fund to various health centres of the district such as RKS Fund, Untied fund etc. under decentralized allocation.
Also, it said, low inflation has taken hold and confidence in price stability has improved. Prospect of lower oil prices -around USD 35 per barrel as compared -- over medium term is likely to dampen inflationary expectations.
a major currency readjustment in Asia in wake of a similar adjustment in China. The pre-Budget document also proposed widening the tax net from 5.5 per cent to more than 20 per cent and favoured a review and phasing out of tax exemptions.
The Survey said the rupee's value must be fair, avoiding strengthening. Fair value, it said, can be achieved through monetary relaxation.
It projected capital requirement for banks at around Rs 1.8 lakh crore by 2018-19.
Stating that gradual depreciation in rupee can be allowed if capital inflows are weak, it said India needs to prepare itself for
The government, it said, should sell off certain non financial companies to infuse capital in state-run banks.
Cong member raises Arunachal issue in LS New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) : A Congress member today raised in Lok Sabha the issue of recent political developments in Arunachal Pradesh and termed them as a 'blot on democracy', inviting protests from treasury
benches who said the matter is sub-judice. "What has happened in Arunachal Pradesh is not Cooperative Federalism. It is blot on democracy," Congress MP Ninong Erring said during Zero Hour.
Assam Rifles donates solar panels
Governor, First Lady graces Nyokum Yullo celebration A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Feb 26: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Shri JP Rajkhowa along with the First Lady of the State, Smt Rita Rajkhowa graced the Nyokum Yullo festival of the Nyishi Community at Nyokum Lapang Ground, Itanagar on 26th February 2016. Addressing a huge gathering on the festival occasion, the Governor conveyed his Nyokum greetings and wished that the festivity will herald new phase of development and prosperity in the State. The Governor said that the word ‘Nyokum’ has been derived from two words; ‘Nyok’ means the entire land mass of earth and ‘Um’ means putting things together. In the same spirit, he said that the people must preserve the flora and fauna of the State for their prosperity, happiness and for a better crop. Calling all, irrespective of age, sex and creed to actively participate in the indigenous festivals of the State, the Governor said that the festivals such as Bihu, Durga Puja and also indigenous festivals, which started with rituals in olden days, have today become a public function and cultural festivals. It showcases the cultural heritage and traditions thereby facilitate in preserving the legacy passed down by the forefathers. With exhibitions, cultural, literary and games and sports competitions and presentations, it provides ample opportunities for the youth to show their talents. He also suggested for review of public animal
sacrifice by the community’s elder, which has been done away by many communities. The Governor said that as the largest tribe, onus is on the community to take care of other tribes and Sub-tribes of the State. He advised the members of the community to contribute towards conservation of the dwindling rich cultural legacy of the State and its traditions. Recalling the early interaction between the Nyishi Tribe of present day Arunachal Pradesh and Royals of Cooch Behar and assistance provided by the Tribe to Akom Kngs during the Mughal invasion of Assam, the Governor called for strengthening amity among the two neighbours. Impressed by the mega ‘Rikam Pada’ dance, the Governor advised the festival organisers to go for Guinness Book of World Records in the coming years, which was greeted with huge applause from the participants. Guest of Honour, Shri Kumar Waii, Memeber of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in his address said that Nyokum is a festival for all and urged members of various faiths and political parties to be part of the festivity. Nyokum inspires all to preserve the flora and fauna. Like all indigenous festivals of the State, it showcases the cultural riches of the community and promotes cultural tourism in the State. Former minister added that it also provides expo-
sure to the youths to demonstrate their talents in cultural and literary activities along with games and sports which are organised during the festival week. Enlightening on Nyokum mythology, Dr. Joram Begi, founder member of Nyokum Yullo celebration at Itanagar in 1980, said that Nyokum is a prayer for welfare of all human beings and for peace, progress and prosperity. Recalling the first Nyokum Yullo celebration at Zoram, in Lower Subansiri District 50 (fifty) years earlier, Dr. Begi said that it is a Cultural festival showcasing the tribe’s cultural inheritance. He also recalled the establishment of the Nyokum Lapang ground, where the festival is being observed regularly in the last 36 years. Nyokum Lapang area was earlier proposed for Nyishi Heritage Village, Dr. Begi pointed. Chairman of 36th NyokumYullo Celebration Committee, Shri Lokam Nai and General Secretary Shri Dongche Tabin also spoke on the occasion. Former ministers, Shri Kahfa Bengia, President, People’s Party of Arunachal and Shri Lokam Tassar were also present on the occasion. A mega dance, participated by more than thousand young girls and boys and elders presented ‘Rikam Pada’ and Buya. Students of VKV, Chimpu, Itanagar also presented traditional dances. The day-long programme includes rituals, merrymaking and traditional cultural display.
Nyokum celebrated with joy and enthusiasm
ET Correspondent Changlang, Feb 26: As a valuable contribution towards the welfare of the society as a part of its Military Civic Action Programme through the creation of infrastructure in the villages, the Assam Rifles under the aegis of DGAR MCA Project donated solar panels
one each to New Rangran village and Old Rangran village in Changlang District on Tuesday. The Village headman and other members of the village lauded the efforts of the Assam Rifles for their kind gesture which will help the villagers access electricity for basic needs.
Arunachal’s Nyishi community celebrates ‘Boori Boot Yullom’ festival Nyishi community celebrated Nyokum Yullo at Pasighat. Pasighat, Feb 26: The Nyishi community residing in and around Pasighat Township today celebrated Nyokum Yullo with much enthusiasm and joy here at the Central Gangging Multicultural Hall, Pasighat. The daylong celebration begun with hoisting of the ceremonial flag by the Chief Guest, PMC Chief Councilor Denong Tamuk followed by chanting of hymns and traditional Rikham Pada dance. Addressing the festival revelers on the auspicious occasion, Chief Guest Tamuk greeted the people and prayed Nyokum Goddess to bestow peace, good health and prosperity. He appreciated the organizing Chairman Er. Bimol Welly, General Secretary, Achung Sono Thadang of NFCCP (Nyokum Festival Celebration Committee, Pasighat) for safeguarding and promoting the age-old tradition and culture with zeal. He emphasized that the people should preserve their own culture and tradition by celebrating their own festivals. Tradition and religion should not be mixed as tra-
dition reflects one’s own identity, he opined. Guest of Honour Ainstein Koyu (EAC) in his brief speech stated that Nyokum is one of the most colourful and socio-religious festivals of Nyishi community, with age-old culture and traditional value and enthusiasm. Such festivals bring all the sections of society together irrespective of caste, creed and religion and promote peace and harmony. People from all walks of life including officers, leaders and municipal councilors participated to make the festival a grand success. Traditional song and dance presentations enthralled the audience and various sports and games were organized to mark the celebration. (DIPRO)
In Roing
In Roing at Multipurpose Cultural Hall today, the main agricultural based festival of the Nyishi Community was celebrated with must fanfare and enthusiasm. Sipi Elapra Linggi, ZPC Roing attended the festival as the chief guest.
In her speech, while lauding the Nyishi Community for preserving the age old traditional culture, she said that the festival gives us an occasion to share our joy. It gives us an opportunity to come closer thereby strengthening the brotherhood and oneness. Starson Saring, ZPM Parbuk-Bukkong Block while attending the festival as the guest of honour called upon the Nyishi Community, being the largest tribe of the state, to lead by example in maintaining unity and communal harmony. He lauded the efforts of the Roing Nyokum Yullow Celebration Committee for involving traditional dances of the other tribes of the district in the festival thereby showing an affinity for all the tribes. Mithun Sacriifice, Buya & Arrow Shooting and traditional and modern dances from Nyishi, Tagin, Apatani and Adi were other attractions of the festival. Ravi Dhawan, DC, Take Ringu, SP, HoDs, PRI Leaders and senior leaders attended the festival among others.
Contd. from Page 1 “From a long time Nyishi community is celebrating this festival “Boori boot”. This festival is celebrated particularly in two districts of Arunachal i.e Upper Subansiri and Lower Subansiri district,” said Nito, a participant. “On this occasion, youngsters, old, kids and everyone celebrate Boori Boot with zeal. It is not only for a single per-
son or community but it is celebrated for the happiness as a whole. Around four to five thousand people participate in this festival,” said a local woman. Nyishi community is mostly inhabited in Subansiri, Kurung Kumey, Papum Pare, Kameng districts of Arunachal Pradesh. Such festivals not only help in preserving their rich culture but also provide a chance to the young generation to find out more about their culture.
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PAGE 4 Merapani Subdivision to be inaugurated on Sunday
JAFA condemns attack on Scribe
ET Correspondent Golaghat, Feb 26: To uplift and smooth running of administrative work in the greater Merapani region in Golaghat district , the newly declared Merapani Subdivision will be officially inaugurated on February 28.
ET Correspondent Rangia, Feb 26: Journalist Federation of Assam strongly condemned the attack and snatching of Motor Bike of Babu Rava Hakacham of Goreswar, a scribe of Asomiya Pratidin, an Assamese daily.
On that day at 11 AM the temporary office of Merapani Subdivision ( Civil ) which is at Gomariguri Block will be inaugurated by state PWD Minister Ajanta Neog. The Extra Assistant Commissioner and Border Magistrate of Merapani Orpa Baglary will take charge as SDO in charge of the new subdivision.
Flood preparation meeting held at Golaghat ET Correspondent Golaghat, Feb 26: A flood preparation meeting was held today at the office of the Circle Officer, Golaghat Revenue Circle in order to take preventive measures during floods in the areas of the circle. The meeting was presided over by the Circle Officer Khanindra Das, where the officials of Health, Education, Veterinary, Agriculture, Water Resources Departments, and Disaster Management were present and matters relating to help and preventive measures to be taken during floods were discussed. The Circle Officer also directed to the concerned departments for quick reporting of damage and relief provided to the affected areas with the help from officials working under the Revenue Circle Office.
Darrangamela police nabs Rangia Gorkha Militant ET Correspondent Rangia, Feb 26: In a joint operation from Darrangamela, one hardcore militant of United Gorkha Peoples' organization (UGPO) was nabbed based on information received last night by Darrangamela police of Bagsa district and 21 Mahar Regiment under Tamulpur sub division. The operation was conducted jointly based on intelligence input. The operation was lead by Munna Pasoni i/c Darrangamela outpost in Indo- Bhutan border. The rebel is identified as Ram Kumar Thapa (30). One 7.65 pistol, 2 live ammunition one loaded magzins were recovered from his possession. Interrogation is on at Tamulpur Police station for further information.
It is alleged that one unidentified gun man from NDFB(S) entered into the residence of Hakacham and demanded 20 thousands. When he denied paying the amount to the rebel
he was threatened to shot dead. In the mean time the militant snatched his Hero Honda motor cycle bearing registration no.AH 25 D 5421 and flee away from the spot. The attack on scribe creates tremendous resentment among scribes of Assam. Mr. Hakacham lodged an FIR at Goreswar Police station against the incident. Kunja Mohon Roy the General Secretary of JAFA criticizes the local police for not being
able to find out the motor cycle and arrest the culprit. JAFA will start agitation against the NDFB(S) for the attack on scribe, Roy said in a press release. Tamulpur Press club, All Assam Student Union Tamulpur sub division unit, All Assam Sarania Kachari student union, Rangia Press Club and APCU Kamrup district committee condemn the inhuman activities of NDFB(S) and attack on forth pillar of democracy.
IFAW-WTI MVS veterinarians treating the sick himalayan griffon vultures lying at Upay Nupuwa Chapori in Kaziranga National Park with the support of Assam Forest Departmenton Thursday,25th Feb 2016.16 vultures were saved by treatment and 18 car casses found on the spot. Pic - Subhamoy Bhattacharjee/IFAW-WTI
121st Birth Anniversary of Swami Dhodar Ali develops SC seeks Centre's suggestions Pranabanandaji Maharaj observed at Dibrugarh crack within two months to ban child pornography New Delhi, Feb.26 of re-construction (ANI): The Supreme and five primary school. On the occasion, Dibrugarh Hindu Milan Mandir Committee conferred the “MANAB RATNA AWARD” to renowned emeritus professor Dr. Amaresh Dutta for his invaluable contribution to the field of academics and literature. The award includes a citation. Gapi, Sharai, Shawl, bouquet and a cash prize of Rs. 5000
Dr. Amares Dutta conferring Manab Ratna award by Bharat Sevashram Sangha Hindu Milan Mandir in Dibrugarh. Pic - ET Photo
A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Feb 26: The 121st Birth Anniversary of Swami Pranabanandaji Maharaj, the founder of Bharat Sevashram Sangha and Hindu Milan Mandir held at Dibrugarh Hindu Milan Mandir from February 20th, with a four-day long programme. In this connection an inaugural function along with MANAB RATNA Conferring ceremony was held on the 20th February at Mandir premises, which was graced by a host of dignitaries including Dr. Amaresh Dutta, retired professor of English under Dibrugarh and Guwahati Universities, Mr. Durlabh Chetia, President of Dibrugarh Shitya Sabha, Sangha Saint Swami Animeshanandaji from Murshidabad and Swami Padmanavanandaji Maharaj from Midnapur, Mr. Sanjib Nandi, staff reporter of dainik yugasankha. The first day inaugural programme was inaugurated by Durlabh Chetia, retired DDEO and President of Dibrugarh Sahitya Sabha by lightning the traditional lamp. Mr. Madhusudan Ghosh, President of Dibrugarh Hindu Milan Mandir presided over the function.
Ghosh in his welcome and commencement address highlighted the aims and objectives of Bharat Sevashram Sangha along with its multifarious service mission. He also told that Bharat Sevashram Sangh Centenary celebration parbba had already been started by Dibrugarh Hindu Milan Mandir. To mark the Bharat Sevashram Sangha Centenaryand 121st birth anniversary of Guru Maharaj, 6(six) accomplished person of Dibrugarh town were felicitated with Gamocha, Bouquet, citation and Sharai etc. the felicitated person were Parimal Meeherjee, Retd H.M of Dibrugarh Bengali Boys High School, Ikbal Ahmed, the former president of All Assam Journalist Union, Swapan Bhattacherjee, the secretary of Naliapool, Ram Thakur Sevamandir, Bijoy Kumar Das, secretary of Gauranga Kuthir Sevashram, Balaram Sen, Secretary of Banshbari Ram Thakur Milan Mandir and Umananda Bhattacherjee, active member of Dibrugarh H.M Mandir. Beside dictionary books, exercise books and geometry boxes were distributed amongst 100 poor students of five secondary school
Award and certificates were presented to the winners of the recitation, song, dance, music and art, open quiz and extempore speed competitions organised by Dibrugarh Hindu Milan Mandir authority. Mr. Durtabh Chetia, the Chief Guest of the function in his speech lauded the role played by Dibrugarh Hindu Milan Mandir for the welfare and uplifment of economically handicapped persons along with strengthening our social life. On 21st February at 11.00 am a colourful religious and cultural procession was organised along with portrait of Guru Maharaj which started from mandir premises and covered the main roads of Dbrugarh town. At 6.00 pm Adhibas and puja Arti held. On 22nd February, third day Udanaste Nam Kirtan, Gurupuja, Annakut Bhog and Mahaprasad distributed etc. on 23th February, last day programme smriti tarpn, Dolan Utsarand puja Arti held. The whole programme was conducted by pranabendu Ghosh, Mithun Das, Biswajit Chowdhury, Debasish Sen, Debjani Kar, Rumidey, Debnath Lahiri and Debabrata Bhattachejee, Kamal Dey.
Court on Friday asked the Centre to suggest ways to ban child pornography in all forms in the country. A bench of justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh said child pornography cannot be justified in the name of freedom of speech and expression.
The cracks which had appeared on the historic Dhodar Ali in Sonari. Pic - Mritunjoy Das ET Correspondent Sonari, Feb 26: Alleged gross irregularities and corruption by the concerned contractor of the historic Dhodar Ali in Sonari had resulted in the road developing cracks just within two months of construction. It might be mentioned that the work for re-construction of the road which serves as the lifeline for the people of Sonari and its adjoining areas was allotted to a Dibrugarh based contractor. The total length of work allotted from Garmur to Banfera is 25 kms. It is alleged that the contractor has been working on the project for the last two works, but work is going on at a snail pace. “The situation is such that even as the road is constructed at one
end the other end has already developed cracks. This is due to sheer negligence and corruption by the contractor who has connived with the concerned authorities due to which the quality of construction has been relatively low”, a local citizen in Sonari alleged. The work done in the Sarabhatti area is of very inferior quality, due to which several cracks have developed within just a couple of months of construction. It might be mentioned that the people of Sonari have been demanding repairing and development of the road for many years, after which the project was sanctioned. Concerned citizens of Sonari have demanded immediate action by the DC, Charaideo in this regard.
Double laning of railway track will improve connectivity in the region : Sonowal Contd. from Page 1
He further added BJP has always prioritized for the strengthening of the communication network of the region. He added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been prioritizing the issues related to the Northeast region and the progresses made by the ongoing developmen-
tal projects are being reviewed on a regular basis. Coming down heavily on Congress and AIUDF, he accused both the parties of having an understanding with each other which he said is not good for the future of Assam. He said we have interacted with the people of Barak valley and they said they are fed up with both AIUDF and Congress.
The apex court asked the ruling dispensation at the Centre to seek advice from experts and suggestions from the National Commission for Women (NCW) on banning of websites dealing with adult and child pornogra-
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phy. Arguing about government's action on the issue, additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand told the court that agencies like Interpol and the CBI are taking necessary steps to block sites which specifically deal in child pornography. (ANI)
Rangia Gorkha Militant nabbed
ET Correspondent Rangia Feb 26: One Hardcore militant of United Gorkha Peoples' organisation( UGPO) was nabbed by Darrangamela police of Bagsa district and 21 Mahar Regiment in a joint operation from Darrangamela under Tamulpur sub division acting in a tip off last night.The operation was conducted jointly based on intelligence
input.The operation was lead by Munna Pasoni i/c Darrangamela outpost in indo- Bhutan border.The rebel is identified as Ram Kumar Thapa(30). one 7.65 pistol,2 live ammunition one loaded magzins were recovered from his possession. Interrogation is on at Tamulpur Police station for further information.
Information Dissemination in Rural Areas: PIB organises Media Workshop in North Lakhimpur Press Club ET Correspondent Lakhimpur, Feb 26: The Regional Office of Press Information Bureau(PIB) under Government of India today organised a Media Workshop at North Lakhimpur Press Club in the co-ordination with Lakhimpur District Administration. The workshop was conducted with a view to highlight the role of journalists for information dissemination in rural area.Moheswar Doley, the Deputy Director of PIB, Guwahati delivered the welcome address. He elaborated the aims and objectives of the workshop in his speech. He said that Rural Media Workshops with a view to interact with the journalists with regards to disseminate information among the mass had been organized in different districts and it would be organized State Level then in National Level. He added
that the workshop is a coordination between media and the government for the betterment of the people of the society. He explained the advantages that PIB launches for the sake of the Journalists. It was followed by the speech of Kumud Boruah, the Secretary of North Lakhimpur Press Club, who thanked PIB as it organized the Rural Media workshop at this venue. He hoped that the workshop would be fruitful for all. Chief Guest Debeswar Malakar, the Deputy Commissioner of Lakhimpur inaugurated the workshop with an inspiring lecture. He thanked the gathering of the journalists for they are coming forward to work for the people of the society as well as the nation. He emphasized on the dissemination of the information to each and every individual of the society. "Many families of
Media Workshop by PIB in North Lakhimpur Press Club the Rural Areas are not wellknown about the government schemes. Some wicked people are taking the advantages of the Problem. This problem can be resolved by the activities of those people who are coming forward to serve the society"-he said. He suggested that the news papers should allot a place in the page of their newspapers to hilight
the governmental schemes, plans and programmes so that the beneficiaries could avail the advantages of those schemes. He emphasized on working with unity and co-ordination towards the well being of the society. The technical session of the workshop began with the presentation on PIB by Moheswar
Doley, the. He conveyed illustrative information about the organization and appealed the journalist fraternity to execute the aims and objectives and the directives of PIB. He elaborated ondifferent point such as field publicity, the Directorate of Advertising, the social impact for the lack of information.one of the resource persons Mukunda
Rajbonshi, Senior journalist and educationist presented in the technical section his lecture on Role of Journalist in Rural Area for Effective communications. He appealed the journalist fraternity to be studious in reference to the topic. He suggested that media should bring out the burning issues which are hidden in the background of the society. He said that the choice of issue for the news is important. He emphasized on credibility, truthfulness, responsibility of a news item and the journalists. He also suggested that the journalists should play welfare role with free thinking being a watch dog in the society. A few journalists interacted with the resource persons on this topic. They are Farhana Ahmed on the Role of Citizen in the society. Ranjit Kakoti on neutrality
of intellectual people towards the common interest, Surajit Bhuyan on physical and financial security of the journalists, Sanjib Bora on the view of PIB to sack the fourth pillar of democracy. Another resource person Chandra Hazarika, Veteran Journalist and an educationists presented his lecture on Role of Electronic Media in Effective Communication and Sensitive Reporting by Electronic Media. He discussed several controversial issues in relation with the topic. He suggested the electronic media should be careful and considering on the sensitive issues while telecasting news. He emphasized on the infotainment, advocacy, social obligation, and interpersonal communication of the journalists of electronic media. After his presentation Bubul Hazarika wanted to know if there was any di-
rective of PIB in order to sack the fourth pillar of democracy. Maheswar Doley replied to the question in detailed explanation.Then Dr. Prabin Saikia presented his speech on Role of Media in Crises Management and Changing Media Scene due to New/Social Media. He framed his presentation especially on natural crisis, mental crisis, crisis originated for superstitions, lack of scientific views etc. Then journalist Sailen Borua highlighted the problems of the journalists in interaction parts. He explained how responsible the journalists are in their profession with suitable examples. He appealed the government to consider the point of the financial security of the journalists. Several journalists participated in this interaction sharing their feelings. The workshop concluded with vote of thanks by Moheswar Doley.
DIBRUGARH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Railway budget neglected Northeast, says Tripura govt
Tripura govt says Railway budget neglected Northeast Agartala, Feb 26: Tripura's Left Front government Thursday night criticized Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for neglecting the Northeastern states in the 2016-17 rail budget."The railway budget presented in the parliament by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has neglected the Northeast by not providing adequate funds for the new constructions and ongoing constructions of railway infrastructure in the region," Transport Minister Manik Dey told reporters. "Six years after the finalisation of a new India-Bangladesh railway project - Agartala (India)Akhaura (Bangladesh), the railway minister has allocated only Rs.150 crore while the project required Rs 1,000 crore," he said.The AgartalaAkhaura railway project was finalised in January 2010 when Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during her visit to New Delhi.Prime Minister
Narendra Modi discussed the railway project with Hasina during his visit to Dhaka in June last year."The BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) led central government prepared the railway budget to appease the corporate sector," Dey said adding that no new trains were introduced and no major railway project announced in the budget for the Northeastern region comprising eights states.He said that Tripura's three MPs Jitendra Chowdhury, Sankar Prasad Datta (both Lok Sabha) and Jharna Das Baidya (Rajya Sabha) - and the state government had urged the prime minister and railway minister on a number of times to set up a railway division and a railway recruitment board in Tripura, but the budget has neglected all these."Though there are proposal to increase allocation of meagre funds for some of the railway projects in the Northeastern states, but there is no specific reference about many ongoing projects in the region," Dey added. (Agencies)
"The railway budget presented in the parliament by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has neglected the Northeast by not providing adequate funds for the new constructions and ongoing constructions of railway infrastructure in the region," Transport Minister Manik Dey
Unfortunate that GoM deliberately ignored NSF appeal: NPF Manipur Dimapur, Feb 26: The Manipur unit of the Naga Peoples' Front today termed it "unfortunate" that the Government of Manipur (GoM) deliberately ignored the appeal of the Naga Students Federation in sorting out the problem arising "out of indiscipline" by state police personnel on February 14 at Koirengei. In a press release, NPF stated that the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister should have invited the student leaders and solved the problem. Observing that "delay and ignore tactics" has created unnecessary problems many a times in the past,
NPF stated that the ban called by NSF could have been avoided if the State had taken the issue seriously. "More problems will come if such tactics of dealing [with] any situation by the state government continue," it contended and maintained that the Manipur Chief Minister should immediately invite the student leaders and resolve the issue.Calling upon all communities to respect each other's sentiment, the Naga People's Front has also appealed to the NSF to restrain from any violence and instead, urged the student body to explore other means to resolve the problem. (Agencies)
Fund sanctioned for new rail line from Dhubri to Mendipathar Shillong,Feb 26: Though there is no mention of any railway project in the Khasi-Jaintia Hills sector in the Union Railway budget presented on Thursday, fund has been sanctioned for preliminary work for a new rail line from Dhubri in Assam to Mendipathar in Meghalaya.As per a statement issued by Northeastern Frontier railway on Thursday, Rs 44.8 lakh has been earmarked for preliminary engineering cum traffic survey for a new 120-km line between Dhubri and Mendipathar with double line bridge over the Brahmaputra at Dhubri. It was on November 30, 2014 that the Mendipathar
railway line in North Garo Hills connecting Guwahati was commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A passenger pays only Rs 30 as fare for the journey which covers a distance of 130 km from Mendipathar to Guwahati. A train leaves Mendipathar at 7 AM daily and reaches Guwahati at 11 AM and the same train leaves Guwahati at 6.10 PM on the same day and reaches Mendipathar at 10 PM.While the construction of the much awaited Tetelia-Byrnihat line has hit hurdles due to the delay in acquisition of land on Assam side, the survey work for Byrnihat-Shillong rail line is yet to be completed. (Agencies)
REGION Manipur revive tradition of Polo PAGE 5
Imphal, Feb. 26 : The modern game of polo, which is played professionally in over 16 countries, has its roots in Manipur, therefore, authorities in Manipur are making efforts to revive and popularize the sport in India and rest of the world.India's northeastern state of Manipur has been associated with Polo game for centuries. In other parts of the world, Polo has largely been patronized by the royalty and the upper crust of society. However in Manipur, it has always been a game of the common man.Along with the suitable ambiance for the sport, Manipur also possesses 'Mapal Kangjeibung', which is one of the oldest polo grounds in the world. Traditionally, polo is called 'Sagol Kangjei'
and is played with seven players in each side. The players are mounted on the indigenous Manipuri pony. "Today's polo is a refined form of our forefather's traditional game which is played on Manipuri pony which we call Sagol Kangjei. Sagol means Manipuri pony and Kangje means stick. Moreover, polo is associated with our culture and history. There is always a rider with a traditional Sagol Kangjei dress with decorations and everything," said S. Budhachandra Singh, President, Manipur Horse Riding and Polo Association Manipur is known for the breed of pony. The government has taken special measures to conserve indigenous ponies like establishing an exclusive
Authorities in Manipur are making efforts to revive and popularize the polo sport in India and rest of world
sanctuary for them. "If we do not reserve the razing and the practice ground immediately or give the financial assistance to the pony owner, I am very apprehensive about the existence of game," he added. With the renewed efforts by the government and the authorities, polo has
started regaining its popularity in the state with seven annual championship events organized recently including an international championship. Polo clubs have also increased to more than 30. "We stopped playing for more than 10 years but
recently, the game has been included in the tournament so, during Manipur statehood day celebration we played with the foreign players but we couldn't perform well because we didn't get time to practice and also there is a long gap that we didn't play polo but next time we will try to perform well so, we are practicing hard," said Khabe, a player. "These days participation team of polo has increased in the tournament. Before, when we play for the first
time there were only 10 teams used to participate but now many new teams has come up and I think It will be around 20 teams we have at the present so, in my opinion polo game has developed a lot," said Beiking Salam, another player.The efforts to revive Polo will immensely help the traditional game to get popularity among the youth and the India's northeast region of Manipur will also be recognized in the world over. (ANI)
The modern game of polo, which is played professionally in over 16 countries, has its roots in Manipur, therefore, authorities in Manipur are making efforts to revive and popularize the sport in India and rest of the world
Indigenous fair held to revive Tripura's literature and culture 47 IEDs Agartala, Feb. 26 : Recently, an 'indigenous literature and cultural fair' was organized in Tripura with an aim to promote traditions and cultures of various tribes of the region.It was organised at Khumlung in West Tripura District. The event was organized by Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) with an aim to keep alive the culture and traditions of tribal communities in Tripura.During the event, various tribes like Reang, Chakma, Noatia, Uchui, Jamatia, Santal, Orang and others displayed their lifestyle, culture, heritage, food habits and festivals.A group of artists performed a traditional song with flutes and drums to enthrall the
audience.Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar inaugurated the event. "The communities which have very small number of people alive and who communicate in their own language, special care is being taken for preserving their culture and traditions because on it shall depend their future existence and development. In this direction the Tripura government, with its limited resources, is giving equal importance to language, culture and tradition of all communities and is working for preserving and developing them," said Sarkar. During the event, books and handicrafts stalls were also put up where they displayed a variety of items like cane and bamboo products, orna-
ments, shawls, indigenous household tools and decorative items. Women also demonstrated different kinds of weaving, Knitting and cotton yarning and spinning."The main aim behind formation of the ADC is to preserve the indigenous people land, language and culture. At such a juncture we are trying to preserve and protect the language and culture of the various 27 tribes and sub-tribes of Tripura and they do not get lost as due to globalization. And this is the main reason behind organizing the indigenous culture and heritage fair," said Radha Charan Debbarma, one of the organisers. "I have come here to see this fair and very happy
seized in East Garo Hills Indigenous fair held to revive Tripura's literature and culture to hear our traditional songs and music being played here. Beside this indigenous life style, dress, ornaments, household thing are being displayed for people to know.. It is a very good initiative for the new generation to know about our tradition
and to preserve them," said Mamata Rupini, a visitor.The Northeast region boasts of a rich and varied culture. Such events not only bring together people on one platform but also help in spreading awareness about the indigenous cultures. (ANI)
Work on accident-prone NH 44 to begin soon Shillong,Feb 26: The National Highway 44 which connects Meghalaya with Assam and other North Eastern states is one of the most accident prone roads in the region which has claimed many lives over the years with the most recent tragedy being the death of one person of a Tripura-bound bus that fell into a deep gorge at Ratacherra in East Jaintia Hills. Earlier, on January 25, 10 people of an Assambound bus were killed when the vehicle rolled
down a hill at Tongseng in East Jaintia Hills.In a ray of hope for the commuters who frequent this highway, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is all set to start the Jowai-Malidor two-lane road project at an estimated cost of Rs 452 crore. Taking note of the frequent accidents, the agency has decided to focus on the bad patches of the road in the areas such as Malidor, Umkiang, Sonapur and Ratacherra on a priority basis. Speaking on the matter, officials from NHAI said that GR In-
frastructure has already set up its camps in Umkiang and mixers plants have also been placed in the area to ensure that repairing work is taken up at the earliest. According to officials, initially, the implementing agency would start the construction work on the three major bridges and all the bad patches in Malidor, Umkiang, Sonapur and Ratacherra. The construction work for the project would also go on simultaneously.
that the NHAI had earlier allotted around Rs 13 crore to the state PWD for repairing of the road and few installments were also released but the department could not complete the work."The NHAI would reclaim the amount," officials said.When asked about the perennial problem of landslides along the route, official sources said that the NHAI wants to acquire more land to avoid the problem.
Officials also informed
However, sources said that the NHAI will have
to obtain forest clearance from the Central Government since the Narpuh Wildlife Forest Reserve falls along the route. It may be mentioned that the proposed upgradation of NH 44 from Jowai in West Jaintia Hills to Malidor on the MeghalayaAssam border, which was scheduled to start in 2014 was delayed due to various reasons.The expansion work of the arterial NH 44 has been approved under Phase III of the National Highway Development Programme. (Agencies)
Left protest in Tripura against JNU student arrest Agartala, Feb 26 : Left parties took out a protest demonstration here over police action against Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and demanded unconditional release of those arrested and the withdrawal of the sedition case against them. According to the protester, BJP functionaries are openly threatening democracy and the right to debate and dissent thereby weakening the very foundations of Indian constitutional rights.Led by CPI(M) state secretary Bijon Dhar along with leader of the Left Front - CPI, RSP and Forward Block, cadres demonstrated protest against police action in the JNU case and saffronization of higher education by the BJP lead
Left parties took out a protest demonstration over police action against Jawaharlal Nehru University
NDA government at the centre."Against the fascistic attack of the centCaption : Left parties took out a protest demonstration over police action against Jawaharlal Nehru Universityral government and the JNU administrative body and it is for protecting the constitutional right of right to expression which
is being attacked by the BJP led central government. This is a part of conspiracy of formation of Hindu nation," said Dhar.When asked if his party supported the 'anti-national slogans' allegedly raised in the JNU Dhar categorically said that there is no question of supporting 'anti-India slogan' "I think you have heard al-
ready the student union leaders and the student union itself they condemned this type of antinational slogan. So the problem you see when Hitler launched attack against Leftist, Communists and Socialist then there was a campaign that the Parliament Reichstag was burned by the Communist and then crackdown was there. This type of falsehood is going on so we must be careful as they can do anything. Even in our state we must be prepared to face all these odds," he added.The protesters raised slogans against the 'hate campaign' targeting students and Left parties.They charged that NDA wants to capture universities and run them like RSS shakhas, which is the
designs of the BJP party and its affiliates.The protesters demanded withdrawal of the cases of sedition and immediate unconditional release of all JNU students who have been arrested following a protest on their campus against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru where anti -national slogans were allegedly raised.The protesters also raised slogans against 'saffronization of universities' and asked democratic forces to get united to resist the onslaught of 'communalism'.The Left parties are campaigning throughout the country in defence of people's constitutional rights which according to them are under attack by the RSS- BJP. (ANI)
Shillong, Feb 26: A major IED attack was averted by security forces on Thursday who seized and diffused at least 47 of them from several link roads to villages in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district.IG (Operations) G H P Raju said the IEDs were seized when an operation involving the special commandos of the state police was launched following inputs by villagers of Doengkhugre and adjoining areas of the district about the presence of strange and suspicious looking objects.Raju said the IEDs were hidden at the roadsides, with only their wires visible overground. They were handmade and assembled by GNLA cadres with the help of ULFA(I) under Dristi Rajkhowa. The bombs had adequate explosive powers and could have caused serious damage if they had exploded, he said, adding they were later diffused. Thursday's recovery has been the biggest explosives haul made by the state police in the Garo Hills region, the IG added.Earlier in the day, the self-styled deputy commander-inchief of Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) identified as Rupanto had a narrow escape during an encounter with the police in Durama hills range where the villages were located, Raju said. There was a brief exchange of fire with GNLA militants during the encounter following which they fled, he said. Operation is now on to sanitise the area and check the presence of IEDs in the adjoining villages, he added. (Agencies)
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Deprived sections can't be denied of quota benefits: SC New Delhi, Feb. 26: Setting aside a Delhi High Court's verdict that selected persons cannot be accorded quota benefits on account of non-submission of Other Backward Class (OBC) certificate before the cutoff date, the Supreme Court referred to an earlier High Court verdict that had said the candidature of SC and ST category candidates could not be rejected simply on account of the late submission of caste certificate.
The Supreme Court has set aside a Delhi High Court verdict which held that selected persons cannot be accorded quota benefits on account of non-submission of OBC certificate before cut off date. A bench, comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur, referred to an earlier High Court verdict that had said that the candidature of SC and ST category candidates could not be rejected simply on account of the late sub-
The Supreme Court has set aside a Delhi High Court verdict which held that selected persons cannot be accorded quota benefits on account of non-submission of OBC certificate before cut off date.
mission of caste certificate.
A Bench comprising
Chief Justice TS Thakur held that the object of providing reservation to the SC, ST and educationally and socially backward classes of the society is to remove inequality in public employment. The court said weaker sections should not be deprived of reservation as they have been facing centuries of oppression. Some candidates, who had applied for posts of staff nurse in the Delhi Government's Health Department in 2008,
had failed to furnish their OBC certificate before the last date. The candidates moved the High Court against denial of employment. The single judge Bench asked Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board to reconsider the application of appellant and the other aggrieved candidates against OBC category within a period of one month. The division Bench of the High Court had, however, reversed the order. (ANI)
Attack on Kanhaiya: SC seeks response of three lawyers on contempt proceedings
Govt. targets Congress after G.K. Pillai's claim in Ishrat Jahan case
New Delhi, Feb. 26: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the three lawyers, who assaulted Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU) Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and sought their response as to why the contempt proceeding should not be initiated against them. The apex court made this observation after hearing a plea seeking contempt action against three lawyers accused of beating Kanhaiya and others at the Patiala House Court complex. The apex court on Thurs-
New Delhi, Feb. 26: Union Parliamentary Affair Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Friday asked the Congress Party to come clean on the assertion made by former home secretary G.K. Pillai that there was a 'political interference' in the Ishrat Jahan case. Naidu, who was reacting to Pillai's assertion that a decision to omit 19-yearold Mumbai resident Ishrat Jahan's possible links with the Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT) in a Home Ministry affidavit was taken at the political level, appreciate the former union home secretary for coming out in the open and making a bold statement. "The Congress now needs to come clean on two important issues that are agitating the nation. First of all what is their stand on Ishrat Jahan. And second the execution of Afzal Guru, the traitor, who was responsible for the attack in the Parliament," Naidu told
day agreed to hear the matter after lawyer Prashant Bhushan sought an urgent hearing on the plea filed by another advocate. The plea, which was filed in the apex court on Wednesday, sought suo motu contempt proceedings against lawyers Vikram Singh Chauhan, Yashpal Singh and Om Sharma on the ground that they have allegedly been caught on camera talking about the attacks. The plea also seeks a direction to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incidents.(ANI)
Uproar in RS over Irani's remark on Durga
Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani
New Delhi, Feb. 26: The Rajya Sabha witnessed an uproar this morning over Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani's remark on Goddess Durga, with the opposition demanding her apology. "We demand apology from Smriti Irani and that the portion about Durga should be expunged from the records," Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, said. "The HRD Minister must apologise for what she said about Goddess Durga, it is blasphemous," said Congress leader Anand Sharma.
Meanwhile, the HRD Minister said her comments in the Upper House were made on veracity of facts. "The documents which I read yesterday were official documents from the University; these are not documents of the Government. I am a practicing Hindu and I was pained to read out the pamphlet on Goddess Durga," Irani said.
"If any victim comes forward with a complaint, we will order an inquiry by an independent agency," said the court. It also directed the district legal service authorities to set up a helpdesk, where the victims can file complaints.
Union Parliamentary Affair Minister Venkaiah Naidu
the court with regard to the Ishat Jahan case. Ishrat Jahan, who was a resident of Mumbra near Mumbai, was shot dead along with three men on June 15, 2004, by the Gujarat Police in an encounter. Earlier on Thursday, the BJP had said that that former union minister P. Chidambaram questioning the extent of Afzal Guru's role in the 2001 Parliament attack would primarily encourage the terrorists to get more active, and therefore, will have a very negative effect on Kashmir.
Chidambaram earlier told a leading English daily in an interview that he felt it was possible to hold an 'honest opinion' that the case was 'perhaps not correctly decided' and that there were 'grave doubts about the extent of his involvement' in the 2001 Parliament attack. "I think it is possible to hold an honest opinion that the Afzal Guru case was perhaps not correctly decided," said Chidambaram, who was the country's Home Minister from 2008 to 2012, before being switched to the Finance Ministry. (ANI)
Siachen braveheart Hanamanthappa's wife urges youth to shun 'anti-national' activities
Nagpur, Feb. 26: Siachen braveheart Lance Naik Hanamanthappa's wife, Mahadevi, on Thursday urged the youth to refrain from indulging in 'antinational' activities. Speaking at an event in Nagpur,Mahadevi said that she was saddened to hear about the recent 'anti-national' activities taking place in the nation, While, the Rajya Sabha adding that youth must Deputy Chairman, P J be prepared to sacrifice Kurien intervened to ease life for the nation. the atmosphere, saying he would go through the record and would expunge blasphemous statements. (ANI)
"My husband wanted to join the army. He also got selected in police but he joined army. I heard that anti-national activities are taking place in the country, i am saddened by it. We are born in Bharata and Bharata mata has given us place to live, we are misusing it. I urge youths to not do it. We must be ready to give our lives for the nation," she said. She also said that she would her daughter to the
army to serve the nation. "I do not have a son. I will send my daughter for nations service. I will send her to army," she said. Lance Naik Hanamanthappa breathed his last on February 11at Army's Research and Referral Hospital. He had slipped into a deeper state of coma and was extremely critical with worsening multiple organ dysfunctions. He was found to be con-
scious but drowsy and disoriented when was evacuated to the army's base camp at the Siachen Glacier. He was flown to Delhi from Siachen on Tuesday morning in a special air ambulance and admitted to the hospital. Lance Naik Hanumanthappa was miraculously found alive after remaining buried under huge mass of snow for six days at Siachen Glacier. (ANI)
NHRC notices to Delhi Govt. over abduction of an expecting mother from Hospital premises
HC seeks detail report in Sonepat gang rape Chandigarh, Feb. 26: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought a detailed report from the Haryana Director General of Police and the Home Secretary by Monday in a Sonepat gang rape case during the Jat agitation.
here. "Now that the former home secretary made it very clear that the earlier affidavit concerning Ishrat Jahan said something and it was changed at a political level. Who was responsible for that change, under whose influence the affidavit was changed about Lashkare-Taiba connection to Ishrat Jahan?" he added. Pillai served under then home minister P. Chidambaram in 2009 when the government filed two affidavits in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. "What really happened was in one of the affidavits there was a mention of LeT operatives, but in the other one, that aspect was deleted. I really wouldn't know because that was not done at my level, it was done at a political level. You have to ask at the political level and not me," Pillai said in an interview when asked about the contradictory affidavits filed in
Meanwhile, a team of the National Commission for Women (NCW) visited Larhsoli village in Sonepat district, where the women were reportedly raped. The team quizzed some people and met the district administration. Rekha Sharma, a member of the teams, said they have not yet found any clue of rape, and so far, no one has come forward with any complaint. She said, it is a serious matter and the inquiry will continue. (ANI)
New Delhi, Feb. 26: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that an expecting mother, who went to Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital in Delhi on February 6, 2016 for her delivery along with her mother-in-law but was allegedly lured away by some persons from the premises of the hospital. She returned home the next day evening in a delirious condition without her new born child. The husband of the alleged victim has alleged that the incident was informed to the police but no action had been taken. The Commission has ob-
report, the victim could not tell where she was taken and delivered the child except that some persons had dropped her at Bhajanpura traffic signal. The family alleged that she was abducted by some persons in collusion with the hospital staff who got her delivery done.
NHRC notices to Delhi Govt. over abduction of an expecting mother from Hospital premises
served that the news report, carried on February 8, 2016, if true, raises a serious issue of violation of human rights. Accordingly, notices have been issued to the
Chief Secretary, Secretary, Department of Health, Government of NCT of Delhi and Delhi Police Commissioner calling for a report in the matter within two weeks. According to the media
Will ensure soldiers in difficult terrain are properly compensated: Parrikar
Reportedly, there have been several instances of abduction of children from the LNJP Hospital. Questions have been raised that a gang is operating in the Hospital, which is involved in child lifting and luring away the expecting mothers to get their delivery done elsewhere. (ANI)
Siachen, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar New Delhi, Feb. 26: Citing the strategic significance of Siachen, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said that the glacier was an important area to secure, adding that the government would ensure proper compensation to all the soldiers who work in difficult terrain. "From strategic point of view, it is very important for us to secure the Siachen area. I know we are paying a price for that, but we need to maintain this position in the Siachen Glacier," Parrikar said in the Lok Sabha. Saluting the brave soldiers, Parrikar added that the government would ensure giving proper compensation to all those working in difficult terrains.
"If you vacate this Siachen and enemy occupies that, it will be impossible to recover it, we will have to lose many lives to recover it again," he added. Parrikar had earlier ruled out dislodging troops from Siachen Glacier citing the strategic significance. Acknowledging that "there are costs" of maintaining presence at the glacier, he said the number of casualties has come down to around 1014 a year in the last decade. Of these deaths, 8-9 deaths on average are because of 'accidents such as falling into snowy ditches', while only one or two deaths happen because of high altitude-sickness or cold, he said. (ANI)
Haryana BJP core group meets today, CM Khattar likely to attend
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Haryana, Feb. 26: With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government in Haryana drawing flaks over the law-and-order failure due to the Jat agitation for job reservation, the core group of the party meets at Haryana Bhawan here on Friday. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is also likely to attend the meeting. Meanwhile, the Jat agitation has caused loss to public and private property, halting trade, industry and small business and transport. Moreover, the state has suffered a loss of around Rs 20,000 crore on account of burning and de-
stroying of public and private property due to Jat stir. Trade and industry loss is maximum in the worst affected areas of Rohtak, Jhajjar, Bahadurgarh, Hissar, Bhiwani, Jind, Gohana, Sonipat, Kaithal, Karnal and Panipat. Several industries that had come up in the past few years, including that of Suzuki on the Delhi-Rohtak highway, have stopped production at its Gurgaon and Maneswar plants. nmBusiness hubs like Gurgaon which houses top multi-national companies with back-office operations in IT and IT services has been affected. (ANI)
Resolution against sale of F-16 jets to Pak introduced in US House Washington D.C. Feb. 26: A joint resolution seeking to block the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan has been introduced in the US Congress. The resolution (SJ Res 30), introduced by former Republican presidential candidate Senator Rand Paul on February 24, calls for prohibiting sale of eight F16 fighter jets to Pakistan, which the State Department had recently notified to the Congress. The resolution also calls for prohibiting sale to Pakistan other military hardware, including eight Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suites and 14 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems.
Resolution against sale of F-16 jets to Pak introduced in US House
Senator Bob Corker, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has put a hold on the sale of F-16s to Pakistan. The Obama administration is hopeful that it would be able to overcome legislative challenges to proceed with the sale of the F-16s, which it promised to Pakistan several years ago. (ANI)
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Police claim three killers identified Nepal apparels to Dhaka, Feb 26: Investigators claim to have identified three assailants who took part in the killing of writer-blogger Avijit Roy on the Dhaka University campus a year ago.So far, eight persons have been arrested over the murder. Among them, investigators said they had found no evidence against one while another had confessed to instigating killers.After the recent arrest of two suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from Badda, investigators claimed they had gleaned important information from them about Avijit's murder and hoped to crack the case
Musharraf seeks Pak SC's permission to fly abroad for medical treatment Islamabad, Feb.26 : Pakistan's former president-general Pervez Musharraf has gone to the Supreme Court to seek one-time permission to go abroad for medical treatment. Musharraf is on the nofly list and has been hospitalised twice in the past 15 days,. On the federal government's request, the top court had on June 23, 2014 suspended the Sindh High Court's order for removal of Musharraf's name from the Exit Control List.On Thursday, Musharraf filed an application in the apex court through his counsel Dr. Farogh Naseem, stating he had a severe medical condition and should be allowed to fly abroad for surgery as soon as possible.Musharraf has also promised that he would return to the country, according to the two-page petition.The matter is, however, pending for a final order.(ANI)
Train service between India, Pakistan resumed Lahore, Feb 26 : The Samjhota Express service, which was suspended due to security concerns following protests in Haryana, resumed its operation. India had suspended the services of Samjhota Express, which runs between Pakistan and India twice a week, on February 22, following widespread protests by the Jat community. Taking about the delay, one of the passengers Sughran Bibi said she had brought her mother-in-law to meet her relatives in Karachi, adding the disturbance in the train service had made them very uncomfortable as they were unprepared for the cold. While another passenger Hamza said their tickets were confirmed, but at midnight they got news that the train service had been suspended due to which he spent five days in travelling. (Agencies)
soon. Avijit, an engineer by profession and administrator of Mukto-mona blog, was an atheist who advocated secularism. He had received death threats for his writings. Two of his titles were published in last year's book fair.Machete-wielding assailants attacked Avijit and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya, both US citizens of Bangladesh origin, on February 26 last year when they were returning from the book fair. Avijit died in the attack while Bonya sustained several head wounds and her left thumb was sliced off.Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam
was at a stage where they expected a positive result soon.
Police claim to have identified three persons who directly took part in the killing of secular writer and blogger Avijit Roy
yesterday said they had found evidence of six people's involvement in the killing and that banned militant outfit Ansarullah was behind the attack."We have identified three assailants and have their permanent address. However, we
could not arrest them as they are on the run," he said.Investigators sent DNA samples collected from the spot and the arrestees to the FBI who have completed analysing them and would soon send a report. Monirul said the case
He claimed that they had kept in touch with Avijit's wife Bonya through the FBI. In an interview with Reuters last May, Bonya lashed out at Bangladesh government for not responding more aggressively to Avijit's slaying. "This was well planned, choreographed - a global act of terrorism," she told Reuters adding that no
one from the government had reached out to her until then. Avijit's father Ajoy Roy was less than impressed and expressed frustration at the slow progress of investigation. He said since his son's murder, the investigators had been telling him that they were waiting for the FBI report and would solve the case soon."But the time never came in last one year," Ajoy Roy said. (Agencies)
Investigators claim to have identified three assailants who took part in the killing of writer-blogger Avijit Roy on the Dhaka University campus a year ago
Dubai's Emirates to Launch Flights to Rangoon Rangoon, Feb 26: Dubai's Emirates airline will schedule flights to Rangoon starting in August, the airline said, with local tourism experts welcoming the launch.Emirates will begin the daily service from Dubai to Rangoon, as well as to Hanoi, Vietnam, starting August 3. The new route is anticipated to strengthen Emirates' network in Southeast Asia and to offer a new flight option to passengers traveling between Hanoi and Rangoon. Adnan Kazim, Emirates' divisional senior vice president of strategic planning, revenue optimization and aero-politi-
cal affairs, said in the announcement, "With the opening of this service, Emirates will enhance its Southeast Asia offering and offer more choices for travelers in Myanmar and Vietnam to conveniently connect to 39 cities in Europe, 16 in the Middle East as well as a number of destinations across our extensive network in Africa and the Americas."Round-trip flights to Rangoon and Hanoi will depart daily from Dubai at 02:50 am, arriving at Rangoon International Airport at 11:05 am. Flights will then depart from Rangoon at 12:35pm and arrive at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport at 2:50pm. The return flight
An Emirates Airlines Airbus A380-800, with Tail Number A6-EOF, lands at San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California,
will depart Hanoi at 10:50 pm, arriving in Rangoon at 12:20 am the following day. Flights will then depart from Rangoon at 1:50 am and arrive at Dubai International Airport at 05:05 am."Emirates' first air service to Myanmar supports the country's tourism master plan to target
7.5 million tourist arrivals by 2020," Kazim said. Burma welcomed 4.68 million tourists in 2015, according to figures from the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, which was an increase of 52 percent from the previous year. Aung Myat Kyaw, vice president of the Myanmar Tourism Fed-
eration, praised Emirates' future presence in the region and said that he expects more tourists to visit Burma, particularly from Europe, the United States and other western countries."This is connecting us to the world. It's good news. More passengers will come here from western countries. They [Emirates] know the potential of Myanmar," he said.In the statement, Emirates said that Burma has continued to witness an increase in foreign tourist arrivals since its pivot away from isolationism in 2011, in particular attracting those interested in ecotourism and the country's many ancient temples. (Agencies)
Sri Lanka trade chamber welcomes ETCA with India Colombo,Feb 26:A leading Sri Lankan trade chamber has welcomed the proposed Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) with India, saying it will widen bilateral economic engagement but underlined the need for clear communications in tackling issues faced by businesses here. The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce reaffirmed their complete support towards the agreement that "widens and deepens our economic engagement with India," while reiterating the need for systematic stakeholder consultations, clear and coherent communications, and firm commitment to tackling issues faced by
businesses. Any bilateral or regional agreement that Sri Lanka forges must be supportive of the country's holistic economic interests must recognize size asymmetry of the economy and must take a phased approach to liberalisation where domestic regulatory systems need updating. The ETCA agreement seeks to boost cooperation in technical areas, scientific expertise and research amongst institutions, boost standards of goods and services able to compete on the global market and improve opportunities for manpower training and human resource development.The Chamber observed with concern the level of misinformed opposition pro-
liferating in the media regarding the proposed ETCA, which can in part be attributed to the lack of robust information sharing and a systematic consultative process. "We extend our support to the government to help more stakeholders in the private sector understand the gains and challenges of such a bilateral agreement, it said in a statement. The Chamber said they also encourages technical experts from the government to play a more active role in educating the public, addressing concerns of the private sector, and providing relevant information in a timely manner.Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told
parliament that by mid this year the agreement would be entered into despite opposition to it.Lanka's opposition has criticised the proposed trade deal with India as an attempt to "foreignise" the country's economy and demanded that the shortcomings in the existing FTA should be sorted out before concluding the deal.It said the agreement would be advantageous to India and inimical to Sri Lankan economic interests.The Opposition demands that the agreement include
goods, trade in services and investment. In recent weeks the doctors' trade union and several other employees' organisations have taken to the streets to protest the ETCA with India.Undoubtedly, there are valid concerns of an uneven playing field faced by Sri Lankan business in India. In order to build confidence, the Indian government should move quickly to clear some contentious issues facing Sri Lankan businesses that trade with India, the statement said. (Agencies)
The Chamber observed with concern the level of misinformed opposition proliferating in the media regarding the proposed ETCA
China says Taiwan president-elect must respect constitution Beijing, Feb 26 : Taiwan's president-elect Tsai Ingwen must respect the island's own constitution that states Taiwan and the mainland are both part of one China, China's foreign minister has said during a visit to Washington.China considers Taiwan a wayward province, to be brought under its control by force if necessary. Defeated Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan in 1949 after the Chinese civil war. Beijing has warned against any moves towards independence since January's landslide win by Tsai and her independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections and said it would
China says Taiwan president-elect must respect constitution
defend its sovereignty. Tsai has said she would maintain peace with China, and Chinese staterun media have also noted her pledges to maintain the "status quo" with China. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a former head of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, said Tsai's election
was a normal political process that did not come as too big a surprise."We do not care that much who is in power in the Taiwan region of China," Wang said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Thursday, without directly using Tsai's name. His comments were carried on the
centre's website."What we care about is, once someone has come into power, how he or she handles the cross-strait relationship, whether he or she will maintain the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, whether he or she will recommit to the political foundation of cross-strait relations, the one China principle," he said. Wang said he hoped that, before Tsai assumes power in May, she would indicate that she wants to pursue the peaceful development of ties and accept the provision in Taiwan's own constitution that the mainland and Taiwan belong to one China. "It will be difficult to
imagine that somebody elected on the basis of that constitution should try to do anything in violation of its own constitution," Wang said.DPP spokesman Ruan Chao-hsiung said Wang's remarks were consistent with Tsai's position, which was to maintain the status quo under the island's constitutional framework."We hope to communicate with China in a more positive way in efforts to maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait," Ruan said. Wang said Taiwan's people wanted the peaceful development of ties, wanted Chinese tourists and business relations, and wanted to live in a climate of peace. (Agencies)
rejoice duty-free market access in US
Nepal apparels to rejoice duty-free market access in US Kathmandu, Feb.26 : The manufacturers of Nepali apparels finally have a reason to rejoice after the long years of slump in sales, as United States President Barack Obama signed the 'Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Bill' into law on Thursday.This move has paved the way for certain Nepali exporters, including manufacturers of apparels, to enjoy duty-free market access in the United States, reports The Himalayan Times. Duty-free benefits will be granted to up to 66 different items, including certain carpets, headgears, shawls, scarves, leather products and
travel goods.The legislation authorizes the U.S. government to extend special trade preferences to Nepal.US International Trade Commission (ITC) will visit Nepal by mid-March to review the status of infrastructure and capacity of the country to utilise preferences extended by the world's largest economy.ITC is an independent agency of the US that provides trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches.This is a tremendous opportunity for Nepali businesses to expand their exports to the US markets, quotes Ambassador Alaina B Teplitz at US embassy in Kathmandu.(ANI)
Myanmar parliament passes urgent motion on drug fight Yangon, Feb. 26: Myanmar's parliamentary House of Representatives (Lower House) has passed an urgent motion calling on the government to support mass participation in fight against drugs, according to an official report Friday.The motion, submitted by a parliamentarian on Thursday, also called for protecting citizens from possible attacks and extending necessary assistance to them, referring to a recent attack on destroyers of opium plantations by growers in northernmost Kachin state.
According to the report, while destroying opium plantations in Kanpaikthi and Sadone areas early on Thursday, Pat Jasan antidrug network was attacked by a group of opium growers and local militia, leaving two dead and 32 hospitalized. About 40 attackers were arrested. Pat Jasan group was formed in 2013 with local Kachin ethnic people and has been engaging in dissemination of knowledge about drugs, prohibition of drug use and drug trade as well as in drug destruction. (Agencies)
Pakistan sets up JIT to probe Pathankot terror attack Islamabad, Feb 26: Pakistan has set up a five-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the Pathankot airbase terror attack, a week after it lodged an FIR into the incident. The JIT would be visiting the airbase next month to gather evidence subject to permission by the Indian government to conduct its own investigation. The probe team comprises Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Additional Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammad Tahir Rai (convener), Lahore Deputy Director General (DDG) Intelligence Bureau Mohammad Azim Arshad, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt-Col Tanvir Ahmed, Military Intelligence Lt-Col Irfan Mirza and Gujjaranwala CTD Investigating Officer Shahid Tanveer (members).Earlier, a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) was set up by the government to carry out initial probe into the case based on the leads given by
India. A police official said that the SIT would become dysfunctional once government formally transferred its powers to the JIT. The Pakistani team of experts is expected to visit India "shortly" to collect more evidence into the attack. Pakistan on February 18 lodged an FIR in connection with the Pathankot terror attack without naming JeM chief Masood Azhar who India has accused of having masterminded the strike. The FIR by the Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab police has been lodged on the basis of information provided by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval that four attackers probably crossed from Pakistan into India and attacked the airbase on January 2. The attack led to the postponement of a scheduled meeting between Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India in January in Islamabad. Since then, no date has been fixed for talks. (Agencies)
Pakistan has set up a five-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the Pathankot airbase terror attack, a week after it lodged an FIR into the incident.
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Supply Chain in India - an assortment of Demand and Supply methods Malnutrition in India It takes just a little for many Malnutrition has been one of the enduring enigmas of contemporary India. Despite years of rapid economic growth, child malnutrition rates remained unchanged for years. After years of stasis, there seems to be some sign of progress in India's battle against malnutrition, although malnutrition rates remain high. There are currently 795 million people hungry people on earth. Ingograph dia itself is home to the largest under-nourished and hungry population, with 195 million people going hungry every day. Around half of all pregnant women in developing countries are anemic, because they lack access to iron-rich foods. Anemia is responsible for causing 110 deaths during childbirth every year. Malnutrition and anaemia are common among Indian adults. Both malnutrition and anaemia have increased among women since 1998-99. The latest edition of the Global Nutrition Report 2015 by the International Food Policy Research Institute, brings back the concerns over malnutrition into sharp focus. In July, the government of India, after much avoidable controversy, released malnutrition (used synonymously as undernutrition) figures from the Rapid Survey on Children (RSoC) data that was collected in 2013-14. This dataset was keenly awaited as it provides a nationwide assessment after the third round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), which is nearly a decade old now. The RSoC data also assumes significance as the world adopts the Sustainable Development Goals. Goal 2.2 seeks to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under five years of age. The RSoC was conducted by the ministry of women and child development with technical support from Unicef. It found 29.4 per cent of children (aged less than three years) to be underweight (low in weight for their age), while 15 per cent were wasted (low weight for their height) and 38.7 per cent were stunted (low in height for age). On the face of it, this compares well with the NFHS3 data, in which the corresponding figures were 40.4 per cent (underweight), 22.9 per cent (wasted) and 44.9 per cent (stunted). The predominant form of malnutrition in India is significantly different from classical SAM and standardised protocols for treatment are not as effective in the Indian context, where longer durations are required for achieving targeted weight gains. This is on account of the high levels of underlying stunting. Stunting signifies chronic undernutrition and has no scope for "cure" in a therapeutic mode. Its levels in India are higher than in Africa, and exceedingly so among chronically poor populations. It costs just $0.25 (INR 16) per day to provide a child all the vitamins and nutrients he/she requires to grow healthy. Eradicating hunger was one of the key Sustainable Development Goals for 2015, and the target was to end hunger by 2030 and ensure food access to all parts of the population. But will this really be possible to achieve.
Black money It is we who can bring in the change India is the world`s most corrupt country. Corruption is not new in India. After the disclosure by Swiss Banks regarding the names of the account holders bought in a huge turmoil in the scenario of Indian politics. India has more money in Swiss bank than all the other countries combined. Second best Russia has 4 times lesser deposit. US is not even there in the counting in top five. 609 people in India having legal property more than Rs100 crores (Rs- 10 Million). Indian President one day living cost is Rs-8 crore, living in a place where 350 flats. One day Indian Parliament running cost is around 9 crore Rupees. Britishers looted 350 Lakh Crore in 250 years whereas Indian himself looted 330 crore. 70 Lakh crore only deposited in swiss bank. 84000 corrupt people in India. India has around 450 Billion dollar of coal deposit & 170 billion of iron ore deposit, looted by state politicians .According to Indian Government around 1 Lakh place in India where people doing illegal mining. Dishonest persons, scandalous politicians and corrupt IAS, IPS officers have deposited in foreign banks in their illegal personal accounts a sum of about $ 1500 billion, which have been misappropriated by them. From 2003 to 2010 out of 5,635 IPS officers fifty (50) IPS officers were resigned and joined private company. This amount is about 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt. With this amount 45 crore poor people can get Rs 1,00,000 each. This huge amount has been appropriated from the people of India by exploiting and betraying them. Year back, in fact, in 2007, when the then National Security Adviser MK Narayanan had spoken of terror funds routinely penetrating and manipulating the markets, he was hinting at PNs. Earlier, the RBI too had come out with a report expressing concern over the illegal traffic. At that time 89 percent of the funds invested by FIIs had come through the PN route, RBI data showed. According to recent estimates, roughly $200 billion - four times the external debt of Pakistan - is stashed away in Swiss banks and is now being withdrawn. Its high time that we need to start a movement to pressurize our government to stop the level of corruption regarding black money in our country. And this perhaps is the only way, and a golden opportunity, to expose the high and mighty and weed out corruption !! Is India poor, who says? Ask Swiss banks With personal account deposit bank of $1500 billion in foreign reserve which have been misappropriated, an amount 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt, one needs to rethink if India is a poor country?.
pose the smoothening of SKU demands across time horizons, and hence are severely exposed to the problem of wide fluctuation at SKU level. At the same time, changing Euro norms have increased the rate of new product introduction at a component level. Pranjal Kumar Phukan The same is the case with dealers Most plants in India have - they get inventory as per some form of Kanban sales targets of OEMs. It system or restricted bins is not aligned to the ac(or restricted carriages to tual rate of secondary hold SKUs). Some plants sale. Most OEMs in Indeliberately limit space to dia do not have a Kanban force flow of inventory. system for inventory With minimal inventory movement between on the production floor dealer and the OEM as and the incoming stores, the demand fluctuations implementation of other across time horizons for Image for representational purpose (Photo: st.com/st-web) tools of TPS (just-in-time an SKU is high, and they manufacturing) like 5 s, have not been able to encellular layout most plants force smoothening of lists of both the OEM and stands to gain a lot with- one has a monthly schedlook clean and organized. SKU demand on the mar- the tier vendor. out changing the way all ule of offtake from the Visually, these clean ket. tier vendors work. OEM. plants give the impression The way forward that years of effort has As a result, most auto How does one improve We know that an compo- So, instead trying to adgone into implementing supply chains turn into the supply chain? Most nent vendor has already here to a monthly schedthe best of flow systems botched up combinations OEMs and component invested in space for ule provided by the OEM, and that the OEMs' sup- of a push system with vendors have an ineffec- maintaining buffers for they need to produce to ply chains are very stable. few "visible" elements of tive supply chain where OEM. So, if we are able actual off take from the The stability of a supply pull system mechanisms inventory at finished to have the right inven- warehouse. To cut down chain can be gauged by in restricted locations of goods level is many times tory profile at a daily on disruptions in the plant two parameters - the the supply chain. Tier I higher than inventory of level, then an OEM can at a daily level, they need level of expediting and the and tier II vendors oper- the incoming component still enjoy low inventory of to have a buffer level stability of inventory pro- ate on forecasted sched- level. This is despite the component while having which protects them from file in the chain. Frequent ules provided by the fact that the component good availability of the maximum consumption rescheduling due to in- OEM every month. Due level holds highest form feeding components. during supply lead-time. complete kits further ag- to plant scheduling and of aggregation (same When one OEM changes Consumption from the gravates the kit availabil- material planning based component can be used over to pull-based move- buffer level (or the norm ity problem. Most auto on a monthly or a weekly across many end SKUs). ment of inventory at the level) can be the trigger supply chains in India do forecast of the OEM, the It is not uncommon to find dealer level, the immedi- for daily production. The not have the stability of vendors' ability to respond that components required ate impact would be bet- norm level is the artificial schedules. At the same quickly to OEMs' daily to complete an SKU are ter smoothening of load on lock - no one is allowed time, the inventory of the production plan changes missing while the same the plant and subse- to move inventory or proentire supply chain goes is restricted. Therefore, component has already quently on the multiple duce above the norm (like haywire from time to they fail to meet chang- been used up in an SKU tiered component ven- use of space or reacting time. This leads to a "bull- ing requirements at a that is not likely to be dis- dors. to Kanban cards). whip" effect, and the inventory goes haywire for We know that an component ven- In the current paradigm However, if supply leadmany players in the of push- based functionis high, the level of dor has already invested in space ing, most component ven- time chain. demand spikes imposed for maintaining buffers for OEM. dors are expecting im- on the plant is high. To At the same time, every forecast accuracy minimize the impact of So, if we are able to have the right proved month end the level of from the OEM as an an- spikes, it is important to inventory of the OEM swer to the puzzle. The reduce the supply leadinventory profile at a daily level, drops with a huge spike however, believe time. Most component then an OEM can still enjoy low OEMs, in last week dispatches. that component vendors vendors actually have Similar inventory probinventory of component while need adequate capacity short production leadlem exists with the combuffers to absorb any time but the supply leadhaving good availability of the ponent vendor, whose kind of variation. Is there time goes up due to unfeeding components. warehouses usually have a way out of this conflict? availability of various a month's inventory even can never be feeding components (proWhen one OEM changes over to Forecasts when they are few hours accurate at a component cured from tier II venpull-based movement of inventory level - the OEM's com- dors). The problem is agaway from the assembly plants of the OEM. Deat the dealer level, the immediate ponent requirement is gravated by lack of adspite having a month's independent not just on the space at the purimpact would be better smoothen- forecasts but also on the equate ventory, the OEMs do not chase stores. seem to have the compoing of load on the plant and subse- impact of production nent SKU they need for schedules changing due There is a need to have quently on the multiple tiered the day. Theoretically to incomplete kits. adequate space for ensurspeaking, instability indiing good availability of component vendors. cators (high expediting It is nearly impossible to feeding components. and varying inventory lev- daily level. Many compo- patched in the near fu- mathematically model the The feeding component els) should not be seen in nent vendors analyze ture. vicious loop of resched- inventory (of tier II vena supply chain, which is their performance based uling decisions to find out dors) should be enough supposed to move inven- on initial monthly plans of One can argue that the the forecasts for the com- to accommodate the detory based on "just in the OEM and give them- same component could ponent requirement with mand during the supply time", only on a pull trig- selves high marks. At the have been used to pro- any reasonable accuracy. lead-time of feedingger like availability of same time, issues such as duce what is required So, the only way out for component. Procurerescheduling, search for rather than produce what component vendors is to ment triggers should not space or a bin. missing components and is not required. If one can shift from push-based be based on forecasts But most Indian OEMs daily expediting requests reverse the inventory pat- production to pull based but on daily consumphas not been able to im- remain on the problem tern at OEM, an OEM production, even though tion. Once adequate in-
A 'UTOPIA'
Agitation for reservation (Photo: ste.india.com)
Sir, Agitation launched by the Jats in Haryana gradually spreaded to the capital NewDelhi rocking the entire nation. Meanwhile, twelve numbers of death had been reported due to police firing. It is rather enigmatic to note that the spurt of agitation for reservation abruptly takes place and convulses the entire nation and for the agitation the Government of India incurs loss worth several crores of rupees besides good number of loss of lives. During UPA regime, too, the Jats agitation assumed alarming proportion. It now appears, the government of India and the concerned state government is agreeable to award reservation to the Jat community in contravention of the legal provision outlined by the apex court. Both the Centre and the state government are now busy working out legal ways and means, scratching their heads to hammer out a solution for making provisions of reservation for the Jat community. The agitationists being not convinced in ver-
bal assurance are spreading the violent agitation to the far-flung areas-resulting into acute water-crisis in New-Delhi. The Central government, meanwhile, resolves to mitigate the agitation by using tough steps. We appeal to the Central government to accord 'Reservation' to the six tribes of Assam before the situation takes the worst turn. Then, time perhaps is not very far when the caste Hindus, Muslims, and others who are outside the purview of 'Reservation' will agitate and once the agitation picks up momentum, with its turning violent the centre will be compelled to offer 'Reservation' to each and every Indianbringing smile to everbosy's face. To prevent further blood-shed, it is expedient. We wish a 'Utopia' must surface warding off the black clouds of discrimination. Yours etc. Ashok Bordoloi Dibrugarh
ventory buffers are available for the feeding component (incoming components from tier II vendors), the supply lead-time for component of tier I vendors comes down. The level inventory for incoming feeding inventory can go up in the short term, but the finished goods inventory can come down dramatically - there should be net reduction in total supply chain inventory for the tier I vendor. Once all sub-components are available on a daily basis, the ability of production to respond to changing requirements is greatly enhanced as the spike gets smoothened too. The same color based priority system can be implemented for feeding components to the incoming side. One can work on a process of ongoing improvement by helping suppliers (tier II vendors) to reduce their supply lead-time, which in turn will reduce the level of inventory at the tier I vendor. Our experience of implementing the above system over a one-year period has shown that the total inventory turns can be improved from an average of six rotations in a year to about 18 in a year. But this requires sustained effort with a partnership-based approach to help each tier II vendor to improve his lead-time. It is important to build win-win partnerships with vendors and let go of the promiscuous relationship based just on price reductions. As they say, win-win and lose-lose are the only practical possibilities in every relationship. Winlose is just a temporary phase which deteriorates to lose-lose within no time. So the only way to ensure Win for us is to ensure the Win for the other party in relationship. (The author is a Regional General Secretary, CaSI (Global certification body headquartered at New York, US) and recipient of Peter F Drucker award for outstanding contribution to management by University of Swahili, Panama-A fully Government Chartered University. He can be contacted at pranjal_xlri@yahoo.com)
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Media as a mirror of the region The Northeast region is "parts" of the country a unique story in itself. It and it's whole. holds up a mirror to In- So for both these readia and reflects the sons, defining the idea of country's contradictions the country and deciding and strengths, the how our times are to be country's historical trans- interpreted, efforts like gressions and future ex- The Thumb Print are pectations. Pamela Philipose valuable This is to chalwhy the media in the lenge the way the largely Northeast are important Delhi-centric main- because they, in turn, stream media defines hold up a mirror to the India, decide news prioriregion. ties and capture contemWhere does the power porary realities. The of the media come Thumb Print model rests from? It ultimately stems on the promise of the from their ownership of internet. Today India has the power to interpret, a tele-density that could reproduce and dissemi- not have been dreamt nate information. The even a decade ago. media really represent a Clearly great transforpublic sphere providing mations are in store for space for issues of im- this region in an era portance to be discussed where communications and debated; they to- technologies have gether comprise a major shrunk both time and source of information space. and images, which are According to projections, essential for greater citi- the Indian internet user zen participation. Just as base, which crossed the they link individuals in 100 million mark in Nosociety with the collec- vember, will accelerate tive that is society, they as more users get online provide a crucial con- on an array of devices nection between the that includes smart
phones and tablets. At the present rate, in the next three years the number of internet users will be in excess of 300 million. India already has the third largest internet user base in the world, and is only behind China and the USA in this respect. The flattening of the world, that the New York Times journalist, Thomas Friedman talked about; this killing of distance, could mean that a region like the Northeast, instead of constituting just India's periphery, could be as close to the country's centre, as any other region. It could prove that the Northeast, instead of being on the "margins" of the nation, could be the vital bridge between India and East Asia. Thus it could turn the "mainland" and "periphery" argument on its head. I remember a conversation I once had with Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. He made his case for Assam and the Northeast with these
words: "If change has to come to the region, it will have to come through Guwahati. Apart from Sikkim, Assam is the corridor to not just the Northeast but Southeast Asia - a simple geographical fact that cannot be overlooked." The Government of India (GOI) took a while to wake up to the transforming the region's geopolitical state. But the first evidence of its awakening from slumber was when it earmarked 10 per cent of Eleventh Plan Outlay for the Northeast, which is populated by just 3.8 per cent of the population. GOI, make no mistake, was doing this for its own interests. It was looking at drawing future dividends from the fact that northeastern states share borders with Myanmar, Bangladesh and Bhutan and of course China, countries which in turn are docked into the economic hub that is Southeast Asia. Already Korea and Thailand have begun
displaying a strong interest in the Northeast. One may say a region like the Northeast that has not figured on the national map for the last half century, which is completely landlocked, certainly needs the attention of the Indian government. It needs roads, health centres, vocational training institutions, rural electrification projects, telecom and jobs - as of yesterday. But if local people are not given ownership of these plans of transformation, a stake in the changes envisaged in them, it will only foment existing resentments and reinforce old lines of polarization. We will then see the cycle of violence and repression continues in the years ahead. The uncertain trajectory that marked the presence of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited's presence in Meghalaya is a case in point. The international norm of free, prior and informed choice exercised by people most
Image for graphical representation only. (Photo:dreamstime) affected has to be the guiding principle of any project, be it the construction of dam, the sanctioning of mines or the setting up of industries. The old raze-and-plunder approach of a rapacious order cannot be sustained in the era of new information technologies and
communication aids. It will have to be replaced by a genuine participatory process of development that is sensitive first and above all to local needs and sentiments. It has implications for military mobilization in the region, as well as in the use of repressive instruments
like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. We are talking here of sustainable, people-centric change with responsibility, which the media including new ventures like The Thumb Print could reflect, direct and deepen.Courtesy: thethumbprintmag
I had no idea how much society discriminates Everyone mocked me, but getting on the 'magical stairs' against the disabled until I lost my sight Disability is something even in my case, attempts which can happen to any- were made at various one and at any time. It is places to keep me away acquired not always by from all big events. In the birth and can happen also case of employment too, by accidents in the I have some bitter expecourse of one's life. In riences. that case, the Kapil Kumar In the year term "tempo2009, I got rarily able bodied" used to denote the through the written exso-called normal people amination as well as the by Professor Anita Ghai interview conducted for the post of a clerk at a becomes relevant. government bank. I was In my case too, this is a called for document verifact. In fact, today, I am fication and a medical fita person who has 100% ness test. There, I was sightlessness. I did not handed a list of medical have this disability right tests which I had to get from my birth. I acquired done. it, due to some accident. By that time, I never knew or had never imagined having any disability. Disability, either natural or acquired, carries with itself a number of superstitions and myths.
sity. There I found that, for me, the buildings were not accessible. For enjoying even the basic right of getting an education and employment, an accessible environment is required. This fact is also recognised in the Persons with disabilities Act of 1995 and in United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006. In the absence of a disabled friendly infrastructure, it becomes quite tough for a disabled person to continue with his or her education or employment.
More specifically, Indian society attaches the concept of 'karma' to disabled people. Therefore, people have prejudices towards persons with disabilities. They are generally tried to be kept away from all major activities in society. Society, often, even attempts to deprive them of Image for graphical representation only. their basic right of attain(Photo: 123rf) ing education and employment. Furthermore, disDisabled people not only abled people are re- I got them done and re- face structural barriers garded as either asexual turned to the main branch but also, attitudinal barrion the said day to submit ers. Usually, the instituor impotent. the report. The doctor at tions in which disabled The truth about it, I the bank refused to sign people work are not realised only after acquir- my medical report and found to be disabled ing the disability. Once I referred my issue to the friendly. They are not became blind, I became head office. When I filed constructed in a way in an object of sympathy a Right To Information which disabled people and pity. A number of request, I received a re- could either work or times, I have heard people sponse telling me that I move efficiently. The say, "bechara pichley had been found unfit in phrase "job without work" janam ke karm bhog raha the medical test. I still explains it well. In fact, hai (this poor fellow is don't know what the disabled persons have a reaping the harvest of his grounds were for that? lot of capabilities, they And the question still per- have talent and potential. previous birth). sists in my mind. What is But, their employers are, " Usually, people consider the actual definition of most of the time, not inme to be a weak fellow, medical fitness? terested in making use of someone who is helpless. their capabilities. Whatever knowledge one Around 12 years ago, afhas, whatever talent one ter completing my Over the years, I have might have does not seem schooling from a special experienced that these school, I entered into a institutional barriers to matter. new arena. I came to demotivate students from Nobody cares to give se- Delhi to pursue higher taking admissions. Sturious thought to the sug- education. I got admis- dents with disabilities gengestions provided by a sion in one of the reputed erally prefer those spaces disabled person. In a way, colleges of Delhi Univer- which do not restrict their
mobility. Not only mobility, it is also necessary that these institutions be equipped with all the required assistive devices so that admitted disabled students are able to cope with the conditions. Besides, colleagues in almost all the institutions where disabled people either study or work are not empathetic enough to understand their limitations. Most of the time, they are found to undermine or underestimate the abilities of their disabled colleagues. Sight has a dominant role to play in their view. According to them, in the absence of it there is nothing left in the lives of people. Sighted people consider disabled people weak and fools, and thus, generally look down on them and try to make them feel inferior. While pursuing my masters and then M.Phil., I had a number of such experiences. My classmates sometimes used to walk past me without identifying themselves so that I didn't ask them to do some work of mine. It is also a fact that if any disabled person performs better than his or her classmates, they start discriminating against him. I have firsthand experience of it. When I started performing well at academics, my sighted classmates started to find excuses for not helping me. Moreover, without considering my limitations, they started feeling jealous of me. In one way or the other, they attempted to make me feel inferior. Therefore, it's not only the institutional barriers which halt our journey towards success but, also, it's the attitude of the society which is non-progressive and non-cooperative towards disabled people. In today's discourse, people in society talk about gender discrimination. They can be seen talking about caste discrimination. But, rarely
does one talk about discrimination against disabled people. The society, which is dominated by sighted people, under the influence of 'ableism', hardly attempts to raise the issues related to the lives of disabled people. Day by day, hardships faced by disabled people are increasing. Their basic needs are being neglected. But no reputed human rights activist or NGO, even tries to put forward issues of disabled people seriously in the public arena. Disability is not merely a condition, but also an experience. A person, who in some way or the other becomes disabled, is forced to undergo traumatic experiences. Society, rather than assisting that individual to cope with the odds against him, demoralises and discourages him. That individual, in place of concentrating on his or her limitations and trying to overcome them, directs all his strength to resist the neglect which he faces in the society. The need of the hour is to make society sensitive towards the needs of disabled individuals. Also, there is a need to make society understand that disabled persons are also human beings like others in society are. These disabled people also share the same feelings or sentiments which other members of the community share. Society must realise its responsibilities towards its disabled citizens and, therefore, not only must structural barriers be reduced but, attempts should be made towards lessening the attitudinal barriers against disabled persons also. Only such an atmosphere can help a disabled individual to lead a self-respecting and dignified life. At the end, I would like to repeat my words that disability is not acquired only by birth. It can happen to any individual at any point in his or her life.
was a big achievement for me
I am a working-class but they only came up and gained my trust just yet. woman who strives day never went down. I won- After countless efforts, I in and day out to cook dered how many secret lifted my right leg, but it chapattis for my family, stairs it hid inside and fell back again rather bread and butter exceed again resorted to the than landing on the stairs. our means. For us, trav- daily legwork. I felt like my legs were elling by rickshaw is a The next day, my child frozen. After many more luxury. My had to go to attempts, a lady helped day usually Purva Desai college. We me get on. With a brave starts with a always board heart and vigour, I caught train journey. That day, the same train and get her hand and took a step. there was some con- down at the same sta- I was shivering and said struction work going on tions, but we never go no a thousand times, but at the station. People together. I asked him she was an adamant ansaid an escalator is being about the stairs. Even he gel. Finally, with many built in the station. I smirked and said that it's tiffs, I boarded the magicouldn't even spell the called an escalator. The cal stairs. I held her hand word properly, so didn't name seemed as alien to tight. But finally, I was on pay much heed to it, think- me as the thing itself but, it. ing that it must be rich to be honest, I never My happiness knew no people's business. cared how it is pro- bounds; I was blushing That night, I was a little nounced. I somehow con- and dancing. I was movanxious. I usually fall vinced him to come with ing but my feet were not. asleep easily after my me the next day. That whole day was hectic daily chores. But And the day arrived! Af- memorable. I told every that night, I felt no sign of drowsiness. What I was trying was to remember was 'escalalr' and trying to gauge its meaning. By morning, I was totally drowsy. I was just about to fall asleep when the alarm rang. In a sleepy mood, I walked like a zombie to the station. There was a huge line near the thing that was under construction earlier. And wow! It was moving stairs. Magical stairs on which we just have to stand and they do the climbing. My child spoke of such stairs Image for graphical representation only. at the mall. I myself had (Photo: elephantjourna) never been to the mall, hence had never seen ter having a good bath, I person that I had travelled this magic. Today, I was wore my best sari. After on the magical stairs. My witnessing it for the first all, it was my first en- madam laughed a lot and time. I was astonished; counter with the mystical even my children made all I could do was stare. stairs. My smile knew no jokes, but I knew one An announcement of my bounds, but my heart was thing: that I achieved what I want to. train was enough to racing. break my concentration. Standing in front of those I needed to go the other stairs, my heart skipped Spirits high, now I am platform to catch the many beats, afraid and happy. I, the one bounded train but did not have the shocked I was left star- by duties and responsibiliguts to get on these mov- ing at them. I called my ties of being a woman, fiing stairs. Hence, I made son for help and suddenly nally, not only dreamt my legs do some work realised that he was al- something for myself but and sprinted for a seat on ready calling out to me. also completed that the train. The day was But he was not beside dream. too dreamy and drowsy, me, he was already on the "O beautiful woman, I asked my malkin about stairs, about to reach the once a while breathe for those stairs. She smirked top. And now I was even yourself, once a day, and her child had a great more scared than before. dream for you. Let your My son shouted to me to virtues beautify you along laugh. At last, at night, I was just take a step. But the with your body, looks and standing in front of them, moving stairs hadn't dress."
DIBRUGARH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27
BUSINESS
Jet Airways, Korean Air inks treaty New Delhi, Feb 26: Private carrier Jet Airways said it has inked a codeshare pact and loyalty exchange programme with the Korean Air which will allow passengers of the two airlines seamless travel between India and South Korea. As part of the pact, which will come into force on March 1, Jet Airways and Korean Air will be able to connect from multiple points in India to Seoul over various gateway points in Asia. Korean Air operates over 462 flights per day to 129 cities in 46 countries with a fleet of 167 aircraft, including 10 jumbo jets A380s. Under the arrangement, Jet Airways will place its marketing code
BHEL to reduce green-house gas emissions with 40-mw hydro power unit in West Bengal ANI New delhi, Feb 26: State-owned BHEL has successfully commissioned a 40-mw hydroelectric generating unit in West Bengal. According to a company statement, the unit has been commissioned at the 4x40 mw Teesta Low Dam Hydro Electric Project ( HEP) stage-IV in West Bengal. The project is a run-of-theriver greenfield project on the Teesta in Darjeeling district of West Bengal. The other three units of the project are also at advanced stages of execution and the second unit is expected to be commissioned shortly. The estimated annual energy generation of 720 million units from the project will result in significant reduction of green-house gas emissions and will help in achieving a low carbon development path for the state and the country.
Mercedes launches refreshed version of its E-Class Pune, Feb 26: German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz launched a refreshed version of its E-Class sedan in India, priced between Rs. 48.60 lakh and Rs. 60.61 lakh (ex-showroom Pune), to mark 20 years of production of the model in the country. The company has sold over 32,000 units of the E-Class since the beginning of its production in India in 1995. Christened as the Edition E, the luxury sedan marks 20 years of the start of production of the E-Class, which has the unique distinction of being the first luxury car to be 'Made in India', Mercedes-Benz said in a statement. "The launch of the Edition E strongly underlines our strategy of periodically refreshing our existing best-selling products, enabling to win customer confidence and offer them value driven products," Mercedes-Benz India MD and CEO Roland Folger said. The E-Class, which was the first luxury sedan to be produced by Mercedes-Benz for the Indian market, also kick started the company's journey in country, he added. The E 200 Edition E is priced at Rs. 48.60 lakh, the E 250 CDI Edition E at Rs. 50.76 lakh and the E 350 CDI Edition E at Rs. 60.61 lakh (all prices are ex-showroom Pune). (Agencies)
on Korean Air-operated non-stop flights between Incheon, Seoul and Mumbai, as well as flights between Incheon, Seoul, Bangkok and Singapore. Similarly, Korean Air will place its marketing code on Jet Airways flights on Singapore-Mumbai and Bangkok-Mumbai-Delhi routes, a release said. Codesharing allows an airline to book its passengers on its partner carriers and provide seamless transport to multiple destinations where it has no presence. "We are pleased to commence our codeshare partnership with Korean Air, offering our guests convenient flight connections between India and Seoul.
CODESHARE PACT INKED force on March 1, Jet Airways and Korean Air will be able to connect from multiple points in India to Seoul over various gateway points in Asia.
Private carrier Jet Airways said it has inked a codeshare pact and loyalty exchange programme with the Korean Air. This will allow passengers of the two airlines seamless travel between India and South Korea. Through this partnership and Korean Air's additional destinations to be launched in India.
As part of the pact, which will come into
Codesharing allows an airline to book its passengers on its partner carriers and provide seamless transport to multiple destinations where it has no presence.
This is the next step in strengthening our position in Asia, allowing us to win new customers in the re-
gion," Senior Vice President (Commercial), Jet Airways, Gaurang Shetty said. Under the loyalty
club partnership, members of both Jet Airways frequent flyers' programme 'JetPrivilege'
Jet Airways Flight (Photo: mayatoday)
and Korean Air's 'SKYPASS' will benefit from frequent flyer mileage accrual and redemption opportunities across the entire network of the two carriers. With the new pact coming into effect from March 1, Jet Airways would operate codeshare flights with 23 airlines across the world. "Through this partnership and Korean Air's additional destinations to be launched in India, we are hoping to contribute to strengthening the two countries' economic relations as well," Korean Air's Senior Vice President for International Affairs and Alliance, Yong Soon Park said. (Agencies)
Pilferage remains a dilemma for LPG subsidy scheme Mumbai, Feb 26: The direct benefit transfer scheme (DBT) for LPG subsidy has resulted in considerable savings for the government. However pilferage still remains a problem, according to a study. "Despite being a well-designed system accruing big savings for the government, we discovered that cylinders continue to be diverted to the commercial market. In our research, we found that families, irrespective of income levels and family size consume 9.5-10.5 cylinders per year leaving 23 unutilised, subsidised cylinders per household. We discovered, this design has led to a unique problem that we call the 'March problem'," according to a study by MicroSave, an interna-
that around Rs.1,800 crore-Rs.3,000 crore (based on a usage of 9.510.5 cylinders) out of the total amount transferred under PAHAL (as the LPG subsidy scheme is called) is being pilfered, assuming that only half the eligible population across all states indulged in such activities. Image for representational purpose only (Photo: s4.firstpost) tional financial consultancy.The survey, which covered over 100 LPG distributors and 6,000 consumers in Uttarakhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, found that customers in these states said that they were approached by distributors to book the unused cylin-
ders at the end of the financial year, in March. Once these extra cylinders are booked, the report found,the distributor sells them at market rates while the families receive the subsidy amount in their accounts in the following month. Back of the envelope calculations show
That works out to 6-10.5 per cent of the total LPG subsidy payments through this scheme. The actual figure could be more. Government data shows that it has given out Rs.28,713 crore under the PAHAL scheme against a budgeted amount of Rs.21,140 crore. "We found that DBTs had led to a 23 per cent reduction in the number of gas connections, removing over
40 million ineligible consumers. Savings on these ghost customers can be as high as around $2 billion computed at the rates prevailing at the time of launch," the report said. It said a per-cylinder approach to the subsidy payments could remove the incidence of pilferage. At the moment, the government gives a standard subsidy amount regardless of whether it is for the first cylinder consumed or the twelfth. The report recommends a graded approach where the first few cylinders used receive a high subsidy amount while the 10, 11 and 12 cylinders receive no subsidy at all. Using this method, the overall subsidy received by the families for cylinders used will remain the same. (Agencies)
Tata Steel Europe CEO Karl Koehler quits London, Feb 26: In an unexpected move, Tata Steel said Karl Koehler, the CEO of its embattled overseas arm Tata Steel Europe, has resigned and the firm has appointed Chief Technical Officer Hans Fischer as its new chief. Kohler, who took over as Tata Steel Europe's CEO and Managing Director in October 2010, has resigned from the post, effective February 29, 2016, Tata Steel Europe said in a statement. Fischer will assume the charge of Tata Steel Europe's CEO from March 1, 2016. A former CEO of German engineering giant ThyssenKrupp's Steel Americas, Fischer joined the firm as Chief Technical Officer in July 2012.
Tata Steel board said "Karl Koehler has decided to step down as a director of Tata Steel Ltd and as CEO and Managing Director of Tata Steel Europe so he can take up a senior leadership position with a large privatelyowned industrial company in Germany. He will remain available to Tata Steel for a short period in an advisory capacity, the firm added. Koehler, a former member of the executive committee of industry body World Steel Association, was Vice Chairman of VDEh, the German Iron and Steel Institute. During his over 30-year career in steel industry, he has worked as a member of the Executive Board of
ThyssenKrupp AG and has also been President of Eurofer or European steelmaking federation. The development comes at a time when Tata Steel announced last month that it will cut 1,050 jobs in the UK, including the country's biggest steel plant, as part of its broader cost-reduction plan amid "unfair" steel imports from China. The restructuring and "cost-saving" proposal comes over and above the October 2015 lay-off of 1,200 roles employed by Britain's biggest steelmaker, that also appealed to the EU to take urgent action to check the imports in the country for a level-playing field. Tata Steel group ED Koushik
performance of Tata Steel Europe and will report to the Board of Tata Steel Europe and will seek advice and guidance from Koushik Chatterjee. Koehler said: "The last six years have been a challenging journey of change for Tata Steel in Europe as it dealt with unprecCEO Karl Koehler quits edented market condi(Photo: d.ibtimes) tions. Focus on efficiency gains, meanwhile, has Chatterjee will be Tata been key to creating a Steel's Executive Director better foundation for for Europe in addition to the company." Fischer his current responsibili- said: "We understand ties. "With effect from making our customers March 1, 2016, Fischer, more successful is crucurrently CTO of Tata cial to our long-term Steel Europe, will be ap- s u s t a i n a b l e s u c c e s s pointed CEO and will join while we continue to the Board of Tata Steel improve our efficiency Europe," it added. He will in supplying higherbe responsible for the op- value products to our erational and business customers." (Agencies)
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Sikka's term extended by two years
Infosys CEO and MD, Vishal Sikka (Photo: static.dnaindia) Bengaluru, Feb 26: India's second largest IT service provider Infosys said the company has extended the tenure of CEO and MD Vishal Sikka for another two years, stating that his initiatives have helped the company to grow towards leadership position. The tenure of Mr. Sikka will be extended from June 13, 2019 to March 31, 2021, according to a regulatory filing. "The Company's nomination and remuneration committee and board recognised the outstanding initiatives taken by Dr. Vishal Sikka towards restoring the company to industry leadership, which have already begun to show results." Mr. Sikka was the first non-founder who was appointed as the CEO and Managing Director of the company. Under the leadership of Sikka, Infosys started delivering indus-
try leading growth in the last couple of quarters. Since he assumed office in August 2014 Mr Sikka has taken various measures to fuel growth. Some of the major measure includes leadership changes, employee retention measures, forming corporate venture fund. The company which was conservative on the acquisition front also became aggressive and acquired Panaya and Skava for $200 million and $120 million respectively."The management under the leadership of Dr. Sikka has drawn up goals for revenue, margins and people productivity for the financial year 2020-21, which are expected to be progressively achieved in the next five years. The board believes that Dr. Sikka's leadership will be essential to achieve these goals," according to the filing. (Agencies)
Sresta Natural Bio to develop 24 Mantra Organic product range Chennai, Feb 26: Sresta Natural Bio Products Ltd, the company behind the '24 Mantra Organic' food brand, is pursuing plans to expand product offerings as well as the farm acreage to be ready for the exponential growth it expects the industry to witness in 10 years. As part of the plans the company announced entry into two new categories -- Ready to Drink and Ready to Cook products. Five variants of the Ready to Drink -- Orange, Mango, Berry, Apple and Lemon Green Tea flavours -- and four variants of Ready to Cook breakfast options -- Millet Dosa Mix, Ragi Idli Mix, Gojji Avalakki and Kanda Poha -- have been launched, CEO N. Balasubramanian and Managing Director Raj Seelam told presspersons. Observing that the idea was to provide products for customers across all age groups, he said that new additions would be
available across the country in two months. The company sells over 200 products through 10,000 retail stores in 150 cities in India, Mr. Balasubramanian said. It also exports to various countries. Over the next four years, the company, Mr. Seelam said, wanted to increase the acreage under organic farming, carried out on a group farming basis, to 5 lakh acres from the existing 1.5 lakh acres. To a query, the senior executives said that the expansion plans would see the headcount going up from 250 at present to 800. The market for organic food in the country is growing at more than 30 per cent year on year over the last 3 to 4 years. While the market for Ready to Eat/Cook foods (excluding the noodles category) is estimated at Rs.600 crore, for RTD it is over Rs.1,000 crore, a release from the company said. (Agencies)
SAIL to spend Rs. 10,200-cr Cabinet's approval to cashless transactions on mine development New Delhi, Feb 26: SAIL will invest over Rs 10,200 crore on mine development as the domestic steel giant embarks on a modernisation and expansion programme, the Parliament was informed. The Maharatna PSU's modernisation and expansion drive is to enhance its steel production capacity from 12.8 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 21.4 MTPA at an indicative investment of Rs 61,870 crore, Minister of State for Steel Vishnu Deo Sai said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha. The programme is being undertaken at the SAIL's facilities in Bhilai, Bokaro, Rourkela, Durgapur and Burnpur as well as the special steel plant at Salem. "Besides, a provision of Rs 10,264 crore has also been
made towards investment in mines," Mr. Sai said. On
the companies. To a query on demand and supply of steel,
SAIL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES SAIL will invest over Rs 10,200 crore on mine development. It invested as the domestic steel giant embarks on a modernisation and expansion programme. The Maharatna PSU's modernisation and expansion drive is to enhance its steel production capacity. The capacity is to rise at about 12.8 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 21.4 MTPA at an indicative investment of Rs 61,870 crore, raising of funds for the modernisation and expansion programme of steel PSUs, he said the same were arranged through internal resources and borrowings by
Mr. Sai said with a crude steel production capacity of about 101 MT (million tonnes) in 2013-14, India produced about 87.67 MT of finished steel with an appar-
ent consumption of about 74.09 MT. In 2014-15, with a capacity of about 110 MT, the country produced around 91.45 MT of finished steel with an apparent consumption of about 76.99 MT. "Thus India is capable of meeting almost the entire domestic steel demand," the minister said. India has witnessed about 75.5 per cent increase year-on-year in imports of total steel in 201415 and about 24 per cent increase during April 2015January 2016. "The jump in imports is largely on account of global steel glut. Due to this reason, steel is being exported by China and other countries, often at below cost of production. Further, a small quantity of high quality steel, not manufactured locally, are also imported," he said. (Agencies)
New Delhi, Feb 26: The Union Cabinet approved several steps to promote cashless transactions, which include mandatory cardbased or electronic payments beyond a prescribed threshold. Some of the other major steps approved by the Cabinet include the withdrawal of any additional charge currently imposed on card or digital payments by various government entities and the introduction of the required infrastructure for digital payments in all government offices. The Cabinet also approved the rationalisation of the merchant discount rate (MDR) on card transactions and telecom service charges for digital financial transactions to promote mobile banking. With this decision, the government has com-
Cabinet's nod to cashless transactions (Photo: vccircle)
pleted its promise for such measures made in the previous Budget. However, the details of these incentives were not shared in formal communiquĂŠ of the Cabinet's decision. "Promotion of payments through cards and digital means will be instrumental in reducing tax avoidance, migration of Government payments and collections to cashless mode, discourage transactions in cash by providing
access to financial payment services to the citizens to conduct transactions through card/ digital means and shifting payment ecosystem from cash dominated to non-cash/less cash payments," according to a government statement. In his Budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said that one way to curb the flow of black money is to discourage transactions in cash. Towards this, he proposed to introduce several measures that would incentivise credit or debit card transactions. Later in the year, the government also proposed to levy a nominal cash handling charge on cash transactions above a specified level, though this was not included in the steps approved by the Cabinet. (Agencies)
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WOMEN'S Ayurvedic solutions for Oily Skin Are you troubled by oily skin and hair? Is summer already taking its toll on you? Summer is upon us, and along with the unforgiving sun, comes a wide array of dermatological issues. The most common amongst these are oily hair and skin problems. Here are some easy Ayurvedic remedies for oily skin, with ingredients you probably already have lying around at home. These are effective and don't take time out of your busy schedule. 1. Milk: The simple, healing properties of milk will take care of your oily skin problems. Simply soak a cotton ball in milk and wipe your face with it twice a day, at least once before going to sleep. If you feel you need a little extra cleansing, add a few drops of lemon concentrate to the cotton ball. 2. Orange: Orange concentrate has high levels of Vitamin C that is very good for the skin. Squeeze half an or-
ange into a bowl and apply it on your face with the help of a cotton ball. Keep it on for about ten to fifteen minutes before washing off. 3. Sandalwood and Turmeric: A paste made from sandalwood and turmeric can be used for both the head and the face. Mix sandalwood and turmeric powder, and add water (or lemon concentrate) to it. Then spread this paste on your face and head, and wait for about ten to fifteen minutes before washing off. 4. Aloe Vera: It would be prudent and useful to simply grow Aloe at home since this plant can cure nearly any dermatology-related issue. Otherwise, Aloe leaves are easily available at supermarkets. Aloe works as an anti-inflammatory agent. Cut the green layers off the leaf and you are left with a transparent, slimy, gellike substance. In a bowl, mash this gel with your fingers as best as you
can. Then apply this on your face and hair, and keep it on for about ten minutes or till it's dry. Then, wash off. This can be the best ayurvedic face wash for oily skin. 5. Honey: This honey treatment is meant specifically for the hair. Mix one egg yolk with two tablespoons of honey. Add some lukewarm water and mix it. Apply this paste directly on the scalp. Leave it on for a couple of hours and then wash off thoroughly. 6. Water: Warm some water to make it lukewarm. With a swab of cotton, wipe your face well. This will remove all the dirt from the pores of your face. Then, take an ice out from the freezer and rub it all over your face, especially the "T" zone. This closes up the pores on your face. Do this once a day for a few weeks for slow yet satisfying results. 7. Eggs and Lemon: Apart from sounding like the name of a continen-
tal breakfast, a mixture of egg yolk and lemon juice is a perfect cure for an oily scalp. Mix the concentrate of two lemons with two eggs. Rub this paste onto your scalp and keep it on for about an hour. Then wash off thoroughly. 8. Neem: Boil Neem leaves in water and allow the infusion to cool. You can apply this on both your face and scalp. It doesn't require to be washed off; if you feel it's too strong on your skin, wipe away with lukewarm water. One of the wonderful ayurvedic tips for oily skin and scalp! 9. Tea Infusion: Dab a cold, used tea bag on your face, especially the "T" zone. The tannic acid not only reduces blemishes but also cleans clogged pores that could lead to oil build up. 10. Rose Water: Dab cotton drenched in rose water on your face, once a day, for about a month. This not only re-
duces oil build up but also provides a cooling sensation to the skin. 11. Multani Mitti/Fullers Earth: To have a smooth, clear and considerable oil free skin, mix 4 teaspoons of multani mitti with rose water and leave it on your skin for 10 minutes. Wash off with plain water. (I really hope this girl has Multani Mitti pack on her face, though it's looking yummy like chocolate face pack LOL !!!, jokes apart chocolate face pack has antioxidant properties but it's not something u'd like to use to control your oily skin's oiliness. Some More Tips To Help Reduce Oily Skin: 1. Your diet should consist of green leafy vegetables. To control oil secretion drink atleast 8-10 glasses of water each day. 2. Wash your face with a cotton dipped in warm water, to take off excess
Application of Sandalwood and Turmeric (Photo: cdn.inquisitr) oil, but don't do this regularly.(Do this very rarely.) 3.Use rose water or neem water as a toner for oily skin. 4.Use oil free moisturizer (use gel based or water based) and you can also use foundations and cosmetics. 5.Do not use harsh oil removing formulas for face wash. Keep it normal, and for controlling oil, wash face with besan and / atta (whole wheat flour ). This will control oil and at the same time
is natural. 6.Sometimes (or may be once a day) clean face with a mixture of lemon juice and warm water. Or just a mixture of lemon juice and water in equal parts and wash with a cotton cloth or cotton ball dipped in warm water. This will take all the oil off at once. Follow this by a pore tightening remedy to control oil secretion by using refrigerated rosewater on to skin with a cotton ball. With these all natural in-
gredients, fair and glowing skin is no longer a farfetched dream. Treat your oily skin with these easily available magic potions. Reveal youngerlooking, supple skin and luscious hair, whether it's summer or winter. Try these effective solutions of ayurvedic treatment for oily skin and share your success story with us! But you can always consult a doctor if the symptoms still persist even after using these ayurvedic solutions for oily skin.
Take care of your Oily Hair Coconut oil for tanning You know what causes oiliness of hair? Well there are plenty of reasons. It can be because you are born with oily scalp or it may be due to stress, abnormal diet consisting of more oily food or less of water intake, intake of hormonal pills for post or preponement of your periods, due to intake of steroids or painkillers or even birth control pills. Tips for oily hair care: These hair care tips for oily hair will offer maximum benefits. Read below to find out how: Tip 1: Essentially your diet should contain fruits and veggies in good quantity and 8-10 glasses of water each day. Tip 2: Regular shampooing is essential, even if not regular shampooing then at least 3 times a week. But at the same time you have to be careful that the shampoo isn't very harsh, otherwise it will strip away the natural oils which is definitely not good. Use a Ph balanced shampoo which is mild and especially formulated for oily hair. Tip 3: You do not need to use any types of oil on your hair if your hair is already oily. The best part, the oil secreted from your hair is actually good for your hair as it's natural and secreted from your body only. You just need to control it. Even then once a while a hot oil treatment of pure almond oil (since it's non sticky and a good nourishment for hair) mixed with either non sticky olive oil or even
vegetable oil is good. Mix, warm over indirect heat, put 1 teaspoon to 3 teaspoons of lemon juice and use on hair. Keep for 15 minutes covered with a warm water soaked towel and then rinse off.
way as you use talcum powder. Do not forget to wash off your hair (though corn starch will not harm your scalp like talcum powder can, it is still advisable to wash it off) after coming back.
Tip 4: Rinsing of oily hair can be done with 2-3 bsp of apple cider vinegar or white vinegar into one mug of water. Tip 5: Beer rinse is also good. Don't drink it just pour over your hair. Its great for any type of hair.
Tip 7: You can use a natural conditioner rather than going for other types of conditioners like available in the market. Make a conditioner using fresh aloe vera gel ( or any good brand packaged form) and mix with it 1tbsp of apple cider vin-
Tip 9: Do not brush hair too much. The bristles carry oils from one end to the other . leading to more oiliness. Tip 10: If you work out , then do not let the sweat stand on your hair . Shampoo after without fail!Tip 11: Some people have the habit of tying their hair in pony tail all the time . The more stress you give to roots of hair , the more oily your hair will be since it's stimulates
Girl having oily hair (Photo: lionesse) Tip 6: Immediate remedy If you are running short of time and do not want to go in for full length wet shampoo try a dry shampoo. put some talc on your scalp and dust it off. But there is something else too that you can use instead of talc. You can use corn starch, yes the same Wakefield cornstarch that is used in soups or for making pakoras! Use it the same
egar or 2 tbsp of lemon juice or both one one tbsp each. This is really good for all hair types. The result is heavily conditioned hair that isn't oily at all! Tip 8: You can use a good brand of henna for controlling oiliness also. Applying henna keeps hair drier than normal.(Do not use eggs or lemon juice or anything as such when you want to condition your hair.)
the glands at the roots. Keep your hair loose sometimes to avoid this. Tip 12: You can grab a bottle of witch hazel oil, then mix like 4 drops of it to about 2 tbsp of plain water. Dab it on a cotton ball and apply on scalp. This helps to control oiliness of hair. This is a medicated product. if you have sensitive scalp make sure to check with specialist before you try it.
Does the bright sun lift your spirits? A hot summer day can definitely chase away the gloom. The summer months are not liked by a lot of people thanks to the dust, humidity, and sweating that are part of the season. But, there are others who wait for those days. It is the perfect time to get a tan on the skin and boost the appeal. However, it is also important that you adhere to the safety provisions while developing a tan. Not all methods used for tanning are safe. The tanning beds are not natural, after all, and lying on the beach for hours can expose your skin to the harmful UV rays. Applying a sunscreen is an option but it also comes with some caveats. Using natural remedies is a better option for tanning. Using Coconut Oil For Tanning: Most people are accustomed to using coconut oil either for hair care or cooking needs. While its benefits for the scalp and hair are undeniable, you can also use coconut oil for tanning, avoiding the harm caused by the UV rays. Below listed are the reasons why you should use coconut oil for tanning: 1. No Harmful Chemicals: A lot of sunscreens, including those made by reputed skincare brands, are often laden with chemicals and ingredients like paraben and solvents. While they contain SPF for protecting your skin from the harmful UV rays, those chemicals may cause side effects. People with sensitive skins fare worse after applying sunscreens. This applies to various forms of sunscreens, including gels, creams, and lotions. Coconut oil, on the contrary, does not contain any
harmful ingredient or chemical that can impact your skin negatively. 2. Excellent Skin Nourishment: Unlike typical sunscreens, coconut oil helps your skin stay hydrated while taking sun baths. Its natural fatty acids ensure your skin remains well-moisturized, even hours after application. It helps prevent the skin from getting
being aware of it. Coconut oil has proven antimicrobial and antifungal attributes that help protect your skin from getting affected by the germs in the environment. 5. Shiny Look: Constant exposure to strong sunlight can make your skin darker and duller. The application of coconut oil can help your skin remain shiny even
that they block Vitamin D along with the harmful UV rays. That is not the case with coconut oil. Ways To Use Coconut Oil For Tanning: It is quite simple to use coconut oil for tanning. Take a generous amount of coconut oil and then massage it all over your body. Massage well, so that the oil can soak into the skin easily. Based on
Pure coconut oil (Photo: coconut-merchant) dry and wrinkled when you lie for hours on sunkissed beaches. You get a tanned look while your skin texture does not suffer. 3. Develops A Layer: Whether you apply coconut oil as it is or apply it after mixing with other oils or ingredients for tanning, it helps form a layer on your skin. This helps reflect some of the UV rays off your skin. 4. Offers Protection From Infections: When you spend hours lying on a sea beach or an open ground for a tan to set in, your skin gets exposed to the various germs and microorganisms in the surroundings. Most of it happens without you even
after you get the tan. It makes your skin darker and shiny, eventually. 6. Helps Get A Tan Faster: Coconut oil gets absorbed pretty quickly by the skin and energizes the melanin-producing layer beneath the skin surface. So, you need to spend less time in the scorching sun. 7. Does Not Thwart Vitamin D Absorption: Apart from tanning, the exposure to sunlight also helps you soak in Vitamin D. Vitamin D is required for the execution of various physiological functions in the human body (5). The problem with most sunblock creams and sunscreen lotions is
your skin sensitivity, you may use protective clothing like a hat or take an umbrella. Reapply the oil every half an hour during the exposure to the sun. For the best results, use virgin and organic coconut oil. The refined and perfumed variants of this oil do not contain all the natural goodness. However, keep in mind that coconut oil, in itself, is not very protective against UV rays, especially during prolonged exposure to the sun. You may dab on a good quality waterproof sunscreen with SPF 30 for enhanced protection. For the best results, mix the sunscreen with coconut oil a few minutes before you step out into the sun.
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Dibrugarh Cricket Coaching Centre win by 4 wkt Sports Reporter Dibrugarh, Feb.26: Dibrugarh Cricket Coaching Centre beat Cricket Club of Dibrugarh (Green) by four wickets in the inaugural match of the first JKM trophy of excellence All Assam prize money cricket tournament organized by Cricket Club of Dibrugarh at DDSA stadium here today. Altogether, 10 teams participated in the tournament. Put into bat, CCD (Green) piled up 150 for 9 in 35 overs. Pronob
Players line up before the inaugural match. Pic - ET Photo. Mech scored 36 off 40 mained unbeaten on 21 wickets each by giving balls, o f f away 17 and 20 runs rehit2 3 spectively. In reply, t i n g First JKM trophy of excellence balls DCCC boys’ losing six five laced wickets eased past the boundaries and Nanak with three fours. target in 32.4 overs scorSingh contributed 21 off For DCCC, Dipak ing 156. Hemang Singh 29 balls with a lone Gohain and Diku top scored with 70 off 77 boundary. Tridip Das re- Borgohain scalped three balls slamming eight
Van Gaal lauds `unbelievable` Rashford post Man Utd dream debut
Louis Van Gaal ANI London, Feb.26 : Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal has lavished praise on Marcus Rashford after he made a sensational debut during his side's win against Midtjylland in the Europa League, describing the performance as `unbelievable`. Marcus Rashford scored twice to help Manchester
United thrash Midtjylland 5-1 to progress through to the last-16 of the tournament at Old Trafford. The 18-year-old stepped up from the bench after forward Anthony Martial was forced to withdraw due to hamstring injury he sustained during the warm-up. Jubilant with the teenager's performance, Van Gaal said it was fan-
tastic to see his first two goals in the debut match, the Mirror reported. The Dutchman also applauded Memphis Depay for his best display for United with the final goal. He said that Depay performed brilliantly and added that his performance during the match could be a turning point in his Old Trafford career. Reflecting on United's overall performance, Van Gaal believes that his side displayed the attacking football throughout the match and were able to create number of good chances. United, which were beaten 2-1 in the first leg of the last-32 tie, completed a 6-3 aggregate victory against Midtjylland.
Wawrinka says he is `not friends` with Kyrgios ahead of Dubai clash
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ANI Johannesburg, Feb.26 : Two-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka has admitted that he and Australian player Nick Kyrgios are far from being friends as the duo prepare for the semi-final clash at the Dubai Open on Friday. Wawrinka's comments came in the wake of the Kyrgios' insulting re-
mark on the French's girlfriend during their Montreal Masters match last year in August. He was also handed a suspended ban and a fine by the ATP tour for his remark. The 30-year-old said that he and Kyrgios were not more than competitors, adding that it would be a good challenge to play against him,Sport24 re-
CM Pul congratulates lifter Kojum Taba for winning 3 Gold medals in National Weightlifting Championships A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Feb 26: With weightlifters from the state continuing to shine in the ongoing 11th Youth (Boys & Girls) and 52nd Men and 28th Women Junior National Weightlifting Championships - 2016 at Patna, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul today congratulated lifter Kojum Taba for winning 3 Gold medals on Thursday that took the medal tally of Arunachal to 7. While also congratulating other winners, the CM announced to appropriately
award all those who have been bringing laurels to Arunachal Pradesh. CM enthused hope that with the sportspersons from the state excelling in various discipline in national as well international area, it will pave way for many youths to take sports as promising career option. It is in this spirit that the Chief Minister said that to harness youth potential, more employment and career opportunities for sports will be created through partnerships with all segments and institutions of the state.
ported. Wawrinka, however, heaped praise on Kyrgios, saying that he was full of confidence and playing his best tennis these days. Earlier, Kyrgios had insisted that he has put aside his infamous sledging row with Wawrinka, saying that the duo shared a good rapport while playing together for Singapore Slammers in the 2015 edition of International Premier Tennis League ( IPTL). The other semi-final clash will feature Spain's Feliciano Lopez and Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. Lopez made it to the lastfour when top-seed Novak Djokovic pulled out of their quarter-final clash after suffering from an eye infection.
boundaries and one six and remained not out. Dibanjan Tinsina contributed 35 off 50 balls, hitting four boundaries. Raja Kuddin Ahmed remained unbeaten on 13 off 14 balls. Hemang Singh was adjudged man of the match. Mihir Gowala claimed five wickets for 26 runs in 7 overs for CCD (Green). Tomorrow, Duliajan Cricket Academy will take on Jalukpara Boys Club.
Team management's backing has helped performance: Rohit
Ekta Bisht leads Indian eves to T20 Volley Ball series whitewash against Lanka Competition ANI For India, Bisht finished with Ranchi, Feb.26 : Ekta Bisht grabbed a three-wicket haul to help the Indian women's cricket team crush Sri Lanka by nine wickets in the final T20 to clinch the three-match series 3-0 here at JSCA International Stadium Complex on Friday. Opting to bat first, Sri Lanka had a stuttering start as opener Oshadi Ranasinghe was dismissed for a duck before opener Chamari Atapattu contributed significant 22 in her side's innings.
brilliant figures of three for 17 runs while Anuja Patil also bagged two wickets. Deepti Sharma and Rajeshwari Gayakwad also chipped in with a wicket each. In reply, India chased down the score with 37 balls to spare, thanks to openers Smriti Mandhana (unbeaten at 43) and Vellaswamy Vanitha (34). The duo provided an initial thrust to their side by sharing a 64-run partnership for opening wicket.
The tourists struggled to face India's attack and were restricted to mere 89-run target within their allotted 20 overs. Eshani Lokusuryage was the highest scorer for the tourists as she made 25 off just 22 balls.
Veda Krishnamurthy also gave a substantial support by scoring an unbeaten 13. Indian Women had already clinched the series following their five-wicket win in the second T20 against Sri Lanka.
ET Correspondent Golaghat, Feb 26: Under the banner of Golaghat District Sports Association two days district level Volley Ball Competition will be held from 27 th February at Golaghat Stadium . The Competition will be organised in the memory of Lion man Purnanand Gogoi and total 14 teams will take part in the same . General Secretary Sanjeev Handique has stated that all the preparation have been made .
NF Railways wins 8th Veteran T-20 Cricket Tournament
Rohit Sharma PTI Fatullah, Feb 26 : He has transformed himself from 'Mr Inconsistent' to 'Mr Dependable' in the shorter formats and Indian batsman Rohit Sharma today said it has been possible because of the backing
that he has got from the team management. Few years back, the Indian team management was criticised regularly when Rohit had a string of low scores but Dhoni's faith in the Mumbai batsman's ability has been unshakable.
Debutant Rashford scores brace as Man Utd reach last-16 of Europa League
Marcus Rashford ANI London, Feb.26 : Marcus Rashford made a sensational debut as he scored twice to help Manchester United thrash Midtjylland 5-1 to progress through to the last-16 of the Europa League at Old Trafford. Midfielder Pione Sisto smashed a goal in the 27th minute to put Midtjylland ahead before defender Nikolay Bodurov netted a goal in his own net to provide Louis Van Gaal's side with an equalizer just five minutes later, the Guardian reported. Debutant Rashford then
scored two consecutive goals for United in the 64th and 75th minute to make it 3-1 against the visitors. Midfielder Aguero Ander Herrera provided his side with the fourth goal by scoring a penalty in the 88th minute before Memphis Depay rifled the ball into the bottom corner to give them a perfect finish in the second leg of the last-32 tie. United, which were beaten 2-1 in the first leg, completed a 6-3 aggregate victory against Midtjylland.
ET Correspondent Jorhat, Feb 26: North East Frontier Railway Sports Association, Maligaon clinched 8th Veteran T-20 Cricket Tournament 2016 defeating Guwahati Veteran Team by 46 runs in the final match played at the JDSA ground here today. In the first half, Veterans of NF Railways batting brilliantly scored 195 for 2 wickets in 20 over. NF Railways Zakaria Jaffry scored 89 runs and Porag Das scored 66 run not out. On the other hand Guwahati Veteran Team scored 149 for 8wickets in 20 over leaving the Railway Team to win by 46 run. The Guwahati Veteran
Team lifted the Runners-Up Ananda Chandra Borthakur Memorial Trophy which was given away by Late Ananda Chandra Borthakur’s wife Anima Borthakur. While the winner trophy MP Barooah Trophy was awarded by Late MP Barooah’s wife Rekha Barooah to the Champion NE Railway Sports Association. Zakaria Jaffry of NF Railway was awarded with the Man-of the Match and best bastman trophy while Javed Zaman of NF Railways was awarded with best bowler trophy and Porag Das of NE Railways was awarded with Man- of the Series. The tournament which was kicked off on 26th Febru-
ary was organized by Veteran Cricket Association of Assam, affiliated to Board for Veteran Cricket in India, Jorhat Chapter, where altogether 16 teams were in fray. During the closing ceremony Jorhat MLA Rana Goswami attended as the chief guest among veteran cricketers - Nagesh Singh, Dipak Burahgohain, Mohan saikia, Dhrubajit Sabhapandit, Naren Sabhapandit, Satya Baruah, Arup Borthakur, while the souvenir named “Cover Drive” was released by former cricketer cum educationist Dr. Noni Gopal Goswami which was compiled and edited by Bijoy Shankar Handique.
Mirza-Hingis' 41-match winning streak ends at Qatar Open ANI Doha, Feb.26 : Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis's incredible 41match winning streak came to a sudden halt as they suffered a shocking defeat in the quarterfinals of the Qatar Total Open here on Friday. The Indo-Swiss pair were beaten at the hands of Rus-
sian pair of Elena Vesnina and Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 46, 5-10 in the quarter-final clash that lasted for one hour and 17 minutes. Reflecting on her defeat, Mirza wrote on Twitter, "So that's how the cookie crumbled ... just kiddin.Hehe.. We'll be back stronger than before #SanTina." If Mirza and Hingis would
have won the title in Doha, they would have equaled Jana Novotna and Natasha Zvereva's unbeaten streak of 44 match wins. Earlier, the top-seeded pair won their third consecutive women's doubles Grand Slam title by lifting the Australian Open trophy. They have bagged a total of 13 women's double titles since joining forces in last year in March.
Australia joins forces with India to bolster sporting capabilities ANI New Delhi, Feb.26 : The Australian Sports Commission and Victoria University have joined forces with India in order to strengthen sporting capabilities between both the countries. A delegation, led by Professor Hans Westerbeek, Dean of the College of Sport and Exercise Science at Victoria University, will explore potential partnerships with government and busi-
ness in sports administration, training, sport sciences and education. Australian Sports Commission and Australian Institute of Sport representatives will participate in a sports hackathon with Zone Startups in Mumbai. Speaking on the mission, Australia's Deputy High Commissioner, Chris Elstoft, said that Australian institutions had attained international acclaim in sports adminis-
India and Australia tration and training and that countries like India could take the advantage
of their sports education and technical expertise. "Victoria University,
through its Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living has been particularly active in India, looking at 'whole of sport system advancement' and engaging with state governments to develop skills and capabilities to enhance sports participation, sports management and elite sport science," he said. A focus of the visit to Delhi and Mumbai will be the presentation of a report by Victoria University to the Govern-
ment of India, which highlights areas of natural complimentarily and collaboration in sport. The report was developed over a series of workshops with Indian Central and state government officials in Delhi and Kerala, and with the participation of Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The report was funded by the Australian Government's Australia -India Council.
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