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At least 42 people were injured after six coaches of the Chennai-Mangalore Express derailed in Tamil Nadu early Friday. There were no immediate reports of fatalities from the accident that occurred near Virudhachalam, about 230km south of Chennai. The injured were given first aid at the Virudhachalam government hospital, railway officials said.

Special buses were organized for passengers travelling to Trichy and Salem. The train later began its onward journey after the derailed bogies were

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pressed the importance of English as a global language which must come in handy for the budding talents of Arunachal Pradesh. The Head of the Department, Dr. Bhagabat Nayak, delivered the welcome speech while the course coordinator, Mr. Prachand Narayan Piraji proposed the vote of thanks. The inaugural session was anchored by PG class representative Kenli Nyorak.

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the Wall Magazine of the Department. The Registrar, Prof.

Rachob Taba congratulated the department and the new entrants for expressing their interest in this course. The Dean, Faculty of Languages, Prof. A.R. Parhi emphasized on the need of communicating the ‘self’ to the ‘other’ through the CCCE Programme. Speaking on the occasion the Deputy Registrar, Dr. David Pertin also ex-

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course with a view to reach out to the people outside the regular curriculum of the University. In his speech the VC observed that though English is an international language but has remained for the elites only and it needs to be percolated to the common masses, and in order to fulfill the responsibility toward society, the course has been introduced. The Vice Chancellor also unveiled “My Space”, ○

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Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi mourned the passing away of former Minister and senior AGP leader Moidul Islam Bora. In a condolence message here today, Chief Minister Gogoi said the contribution made by former Minister Moidul Islam Bora towards the society would be remem○

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ET Correspondent Guwahati, Sep 4

Assam education minister Sarat Borkotoky today said that the education scenario in the state, though has improved to a great extent needs to be further improved and in this regard the state government will take up several steps in the coming months. Addressing reporters at Guwahati, Borkotoky said that despite some fund crunch in the recent months, he is confident that ‘all will be well soon’, Contd. on Page 4

ET Correspondent Margherita, Sep 4

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Thais unveil restored statue at bomb site to boost morale

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The Meghalaya Government has convened a meeting with leaders of all political parties on 9th September to discuss the draft Meghalaya Local Administration (Involvement of Traditional Institutions, Traditional Bodies and Headmen in Governance and Public Delivery System) Bill,

compelled to call for the meeting after the traditional institutions of the State including political parties, civil societies categorically rejected the Ordinance promulgated by the Government after the Governor gave his assent.

The Autonomous District Council (ADCs) comprising of Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC)

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Informing this, an official from the Law Department said that the main agenda of the meeting is to find out ways and means to discuss whether the State Government would come up with its own legislation on the role and function of traditional heads or leave it to Autonomous District Council as empowered in the Constitution of India.

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Meghalaya Govt invites all party meet ET Correspondent Shillong, Sep 4

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There have been positive developments in the Assam education sector, but there are a lot of challenges: Sarat Borkotoky will be continuous evolution and changes in the education sector. Speaking to The Eastern Today at his official residence in the MLA hostel at Dispur, the education minister said that a lot of

Amarjyoti Borah Guwahati, Sep 4

The Assam Education minister, Sarat Borkotoky, on teachers' day feels that the process of improving the education scenario is a never ending business and there

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ATASU Margherita registers protest against rape-murder of girl and illegal labourers

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Teachers need to be more dedicated and committed: Sarat Borkotoky

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi extended his warm greetings to the teachers’ fraternity on the eve of Teachers’ Day. In a statement here today, Chief Minister Gogoi, while paying eloquent tributes to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on whose birthday Teachers’ Day coincides, said, “Teachers are the architect of our society. They have been spreading the light of knowledge and words of wisdom down the ages.

Whatever progress our country or the society has made on various fronts has been due to the immense contribution by the teachers.” The Chief Minister hoped that the teachers would continue to work with renewed zeal and vigour for the State and the society in the days ahead.

law of Russian Federation which is the owner of Vankor Field and NorthVankor license. Rosneft Oil Company, NOC of Russia holds 100 percent shares in Vankorneft. The acquisition is subject to relevant Board, Contd. on Page 3

ONGC Videsh Limited signed definitive agreements to acquire up to 15 percent shares in CSJC Vankorneft, a company organized under the

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ET Correspondent Guwahati, Sep 4

ONGC Videsh to acquire 15 percent interest in East Siberia's Vankor Field ANI New Delhi, Sept.4

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CM Tarun Gogoi extends warm Teachers' Day greetings

bered forever. “Always in the service of the society, Moidul Islam Bora not only worked wholeheartedly and sincerely in his political and social life, but also was an upholder of democratic values. His death is an irreparable loss to all of us,” he added. The Chief Minister while extending his sincerest condolences to the members of the bereaved family, prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul.

ET Correspondent Guwahati, Sep 4

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dents are common. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 25,006 people died and 3,882 were injured in railway accidents across the country in 2014. While most of these fatalities were caused by fall from trains or collision of trains with people on track, as many as 190 deaths were attributed to collision between trains, derailments and fire accidents. In 2012, a government report said almost 15,000 people were killed every year on the railways, describing the deaths as an annual "massacre" due mainly to poor safety standards.

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detached. Friday's accident, the third in just about a month, once again put the spotlight on railway safety. On August 4, at least 35 people died and 25 were injured when two trains derailed within minutes of each other while crossing a small bridge in Madhya Pradesh. On August 24, five people including a Karnataka legislator were killed when a granite-laden truck rammed into an express train at a level crossing in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur. India has the world's fourth largest railway network that ferries more than 23 million passengers every day, but infrastructure is poorly maintained and acci-

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Agencies Chennai, Sep 4

All Tai Ahom Students' Union (ATASU) Margherita Regional Committee on 3rd September, 2015 had taken out a torch rally from Margherita Central Field Playground to Margherita Block Tiniali. The torch rally was taken out to register protest against the those who were involved in the rape-murder of a student of Margherita College Bcom 1st semester at Kamba Gaon under Ledo Police Outpost on 29th August, 2015. More than 200 ATASU members took part in the torch rally. The agitators shouted various slogans such as "We want

justice", "Hang the culprit", "ATASU Long Live", "Assam Government Husiar", "Bangladeshi Go Back", etc.

Chow Pappu Borgohain President, Chow Bikash Dehingia Working President and Chow Jayanta Konwar Secretary of ATASU Margherita Regional Committee took the lead in taking out the torch rally. Chow Pappu Borgohain President of ATASU Margherita Regional Committee said at Margherita Sub Division there are many illegal coke coal bhattas and brick kilns where many suspected Bangladeshi nationals work as daily labourers under the protection of coal mafias and brick kiln

owners who keep them without any proper verification. Chow Pappu Borgohain said that their demand is that the perpetrators of the girl rape-murder case should get maximum punishment and at Marghertita Sub Division the many illegal coke coal bhattas and brick kilns housing suspected Bangladeshi national labourers should not get work.

Meanwhile, a memorandum was submitted to the the Chief Minister of Assam and Tinsukia District Deputy Commissioner which was received by Margherita Police Station Inspector Hiranya Kumar Borah on behalf of Margherita Sub Divisional Officer (Civil).

Versatile artist Bharat Borpujari passes away A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Sep 4

Renowned artist and dramatist Bharat Borpujari passed away today at Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) at the age of 92.

He was suffering from old age ailments. Borpujari was known for his drama skills and playwrights. During his tenure as the secretary of Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS), he directed feature films such as Kacha Sona (raw gold) Contd. on Page 3

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Australia Crawls Toward Growth Record

GVK wins over Australian coal mine

Manipur violence: Curfew relaxed in Churachandpur

Green groups lost a fight to stop billionaire Gina Rinehart and India's GVK from building a giant coal mine in Australia, as a court dismissed an appeal against the state of Queensland's environ-

Curfew was relaxed on Friday in riot-hit areas of Manipur's Churachandpur district to enable resident to buy essential commodities.

Thai authorities today unveiled the restored centerpiece of the Erawan Shrine, in the latest bid to boost confidence among Bangkok's tourism and busi-

Australia confirmed its 24-year economic winning streak in its latest gross domestic product (GDP) data released Wednesday. How-

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mental approval for the project.

Conservation group Coast and Country, originally working for three farmers, had sought to have the state environmental approval for GVK-Hancock's 30 million tonnes a year Alpha mine overturned based on the impact it would have on water supply and climate change.

"The curfew was relaxed for eight hours from 5 AM to 1 PM this afternoon so that people could buy essential c o m m o d i t i e s , " Churachandpur District Magistrate Lunminthang Haokip stated.

ness communities almost three weeks after a deadly bombing that left 20 dead. In the past week, police have arrested two people and identified seven more believed to be part of a network that carried out the Aug. 17 blast, which also injured more than 120 people.

ever, extending the recession-free record beyond a world-beating 26 years could prove more troublesome for the "Lucky Country" in the wake of China's downturn and domestic squabbles over trade and reform.

Daily labourer's daughter from Odisha cracks IES exam PTI Kendrapara, Sep 4

A daily wage labourer's daughter from a remote village of Kendrapara in Odisha has cracked the coveted Indian Economic Service (IES) exam this year. Aparajita Priyadarshini Behera (24) of

Mahanangala village has come out successful in UPSC's IES examination ranking 13 in all India list.

Aparajita lays claim to fame for the fact that she hailed from an extremely humble background. Her father Amulya Kumar Behera (50) is still toiling in a fertiliser plant in Paradip as a labourer.

He is on a daily pay roll and his assignment is purely contractual with monthly remuneration pegged at less than Rs 10,000. Aparajita studied in a village primary and high school. Later she passed out plus two and degree courses from Marshaghai college near Kendrapara. With good academic record in school and

college, she post graduated in economics from the Utkal University. Since then, she never looked back. Congenial and competitive academic environs in the university spurred her to march ahead.

"My father is my inspiration, guide and philosopher.

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Assam CM mourns Moidul Islam Bora’s demise

Itanagar, Sep 4: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Shri JP Rajkhowa has extended his warm greetings and good wishes to the people of the State on the auspicious occasion of Sri Krishna Janmashtami. He prayed that the momentous occasion would inspire all to imbibe Lord Krishna’s messages of love, righteousness and a healthy, unattached work culture for equitable development of the State on the fast track mode. May the joyous occasion spread love, compassion and oneness amongst the people of the State irrespective of caste, creed and communities, the Governor wished. (ET Bureau) ○

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Governor extends greetings and good wishes to the people on the occasion of Janmastami

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Rajiv Gandhi University’s Department of English has launched a three month Certificate Course in Communicative English (CCCE) from the current session on. The course programme was formally inaugurated by Prof.

Tamo Mibang, the Vice-Chancellor who had visualized the

Dhubri, Sep 4: Rashidul Islam,10, of Birsing village under Fakirganj police station of Dhubri district, has reportedly gone missing for the last four days. Family members lodged an FIR yesterday in the police station.

He is suspected to have been kidnapped as some persons of the village spotted the boy in Dhubri town, a police source said. (Kabir Mondal)

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Boy gone missing

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Golaghat, Sep 4: In the areas of Thorajan and Morangi, people are continually facing attacks of wild elephants as in one such incident reported yesterday midnight, one woman is said to have been injured.

As per sources, at first, the elephant attacked Fulchan Belang's house and consumed the rice stock and then a lady named Paracela Belang was injured by the herd of elephants as it moved towards the jungle area. In another incident, that occurred midnight yesterday in Numaligarh Tea Estate, when a herd of elephants was trying to cross the Garden area, a baby elephant fell into a ditch, found dead today by the people and forest officials.

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ing that if Dr. Manmohan Singh would have been the Prime Minister in New Delhi he could have been successful in bringing as many as funds

Communicative English is the need of the hour: Vice Chancellor

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lease the funds, if the centre does not release any fund how can I announce any package”, the CM said. The CM also went up to the extent of say-

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Gogoi conducting aerial survey of the flood affected districts.

Pic - UB Photos

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Dibrugarh, Sep 4: The death toll in Dibrugarh district due to the current wave floods today went up to 7 with Anan Nayak, a 13 yr old boy reportedly drowning at Maijan beel this morning.

Sources said that Anan had gone for fishing along with his friends when he drowned. A FCI employee has gone missing as he fell into a railway nullah at Banipur this afternoon.

SDRF team has been engaged in the search operation. (Staff Reporter)

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Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today chose ‘petty politics’ over humanism by surprisingly expressing his total helplessness in providing flood relief to the lakhs of flood victims of the state. During his interaction with the media at the Mohanbari airport, here, after conducting a aerial survey of the four flood affected districts of upper Assam, namely, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Dhemaji and Lakhimpur, the chief minister preferred to lob the ball at the centre’s court by saying that he does not have any fund for the flood victims. “I can say 20 crores or 30 crores, but it is the Centre which will have to re-

which is required for the flood victims of the state. Gogoi also stated that it is totally false that the state government had not made any requisition or request for release of funds.

“Whatever, the centre has released till date is the state share; the centre has not released its own share. It (the centre) had not even released the funds which was required for the flood victims last year”, Gogoi said. Gogoi also expressed his helplessness to persuade the corporate and petroleum sector operating from the state to come forward to provide relief for the flood victims. “They are also controlled by Modi and his government, what can I do?”

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Chennai-Mangalore Express derails in Tamil Nadu, 42 injured

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Demow, Sep 4: One person had gone missing after the boat he was riding in the Brahmapitra at Dihingmukh in Sivasagar district met with a mishap this afternoon. Sources said that Raju Thakur has gone missing while two others managed to save themselves. A search operation has been launched by the villagers but there was no result till the filing of this report. (Correspondent)

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Flood relief: Gogoi lobs ball at Centre’s court

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Assam Governor conveys Teachers' Day message ET Correspondent Guwahati, Sep 4: Conveying his message on Teachers’ Day – 2015, the Governor of Assam, Hon’ble PB Acharya has said that this day we celebrate and honour our teachers, who are the best of the best. We can never really thank them enough. Today is a chance to offer them a small token of our appreciation for the difference they make in the lives of our children and the future of our country. This day we remember the special teachers who touched our lives. We remember how they pushed us, the encouragement that they gave us, the values that they taught us, the way they helped us and the way they helped us to understand the world and analyze it and ask questions. They helped us become the people that we are today. He adds that teachers made us believe that each one of us have something special.

They inculcate in us the sense of empathy and thoughtfulness that our mother and our grandparents had tried to instil in us and that’s a lesson that we still carry with us all our lives.

We remember the teachers who made the extra effort to

shape our lives in important ways by how much work and sacrifices it takes to make that connection. They give up their afternoons and free periods and time to give students a little bit of extra one-on-one help and spend evenings and weekends developing lesson plans and activities that don’t just teach the material but make it come alive. The Governor further says, “Education is not the filling of a pill, but the lighting of a fire”. He further adds that teachers here today and thousands like them, are surrounded everyday by young people who will shape our future. But it takes a special person to recognise that. It takes a special person to light that fire, to raise our children’s expectations for themselves and never give up on them no matter how challenging they might be. All of us are here because at some point somebody did that for us. Thus, today, we are honoured to recognize these outstanding men and women and all the teachers like them who have always had and will continue to have, such an important impact on our lives.

HDFC Bank backs Chillr app Mumbai, Sep 4: With mobile-based payment app Chillr recording over Rs 9 crore worth retail transactions, HDFC Bank is now enrolling shopkeepers to accept account-to-account payments using this app.

While many shopkeepers already accept card payments, HDFC Bank is talking to categories like neighbourhood dhobis and autorickshaw drivers.The bank has set itself a target of one lakh merchants accepting payments through this route in a couple of months. In March this year, HDFC Bank tied up with Kochi-based firm MobME -- a third-party developer -- to offer Chillr app to its customers. Since then, the app has seen over one lakh downloads. The Chillr for business app allows the merchant to generate a bill on his app and 'push' it to the customer either directly over the air or by getting the customer to scan a QR code on the merchant's app. The customer then merely enters the m-PIN to make the payment. Although the application has been launched as peer-to-peer payment service, the simplicity and instant transfer has enabled its use in commercial transactions as well. "We are already using the app for payments in the office cafeteria,"

Fire breaks out in RBI building in Mumbai ANI Mumbai, Sept 4: A fire broke out in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) building in the suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex on Friday morning. "The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, but the situation is under control. No casualty has been reported till now," said fire rescue officer P.S Rahangdale. Rahangdale said the fire erupted at around 8.30 a.m., but a team of eight firemen assumed control of the situation.

Mukherjee greets nation on eve of Janmashtami ANI New Delhi, Sept 4: President Pranab Mukherjee in his message on the eve of Janmashtami has said, "On the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami, I extend hearty greetings and good wishes to all my fellow citizens. Let us on this day imbibe the teachings of Lord Krishna which proclaim the triumph of virtue and righteousness over intolerance and narrowness of mind. On this day, may all of us reaffirm our commitment to pursue the path of duty without concern for reward and rededicate ourselves to the progress and prosperity of our diverse and multi-cultural nation".

said Nitin Chugh, head of digital banking at HDFC Bank. "We have seen doctors to dhobis accepting payments on this app. Now we are reasonably sure that there is a lot of interest in this category and the only thing you require is high degree of convenience."Although the app is being aggressively pushed by HDFC Bank, it is not proprietary and customers of even those banks which have not joined the Chillr network can receive payments in their accounts using the app. "Since the platform we use is the IMPS network, it can be received by any of the banks," said Sony Joy, founder and CEO, Chillr. He added that three more banks will launch Chillr within a month and 15 more will join by the end of the year.According to Joy, besides getting new business, the advantage for the bank is that it will get more information on customer behaviour and help come up with services. "Today, if a customer withdraws cash and uses it in a store, the bank has no idea of the customer's spending behaviour. With even small amounts being payable through the app, banks can look at spending patterns and come out with products." (Agencies)

Morigaon flood situation still grim

Members of BJP Kishan Morcha staging a protest against alleged anomalies and corruption by the Jorhat District Regulated Market Committee. Pic - Nekib Ahmed

List Of Phone Numbers Of Nursing Homes Tinsukia City Hospital & Research Centre Category: General Hospital Hospital Address: Gnb Road Near Bujhuri-786125, Assam Pin Code :786125 Phone Number :0374-2333349 Fax :0374-2350026/2339974

Dr.Bawaris Nursing Home Jeevan Jyoti Nursing Home Category: General Hospital Category: General Hospital Hospital Address: Parvathiya Road Hospital Address: Parbatia,Opp Hindi Girls High School-786125, Assam Tinsukia-786125, Assam Pin Code :786125 Pin Code :786125 Phone Number :(0374)2339756 Phone Number :0374-2336319 Fax :0374-2335334 Fax :0374-2350131

Pinewood Hospital Category: General Hospital Hospital Address: Subothoni Road Moniam Dewan Nagra-786125 Pin Code :786125 Phone Number :0374-2300730 Fax :0374-2339730

Help-Line APST BUS SERVICE Ph: 0360-2212338, 0360-2351490 NIGHT SERVICES Name of Routes Departure Distance(km) Bus Fare 1) Itanagar- Shillong ( Daily service) 5:00 pm 510 460/2) Itanagar-Nyapin(Mon, Thu, Sat) 2:00 pm 325 400/3) Itanagar- Aalo (Daily service) 2:30 pm 325 350/4) Itanagar-Daporijo (Daily service from Nlg)12:00 noon 432 470/5) Itanagar - Yingkiong (Alternate day) 01.00 pm 436 550/6) Itanagar - Seppa (Alternate day) 12:00 noon 385 420/7) Itanagar - Khonsa (Sun, mon, wed, thur) 1:00 pm 677 620/8) Itanagar - Namsai (Daily service) 1:00 pm 655 580/9) Itanagar - Koloriang (Alternate day) 2.30 pm 334 400/DAY SERVICE 10) Itanagar - Guwahati (Daily service) 6.00 am 395 350/11) Itanagar - Pasighat (Daily service) 6.00 am 270 250/12) Itanagar - Tirbin (Mon, thu & sat) 5.30 am 328 330/13) Itanagar - Bomdila (Daily except Fri) 6.00 am 346 320/14) Itanagar - Aalo (Daily service) 5.30 am 325 350/15) Itanagar - Sagalee (Sun, Tues & Thur ) 7.30 am 121 135/16) Itanagar - Pakke Kessang (Mon, Wed & Fri)7.00 am 160 200/17) Itanagar-Mengio (sun, tue &Thur) 6.00 am 198 230/18)Itanagar-Kimin/ H-Camp (Daily except Sat)12.00 noon 94 80/19) Itanagar-Gerukhamukh (Daily except Fri)12.00 noon 134 120/20) Itanagar- Balijan (Daily except Sun) 12.30 pm 105 105/21) Itanagar - Sonajuly (Daily except Sun) 01.00 pm 70 80/22) Itanagar - Jote (Daily except Sun) 07.00 am & 01.00 pm 22 30/23) Itanagar- Lakhimpur (Daily Service) 3.30 pm 64 70/-

Bordoloi Avenue, Paltan Bazar, Dibrugarh - 786005 Phone Numbers: 0373 - 2302219, 2302225

G M Hospital

Shrishti Hospital & Research Centre Paltan Bazar, Dibrugarh - 786 005 Phone: 0373 - 2300024, 2302099

Archana Trauma & Orthopaedics Hospital

Brahmaputra Diagnostics & Hospital

Paltan Bazar, Dibrugarh - 786 005 Phone: 0373 - 2302100, 2302099

Assam Medical College

Marwari Arogya Bhawan Hospital Paltan Bazar, Dibrugarh Phone: 0373 - 2302872, 2302051

Graham Bazar, A.T. Road Dibrugarh Phone: 0373 - 2322547

Jalan Nagar, Dibrugarh - 786 002 List of Phones numbers: Emergency Room : 0373 - 2300627 Labour Room: 0373 - 2300022 Drug Deaddiction Centre: 0373 - 2302952 Community Medicine: 0373 - 2302994 RIA Centre: 0373 - 2302093

Sanjivani Diagnostic & Hospital

Dr. Pawan Bajaj's Skin Clinic

Aastha Hospital

Paltan Bazar, Dibrugarh Phone: 0373 - 2303448, 2303458, 2301904

Sankardev Hospital Mancotta Road, Chowkidinghee Dibrugarh Phone: 0373 - 2327717, 2327715, 2326960

sent to flood affected areas.

The Brahmaputra's erosion along the bank of the river still continues unabated at several places in Lahorighat, Bhuragaoon and Mayong rendering hundreds of families homeless during the last two days. The Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary, the densest habitat of the one horned rhinos in the world is completely under flood water as of now.

ASTRO FOR YOU You may find yourself in a precarious position today. You may feel challenged and swim against the current, which will be counterproductive. Nothing may seem to work out. Taking a break will ease the stress at such a time.

You will wake up feeling determined and decisive today. Be careful as your rigid views may make you seem stubborn. You may not be willing to come half way during a conflict and will make a habit of articulating your viewpoint.

Tension at the workplace will eat through most of your time today.

The day promises sensitivity and compassion for you, predicts Ganesha. You may plan a trip with your family members. You may also invest your money in various financial companies, as securing the future of your family will be foremost on your mind. Moreover, you will also save some hefty amount to meet future needs.

It is high time that you dedicated yourself to your work. If you are looking to try new things, today may not be a very good day to do so. Stick to doing things the way you have been doing them so far. All you need is a little attitude adjustment. Today, you are likely to meet an old friend and you will get busy reminiscing about your time together.

You might be the man of the house, but to make that house a home, you need a family. So keep that in mind, and remember that your family is the foundation of your success. Make every possible effort to make your family’s roots stronger. The fruits of such efforts shall only be sweeter. It’s time to stop being stingy with giving credit. Appreciate what others do and it shall only come back to you in double.

Today might just bring those emotions to the fore that have been lying in the closet of your heart since long. You will even develop a bonding – a sentimental attachment – with your belongings. But, if and when you don’t find the surroundings to your liking, you shall be like a fish out of the water.

Your social status will increase now. Today is an auspicious day for venturing in new business or changing your profession. For those involved in the fields of interior designing, or running beauty parlours, now is an especially bountiful time for making progress in your business.

You are most likely to resent the dominating and overbearing nature of your partner today. Patience will probably go to the dumps in this case then. But sit together and resolve all personality clashes and quarrels in view of the larger scheme of things.

Expect a call to late-night revelry and a chance to binge. But you don’t seem to be in the mood to let your hair loose and party, says Ganesha. However tempting it may be, your serious side will take over and you shall deny the offer. No wonder they like that sensible head on your shoulders.

You will start the day with verve and vigour, and will appear a completely different person at work. There will be a discernible change in your way of working, especially in terms of the level of energy and concentration you will put in. The switch to the new strategy will better your performance considerably and will make you feel that it was a good change after all. By the end of the day, all that you would want is a nice break to unwind.

A productive day, as you will receive unrestrained support from your bosses and colleagues. Your creativity will reach its zenith and the resulting work will augment your reputation. The day will seem complete when you spend quality time with your family in the evening.

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people were affected in 3 revenue circles namely Lahorighat, Bhuragaon and Mayong in the district. As many as 56 relief and shelter centres were opened in the district by the administration so far. The Morigaon district administration has distributed a total of 1634 ql. of rice, 122 ql salt among the flood affected people. Apart from this, 2000 ql. of cattle fodder were also

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Pasighat Municipal Council launches official website

Pasighat, Sep 4: Pasighat Municipal Council, the front-runner civic body of the state of Arunachal Pradesh has launched its official website today connecting centurion town Pasighat with rest of the world. Initiated by the PMC Municipal Executive Officer Deepak Shinde, the web portal has been designed and developed by the Department of Town Planning and ULBS, Itanagar with the help of National Informatic Center, Itanagar. East Siang Deputy Commissioner Isha Khosla formally inaugurated in an impressive ceremony held in the

office conference hall in presence of MLA Kaling Moyong, PMC Chief Councilor Denong Tamuk, MEO Deepak Shinde, DIO Pasighat T. Devaraj Singh, all wards councilors, host officers and leaders.

MLA Kaling Moyong has expressed his extreme happiness. On its stride to provide better services to the citizens of Pasighat and to engage civil society for the betterment of the city, PMC has launched this website.

Through this website, PMC invited citizens to avail the citizen services provided by the civic body and sought sugges-

tions for improving the service delivery mechanism under active supervision of DC Khosla and MEO Shinde to achieve the actual goal. He advised to upload all information including future plans and objectives, financial dealing, manpower and machinery, etc. and to introduce public opinion for better planning and demands of Smart City.

DC Khosla while congratulating the PMC said it was a first step towards Smart City Mission. This would update the citizens on service delivery system of PMC with convenience and transparency.

Later this afternoon, she reviewed preparations of Smart City Mission holding meeting with the Heads of Offices.

MEO Shinde informed that it would have a wider target audience, as it would be a platform for township, experts, citizens and stakeholders where they could share their views on different issues and see others’ perspectives. PMC has added e-payment provision in the website, through which every citizen would be able clear their water, electricity charges, etc. availing hassle free service. Other essential services like birth and death application forms, etc. could also be downloaded now onwards. Chief Councilor Denong Tamuk termed it as a historic moment and as Red Letter Day. He and MEO Shinde informed the house that “Drop Boxes” would be placed in Pasighat Market area, JNC, Jansuvidha Kendra at DC’s office to gather public opinion and suggestions, etc. to make Pasighat a better place to live. (DIPRO)

Meeting to chalk out strategy to eradicate opium held Khonsa, Sep 4: A meeting was conducted in Deputy’s Commissioner Conference Hall today to discuss strategy on illicit opium poppy cultivation in Tirap district.

The Deputy Commissioner, Tirap while welcoming the participants in the meeting suggested them to give their views for planning strategies to tackle illicit opium cultivation in the district. He informed the house that it was understood that opium cultivation was found in Lazu area. GPS report showed that only 50 acres of land were under opium cultivation, which was not the exact area under cultivation and that the GPS reading was under reported. Therefore there was a need for proper mapping to know the exact area under cultivation so that plans could be made to deal with the

Arunachal BJP condoles passing away of Padmashree Smti. Bini Yanga ET Bureau Itanagar, Sep 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party, Arunachal Pradesh condoled the passing away of Padmashree Smti. Bini Yanga, the founder Chairman of the popular Oju Mission located at Naharlagun, Papumpare District, Arunachal Pradesh.

Late Padmashree Bini Yanga was fondly called as Anne Maya across the State; she was mother of the poor, orphan and destitute, who dedicatedly worked for their welfare.

She was a philanthropist, renowned social worker in particular in Arunachal Pradesh and India as a whole. Her philanthropic work has been recognized by the various institutions, agency and government as a whole.

issues effectively.

The public leaders, chiefs, PRI leaders present in the meeting informed the Deputy Commissioner that a series of meeting were also conducted in the last couple of years but no tangible solution could be arrived at. They stressed on providing alternative means to the people to give up opium cultivation. They also stressed for de-addiction of the addicts by establishing rehabilitation centres.

The Assistant Superintendent of Police, Tirap shared his experience of destruction of standing opium crop during the last three years.

He informed that extent of cultivation at Lazu and reason for cultivation was for self-consumption and for commercial purpose. He reported that earlier cultivation was done by the

villagers near the road side but after destruction operation carried out by the CBN they have shifted to inaccessible areas. He also informed that lack of awareness among the people and no alternative source of income for the villager took to opium cultivation. He suggested that NGOs and religious institutions could be involved in creating awareness among the people. After a threadbare discussion in the meeting the house arrived at several key decisions including constitution of a team in each village consisting of Chief, GB, GPC, Teacher, a person from NERCOMP, one officer from District Administration and Police for mapping of area under illicit opium cultivation.

The data so collected shall be forwarded to the gov-

ernment for taking further necessary actions like going for destruction and chalking out plans of awareness programmes. In the meantime, it was decided that the Deputy Commissioner shall issue an Order under Section 144 directing villagers not to cultivate opium while the DIPRO, Khonsa shall create awareness in this regard through media. It was also decided that two representatives would be sent for training. Further, to fight the problem of opium it was decided that every department should spare 10% of its funds to carry out anti-opium activities. It was also decided that District Planning Body should call a meeting for working out plans for allocation of fixed funds to fight opium menace. (DIPRO)

ONGC Videsh to acquire 15 ...

Contd. from Page 1 Government and regulatory approvals and is expected to close by mid of 2016. The agreement was signed by Mr. Narendra K. Verma, CEO & Managing Director, ONGC Videsh and Mr. Igor Sechin, Chairman Board of Directors, Rosneft during the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) held in Vladivostok today in the presence of H.E. Mr. Vladimir Putin, President

of Russian Federation.

Vankor is Rosneft's (and Russia's) second largest field by production and accounts for 4% of Russian production. The daily production from the field is around 442,000 bpd of crude oil on an average with ONGC Videsh’s share of daily oil production at about 66,000 bpd. The present transaction provides an opportunity to ONGC Videsh to enhance its presence in Russia and is consistent with its stated

strategic objective of adding high quality international assets to its existing E&P portfolio. This acquisition also has significant strategic importance to India, both in terms of augmentation of India’s Energy Security as well as enhancing India’s stature in the global political and economic arenas. Citi worked as the sole exclusive financial advisor whereas Dentons worked as legal advisor to ONGC Videsh on this transaction. (ANI)

Meghalaya Govt invites all...

Contd. from Page 1 and the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council (JHADC) also registered strong opposition against the State government with regard to legislating law on tradi-

tional bodies saying that it is the duty of the ADCs to frame laws for traditional institutions as enshrined in the Sixth Scheduled. Meanwhile, the KHADC is going to organise the Dorbar Bah (Grand council) on 5th September at Polo

Ground, Shillong to discuss issues concerning the Sixth Scheduled, revocation of an Ordinance, need of approval of the Village Administration Bill (VAB) of KHADC which was pending with the Governor and others.

Versatile artist Bharat Borpujari...

Contd. from Page 1 and Ratanlal. He had also co-acted with Late Tulsi Govinda Baruah, the former Chairman of the Assam Tribune Group of Newspapers.

Borpujari, a former director of the cultural department of INTU (Indian National Trade Union Congress) was also the editor of a magazine called Chah Mazdoor. Borpujari was also once the president of the R G Baruah Smriti Rakhya Samiti. Borpujari

was admitted to ICU in the Cardiology department of AMCH on September 1. He breathed his last at around 2:20 PM, family members informed. The departed soul leaves behind his wife, two sons, daughter-in-laws and grand children.

Anti-drugs campaign, gender sensitization programme being held at Diyun

ET Correspondent Diyun, Sep 4: A three-day anti-drugs awareness campaign cum gender sensitization programme under ST-SC for SMC/PRI members is being held in Diyun.

The three-day programme is scheduled to be held from September 3 to 5. The Chief Guest of the event is EAC Diyun, D Gadi with PRI members, GBs, SSA teachers, SMCs and NGOs in attendance. The guest of honour of the programme is Pravawati Deori, Chairperson, Anchal Samiti

Diyun.

On September 4, an antidrugs rally was taken out at 6 am by more than 700 students of primary and secondary schools and teaching staff spreading the message of saying no to drugs. In this connection, CI Diyun Circle, P Kalita exhorted the young students to be aware of the harmful effects of doing drugs. He said, “Don’t be swayed by the lure of drugs. Drugs can take away your budding lives.

It is a dangerous thing and

illegal. As students, it is time to study hard and develop skills for a bright future.” As part of the gender sensitization programme, a ‘Beti bachoa, beti paradao’ awareness programme was also held wherein Chow Shache Singpho, one of the resource persons eloquently spoke on Child With Special Need (CWSN) who said, “Every child is a gem; they are the reservoir of talents. All they need is nurturing although certain children

have special needs who need special care and attention.” In addition, a 2day training programme on inclusive education and community mobilization on RTE Act 2009 was also held from September 3 to 4.

The organizer of all these programmes is SSA District Mission, Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh whose leading resource person is Khulkam Mossang, district coordinator. The support extended by Diyun administrator is also noteworthy.

Addressing the RTE Act 2009 awareness programme, NK Sarkar, Block Resource Centre Coordinator Diyun, said that it is important to realize effective implementation of the Right to Education if 100% literacy is to be achieved in the country while Khulkam Mossang said, speaking at the gender sensitization awareness programme, “The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012 was formulated in order to effectively address sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children.”

Arunachal CM conveys Teachers’ Day message ET Bureau Itanagar, Sep 4: Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has conveyed his heartiest greetings and best wishes on occasion of Teacher’s Day, the day to acknowledge the contribution of teachers in molding one’s destiny and commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President of India and great academic philosopher.

“On this particular day I salute our teachers, especially those serving in interior and rural places without basic facilities facing innumerable hardships, who have been silently contributing in man making and state building. Teachers’ contributions cannot be measured in physical terms but future of an individual and entire country depends upon them,” Tuki said in a message this evening.

The Chief Minister called upon the students to recognize the services rendered by their teachers and give them their due in the form of love and respect. Expressing concern over the dwindling relationship between teachers and students in the modern world, he appealed the younger generation to uphold the tradition of guru-shishya parampara and respect their teachers no matter what as teach-

ers are the ones who shape their future.

Meanwhile, Tuki also appealed the teachers to be sincere in their duties and uphold the sanctity of the world’s noblest profession.

“Teaching is leaving a vestige of oneself in the development of another.

And surely the student is a bank where you can deposit your most precious treasures,” he quoted.

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BSF BOPs reeling under flood, so are the villages in Dhubri

Kabir Mondal Dhubri, Sep 4: Nearly 32 BOPs including 14 BSF BOPs (Border Out Posts) have been af-

fected by the current wave of flood. According to BSF sources, BOPs located across the Indo-Bangladesh border

at Hatirchar, Salapara, Masalabari Char, Chowki Char, Ghaspara, Salapara and New Diwaner Alga,

Mahamaya Char, Moslabari Char, Kalair Char and Old Dewaner Alga have been reeling under flood water with unabated erosion caused by river Brahmaputra.

On the other hand, over 500 villages with population around 5 lakhs are reeling under flood and 1.5 lakh people have so far been displaced and are taking shelter in high rise platforms in the district. Eighty per cent areas of Dhubri town, headquarters of Dhubri district have been submerged in flood water including the main roads.

District Level Teacher’s Day to be celebrated Assam at North Lakhimpur Girls’ HS School Governor District level best teacher award to be given away to 15 teachers extends Correspondent School; Dhakuakhana Lalit Ch. Borah, H.M. Janmashthami ET Lakhimpur, Sep 4: Fifteen Prema Bhuyan, H.M., No. Dhakuakhana Girls’ Pracof LP, ME, MV, 80 Solmari Grant LP tising M.V. School; Bhaba high and higher secondary School; Sarada Borah, Kt. Pujari Asstt. Teacher, greetings teachers schools of Lakhimpur have H.M., Tunijan Bishnupur Madhabdev H.S.; Param Guwahati, Sep 4: Assam governor PB Acharya has extended his warm greetings and good wishes to the people of Assam on the occasion of Janmashthami. He has expressed his hope that this auspicious occasion would bring peace, harmony and progress to the people of Assam. (Correspondent)

been selected to be felicitated at the 54th District Level Teachers’ Day which will be held at North Lakhimpur Girls’ HS School tomorrow. The select teachers have been chosen as per the decision of the subcommittee (selection) meeting held on 26th and 28th August, 2015.

They are Jugaprava Hazarika, Asstt. Teacher, 443 No. Hujgaon LP

AASU candidates win ET Correspondent Golaghat, Sep 4: AASU supported candidates have won all the posts in the students' union election of Hemo Prova Borborah Girls' College Golaghat. The winning candidates are Swapnali Dutta as Generla Secretary, Rajashri Sharma as VP, Smrita Bora as AGS,

Debashri Phukan as Magazine Secretary (Assamese), Jessia Engti Kathapi as Magazine Secretary (English), Jupi Saikia as Cultural Secretary, Supriya Bora in Sports and Puja Phukan in Girls' Common Room. Golaghat Dist. AASU congratulated all the winning candidates.

LP School; Jyotish Deori, H.M. 634 No. Naharani LP School; Nirupama Dutta, Asstt. Teacher, Ghilamora Adarsha L.P. School; M.E. School, Champa Borah, Hindi Teacher; Angerkhowa Chariali, M.E. School; Dilliram Upadhaya, Asstt. Teacher; Dirgha Navajyoti M.E. School; Sunmai Chetia, Asstt. Teacher; Pachim Ghilamara M.E. School;

Sankar Dutta, Asstt.

Teacher, Dhakuakhana H.S.S.; Biren Chandra Saikia, Asstt. Teacher, North Lakhimpur Govt.

H.S. School; Nandini Gogoi, Asstt, Kakoi H.S.; Abdus Sattar, Principal i/C Daulatpur Madrassa H.S. School; Dulal Chandra Nath, Subject Teacher, Garehaga Bahpati H.S. School.

Daily labourer's daughter from Odisha cracks IES exam Contd. from Page 1

He sweated it out to financially support me in my studies. He never made me feel the pangs of poverty. Whatever I achieved today is only because of my father. I dedicate my all India job to him," she said. "Parental support coupled with

hard work paved way for my success. I did not believe in shortcut route to success. I read extensively subject wise. After coming out successful in written, I was tense for the viva. However, the interview panel was supportive and inculcated confidence in me to reply to their queries," she recalled.

Flood affected victims of Desangmukh Afala move to safer places to avoid the floods.

Security forces gun down selfstyled NDFB-S section commander ET Correspondent Kokrajhar, Sep 4: In a major break-through for the security forces in the state, a self styled Section Commander of National Democratic Front of Bodoland- Songbijit faction (NDFB-S) was gunned down in Kokrajhar

Concept paper submitted to Lakhimpur DC ET Correspondent Lakhimpur, Sep 4: The ‘Muga’ industry of Assam has great potential with regard to facilitating the growth of the state’s economy. It can contribute much in case of eradication of unemployment problem which is now one of the burning questions of the state.

Despite it being livelihood generating, high employment oriented, and low capital intensive, the industry has been lagging far behind due to lack of proper encouragement on the part of the administration to inspire the Muga farmers in transforming the industry into an internationally acclaimed one. The industry in Lakhimpur district which is the highest Muga thread pro-

ducer in the state is now in poor condition and it needs attention from all quarters. In this regard, the Lakhimpur District Administration on 30th July held a crucial meeting at the Conference Hall of the DC’s office and constituted a committee to survey the Muga production scenario and its future potentialities.

On behalf of the committee Jitul Saikia submitted the concept paper to the Deputy Commissioner of Lakhimpur.

It was drafted and framed by Jitul Saikia, Director of Wild Silk Society, North East and guided and checked by Jamini Kanta Gogoi, Assistant Director of Sericulture, Lakhimpur. Aswini Kalita, the Extension Officer, Ajit

Kr. Pathak and Chandra Sarmah admirably assisted Jitul Saikia in framing and drafting the concept paper. It is to be noted that Jitul Saikia is dedicatedly work-

ing to garner recognition for muga of assam internationally and striving to change this industry of Dhakuakhana into one like that of Sualkuchi.

Death condoled Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Sep 4: DHSK College today deeply condoled the demise of veteran drama artist, the founder editor of 'Chah Mazdoor', one time companion of Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla Bharat Borpujari who died today while undergoing treatment at the AMCH, here, at an age of 92. In a message to the family members of Borpujari, Dr. Sashi Kanta Saikia, Principal of the college, Debanjan Hazarika, President and Nitumoni Saikia, secretary of the DHSK College unit of ACTA and Anisha Buragohain, the general secretary of the DHSK College student's union society while terming the veteran artist as a great exponent of music and culture recalled him as a very active social activist of Dibrugarh.

Viswanath Prashad Tiwari, President, Sahitya Academy handing over the Sahitya Academy Translation Award (Assamese ) to Bipul Deori (left) and Surath Narzary (Bodo) during a function held at Ranghar Auditorium at Dibrugarh University. Pic - UB Photos

district today. Official sources said that an encounter took place at Ultapani area between a group of militants and security forces. The slain militant was identified as Bhaigo Bodo who was involved in numerous crimes including killings of civil-

ians in Kokrajhar last year.

An AK series rifle, hand grenades and ammunitions have been recovered from the spot. ned down in Kokrajhar district today.

Official sources said that an encounter took place at Ultapani area between a group of militants and se-

curity forces. The slain militant was identified as Bhaigo Bodo who was involved in numerous crimes including killings of civilians in Kokrajhar last year. An AK series rifle, hand grenades and ammunitions have been recovered from the spot.

Flood relief: Gogoi lobs ball at Centre’s court Contd. from Page 1

the CM said. Gogoi was also present during a high level review meeting of the flood situation in which state minister Etuwa Munda, legislators Jibantara Ghatowar, Prasanta Phukon, Pranati Phukon, Prithibi Majhi, additional chief secretary Subhas Das, commissioner secretary of disaster management department Promod Kumar

Tiwari, secretary of water resources department Haren Bora, DC, D i b r u g a r h M.S.Manivannan and DC, Tinsukia Puru Gupta were present. The meeting also decided the pathetic condition of Dibrugarh town which witnessed unprecedented floods during the past few days due to excessive rainfall and leakage of water from Brahmaputra through Titadimaru and Maijan beel. Dibrugarh

MLA Prasanta Phukon informed that two heavy duty pump sets have been brought from Guwahati to pump out the excessive clogged water from some portions of the town. Four pumps procured from Oil India Limited are already in service to pump out the excessive water from various parts of the town.

Another proposal for the construction of an alternate drain was also submitted by the water resources department. “The

Dibrugarh Town Protection (DTP) drain has leaved its life and has become unable to drain out the whole lot of rain water from the town due to multiple reasons, encroachment on either side of the drain being the main reason. Therefore, there is an urgent requirement for an additional drain to take out the excessive water from the town”, a senior official of the water resources department said.

Teachers need to be more dedicated...

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Rejuvenation of Dhakuakhana’s Muga Industry

Pic - Firuz Ahmed

and also said that the teachers should be more committed in their work.

“We will be celebrating Teacher's Day in a grand way, but just celebrating the

occasion is not enough, as the teachers need to be highly dedicated,” said the minister. The minister also said that there will be some good news for the teachers soon, and said that one will be regarding the transfer of the TET teachers appointed

in the state. “We are looking into the issue of transfer of TET teachers and we are hopeful that it will be a reality soon.” Said Borkotoky. The minister also said that several new announcements will be made on Teacher's Day this

year. Borkotoky also said that in the olden days, the people associated with the education department and scenario were much more dedicated and committed, and the teachers of the present generation also need to follow suit.

There have been positive developments in the Assam...

Contd. from Page 1

challenges are ahead for the education sector in the state and newer ideas could be the key solutions. “Since 2001 there has been a lot of positive developments in the state in the education sector, but there are a lot of challenges ahead.There has been a lot of infrastructure development and lot of funds have also been allotted to the institutions, but that is only part of the whole development process, and now still a lot are present before us,” said Borkotoky. He said that with the SSA and RMSA, the education system in the state had received a further boost and have helped a lot to improve the education scenario among the rural masses in the state. The minister however said that a lot more needs to be done. “Infrastructure has improved, number of institutions have also improved, but now there needs to be improvement in the quality of education and for that the dedication of the teaching staff needs to go up,” said

Borkotoky. On being asked how this could be achieved, the minister said that one small step towards this could be adequate school inspections and training for the school teachers. “Earlier there used to be a lot of inspections in the school and many used to be surprise inspections as well, but now unfortunately those are not there in many places in the school. To ensure that the quality of education in our school improves, we need to ensure adequate inspections in our schools,” said the minister. The second very important this is adequate traioning for the school teachers, and the minister said that in this regard he recenjtly spoke to Union HRD minister Smriti Irani, who said that the central government will be providing support in this regard. “This year a total of 10,000 teachers will be trained at the IIT Guwahati, and the training will be basically for science and maths. We will be continuing this in the coming years, and we are hopeful that it will make a big difference to the education scenario in

the state,” said the minister. On being asked about the high handedness of the private school authorities on the school staff and students, the minister said that it is matter of major concern that these schools don’t follow any rules and regulations when it comes to salary of the school and fees of the students. “We will be bringing out an act on this issue very soon, and once that is done these issue will be taken care. We want to ensure adequate job security and financial security to the teachers of the private institutions, and this act will ensure that,” said the minister. The minister also said that the state government is looking into the issue of transfer of teachers, and that will be addressed very soon.

He however added that woman candidates would be given preference in matters of transfer. “It is true that the teachers’ transfer policy has drawbacks and needs to be changed. We are going to streamline the system with thrust on accommodating the needs of woman teachers in particular,” he said.

Borkotoky added that the State Government had no proposal for creating new posts of teachers and that appointments would be made only against vacancies. On the demands of various groups of agitating teachers, Borkotoky said that State Government is sympathetic to the needs of the teaching fraternity and that it would resolve all the contentious issues through dialogue and effective action on the ground. The minister was also critical of several previous government policies, and referring to the issue of venture schools in the state, Borkotoky said that previous governments encouraged people to set up schools and gradually it went out on control.

“Earlier, till around the early 90s, the Central government used to provide grants for such schools, and used to provide grant for almost 7,000 teachers in a year to a state. However those are not there now, and this has become a major issue which the government has to tackle now,” said the minister.

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REGION

Manipur violence: Curfew relaxed in Churachandpur Imphal, Sep 4: Curfew was relaxed on Friday in riot-hit areas of M a n i p u r ' s Churachandpur district to enable resident to buy essential commodities.

"The curfew was relaxed for eight hours from 5 AM to 1 PM this afternoon so that people could buy essential commodities," Churachandpur District Magistrate Lunminthang Haokip stated. "As of now, there has been no report of fresh violence but we are keeping a close watch on the situation," he said.

However, internet services continued to remain suspended to prevent the spread of rumours. The curfew has

been imposed since Monday night after a mob went on rampage, and set on fire the residence of Congress legis-

Mizoram annual budget likely in October Aizawl, Sep 4: The regular annual budget of Mizoram for the current fiscal is likely to be presented when the next state Assembly session which begins on October 6. State Finance Minister Lalsawta could not present the state budget during the session in March and again in July as there was no clarity in the sharing pattern of the funds to be received under the centrally sponsored scheme (CSS), non-lapsable central pool of resources (NLCPR) and the North Eastern Council (NEC), finance department officers said.

Vote-on-account was presented on both occasions. The CSS, NLCPR and NEC fund allocations, earlier allotted over and above the state annual plan outlay, were included in the plan outlay since a few years back. The absence of clarity in the sharing pattern of CSS, NLCPR and

NEC had resulted in confusion and Lalsawta's inability to present the regular state budget till date, the officials said.

Mizoram used to enjoy the status of special category state under which fund sharing between the centre and the state was on 90:10 basis.But this was discontinued by the new NDA government at the centre following recommendations of the fourteenth Finance Commission. Governor Lt General (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma today summoned the seventh session of the seventh state assembly from October 6, assembly secretariat sources said.Additional Secretary of the state assembly S R Zokhuma said that the detail programme of the coming session would be chalked out by the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) chaired by Assembly Speaker Hiphei. (Agencies)

lators, including that of the Health and Family Welfare Minister Phungzathang Tonsing and Outer Manipur Lok

Sabha member Thangsoi Baite. They were protesting against the passage of three bills by the state assembly. Tribal civil so-

ciety groups - All Tribal Students Union Manipur (ATSUM), Kuki Students Organisation (KSO) and All Naga Students Association Manipur (ANSAM) - opposed the introduction of the bills, saying they overlapped with article 371C of the constitution and some points in the Manipur Hill People Administration Regulation Act, 1947, meant to safeguard the interest of tribesmen in the hill areas of Manipur. Educational institutions and government establishments besides shops in the district remained closed.

The death toll has risen to eight with one more person succumbed to his injuries on Thursday in the

mob violence.

Churachandpur-based civil society groups under the banner of Joint Action Committee (JAC) demanded from the Manipur government to repeal the three bills passed or accommodate a clause stating that the bills will not apply in the hills and provide special provisions for the tribal including protection of the tribal and their lands. The JAC also demanded for setting up an independent judicial headed by a judge of a high court to probe into the incident leading to the death of eight people besides payment of ex-gratia to the family of those killed and injured in the violence. (Agencies)

SP walking out of Janata Pariwar not final, says Nitish Patna, Sept.4 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that talks are still on between Samajwadi Party (SP) and the other members of the Janata Pariwar alliance on getting the former back intoi its fold before polls in the

state take place. "SP walking out is not final. We are talking to them. Sharad Yadav (JD(U) leader) has met Mulayam Singh (SP chief). Lalu Yadav has also met him. I had last met him before this decision of theirs. I did not feel anything of

this sort was going to come up," said Kumar. He also mentioned that the Samajwadi Party had themselves shown support in the Swabhiman Rally by sending Shivpal Singh Yadav to address the gathering. (ANI)

RSS converting India into 'Republic of Fear' through BJP, says RJD New Delhi, Sept.4 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) spokesperson Manoj Jha on Friday said that the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS) not only controls the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but also decides the policies of the NDA Govern-

ment, which the latter heads. He said, "The Republic of India is being converted into the Republic of Fear, and it is so ironical that the home minister (Rajnath Singh) is briefing the RSS about national security." He told ANI, "The opening line of

the Indian Constitution is 'We the people of India'. People elected this BJP-led government, but did not expect the issue of governance and sovereignty to be decided at the doorsteps of Nagpur (RSS) headquarters. "I can sense the images of Nazi

Germany, which is harmful for the nation," he added. Jha futher said that eve r y b o d y, cutting across political spectrum, should come together and expose this RSS posturing, which would damage whatever has been achieved so far.(ANI)

Tripura HC asks CM to act on lower court assault Agartala, Sept 4 : The Tripura High Court Chief Justice has asked the chief minister to take suitable action against those involved in the attack on a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Court here on September 2, a minister said on Friday.

According to local media, a group of picketers belonging to the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxists attacked the Sabroom SDM Court on September 2 and tried to assault the magistrate to enforce the nation-wide bandh, called by the ten central trade unions in support of their 12-point charter of demands. Several police personnel, including officer-in-charge of the Sabroom police station Sanjit Sen, were also injured when the police

tried to prevent the CPIM supporters. "The Tripura High Court Chief Justice Deepak Gupta in a letter to Chief Minister Manik Sarkar requested appropriate action against the attackers," state Law Minister Tapan Chakraborty said. "The chief minister before leaving for Chennai asked Chief Secretary YP Singh to take legal action against the law breakers," said Chakraborty, who himself expressed anguish over the attack in the court. A senior police official said Deputy Inspector General of Police (southern range) Uttam Majumder and south Tripura district police chief Bhanupada Chakraborty have reached Sabroom, 135 km south of here, to probe the incident. (Agencies)

Mizoram farming model attracts global funding AIZWAL, Sep 4 : The Mizoram government's farming scheme that aims to support over 1,25,000 families in the state has attracted international funding and global agencies' support, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said. "A tripartite agreement was signed between Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Union agriculture ministry and the Mizoram government for technical co-operation for the flagship programme - the New Land Use Policy (NLUP)," Lal Thanhawla said in a meeting. An official quoting the chief minister said that, under this agreement, $4,96,000 has been received from the FAO. "Under the NLUP, over 1,25,000

families would be given financial assistance and training for permanent settled farming instead of 'jhum' cultivation," Lal Thanhawla said Tribals in the northeastern states practice 'jhum' or slashand-burn cultivation. This shifting form of farming usually involves cutting down of entire forests in the hills and allowing the slashed vegetation to dry on mountain slopes prior to burning. Rice is grown along with vegetables, maize, cotton and mustard, among others.The CM said that a pact was recently signed between the Mizoram government and the Tata Trust wherein the latter would contribute Rs 18 crore for promoting livelihood activities to supplement the NLUP programme. (Agencies)

Mulayam won't come back to grand Janata Parivar will realliance: Ram Kripal Yadav main intact: Sharad Yadav

New Delhi, Sep 4 (ANI) : Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ram Kripal Yadav on Friday said Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh won't join the grand alliance again as he has been hurt and insulted time and again. "After much thinking, this decision has been taken. I am sure Mulayam Yadav won't be able to come back to the grand alliance," Yadav told ANI.

"He has again been hurt.

He has been hurt earlier also. I know about it as I had been a part of that Janata Dal Parivar. I know how he has been insulted, and even now, he is being insulted," he added. The Samajwadi Party, on Thursday, withdrew its support from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-Janata Dal (United [JD (U)] alliance just before the Bihar polls.

(ANI)

New Delhi, Sept. 4 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav, who met Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav here on Friday, said that the Janata Parivar

alliance will remain intact. "We discussed on how to strengthen the alliance...We did not have any discussion on seat sharing..

'Gathbandhan' pehle bhi thaa, abhi bhi hai

aur aage bhi rahega (Alliance was there even before, and alliance will remain intact)," Yadav told media. The Samajwadi Party had earlier decided to walk out of the

alliance due to seat sharing issues. The SP was allocated only five seats for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls, whereas RJD and JD (U) got 100 seats each.

(ANI)

Is Narendra Modi imparting teachings of RSS, asks Lalu Ya d a v o n F r i d a y asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi was imparting the teachings of R a s h t r i y a Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). "Was Modi a teacher? He belonged to the RSS. Is he imparting the teachings of the RSS,"asked Lalu in response to Modi's interaction with students on the New Delhi, Sept.4 J a n a t a D a l ( R J D ) eve of Teacher's Day. ( A N I ) : R a s h t r i y a c h i e f L a l u P r a s a d "At times he sweeps

roads, and at times, he teaches yoga. Was he a te acher? It is good that we remember our teachers on this day," he added.

Prime Minister Modi on Friday interacted with 800 students and 60 teachers from various schools in Delhi along with students from across the country and answered many questions asked to him.

(ANI)

Traditional functionaries addressing journalists in Shillong.

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PM Modi must apologise for his Canada's ex-servicemen have Teachers' Day address: 'political DNA' statement to end extended support to our OROP President still wishes to teach somewhere DNA war in Bihar, says RJD protest, says IESM chief

(ANI) New Delhi, Sept 4: Rashtriya Janata Dal spokesperson Manoj Jha said on Friday that the war of words over DNA sampling in Bihar would end as soon as Prime Minister

Narendra Modi withdraws his 'political DNA' statement. Janata Dal (United) workers have threatened to send around one lakh DNA samples through their hair and nails to Prime Minister

Narendra Modi at his 7 RCR residence to fulfill the promise made by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the Swabhimaan Rally. Jha said, "It is very unfortunate that the people of Bihar have been insulted and most of them were not our supporters." Earlier, in a befitting reply to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's DNA jibe, Nitish Kumar had earlier said that the people of his state will be sending samples of their hair and nails to the Prime Minister's Office for a DNA analysis. The war of words over DNA sampling in Bihar would end as soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi withdraws his 'political DNA' statement

(ANI) New Delhi, Sept 4: Major General (Retired) Satbir Singh, the chairman of the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement ( IESM), on Friday reiterated his resolution to continue with the protest for the implementation of the one-rankone-pension (OROP) scheme against the government, and said they have started to get support from other countries as well.

"Our family have gone to other countries to promote our protest there. Canada's Indian ex-servicemen movement sent Rs.1.15 lakhs to our OROP protest," said Singh. "This is fight against the betrayal we have faced, it is not against any party, or any political system. Any government that betrays the promises it committed to the war veteran will have to face this kind of protest," he added.

He also pointed out that the supporters have been protesting across the country.

They also named the spot of the protest as 'Sainik Parliament'. He further said that the war veterans would be raising the bar on the level of the ongoing protest in coming days till the government did not meet their demands. "We have been

getting support from all over the country. This movement is one of the most popular ones this country has ever seen," he said. The ex-servicemen have been demanding OROP for the last 80 days.

The centre of their agitation is located in the Jantar Mantar area of the national capital.

(ANI) New Delhi, Sept 4: On the eve of Teacher's Day, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday shared with the students, how he still has the urge to teach somewhere. "Till today I have the urge of teaching somewhere" said the President while interacting with the students. Tracing his own school journey, President Mukherjee told the students how he had to travel on foot for five kilometers to reach his school. The President also told students of the contrast between the syllabus of his time and today's. "When I was in school, our history books were written by colonial leaders. In our exam, 40 percent of the marks weight age was of British history. But today, you study about Indian independence movement. This is good," said the President.

Mukherjee also reminded the students of the process of the formation of Constitution of India. He also taught the students some Indian history and recited for them the Preamble of our Constitution.

50 kids food poisoned after consuming mid-day meal in Govts should recognise the role of NGOs in mental Madhya Pradesh

(ANI) Chhatarpur (MP), Sept 4: More than 50 students fell sick after consuming their mid-day meals at a government school in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur District of Madhya Pradesh. It is suspected that they are suffering from food poisoning.

"The food was not good.

After eating it, we all started puking," the affected stu-

dents said. The parents of the children alleged that government officials never pay a visit to the school to check the quality of the mid-day meal. "After coming back from school, our daughter started puking.

She said she found pebbles in the rice. Everyone has been admitted in hospital.

Officials never visit schools to check the mid-day meals.

We will complain against it," the parents said. Food Inspector S K Tiwari said doctors have formed a team and the students are out of danger now. "We got the information that the students got ill after consuming the mid-day meal. Doctors have formed a team.

Eleven children have been admitted in the hospital. All the children are out of danger now," said Tiwari. Civil Surgeon Dr. R S Tripathi confirmed that the treatment is going on and that the situation is under control. "We are sending the gastric samples for tests.

After the test, it will be decided whether it was food poisoning or not," said Dr. Tripathi. More than 24 students have been admitted to the government hospital.

An investigation team has been formed by the government to probe the matter.

Congress seeks PM's statement on cross border ceasefire violations

(ANI) New Delhi, Sept 4: Congress leader P.C Chacko on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give a statement on the recent ceasefire violation in the Poonch sector of Jammu. "The unfortu-

nate thing is that in spite of all of the best efforts taken by the Government of India, Pakistan is not ready to listen to reason. It is always said that the Government of India will take stringent action. It is high time that

the government should come out properly on the issue. The Prime Minister should make a statement," Chacko told. "It is so disturbing that our models (borders) have become so porous, ceasefire violations are there. It is the question of the security of the nation. So, it cannot be taken lightly. If this is happening on a regular basis, that means it is a concerted effort by Pakistan to provoke India," he added. Chacko further said, "How we are going to reply? The Prime Minister has to make a statement. Situation is so serious." Fresh ceasefire violations took place on Thursday night.

Indian troops responded.

There was, however, no damage to property, or loss of life.

healthcare, says NHRC acting chairperson

(ANI) New Delhi, Sept 4: A day-long meeting of state health secretaries on mental healthcare, organized by the National Human rights Commission, began in New Delhi on Friday. Inaugurating it, Mr. Justice Cyriac Joseph, Acting Chairperson, NHRC, said that the rehabilitation of mentallyill patients, among other issues, remains is a key area of concern in the area of mental healthcare and governments should recognize this fact that they need to have a positive attitude towards NGOs, who can play a big role in addressing this concern. It may not help the cause, if we discourage them. Questioning their relevance will be uncharitable and counter-productive. He said that private institutions are also playing an equally important role and the Governments should also support their efforts by remov-

ing impediments. Mr. Justice Cyriac Joseph said that having a new law on Mental Healthcare may be useful but we have already enough laws. The real problem does not lie in the absence of a law but in failure

¢ Discuss ways for better implementation of the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) and especially the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP), infrastructure and manpower development in the States/UTs; ¢ Discuss ways for better utilization of funds allocated by Government of India for various components of NMHP; ¢ Sharing of good practices on Mental Care including rehabilitation in States/UTs; and ¢ Discuss ways for proper rehabilitation of cured patients in the community.

The participants include, among others, NHRC Members, Mr. Justice D. Murugesan and Mr. S.C. Sinha, senior officers, Special Rapporteurs, State Health Secretaries, Mental Health experts and academicians, Heads of Mental Health Institutions and civil society representatives.

should be made with regard to Pakistan. This is unfortunate," he said. The ceasefire violation took place after Pakistan re-

sorted to unprovoked firing. Indian troops responded appropriately. No damage or loss of life was reported.

gard. In the same spirit, the Commission has provided this Forum to bring all the stakeholders at one stage to discuss and share their experiences and best practices in order to understand the shortcomings and what needs to be done to improve the Mental Healthcare System in the country. Earlier, Mr. S.N. Mohanty, Secretary General, NHRC gave an insight into the efforts made by the Commission towards improvement of Mental Healthcare and said that the Commission is of the firm view that its guidelines and recommendations will give positive results.

Mr. Anshu Prakash, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare expressed the hope that the new Mental Healthcare Bill will be ready this year

Raigad forest, a Hillary Clinton 'ridiculous' to think her email favourite for murderserver was secure, says ers: Social-activist Snowden (ANI) Raigad, Sept 4 : Vaishali Patil, a social-worker

working for the tribals in Gagode village from 25 years, on Friday called the forest, where Sheena Bora was buried a 'killer favourite,' adding that actor Ranjit's farm was located next door that had also seen six murders. "It has been going on from 1986. This forest has become a place where murderers think they can hide their crime. In the farm nearby, which belonged to actor Ranjit, six murders happened," Patil. "The whole village knows about this.

We filed a complaint with the police then. But the offence wasn't registered. Five of the six bodies were declared unidentified and cremated," she added. "We feel very insecure because of so many murder cases happening around here. Because you can never tell if your complaint will be registered or if legal action would be taken," Patil continued. In the Sheena Bora murder case, the body of the victim was found in the same Raigad forest by the Raigad Police. (ANI)

India should deal firmly with Pak ceasefire violation, says Alvi (ANI) New Delhi, Sep 4: Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Friday said India should deal firmly with the repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan. He was reacting to the recent ceasefire violation in the Poonch sector of Jammu that took place on Thursday night. "It is important to deal with Pakistan with firm hands. If it is not dealt with firm hands, then Pakistan won't change its attitude,"Alvi told. "It seems it (ceasefire violation) has become very common. Pakistan violates ceasefire on border and our Government does not do anything," he added. "Alvi said India's foreign policy with regard to Pakistan is not fixed. "The Government is unable to understand what kind of policy

to implement the existing ones. Intellectually, we are concerned about the attention, the Mental Healthcare should receive but that does not take us to change of mindsets, attitude and change of heart. Unutilized funds by States for Mental Healthcare could be one of the manifestations of this attitudinal problem. Also, we do not have an explicit culture of recognizing the role being played by each person in a system, including those involved in the Mental Healthcare, by appreciating their work in order to further motivate them. He said that the Mental Health is an important human right and the NHRC is deeply committed to protect this human right and willing to cooperate with all the stakeholders in this re-

(ANI) London, Sep 4: National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden has said that Hillary Clinton's idea that her email server was secure while she was the US Secretary of State, is "completely ridiculous".

Clinton, in 2014, accused Snowden of helping terrorists.

Clinton has toned down such criticism since 2011 and asserted that the NSA needed to be more transparent.

Snowden said that anyone who had the clearances that the secretary of state has, knows how to handle classified information. However, he said commenting on Clinton's choice of email server, that when the unclassified systems of the US government, which has a full-time information security staff, regularly gets hacked, the idea that someone keeping a private server in the renovated bathroom of a server farm in Colorado is more secure was completely ridiculous.

for consideration of the Cabinet and will be a landmark Act. He said that the Centre is paying a focused attention towards Mental Health issue and expressed concern that States were not utilizing funds meant for Mental Healthcare. Mr. Prakash said that Mental Healthcare needs affirmative action. The National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) is not receiving the due attention from the States. They need to set targets and fix responsibilities to ensure that there is affirmative action on improving the Mental Healthcare. The huge shortage of human resources, including medical and para-medical staff, lack of infrastructure and general awareness about the mental health continues to remain a problem. Nobody talks of co-morbidity of mental health with other diseases, which cannot be handled alone either by a psychiatrist or a psychologist without inter-sectoral coordination. Inter-ministerial as well as institutional cooperation is also very important for addressing the Mental Health issues. Private sector must contribute in building infrastructure and medical students while doing MBBS should be exposed to this subject.The daylong meeting has been called to deliberate upon the following objectives and come out with suggestions:

'Our outlook towards our failure defines success,' says PM (ANI) New Delhi, Sept 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed the importance of the outlook towards the failure which decides the success, saying it is the 'recipe of successes'. "Our outlook towards our failures defines our successes," said Modi while responding a question on recipe of success. "Safalta ki koi recipe nahi ho sakti aur vifalta ko kabhi sapnon ka kabristan nahi ban ne dena chahiye," he added. Prime Minister also pointed out that the parents should not impose their own dreams on their kids. That would mean they don't know what the kids are capable of. "Until we go beyond the limited idea of a "degree job" we won't grow. We need to free ourselves, you write poetry or create art," he added. "Safalta ki koi recipe nahi ho sakti aur vifalta ko kabhi sapnon ka kabristan nahi ban ne dena chahiye."

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Thais unveil restored statue at bomb site to boost morale

Bangkok, Sep 4: Thai authorities today unveiled the restored centerpiece of the Erawan Shrine, in the latest bid to boost confidence among Bangkok's tourism and business communities almost three weeks after a deadly bombing that left 20 dead. In the past week, police have arrested two people and identified seven more believed to be part of a network that carried out the Aug. 17 blast, which also injured more than 120 people. They have intentionally avoided calling it an act of terrorism for fear of hurting Thailand's image."The most important

issue for the country's image is to restore confidence about safety," Minister of Culture Vira Rojpojchanarat told reporters at today's ceremony. He said it was intended to "create confidence and raise the morale of Thai people and tourists."The ministry's Fine Arts Department repaired 12 areas of the shrine's gleaming golden statue of the Hindu god Brahma that were damaged by the attack, notably on its four-headed face where a chin was blasted out, Vira said."Every day the police and national security are making progress on the

case," Vira added.In the past week, the investigation picked up pace with police arresting the two suspects and carrying out two raids on homes in Bangkok where bomb-making materials were discovered. At a third raid on Thursday, authorities found "suspicious fluid in a barrel" that was being analyzed by explosives experts, said national police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri. Thai authorities have suggested that at least two of the nine suspects are possibly Turkish.In another finding that could support a link to Uighurs, police said that a

man arrested Tuesday who is considered a main suspect in the bombing was carrying a Chinese passport. The passport indicated he was from the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, but Thai authorities had not yet verified its authenticity, Prawut said.

Xinjiang is the home of the Turkish-speaking Uighurs.

Authorities on Thursday identified the suspect but issued two different spellings of his name - Mieraili Yusufu and Yusufu Meerailee - and said he faces charges of possessing unauthorized explosives.

The other suspects include a Thai woman identified as Wanna Suansan and said to be married to a Turkish man. Both are being sought

by Thai police. Thai authorities have been careful not to state publicly that the case may be linked to the Uighurs. They have said that such speculation could affect international relations and hurt tourism."We have agreed already that I won't mention the name of a country, the name of a group or their religion.

Please allow me to say that it is a network, and let's wait and see which group it is," Prawut said Thursday when asked if the case was linked to Uighurs.

(Agencies)

Tamil named as Sri Lankan opposition leader for first time since 1983 Colombo, Sep 4: Sri Lanka`s parliament named an ethnic minority Tamil politician as the main opposition leader for the first time in 32 years, a sign of growing reconciliation after a prolonged civil war.Most of the nation`s population belongs to the Sinhalese community.The minority Tamils have alleged persecution by the government since the uprising of Tamil Tiger separatists three decades ago.Rajavarothiam Sampanthan, 83, the head of Tamil National Alliance, is the first ethnic minority opposition leader since 1983, when Tamil legislators resigned en masse to protest against a law that compelled them to denounce separatism.Parliament`s speaker accepted Sampanthan as the main opposition leader after loyalists to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa were divided on whether they should support the government or go into opposition."We will oppose

the government on all issues, where it is in the national interest to do so," Sampanthan told parliament in his debut speech as opposition leader."We will support the government on all issues, where such support is justified."

Sampanthan is a lawyer who was first elected to the parliament in 1977. His party, the former political proxy of the Tamil Tiger insurgents, backed Maithripala Sirisena in the January presidential elections, defeating Rajapaksa, who ordered the offensive that ended the Tamil insurgency in 2009.The previous government refused to acknowledge Tamils` request to investigate alleged war crimes during the final phase of the war. The United Nations last year passed a resolution calling for an international inquiry into the alleged human rights abuses.The outcome of that investigation will be released at the U.N. Human Rights Council session later this month.The

new Sri Lankan government has agreed to a domestic war crimes inquiry and the United States, which sponsored three successive U.N. resolutions against Sri Lanka, said last week it would support a domestic process if it is credible. Later the parliament approved Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe`s proposal to increase the number of ministers in the national unity government to

93 from 70. The speaker announced that 143 legislators voted in favour and 16 against, while 63 legislators including Rajapaksa and his loyalists were absent.Sirisena`s Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and Wickremesinghe`s United National Party (UNP), which together account for 85 percent of the 225-member parliament, have agreed to form a national unity government for two years. (Agencies)

Chinese dissidents sue former prez alleging torture Beijing, Sep 4: Chinese dissidents in Scotland have filed lawsuits against a former president of China alleging they suffered human rights abuses including torture under his regime. They are among a group of 30 Chinese nationals in Britain taking legal action against Jiang Zemin who was China's leader from 1993 to 2003.The six people in Scotland taking legal ac-

tion include a doctor called Denise Yu who lives in Edinburgh.She was imprisoned for five years for refusing to stop the banned spiritual practice Falun Gong which combines meditation and quigong. Falun Gong was banned in 1999 by the ruling Communist Party of China when the government decided the practice was a grave threat to its authority. Since then tens

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of thousands of Falun Gong have been arrested and sentenced to 'reform through labour' camps where, it is claimed, they have been starved, beaten, tortured and murdered.Human rights campaigners claim that up to 65,000 Falun Gong practitioners have been killed for their organs since 2000.Yu was granted refugee status in 2013 by the UK government who accepted her claim that she suffered torture in China because she practicsed Falun Gong. Her lawsuit has been sent to the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China.Yu said: "In April 2001, I was sent to the brainwashing centre of Haidian district, Beijing city. I was placed in a room with a group of people surrounding. They were urging me to denounce Falun Gong.

When I refused they forced me to squat and kicked me and swore at me. They also threatened

me that I would not be allowed to see my daughter anymore until I was 'reformed'. Di Yu was released but arrested again in April 2005 and spent five years in prison."served most of her sentence in Beijing Women Prison where she claims she was often maltreated and even forced sit on a small stool for up to 18 hours a day.A separate lawsuit against Zemin was filed by He Mingfang who is a Chinese refugee living in Glasgow. Mingfang said she was also persecuted for practicing Falun Gong and in February 2000 was forced to leave her job as a travel agent in the city of Dalian.Orr said: "With Scottish based Falun Gong practitioners we are seeking an MSP to sponsor a bill to restrict transplants abroad only to countries with ethical and transparent transplant systems. As part of this we are raising awareness of all the emerging and compelling evidence of organ harvesting." (Agencies)

Scrapping Indonesia's bullet train leaves top investors confused

Jakarta, Sept 4: Indonesia's 11th-hour decision to scrap plans for the nation's first high-speed railway has sown confusion among top investors China and Japan, potentially undermining the strong foreign investment that has been a rare economic bright spot .China and Japan had been battling over the multi-billion dollar contract, until it was abruptly pulled in what appeared to be the latest in a series of regulatory flipflops and erratic policymaking moves under President Joko Widodo.

Indonesia's chief economics minister was left to ex-

plain to the two Asian giants today the reason why Jakarta decided at the lastminute that a bullet train was no longer viable for Southeast Asia's largest economy."It looks like a sudden move because the recommendation was made after a review of both proposals," Teten Masduki, presidential chief of staff, told media. "But the recommendation is in the best interest of the country."Tokyo and Beijing had lobbied heavily for the $5 billion contract, each sweetening the terms of their bids up until Monday's deadline.

Analysts believed that

whoever had won would likely have been the frontrunner for future highspeed rail projects in Asia, including one linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore."It was the recommendation from independent consultants that suggested to the government that a medium-speed rail was a better option because the cost is cheaper and the time of the journey isn't much longer," Masduki said. President Widodo announced late Thursday that a bullet train between the capital Jakarta and the textile town of Bandung was unnecessary, since it would never reach its maximum speed of more than 300 km (188 miles) per hour in between station stops. The administration instead advocated a slower train and asked China, Japan, and others to submit new proposals."Consequently, both proposals extended by our government and the Chinese government are not accepted," Yasuaki Tanizaki, Japan's ambassador to Indonesia, told reporters today. "I have expressed my regrets."(Agencies)

Action against 'dangerous' school vans begins today Karachi, Sep 4: Traffic Police Deputy Inspector General Dr Amir Ahmed Shaikh has said that stern action against school vans running on compressed natural gas (CNG) will be initiated today after school hours."Four traffic police teams have been constituted to ensure security of our schoolchildren who are presently commuting on dangerous CNG-run vehicles from their schools to home every day in the metropolis," he added.Dr Amir said that in the first phase of the drive, relaxation would be given to only those vehicles that had certified CNG cylinders - approved by the Hydrocarbon Devel-

opment Institute of Pakistan (HDIP).He said they would check vehicles on four criterions: vehicles must be running on petrol or diesel, those vehicles must have an attendant for taking care of schoolchildren, vans should not be overloaded, and these must be painted in yellow colour or carry school logo.He said that the traffic police officers would be fully supported by Private Schools Management Associations, All Pakistan CNG Owners Associations and Sindh Transport Department for making the drive successful. Amir requested the parents of schoolchildren to cooperate with traffic police to complain on

helpline 1915 to indicate if such vehicles were running for commuting their children without following the law. He said that no one would be allowed to violate the law and play with precious lives of our children.

He warned the CNG school van drivers and owners to follow the law; otherwise, stern action would be taken against them. He said they could be arrested and sent to jail for breaking the rules.

The petition was filed by Muhammad Asif, one of school van owners, in which he sought operation only against the substandard kits installed in school vans instead of all CNG kits.

(Agencies)

Aziz to tell Afghanistan to stop anti-Pak propaganda Karachi, Sep 4: Prime Minister's Adviser on National Security Sartaj Aziz will today urge the top Afghan leadership to stop its a n t i - P a k i s t a n propaganda."Afghanistan has to stop anti-Pakistan remarks and carry out measures to build trust," a Foreign Office official said, adding that Aziz would also stress that peace and stability in Afghanistan lies in intra-Afghan dialogue and therefore Kabul must sit in the second round of peace talks with Taliban and other groups.Moreover, the official rejected Afghan allegations accusing Pakistan of abetting the recent terror attacks in Kabul. He maintained that 80 per cent of the insurgency in Afghanistan originates from within. The

official admitted that the agreement on security and counter terrorism between the intelligence agencies of the two countries was now a dead document because it was not approved by the A f g h a n parliament.Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Foreign Office in a statement con-

firmed that the adviser to the prime minister on national security and foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz, will visit Kabul on September 4 (today).During his visit Aziz will lead the Pakistani delegation in the ministerial meeting of the sixth Regional Economic Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA-VI).The

Vaiko seeks resolution against domestic probe Colombo, Sep 4:India's MDMK leader Vaiko has called upon Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to initiate steps to pass a resolution in the Tamil Nadu Assembly opposing any move to carry out a domestic investigation into the alleged atrocities during the war in Sri Lanka in which many Tamil people were killed."If such a resolution is passed, I will be the first person to support the same," he said while paying a lightning visit to the site near Palladam where the party panned to hold a conference later this month. Vaiko told the media that only an inquiry by an independent non-domestic body could bring out justice and truth arty planned to hold a conference later this month.

(Agencies)

Army man hacked to death in Jessore Dhaka, Sep 4: An Army member has been hacked to death at Jessore cantonment today. Deceased Helaluddin was on duty at 8 Engineering Battalion of the cantonment. Jessore Kotwali police station duty officer Monjur Ali Khan said miscreants hacked Helaluddin at his room at the barrack around 2am.He was rushed to Combined Military Hospital where on-duty doctors declared him dead. The police officer said three soldiers were on duty on that night. One of them went on hiding after the incident. (Agencies)

Nepal Airlines to fly to Mumbai Kathmandu, Sep 4: Nepal Airlines will operate direct flights between Kathmandu and Mumbai from September 4, 2015.

The airline will deploy an Airbus 320 aircraft which will fly into Mumbai twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays. "The very first arrival at T2 in Mumbai will begin with Nepal Airlines (Flight No. RA 201) from Kathmandu at 16.30 hours and first departure from T2 will begin with Nepal Airlines (Flight No. RA 202) to Kathmandu at 17.25 hours," Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) said. (Agencies) FO spokesman said the premier's adviser will also hold consultations with the Afghan leadership on important bilateral issues.Tensions have flared in recent weeks, with Ghani accusing Islamabad of failing to act against extremists operating along the porous border.

(Agencies)

AirAsia Group joins relief efforts in Myanmar Issue Vol. XXIII No. 36 Yangon, Sep 4: AirAsia Group is providing assistance to the flood-stricken communities in Myanmar, where over 1 million people have been critically affected.As part of the airline group's efforts, Thai AirAsia is providing sponsorship for its partners, volunteers, and space for shipment for relief goods throughout the month of August; while AirAsia Berhad sent across 447kg of supplies including clothes and blankets which will be donated to local relief teams for distribution in Ayeryawaddy Divi-

sion. AirAsia's local team in Myanmar, led by its Yangon Station Manager Ms Wai Lin Aung also delivered donations to the Sagaing Division including dried food, water, cooking utensils, torchlights, batteries, blankets and towels, and sanitary items, which benefited over 380 families at the affected area. AirAsia is firmly committed to the philosophy that no corporation can live apart from the community it serves. As a people's airline, we will always extend a helping hand to the communities we serve in their time

of need.The AirAsia Group was at the forefront of relief efforts in the wake of the tsunami that struck the region in 2004, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (2008), Typhoon Nesat in the Philippines (2011), the earthquake which struck Sichuan in China (2008), the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Fukushima, Japan (2011), Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (2013), the floods in the East Coast of Malaysia (2014), and the recent devastating earthquake which hit Nepal few months ago

(2015).AirAsia has also supported the recovery of Bali, Indonesia, after the terrorist bombings in 2005, by giving away 12,000 free seats on its flights. It mounted rescue flights from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur in November 2008 to help people stranded by the closing of the airport in Bangkok, and similar rescue efforts were extended in Padang and Jakarta in October 2009 to help those affected by the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Sumatra Island. (Agencies)

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DIBRUGARH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

Australia Crawls Toward Growth Record Submerged in Assam Floods Cannot stem the annual misery Like as the other calamities, Flood is the most devastating natural calamity that effects Assam every year. Brahmaputra and Barak are the major rivers in Assam causes the devastating flood claiming damages to public property, living being and environment. Assam is sorrounded by Hills on the almost all sides, what is the primary reason behind the regular floods in the state. Howover, Flood in Assam is caused by a combination of several natural and anthropogenic factores. In the month May to September rainfalls in Assam heavy. Moreover, the catchment areas are much higher which fueled the flood dangerously. Unlike Jammu and Kashmir last year where the worst floods in decades saw the summer capital Srinagar go under water - floods in Assam are not new. Such 'misfortunes' associated with floods can almost be anticipated. Yet, little has been done to protect the people and land. And according to ASDMA report as of now, 13,78,540 people have been hit due to floods in 2,199 villages.

Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nalbari, Barpeta, Sonitpur and Darrang districts remained the worst affected.

Whereas a total of 2,66,908 people are taking shelter in 385 relief camps in 14 districts, with Dibrugarh district having the highest number of 149 camps housing 91,750 people.

The people of the state mostly rely on the river to irrigate their crops and also for fishing, but come monsoon and everything changes. The life giver turns deadly as it swells and washes away life, land and property. Few decades ago the entire region has been unrecognizably densely wooded with most human activities seemingly conducted within interminable forestland. Today that scenario is no longer existing. What is so alarming is the rate of tree felling in the hill States. It is so rapid that doubt has been raised whether we will ever be able to make amends for the harm that has been done.

Its effects, if unchecked, are most certain to bring about permanent ecological harm with dramatic increase in flooding problem.

The state now is subjected to perennial floods, landslides and environmental degradations. And these disasters cause sudden disruption to the normal life of a society and cause enormous damage to property to a great extent. Reviews of the past major disasters show a very grim picture of the region in regards to potential disasters in future.

Though the government has set up a special panel, there is scepticism on whether it can stem the annual misery. But it must learn from these events and guide the administration to take appropriate decisions at the time of disaster.

Internet and Indians Indians using internet increasing at a rapid pace This is an era when everything happens with just a click of a mouse or with an enter in the keyboard. From school going kids to retired personnel sitting at home, everybody seems to surf the internet at some point of time or the other.

With the increasing number of internet users, India has added 52 million Internet users in first six months of this year, taking the total user base to 352 million as on June 30, 2015, industry body IAMAI reveals. IAMAI said that increase in local language content will lead to a growth of 39% in internet user base, with rural India being the primary driver of this growth (75%) while urban India will grow at 16%. The local language user base grew 47% to reach 127 million in June.

IAMAI said that the next set of internet users will come from rural India and the availability of local language content on internet will be the key for the growth of internet industry in India. Interestingly, 213 million (over 60 per cent) users accessed the worldwide web through mobile devices.

Internet (in India) has reached an inflection point.

The consolidated numbers affirm the fact that Internet in India has now become inclusive, which augurs well for the industry and society at large.

The number of Internet users has grown over 26 per cent from 278 million in October 2014. While it took more than a decade for the user base to increase from 10 million to 100 million, and three years to cross the 200 million mark, it took only a year for the user base to swell to 300 million from 200 million. With increase in smartphone sales, more and more users are accessing Internet through mobile devices. India is expected to have over 500 million internet users by 2017 and there are over 350 million internet users as of June 2015. Considering that telecom operators have significantly reduced 3G tariff to bring it in line with 2G, more and more users are now migrating from 2G to 3G. It is estimated that the 3G subscriber base will reach 284 million by the end of year 2017 while there were approximately 82 million 3G subscribers at the end of year 2014. The 3G user base is projected to grow at a CAGR of 61.3% from 2013-17.

The number of mobile Internet users has also grown about 40 per cent from 159 million users in October last year. The Internet in India took more than a decade to move from 10 million to 100 million and 3 years from 100 to 200 million.

However, it took only a year to move from 200 to 300 million users. Clearly, Internet is mainstream in India today. And we all know the fact how important is a mainstream in streaming the future of our nation.

After an impressive 24 years of sustained growth, the country faces some serious headwinds. ? .....Anthony Fensom Australia confirmed its 24-year economic winning streak in its latest gross domestic product (GDP) data released Wednesday. However, extending the recession-free record beyond a world-beating 26 years could prove more troublesome for the "Lucky Country" in the wake of China's downturn and domestic squabbles over trade and reform.

Real GDP expanded by 0.2 percent in the June quarter, below market expectations of a 0.4 percent gain and well down on the March quarter's 0.9 percent rise. While household consumption, government spending, and non-residential building activity grew, exports slumped 3.3 percent compared to the previous quarter, while dwelling investment dipped by 1.1 percent.

Financial markets reacted negatively, with the Australian dollar dropping below US$0.70 for the first time in more than six years, amid forecasts it could drop even further due to weak commodity prices.

Nevertheless, Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said the world's 12th-biggest economy was still "growing well despite the biggest fall in our terms of trade in more than 50 years."

"At a time when other commodity based economies like Canada and Brazil are in recession, the Australian economy is continuing to grow at a rate that meets and sometimes beats our most recent budget forecasts," he added.

The treasurer pointed to increased housing and construction investment and a rise in services exports, despite a slump in key mining exports such as iron ore and coal on the back of "massive falls in commodity prices."

Earlier in the week, Hockey told the Financial Times that Australia could even surpass the Netherlands' modern-era record of 26 straight years of economic growth, which the Western European nation achieved between 1982 and 2008 on the back of its North Sea oil wealth.

"Cassandras are loud, whereas optimists are getting on with the job. We are

going to break the record and go beyond the Dutch," he told the British daily.

Since the "recession we had to have" in 1990, Australia has enjoyed an unbeaten growth spurt, aided by economic liberalization and in more recent years, an unprecedented mining boom as China emerged to become the world's secondbiggest economy.

'Falling Off A Cliff' Yet with the nation's top two trading partners of China and Japan noticeably slowing, the eurozone struggling to revive, and even neighboring New Zealand facing its own growth headwinds in the wake of falling dairy prices, not all analysts share Hockey's optimism.

The latest GDP data showed the 12th straight quarter of sub-par performance, with the nation's terms of trade - measuring export prices compared with imports - down 10.6 percent over the financial year, the biggest decline in decades. Australia's growth in the latest quarter was half of Germany's and even below the level of troubled eurozone nations Greece and Spain, noted the Australian Financial Review's

Jacob Greber.

"The key take-out is just how perilous things are now," economist Stephen Anthony told the financial daily. "We're falling off the mining investment cliff and that's occurring at a time of incredible instability on financial markets. That has to be negative for real output growth."

ANZ Research said the national accounts provided "very few reasons for a positive narrative on the outlook for the Australian economy," indicating growth "remains anemic."

"While GDP growth was held down by a significant subtraction from net exports, business investment also fell and household consumption growth remained soft. And without a strong contribution from public demand, GDP growth would have been much weaker," the bank's economists said in a research note.

According to ANZ, annual growth has now slowed to a below-average rate of 2 percent, which is expected to continue at least for the second half of 2015.

"Mining investment is

still set to be a significant drag on GDP with sharper declines likely over coming quarters as large-scale [liquefied natural gas] projects approach completion, while the outlook for non-mining investment continues to be quite uncertain," the economists said.

"Firms are already planning to reduce investment over the next year, and the lack of any meaningful pick-up in household spending growth makes it difficult to expect significant improvement in these plans. Moreover, the deterioration in the international environment suggests the outlook has become even more unpredictable."

On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia kept its official cash rate steady at a record-low 2 percent, with Governor Glenn Stevens citing "further softening in conditions in China and east Asia of late, but stronger U.S. growth," along with falling commodity prices.

He also noted that equity markets had been "consistently more volatile of late, associated with developments in China, though other financial markets have been relatively stable."

"Overall, the economy is likely to be operating with a degree of spare capacity for some time yet, with domestic inflationary pressures contained," he said.

Although financial markets were only pricing in a 5 percent possibility of a rate cut at the September board meeting, the bond market is eyeing a 70 percent chance of a reduction in November, according to Business Spectator.

According to the AFR's Greber, the slowdown has reinforced warnings from economists at a recent National Reform Summit that "Australia is in danger of sleepwalking into a major downturn."

"When the March national accounts were released back in June, the treasurer huffed and puffed, telling us all that we were one of the fastest growing economies amongst our developed nation peers, that his government was 'lifting the tide,' Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said.

"Making matters worse, growth would have been negative if it hadn't been due to a spike in government spending. Yes, this is not a typo. The economy

under Hockey and Abbott would have gone backwards if it wasn't due to higher public spending. I'm sure I don't need to spell out the irony here."

Real net disposable income per capita, a broad measure of living standards, fell in June for the fifth straight quarter, dropping to a five-year low of A$13,084 ($9,180), underscoring what economists have called an "income recession."

"It's a longer income squeeze than we saw in the recession of the early 1990s," Deloitte Access Economics' Chris Richardson told the AFR. "Our Catch-22 is that when our pie is shrinking, that's when you need reform the most, but it's also when reforms are hardest to achieve."

Comprising representatives of business, unions, welfare and other stakeholders, the National Reform Summit held in Sydney on August 26 produced a number of recommendations for reform, including lifting productivity growth and workforce participation, better targeting welfare, and undertaking wide-ranging reviews of tax and retirement incomes.

The government was also urged to return the federal budget to a "structural balance" progressively over a decade, while ensuring "equity" and efficiency.

According to the summit's official statement, the need for reform is "now urgent. While Australia has enjoyed almost a quarter century of economic growth and weathered the global financial crisis better than other comparable countries, the nation's economic and social position is slipping," it said.

While the Abbott government has touted its free trade agreements with China, Japan and South Korea as key to the nation's growth prospects, the China pact has come under attack from the opposition Labor Party amid concerns over the potential import of Chinese workers for major projects.

With the economic growth record barely two years away, crossing the finishing line suddenly appears a far tougher task for the land Down Under.

Solution to Artificial Flood drainage system as most of the drain are being blocked by undregradeable garbages like polythene bags or wrapper ,thermocol etc and thereby not allowing the drainage water to flow uniformly .If the public administration fails to imposed ban over these products then we too cannot avoid artificial flood in our cities.

At last, I appeal to all to save mother earth by using recycled products.

Yours faithfully Indrajit Sarma Chirping Chapori Dibrugarh

Empty Exchequer

Sir, Water can be used as resources but if we not treat the water in right direction then it can become endanger and cause artificial floor or soil erosion. The current flow in the major cities like, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Guwahati, Dhuburi, Jorhat ,etc., taught us a great lesson .Due to improper drainage system in our cities it turned out to be a major reason for artificial flood. As because ,we failed to maintain our

Sir, As the Assembly election is nearing, all the political parties are obsessed with working out innovative strategies about how to beat the rival parties. As an impartial onlooker, it remains our serious concern how to elect honest politicians. From what we have experienced over the years, we have seen that many politicians after winning election get the 'Aladdin's Chirag', they start procuring public money right and left and enrich their personal coffers, little realizing that at the time of laying down their rein of administration, we find that they leave an emply exchequer in the event of their defeat. The new party forming the Government has a 'Herculean task' ahead how to replenish the exchequer, in doing so the members constituting the new government have to take some stringest and unpopular steps. Our experience illustrates this

after the defeat of the UPA, when NDA took over.

We are now of firm conviction that same phenomenon of an empty exchequer will be encountered by the new party in the event of defeat of the present ruling dispensation of Assam. if we analize the financial status of all the M.L.A and ministers before they became the first-time MLA we will be flabbergasted to note their vicissitude. These so called leaders are responsible for widening the gap between the rich and the poor. Through this column of your esteemed daily, we appeal to the Government of India to take appropriate steps by its agencies like NIA and Income Tax to identify persons with properties disprotionate to income.

Yours etc.

Ashok Bordoloi Dibrugarh

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DIBRUGARH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

Shyamol Kumar Gogoi Class 9 Student of ST. Xavier's School, Duliajan Teachers play an important role in a student's life.

They help the student build his or her career.

Without them, a student's life is as dark as a deep well.

St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School, a prestigious institution in the township of Duliajan, has been a source of education to the children of the town and its outskirts since 1984. The school serves as a perfect sign of development. In these 31 years, the school has got a higher stage of development both from the structural and educational view. The students of the school are trained in such a way that they are able to build themselves with an exemplary character making themselves different from the students of other schools.

The whole credit goes to the teachers of the institution. We, the students of

St. Xavier's are very lucky to be showered by such wonderful teachers right from kindergarten. When we think about our teachers of the primary sections and the teachers who are presently teaching us, we cannot resist our gratitude towards them. We sometimes wonder, what type of person we would have turned out if they were not there in our lives. Our teachers right from the pre-school days till date have shaped us into what we are today.

At our primary classes, we had teachers like Madam Pauline, Madam Tara, Madam Gracy, Madam Honey, Madam Rimjhim who loved us more than their own lives. They taught us by holding our hands. At every minute and second , they kept an eye on us. Everyday we would go to school with the fear of 'ONE TALK,

world. Their teachings shine our path even in the deepest recesses of darkness. They teach us to stay firm towards our goal and cherish the noble ideas of the human world. It is their tireless tolling that contributes to our better life. Even in the most adverse of situations, they sow a seed inside each and every one of us. As time passes by, that seed matures and grows into a huge tree ushering its roots and branches in each and every direction within our body and soul. Cultivated ideas and knowledge become its nourishments.

It is this tree that becomes the support that we need to sustain our life. Hence, teachers have undoubtedly a great role to play in our life. As Lao-tzu once said, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day.

Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

This quote truly exemplifies the essence and worth of teachers in our life.

Role Of Teachers In My Life Nazrana Haque Class : XII/C Delhi Public School, Duliajan A teacher is a person who gives information or shows the students how to do something. Being a teacher is the most respectable and dignified job for a person. A teacher's contribution in the life of a student is very large and there is no denial in the fact that teachers play the role of second parents in a student's life. Just as parents hold their child's hand and teach them how to walk, teachers too hold their hands and guide them to walk in the right direction.

In my life, every teacher who has taught me, right from my kindergarten days to my present class XII, have left such an impression in my heart which I'm going to cherish in my entire life. When I first stepped into the school, I was quite shy, silent, and hesitant and lacked so much of confi-

ed

A Tribute to all the Xaverian Teachers

A Reflection on Teachers Paraz Sonowal Class-XII A Delhi Public School, Duliajan "A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops."-Henry Adams As quoted by Henry Adams, teachers have a profound influence in our life. From childhood till our death bed, whatever we are, it's because of our teachers. Their participation in our life and their influence is what makes us better human beings. The knowledge which we cultivate from them supports us with a strong foundation so that we are able to stand up on our own feet and face the odds of life with courage and determination.

Since time immemorial, we have seen examples of teachers like Guru Dronacharya, Sri Krishna, Sai Baba and many more who have influenced not only their respective students, but also the whole

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dence. But today I have come a long way from what I used to be to what I'm today. I can proudly say that I am confident to face any situation with utmost courage. This has only been possible because of my teachers who have taught me the very meaning of the word "confidence". Moreover, my teachers have shown that any work done with hardwork, discipline, sincerity, honesty and punctuality is bound to give good returns in the future. These simple yet great values will surely help me a great deal in my future endeavors.

There are such innumerable things that I learn from my teachers almost every day. Needless to say, every small bit is surely moulding me to become a better human being. We cannot thank them enough for all that they have done for us.

Love and respect towards teachers is the only way to thank them for their "thankless service".

ONE SCOLD , ONE PUNISHMENT'! Being infants , we would sometimes hate them for their such hard

behaviour towards us, but, at the present date, we realise how that 'ONE SCOLD , ONE PUNISH-

MENT' come out to be such a valuable thing for us. It did the work of a straightner (behaviour) for

Teachers Are A Blessing Richa Gogoi, Cl-XII 'C' "A good teacher is a like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others" The above quote embodies every aspect of what my teachers do for each of their students. I have always known that teaching could be a career where you can influence the lives of others and how teachers could have an impact on your everyday life, your entire year and your future.

You know you have an incredible support when you look back on a year and realize just how much they have affected your lives.

There are times when you recollect memories of the past years and realize how amazing teachers have been in making you enough of human being. In most cases, it is the teachers who are the closest to you that your own parents. There are teachers you can confide in and never lose hope on.

Teachers encourage us to be human beings that are influential and inspiring to the entire human habitation.

When you walk in the doors at your school there are no questions of how your day will go. You embrace a pleasant atmosphere floating in the hallways and around every corner you see

a smiling face of a teacher.

Teachers aren't merely educators or classroom managers. They are adults who teenagers can trust in a time during their lives where they don't know who to turn to. Teachers go above and beyond in making our lives better each day.

When I look at each individual teacher I try and think of why they do what they do. What has inspired them to become a teacher?

It seems that every teacher has a different reason but it always comes back to the same concept. It's because they love what they do.

They love to inspire and impact students. They have that true passion for their subject area, their school, and most of their students.

Every teacher is someone a student can hold on to and

count on. If it weren't for my teachers I wouldn't be as excited as my teachers for my future. Each class that I take I know that I am being prepared for my future. Looking back I can say that I have been shaped into the person that I want to be. While this is partly because of life experiences and personal choices, it is also due to the passion my teachers have for their profession and individual students. My teachers encourage me to pursue goals higher than what I think I can and work with me to make sure I get there. To me my teachers are my guiding stars! When I finally achieve my goals I would be proud enough to give the share of thanks to my teachers for inspiring and holding onto me so long.

us. We also have wonderful teachers like Sir George, Sir Lokeshwar, Madam Pompee, Madam

Simi, Madam Kaiser who developed in us the root and the interest in English.

We had teachers like Sir Aprajit who aroused in us the phobia for Science and Maths; Madam Nasima, Madam Arifa who made us aware of our social surroundings. In these recent years, we also came in contact with such generous and influential teachers like Sir Daljit, Sir Rana, Sir Jerry, Sir Chandan, Madam Chayya, Madam Sushma, who though after a number of failures, encourage us in every aspect and never stopped encouraging. In these recent years we too got many teachers for the primary, junior as well as senior sections.

Though we didn't get their teachings and support, we are fully sure about the fact well-teaching and immense love for us. The development and quality of education of the school

A Change for Good Gayatri Bhagowati XI (Humanities) Delhi Public School, Duliajan Every child nurtures a dream. A dream to be a doctor, an engineer, a CA, an investment banker, a journalist, a civil servant, an author, a singer, a dancer, a cricketer or a footballer but one can hardly find someone who wants to be a teacher or a professor.

One of the most dignified jobs in the country, right from ancient times, teaching is considered to be a holy profession. This profession requires a person to possess values like selflessness, patience, dedication and honesty to ignite minds, shape dreams and imbibe values. However, today's youth neither seems interested in taking up this noble profession and nor do they care to respect their teachers.

Giving nicknames to the teacher, mocking at them, mimicking them in their absence, passing comments while the teacher is teaching etc, are considered to be the new cool and students are often seen indulging in these cheap and disrespectful acts. Some extremists have even taken to threatening their teach-

ers. This is the esteem we have for the people who taught us to write our names and speak fluently to a crowd.

Teachers' day is celebrated on 5th September every year on the birthday of one of the greatest teachers of the country- Dr. S Radhakrishnan to appreciate and acknowledge the invaluable and priceless gems of wisdom imparted by the entire teaching community. It's a day when students whole heartedly express their gratitude towards their teachers and promise to be better students.

However, celebrating this sacred day alone is not enough. What value does a "You Are the Best Teacher" card hold if all throughout the year a student never cares to listen to the teacher and frequently offends the teacher? Or is the mindset such that gifting a nicely wrapped object to the teacher on Teachers' Day can nullify all their past acts of insolence?

There are of course students who love, respect and value their teachers but the last decade has witnessed drastic negative changes in the behavioral pattern of students. We

When you find yourself...

Anoushka Das Delhi Public School, Duliajan A Flashback....

It all happened when I was in the 10th standard and was preparing for the boards. I still remember what a wild child I was. I could not keep up with my home works and I used to mess up my studies. Teachers never failed to comment on my poor handwriting.

This maybe because when I was a little child, I was always changing my handwriting as I couldn't decide which one I liked the best (still can't decide). So, people presumed that I don't have the calibre to rise. In short, I was good for nothing!

1 year later...

When negative forces surround you, you can't work.

You feel helpless, tired, frustrated and angry. You feel like running away. You feel like leaving everything behind and going to a place where you feel you truly belong. It is then you realise your potential and your abilities. I too ran away (laugh!). After a plethora of discussions and advice from my parents and well wishers, I decided to change my school, only hoping that there would be

some light at the end of the tunnel. Soon I had to change my school. I was then in the 11th standard.

"You can come in now", the Principal calls. "Which stream did you opt for?"

"Arts", said I. "Can you tell why?" he asked again. I was mum. I stared at the clock that was hung on the wall of his office room. It was funny how time was flying

over me and I couldn't speak a word. Silence was the new music to my ears.

But I knew that my time was limited (and it is something that I want the most).

So, I spoke, "Sir, I see people becoming great doctors and engineers and no doubt they are very successful in their profession. But there is this one thing that upsets me the most and it

proves that.

There are certain notable qualities of the Xavierian teachers which are not generally seen in the teachers of other institutions. They always try to create a friendly relation between us. They always look upon us through the view of love. They are some generous, influential, austere ladies and gentlemen with a great sense of humour coming with the motto of development of the children of the new era.

We are indebted to all our teachers and especially Rev. Father GP.Amalraj and Rev. Father Paulus Kullu for their constant support. Our world is incomplete without the dear teachers. So we would like to thank all of them from our heart's core for being an indispensable part of our lives. Lastly, we would like to convey our fullest gratitude to the entire teaching community who moulds a child to be a responsible and good citizen of a nation.

is their attitude towards other professions". "Sir, I want to be the change. I have a vision that will change the mentality of the people". He didn't utter a word. He asked me to leave his office.

Shoes polished, uniform pressed, hair perfectly combed and I was all set for school the next day. I reached the school entrance and headed towards my

classroom. "Oh! Another boring day in school! So I thought when I stepped into my classroom. Little did I know that it would turn out to be a memorable day in my life. All thanks to my dear teacher Rama sir, the Principal of the school as he announced, "Congratulations! You can be the change, after all. You are enrolled in Arts". I was overjoyed after listening to that piece of news. I found myself! I believed that I discovered the arena where I could rise. I will rise!

I am currently the Professor of IIBM, Bangalore. I feel proud to narrate my story to you all, my readers because this is not only my story. This is the story of those who strive to struggle in their life. This is the story of those who believe in themselves.

Rama Sir once said, "Dream. Transform your dreams into thoughts and thoughts into action" (I really admire that man). Today I want you to do that. I want you to dream and turn your dreams into reality.

And when you are able to do that I want you to shout to the world, "I've got wings, I can fly".

Thanks Rama sir.

new era students are too lost in our own virtual world all the time to give a thought to these vital issues. And I don't deny accepting that I belong from a community of students who are rebellious and unruly. The day is not far when one would find a student indulging in a scuffle with his teachers. This is where we stand.

This Teachers' Day, I have one request to all those students who have at some point of time been rude to their teachers: Gifts and cards can never match an earnest shower of love and respect by you to your teachers. And at the end of the day, that's all a teacher desires. So, let us all change ourselves and try to give our teachers the due respect.

Significance of Teachers' Day Sahin Akhter Class: VIII C Delhi Public School, Duliajan Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan's birthday is celebrated as Teachers' day every year on 5th September since 1962. He believed that " Teachers should be the best minds in the country". On this day, in our school teachers present various programs, students of class XII become teachers for the day and the Head Boy and the Head Girl become the Principal and the Headmistress respectively. Students decorate their classes and enjoy a lot.

It is to be said that if a teacher teaches us something, then there is nothing in the world which can pay the debt.

Teachers are said to be the potters and students the clay and teachers shape them. Students look forward to the Teachers' Day with lots of anticipation. " The best teacher teaches from the heart , not from the book".

BUSINESS

DIBRUGARH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

GVK wins over Australian coal mine

Melbourne, Sep 4: Green groups lost a fight to stop billionaire Gina Rinehart and India's GVK from building a giant coal mine in Australia, as a court dismissed an appeal against the state of Queensland's environmental approval for the project. Conservation group Coast and Country, originally working for three farmers, had sought to have the state environmental approval for GVK-Hancock's 30 million tonnes a year Alpha mine overturned based on the impact it would have on water supply and climate change.

The state Land Court last year ruled that the mine should be approved with

strict water management conditions or rejected. But the green group appealed that decision to the Supreme Court saying the Land Court did not have the right to issue two alternative recommendations and should have rejected the mine outright. The Queensland Supreme Court dismissed the appeal. The ruling eliminated one hurdle for the $10 billion Alpha mine, rail and port project, which has effectively been put on ice until it obtains a mining permit and overcomes a lack of funding due to a slump in coal prices. "We are pleased the court has clearly ruled that our project has contin-

ued to follow and comply with all regulatory and legal processes," GVK spokesman Josh Euler said.

The state government, which wants new mines to be developed in the untapped Galilee Basin to promote jobs, has yet to issue a mining permit for the Alpha project, but has said it would be subject to existing water management rules. The Supreme Court decision was a blow, said Bruce Currie, one of the farmers represented in the case. "Justice has not been done. If this mine goes ahead, it risks draining away the groundwater that our lives and businesses depend on," Currie told reporters outside the court in Brisbane. The Queensland Resources Council on Friday launched an advertising campaign urging communities to sign a petition calling on the state to protect mining jobs against green groups looking to delay new projects. The Alpha project is 50-50 owned by Rinehart's Hancock Coal and GVK, with a small portion of GVK's stake owned

by GVK Power & Infrastructure. (Agencies)

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Black money information to be kept confidential New Delhi, Sep 4: The tax department recently vowed complete confidentiality of information filed under the new black money law as it unveiled the second set of clarifications on a range of queries. The finance ministry released the second set of 27 frequently asked questions (FAQs) and detailed the methodology to be followed, while computing value of overseas properties, financial and nonfinancial assets and shares.

It also answered queries on treatment of income of nonresident Indians (NRIs), who move back to India and how the provisions of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) would be applied. The fresh set of clarifications also deal with interest income in foreign accounts, professionals employed abroad, trusts, overseas pension and salary accounts. Confidentiality of information made available to the tax authorities under the compliance window had triggered concern, prompting the tax authorities to articulate its views.

"The Act incorporates the provisions of section 138 of

the Income Tax Act relating to disclosure of information in respect of assets.

Therefore, the information in respect of declaration made is confidential as in the case of the return of income filed by the assesses," according to the FAQs published on the tax department's website. The clarification also made it clear that the Act does not provide immunity against offences punishable under the Sebi Act/regulations or under Indian Penal Code.

It said that valuation and declaration of an e-wallet account may be made as in the case of a bank account.

The e-wallet/virtual account is similar to an bank account where inward and outward cash movement takes place from the account. Under the one-time offer, the compliance scheme will be open until September 30, with time up to December-end to pay the 30% tax, and another 30% penalty. The scheme was announced in the February

Budget along with the stringent black money law - which provides for jail of up to 10 years and penalty of up to 90%, along with 30% tax. The NDA government has adopted a tough stance as it has unveiled a fight against Black money.

The tax department has said that a partner of a partnership firm shall not be liable for any offence under the IT Act, Wealth Tax Act, FEMA, Companies Act and the Customs Act in respect of declaration made

Bookings for special return fares Tata Sons moves SC on Rs for Lucknow-Singapore flights 300cr tax demand

Mumbai, Sep 4: Tata Sons, the principal company of the tea-to-telecom conglomerate, has moved the Supreme Court challenging the sales tax demand by the Maharashtra government on the royalty amount it collects from Tata Group entities. A judgment against Tata Sons can have ramifications for several of the large Indian corporate houses. The case will be heard on September 11. If the apex court decides that Tata Sons will have to pay

sales tax on the royalty it collected, it will be setting a precedent for several other conglomerates. Besides Tata, Godrej, Sajjan Jindal's JSW Group and Nusli Wadia's Wadia Group, among other industrial houses, have a royalty scheme in place. The Maharashtra government has demanded about Rs 300 crore as sales tax from Tata Sons for the royalty it has collected since 1998, the year when former Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata

introduced the royalty scheme. Under this, the holding company would charge 0.25% of a group company's revenue or 5% of its profit before tax for using the 'Tata' brand by the group company in its corporate name as well as in the sale of its products and services. Tata Sons recently fixed the maximum royalty amount at Rs 75 crore. In January, the Bombay high court said that Tata Sons will have to pay the tax as demanded by the Maharashtra state tax department as sales tax can be levied on the transfer of right to use goods of incorporeal or intangible character such as trademarks and patents, even if such a right is transferred to multiple parties. In other words, trademarks are being treated as commodities.

The Cyrus Mistry-chaired Tata Sons has now appealed against the HC order in the Supreme Court.

Tata Sons' earnings from the royalty scheme has gone up over the years with its fiscal 2015 figure at over Rs 400 crore. A Tata Sons spokesperson declined to comment on the matter as it is sub judice. (Agencies)

Mercedes-Benz launches AMG C63 S in India New Delhi, Sep 4: With the introduction of the AMG C63 S,Mercedes-Benz has now launched its 11th new model in the Indian automotive market this year and with its launch, the German giant's '15 in 15' strategy is well on track. The AMG C63 S is priced at Rs 1.3 crore (Ex-showroom, Delhi). The Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 S performance sedan which was first showcased at the Paris Motor Show, has now been launched in India. With its

launch, Mercedes has now successfully launched 11 out of the 15 new models that had been promised to India in 2015 and becomes the 10th car under the Mercedes-Benz India banner to wear the AMG badge. Based on the standard Mercedes nomenclature, the C63 S is a highly tuned-up high performance version of the standard CClass sedan and sports the same mammoth 4.0-litre, twin-turbo V8 engine that powers the AMG GT S. The

car also boasts of a 7-speed AMG Speed shift gearbox with five settings: Comfort, Sport, Sport+, Race and Individual. In terms of figures, the engine produces 510PS of power at 55006250rpm and a maximum torque of 714Nm at 17504500rpm.This immense grunt means that the super quick sedan can reach 100km/h from a standstill in around 4 seconds and can touch an electronically limited top-speed of 250km/h. Despite its immense power, the addition of the Biturbo has resulted in the AMG C63 S consuming 32 per cent less fuel than the previous version making it one of the most economical 8-cylinder performance sedan.

Mercedes-Benz will faceoff against arch rivals BMW with the AMG C63 S set to take on the BMW M3 head-on. The exciting performance sedan will retail in India at Rs 1.3 crore (Ex-showroom, Delhi) (Agencies)

Lucknow, Sep 4: The bookings of Tigerair - the leading Singapore based budget carrier of the new nonstop flights from Singapore to Lucknow beginning December 3, 2015 will commence from September 1-13, 2015, announced the company. As a special inaugural fare structure, the company has announced to give discounted return fares from Rs 11, 999 inclusive of taxes to the passengers who book tickets from Sept 1-

13, 2015. Operating three days a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday through Singapore, Tigerair's new flight is the only scheduled nonstop service between Singapore and Lucknow. To celebrate the launch of this new route, Tigerair is offering special introductory fares of Rs 11,999 round-trip, available for purchase from September 1-13, 2015 for travel between December 3, 2015 to March 31, 2016.

Passengers can book the

tickets on www.tigerair.com or nearest travel agent. In India Tigerair operates a total of 41 weekly flights to Singapore from five Indian destinations, Chennai, Bangalore, Trichy, Hyderabad and Kochi. Teh Yik Chuan, director, sales and marketing, Tigerair Singapore said, "We're offering an unbeatable travel deal between Lucknow and Singapore, combining a great price with convenient departure and arrival times,

our award-winning inflight service." The company said to be opening up the market to a whole new segment of travellers who might previously not have beenexperiencing direct connectivity to Singapore from Lucknow and nearby cities. "We look forward to providing this important link between Lucknow and Singapore as well as connections to the many Southeast Asian countries we fly to", said Chuan.

Company claimed to be confident to be able to meet the expectations of passengers in Lucknow. Tigerair currently operates a total of 41 weekly flights to Singapore from five Indian destinations. The airline also connects to Bali, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Perth, Taipei via Singapore, the gateway to amazing destinations in Asia Pacific and Connect to Sydney, Gold Coast and 11 more destinations with 50 weekly flights via Singapore in collaboration with Scoot. (Agencies)

Essar Ports to tap domestic, international markets New Delhi, Sep 4: Private sector port operator Essar Ports (EPL) today said it seeks shareholders' approval to raise up to $1 billion through securities from domestic and international markets to fund its expansion plans. One of the country's largest port operators, EPL plans to increase its cargo handling capacity from 104 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), at present, to 194 MTPA, it said in a regulatory filing. Essar Ports has four operational port terminals including the Vizag Iron Ore. Others are Hazira, Vadinar and Paradip.

Executing projects of the subsidiary firms require a considerable amount of equity, the filing added. The company said that to meet the funding needs for expansion plans, the company "is exploring various options to raise fresh capital by issuance of either Equity Shares and/or Global Depository Receipts (GDRs), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) or any other security either by way of a public issue or a private placement". EPL provides port and terminal

services for liquid, dry bulk, break bulk, general cargo and small volumes of container cargo for specialised project equipment at its facilities. It also has projects under implementation at Salaya in Gujarat and Paradip in Odisha, the filing said.

"Size of any of the above issue/offering of securities is proposed to be up to an aggregate amount not exceeding $1 billion or equivalent amount in In-

dian or any other currency (inclusive of such premium as may be determined) to be issued in one or more tranches," it added. The company will place the special resolution before the shareholders at its annual general meeting scheduled later this month.

Last month, EPL had said its operating capacity is expected to increase to 140 MTPA by March 2016 and 194 MTPA by 2018. The total capital invested till

date is around Rs 10,000 crore. Presenting the firm's results for the June quarter, its Managing Director Rajiv Agarwal had said: "We expect the economy to grow at higher pace in the coming quarters. This along with availability of long term funds for infrastructure financing will give a boost to the sector."

Shares of the company today rose 2.61 per cent to settle at Rs 92.45 apiece on the BSE. (Agencies)

in the name of the partnership firm. The department also eased stipulations for those who are unable to get bank statements of their overseas accounts and said it would accept their "best estimate" declarations but penalty would slapped if disclosures were not complete. It said that in an event it is found that the person has filed a declaration of a foreign bank account on an estimate basis despite the fact that he had a bank statement and the value of such declaration is lower than the value as per the bank account, it will amount to misrepresentation under section 68 of the Act. A government statement said the CBDT has considered the queries received from the public about the tax compliance provisions under Chapter-VI of the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 ('Black Money Act') and issued the circular with the fresh set of clarifications. (Agencies)

Suzuki To Focus On Quality

New Delhi, Sep 4: Osamu Suzuki, chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation, on recently asked Indian component suppliers to improve quality, while making new investments by controlling spends on non-core activities such as hotels and leisure. Addressing a packed audience of component suppliers at the annual session of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), Suzuki said Indian component makers can even surpass companies in China and the US if they improve quality. He said that the slogan 'Quality in India' should be seen as equally important as the 'Make in India' call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "It is mentioned here Make in India, I'd like to add Quality in India."

Suzuki said recalls by car companies globally over faulty parts highlight the need to improve quality. "... hence it does not leave any doubt that quality is an important key to success and in this regard everyone must have noticed that in today's situation vendor selection on the basis of quality is inevitable." Importantly, he asked the suppliers to make investments in the business for expansion and future growth. "Please do not divert profits in investing in hotels or leisure. This is going to be the key point, the most critical point, (on) whether you are going to acquire the top position in the global market or not," said Suzuki. (Agencies)

"We plan on using this partnership to truly enhance the fan experience for millions of Chelsea supporters worldwide. Wipro's expertise will help sustain our position as the digital leader in global sport"

DIBRUGARH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

Chelsea FC Managing Director Christian Purslow

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Wade's fireworks help Sania, Paes advance in Australia ease past England doubles at US Open ner Adil Rashid was the pick of the home attack, taking four for 59 in 10 overs. Jason Roy and Alex Hales then gave England a flying start in reply, surging to 70 for nought before the latter was caught by Shane Watson off Marsh for 22. Roy went on to compile 67 in 64 deliveries but Australia chipped away with regular wickets before skipper Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes fell in the space of four balls as the hosts collapsed from 194 for four to 194 for seven. England were eventually bowled out for 246 with Watson, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Nathan Coulter-Nile claiming two wickets apiece. The second game in the fivematch series is at Lord's in London on Saturday.

(Agencies)

Southampton: Australia, bidding to avenge their defeat in the Ashes Test series earlier in the tour, went 1-0 up in the One-Day International encounter when they beat England by 59 runs in Southampton on Thursday. The touring side chalked up 305 for six after captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat on a good wicket and a fast outfield. Smith , David Warner and Joe Burns all made important contributions at the top of the Australian order before wicketkeeper Matthew Wade provided a late flurry of runs. Wade smashed an unbeaten 71 in 50 balls and was given valuable support by Mitchell Marsh as the pair shared an unbroken stand of 112 for the seventh wicket. Leg-spin-

Hamilton tops first practice session of Italian GP London: Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton edged past team-mate Nico Rosberg to emerge as the fastest driver in the first practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Friday.

Hamilton posted the fastest lap of one minute and 24.670secs to finish almost half a second clear of his Mercedes team-mate Rosberg, the Guardian reported.

Sebastian Vettel of

Ferrari finished third ahead of Nico Hulkenberg, who recently signed a new twoyear deal with Force India. Meanwhile, tyre manufacturers Pirelli are under the spotlight in Italy following the blow-out row at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Hamilton leads the Drivers' championship standings by 28 points after claiming his sixth win of the season at Spa. (ANI)

Golfer McIlroy feels confident about holding world number one rank

Johannesburg : Irish golfer Rory McIlroy appears confident about holding his world number one rank at the Deutsche Bank Championship, which starts from today.

McIlroy, who was pulled out of the British Open due to his ankle injury, felt that he was playing well enough to hold his top rank. Meanwhile, Australian golfer Jason Day lashed out at McIlroy

and said that actual ranking don't lie for him and he just want to play his best. Reflecting to Day's three wins since July, Jordan Speith said Jason appears to be number one right now. Speith further said his focus would be to surpass those who are in lead. McIlroy recently regained his world number one rank after Spieth missed the cut at the Barclays. (ANI)

New York: India's Leander Paes and Sania Mirza made it to the second round of the US Open with straight sets victories in their respective doubles events, in New York, on Thursday night. Leander and his Spanish partner Fernando Verdasco got the better of Germany's Florian Mayer and Frank Moder 6-2, 6-3 in the opening round of the men's doubles competition. It took Paes and Verdasco just 62 minutes to advance, as they saved two break chances and converted all the three break-points they earned.

They next face American giant-killers Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, who knocked out five-time US Open champions and topseeded compatriots Mike and Bob Bryan 7-6(4), 5-

ence in the transfer market. The 24-year-old Spaniard's much-anticipated move to Real failed to materialize before Monday's deadline due to miscommunication between the Spanish club and United. As a result,

face Belinda Bencic from Switzerland and Fernando Verdasco. Sania will also begin her mixed doubles title defence with Brazilian partner Bruno Soares.

They are up against Czech Republic's Andrea Hlavackova and Lukasz Kubot from Poland in the first round.

(Agencies)

Vikas in Asian boxing Atapattu quits as Sri Lanka final; bronze for Satish, coach after India defeat Devendro, Thapa Jakarta: Former World Championships bronze medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg) was the lone Indian to make it to the finals, as three others settled for bronze medals after losing hard-fought semi-final contests, in the Asian Boxing Championships, in Jakarta, on Friday. He defeated Iraq's Waheed Abdulridha 3-0 to set up a clash with Uzbekistan's Bektemir Melikuziev in Saturday’s final. However, Satish Kumar (+91kg), L Devendro (49kg) and defending champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) lost their respective semi-finals despite valiant efforts. All three had earlier assured themselves of berths in next month's World Championships, the first qualifier for 2016 Olympics. Also making the World Championships cut on Friday were Madan Lal (52kg) and Manoj Kumar (64kg) after the Uzbek boxers who beat them in the quarterfinals -- Shakhobidin Zoirov, seeded second, and Fazliddin Gaibnazarov respectively -- advanced to the final.

Vikas, an Asian Games bronze-medallist, was the last Indian in action on Friday and he made sure the contingent had something to cheer about after a largely disappointing day. Unlike his usual defensive style, the Haryana-lad was attack-

ing in his approach and let loose a flurry of combination punches to push Abdulridha on the backfoot. The Indian, the busier of the two when it came to attack, did not allow Abdulridha to come out of the shell guard in the first round. In the second round, Vikas targetted Abdulridha's torso, forcing him to counter-attack. He then took full advantage of the defensive lapses committed by the Iraqi and connected his left uppercuts with deadly accuracy. In the end, the 23-year-old emerged a unanimous winner, getting the nod of all three judges. "His boxing was very clean and his punches had power. In the final round, he showed how to manoeuvre after dominating the first two rounds. Very clinical show," national coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu said. "It is a very satisfying performance and I am glad that six of my boys made the World Championships cut," he added.

Earlier, Satish came up with a fighting performance against second seed Wang Zhibao of China. The Indian lost 03 but the scoreline did not reflect the enormity of the fight he gave the Chinese, who appreciated his effort with an embrace after the bout. Both boxers followed similar tactics of counterattack and Satish did not concede any easy points to

his opponent. The Chinese, however, got the judges' nod for his superior ring craft and some well-connected uppercuts. "It was a 50-50 contest and it is always disappointing to lose a close fight," Sandhu said. Devendro was even more ferocious in his 1-2 loss to top-seeded Uzbek Hasanboy Dusmatov. The silver-medallist from the previous edition was aggression personified and had Dusmatov scurrying for cover with his flurry of right uppercuts and jabs.

The Manipuri was clearly the better of the two boxers in terms of precision in the first two rounds. Luckily for the Uzbek, his tactics of bending excessively and using his elbow to push Devendro went unnoticed by the referee and he did not get the warnings that might have thrown up a different result. "It was a heartbreaking loss.

Devendro fought extremely well but could not be on the winning side.

His performance was exceptional and I am proud of him," Sandhu said.

Shiva, on the other hand, let slip early advantage to go down 1-2 to Uzbekistan's Murodjon Akhmadaliev. The defending champion dominated the opening round but lost his way in the next two as Akhmadaliev broke through his defences to score a comefrom-behind victory.

(Agencies)

Real Madrid president slams `inexperienced` Man U over De Gea's ill-fated saga London, Sep 04 (ANI): Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has criticised Manchester United over goalkeeper David de Gea's ill-fated summer transfer saga, saying that the Premier League club lack experi-

7, 6-3.

In the women's doubles, the top-seeded IndoSwiss pair of Sania and Martina Hingis dispatched Americans Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria 6-1, 6-2 in the first round.

However, the hot favourites dropped service twice in the 56minute contest in which they broke seven times.

They face Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky and her Taipei partner ChiaJung Chuang, who defeated the American team of Melanie Oudin and Jessica Pegula 6-4, 76(5).

Rohan Bopanna, who has already reached the men's doubles second round, will open his mixed doubles campaign on Saturday with his Tapiei partner Yung-Jan Chan. The second seeds

the goalkeeper would stay at Old Trafford until at least January. Although Perez maintained that they still have a good relationship with United, he said the incident shows the inexperience of the new people in

charge. He further said that they thought United would have learned from their past experiences, pointing to Old Trafford's failure to sign Fabio CoentrĂŁo and Ander Herrera on deadline day two years ago,

the Guardian reported.

Perez claimed that the deal was agreed within half an hour but added that United then took eight hours to respond to contracts as the Spanish deadline had already been passed. (ANI)

Colombo: Former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu resigned as chief coach of the national cricket team following the 1-2 Test series defeat to India. His resignation comes after the island nation's

back-to-back Test series defeats to continental neighbours Pakistan and India in last three months.

It is learned that Atapattu's resignation was accepted by Sri Lanka Cricket's interim chief, Sidath Wettimuny.

One of Sri Lanka's batting mainstay during his playing days, Atapattu was chief coach from September 2014, after Paul Farbrace took over as England assistant coach. He also worked as the team's batting coach from 2011 and was the interim head coach for some time before being assigned full charge of the team. According to reports, Sri Lanka Cricket is likely to approach former Sri Lanka batsman Chandika Hathurusinghe to take over the job as he did well with the Bangladesh national side.

Apart from guiding them to the quarter-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup, Bangladesh beat Pakistan, India and South Africa in three successive ODI series.

The other name doing the rounds is of Graham Ford.

The 44-year-old Atapattu played 90 Tests and 268 ODIs, scoring 5502 and 8529 runs respectively.

(Agencies)

Wipro to be Chelsea's partner in its digital game plan London: Country's third-largest software services firm Wipro has said it has been chosen as the official digital and IT partner for Chelsea Football Club. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Wipro will support Chelsea FC in its digital transformation journey by bringing together strategy, design and technology, it said in a statement. Chelsea FC, the reigning champions of the English Premier League, has been one of the earliest adopters of digital to engage and differentiate themselves both as a team and as a club. "The partnership will help Chelsea FC reimagine the digital and technology experience.

Chelsea FC will work with Wipro to create experiences for millions of fans that span not only the in-stadium, gameday experience but also their digital experience,

anytime and anywhere," it said. On Wednesday, Manchester United football club also announced a global partnership with HCL Technologies for undertaking digital initiatives to transform the experience of the former's 659 million followers around the world. Commenting on the partnership with Wipro, Chelsea FC Managing Director Christian Purslow said: "We plan on using this

partnership to truly enhance the fan experience for millions of Chelsea supporters worldwide.

Wipro's expertise will help sustain our position as the digital leader in global sport". Founded in 1905, Chelsea is London's most central football club, based at the iconic 42,000-capacity Stamford Bridge stadium. The Blues are a four-time English Premier League champion.

(Agencies)