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Arunachal dissident MLAs meet Rahul Gandhi, Guwahati stint ‘harder’ than Siachen stand firm on the demand for Tuki's removal ET Bureau New Delhi, Feb 6

Dissident Congress MLAs from Arunachal Pradesh havemet Rahul Gandhi in an apparent reconciliation bid but they stood firm on the demand for removal of deposed Chief Minister Nabam Tuki from CLP leadership to ensure that the future of the party is safe.

Making it clear that they continue to be "devoted Congress workers", 21 MLAs, led

by Kalikho Pul, met Rahul yesterday and complained against the "autocratic" manner adopted by Tuki in "crushing inner party democracy and misgovernance in government".

This was the first meeting of the rebels with the top leader-

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3rd Edition of Chief Ministers Flagship Programme Itanagar, Feb 6: The 3rd Edition of Chief Minister’s Trophy on Football and Volleyball (Men & Women) state level competitions will begin on 9th Feb at State Sports Complex, Chimpu Shri B D Sharma, Advisor to the HE Governor of Arunachal has consented to grace the occasion as Chief Guest in presence of Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh and other guests and dignitaries.

SC questions Governor New Delhi, Feb 6: The Supreme Court today questioned Arunachal Pradesh Governor J P Rajkhowa's decision to advance the assembly session to December last year from this January, asking what difference would it have made if the sitting was held as originally scheduled.

"What would be the change or the difference if the assembly proceedings would have taken place on pre-scheduled January 14 instead of December 16," a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice J S Khehar said.

"There has to be some object to be achieved by the Governor by wanting to advance the date," the bench, which also comprised Justices Dipak Misra, M B Lokur, P C Ghose and N V Ramana, said.

ship ever since they revolted against Tuki four months ago.

One of the major complaints of the group was that the party leadership never listened to their grievances.

meeting with Rahul, they put forward their stand and and that their differences were with CLP leader Tuki was due to their "unceasing effort to uphold the party etiquette, morality, ethics and dignity".

Arunachal Pradesh, is hearing on petitions seeking examination of constitutional schemes on the scope of discretionary powers of the Governor.

(Reopens DEL79)

The delegation also complained against V Narayanasami,AICC general secretary in-charge of Arunachal Pradesh, and demanded his removal too.

The revolt by the dissidents led to a political crisis in the state that finally led to imposition of President's rule on January 26.

The dissident Congress MLAs said they were wrongly portrayed as anti-party and as being influenced by BJP.

"We reiterated our view to Shri Rahulji that the future of Arunachal Pradesh and that of Congress is not at all secure in the hands of autocratic leader like Tuki and that he should be replaced immediately by handing over the reins to a more matured and visionary leader Kalikho Pul," the dissident MLAs said in a statement.

The MLAs said in their

Congress party, which has 47 MLAs seats in the 60-member assembly, suffered a jolt when 21 of its lawmakers rebelled. Eleven BJP MLAs and two independents backed the rebels in the bid to upstage the government. Later, 14 rebel Congress MLAs were disqualified by the Speaker.

The Supreme Court, which is considering pleas against imposition of President's rule in

"We further pointed out to Rahul Gandhiji how the misdeeds and corruption in Tuki regime resulted in chaos and lawlessness that has adversely affected the party morale and colossal loss of faith in the party by the people of the state," the statement said.

On Monday, the dissident MLAs had said that they continue to be in Congress and have nothing against party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president but against the style and functioning of Tuki.

"We are Congress MLAs. We want a Congress government not a BJP government.

We have nothing against our high command. If Tuki is removed from the leadership, everything will be resolved and a Congress government will be installed in Itanagar," MLA and spokesperson of the rebel group Pasang Dorjee told.

Misunderstanding on governor's part led to president's rule in Arunachal: Ninong Ering ANI Itanagar, Feb.6

Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Arunachal Pradesh Ninong Ering on Saturday said that misunderstanding on the part of state Governor J P Rajkhowa about the sentiment of innocent people, particularly in describing the sacrifice of the sacred animal Mithun as a slaughter and of there being law and order problem in the state led to the imposition of president's rule.

Without casting aspersions on anybody, including the Congress or the BJP, Ering after addressing revelers at the Boori-Boot

Yullo Festival organised by the Nyishi community here, admitted that to differences existing among Congress leaders, for which the process to find a solution by party vice president Rahul Gandhi has begun.

"I am hurt by the imposition of president's rule imposed by the governor, a known efficient bureaucrat, in a democratic country where Swaraj is the buzz word. Arunachal is an island of peace, but the imposition of president's rule by the governor has sent a wrong message and the deployment of huge security forces more than Punjab has been causing untold sufferings to the tribal people," he told ANI

without mincing any words.

Expressing regret over the prevailing situation, Ering said it would be over soon, but in a message to the younger generation, said: "It is time not to look back, but to march forward to make Arunachal the most advanced state in the country for which all Arunachalees have greater responsibility to shoulder."

He said that festivals have direct relations with nature, and added that Arunachalees pray for the greater welfare of humanity during all such festivals.

Referring to his recent visit to

Israel, where Lord Jesus was born, Ering said that Israelis zealously guard their age-old traditions and customs, which all should adopt, protect and preserve their identity.

British nationals Emma Taylor and Edward Addison Atkinson, while enjoying the festival on arrival here after taking part in cycle expedition in remote Tezu to Anini recently, described Arunachalees as very nice people with unique lifestyle.

"Everyone is very friendly and accommodating. Arunachal Pradesh has been the highlight of our two months in India. We are sure to visit this Himalayan state again," they said.

Congress-ruled Arunachal, Uttarakhand record fastest industrial growth, party claims ET Bureau Itanagar, Feb 6

Congress today projected Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, both ruled by it, as fast growing industrial hubs with the fastest growth rate.With growth rate of 20 and 13 per cent, Congress-run Arunachal and Uttarakhand

Army apprehends NDFB(S) terrorist

respectively are two fastest industrially growing states in the country, the party asserted in a tweet, quoting NITI Aayog data.

Arunachal Pradesh-the bordering North Eastern state, is generally considered as a less developed industrial state.Its major industries are rice mills, fruit preservation and process-

Army apprehends ndfb(s) terrorist ET Correspondent Rangia Feb 6

tried to run but was swiftly apprehended.

Based on specific information, the Indian Army and Assam Police launched an operation on the morning of 04 February in Kokrajhar District.

Acting on the input received, the Team tactically cordoned the village Gorebil. When the terrorist noticed the team, he

The terrorist has been identified as Lothen Basumatary @ Birai, age 42. He is wanted by the Police in relation to the December 14 Adivasi carnage and is a self styled Section Commander of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland [NDFB(S)]. One 7.65mm Pistol and some ammunition has been recovered from him.

ing units and handloom and handicrafts.

Likewise, Uttarakhand besides agriculture, mainly depends upon the key industries of tourism and hydropower, and there is prospective development in IT, ITES, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and automobile industries.

During 200506, the state

successfully developed three Integrated Industrial Estates(IIEs) at Haridwar, Pantnagar and Sitarganj, Pharma City at Selaqui, Information Technology Park at Sahastradhara (Dehradun) and a growth centre at Siggadi(Kotdwar). In 2006, 20 industrial sectors in public private partnership mode were developed in the state.

The CPC has suggested Rs 31,000 per month for officers and Rs 21,000 per month for jawans as allowance to compensate them for the “hardship” faced at Siachen. However, once the pay commission’s new salary slabs come into place, the tough area allowance (TRA), which is about 33% of the basic salary, in civilian services works out to be in excess of Rs 55,000 for IPS and IAS officers and Rs 30,000 for others posted in areas like Guwahati.

However, IPS and IAS officers posted in areas like Guwahati are set to get Rs 55,000 as tough area allowance The armed forces have approached the Ministry of Defence seeking a new ‘hardship matrix’ to decide allowances.

Demanding “fair play”, the armed forces in a representation to Defence Minister

The armed forces feel Siachen cannot be equal or lower to Guwahati when deciding on the “hardship” factor.

On Wednesday, 10 soldiers died after an avalanche struck “Sonam post” at 19,600 feet on Siachen Glacier, burying them alive and wiping out a helipad.

A soldier is posted for six months on the glacier with the mission to protect it from the Pakistan army.

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Effigies of politicians burned in Tinsukia for neglecting development Spl Correspondent Tinsukia, Feb 6

All Assam Hindu Students Union on Saturday burned effigies of Congress MLA from Tinsukia and parliamentary secretary Rajendra Prasad Singh, Congress MLA from Duliajan Amiya Gogoi, Congress minister Ajanta Neog, chief minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi and BJP MP from Dibrugarh constituency Rameshwar Teli.

The organization alleged ed wide - spread corruption in road construction and negligence of development of the stretch of road between Tinsukia and Duliajan, despite both the vidhan sabha constituency conquered by ruling congress parties MLA since years.

Lalan Sahani, organizing secretary of central committe of AAHSU said that instead of working for the progress

of the area politicians have siphoned off huge amount of money in the name of development and have accumulated huge amount of public wealth. The bad condition of road from Deohall to Tingrai charali is the proof of the development, claimed by our public representatives, said AAHSU We have called for a bandh of Tinsukia and Duliajan constituency and we stick to our call, Lalan added.

Road Blockade at Doomdooma to protest against an attack on Tea tribe youth Spl Correspondent Tinsukia, Feb 6

Tension prevails in Tinsukia district following attack by unknown miscreants on a youth from tea tribe community at Samguri village under Doomdooma police station in Tinsukia district on friday late night. The victim, identified as Jiban Hatak, was initially admitted at Longswal and later referred to Assam medical college and hospital at Dibrugarh.

Angered people from tea tribe community on Saturday morning blocked national highway 37 at Longswal under Doomdooma police station following which senior police officers from police headquarter had to rush to the spot. Protestors demanded free medical

treatment of the victim, arrest of all culprits and security to the people belonging to tea tribe community. It was only after assurances by police that the protestors withdrew the blockade around 3 pm in the noon.

Officer - in - charge of Doomdooma police station M.M. Singha said, Doomdooma police has registered a case against unknown persons and efforts are on to identify the culprits and arrest them.

It is important to mention that few days back Moran Tiger Force had issued threat against tea tribe and Hindi community people. This fueled tension which later took a communal angle after a firing inci-

dent took place outside tea tribe leader at Doomdooma.

Thousands and thousands of tea tribe community people geared with their traditional weapons from all over Tinsukia district gathered at Tinsukia and took out a massive rally using filthy language against a particular community. However, before the situation could get worse district administration called for a peace meet and appealed all to remain calm while police arrested AJYCP district president Surojit Moran for having links with Moran Tiger Force.

However, Friday nights incident has once again ignited tension in the district which is already on boil.ever since the thread issued by Moran Tiger Force.

SAG: India sweep gold in cycling, weightlifting PTI Guwahati, Feb. 6

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The rebels said the President's rule was imposed as a result of "misgovernance and lawlessness" created by Tuki and his supporters.

The MLAs told Rahul that Narayanasami had all along stood by Tuki in "creating all the mess", which is highly unbecoming of a person of the stature of national general secretary of Congress party.

The 7th Central Pay Commission has suggested Rs 31,000 per month in hardship allowance for officers posted at Siachen

Manohar Parrikar have suggested a new “hardship matrix” to decide allowances. The representation contends that the facts presented before the CPC are erroneous and its 899-page report submitted in November 2015 has inaccuracies while dealing with military salaries, say sources.

India on Saturday started on a high by winning gold in cycling and weightlifting category, establishing dominance in the 12th South Asian Games here.

Indians grabbed both the gold and silver medals on offer in cycling in the men's 40-km individual time trial and women's 30-km individual time trial finals.

Tourangbam Bidyalaxmi won the women's 30-km individual time trial event in a time of 49 minutes 24.573 seconds ahead of compatriot and fellow Manipuri Elangbam Chaoba Devi,

who clocked 49 minutes 31.311 seconds in the road race at the national highway number 37.

Sahiba Bibi of Pakistan won the bronze in a time of 50:10.598.

In the men's 40-km individual time trial final, Arvind Panwar clocked 52 minutes and 28.800 seconds to win the gold while his Indian team-mate Manjeet Singh was second in 54 minute and 1.183 seconds. Janaka Hemantha Kumara of Sri Lanka was third in 55:25.441.

In the weightlifting competition, India grabbed two gold medals on the first day

Shabira of Bangladesh bagged the bronze medal with an effort of 143kg (63kg+80kg).

of the competition.

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, silver medalist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, opened the medal account for India in weightlifting in women's 48kg weight category.

She lifted a total of 169kg (79kg in snatch + 90kg in clean and jerk). All her efforts in snatch, clean and jerk and total are South Asian Games records as women's weightlifting has been included for the first time in the SAG. Dinusha Hansani Bomiriyaga Gomas of Sri Lanka won the silver with a total lift of 145kg (65kg+80kg), while Molla

Harshdeep Kaur from India won 1st position in 53 kg Women weight lifting category during 12th south Asian Games at B. P. indoor Stadium, Dispur in Guwahati, Pic - UB Photos

Gururaja bagged the second gold for India by winning the men's 56kg event with a total lift of 241kg (104kg + 137kg) on the opening day of the competitions on Saturday.

Chathuranga Lakmal of Sri Lanka won the silver with a total lift of 239kg (111kg + 128kg) while Abdullah Ghafoor of Pakistan bagged the bronze with an effort of 227kg (102kg +125kg).

India had won three gold and silver in men's weightlifting in the last edition in Dhaka in 2010.

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PTI New Delhi, Feb 6

Posting in Guwahati is “tougher” than serving on the forbidding Siachen Glacier, if one goes by the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) recommendations to the government.

RS 31,000 VS RS 50,000: PAY PANEL’S STRANGE LOGIC

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ASTRO FOR YOU Aries You have been too busy with work and social obligations. It is high time you took a break and did something for yourself. Your health may need attention. Ganesha says, everything else should take a backseat if you're stressed out.

Taurus This is a great day for expressions your ideas and feelings. Ganesha urges you to open up and share hopes and concerns, dreams and aspirations with your others. Romance is in he air. You could be flying deliriously high on the wings of love, in the company of your sweetheart. You are likely to spend some intimate moments with children and youngsters.

Warmth and intimacy will highlight all the time spent in the company of others.

Gemini A fantastic day to enter into all kinds of partnerships. A day to bond with your close friends, open joint accounts, strike deals, and make plans for a bright future, says Ganesha.

You will be at the top of your game in almost everything you do. Some of you, who want to go for further studies, may take a well-informed decision today.

Cancer The mundane will bring contentment to you today, and you will rather spend the day doing routine stuff. It looks set to be an ordinary day, but then you can always find thrill even in routine activities. Work will keep you on your toes through the day, but then as the day drags ahead, you may feel a tab bored. Ganesha hopes that by evening you will get a hint that tomorrow is going to be more interesting.

Leo Some promises are like whispers in the wind - never meant to be realised. Today holds something similar, in that you shall be so close and yet so far from what you desire most.

Ganesha advises you to be a generous winner and a graceful loser. Remember, every day is not Sunday; also, you cannot win each time. Lower your expectations in order to avoid disappointments. Wait for the winds to change - it won't take long.

Virgo The extraordinary way in which you do things will earn you many admirers. Superiors at work will laud you for your commitment. Evenings will be fun-filled and entertaining.

Look to relax with some meditation or music… or both.

Libra Ganesha says today is a good day for government related work. Those of you who are government employees will be able to get good results for their work. Your work will be rewarded and your performance and efficiency will be praised. You will be able to have a heart to heart talk with your loved one. Ganesha showers you with his blessings today Scorpio Free you mind from negative thoughts. You need to be in high spirits to work with your team and delegate equal responsibilities to your team mates. Know their calibre and designate accordingly. Trust them with their work and the rest would fall in place.

Sagittarius The horizons of your thoughts are open and serene. Forgive and forget will be your mood today - even for the most serious mistakes. Generosity was never your Achilles' heel, says Ganesha.

Capricorn Drag yourself out of the house, do some shopping, or better still, appoint an interior designer. You are very likely to move into a new house very soon, foresees Ganesha. This, of course, may also eat into your savings and force you to be thrifty by the end of the day, but you won't regret this once-in-a-while extravagant outing. It's all for a reason, after all.

Aquarius You have done backbreaking work to come this far. Today, you will see your efforts come to fruition. But, you need to be aware about the presence of the green-eyed people around you, especially if you are in some kind of a business, warns Ganesha. Take care of your health.

Pisces Being a graceful loser is just about as important as being a generous winner, for success does not come by every day. Lowering your expectations will help steel you against disappointments today. There are indications you will embark on a pleasure trip with your soul mate, says Ganesha.

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Bike Annual sports and cultural week stolen at concludes successfully Bhergaon ET Correspondent Tangla, Feb. 6: A Bajaj Pulsar bike bearing registration number (AS-01 AU 6176) was stolen at Bhergaon on the night of Feb 4 last.

As per information Pankaj Boro had brought his friend Akshay Tanti's bike to Bhergaon to enjoy cultural night programme of the Silver jubilee celebration of district committee of Rabha Students Union when the bike went missing.

In this regard the owner of the bike, Akshay Tanti lodged a FIR at Bhergaon Police Station and police have started investigation.

ET Correspondent Tangla, Feb. 6: The Annual Sports and Cultural week of the academic session 2015-2016 of Tangla College concluded today.

The four day event would include various Sports competition, Gymnasium competition, culture and literary competition and cultural rally. On February 6 a discussion on “Use of plastic and its Effect on environment " which was followed by an Open session presided over by Dr. Prasen Daimari Principal of the college. The session was inaugurated

by Nerswn Boro Deputy Speaker BTC. Kamali Basumatari MLA Panery LAC was present as the

Annual sports and cultural week concludes successfully

chief guest of the event while Retd Prof. Binoy Kumar Medhi graced the event as appointed

speaker. The meeting was also attended by members of various student bodies. The session

concluded with prize distribution ceremony and vote of thanks offered by Principal of the College.

Books inauguration ceremony by bahirman sahitya chakra in doomdooma ET Correspondent Doomdooma , Feb 6 : A book inauguration ceremony will be held tomorrow at 12 :30 afternoon at Rupai Sakha Sahitya Bhawan in collaboration with Bahirman

Sahityachakra (BSC). Usha Rajkumari Gogoi , the secretary of BSC informed this to The Eastern Today .

The books of the writers who hails from three different places , Kakopathar ,

Saikhowa and Rupai-Siding has been published . The writers-poets of the books are renowned doctor Ajit Barua of Kakopathar , Pranati Barua of Saikhowa and Sharifa Khatun Choudhry and Meghali

Phukan of Rupai-Siding .

In the books release ceremony , Tinsukia Zila Sahitya Sabha ( TZSS) present President Pravin Bora and former President of TZSS , poet and essayist Sushil Kumar Gogoi , writer

Doctor attacked, nursing home vandalized ET Correspondent Golaghat, Feb. 6: Alleging negligence in treatment a doctor is attacked and a private nursing home is vandalized in Golaghat . According to the report, a woman named Merissa Begum of Kopohuwating area in Golaghat felt severe chest pain and found difficulty in respiration in the midnight. Her family members then contacted the GBM Nursing home in Golaghat and enquired

about doctors available on night shift .

The hospital staff gave a positive reply and advised Merissa Begum's family members first to have a checkup at the KK Civil Hospital in Golaghat and then to bring her to the Nursing home.

The patient's family members followed the advice accordingly. Sources said at around 2 am they reached

Book inauguration ceremony on tomorrow ET Correspondent Doomdooma, Feb 6 : A book inauguration ceremony will be held tomorrow at 12 30 afternoon at Rupai Sakha Sahitya Bhawan in collaboration with Bahirman Sahityachakra (BSC). Usha Rajkumari Gogoi , the secretary of BSC informed this to The Eastern Today .The books of the writers who hails from three different places , Kakopathar , Saikhowa and Rupai-Siding has been published . The writers-poets of the books are renowned doctor Ajit Barua of Kakopathar ,

Pranati Barua of Saikhowa and Sharifa Khatun Choudhry and Meghali Phukan of Rupai-Siding.

In the books release ceremony , Tinsukia Zila Sahitya Sabha ( TZSS) present President Pravin Bora and former President of TZSS , poet and essayist Sushil Kumar Gogoi , writer and critic Jayant Gandhia , poet and satirist Punya Saikia , playwright , poet and thesis writer Harendra Nath Borthakur and TZSS former vice President Atul Sharma will grace the occasion .

GBM Nursing home and wanted the doctor on duty.

But they alleged that at that moment Dr Dilip Rajbangshi who was the resident doctor in the Nursing home refused to provide treatment to the ailing patient. Meanwhile the condition of the patient got critical and she died inside the car in which she was brought to the Nursing home. Soon the family members of the patient became angry and they at-

tacked Dr Dilip Rajbangshi alleging his negligence in treatment and vandalised the property of the Nursing home.

In the attack Dr Rajbangshi was severely injured and is undergone treatment in the same Nursing home . However the authorities of the Nursing home lodged a complaint against the attackers and demanded to take necessary actions as per the rules.

Laptops distributes in Golaghat ET Correspondent Golaghat , Feb. 6: Under the ' Anundaram Barooah' Scheme laptops were distributed to the meritorious students in Golaghat today . Today an inaugural ceremony was held at the premises of District Library Golaghat where the Deputy Commissioner Anarul Haque formally inaugurated the scheme by giving laptops to five toppers of the district in the HSLC Examination 2015 . Today laptops

were distributed to 792 students and remaining 1325 students will be given laptops tomorrow at the same place .

In today 's programme along with the DC, Inspector of Schools Golaghat Dr Subbhalakshmi Rajkumari, Senior Journalist Dwipen Dutta , Educationists Puneswar Pujari, Tileswar Tamuli, Dr Nirala Buragohain and several other distinguished guests were present .

and critic Jayant Gandhia , poet and satirist Punya Saikia , playwright , poet and thesis writer Harendra Nath Borthakur and TZSS former vice President Atul Sharma will grace the occasion .

Six ethnic groups organized convention at Morigaon ET Correspondent Morigaon, Feb. 6 : Six ethnic communities namely Koch-Rajbonsi, Chutiya, Ahom, Maran, Mattak and Adibasi organised a convention at Morigaon on february 6 and renew their demand to enlist them as S T under the provision of Indian Constitution. The open meeting held on the occasion was presided over by Ajit Deka, President, Morigaon District 6 communities co ordination committee. Addressing the gathering, Deba Kumar Saikia , President, all Koch Rajbongshi Sanmilani said that the 6 communities ST status in Assam remained as a dream when their socio economic status in a poor state. Speaking on the occasion, Rama Kanta Deori, CEM, Tiwa Autonomous Council said that the demand of 6 communities to enlist them as tribal was a justified demand and to prserve the right of the indigenous people of Assam Tiwa Autonomous Council will support the move to enlist them as ST. Addressing the gathering, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Leader , BJP said that to preserve the right of the son of the soil is need of the hour and he will demand that before the central government.

Department of statistic of Darrang College celebrated golden jubilee year ET Correspondent Tezpur, February 6 : The two day long golden jubilee year celebration of department of statistic of Darrang College here gets underway from today with thronging of alumni, presently engaged in various fields across the country and the glob as well. The programme begun with a befitting manner with the inaugural session under the

aegis of Chairman of the governing body of one of the leading academic institute of the north bank of the state, Dr. Sudhanya Kalita was graced by Dipak Chand Jain the Director (Dean) of Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.

institute who for the first time attending in such a programme in the college, in a nostalgic mood, recalling his past college life said that the Darrang College is a sacred institute, for which he has become successful in his life.

mician with an international repute further urged the authority of the frontline academic institute to give priority in creating better educational environment of the college so that more students like him could be produced from the institute thereby reflecting the dignity of Stressing loyalty in giv- Tezpur. ing education to the students by the teachers’ He urged the authority Jain an alumni of the community the acade- concerned to initiate for

the scholarship for the Gauhati University for students. the next five years before flying to US to purIt is to be mentioned sue his PhD in Markethere that Jain born and ing at the University of brought up in Tezpur af- Texas at Dallas. ter his schooling from Rastrbhasha Hindi School here went on to Dipak Chand Jain who earn his bachelor's de- is presently serving as gree in Statistics (Hons) the Head of various inin 1976 from Darrang stitute of higher educaCollege and his master's tion across the globe indegree in Statistics in cluding Thailand, 1978 from Gauhati Uni- America, Perish, and versity. He taught at Singapore had an occa-

sion to provide education on the leadership, politics and law to the Presidents of world’s super power country America Borak Obama before deserved the post of President of the country. In his speech he shared his experience of availing chances of exchanging his views with Obama and Tibetan leader Dalai Lama.

college, Dr. Jaisankar Hazarika in his welcome address highlighted the achievement of the college till date.

Founder professor of the department, Dr. Saitendranath Sarma started the inaugural session by illuminating light while retired professor of the department Jitendra Deva released a souvenir published in connection with the Earlier, Principal of the programme.

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Boori Boot, a Nishi festival in Itanagar concludes Cleanness programme in Itanagar (PCCCF) Itanagar. Special invitees- Ligu Tacho, Chairman (APSSC), Kipa Babbu, Executive Members of Municipal, Tapu Gapak, DCF and Mrs Ringgu, former women commissioner of Arunachal Pradesh.

The Boori Boot Yullo is celebrated by the people residing at south-western part of upper Subansiri and Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh particularly the Nyishi community of PEI, PERI,PADE, PATH, CHIKOM, TELITUDUM, TER-TAB clans and Bangos. .

Mega dance preformed by Boori nyijir and Boot yapa Itanagar, Feb 6: The Final Day of the Boori Boot festival concludes today in much funfair. Started with the ribbon cutting by Chief Guest Ninong Ering MP East Zion the final day of the festival witnessed Mega dance preformed by Boori nyijir and Boot yapa.

There were other dance too perform by from Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri and capital Complex, men, women, new growing ager youths.

Ninong Ering in his speech, greet all the special invitees and appreciate the team spirit of BBYC led by Chairman Remar Gab, Bini Brando and his team. I was with my father Late Shri Daying Ering when he was a a Member of the Lok Sabha from NEFA by the President of India.

At that time for the 1st time Boori-Boot was celebrated in the year 1967. I feel blessed that I am still alive to witness the pre-golden

jubilee celebration of BOORI-BOOT YULLO and hope to see 50th year celebration too.

In my entire life I have seen my Nyishi society going through many ups and down. But still have preserve all the rituals, cultural and tradition which today’s young generation should understand well and follow the path of folks did.

Ravindra Kumar: - may this year bring prosperity and good charm to all our

Nyishi community. From 1967 we have been celebrating this festival with cultural ethos but, now what we see that our children’s are getting more involved in western culture, many kids don’t even understand their own language. So I appeal to young generation to learn their dialects in order to preserve our cultural and tradition values.

The Guest of honour Mr.Ravindra Kumar,IFS

The Boori Boot Yullo festival is exclusively performed by the Nyishi. The festival usually falls in February. Boori Boot means to get together individual of age, sex, caste to hail the spring and successful harvest. The festival also invokes the spirit of Boori Boot to bless them with prosperity and free from diseases of any kind. The festival is performed collectively. The young members do all the work under the elder’s guidance. The Nibu (priest) performs Puja as well as conduct sacrifice.

'Etting' is profusely applied on one and all. The festival is of three days duration.

Cleanness programme in Itanagar

A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Feb 6: As part of the Clean Arunachal Campaign, the members of Theravada Buddhist Society today joined with the state to observe the cleanliness drive to make it's surrounding neat and clean through participa-

tion of all members thus giving facelift to the entire area.

The cleanliness drives with the motto and theme "My City, My Pride! I'll clean it" was such a wonderful opportunity for people's participation and

a major avenue to raise awareness on the importance of cleanliness in one's neighborhood.

During the daylong drive, clogged drains were cleared besides whitewashing the walls of the Theravada Kyong at Vivek Vihar Itanagar.

Indigenous priest association calls on the Governor

Inter-Ministerial Central Team visits Tezu for spot assessment of the flood damages Tezu, Feb 6: An InterMinisterial Central Team headed by Mr. M.A. Ganapathy Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs was on a visit to Tezu for on the spot assessment of the damages in the wake of heavy rainfall, floods, flash floods and landslides during the year 2015 on 5th February last.

The team consisted of seven delegates including the Team Leader. Secretary Disaster Management KapaKholie, Y.W.Ringu Director Disaster and Atop Lego Chief Engineer PWD accompanied the

Team from Itanagar.

The Team visited Sukhanallah and Tezunallah and assessed the damages caused by flash floods. Tezu Deputy C o m m i s s i o n e r TamiyoTatak briefed the Central Team about the havoc of rainfall and subsequent flood and landslides in the area.

Mr. Ganapathy interacting with the Deputy Commissioner and other Heads of Offices of the district assured to compile the reports and submit to the

Government of India as early as possible. He hoped that the GOI will provide adequate amount of fund and assistance to the flood affected area for its restoration and other related works.

Apprising the Team on the scale of damages, Tatak informed that flood is an annual distress to the people of Lohit District.

He expressed the dire need of fund from the Centre to bring a permanent solution to end the fear and damages of flood especially during rainy

season in the area.

Mr. Tatak, later submitted a memorandum to the Central Team giving detail report on the damages caused during the year 2015. He, on behalf of the public and flood affected victims of the district hoped that the Government of India will be generous in granting flood protection aids to the people of the district.

Total six works departments submitted loss reports for the year 2015,

which included the Water Resource Department, Public Works, PHE & Water Supply, ElectroMechanical, Power (Electricals), Rural Works, Fisheries, and Veterinary. House damages were also reported up on in the list of the department wise data of loss in the year 2015 submitted by the Deputy Commissioner to the Team. As per the report total 88 Schemes were damaged and an estimated cost of restoration of Rs. 2320.204 lacs was submitted to the Team. DIPRO

Indigenous priest association calls on the Governor

Itanagar, Feb 6 :The members of All Arunachal Pradesh Abotani Nibu (Priest) welfare Association, led

by Shri Hari Taro called on the Governor, Shri JP Rajkhowa at Raj Bhavan, Itanagar on 5th February 2016 and submitted a one-point memorandum for providing security in the Nibu Nijik Model Village, Jami Jate Area,

Itanagar.

Giving a patient hearing to their grievances, the Governor assured to look into their problem.

curity personnel to ensure communal harmony in the Model Village and its neighbouring area.

The Governor asked the Deputy Commissioner Shri Sandeep Kumar Singh, who was present in the meeting to immediately look in to the matter and necessary action. He directed him to deploy adequate se-

The Governor appreciated the priests for carrying forward the indigenous rituals and sustained the age-old heritage and practices. He advised them to promote and propagate the indigenous culture.

Aalo-Yudik &Topo Galos of Dumporijo on Historic Congregation for TIPU DODE Governor meets the members of Arunachal Pradesh Chamber of Commerce

Aalo Feb 6: In what can be hailed as a historic congregation for building mutual trust and understanding among the Galos of Aalo and Yudik Topo Galos of Dumporijo, a TIPU DODE (eating and drinking together through ritual performance), organized by the Golden Jubilee Central Mopin Celebration Committee was held at Aalo Club on 4ht and 5th of February last.

The programme was initiated to do away the past misgivings arising out an ugly incident in which a Galo brother of Dumporijo, late Goto

Yudik lost his life and mayhem that followed in the previous Galo Baane Keba held at Aalo. A mithun donated by GJCMCC and pig

by Doi Ado and Local apong brought from Daporijo and Aalo were mixed together and taken by both the groups after ritual chanting on message of old age bond, unity and origin to dispel all evil spirit by Priest Shri Mogi Ori day and night. Shri Malen Hali, President USDU and Dr Marbom Basar, WSDU President started the exchange drink and followed by rest of the members amid cheers.

Spelling out the broad based objective of the gathering Shri Doi Ado, President GJCMCC at Aalo Club said that such effort for such purification on past incident and misgivings was necessitated to maintain the age old relation and larger interest of our Galo brethren of Upper Subansiri to part in the golden jubilee celebration of Mopin Festival at Aalo.

Secretary Shri Hemnrik Basar disclosed that message are pouring in from diiffent parts of the state appreciating the move.Shri Nerto Riba ,Smti Yanya Gongo, Topo Marge Yudick Taba, Yanya

Marde,Yanya Nirin and Advocate Lompak Paksok gave their message of goodwill and stressed on utmost restraints on such bizarre incident in future and appealed to create an infrastructure in memory i of late Goto Yudik at Aalo and expressed their gratitude to GJCMCC for taking the initiative for larger interest of the Galo community.

The President GWS Dr Emi Rumi and the Secretary Mogi Ori also expressed their satisfaction over the way the GJCMCC has shown the path of normalizing the age old existence as cohesive unit for-

getting the past incident. Shri Kento Ete, President Paktu Ao Welfare Society Said that past incident was one of the darkest and unwanted thing to happen and handiwork of misguided youth and any community had never hand in it and termed the congregation as positive step towards unity and understanding among our members. Gojum Basar senior citizen from Basar also spoke on the occasion, The Tipu Dode Ceremony was also attended by West Siang Deputy Commissioner cum Chief Patron GJCMCC, Yudik-Topo Galos from Daporijo, Apex GWS authorities and senior Galos of West Siang district.

Governor meets the members of Arunachal Pradesh Chamber of Commerce

Strive for healthier and people oriented work culture: Governor Itanagar, Feb 6 :A meeting was convened today by the Governor Shri JP Rajkhowa to listen to the grievances of government service people represented

by Confederation of Service Association of Arunachal Pradesh. The meeting was attended by Advisors to Governor Shri B.D. Sharma IPS (Retd) and Shri GS Patnaik IAS (Retd), Chief Secretary, Shri Ramesh Negi, Principal Secretary Finance, Shri Satya Gopal, Commissioner GA, Shri Hage Kojeen, Shri Mari Angu Sr. Analyst, Administrative Reform Department, Director Planning Shri M. Bida and Secretary to Governor, Dr. Joram Beda.

It was decided in the meeting that a committee under the Chairmanship of Principal Secretary Home will be constituted to look into the grievances raised

by CoSAAP. Secretary Finance, Secretary Planning and Secretary Personal will be members of the Committee. The Committee will meet in three days time and will also meet as many times as may be necessary.

The committee will also hold hearings where members of CoSAAP can place the grievance and discuss the solutions. As requested by CoSAAP, it was decided that nontribal Government staff will be exempted from the

Strive for healthier and people oriented work culture: Governor

mandatory NOC with regards to land encroachment for promotion and retirement but they will have to submit affidavit to this effect that there has been no land

encroachment on their part.

During the meeting, the Governor again reiterated that salary for SSA teacher should be paid regularly. He also directed Chief Secre-

tary to ensure regular payment of salaries to staff in delinked project until the Government figures out a reasonable solution for their employment.

Itanagar, Feb 6 : The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Shri JP Rajkhowa, acting swiftly on the newspaper report of reduction in market activity allegedly due to President Rule, called an urgent meeting of Arunachal Pradesh Chamber of Commerce today. The meeting was attended by President, Arunachal Pradesh Chamber of Commerce Shri Techi Lala, Advisor Shri Pradeep Kumar and other members along with DC Capital Shri Sandeep Kumar Singh, IAS and SP Capital Shri Devender Arya, IPS. The President, APCC clarified that the market

turnover has ebbed over the last few months due to various factors and not due to imposition of President Rule.

Rather, he pointed out that extortion menace has considerably reduced in the market owing to stringent policing in the Capital Complex area.

Shri Pradeep Kumar while appreciating the improvement in law and order in Capital Complex area situation requested Governor to post police personnel in the police beats that have been constructed across the Capital Complex area, especially in the market areas.

The Governor directed

the IGP, DC and SP to ensure good coordination and liaisoning with the market community so that they can carry on business without fear of any miscreants. He directed them to take swift action against anybody who harasses the market community by way of extortion or intimidation.

DC Capital Complex Shri Sandeep Kumar Singh, IAS has asked the business community to meet him and give him list of people who harss them habitually so that action can be taken under CrPC 107/151 and 109 and also under various other sections of law.

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Rijiju assures India dominate on second day of South Asian Games Arunachal smooth fund flow from Centre ANI Guwahati, Feb. 6: The second day of the 12th South Asian Games saw the dominance of India in most of the sporting events.

Itanagar, Feb 6 (PTI) Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju today assured the administration of Arunachal Pradesh, now under President's Rule, smooth fund flows from the Centre but with a caution that all funds for development should be utilised judiciously.

"My dream is to make Arunachal Pradesh the number one state in the country. Arunachal is blessed with abundant natural resources and what we need is planned development and concerted efforts from all the sections of the people cutting across political lines to realise the dream," an official re-

Students given Anandaram Baruah award ET Correspondent Diphu Feb 6: Sum 812 students who passed High School Leaving Certificate examination in first division, appearing from various schools of Karbi Anglong in 2015 received laptop computer under the Anandaram Baruah award constituted by Assam government.

lease quoted him as saying.

to all the villages of the constituency by 2019.

On learning that Raga constituency had not received any fund under State Infrastructure Development Fund, the Minister said the state government had to ensure uniform distribution of funds to all constituencies.

He asked Raga MLA Tamar Murtem to prepare estimates for infrastructural development for Raga.

For better protection of people from the region in the national capital, he said Delhi Police would recruit more people from Arunachal Pradesh and other NE states.

Advocating preservation of tribal culture and tradition, Rijiju said, "Our culture is our identity and we should actively preserve it in all possible manner. Our students studying outside Arunachal and abroad have a special responsibility to practice and preserve our traditions and culture. Let us be modern in our thoughts, but still be rooted to our traditions.

Addressing a function on the occasion of Boori Boot Yullo festival at Raga in Lower Subansiri district, he assured the people that road connectivity would be provide

India sits at the top of the medals tally with 14 gold medals and 5 silver medals followed

by Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Damini Gowda of India bagged the gold in the 100 m women butterfly stroke swimming event. K A Hiruni Perera and Machiko Raheem of Sri Lanka bagged silver and bronze respectively in the same event.

Matthew Abeysinghe of Sri Lanka continued his dominance in swimming, bagging the gold in the 100 m butterfly stroke event.

Gururaja of India bagged gold in the 56 Kg category in the men’s weightlifting event while the wrestling contingent bagged a total of five gold medals in various categories.

Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer of 12th South Asian Games, Injeti Srinivas said that Guwahati and Shillong will put all-out efforts to ensure it to be the ‘best-ever’

Participants in action during women swimming during 12th South Asian Games at Dr. Zakir Hussain Aquatic Complex, Sarusajai Sports Complex in Guwahati. Pic - UB Photos South Asian Games held so far.

Briefing the media at the Sarusajai Athletic Stadium Conference hall here today, he said that all quarters including representatives of host and participating countries have appreciated the efforts put by the games organisers for a glittering, grand and successful opening ceremony last evening.

ET Correspondent Diphu Feb 6: Efficient preparation is on at the Karbi Peoples Hall, the 8 square kilometer area dotted with cultural centres and amphitheaters to host the 49th Karbi Youth Festival. The lash green Taralangso village where the actual cultural centre is located is just few kilometer from Diphu town, the official headquarter of Karbi Anglong autonomous district.

have thrown its full weight to make the largest ethnic festival a success. Maximum scheduled tribes’ domiciled in Karbi Anglong will showcase their racial life in this fiesta.

Tribal artesian guided by masters like Shaytan Terang are constructing their customary houses with time honored naturally obtained materials which will be later filled with traditional furniture, garment, weaving equipment, agricultural tools, musical instruments etc.

The same tribal conventional houses attached with portico will be the

space for tribal food and drinks inhabitation whose taste and aroma will be 100% customary.

Karbi, Dimasa, Kuki, Rengma Naga, Tiwa, Mantai, Ahom, Khasi,Garo tribe’s modal residence made of bamboo, thatch, cane, wood, mud etc are getting shaped with every passing day. The whole ethnic village will be the chief attraction for the scholars of social science and anthropologists; the organizers are insisting on the need to homogenize the symposiums and scholarly meets to

add more flavor to the ethnic computations.

The traditional contest of dance, drama, music, dress, ballets, sports and food will bring together several thousands of contestants from across 10432 square kilometer large Karbi Anglong district for the week-long festival. The other magnetism of this ethnic celebration are bazaar of ethnic handicraft, traditional food, departmental exposition pavilions, decked up lakes, open air orchestra by prominent brands and display of regimental bands.

Dongging celebrated at Pasighat

Badminton Tournament Kicks Off ET Correspondent Golaghat, Feb 6: The 2nd Dr Mukunda Madhav Dutta Memorial Badminton Competition kicks off today at the Golaghat Indoor Stadium . The tournament was inaugurated by Golaghat District Sports Association President Dr Ajit Baruah .

Then tribute was paid to Dr Mukunda Madhav Dutta by the family members and several other distinguished guests . Around 60 players have participated in this badminton tournament .

The trophies and medals are donated to the Golaghat District Sports Association the CJM of Golaghat Nayan Shanker Baruah and Additional Chief Justice Mallika Dutta Baruah on behalf of the family members .

The CEO said that efforts have been made to put all results in the website of the SAG within five minutes of the declaration of the results.

Responding to media feedback, the CEO said that the profiles of athletes will be uploaded in the SAG website very shortly and said that measures are already in place to tackle any issues which may arise during the period of the Games.

He appreciated the efforts taken by the District administration of Guwahati for their cooperation in all these mat-

ters.

Speaking on the issues of the participation of the Afghanistan contingent, the CEO informed the media that within a day’s time, the Indian Government brought in 184 athletes from Afghanistan to Guwahati using a special chartered flight.

The action was taken in an unprecedented move by the Government of India, in keeping with the spirit of the Games

Taralangso gearing up New School opened Haflong for Karbi Youth Festival

Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council the chief A ceremony was held at Diphu Club yesterday patron and sponsor bebeside Deputy Commis- hind Karbi Cultural Sosioner; Karbi Anglong ciety, the organizer of the Mukul Gogoi Executive cultural extravaganza Member of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council in charge Higher Education D. Uphing Maslai was ET Correspondent present. Number of stu- Pasighat, Feb 6: Along dents who failed to turn with rest of the districts, up for receiving award the Adi Bori communities later collected the same living here Pasighat and from the D.C’s office to- its vicinity areas celday. A large number of ebrated their Donggin feswith great pomp and students who passed in tival gaiety today. The celebrasecond division re- tion of Donggin marks the ceived tablet PC. begging of New Year in

In his speech Mukul Gogoi mentioned that Anandaram Baruah was the 6th Indian Civil Service officer during the regal era and was the first Deputy Commissioner of Assam who served in 1872.

He said it demonstrated the power of sports which highlighted the unifying factors for peace, progress and prosperity amongst the South Asian nations.

Bori community of Adi tribe which are celebrated in the month of January, February and March.

The Boris are mainly settled in Payum and Kaying Circle of Siang District and Donggin has been celebrated from generations together, informed Tabang Gaduk, Organizing President

Dongging celebrated at Pasighat Donggin Festival Celebration Committee, Pasighat. The committee further informed that, Donggin is a festival of abundance and richness in which Pigs and Mithuns are sacrificed as a rites and rituals to worship God and Goddesses for peace & prosperity of humanity,

to free from natural calamities, accidents, diseases and to prevent effects of evil spirit in the coming days especially during active farming seasons and for good crops.

Makpak Peyang, Councilor Ward 6, Pasighat Municipal Council while attending the festival

urged the Adi Bori community to organize the Donggin festival in more befitting manner so that other community could also join together as festivity brings oneness and brotherhood among one another. He assured to donate a pig for next year's Donggin celebration.

ET Correspondent Haflong feb 6 : Sister Elsie Anthony, former Headmistress of St Agnes Convent High school as chief guest inaugurated the Early Birds Prep a new preparatory school first of its kind at Haflong on Saturday in presence of huge crowd.

In this connection, a well attended meeting was also held wherein Sister Anthony attended as the chief guest while Sri PrajitNaiding , BDO and also a prominent social activist attended as the guest of guest.

gious event of the Bodo culture. The venue of the event is fixed at Sonaisri Fwthar, Harisinga. The theme of the Sabha is 'reform, confirm and prosper’.

The four-day programme will include community

prayers, seminars, cultural programe, open session, literary discourse, release of souvenir and other related books etc., where devotees from various places of the State, including Dimapur will attend as delegates and invited guests.

Meanwhile, the silver jubilee celebration committee has completed preparations for the mega congregation of Bathou devotees with all possible facilities at the site preparations for which were going on from months earlier.

Guwahati stint ‘harder’ than Siachen Contd. from Page 1

The induction process involves three months of acclimatisation and a threeweek trek to the post with a full load of weapons. Besides the Army, IAF’s 114

Helicopter Unit and Army Aviation are tasked with providing supplies, besides carrying out rescue missions.

The armed forces have suggested a “hardship matrix” that grades the hardship on two fronts — nature

of job and geographical location.

They have suggested that Siachen be placed on the top of the list and those posted should get 65 per cent of their basic pay as “hardship allowance”. This, as per the new salary slabs

of the CPC, will be a fair allowance.

Antarctica comes second on their list of suggestions, followed by counter-terrorism duties. Fourth on the list are special operations forces in counter-terrorism roles.

opening such a unique school for the kids.

Addressing the gathering Chief Guest Sister Anthony offered her blessings for the well being of the school as well bright future of the school. She also mentioned opening a prep school with such concept is a noble endeavor.

Among others Sri Rahul Nath, Chief Manager, UBI , Smt R Mahajan, lecturer of HGC, Sri Gautam Das etc spoke on the occasion appreciating the noble attempt of the managing board.

Anandaram Borooah Award distribution held at Haflong ET Correspondent Haflong, Feb 6 : The ceremonial Laptop computer distribution to students who secured 1st Division in H.S.L.C. Examination 2015 of Dima Hasao District held at Cultural Instituted Hall, Haflong. The Ananda Borooah Award was launched by Chief Minister of Assam, in the year 2005. The ceremonial programme was organised

by District Education Department in association with District Administration. Amarendra Baruah, Deputy Commissioner, Dima Hasao attended the programme as president and Subash Longmailai, retired IAS officer remained as the Chef Guest.

A total number of 522 students received the Laptop Computer and among them Gurjal Suri, Rajesh

Advt.

Bathaou Mahasabha gets underway at Harisinga Name Change Shajid Khan Tangla,Feb 6: The silver jubilee session of Udalguri district committe of ‘All Bathou Mahasabha’ got underway today. The Harisinga Bathaou Anchalik has taken the initiative to organise this big reli-

Prof Dinesh Tiwari, one of the board members of the school management committee explained the concept of the while welcoming the guests like parents and well wishers of the school. He also introduced ' Chanakya Academy' as another section of the 'early birds' which will provide coaching to students from class X to XII. Attending the inaugural function Dr T Haolai, HOD, English Haflong Govtcollege appreciated the endeavour of the management committee for

Kumila Saikia have changed my name to Kunti Saikia W/o Tulsi Dhar vide affidavit dated 25th January 2016.

I shall be known as Kunti Saikia for all purposes.

Roy of Don Bosco High School, Haflong and Prithiviraj Dutta of Ever Green High School Maibang attained 1st, 2nd and 3rd position in Dima Hasao respectively.

Congratulating all meritorious students & their parents, Amarendra Baruah, Deputy Commissioner, Dima Hasao, in his welcome speech briefed about life and activities of Ananda Borooah, the 1st I.C.S of Assam. He described Ananda Borooah scholar, leteriorate as a man of principal, who dedicated his life for the upliftment of Assam. He stressed upon the students to follow the principal's laid by Anandaram Borooah to pave the way towards development of Assam.

Chief Guest Subash Longmailai retired IAS, encouraged the students and also and asked to continue the trend of good result stressing the students for proper use of computer the dignitories advised the students to abstain from tuitions and study independently with help of technology & internet.

The programme was also attended by E. Sajem, retired Principal, Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, Haflong, and V.L.T. Bapui, retired Principal Synod High School dignitaries, teachers, parents and students. The programme ended with a vote of thanks with encouragements to make better and better in their future by Gayatri Naiding, Inspector of School, Dima Hasao, Haflong.

President's rule only option left for Bihar: Chirag Paswan New Delhi, Feb 6: Condemning the murder of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Brijnath Singh, Chirag Paswan on Saturday said President's rule is the only option left for Bihar, considering its deteriorating law and order situation.

"The grand alliance of the Government of Bihar has been a failure at every step. If the chief minister and the Deputy chief minister are unable to provide a sense of security, then what about the rest of the state? The only option left with us right now is President's rule, because this government is a complete failure at every step," Paswan told.

"Brijnath ji was shot

dead within 10-15 km of the chief minister's house. He was shot dead only because he and his family fought elections against Lalu ji in the Vidhan Sabha election. I would definitely want to ask the chief minister of Bihar, who also happens to be the Home Minister ofBihar, if this is not political rivalry, then what is?"he added. Paswan further stated that he would raise this issue of the murder in the upcoming session of parliament.

Brijnath Singh was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Patna.AK-47 shells were recovered from the spot. Police are investigating the matter.

(ANI)

35 tourists stuck as ropeway malfunctions Digha, Feb 6: Thirtyfive tourists were stuck when ropeway cable cars halted in the middle of a journey at Digha in East Midnapore district.

A district official said two of the 35 tourists were hospitalised after the cable cars resumed the journey and returned to the starting point and the tourists were safely

brought to the ground on Friday. The two ailing tourists were later discharged. The ropeway was inaugurated by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee barely a month ago. The administration ordered a probe into the snag and summoned engineers of the private firm which had set up the tourist facility on the beach. (Agencies)

Class 7 student found dead in Ranchi school, 3 teachers detained Ranchi,Feb 6:A 13-yearold student of Class 7 was found dead under mysterious circumstances on the campus of a private residential school in Tupudana police station area of the district in the early hours of Friday. A murder case has been registered on a complaint lodged by his father. At least three teachers have been detained by the police for questioning. The police said that, prima facie, it appeared to be a case of murder.

Further, the police are also looking into the possibility of the boy having been subjected to sexual assault, as some incriminating materials were recovered from the flat in which the detained teachers were staying. The incident occurred in Sapphire International School, which is spread over 40 acres and located nearly 22 km from the city on Ranchi-Khunti Road. Vinay Mahato, son of Man Bahal Mahato, a businessman living in Jagannathpur area of Ranchi, was found lying unconscious with severe head injuries in the lobby to the teachers' residential flats around 1 a.m. His father was informed about the incident around 3.30 am.

Ranchi Senior Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Dwivedi said: "We are awaiting the postmortem report. We are questioning many people from the school and examining evidence. At present, I am not in a position to comment."

Additional Superintendent of Police (Hatia), Prashant Anand, said: "Every possibility is being looked into. A few incriminating things have been recovered. Prima facie, there is evidence to suggest that it is a case of murder. We are questioning some teachers, who could be involved." Efforts to contact School Principal Dhruva Das did not yield result. The police are trying to figure out why Vinay, who stayed in

the boys' hostel, walked all the way to the teachers' flats, located nearly six to seven hundred metres, beyond midnight.

His body was found in the approach to the lobby. The body had injury marks on and around his face and jaw. "Students are not allowed even during day time to come to the teachers' flats. It is surprising why the boy came all the way to this area of the campus," said Anil Kumar Mishra, Head of Department (Hindi), and a resident of the ground floor flat. He said he was woken up by the commotion that started when a teacher spotted the boy.

"He was still alive and he was rushed to the nearby hospital, but he succumbed mid-way," said Mishra. He further added that the boy did not have slippers on and was in his night dress, given to the students by the school. He was not wearing any pull over. The CCTV footage reportedly showed the boy leaving the boys' hostel, while waving at somebody. However, nobody else was seen in the footage at the entrance and in the lobby. The police have also seized a laptop and some other incriminating material from the other ground floor flat in which three teachers lived on a sharing basis. Teachers on the campus said that the Annual Day of the school was to be held on February 6. "Vinay was good in studies and was also supposed to participate in dance programme. He was good at extra-curricular activities, besides being a well above average student. However, he was complaining of ill health and slight fever for the past couple of days. Otherwise, we never saw any signs of distress in him.

He was a student since Class 1 and his two brothers are also studying in the same school. He used to be cheerful," said a teacher, on the condition of anonymity. (Agencies)

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GNLA targets police convoy in Garo Hills, two injured Tura, Feb 6: A four vehicle police convoy that was travelling from Nangalbibra to Siju in South Garo Hills was ambushed by suspected GNLA militants who triggered a powerful improvised explosive device causing extensive damage to the lead vehicle and minor injuries to two policemen near Jaisugittim village on Friday morning.The convoy belonging to the 4th MLP Battalion was carrying rations for its various units operating in the Garo Hills region.The retaliation by the banned GNLA is believed to be in response to recent setbacks suffered at the hands of the State police in which several of its cadres have either been killed or arrested and

hideouts busted in different districts of Garo Hills, the most recent being on Wednesday night in Salmanpara's Santogre village of South West Garo Hills where one senior cadre was shot dead and another injured.

Following the blast police teams fanned out to different corners of the region and reportedly identified three other potential ambush points between Siju and Rewak where the militants had recently been laying in wait.The four vehicles ration party, comprising of three buses and a police gypsy, had arrived at Nangalbibra the previous day and on Thursday morning was proceeding to Siju and other areas where its personnel are deployed for supply of rations.The 4th

GNLA targets police convoy in Garo Hills MLP battalion is headquartered at Nongstoin in West Khasi Hills.The convoy had just crossed the outskirts of Jaisugittim village, 35 km away from Baghmara, and was approaching a bridge at approximately 9:30 AM when the concealed Claymore IED planted on the right side

of the road was detonated by remote control.The blast extensively damaged the outer side portion of the first bus but the policeman behind the wheel, driver constable Robirth Nonglait, miraculously escaped with minor splinter injuries on his face.Another battalion constable inside the ve-

hicle, Tennyson Ch Marak, sustained injuries from the impact of the blast. Both have been admitted to Williamnagar Civil Hospital for medical treatment and are out of danger.

Following the attack, a red alert was sounded throughout the region for more possible ambushes and police commandos combing the forested and isolated route came across three ambush spots in the Siju and Rewak reserve forest area where suspected militants had lay in wait to create more mayhem. Abandoned food items such as biscuits and other snacks were reportedly found at the three sites, informed district police Chief Anand Mishra.One of the three spots where suspected

SC transfers CM's ST status case to regular bench New Delhi, Feb 6: The revived ST status case of Chief Minister Mukul Sangma and others will now be heard by the regular bench instead of the Social Justice bench since the same has been abolished by the Chief Justice, the apex court ruled on Friday.The verdict on the ST status case came up for hearing by the Supreme Court based on the plea of Tennydard Marak who is pursuing the case. The apex court ordered that the matter will come up for hearing before a Social Justice Bench after a fresh petition filed by Marak before the Court was taken up earlier.

It was on September 18 last year that the Division Bench of the Supreme Court had disposed of the matter citing that there

was no merit in the case which, however, was challenged by Marak. Following this, Marak filed a recall petition (interlocutory application) against the September 18 judgment and the matter was heard by the Registrar of Supreme Court, who in an order on November 2 rejected the petition filed by Marak.Subsequently on November 16, Marak had filed a fresh appeal against the November 2 order of Registrar of Supreme Court. Marak had stated that his writ petition was dismissed on September 18 by the Supreme Court without hearing the petitioner in violation of the principles of natural justice after about 1 year and 4 months. The apex court had cited that it was not inclined to continue with

these petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution.However, Marak said that the power of judicial review conferred upon the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution is part of the inviolable basic structure of the Constitution.

According to Marak, Article 32 is "a great and salutary safeguard for preservation of Fundamental Rights of the citizens".

The Registrar also wanted the petitioner to approach the High Court of Meghalaya, which as per the petitioner is not logical since he had already sought the intervention of the High Court in the past.

Marak also pointed out that the order XV Rule 5 of the Supreme Court Rules 2013 does not vest on the Registrar the power

and jurisdiction to reject the application for directions seeking recall of the September 18 order and restoration of the writ petition."The power and jurisdiction to recall the order and restoration of the matter lies solely with the Supreme Court. The Registrar has exceeded its jurisdiction by passing the order. This is an error apparent on the face of the record and the Registrar failed to appreciate that the pleadings in the matter are complete," Marak had maintained.While the chief minister's case was pleaded by former Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal, Marak was represented by Rajiv Dhawan.The social justice bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and U.U. Lalit set up by the previous Chief Justice of India

Justice H.L. Dattu in 2014.

It has now officially ceased by the present Chief Justice and the cases which were part-heard before that bench have been distributed to other benches.During Justice Dattu's tenure, the Supreme Court formally set up the bench and through a release, justified the setting up of the bench on the ground that several cases relating to the domain of social justice were pending for years, and that they should be given a specialized approach for their early disposal, so that the masses would realize the fruits of the rights provided to them by the constitutional text.The bench was set up with a view to monitor the social justice matters on a regular basis, by sitting on every working Friday. (Agencies)

Make Spaces Safe for Women and Children' campaign starts Darjeeling, Feb 6: Bal Suraksha Abhiyan a NGO working against Child labour and other social evils in the society has from today kick off a campaign named 'Make spaces safe for women and Children'. The campaign was launched by Darjeeling Superintendent of Police Amit P Jawalgi in presence of ASP Kalimpong Bholanath Pandey, BSA Director Sister Subeshna Thapa and other guest at a program held in Town Hall Kalimpong.

Addressing the program Sister Subeshna Thapa told in this modern era, every child and woman deserves to live in a safe and secure environment where they are free from violence, abuse and neglect. It is their basic need to have a caring and supportive atmosphere in

their lives and to have people around who believe in them so that they can learn to believe in themselves.She said BSA who is working from last 10 year experienced that Kalimpong is one such place where the innocent can be tricked easily and end up becoming victims of violence and fraud. The major reason for this being lack of awareness among the masses which leads to exploitation of children as well as women.Seeing this , Bal Suraksha Abhiyan Trust from today taken this initiative to address the ever growing problem through the campaign titled -'Make Spaces Safe for Women and Children'.

As a part of the campaign, BSA will hold active campaigns to create awareness since Kalimpong still lacks safe spaces for

Bal Suraksha Abhiyan a NGO working against Child labour and other social evils

Women and Children. Ignorance among the common people has led to rise in exploitation of women and children despite various helpline and help desk being established for any such emergencies. Based on the various complaints received on a regular basis, BSA has assumed that many people are still unaware about such services provided to them. Therefore, BSA with an aim to reach the masses has

planned on distribution of Child, Women and Police Helpline numbers in every Motor Stand, Taxi, Hotel, Health Centre, villages as well as Police Check posts where mass comes in general in Kalimpong. The objective is to provide an easy access to the helpline numbers during the time of need.To make this campaign stronger and make every nook and cranny of Kalimpong , BSA will work closely in

collaboration with the Police Department, Chaalak Mahasangh of Kalimpong& Hotel Associations.A car/motorcycle rally was organized today in order to kick-start the campaign, SP and other guest flagged off the rally along with the Campaign.Darjeeling SP Jawalgi addressing said that society along with NGO plays a vital role curbing the social evil.

Hailing the work done by BSA so far he announced to give Rs 10 thousand from his side to BSA. He said Darjeeling Police has always been alert in order to curb offenses against Female and Children. He said that he will be visiting schools and colleges to offer student guidance for better career in coming days.

(Agencies)

Department will take stringent action against power theft: Kipili D i m a p u r, F e b 6:Nagaland minister for power, C. Kipili Sangtam has cautioned the power defaulters that department would take stringent action against them.

Speaking at the inauguration programme of SDO (E) Kiphire up-gradation to Executive Engineer (Electrical) Electrical Division Kiphire, Friday, Kipili admitted that non-payment of electricity bills was one of the problems faced by the department. He also cautioned that defaulters would be panelised. Lamenting that customers do not pay bills despite using electricity, the min-

ister has said that now the department would strictly check power theft and non-payment of bills for proper functioning of the electricity in the State.

Pointing out that electricity was essential for a State or society to develop, Kipili lamented that the people of Nagaland does not make proper use of the same.

He then added that development depends on public cooperation.

He said that Kiphire electrical department was facing untold hardship owing to non-existence of Executive Engineer (Electrical) Electrical

Division. However with the up gradation of SDO (E) to EE (E), Kiphire expressed the hope that public grievances would be addressed and that the department could work without any hindrance.

Delivering a short speech, superintendent engineer (D&R) (Power) Er. Khosa Sale said upgradation of SDO (E) to EE (E) was the long cherished dream of the people.He said that the department was trying to "electrify all the unreached villages in the district" and sought public cooperation for the implementation of the same.Deputy Commis-

sioner Kiphire A.Chumremo Odyuo who also spoke at the programme thanked the C. Kipili Sangtam for the up-gradation. He also highlighted the problem faced by the district administration in regard with encroachment of government land in Kiphire town.The DC said that if people of Kiphire want the town to develop then they should immediately stop encroaching government land and allow the government to develop the town. Delivering vote of thanks new Executive Engineer (E) Er. Khriechusa Kire thanked

the minister for giving extra effort in upgrading the SDO (E) to EE (E) Kiphire. He further sought support from every section of society.

The programme was chaired by SDO (E) Kiphire Er. C.Thowachu and attended by administrative officers, USLP, GBs and DBs and party leaders from Kiphire. It may be mentioned that Kiphire power department was looked after by executive engineer (E) Tuensang and was under SDO (E) Kiphire but would now function in the capacity of EE (E) after the inauguration.

(Agencies)

militants had lay in wait was in the Rewak reserve forest where a similar ambush was laid by the GNLA militants on November 18, 2014 in which two policemen were killed and three others sustained injuries after their gypsy vehicle was hit by an IED blast.Five GNLA ultras held in West Khasi HillsThe underground GNLA workers were identified as Charles D Shira (25), a former Achik National Central Liberation Army (ANCLA) member who had surrendered at Shillong in 2014 along with an AK rifle, Daniel M Sangma (26), Juningbirth M Sangma (22), Rajesh Sangma (24) and Apseng G Momin (19), all residents of West Khasi Hills. (Agencies)

Rags to riches: Bihar welder's son bags Rs 1 crore job offer with Microsoft New Delhi, Feb 6: A 21year-old welder's son from Khagaria in Bihar has bagged Rs 1.02 crore per annum job with Microsoft . Vatsalysa Singh Chauhan , a final year student of IIT Kharagpur, will be joining the IT giant in October this year.

Vatsalysa was selected for the job following a campus placement drive in December last year. He has started preparations for the engineering in 2009 at Kota in Rajashtan before quitting the coaching in midway and return to Khagariya. According to Vatsalysa, it was his mentor Vishal Joshi, who encouraged him to continue preparations and keep preparing for engineering. Following a halfhearted attempt in 2011, where he managed to clear the exam but could not get good rankings, Vatsalysa started preparing for the exam seriously.

In his second attempt next year, Vatsalysa scored 382 rank at all India level.

He joined the computer science course at IITKharagpur.

Elated over his son's success, Vatsalysa's father Chandra Kant Singh Chauhan, who runs a welding shop in Khagariya said, "I am happy. My hard work of last twenty years has now given result. My son has got a good job. I want him to work for the country and make us proud." Inspired by their elder brother's success, Vatsalysa's younger brother and sister are preparing for engineering and medical respectively.

(Agencies)

Ashok Ghosh's condition improves Kolkata, Feb 6: The condition of veteran Forward Bloc leader Ashok Ghosh has improved a little though he continued to remain on ventilator, a party leader said on Saturday.

Ghosh, 94, was admitted to a private hospital on Monday after he complained of respiratory problems. "He is still on ventilator. But his condition is better than the last few days. Yesterday dialysis was conducted on him and he responded positively," AIFB leader Naren Chatterjee said.

Ghosh is serving the longest term as state secretary of any political party in the state. He took over as the state secretary of Forward Bloc in the late forties and has been holding the post for over six decades.

(Agencies)

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Pathankot: India to give befitting reply New Delhi, Feb 6: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said India will "surely" teach a lesson to the mastermind of the Pathankot air base attack and admitted that the terrorists were probably inside the air base even before intelligence about an impending strike was received.

Noting that India "is losing much of its patience", Parrikar said the country will give tit-for-tat. "Eent ka jawaab patthar se denge (we will reply to bricks with stones)," he said.

Parrikar said the "pushers" of the attacks were in Pakistan, refusing to disclose further details.

"You have to plan. Here I have named individual and organisation, and has not named any country, because if it's against a country, then it means war. We want to teach a lesson to the individual.

Where and when, that will be our choice," Parrikar said in Rajat Sharma's show 'Aap Ki Adalat' on India TV. Asked why India has not launched a counter-attack against terror camps in Pakistan after the Pathankot incident, Parrikar was quoted in a

press release by India TV as saying that the time will be chosen by India.

"How do you know where we should strike and where we should not.

Such things are not disclosed in public. We must have the capability. And Pakistan.I will not name any country... They take sort of fights with us by sending terrorists. Such people need to be taught a lesson. There is no question mark in it. But when, how and at what time, should be decided based on our convenience," he said.

Parrikar said there has been fresh information that some of the Pathankot attackers were inside the air base even before the intelligence was received.

"Some people have inferred wrongly about the gaps that I had mentioned. The air base has a 25-kilometre periphery, and they should not have entered, but we got advance information only 10-12 hours earlier. Now more information has come saying probably they (attackers) were in before the intelligence was received by us. Anyway that will be investigated by agencies.

Congress seeks explanation from Jogi on alleged bypoll fixing in Antagarh

The Disciplinary Action Committee of Congress has sought an explanation from former chief minister Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi

New Delhi, Feb. 6: The Disciplinary Action Committee of Congress has sought an explanation from former chief minister Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi over the alleged "fixing" of a by-poll in Antagarh assembly seat.

The grand old party's top state panel in Chhattisgarh had recommended that the former chief minister Jogi should be suspended, about a week after leaked audio clips suggested that Jogi and his son tried to broker a deal for the BJP so the Congress candidate would withdraw from the fray.

The Pradesh Congress Committee of Chhattisgarh (PCC) had expelled MLA Amit Jogi for six years over his alleged role in fixing a by-election that led to a BJP

win.Congress's disciplinary committee, headed by former defence minister AK Antony, was to review the recommendations about the former chief minister.

Last year, Congress candidate Manturam Pawar had abruptly pulled out of the contest at theAntagarh assembly seat a day before the final date of withdrawal of names. The election was won by the BJP. Pawar was expelled from the Congress and he joined the BJP in March.

The tapes sparked a huge political storm in Chhattisgarh with state Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel serving a showcause notice to Amit Jogi last month, while the Jogis and Chief Minister Raman Singh have denied any involvement. (ANI)

Rescue operation continues in Siachen New Delhi, Feb. 6: The rescue operation to find the 10 soldiers who were buried alive after an avalanche hit an army post in Siachen on February 3 is continuing with additional specialised equipment and teams deployed at the site, said the Ministry of Defence in a press release issued here on Saturday.

The avalanche struck an Indian Army post in the Northern Siachen Glacier at a height of 19,600 feet.

The army post that faced its brunt was manned by one junior commissioned officer (JCO) and nine soldiers. All ten soldiers went missing after the avalanche.

Amid massive operation undertaken by the armed forces to rescue soldiers trapped under snow, the Defence Ministry had, ear-

lier, said that chances of finding any survivors are rare.

Specialised teams of the Army and the Air Force have been deployed to carry out the search and rescue operations in the area, where temperatures range from minus 42 degrees in the night to minus 25 degrees during the day. The avalanche struck an Indian Army post in the Northern Siachen Glacier at a height of 19,600 feet.

The 10 missing soldiers are Subedar Nagesha, Havildar Elumalai, Lance Havildar S Kumar, Lance Naik Sudheesh B, Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad, Sepoy Mahesha PN, Sepoy Ganesan G, Sepoy Rama Moorthy N r/o vill Gudisatana Palli, and Sepoy Nursing Assistant Suryawanshi SV. (ANI)

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar That is the gap which I was saying," he said.

Told that the terrorists got trained at a Pakistani air base, Parrikar said he can't reveal the details because "as we say, no one tells the world what you do and what happens inside a bedroom. So in such operations, nothing is revealed to the world, but we will do it surely".

Asked why India was not carrying out cross-border strike against terror camps as it did against the NSCN(K) rebels "inside Myanmar", Parrikar said he would not disclose much in such matters, otherwise "the surprise element will be gone".

"Once it happens, you will come to know about it. In the North-East, those who attacked our 6

Dogra (regiment)...we didn't tell them what we were going to do," he was quoted as saying.

Talking about the Myanmar incident, the defence minister said he can't say the exact spot where the Army did the operation.

Asked why the army was not carrying out crossborder strike as the US did to kill Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan, Parrikar said the US took four to five years to locate Osama and to clear their doubts about his location.

"It took another one and a half years to plan the operation. When the US planned an operation inside Iran, their helicopter crashed in the desert and they faced humiliation. "I am only saying that the

operation that we plan, or whatever we are doing, I am not saying against Pakistan or any camp, there should be perfect planning, and it has to take care of everything.

Your information should be perfect.

Everybody has general information, and specific information plays a more important role," he said.

Parrikar said that the counter-terror operation in Pathankot was a success as the soldiers were able to corner the attackers and kill all of them.

"It was not easy.

Six people, who had come with very clear intention that they will lose their lives, can do actually many damaging things which we did not allow, that is the success part of it. But this will not stop here. Why should

we be defensive? People who sent them here have to be taught a lesson," he said.

"Because they will not understand unless pain is inflicted on them... But here I am adding a clause, I will not disclose where, when and how... It's our choice," he said. He said this has already been achieved at a different level. He said the terrorists came to Punjab because in Jammu and Kashmir the army has neutralised them to a large extent. "The ratio of our losses compared to killing of terrorists is widening quite big now.

Earlier, it was 1:1, now it is 1:4, and even that should not happen. It should come lower than that. So, we have initiated many counter measures there," he said.

(Agencies)

"You have to plan. Here I have named individual and organisation, and has not named any country, because if it's against a country, then it means war. We want to teach a lesson to the individual. Where and when, that will be our choice."

Centre asks states to further invest on infrastructure, poverty alleviation

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley New Delhi, Feb. 6: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the resources of the states have considerably increased after the 14th Finance Commission, and the Centre expects that the states will spend further on infrastructure creation and anti-poverty programmes.

"Most of the states have suggested that they have been concentrating on the anti-poverty programme, and particularly their concentration is on the Agricultural Sector. We also expect that the states, whose resources after the 14th Finance Commission have been increased, will spend further on infrastructure creation and on ant-poverty programmes; and to the

extent that the Centre could assist them, we will continue to that, said Jaitley while interacting with reporters after a meeting with Finance Ministers from States and Union Territories here.

"Today, the Finance Ministers of all states were represented in a meeting that we called on the eve of the Union budget to ask for their suggestions.

The states, of course, have discussed their own resources, and each one of them is now competing for higher resources and higher investments," said the minister.

"We are all geared up to fight this global environment of global slowdown so that India remains an economy which is on the move," he added. (ANI)

Mumbai, Feb. 6: Following the alleged attack on Nigerian students in Hyderabad, senior advocate and social activist Abha Singh on Saturday said that every attack on foreign students should not be viewed from 'racism' point of view and urged the media to exercise restraint while reporting such issues.

"It is very tragic that an incident of mob fury in a hitand-run case is being given a colour of racist attack.

These are incidents of mob fury and to give it a colour of mob fury is somehow didvinding the society and spoiling India-Africa relations," she told .

"On the Hyderabad incident, in which Nigerian students said that locals took

out a pistol and tried to attack them. It is necessary that the CCTV footage of the area is seen and investigations are done," she added. Singh also said that a lot of foreign students coming to India are involved in drug trafficking business, which is infuriating the locals.

A group of Nigerian students on Friday filed a complaint at a police station in Hyderabad, alleging that they were attacked by a group of local youth in Tolichowki.

The president of the Nigerian Association in Telengana claimed that his friends were assaulted by a group of people in Kakimpet area of Tolichowki. (ANI)

Raj Babbar's application for Yash Bharti pension, proves SP's good governance in U.P Every attack can't be Lucknow, Feb. 6: Takwho have petitioned the viewed from 'racism' ing a jibe at Congress UP government for the Member of Parliament monthly pension include angle, says Abha Singh Raj Babbar's application poet Gopal Das Neeraj, for receiving a monthly pension of Rs 50,000 as a Yash Bharti awardee, Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) said Saturday that it proves that even the opposition has approved the good governance that prevails in the state.

"I have come to know through media reports that Congress MP Raj Babbar has also applied for the pension of Yash Bharti awardees. It clearly shows that the Congress approves the fact that the Akhilesh Government is running the state very nicely," party leader Naved Siddqui told.

"It is good to know that

Naved Siddqui

those who criticised our policies are availing its benefits," he added.

Siddiqui further said that the said scheme is a brilliant move by the Akhilesh Government.

"It's very heartening to know that many people have submitted the applications. Well, a number of people have refrained from taking this Yash Bharti scheme, which included the likes of Jaya Bacchan, Amitabh

Bacchan and Abhishek Bacchan," he added.

The U.P Government's offer of a monthly pension of Rs 50,000 for Yash Bharti awardees has attracted applications from over 100 recipients, including cricketer Suresh Raina, actorturned-MP Raj Babbar and wife Nadira, classical vocalist Girija Devi and Chhannulal Mishra, among others.

Other prominent people

cricketer Mohammed Kaif and actor Jimmy Shergill. The UP government had sent out a copy of the state's notification of the pension scheme, along with an application form, to all 141 recipients of Yash Bharti.

Until January 31, the last day for awardees to make an application, the government had received a request for pension from over 100 people. Mega star Amitabh Bachchan, his wife Jaya and son Abhishek, who were also eligible for the pension, had earlier politely turned down the offer, and communicated the same to the state government, in writing. (ANI)

77-days yagya for Mulayam in Ayodhya to end Ayodhya, Feb. 6: The supporters of Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav are performing a 77-day yagna to seek divine blessings for the veteran leader's 76th birth anniversary.

The programme began in Ayodhya's Shri Krishna Gaushala onNovember 22 last year when the SP

supremo celebrated his 76th birthday in Rampur.

Several priests are taking part in yagna which is set to end today.

Among the organizers are district SP president Jay Shankar Pandey and SP leader Ashish Pandey. "We have organised this yagna with elaborate rituals for Mulayam's health and

Earlier, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had demanded a ban on the yagna being performed for Yadav. The SP has created a stronghold in FaizabadAyodhya having won four out of five Assembly seats in 2012 even The supporters of Samajwadi though the Lok Sabha Party (SP) supremo seat was won by BJP's Mulayam Singh Yadav Lallu Singh in 2014 Lok longevity," Pandey told Sabha Elections. (ANI) .

IFR 2016 has enabled us to work together to secure our seas, says President

President Pranab Mukherjee Visakhapatnam, Feb.6: President Pranab Mukherjeewitnessed the International Fleet Review2016 at Visakhapatnam on

Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the International Fleet Review(IFR) 2016 while showcasing the prowess of

the Indian Navy, has brought together navies from across the globe here on Indian shores, signifying our common desire to use the seas to promote peace, cooperation and friendship, as also to develop partnerships for a secure maritime future.

He further stated that the presence of foreign countries in such large numbers has made this international event spectacular and truly reflects the spirit of this IFR. "We are indeed 'United through Oceans.IFR 2016 has enabled us to join hands and work together to secure

our seas for the greater good of humanity and the world," he added.

The President said that the navies of the world have a unique role in promoting goodwill, nurturing peace and tranquility of the oceans. Ships and personnel participating at this momentous fleet review are ambassadors of great nations that they represent. The message of friendship and goodwill of their people strengthens our belief in promoting peace, prosperity and stability for mutual co-existence and ensuring secure seas.

(ANI)

Senior advocate and social activist Abha Singh

IMA welcomes SC's directive on regulating working condition of nurses New Delhi, Feb. 6: With the Supreme Court asking Centre to frame guidelines to regulate working condition of nurses in the country, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has welcomed apex court's directive, saying that it would curb the exodus of nurses to foreign countries for better opportunities.

Secretary General of the IMA, Dr K.K. Aggarwal, yesterday said that nurses in private hospitals are sometimes paid inadequately and as a result of which many nurses migrate to United Kingdom, United States,

United Arab Emirates or other countries for better opportunities.

The Supreme Court had on January 29 asked the Centre to set up within four weeks an expert committee to look into the grievances pertaining to service conditions of nurses employed with private hospitals and private nursing homes across the country.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice A R Dave also asked the Centre to consider making a law based on the recommendations which would be given to it by the expert committee on the issue. (ANI)

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Lawsuit to be filed over Suu Kyi death threat Yangon, Feb 6: Myanmar's election-winning National League for Democracy (NLD) party revealed Saturday its plans to file a lawsuit against a pro-military man who threatened online to assassinate its leader Aung San Suu Kyi.A Facebook comment posted under the name of Ye Lwin Myint this week warned that if a constitutional article barring Suu Kyi from the presidency were suspended, "I'll just need an AWM [a sniper rifle] or an AS 50 gun and a month of training"."I will surely kill her. I am serious," the poster said.He also revealed that he was planning to launch a Facebook group called

"Those dying to assassinate Daw Suu," using a local honorific that means "aunt", and that he had been sleeping with a rifle since age 10.The post included a photo of two men posing with assault rifles, one said to be Ye Lwin Myint.

NLD spokesperson Win Htein told Anadolu Agency that the party's legal team is collecting data and information to file a lawsuit against the poster.The poster's father, according to media reports, is a former military attache now serving as Lieutenant Commander-XO of the Southern Regional Military Command, based in Taungoo of insurgencyplagued southern Karen

Lankan Navy participates in IFR-2016 in Visakhapatnam

Lankan Navy participates in IFR-2016 in Visakhapatnam

Colombo, Feb 6: Commander of Sri Lankan NavyVice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne is representing Sri Lanka at the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2016 being held in India from 4th to 8th February 2016.The Lanka Page website reported that over 24 foreign naval chiefs are attending the mega event conducted at Visakhapatnam with the participation of vessels from more than 50 nations, including China, Britain and France in Visakhapatnam.A 275 member Sri Lankan delegation, led by Vice Admiral Wijegunaratne, and Sri Lanka Navy's Flag Ship SLNS Sayura are taking part in the second IFR organized by the Indian Navy and hosted by the Eastern Naval Command in the Bay of Bengal off Andhra Pradesh.

International Fleet Review 2016 is an international military exercise hosted and conducted by Indian Navy on behalf of the President of India.Its objective is to enhance

mutual trust and confidence with neighboring navies by inviting their ships to participate in the event.The exercise will run through Monday with the participation of ninety ships, including 24 warships.Over 75 helicopters of various types, including hawk jet fighters will also exhibit their talent in the Bay of Bengal during the 2nd IFR.The first IFR was held on India's west coast in Mumbai in 2001.The IFR-16 is proposed to be done at a much larger scale than ever done before and the Indian Navy is to display its maritime capabilities. The events on Saturday includes ceremonial fleet review by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and a parade of ships to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

On Sunday, India's Defense Minister Manohar Parikkar will inaugurate a two day International Maritime Conference on the theme 'Partnering Together for a Secure Maritime Future'.(ANI)

Siege attempt on Khaleda's house foiled Dhaka, Feb 6:Police on Saturday foiled a bid to lay siege to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan residence.The protesters, which included members of the ruling party's front organisations, are protesting recent remarks made by Khaleda on the number of martyrs in the 1971 Liberation War.About 500 people marching under the banner of Muktijoddha Sangsad Sontan Command took position at Banani field around 10:30am.

Members of Sucinta Foundation, Amra Muktijoddhar Sontan, Muktijuddher Chetonai Jagrato Janata, Muktijuddha Shaheed Santan as well as the Dhaka unit of the Chhatara League, Titumir College BCL and Dhaka City (south) BCL joined the programme.When the

protesters began their march towards Khaleda's house, police barred them on Major General Moinul Hossain Chy Road. Afterwards, they held a rally on the road which ended around 12:15pm.Addressing the event Muktijoddha Sangsad Sontan Central Command Convener MA Arafat said Khaleda's questioning of the martyrs figure was against the spirit of the 1971 Liberation War. He placed a seven-point demand to halt a repeat of such remarks.International Crimes Tribunal Prosecutor Barrister Tureen Afroz and Nujhat Chowdhury also addressed the rally.

Gulshan zone DC Mostak Ahmed said: "There is no legal basis for holding a procession or a rally in the diplomatic zone. We have barred the protesters to ensure public safety."

(Agencies)

Aung San Suu Kyi state."The party's lawyers are going to file a lawsuit against the guy soon," Win Htein said by phone Saturday.Win Htein said the party has also tightened security arrangements for Suu Kyi, daughter of late independence hero General

Aung San, who was assassinated by a group of gunmen in July 19, 1947, six months before the end of British colonial rule in Myanmar."We are serious because the history teaches us there are always people who use such stupid guys for their

interests," he underlined.Suu Kyi's NLD won the general election in November by a landslide, placing the party in a position to chose the new president to rule the country over the next five years.

Myanmar's militarydrafted constitution, however, blocks Suu Kyi from becoming president under article 59(f) which many suspect is aimed solely at her - banning anyone with foreign

relatives becoming the country's leader. Suu Kyi's two sons are both British citizens.NLD lawmakers are planning to submit a proposal to suspend article 59 (f) to parliament in coming days, as the national assembly is scheduled to convene Monday for the first time since the NLD trounced the militarybacked ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party in the November polls. (Agencies)

Election-winning party takes action after pro-military Facebook user threats to assassinate leader, whose independence hero father was shot dead

Pakistan wants as many Taliban groups as possible to join talks Islamabad, Feb 6: Pakistan said as many Taliban groups as possible must be persuaded to join any upcoming peace discussions with the Afghan government, as a third round of four-country talks aimed at reviving negotiations with the insurgent group began Saturday.Delegates from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States convened in the Pakistani capital Islamabad over the weekend even as the insurgents wage an unprecedented winter campaign of violence across Afghanistan.

Pakistan's advisor for foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz said a joint effort would help persuade the Taliban to join the process and lead to a "significant" re-

duction in violence."We believe our collective efforts at this stage, including through supportive CBMs (Confidence Building Measures), have to be aimed at persuading the maximum number of Taliban groups to join the peace talks," Aziz said during his opening statement at An Afghan security personnel stands guard near the site of a the third-round of talks suicide attack at the entrance on Saturday."In our view, a clear, well-defined and round was held in Kabul attacks on government actionable roadmap for on January 18 which and foreign targets in the peace process be- urged the Taliban groups Afghanistan this winter, tween the Afghan Gov- to enter into early talks when fighting usually ernment and Taliban with the Afghan govern- abates, underscoring a groups is important." ment without worsening security situThe first round of the preconditions.Taliban ation. Observers say the roadmap talks was held representatives have intensifying insurgency in Islamabad last month, been notably absent dur- highlights a push by the where delegates began ing the process and ana- militants to seize more laying the groundwork lysts caution that any territory in an attempt to for direct dialogue be- substantive talks are still wrangle greater concestween Kabul and the Is- a long way off.The sions during talks. lamist group.A second Taliban has stepped up (Agencies)

UN human rights chief arrives in Lanka to probe war crimes Colombo, Feb.6:The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has arrived in Sri Lanka amid concerns that the country's President Maithripala Sirisena is backtracking on promises to investigate war crimes.Sri Lanka had committed to allow foreign judges to investigate allegations against Sri Lankan forces but last month Sirisena said that no foreign judges would be allowed in the investigation.

Sri Lankan troops are accused of killing at least 40,000 Tamil civilians in the final months of the civil war in 2009.Al Hussein who is on a four

day visit will travel to the former war zone and will meet victims of human rights violations reported Lanka Page website.

He will also talk to top government officials, civil activists and religious leaders.President Sirisena has said Sri Lanka does not need to 'import' specialists for an investigation.In October 2015, Sri Lanka co sponsored a UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for a special judicial mechanism to prosecute war crimes.Both the army and the Tamil Tiger rebels have been accused of atrocities in the civil war that ended in 2009.(ANI)

Malaysia to legalise Illegal Bangladeshis from Feb 15 Dhaka, Feb 6:Malaysia is going to start legalising undocumented migrants, including some 300,000 Bangladeshis from February 15.Labour counsellor Md Sayedul Islam at Bangladesh High Commission to Malaysia confirmed this to the media on Saturday.He said the Malaysian government took the decision on Friday.

However, they are yet to inform this to B a n g l a d e s h government.Earlier in January, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak made an announcement regarding the decision of legalising the illegal migrants.At present, 296,934 legal Bangladeshi migrants are living in Malaysia.

(Agencies)

Seven dead after powerful Taiwan quake fells buildings

China upset after Barack Obama calls Dalai Lama 'a good friend' Beijing, Feb 6: US President Barack Obama has angered China after warmly acknowledging Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and calling him "a good friend" at a national prayer breakfast in Washington, media reports said on Saturday. Obama did not directly meet the Dalai Lama who was seated among the audience at the annual White House National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, but bowed to the Tibetan Buddhist leader and called him a "good friend".

The Dalai Lama is "a powerful example of what it means to practice compassion and who inspires us to speak up for the freedom and dignity

China upset after Barack Obama calls Dalai Lama 'a good friend' of all human beings", Obama said during his speech. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Friday said that Beijing is "against foreign countries interfering in China's domestic affairs under the pre-

text of Tibet-related issues". "The Dalai Lama is seeking support from foreign counties to realize his political end, but he cannot succeed," Hong added, calling the spiritual leader "a political exile who has long

been engaged in antiChina separatist activities under the pretext of religion". It was the first time Obama and the Dalai Lama were seen together in public. Three previous encounters have been held behind closed doors relations with China. China has long opposed any meetings between the Dalai Lama and foreign heads of state. South Africa has refused three times to grant the Dalai Lama visas to visit the country, including one to attend a summit of Nobel peace laureates in October 2015. In December, Pope Francis declined to meet with the Dalai Lama amid a push by the Vatican to improve ties with Beijing. (Agencies)

Pakistan, Afghanistan reports 2016's first polio cases

Pakistan, Afghanistan Reports 2016's First Polio Cases

Islamabad ,Feb 6:Pakistan and Afghanistan have reported the first cases of polio for the year 2016, a media report said on Saturday.In Pakistan, the case was confirmed by

Polio Virology Laboratory at the National Institute of Health.An official of the ministry of National Health Services said the sample collected from a 34-month-old in January

confirmed that the child had the onset of polio.

Resident of Gadap town in Karachi, he had received two doses during routine immunisation and seven during different pol i o campaigns."Malnutrition was the major reason of the disease because immunity level of the child was very low," the official said. A total of 54 cases of polio were reported in Pakistan in 2015.

The official said the affected child in Afghanistan was 60 months old.

He had received only two polio vaccines. "The child belongs to Kandahar. According to reports at least

80,000 children in Afghanistan were missed during last few campaigns," he said.Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries in the world which have been transferring the polio virus to each other. The main reason is that the two countries share a 2,500km long border.Children are vaccinated at legal entry points of the border but since Pakistan is hosting 1.6 million Afghan refugees, a large number of people cross the border illegally from different routes and it is not possible to vaccinate them at the border. (Agencies)

Rescue personnel help a young victim at the site of a collapsed building i Taiwan, Feb 6: A powerful earthquake in Taiwan felled a 16-storey apartment complex full of families who had gathered for Lunar New Year celebrations Saturday, with at least seven dead and more than 30 feared trapped. The death toll was rising in the historic city of Tainan, which bore the brunt of the 6.4-magnitude quake, as rescuers scoured rubble for survivors. An entire residential complex of four buildings containing almost 100 homes toppled, left on its side with twisted metal girders exposed and clouds of dust rising from the jumbled concrete. Among the seven dead was a 10-day old baby girl - she was one of five people who were killed when the apartment complex collapsed .The other two victims were killed in different parts of the city

by falling debris, the agency said. Officials say they are unsure how many residents may still be inside, but media reports estimated at least 30 could be trapped.

Around 400 troops have been mobilized to help the rescue effort.

Rescuers have freed more than 200 people from the apartment complex, with over 40 of them hospitalized. Interior minister Chen Weijen said he feared there may be more people in the building than usual as family members would have returned to celebrate the Lunar New Year holidays next week."Exactly how many people were there when the quake hit was not immediately clear," said Chen."We are concerned that most members of those families may have returned for the coming New Year holiday."(Agencies)

A powerful earthquake in Taiwan felled a 16-storey apartment complex full of families who had gathered for Lunar New Year celebrations Saturday, with at least seven dead and more than 30 feared trapped

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DIBRUGARH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Assam gas cracker project A new development model for north-eastern state Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Assam Gas Cracker Project in the northeastern state of Dibrugarh district, the eighth premier to be associated with a venture envisaged 32 years ago. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation, Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BPCL ), and a wax plant of Numaligarh Refineries Limited. The petrochemical project, executed by Brahmaputra Crackers and Polymers Ltd (BCPL) will use naphtha and natural gas from Assam's oilfields to produce ethylene, the feedstock for manufacturing polymers that are basic building blocks of plastics.

Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) has 70% stake in BCPL while Oil India Limited, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd and Assam government have 10% each. The project was envisaged by Indira Gandhi in 1984 and given a shape by Rajiv Gandhi to be associated with the anti-foreigners agitation-ending Assam Accord of 1985. But the project underlines the failure of Third Front prime ministers HD Deve Gowda (1996-97) and IK Gujral (1997-98) as well as NDA's Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1998-2004) in kick-starting the project. It was only when Dr Manmohan Singh took over as prime minister in 2004 that the detailed feasibility report was prepared‌ and approvals were given in 2005-06. The BCPL project is expected to produce 220,000 tonnes of ethylene, 60,000 tonnes of propylene, 60,000 tonnes of polypropylene, 55,000 tonnes of raw gasoline and 12,500 tonnes of fuel oil annually. The plant will also produce various ranges of polymers for different applications in sectors such as packaging film, injection, raffia and blow-moulding which will be marketed with assistance from GAIL. Inaugurating the project, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the two projects being dedicated to the nation are important for two reasons - (a) for the value addition they would achieve for natural raw materials; (b) for the employment opportunities they would create for the youth of Assam. Highlighting the importance of completing projects in time, the Prime Minister said this would ensure employment generation, and avoid massive cost overruns. And as a result rapid industrial development of the country is necessary to create employment for India's youth.

The Prime Minister reiterated that eastern India must develop, for the all-round development of India. And in this context the Union Government is paying special attention to the North-Eastern region by boosting infrastructure and connectivity. Also the initiatives of the Union Government, including MUDRA and Start-up India, were aimed at creating fresh opportunities for the youth. And for that employment opportunities have to be created not just in big cities but in smaller towns too. Also the Union Government is working on the principle of cooperative federalism, and both the Centre and States have to work together for development.

Assaults continues Attack on Tanzanian student The assault on a Tanzanian woman in Bangalore has been received with shock and outrage around the country, and has seemed to do some damage to the city's reputation for cosmopolitan welcome. But for those who know Bangalore, there is nothing really surprising about this episode. Bangalore's cosmopolitanism comes at a certain human cost. The incident involved a 21-year-old Tanzanian student was beaten and then stripped of all her clothes by a group of locals in Bengaluru after they assumed she was part of an incident in which a Sudanese man had run over a local woman. The incident took place on Hesaraghatta Road in Bengaluru where on Saturday night a Sudanese national ran his car over a 35-yearold woman resulting in on the spot death of the woman. The Tanzanian victim arrived on the scene after 30 minutes of the incident but she alleges in her complaint that the locals dragged her out of the car and thrashed her. She was allegedly stripped of her clothes and paraded naked. The Tanzanian girl went straight to the police station to register a complaint of assault but the unsympathetic cops refused to register the case, saying they would only take her complaint if she brought in the driver who ran over the 35 year old woman. The victim told the police in her complaint that when she tried to get on a bus in order to escape the assault, people on the bus pushed her back into the mob that assaulted her.

The High Commission of Tanzania has sent a Note Verbale about reported attacks on African students in Bangalore. The Note Verbale requests the Government of India to follow up on this matter and take necessary legal action against those involved in such attacks and to ensure safety and security of all African students in India.

In a city as divided as Bengaluru, it may take nothing greater than imagination for everybody to turn over a new leaf. When greed is the language in which the book of our experience is written, it is doubtful if the urgent finger that comes to the page can do anything other than turn it at top speed - nobody is going to have the time to read from that book, or learn. The student from elsewhere has a long history as folk devil in Bangalore, perhaps because it is the capital of the state which pioneered turning education into a commodity. We should mention a Home Minister whose punctiliousness in debating the semantics of terms like "stripped" and "racism" revealed an emphasis on managing a public relations disaster rather than any genuine concern. Looking at how sections of the English language media have reported the incident, it is also necessary to ask if they have implicitly relied on the stock figure of the unreasonable local, and turned the Tanzanian student into grist while grinding on about how Bengaluru will be perceived. We Indians keep boasting that we are very guest friendly and we treat out guests as God but let us question ourselves as to is this how we treat our Gods?

Will migrants just be reduced to 'vote bank politics' in this year's election in Assam?

For the past year, one is- constitution of Assam, sue that has continually have found manifestation grabbed highlight in the in mass demonstrations, chaotic Assamese media journalistic writings, inlandscape is that of Na- tellectual productions and tional Register of Citizens political activism over the (NRC) upgradation in the decades, most notably state. From lengthy op-ed during the tumultuous Assam Agitapieces and a multitude of Ayan Sharma tion (197985). snippets in broadsheet dailies to countless TV The Assam Accord, debates, the media has signed between the leadbeen abuzz with con- ership of the movement tested shades of opinions and the Government of over the issue. In a region India, in 1985, as an ridden by ethnic conflicts agreement to call off the and citizenship battles, agitation, contains a NRC has become a com- clause that mandates the mon talking point among updating of the NRC in the youth and elderly alike, the state of Assam with manifesting optimism, the cut-off date of March 25, 1971. This means doubt and ambiguity.

For a quick reference, anyone, irrespective of NRC is a vital record of their religious and comthe Government of India, munal identity, who came containing the names of to Assam till the midnight the citizens of India. The of March 24, 1971, will first NRC was prepared be regarded as Indian citiin 1951, following the zens along with their deCensus of 1951, by re- scendants. This claim, of cording various particu- course, needs to be corlars of all the persons enu- roborated by a valid govmerated during that Cen- ernment document. The sus. Further, it was kept objective of this clause in the offices of the was to identify the miDeputy Commissioners grants from Bangladesh, (DC) and Sub Divisional who had come after the Officers (SDO), accord- cut-off date, and delete ing to instructions issued their names from the by the Government of electoral rolls and finally India in 1951. This gigan- to deport them back. tic body of citizens' infor- Ever since the signing of mation was then subse- the accord, some of its quently transferred to the key clauses have remained unfulfilled even till police in the 1960s.

Since then, the NRC has date. Among those, the functioned all over the prominent ones are the country as the most le- sealing of the Indogitimate and reliable bed- Bangladesh border and rock for identification as the upgradation of the well as the determination NRC. Unlike the border in of a person's Indian citi- the west which India zenship. In fact, the Citi- shares with Pakistan, the zenship Act of 1955, border in the east with amended in 2004 to in- Bangladesh has been a clude section 14A, makes neglected domain, makit compulsory for every ing it a porous corridor for citizen to get registered in a massive scale of mithe NRC. However, un- grants from Bangladesh like most other Indian sneaking into India. Mistates, the issue of citi- grants are supposedly an zenship has been a peren- instant favourite of the nially contested theme in national political parties the political and social constituting powerful milieu of Assam, thanks vote banks. The Narendra to the large-scale migra- Modi-led BJP government tion of people from is known for its double Bangladesh. Driven standards. Before the mostly by economic election, Modi had promneeds, these people, both ised the electorate of the Muslims and Hindus, state with the expulsion have been foraying into of all illegal migrants to Assam's plains at an un- Bangladesh. His governabated pace even after six ment is now open to exdecades of the country's tending citizenship to all independence from colo- the Hindu migrants.

Lofty rhetoric aside, the nial rule.

Not surprisingly, several upgradation of NRC has political parties have gone through a long battle doled out direct and indi- of political, bureaucratic rect patronage (including and legal intricacies over voting rights and ration the last three decades. It cards) to these migrants, saw the light of the day over the decades, for only a couple of years electoral interests; back with a Supreme thereby helping them be- Court intervention that dicome Indian citizens. Re- rected the state governsistance to such prac- ment to finish the process tices, seen as an assault by January 2016 (lately on the territorial integrity revised to March 2016). of India and the ethnic Thus, the NRC resumed

being updated again in 2015 to include the names of those persons (or their descendants) who appear in the following documents - the NRC 1951, or in any of the electoral rolls till the midnight of 24 March 1971 or in any of the other permitted government documents, issued up to the midnight of 24 March 1971 - all of which would prove their presence in Assam on or before 24 March 1971.

The filling up of the application forms for the NRC, one of the first stages in the multi-layered process, during July to August last year, was a tense phase in the state.

Thousands of people had failed to acquire a legacy data, showing the continuity of descent, or any of the fourteen permitted documents. In extreme circumstances, a few individuals, "paperless" as they were, committed suicide. Thousands of tea garden workers of Assam suddenly found themselves in an unexpected predicament, thanks to the tyranny of documents. They were required to prove their Indian identity in a state where they have been living as a community for more than a century now.

Such misery arose because of the significant lack of access to education and land rights offered to them by their affluent masters.

Similar was the fate of several other thousands of people of Bengali Muslim origins, residing in the vast 'char-sapori' areas (river islands and floodplains) of central and western Assam. The shifting ecology of the riverine landscape forces these people to keep migrating from one char to another, every few years, which disallows them from possessing any valid land documents. Also, people who had migrated from other parts of India to Assam post the cut-off date of March 25, 1971, similarly, appeared clueless as having to show their identity again to find a place in the upgraded NRC. The ST, SC and OBC communities demanded their names to be automatically included in the new NRC, based on their already issued caste certificates. Many civil society bodies took to filing petitions and affidavits in their support in the Supreme Court, that has been directly monitoring the entire upgradation work. An NGO 'Assam Public Works' filed a case advocating for the same, back in 2009. Subsequent

Source: livemint Supreme Court verdicts have addressed many of the concerns.

While all these groups were fighting for their right to be inducted into the upgraded NRC with ease and reason, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi suddenly dropped a bombshell. He made a bizarre suggestion to upgrade the NRC on the basis of the electoral rolls of no earlier than the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. This implied everyone inhabiting the state till that point of time deserved to be Indian citizens. This would naturally include several thousands of settlers from Bangladesh, which his party Indian National Congress has been allegedly utilising as a 'vote bank' in successive elections over the decades. His government went on to file an affidavit for the same in the apex court which was subsequently dismissed by the Court. On the contrary, the position of other key political parties in the state over the issue has been one of more or less acceptance of the Supreme Court directives.

As this long exercise of upgrading the NRC in Assam nears conclusion, some pertinent questions arise which will continue to challenge the ever-elusive solution to the illegal immigration problem in Assam. Such a solution is a primary requisite, as the Indian Census of 2011 revealed that in 30 odd constituencies of Assam, out of a total of 126, disputed voters hailing from Bangladesh have gained a position to manipulate the electoral outcome effectively. A question that pops up at this juncture is how much help will the final NRC be in a state that still lacks adequate judicial and bureaucratic infrastructure for identifying illegal foreigners, deleting them from the

electoral rolls, and finally deporting them.

Only recently did the state government decide to set up 64 new Foreigners' Tribunals in Assam in addition to the existing 36 tribunals, but the process is still not complete. Such Tribunals are created to hear cases on suspected foreign nationals and accordingly to order their deportation, if found faulty. Though the menace of the much controversial Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983, (IMDT Act), was struck down more than a decade back, the tribunals are even today burdened with thousands of pending cases waiting to be resolved.

The second question that arises is whether the upgraded NRC will be a sufficient tool to address the long-standing foreigner issue, until the international border with Bangladesh is entirely sealed. Even if an upgraded register of Indian citizens is assumed to help identify the non-citizens residing in Assam, a porous international border at the same time will continue to feed as a safe passage for thousands of more such "fortune hunters" to immigrate to Assam from Bangladesh.

However, a different and relatively more pragmatic shade of opinion on the issue questions the very necessity of deporting people identified as illegal immigrants from Assam to Bangladesh. It argues that while the prevention of further influx is essential, the people who have already stayed in Assam, but have been identified as illegal foreigners should be allowed to stay back on humanitarian grounds.

Such persons, it is argued, may be barred from exercising political rights, but should be entitled to work-permit. In fact, many of the illegal

immigrants come and go as seasonal labourers. As political scientist Sanjib Baruah noted in a recent article titled "Partition and the Politics of Citizenship in Assam", an agreement may be chalked out between India and Bangladesh to maintain a soft border rather than a hard and strictly policed one. This can be done by having a protocol on labour movement "to facilitate and document the cross-border movement of people, and [for] the decoupling of citizenship rights from rights of personhood. A labour protocol could take some of the pressure away from the circular migrant who under current conditions has no other option but to look for security by procuring proxy citizenship papers and finding a political patron. A labour protocol and other bilateral arrangements that try to manage the movement of people across this soft border could significantly reduce the strains on Assam's legal and political institutions."

Assam goes to polls this April. Our three-time incumbent Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has kept his stakes high for this "last battle of Saraighat", invoking the memory of medieval Assam's final and victorious war with the Mughals. The state's political landscape increasingly gets divided among the right-wing BJP and its allies, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), which is often alleged to have mobilized the immigrant Bengali Muslim votes. At such a juncture, the politics over citizenship becomes more volatile and could arguably determine the future of Assam's political order. While an upgraded NRC promises to resolve some of its dimensions, many other key questions remain to be pondered over and addressed.

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A Glimpse of the New - Market, Dibrugarh

Source:Allwonders

Sir, As far as we understand, market is a place where people go for purchasing different commodities. It is the individual shop-keepers who are supposed to keep the entrance frce from obstruction so that customer may visit the stall without any let and hindrance. One wonders, what happens to the main vegetable market. The obstructions faced by the customers while purchasing Vegetable is beyond description. The entire Vegetable market is so fraught with sacks of vegetable, Potatoes, Onions that one can hardly put one's step in the market. The Dibrugarh Municipality, perhaps is obsessed with only collection of taxes, customers well-being, convenience is of secondary importance. So is the case with the fruit market. One remains appalled to note that almost half of the thoroughfares are occupied by the fruit vendors. The civil administration and the Dibrugarh Municipality maintain a 'Look to the other side' policy. The entrance to the fish market, too, is no better. It seems, it is free for all for the vendors, as request to arrange for removing the obstruction falls on deaf ears. While visit-

ing the market, one understands that the foot-path is primarily meant for the vendors to keep their goods, not for the pedestrians. Will the district administration look into the matter and take appropriate steps?

Yours etc.

Ashok Bordoloi Dibrugarh

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So, if you want to know more about where this degree can take you, read on below. This nutrition careers guide contains detailed occupational information on career paths relevant to this degree. Included are job descriptions, expected salaries, educational requirements and other pertinent information related to these careers. We've also included nutritionspecific scholarships to help you pay for school!

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grams typically aim to provide you with the skills, knowledge and competencies to become an effective practitioner in entry-level nutrition careers upon graduation.

In order to accomplish these goals, certain educational objectives must be met.

These objectives typically include the development of a strong foundation in basic science, a thorough understanding of nutrient functions as well as their sources, and knowledge in areas such as food science and public policy.

Courses in Nutrition programs typically include: 1. Advanced Nutrition 2. Anatomy & Physiology 3. Biochemistry Career Guides Related to a Nutrition Degree The knowledge and skills you can gain by studying nutrition at the university level serve as an excellent foundation for a variety of careers.

Who Employs Nutrition Graduates?

Where Might You Find Work?

Below are examples of the types of employers that are interested in employing the specific skill set and knowledge base that a Nutrition graduate can bring to the table: Hospitals, Health Centers and Clinics: Regional hospitals offer employment in nutrition related roles such as Dietician or Dietetic Consultant. Indi-

viduals with degrees in nutrition can also find employment in Food and Nutritional Services within the healthcare field.

Amateur and Professional Sports Teams: Nutritionists are often hired by sports teams, as well as individual athletes, to compile the most effective and healthy eating plan for each individual or the team in general.

These sports nutritionists use a combination of education, observations, and medical tests to determine what diet will be the safest and most effective for the athlete(s).

Food Product Developers: Companies that specialize in food services and products hire nutrition graduates for in various departments, including culinary, finance, human resources, marketing, sales, and for creating new food products or developing technology related to the enhancement of existing products. These companies may also hire nutrition graduates to manage certain projects, or to ensure food safety regulations are being adhered to.

Home Health Care providers: There are many opportunities for nutrition graduates to work with home health care providers. For example, they may perform such duties as counseling people who are housebound on special diets, train and educate people who are on feed-

ing tubes, or help families plan healthy meal ideas.

Nursing Homes: Nutritionists and Dieticians that work in nursing homes typically plan menus that will provide the best nutrition for residents. They must also ensure meals are prepared and delivered safely.

Diabetes Care Clinics: Nutrition and dieticians working in diabetes care clinics are responsible for counseling and educating clients who are living with diabetes or trying to prevent diabetes.

Exercise and Fitness Centres: Nutrition careers in health and fitness centres involve teaching recreational athletes about how to use nutrition to lose weight, hydrate, eat properly to prepare for competitions, and educate the athletes regarding other nutrition concerns related to physical activity.

School Districts: A Bachelor of Science in Nutrition is a great foundation for anyone interested in becoming a teacher in subjects like food science, home economics, nutrition, or other sciences at the elementary or secondary school levels.

Government Agencies: There are a wide variety of nutrition careers with Government agencies. Such careers may involve developing food plan and nutrition policies, as well as providing strategic advice to different levels of gov-

ernment concerning public health issues relating to nutrition.

Public or Private Research: Senior level nutrition careers in research typically involve planning, directing and executing research projects relating to increasing knowledge surrounding the relationship between nutrition and health.

Pharmaceutical Companies: When employed by the pharmaceutical industry, nutrition experts often work as part of a team composed of various health and business professionals in order to test new medications and supplements, or develop new pharmaceutical products.

Major Career Paths for Nutrition Graduates If you plan on working in a nutrition-related field, you have the choice of taking 1 of 6 major paths.

If your professional interests and ambitions fall within one of these areas you are on your way to refining your area of focus for your future career in nutrition.

Clinical Nutrition: Involves the nutrition of patients in health care.

Clinical nutritionists aim to keep a healthy energy balance in patients, as well as provide them with sufficient amounts other nutrients such as protein, fats, carbohydrates vitamins and minerals.

Public Health Nutrition: An area of concentration emphasizing the application of food and nutrition

Source: worldwidelearn knowledge, policy, and research to the improvement of the health of populations.

Food Service Management: Provide nutritional care and supervising food service operations in health care settings and commercial food service establishments.

Food Science: A discipline concerned with examining all technical aspects of food (from its production to consumption) using scientific methods and principles.

Nutrition Consulting: Includes providing nutritional advice to individuals, groups, athletes, or anyone who is interested in utilizing knowledge of nutrition to improve their health or athletic performance.

Teaching Nutrition: Involves teaching nutrition courses at various levels, including high schools, colleges, universities.

Characteristics of a Successful Nutrition Intern

Just because you've landed an internship, doesn't guarantee that your future is solidified.

Making a great impression is the key to success in an internship position.

Below are some of the traits and characteristics of successful nutrition interns.

1. Demonstrate motivation 2. Seen as a 'self-directed' learner who knows when to ask for help 3. Proper preparation for research and similar tasks 4. Open minded and nonjudgmental 5. Respectful to coworkers and others in the building 6. Demonstrate a passion for work 7. Dedicated and committed work ethic How Do I Find a Nutrition Internship?

Since these opportunities are often an academic requirement, you will likely have the opportu-

nity arranged for you, or at least a variety of potential options presented to you. If it is not a requirement, speak with your professors, other Nutrition department staff as well as your school's guidance and career counselors to help you find a suitable opportunity.

How To Prepare For Nutrition Careers While In High School If you're a high school student who's interested in pursuing a career in nutrition, taking classes such as home economics, business, biology, health, mathematics and chemistry will prepare you for the work you will be doing at the university level in your nutrition degree program.

If you're going to be working to help pay for school, consider applying for work in restaurants, kitchens, hospital kitchens or with health care clinics in order to gain some experience in fields related to nutrition.

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Revenue of Vodafone India edges up 2.3% to Rs 11,022 crore Pune, Feb 6: Telecom operator Vodafone India has reported an increase of 2.3 percent in revenue growth at Rs 11,022.27 crore during the three months to December 2015. Revenue in the same quarter in the previous fiscal stood at Rs 10,765.89 crore. "Service revenue increased 2.3 percent, with quarterly growth rate slowing due to further competitive pressure, impacting both voice and data prices and data customer growth," Vodafone said in a statement. In the preceding July-September of 2015, the company's India revenue had clocked

a growth of 5.6 percent.

"Excluding impact of regulatory changes, including MTR (mobile termination rate) cuts, roaming price caps and an increase in service tax, service revenue grew 7.6 percent," Vodafone said.

The average revenue the company earns from its customers declined to Rs 174.9 in the reported quarter, from Rs 189.1 a year ago. Vodafone, however, said the decline in ARPU (average revenue per user) was offset by an increase in customer base.

"We continued to grow our total customer base,

Compact Ignis and sports hatchback Baleno RS to be unveiled by Maruti Suzuki Mumbai, Feb 6: Maruti Suzuki India, the country's largest car maker, will introduce its compact car Ignis and premium sports hatchback Baleno RS, unveiled at the Auto Expo, in India this year during the festival season. "Concept Ignis and concept Baleno RS are our new offerings for India. These will appeal to the third generation Maruti Suzuki customers…They are likely to be introduced in the festival season," Maruti Suzuki India Man-

driven by a particularly strong performance in voice, adding 5.4 million customers in the quarter," it added. The telecom carrier had 193.6 million customers at the end of December 2015.

"While total voice traffic continues to grow, this was more than offset by a further decline in voice revenue per minute, which fell 9.8 percent year-on-year as a result of ongoing price competition," Vodafone said.

The company saw increase in its data business, with data usage on its network reaching 85,231 terabytes from 51,889

aging Director Kenichi Ayukawa said. The two models will be sold at the company's premium retail outlets under Nexa network. The Ignis is positioned as a smart urban compact car and is built on a new generation platform.

The Baleno RS is a sporty version of the company's premium hatchback Baleno, which will be powered by a new one litre Boosterjet direct injection turbo engine that was also unveiled (Agencies)

Swift to launch her own mobile game soon

INCREMENT IN REVENUE Telecom operator Vodafone India has reported an increase of 2.3 percent in revenue growth at Rs 11,022.27 crore during the three months to December 2015.

Revenue in the same quarter in the previous fiscal stood at Rs 10,765.89 crore.

The average revenue the company earns from its customers declined to Rs 174.9 in the reported quarter, from Rs 189.1 a year ago.

The company saw increase in its data business, with data usage on its network reaching 85,231 terabytes from 51,889 TB during the period under review.

Service revenue increased 2.3 percent, with quarterly growth rate slowing due to further competitive pressure, impacting both voice and data prices and data customer growth.

TB during the period under review. "Data growth remained strong, with data usage increasing 64 percent, supported by an increasing proportion of 3G

users, now totalling 25.9 million. However, the rate of revenue growth slowed in the quarter driven by increased price competition," Vodafone said. The

company under Project Spring added 7,600 new 3G sites in the quarter, taking its population coverage in targeted urban areas to 94 percent. (Agencies)

$100 billion mark soon to be crossed by IT services export Bengaluru, Feb 6: IT industry body Nasscom said that India's IT services exports would cross the $100 billion mark in 201516 and the sector would clock double digit growth in 2016-17. The optimism comes despite concerns about the impact of the election campaign in the United States, which accounts for half of India's IT exports and the rise of protectionism in Europe and the U.K. The IT sector, which India's largest private sector employer, is likely to add two lakh new jobs this year, taking its employee strength to 3.7 million.It expects another two lakh new jobs in 2016-17 with an expected 10 per cent to 12 per cent growth in exports at the

Source: conceptdraw present currency valuations. The domestic growth is expected to be between 11 per cent and 13 per cent. While global economic growth slowing to 2.4 per cent in 2015, spending on IT-business process management (IT-

BPM) grew by a mere 0.4 per cent though this was largely due to the impact of currency fluctuations.

Yet, the industry expects total revenues to grow to $143 billion in 2015-2016 from $132 billion a year ago with exports rising at

12.3 per cent. The IT industry body, which has now began to include ecommerce businesses in its domestic IT-BPM industry assessment, said online retail is growing at 20 per cent and would hit $17 billion in 2015-16 compared to $14 billion in the previous year. Stressing that the sector now contributes the highest relative share among industries to India's economic activity at 9.3 per cent of gross domestic product, BVR Mohan Reddy, chairman of Nasscom, said that it also received the highest foreign direct investments this year with $7 billion inflows. This, he said, included about $5 billion invested in start-up ventures.

(Agencies)

Los Angeles, Feb 6: Singer Taylor Swift will soon launch her own mobile game. The "Shake it off" hitmaker is teaming up with Glu Mobile for a "new, one-of-a-kind digital gaming experience" which is currently slated for a global release in the late 2016.

"We realize that Taylor and her global fan base expect a new and highly differentiated mobile gaming experience," said Glu CEO Niccolo de Masi. "Glu is equally committed to designing never before seen gameplay elements that utilise Taylor`s unique creativity. Accordingly, we will spend the required development time to ensure this innovation is achieved," Masi added.

The idea to create the game seems to come sud-

denly as the 26-year-old previously shared that she wanted to be more spontaneous in doing things this year, unlike what she did in the previous years.

"What I`m looking forward to in 2016 is not knowing what`s next.

I`ve always planned my career a year or two in advance, and I refused to do that this time," she explained. "`1989` was such a huge chapter in my life and career, and it`s an exciting thought to let the story write itself now for a while," she added. The company has previously released top games with Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry. Becoming the first celebrity-based game, "Kim Kardashian: Hollywood" has had a massive success.

The game garnered just over $43 million in its first three months. (Agencies)

Washington, Feb 6: The Firefox smartphone operating system is being shut down, three years after a launch aimed at challenging the dominant platforms powered by Apple and Google, developers said Thursday. The operating system created by the Mozilla developer community as an opensource system failed to gain traction in mobile devices, according to a statement from Mozilla developer George Roter.

"Through the work of hundreds of contributors we made an awesome push and created an impressive platform in

Firefox OS," he said in a blog post. "However, as we announced in December, the circumstances of multiple established operating systems and app ecosystems meant that we were playing catch-up, and the conditions were not there for Mozilla to win on commercial smartphones." Roter said Mozilla has set "our plan to end-of-life support for smartphones after the Firefox OS 2.6 release" which means that "Firefox OS for smartphones will no longer have staff involvement beyond May." In 2013, Mozilla announced a tie-up with

Mozilla developer, George Roter. Source: i.ytimg

Spanish-based GeeksPhone to introduce two low-cost devices powered by Firefox.

Firefox devices made by

China's ZTE and TCL were announced in 2014 at a cost as low as USD 25. Roter said Mozilla made the decision as part of a push "to pivot from 'Firefox OS' to 'connected devices'" and would be focusing on developing open-source software for the Internet of Things -- a category which includes everything from connected cars to lightbulbs. "As of today, we have three projects that have passed the first gate including (a) smart TV and about a dozen more projects are prepping for review," he said.

(Agencies)

Berger Paints hits lifetime high on strong Q3 results ANI Mumbai, Feb 6: Berger Paints India has moved higher by 4% to Rs 278, also its lifetime high on the BSE, after the company reported a strong 38% year on year (YoY) jump in net profit at Rs 101 crore for the

TECHNOLOGY Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Price: Rs 46,700/1. Build and Design The glass and metal design philosophy that Samsung adopted for its flagships, continues with the Note 5.

The phone has curved glass on the back and a sheet of Gorilla Glass 4 on the front.

2. Display If you've read out Galaxy S6 Edge Plus review, you already know how good the Note 5's display is. The 5.7 inch QHD SAMOLED display is one of the best out there. What's interesting is that Samsung has toned down the yellowish-ness of the display. The Galaxy S6 Edge has a pretty warm display, to the point that it looks like the odd one out when placed next to an LG G4 and Sony Xperia Z3+, but the Note 5's display is not as warm as we've come to expect from Samsung. Colours are really vivid on the display, and if you've liked

Amir Khan no more the brand ambassador of Snapdeal

Bollywood actor, Aamir Khan who was also the as brand ambassador of Snapdeal for last year. Source: clickitnews

New Delhi, Feb 6: Online retailer Snapdeal will not renew its contract with bollywood actor Aamir Khan as brand ambassador for the second term, a financial daily has reported.

As per report, Aamir had signed a one-year endorsement deal with Snapdeal that ends this month.

However, the company is in no mood to renew the contract further.

It may be recalled that Khan was at the centre of a raging debate after he expressed "alarm and despondency" over the rise in incidents of intolerance in the country. While hashtags like #Appwapsi and #SayNoToSnapDeal were trending, Snapdeal was downgraded in Google Playstore by few notches. Many denizens, enraged by super star

Aamir Khan's views on rising intolerance in India, vented their frustration on social networks and deleted e-commerce app to show protest against Snapdeal. Snapdeal distanced itself from the remark saying the comments made by the actor were "in his personal capacity" and it was in no way connected with them.

"Snapdeal is neither connected nor plays a role in comments made by Aamir Khan in his personal capacity. Snapdeal is a proud Indian company built by passionate young Indians focused on building an inclusive digital India," Snapdeal said in a statement. It may also be recalled that Khan was recently dropped as the mascot of 'Incredible India' campaign. (Agencies)

Rs.300 cr. Raised by Hero Future through Firefox smartphone operating system climate bond sale

to be destroyed by Mozilla

Taylor Swift, famous singer from the West. Source: playbuzz

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Source: fs01.androidpit Samsung displays till now, this one's to die for, just like the S6 Edge Plus.

3. Performance Benchmarks don't ever suffice for performance testing, but Samsung's got both the aspects covered with its Exynos 7 Octa processor. This is the same processor that runs on the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge and the S6 Edge Plus.

4. Battery All the performance though, usually take a toll on the battery life, so when Samsung allowed a 3,000 mAh battery, I was somewhat disappointed. You're talking about a 5.7 inch QHD display here, along with a powerful octacore processor.

third quarter ended December 31, 2015 (Q3FY16) on back of strong operational performance and lower finance cost. The company posted a profit of Rs 73 crore in the same quarter last fiscal.

Meanwhile, net sales of

the company grew 10% YoY at Rs 1,074 crore, while total expenditure rose 6% to Rs 925 crore over the previous year quarter.

The company said earnings before depreciation, interest and tax (EBDIT)

shot up 29% YoY to Rs 182 crore. EBDIT margin expanded 250 basis points to 16.9% in Q3.

The board declared an interim dividend of Re 0.65 per equity share of Re 1 each fully paid (i.e.

65%) for the financial year 2015-16.

Gurgaon, Feb 6: Hero Future Energies, a Hero Group firm that focuses on solar and wind projects, has raised about Rs.300 crore by issuing certified climate bonds for expanding its wind power business. "This is one of the most cost-effective ways of raising capital now.

These are basically zerocoupon bonds and you get a reasonable tenure.

Since these bonds are certified for use of proceeds for green energy projects, you get lot of investors who are willing to invest in such instruments," said Sunil Jain, CEO of Hero Future Energies. "We are expanding our wind power business in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. "In AP, we are doing a 240 MW single site project.

By the end of May 2016, we will have about 600 MW of wind projects.

Also, we will have pipeline of another 800 MW," said Mr.Jain. Hero Future Energies said it was the first Indian company to issue climate bond certi-

Sunil Jain, CEO of Hero Future Energies.

Source: herofutureenergies

fied by the Climate Bonds Initiative Standards Board, an international, investor-focused not-forprofit organisation "Debt financing through alternative financing products such as bonds have seen reasonable success as they also attract alternative investors, including those who are looking to invest in green projects or emerging markets, etc.

However, the debt raising capacity is still linked to near-term performance, assets available as collaterals, etc," said Sai Venkateshwaran, Partner and Head, Accounting Advisory Services, KPMG in India.

(Agencies)

Birla Corp settles cement deal with RInfra Ahmedabad, Feb 6: Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) sold its cement business arm to Birla Corporation for Rs 4,800 crore, a deal that will help Anil Ambani-led Group lower its debt burden.

"RInfra recently announced the signing of share purchase agreement with Birla Corporation Limited, the flagship Company of the M P Birla Group, in relation to 100 percent sale of its subsidiary RCCPL," the Reliance Group company said in a statement. "Deal values cement business at Rs 4,800 crore at USD 140/ tonne," it said adding that the proceeds will be utilised for debt reduction.

RCCPL has an integrated

cement capacity of 5.08 million tonne per annum (MTPA) at Maihar, Madhya Pradesh and Kundanganj, Uttar Pradesh and a grinding unit of 0.5 Mtpa at Butibori, Maharashtra. "Under this transaction Birla Corporation Ltd will acquire the 100 percent shareholding of RInfra in RCCPL. The transaction is subject to approval of the Competition Commission of India and other applicable regulatory approvals," the company said. It added that SBI Capital Markets acted as the financial advisors to RInfra for this transaction.

RInfra is one of the largest infrastructure companies, developing projects through various special

purpose vehicles (SPVs) in several high growth sectors such as power, roads, metro rail, cement and defence. Birla Corporation

has presence across cement and jute and cement constitutes over 90 percent of the company's revenues. With a total opera-

tional cement capacity of 10 MTPA, it has units in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. (Agencies)

A RESOLVED DEAL Ø RInfra sold its cement business arm to Birla Corporation for Rs 4,800 crore, a deal that will help Anil Ambani-led Group lower its debt burden. Ø RInfra announced the signing of share purchase agreement with Birla Corporation Limited, the flagship Company of the M P Birla Group, in relation to 100 percent sale of its subsidiary RCCPL. Ø RCCPL has an integrated cement capacity of 5.08 million tonne per annum (MTPA) at Maihar, Madhya Pradesh and Kundanganj, Uttar Pradesh and a grinding unit of 0.5 Mtpa at Butibori, Maharashtra. Ø Under this transaction Birla Corporation Ltd will acquire the 100 percent shareholding of RInfra in RCCPL.

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Indian archers 4 gold, 4 silver medals PTI Shillong, Feb. 6: Indian archers today confirmed four gold and as many silver medals in the individual recurve and compound sections at the 12th South Asian Games here.

South Asian Games defending champion Tarundeep Rai and Gurucharan Besra along with former world number one Deepika Kumari and Bombayla Devi Laishram stormed into the final of recurve men's and women's sections respectively in the morning session at the Polo Ground.

In the afternoon session, Abhishek Verma and Rajat Chauhan posted contrasting wins, while Purvasha Shende and Jyoti Surekha secured easy victories in the men's and women's semis in the compound section to confirm their final berths.

It will be an all-Indian affair in the individual compound

and recurve finals on February 8 and 9 as India have so far ensured four gold and four silver medals.

A confident India head coach Dharmendra Tiwary told PTI: "Now there's no stopping for us. I was only concerned about a setback in the individual sections but all of them did overwhelmingly well. A clean sweep of 10 gold medals is certainly on the cards."

It was a tale to two seasoned Army archers making a comeback after a layoff as 2010 Dhaka SA Games defending champion and twotime Olympian Rai and Besra sailed into the final with easy wins against their respective opponents.

Having qualified as the top seed and getting a bye into the quarters, Rai warded off a stiff challenge from Bhutanese Kinly Tshering 6-5 before downing Prem Prasad Pun of Nepal 6-2.

Rai took a 4-0 lead beating

Pun 27-24, 28-26 in the first two ends before the Nepalese pulled one back with 28-27, but the Sikkimese archer sealed the issue 2927 in the fourth end.

Rai is not taking his Army colleague Besra lightly as the Jharkhand archer is coming back to an international competition for the first time since 2001.

Besra, incidentally, had given Rai nightmares in the final of

the National Games in January last year by taking the match into the tie-breaker before the latter clinched the gold.

"It will be a 50-50 game. Each of us know our strength and weakness. It will be all about shooting well on the given day," Rai said.

In the women's recurve, Olympic hopeful and former world no 1 Deepika stamped her class to outplay Beauty Ray of Bangladesh 6-0 to set up a final clash against Bombayla.

"We've played many times against each other. Let's hope for the best," Deepika, who has been picked for the Padma Bhushan Award this year, said.

Having got a bye into the quarters, Deepika first ousted Sonam Deki of Bhutan 6-2 before blanking the Bangladeshi with ease.

Second seeded Bombayla, on the other hand, survived a scare against Sri Lankan

Anuradha Karunaratne, who took the match to tie-breaker after they were locked 5-5.

Bombayla sealed the issue 6-5 with a 10-8 win in the tiebreaker.

In the semis, Bombayla and Karma of Bhutan were levelled 2-2 before the former clinched it 6-2.

In the compound section which has been introduced for the first time in the SA Games, the Indian team reigned supreme.

A historic silver medallist in the World Cup Final, Verma of Delhi beat Kishore Kumar Gurung 144-138 in the quarters before ousting Tshewang Dorji 148-135 in the semis, to set up a clash against teammate Chauhan.

Chauhan also had little difficulty as he outplayed Udaya Indrajith 146-134 in the last eight and in the semis he showed Tashi Deljor of Bhutan the exit door with a close 145-142 win.

Ranji Trophy: Assam shock Punjab by 51 runs to enter semi-final Valsad, Feb. 6: Medium pacer Arup Das wreaked havoc with figures of 8/ 83 as an unfancied Assam continued their giant-killing spree in the Ranji Trophy, defeating Punjab by 51 runs to enter the semifinals in Valsad on Saturday.

Needing 288 for victory, Punjab were precariously placed at 224 for eight, needing 64 runs to win with just two wickets in hand. They were finally all out for 236. The final day's play lasted barely 20 minutes as Assam got the two final two wickets in 3.2 overs with the addition of only 12 runs.

him in front in the very second over of the day. In his next over, Arup brought joy for the Assam camp as Deepak Bansal was also trapped in front of the stumps as the Punjab second innings ended in 63.2 overs.

First it was Geetansh Khera (35), who got a delivery from Arup that moved in a shade to trap

Even though Assam were skittled out for 101 in their second innings, they did well enough to get a huge

A file photo first innings lead of 186 runs which enabled them to set a defendable target.

Assam will play Saurashtra in the last-four clash.

Brief Scores: Assam 323 & 101.

Punjab 137 & (target 288) 236 all out (Gurkeerat Singh 64, Mayank Sidhana 43). Assam won by 51 runs.

IPL auction 2016: Yuvi to play Hazard reveals he apologised to for Sunrisers, sold at Rs. 7 crore Mourinho after Chelsea sacking ANI Bengaluru, Feb. 6 : Southpaw Yuvraj Singh was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for Rs. seven crore during the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction here on Saturday.

Pacer Ashish Nehra got richer by Rs. five and a half crore, as he also joined the Orange Army

Yuvraj Singh

of SRH. Yuvraj played for Kings XI Punjab and Pune Warriors India in the IPL before being snapped up by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2014 Player Auction for a whopping 14 crores, the all-rounder broke that record at the 2015 Player Auction when he was snapped up

by Delhi Daredevils for 16 crores.

Arguably Team India's best limited-overs allrounder in recent years, Yuvraj emerged as the highest paid player in the last year's auction.

Among the nine marquee players, Yuvraj Singh, Kevin Pietersen, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra and Shane Watson have the highest base price of Rs two crore

Klopp dismisses Daniel Sturridge's Liverpool exit rumours ANI Johannesburg, Feb. 06 : Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has dismissed speculations that striker Daniel Sturridge could be leaving the Anfield club at the end of the season amidst public criticism of his injury record.

Sturridge made just six appearances this season before being sidelined with a hamstring injury since early December.

The England striker endured fitness issues for much of his three years

at Anfield, limiting his playing chances that prompted Klopp to voice out his frustration.

Reports began circulating on Friday saying Sturridge was unhappy with constant criticism of his injury record and was likely to secure a transfer in the close-season.

Dismissing the speculations as having little substance, Klopp disclosed that Sturridge had been back in training for the past two days and requires consistent training in order to be fit for the

game with a hand injury.

The 39-year-old veteran batsman sustained injuries while attempting a catch during the semi-final of the recently-concluded Super T20 Provincial Tournament and is likely to join his team mates for the second

Eden Hazard lationship with several members of the squad.

Hazard said that he had

Cricket club on top in first day Jurgen Klopp Premier League football, Sport24 reported.

The German said that they had tried everything they could to bring the

England international back to his best shape, adding that Liverpool are now hoping to get the benefit of that work.

Sri Lanka bring in Dickwella as cover for injured Dilshan ANI Colombo, Feb. 06 : Wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella has been included in Sri Lanka's T20 squad against India as a replacement for Tillakaratne Dilshan, who will miss the opening

ANI London, Feb. 06 : Chelsea's misfiring striker Eden Hazard, who failed to replicate his rich vein of form from last season, has revealed that he had apologised to Jose Mourinho via a text message in the aftermath of the sacking of the former manager.

Mourinho was axed by Chelsea in December after guiding them to the Premier League title, with the defending champions languishing near the relegation zone in the wake of his strained re-

match in Ranchi on February 12, ESPNcricinfo reported.

Earlier, Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews were ruled out of the entire series due to their respective injuries.

Dickwella, who has played four Tests and one

ODI, has been rewarded for his good run in the Super T20 tournament where he accumulated 189 runs in six innings. He is yet to make his debut in the 20-over format.

The first match of the three-match series will begin on Tuesday.

Sports Reporter For CCD, Muktar Dibrugarh, Feb. 6: Hussain claimed five for Cricket Club Of 24 in 10 overs.

Dibrugarh took a 39 runs Phanindar Sonowal lead against Jhalukpara bagged three for 27 in 10 Boys’ Club in the semi- overs. final match of the two day Rajanu Bora Senior In reply, CCD scored Divi164 for s i o n Rajanu Bora Cricket 6 at cricket stumps. tournament organized by Siddhart Doshi remained Dibrugarh District Sports unbeaten on 38 off 94 deAssociation at DDSA liveries with five boundstadium here today. aries. Jyoti Aditiya Chetia scored 36 off 73 Electing to bat first, JBC balls, hitting three were bowled out for 129 boundaries and two in 41.3 overs. Vatsal sixes and Ishan Ahmed Bawari scored 28 off 75 chipped in with 27 off deliveries with four 30 balls. boundaries and one Srijit Das contributed maximum and Nanak 25 off 46 balls.

Singh contributed 26 off 36 balls, smashing four For JBC, Sandeep fours. Monu Nirmal re- Sharma scalped three mained unbeaten on 23 for 18 in 11.1 overs and off 49 balls with two Wasim Ahmed took two boundaries. for 31 in 10 overs.

texted Mourinho to say sorry after the Portuguese manager parted

ways with the Stamford Bridge club, adding that he felt a little bit guilty as he underperformed despite being the player of the year, the Mirror reported.The Belgian international, however, lamented the shocking collapse of the reigning champions saying, "For a team of champions to go through what we have this year even I can't explain."Chelsea are 13th in the league standings and host Manchester United on Sunday in their bid to continue their slow ascent up the Premier League table.

Janet Roach claims Shane Warne surprised her with `booty call`

Shane Warne ANI Melbourne, Feb. 6 : The 'Real Housewife of Melbourne' star Janet Roach has claimed that Shane Warne sent her a "booty call".In the first episode of Foxtel series of ' Real Housewife of Melbourne', Roach said that the 46-year-old cricketer has sent her a message asking her to go out. She added, she refused to go as she had an appearance that night, News.com.au reports.

She added, Warne, whom she knew from the social circuit, then offered to stay at her house, adding that was not the kind of a date she was looking for.

On the other hand, Warne, who was accused of messaging an engaged page three girl in the UK said in one of his interviews that he gets lonely and that it is very difficult to find a person to settle down with.

Amla brands `underdressed` Warner, Marsh steer Australia to series-levelling win over Kiwis reporter claims as `fake

Hashim Amla

batsman added.

Reports began to circulate on Friday suggesting that Amla, who is a strict believer and follower of Islam, was not comfortable that the TV host was wearing a skirt and a low-neck top, Sport24 reported.

national against England at Port Elizabeth.

"As a South African I have the greatest respect for people of all faiths and cultures. I will never impose my beliefs on anybody else. #peace," the 32-year-old

Amla then agreed to be interviewed after the woman quickly changed her dress.

South Africa won the preceding T20 and ODI series against India before losing the four-match Test series 3-0 under Amla's captaincy.

ANI Johannesburg, Feb. 06 : David Warner and Mitchell Marsh produced contrasting performances on Saturday as Australia claimed a thrilling fourwicket win over New Zealand in the second one-day international to send the three-match game to a decider.

Chasing a winning target of 282, Australia lost six wickets before holding their nerve to clinch the victory with 21 balls to

spare at Wellington.

The tourists suffered a middle-order batting collapse after a strong 122-run opening stand between Warner and Usman Khawaja (50).

Warner (98) fell two runs short of completing his sixth ODI century as he was trapped lbw by Mitchell Santner, who was the pick of the bowlers for New Zealand with three scalps.

Following the dismissal of Warner, Australia needed 90 runs to clinch the cru-

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cial win as an unbeaten 69 from Mitchell Marsh and John Hastings not out 48 helped the tourists to get them over the line, Sport24 reported.

Earlier, New Zealand relied on Kane Williamson (60) and Santner's tail-end partnership with Adam Milne to post 281 for nine after winning the toss.

New Zealand won the first match by 159 runs and now the series will now go to a decider in Hamilton on Monday

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ANI Johannesburg, Feb. 06 : South Africa batsman Hashim Amla on Saturday categorically rejected claims that he had asked a female TV host to dress appropriately before he eventually agreed to give her an interview during their tour of India. "hey cumon peeps, 95% of stuff on d Internet r fake..but u knew dat right? Certainly I have never asked any reporter to dress for my liking (sic), Amla wrote on Twitter ahead of the second inter-

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New album 'Zigar' by Bahnim Mahanta A new album with six songs titled 'Zigar' rendered by a gifted newcomer Bahnim Mahanta was released at the Guwahati Press Club recently. A winner of the best singer award for two consecutive years at Guwahati College, Bahnim also achieved considerable successes at the inter-college competitions held in Gauhati University for the sessions 2010-11 and 201112. An offspring of parents, retired BSNL employee Madan Chandra Mahanta and wellknown astrologer and Vastu Shastra specialist Dr Menaka Mahanta, Bahnim has performed with emotions, and a lot of feeling in his debut album, which was appreciated by everyone present on the day of release. The album was in the making for more

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than two and a half years, but it was worth it all the same. 'Kajal Boron Kanya', 'Daak Oi Daak', 'Mor Gat Lagil Soni' and 'Oi Jaan Huni Ja' are written and tuned by Dharmendra Nath, while 'Mone Mone Aahi's lyrics and tunes are by singer Tarali Sarma. Another song 'Numali Naach Pomili Naach' is written

by Dharmendra Nath and tuned by Tarali Sarma.

All the songs are worth listening to, and should appeal listeners of good music. On the day of release, the traditional lamp was lighted by noted singer and the music director of 'Zigar', Tarali Sarma. The well-known guests who graced the occasion include actormusician Bhagwat Pritam, singer Anupam Saikia, Bahnim's Borgeet Guru Krishna Goswami, among others.

Vin Diesel keen to Work with Deepika Padukone Hollywood action star Vin Diesel has revealed that he always wanted to work with Deepika Padukone and will share screen with the Bajirao Mastani actor in the upcoming XXX: The Return of Xander Cage.

Deepika was almost cast in Diesel's Furious 7 but things did not materialise at that time. But now, the 48-year-old actor in a video, has revealed that he is excited to finally get an opportunity to collaborate with the Bajirao Mastani star. "You have heard some of the casting, you have heard about Deepika, who is somebody I have wanted to work with for a long time. We were really close to working together in Furious 7 and we are going to have a blast," Diesel said. "I have been dying to work with someone from Bollywood and

Kangana loves to have Kriti Sanon on contradicting opinions preparation mode

Source: ourtimebd bridge that gap, and I think there is something very multi-cultural about that, and very exciting. I think she is going to be just such a delight. I think the world is going crazy over

her character," he added.

Earlier, Deepika said that she is both excited and nervous about her big Hollywood debut. The 30year-old actress has been training hard for XXX:

The Return of Xander Cage, which is being directed by DJ Caruso. Besides Deepika and Diesel, the film's cast also boasts of names like Samuel L Jackson and Jet Li.

TICKLE YOUR TASTE BUDS Qubani Ka Meetha (Stewed Apricot Dessert) Ingredients :

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ions, oppositions and neuro criticism. It is actually perfect to have contradicting opinion and there is nothing wrong in that," Kangana told reporters when asked whether celebrities should speak on national matters The "Queen" star, who was in the capital to inaugurate a table reservation app

by Big Fish Ventures, said people can have different perspective. "I feel that when someone says something or speaks something, it definitely goes through many filters, it is notthat they want to reconstruct or distort it, its just that the other person's perspective is going to be different," she said. The actress is not on social media and said she does not want to be a part of it as she is a private person.

Kangana Ranaut feels celebrities should not be bothered about clarifying their stand after giving statements on the current issues. Recently a string of Bollywood A-listers including Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan had to bore the brunt of outrage after they expressed their opinion on controversial matter like

intolerance."The way you have expressed something and the way others have received, perceived, consumed, assessed and utilised is definitely going to be different depending on their outlook towards life."So, that much liberty we should take. We should be thick skinned as that helps environment. People have loads of contradictory opin-

Aamir's footsteps followed by Aditi

'Neerja'… a budget film Sonam Kapoor starrer "Neerja" has been made under budget, says director Ram Madhvani. "I shot this film in 31 days. Our film is under budget... that's very rare. It's tough that you have to keep the economic environment in mind and keeping that in mind is great because (as a director) you have all the responsibility," said Madhvani. While he did not reveal the film's budget, it has been reported that the film has been made within Rs.21 crore. Madhvani stressed on the importance

½ Cup Dried Apricots 3 tbsp Sugar- As per taste 2 Crushed Green Cardamom ( Elaichi) 1 tsp Lemon juice

Source: indiancinemagallery Dinesh Vijan recently announced his directorial debut which is a love story starring Kriti Sanon and Sushant Singh Rajput. The photo shoot that the duo did together also created a lot of stir and people spoke about very well of their chemistry. After a great year with being a part of such a big film Dilwale (her second project), we now hear that Kriti Sanon has dedicated an entire month in order to prepare

for her third film.The script demands her to learn and work on a couple of things and the actress has already started getting into the skin of her character.

Kriti likes to pick up the nuances and intricately work on things.The readings, meetings etc have already started and the actress is super excited to start shooting for the film. They will be starting shoot for the same in the start of March.

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of making films in the "right budget" as he feels "that's the only way you can make your next film". Madhvani made his directorial debut with the English language film "Lets Talk", which released in 2002."I am coming back after 14 years. I come from the advertising world, so I was busy with that. Various things didn't work out... may be there was this plan that wait until 'Neerja' comes my way."

"Neerja", presented by Fox Star Studios, will release on February 19.

Source: hotstarz Aditi Rao Hydari will render the National Anthem today at a Pro Kabaddi League match in Visakhapatnam. Apart from acting and dancing, Aditi considers herself a singer too and hopes to croon a song in one of her films.

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'Bigg Boss 9', Salman and Katrina Kaif will share the stage again in one of the upcoming episodes of 'Comedy Nights Live'. Kat, along with her 'Fitoor' co-star Aditya Roy Kapur and director Abhishek Kapoor, was promoting

her film on the comedy s h o w. To e v e r y o n e ' s surprise, Salman Khan, who was shooting for his film 'Sultan', in an adjoining set in Film City, dropped in. He then made an appearance on the show with Kat and Co.

For Garnishing : Apricot kernels Slice of roasted and blanched Almonds and Pistachios 1 pinch Saffron threads optional 1 Edible Silver leaf (Warq) Optional ½ Cup Malai or Thick Cream or Wipped Cream Method In a deep bowl wash and add dried Apricots cover with water and soak overnight.

Once the apricots is moist and swollen, remove apricots with a slotted spoon and then drain the apricots from the soaking liquid water aside. (The soaking syrup is used for preparing the meetha).

Then de-seed and keep aside. Do not throw away the Apricot seed/pit crack the seed remove the (Apricot Kernels) for garnishing.

In a non-stick saucepan at a medium heat, Add soaking

liquid and plump apricots. Allow to boil for 10- 15 minutes .

Add sugar and stir until it has completely dissolves.

At a low heat add few drops of lemon juice to prevent caramelisation , crush cardamom and saffron, Stir often to prevent burning, if required, sprinkle little water or milk to prevent from burning.

Meanwhile crack the seed with a nutcracker to extract the nuts and blanch nuts in boiling water for 1 minute and remove the skin and keep aside.

Then mash apricots with spoon occasionally, Do not cook on a high heat, Stir occasionally until apricots are soft and pulpy and mushy if needed add water or milk.

Remove from the heat when it reaches the desired thick consistency or into thick Compote.

Allow Qubani to cool.

Garnish with apricot kernels, Almonds and Pistachios and with Malai or Wiped Cream or custard. Serve with warm or cool and Enjoy it :)

Aditya develops a fetish for shoes Aditya Roy Kapur is often asked on his learnings from his upcoming release Fitoor. While the actor says he has a lot to take away from the personality of his character 'Noor', Aditya has also realized the importance of shoes in dressing up.

In the film, Aditya's character has been shown wearing not-so-good shoes in a part of the film, where he is put under scrutiny by all the people around him, including his lady love Firdaus. So after Fitoor, Aditya has become more conscious about his shoes.

The actor has realized that a lot of people, especially girls judge you by your shoes. Aditya has now started shopping

Source: azure2.static.youthconnect specifically for shoes. He is implementing this change in his personal life and is paying a lot of attention to the kind of shoes he wears.

From casual sneakers to

the formal black and brown, Aditya is going all out to shop for the best pairs of shoes.The actor is shopping online for these. Looks like after Fitoor, the actor has got a fetish for shoes.

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