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Sonowal requests PM Modi to release Rs CM Kalikho Pul conducts third 10,000 crore crude oil royalty to the State Public Dharbar at Itanagar A Staff Reporter Guwahati, Jun11

Attending to the grievances of the general public, Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, despite his hectic tour to national capital, conducted the third Public Dharbar at his Official Residence just after arriving from New Delhi which begin at 4:00 PM here today.

People from various categories viz the disabled, sick, mentally retarded, poor and destitute, etc came to meet the Chief Minister to seek help and assistance from him.

This time, more than 100 people from the remote and far flung districts like Kurung Kumey, Dibang Valley, Lower Dibang Valley, KraaDadi, West Siang, Upper Siang, Anjaw, Tirap, Changlang, Upper Subansiri, Lower Subansiri, West Kameng etc also attended the Public Dharbar to submit

CM Pul during the third Public Darbar held at Itanagar. ET Photo their grievances before the Chief Minister.

Despite the scorching heat,

around 800 people including 60 disabled and sick persons waited patiently since morning to get an audience of the Chief

Minister Pul who swiftly address their applications and grievances with the support of the CMO staffs.

NAC submits representation to ADC Deomali demanding immediate action to restore power supply ET Correspondent Deomali, June 11

After reeling in darkness for the last five days, the Panchayat and public leaders of 54th Namsang Assembly Constituency submitted a representation to the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Deomali demanding immediate action to restore power supply at the earliest.

ET CAPSULES Citizens’ group asks Sonowal to boost upper Assam Guwahati, June 11: A citizens’ platform in Dibrugarh has asked Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal to make use of the Act East Policy in boosting the overall economy of the upper Assam region that is geographically closer to Myanmar and other south-east Asian countries.

“Proper implementation of India’s Act East Policy could help bring about a major turnaround in the economy of eastern Assam along with the adjoining states of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland. This is all the more required in the backdrop of China making major strides in developing its so-long underdeveloped western region under its Western Development Programme since 1999,” a memorandum submitted to Sonowal by the Dibrugarh-based Policy Group for Peoples’ Rights (PGPR) said.

Souvenir on Madanlal Khaitan Golaghat, June 11: A souvenir in the fond memory of one of the great social activist, intellectual Madanlal Khaitan will be released on June 12 .

The Sanatan Dharma Samaj of Golaghat has taken the initiative to publish the souvenir.

The members of Sanatan Dharma Samaj seeks the presence of all in the souvenir releasing ceremony to be held at Sanatan Puja Mandap in Golaghat at 2:30 PM. (Correspondent)

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Informing that the entire populace of Deomali, along with the entire Tirap district, has been suffering during this unbearable hot summer, the members said that the laxity of officials of the Deomali Electrical Division during this hour of crisis has been absolutely disappointing.

“Schools and colleges have

also reopened and the condition of students is miserable”, they said.

The members also alleged that Executive Engineer (Power) T Jerang and Assistant Engineer D Boje are untraceable and presumed to be escaping from their responsibilities.

“The utter callousness and blatant disregard of public

service by the concerned authority has caused deep anguish and resentment among the people of Deomali and the rest of the district. The patience of the deprived people has been pushed beyond limit and further delay of power supply may not auger well for the situation, which is already volatile”, the representation further read.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official 7 Race Course Road residence here today and submitted a memorandum and a White Paper on the State’s finances. In the 25-minute discussion with the Prime Minister, the first after becoming the Chief Minister, Sonowal pointed out the State’s precarious financial condition with about Rs 10,000 crore committed liabilities it has inherited from the previous Government. Sonowal said that while the State Government has been shifting focus to augment internal resources without depending on the Central Government alone, the State’s existing ‘precarious financial position’ has necessitated special support from the Centre, more so during the transitional phase.

The Chief Minister said that his Government has been seriously trying to tap the inner strengths of the State within the limited capacity and resources to generate internal resources, attracting investments and building on the core strengths.

“Our Government has decided to surge ahead with Restructuring Systems and Technology for Augmentation of Resources for Transformed Assam (ReSTART Assam) to mop up maximum possible resources through a coordinated and concerted mission mode programme with four-pronged action plan viz., rationalize the revenue collection through reforms and restructuring of policy, legislations and administration; mobilizing additional resources in a big way through Externally Aided Projects; focusing on institutional reforms for improving public finance management with focus on investments in critical sectors and on large scale IT-enabled

Sonowal during his meeting with Modi in New Delhi systems with ‘near-zero human interface’ and real time monitoring of revenue collection,” he said.

Pointing out that the timebound action plan ‘would bear fruits only after two-three years’, the Chief Minister said in the interim period while there is a need to focus on development, the State needs about Rs 10,000 crore to honour the committed liabilities accumulated over a period of time and other liabilities arising out of pay revision of employees.

‘Thinking big and coming up with transformational ideas’ as the driving force of his Government, Sonowal said this approach would enable the State to develop its resources internally through massive investments and not to be ‘dwarfed into the dependency attitude’. “Thinking big is the natural choice of our Government to usher in ‘paribartan’ (change) in the lives of the people of Assam who have given us an unprecedented mandate,” he quipped. The Chief Minister requested the Prime Minister for financial assistance for infrastructure projects such as roads, river, power and IT as well as service sector. “Our State would like to focus on developing multi-modal

Assam makes new plans to halt poaching of rhinos: Cops to join rangers in fight A Staff Reporter Guwahati, June 11

The newly elected government of the northeast state of Assam has launched plans to crack down on the poaching of the area's famed one-horned rhinos.

The state's Kaziranga National Park is home to the world's largest population of the rare rhinos, with more than 2,000 of the species. While overall poaching deaths have dropped over the last few years, a series of rhino killings

in 2016 has led the new government to renew antipoaching efforts.

The state's new environment minister, Pramila Rani Brahma, said Saturday that local police have been asked to join the offensive against poaching.

Previously, Kaziranga's forest rangers and anti-poaching staff handled this responsibility on their own.

On Tuesday, as Brahma and other officials visited Kaziranga to discuss the threat of poaching, a female rhino was shot dead by poachers in the vicinity.

In April, poachers killed a rhino at the 480-squarekilometer (185-square-mile) park hours after a visit by Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate.

Brahma said allegations that some park staff may be involved in the trade in rhino parts were also being

After the implementation of 85% pictorial warning norm on cigarettes packets on Supreme Court directive, sale of cigarette is seeing a nose-dive, with the horrific warnings turning away its potential new customer.

According to a panshop owner in Roing Township, Gautam says, ‘there is steep decline in the sales of cigarette after the pictorial warning came into effect. It is

only those who are already deeply into its clutches of addiction, are the ones buying it. Potential new smokers are now keeping themselves away’.

The shopkeeper’s view was endorsed by his wife, assisting him in the shop.

The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules 2014 were notified in October 2014 under which the size of the pictorial warning was to be increased, the intention being

ULFA cadre behind twin blasts in Tinsukia arrested Spl correspondent Tinsukia, June 11

investigated.

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Smokers circumvent pictorial warning on cigarette pack Jiko Linggi Roing, June 11

transport keeping Brahmaputra and Barak waterways as centre of design; four-lane roads connecting all district headquarters, hinterlands with markets across the borders; hydel (micro and mini), thermal and solar power plants so as to ensure 24X7 quality power supply; high speed broadband connectivity to each village and household, giving adequate thrust on tourism, BPO, industry and other associated employment-led service sectors and in making Assam an organic hub,” he said, pleading with the Prime Minister for requisite financial support over a period of five years to give a shot in the arm to the internal revenue generation efforts of the State Government.

Sonowal requested the Prime Minister to release the Rs 10,000 crore crude oil royalty to the State and to use his good offices to ensure price of crude oil at pre-discounted rate as in the case of Gujarat following an interim order of the Supreme Court. The Chief Minister pleaded for early release of the Rs 1226 crore the Ministry of Water Resources owes to the State under the Flood Management Programme (AIBP-FMP). Referring to the gaps in devolution of Central taxes and revenue deficit grants, Sonowal said while the 14th

to reach out to people who may be illiterate, or may not notice small warnings. The Centre had on April 1, 2016 brought in the 85% pictorial warning rule. The Supreme Court too directed the tobacco manufacturing companies to comply with the rules to display the pictorial warnings across 85% of the surface of packets of cigarettes after months of haggling in the apex court.

However, an adult smoker, Wilson Umbrey says the urge to take puff is

so strong that the horrid picture over the packet is overlooked. ‘Definitely the horrific pictorial warning register much better then in words, therefore, ways are devised to circumvent it’.

Umbrey revealed his secret method of buying cigarette packet. ‘In order to avoid having to look at the ‘horrific’ pictorial warning, I ask the shopkeeper to remove the packet and hand over the contents in its plastic wrappings’ said he accompanied by a laughter.

A joint team of Tinsukia police, 15 Kumaon Regiment of Indian army and CRPF on Saturday arrested an ULFA cadre accused of twin blasts at Tinsukia town in the month if April. The accused has been identified as Jitu Dahotia alias Jitu Moran.

According to sources, based in specific input security forces launched an operation at Assam-Arunachal border and arrested the ULFA cadre from Koriajan reserve forest. Jitu

Jitu Dahotia Dahotia followed instructions of hardcore ULFA cadre Arundoy Dahotia, sources added.

Assam to create land bank, single window clearance system in 100 days A Staff Reporter Guwahati, June 11

With unavailability of land being one of the prime reasons for investors shying away from Assam, the new BJP government has decided to address the issue immediately and with “sincerity” and “honesty”.

The state’s industry department has taken creation of a ‘land bank’ for industry as a target for first 100 days.

Setting up of a ‘single window clearance system’ too figures in the 100 days to-do list for the department.

Chandra Mohan Patowary,

Assam’s industry minister, told Eastern Today that the industries department has identified around 2,100 bighas of land lying unused and which once belonged to now defunct public sector companies and mills. It wants to make these lands part of the ‘land bank’ and make them available for the industry.

“We have found that many industrial lands are now lying unused with the revenue department. These lands once belonged to closed mills and public sector companies.

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A Staff Reporter Itanagar, June 11

Finance Commission in its assessment of state resource stated it had taken into account ‘cost disability or fiscal capacity’ and made efforts to fill the gaps in resources, in reality its recommendations did not reflect the same thus depriving Assam to a great extent. “Assam has been deprived to a great extent has been evident from the fact that while the State was awarded a revenue deficit grant of only Rs 3379 crore during 2015-20, smaller States like Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir were rewarded handsomely by 14th FC,” he added. In this context, the Chief Minister urged the Prime Minister to allot Rs 5,000 crore annually as a ‘special one-time revenue deficit grant so that the State can take up development projects as envisaged in our Vision Document 2016-2025.’

Following the Chief Minister’s plea for one-time help and support to trigger generation of its internal revenues and to minimize the State’s dependency on the Centre for grants, Prime Minister Modi assured all help and support to the new Government to bring turnaround in the economy of the State.

After meeting the Prime Minister, Chief Minister Sonowal drove straight to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s official residence at 2, Krishna Menon Marg and discussed a gamut of issues pertaining to the State’s present financial position and the need for the Centre to come up with special assistance to help the State tide over the crisis. The Chief Minister submitted the White Paper on the State’s finances his Government had brought out recently. Jaitley assured Sonowal of his Ministry’s support and help to bail out the State from the financial quagmire it finds itself in.

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PAGE 2 ASTRO FOR YOU Aries You are ever eager to socialize, and today especially, you may want to mix business with pleasure. You will be welcomed to join in group activities because you can work and play with equal enthusiasm. In fact, you may learn a lot from such a healthy exchange of ideas.

Taurus Light bulbs will flash relentlessly today, as you ideate in the fervor of a creative mood.

Your business acumen will help you negotiate problems with ease. The reticent Taurus charm will ring out loud in your laughter, as you deal with your bosses and colleagues at the workplace.

Gemini You will try to think up creative ways to perform your daily routine to get a break from the boredom and the rut of your daily schedule. You need to mingle more with people and practice some humility. Guests will come visiting at your home. You will spend the evening in conversation with your family, friends or neighbors.

Cancer You may feel like flaunting your so-called superior social and financial status today. Chances are that all that gas about how successful you are may end up exploding in your face, and you may end up spending a lot more than you would have liked. However, if you only stick to buying a household item for your spouse, it may turn out to be a pretty satisfying day.

Leo If it's a fresh start that you are looking for, then this day promises to give you just that. If you have chalked out plans for your future, today you may go ahead and implement some.

Remember that rushing blindly into anything is not the solution; it is always the slow and steady who wins the race. Consider executing your ideas in phases. It's easier to achieve targets in good time when they come in manageable bits.

Virgo Today, your power and finance will be greater than ever before. You will also be inclined to make monetary provisions for any future economic instability that may arise. The people around you will stand up and take notice of the leader in you. There may be unprecedented fluctuations in financial transactions.

Libra It's a full platter today, and you have to manage it all somehow. The day promises to be full of activities, especially those that involve writing letters and reviving old contacts. Expect a call to appear for an interview for a better job. Also, look forward to being put in charge of organizing events at work.

Scorpio You are one social butterfly today. However, shunning the gossips, you spread kindness and happiness in your social groups. People will look up to you today for this reason. What goes around, comes around; spread joy and you are sure to receive joy.

Sagittarius Watch out for Cupid's arrow today. Love will strike and strike hard. Alternatively, you may also find yourself in an argument with a loved one that ought to have been avoided. An evening of romance beckons… keep the roses ready and the carpet rolled to heal any bruises you might have caused.

Capricorn You may be attentive, as much as an eagle is while chasing its prey, but you still need to be careful when signing any important legal documents. Brokers and dealers, especially, are likely to incur heavy losses unless they take necessary precautions to avert misfortune.

Aquarius You will seek spirituality as you feel thoroughly dejected by your present situation. Even struggling courageously with circumstances requires a spiritual endeavor. These trying times give you the patience to deal intelligently with challenges and setbacks.

Pisces You are ceaselessly driven to find room for improvement. A part-time course to enhance your skills or to increase your efficiency is what you will likely be pursuing today.

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AASU and AJYCP felicitates meritorious students of Bokajan ET Correspondent Bokajan, June 11: In a bid to encourage students for higher academic achievements, AASU and AJYCP in separate felicitation programme honoured the meritorious students of Bokajan in East Karbi Anglong.

AASU has been felicitating meritorious students since past couple of years. Keeping with the tradition, the students’ body organised a felicitation programme and honoured around 50 students who secured above 70% in the lately declared HSLC results 2016. Each

student was called upon stage and honoured with an 'Assamese Phulaam Gamusa' and a citation.

Sarat Hazarika, Education Secretary, AASU was guest of honour in the occasion.

Meritorious students of Bokajan after the felicitation programe

Ill fate of NH-39 makes life miserable

Various Competitions Held on the Eve of Mahesh Navmi

ET Correspondent Bokajan, June 11: The busy NH-39 highway which incidentally happens to be the principal link to the state of Nagaland and Manipur passing through Bokajan via Nambor Reserve Forest is in a pathetic shape causing inconvenience to the commuters. The 60 KM stretch of road running between Nambor Reserve Forest and Lahorijan of Assam Nagaland interstate border is replete with trenches and potholes leading to frequent mishaps.

ET Correspondent Golaghat, June 11: Essay, Poetry, Slogan Writing, Carrom, Chess and various other competitions were held by the Maheswari Yuva Sangathan in Golaghat on the eve of Mahesh Navmi. An essay competition in memory of Kamla Devi Lahoti was held where Aruna Bajaj, Mina Nagori and Ranjana Binnani bagged first , second and third positions respectively . On the other hand in the KR Daga Memorial Junior Carrom Competition Mayank Jain won the singles title .

Strewn with up to one 1 ft ditch, the poor condition of this road poses serious threat to life and property.

Situation turns worse at times of rains and potholes being filled with water. Vehicle breaks down frequently and accidents are at common place as the risk of vehicles toppling these ditches always runs high.

The story of potholes claim-

ing lives in the highways are not new. Not only are lives being tragically lost in avoidable accidents but alarmingly, the victims are primarily held responsible while the civic agencies responsible for repair works are left to the oblivion of the general people.

Paramedic’s states that patients at the back of an ambulance are affected more in the attempt to navigate the roads than by their physical ailments for which they are being rushed to the hospital.

They find it increasingly difficult to perform medical procedures as they experience the bumpiest rides along this section of the highway.

There has been a murmur amongst the concerned citizens of this industrial town about the apathy of the concerned authorities at carrying out the much needed repair works. Some are of the

view that the civic authorities must form a immediate response team to fill up the potholes regularly as and when they appear rather than go through the time consuming tender processes to deal with the problems.

While talking to The Eastern Today, a noted social worker Sjt Bokul Chandra Borkotoky said, "The road is not in a motor able condition and commuters have to undergo the bitter experience of navigating this stretch of highway. The authorities are sometimes seen filling the potholes with loose roadside mud which are left eroded in no time.

The problem here is the fact that there is no a single mechanism to deal with the permanent solution of restoring the potholed roads in the state even though it cause diary to many who lose their lives resulting from the lack of maintenance."

World Environment Day celebration concludes

Phone No.-03732325456 E-mail -dibrugarh@air.org.in Facebook Page-All India Radio Dibrugarh Programme Highlights 12-6-16 (SUNDAY) 5-35 A.M-Bhaktigeeti (Devotional Songs) 6-10 A.M-Swasthya Charcha (Health Programme) 6-30 A.M-Bhajan From Films 7-15 A.M-Aajir Dinto (Morning Information Service) 8-35 A.M-Surar Panchoi (Composite Programme of Assamese Film Songs) 9-00 A.M- Antara (Composite Programme of Hindi Film Songs) 9-20 A.M-Seuji Chora (Children Programme)-1.Lokageet by Puja Das,2.Talk"Jeevan Gorhar Shiksha" by Himen Bhattacharya 12-05 P.M-Surar Satsori (Request Programme of Assamese Songs) 1-10 P.M-Gharjeuti-1.Short Story by Bela Bora, 2.Self Composed Poem Recitation by Shantichaya Saikia 2-30 P.M-Western Music 3-45 P.M-Programme in Miju Mishmi 4-05 P.M-Programme in Khamti 4-25 P.M-Programme in Wancho 4-45 P.M-News for Arunachal Pradesh 5-00 P.M-Programme in Idu 5-20 P.M-Programme in Tangsa 5-40 P.M-Programme in Nocte 6-15 P.M-Ganya Raijor Anusthan 7-45 P.M-Juye Poora Soon 8-00 P.M-Ekalabya 10-00 P.M-Classical Music Sd-/H.O.P

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ROING, Lower Dibang Valley, ARUNACHAL PRADESH. CLASS IX LATERAL ENTRY EXAMINATION NOTICE The JNVST (Selection Test) - 2016 for admission into CLASS IX (Lateral Entry) in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalata, Roing. District Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, which is Re scheduled to be held on SUNDAY the 19th JUNE, 2016 at 9.30 A.M. will be conducted in JNV Campus ROING. All the candidates and parents are hereby informed and requested to attend the same.

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On the other hand, AJYCP too in a separate programme on Friday felicitated around 150 1st Division holders in both HSLC and HSSLC examination 2016. The organisation honoured each student with an 'Assamese Phulaam Gamusa', a citation and a pen. Dr. Numal Momin, the newly elected MLA of Bokajan was present to grace the occasion.

ET Correspondent Sonari, June 11: The concluding function of weeklong celebration of World Environment Day organized under the joint banner of Charaideo district administration and 63 Field Regiment of Indian Army was held today in Sonari public auditorium.

Anchored by Mamoon Borkotoky, SDIPRO, Charaideo, the function got off to a colorful start with the performance of a classical group dance by students of Sonari Music Collage. This was followed by a power point presentation of the week

long programme by Mj. Dharayashil Siloth of 63 Field Regiment. Thereafter Monimala Phukan Borthakur, Deputy Commissioner, Charaideo delivered the welcome speech. In her speech she thanked every organization and individual who participated in the weeklong event and made it a success.

Thereafter Col. Rajiv Ranjan, Commanding Officer of 63 Field Regiment, Robin Konwar, retired principal of Sonari Collage and literary pensioner Rotiprova Gogoi, who attended the function as guest

of honors delivered there speech. In between students of Sonari Music Collage and other artists performed various cultural functions adding charm to the event which was attended by a large gathering.

The function came to an end with the felicitation of three meritorious students of Charaideo district who secured their names in the top twenty lists of the just declared result of Assam HSLC exams and presentation of prizes to the winners of the various competitions held as part of the World Environment Day celebration.

In Satyanarayan- Bimla

Chandak Memorial Carrom Doubles Competition winners were Dipak Sharma and Lalit Sharma . A Ludo competition was also held in fond memory of Radha Devi Chandak where Ankit Lahoti won. In Ramdev Ladha Memorial Chess Competition Dilip Bagri became the winner . In Slogan Writing competition Neha Bajaj , Sandeep Baheti and Manvi Binnani bagged the first , second and third prizes respectively . On the other hand in poetry competition the first , second and third prizes were given to Piyush Binnani, Chirag Somani and Kashish Lohia .

Sarat Mahanta memorial lecture on 18th June ET Correspondent Sivasagar, June 11: Dr. Dhurbajyoti Borathe, President of Assam Sahitya Sabha will deliver the third Prof. Sarat Mahanta Memorial Lecture at auditorium hall of Yuva Dol here in Sivasagar on June 18.

Dr Bora will speak on security of Assamese language-literature and culture: Present and Future.

This annual lecture is being organized by Sibsagar Press Club in the memory of eminent educationist, writer, social worker and Professor Sarat Mahanta on his birth anniversary, who was also a founder member of Sivasagar Press Club.

Professor Mahanta, who was professor of history at Sivasagar College, Joysagar, has also authored many books, including Polokote Eetu

Heetu, Akbar-Birbal Aru Neel Nodir Kotha and Concise History of Assam. Satradhikar of the historic Sri Sri Chaliha Bareghar Satra, Mahanta started his career as a teacher in Nazira Higher Secondary School, Sivasagar.

In 1964, he joined Sivasagar College and served as a distinguished member of the faculty at the Department of History for more than three decades and retired as the department’s head. He was an ardent champion of human rights and was a member of the Assam Human Rights Commission from 2003 to 2007.

He was also a prominent social worker and journalist.

Professor Mahanta who was the first to be honoured with Mufti Abdur Rahim Memorial Award by Rangpur Nagarik Mancha, passed away on June 18, 2013.

Assam Government takes significant steps for the students of Assam A Staff Reporter Guwahati, June 11: Government of Assam has decided that no provincialized Government Colleges of Assam will take fees including admission fees, tuition fees and all others fees from the students who will take admission in the current year in HS 1st year and TDC 1st year provided income of their parents is below or Rs. 1 Lakh per annum from all

sources, said Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, State Education Minister in a Press conference held today at his office conference hall.

The Minister also said that “Principals will take certificate regarding income of parents if the parents work either in state or Central Government then colleges, if they are working in private organization then the salary slip will have to be

produced while taking admission in from employer indicating that their salary is not above Rs.1 Lakh, if they are not working either in Government or in any private institute or organization then the certificate from the Circle Officer or Mouzadar will be considered. In addition to above three conditions, if the Principal and the Admission Committee in their wisdom feel that the in-

come of parents of a particular student or students is below or Rs.1.00 Lakh, then also concerned principal can give free admission to these students”.

After admission procedure is over, the concerned college will give a detailed accounts of the revenue loss to the Director of Higher Education (DHE) for reimbursement. After that, Director of Higher

Education (DHE) will compile college-wise compensation and put up the proposal to the Government for reimbursement. The reimbursement will be completed within two months from the submission of statement by the colleges. While calculating the compensation, the revenue due to the Government from tuition/ admission fees will not be included, he added.

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Chief Minister Kalikho Pul PRI leader locks Mariyang inspects sites in Guwahati to Electric Sub-Division Office accomodate state guesthouse Maksam Tayeng Maruyang/Pasighat, June 11: In a bid to send a tough message against all erring/ neglecting officials and staffs of Mariyang Sub-Division electrical department under Upper Siang District, the PRI leaders led by Yanggo Tayeng, Anchal Chairperson, Mariyang Mopom Block locked the Electrical Sub-Divisional

A Staff Reporter Guwahati, June 11 : Two new guesthouses that would accommodate Arunachali students, patients and officials is soon to come up at Guwahati.

In an effort to provide decent accommodation for Arunachali visitors in Guwahati city, Chief Minister Kalikho Pul today surveyed a plot of land in Rupnagar and a residential plot in six mile available for sale.

Accompanied by PPA state president Kahfa Bengia, the Chief Minister visited the site here in Rupnagar, which is now being proposed for a construction of state guesthouse.

A state guesthouse in Guwahati was a long felt need here as several students, patients and officials from the state faced accommodation problems in the existing buildings of the Arunachal government in the city.

Also Guwahati city being the meeting point for all seven northeastern states, the importance of having state guesthouse raised manifold.

The plot of land measuring 1 bigha had remained unclaimed for several years, without any permanent structures erected, though it was handed over to Arunachal government since many years by the Assam government.

road.

On inspection of the site, the Chief Minister found that land was being encroached upon.

He called up the Rupnagar circle officer and took assurance from him that the land would be made free of encroachers by June 13 and would be handed over to the state government.

The Chief Minister also called up Arunachali works department officials and instructed them to immediately depute officials on the site to start work of fencing to prevent encroachment.

The CM earlier inspected a four-storied residential plot in six mile, which the state government proposes to buy to provide accommodation facilities for Arunachali visitors. He inspected the building that accommodates 12 rooms and its water and toilet facilities.

The Chief Minister hoped that a state guesthouse in Guwahati city would benefit students from poor family background and also be of help to patients coming to the city for seeking advanced and specialized medical care.

He also instructed them to prepare proposals for construction of state guesthouse, and for construction work for RCC boundary wall. The CM further instructed them to prepare plan for construction of approach

Also officials from the Arunachal government have to visit Guwahati regularly to attend development meetings and a presence of state guesthouse would provide decent accommodation.

will be on two categories, short story and poem. It is also decided that APLS will request the Education Department to send a circular to all the schools and colleges of the state for participation from the students. The decision is taken in the view of encouraging the students in literary activities and creative writings and APLS will provide a platform to the young and talented students of the state.

During the sitting young mem-

bers of APLS Rissum Diyum recited a self composed English poem and Nomi Maga Gumro recited a heart touching Hindi Poem. Among others who participated in the literary session are new APLS member, Dopi Riba recited a self composed English poem while another new member Tenzing Metoh read out a true story based on rebirth which created further discussion about the myth behind the rebirth. The next APLS monthly sitting will be held on 9th of July next month.

Assam to create land bank, single window clearance system in 100 days Contd. from Page 1 We will soon take up the matter with the revenue department and claim those lands to form a land bank,” Patowary said.

Non-availability of land had been the “single largest” issue impeding investments in Assam, feels the industry.

“Non-availability of land has become a serious issue in Assam and the sooner the government addresses it, the better it is. All the investment proposals that did not materialise in recent past had land-availability problem,” R S Joshi, chairman of Federation of Industry and Commerce of North Eastern Region (FINER), said.

The industry body is of the view that even unused agricultural land should too be converted to industrial land in Assam. Patowary said that

According to ASM Chairperson Yanggo Tayeng, the electrical staffs like JE and AE of the division are very irregular in their duties and the office is presently taken care by only a meter reader, A.K. Das. “Due to negligence of officials and staffs, the Mariyang town and its peripheral villages are worst

hit by the erratic power supply. Despite our repeated appeal to rectify the erratic power supply, the officials were not paying any heed.

Hence, we were compelled to lock the division as a protest", added Tayeng over telephone today.

As informed, if reported grievances of PRI leaders are true, the erring officials

of the said division has be dealt with all seriousness by the concern higher authorities.

It is also a bare truth today that, some of the government servants often ends up considering their job as part-time work paying little heed to the public responsibilities which shows poor work culture among office

Interactive session with villagers in Tirap

APLS will organize statewide literary competition Itanagar, 11 June : Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society will organize a state level literary competition among the students to encourage the students in literary activities. It is decided in the 76th monthly literary sitting of APLS today at Jawaharlal Nehru State Museum. Presiding over the literary sitting by ALPS President Yeshe Dorjee Thonchi , it is decided that the winners of the literary competition will be awarded on the establishment day of APLS on 2nd December this year. The competition

Office on Friday.

while creating the ‘land bank’ “it will be seen that no inhabitants are evicted.

The department will set up a ‘single window agency’ and operationalise a ‘single window portal’ for investors soon. ‘Single window clearance’ system would be set up at district headquarters for facilitating potential investors and “to eradicate corruption”. The ‘single window portal’ would minimise public-official interface and make filing of at least 70 form online. “If an investor has to visit office 70 times to file 70 different forms, who will come to set up industry here,” quipped the minister. He said the entire ‘singe window clearance system’ had been very “efficiently” designed and probably was the “unique” in the country with every process integrated into the work flow management.

The department has also set

the target of operationalizing the first phase of Plastic Park in Tinsukia in first 100 days.

The minister said the first phase of 10,000 square feet would be commissioned soon.

The industries department has already received 20 applications from interested investors to set up units in the park.

The park is being set up to attract downstream plastic industries, which would use the produce of Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL), also known as the Assam Gas Cracker Project, which was commissioned recently by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is situated in neighbouring district of Dibrugarh.

The state assembly had on 3 June passed the ‘Assam Ease of Doing Business’ bill unanimously and the minister said necessary notifications in this regard will be issued soon.

ET Bureau Khonsa, June 11: Khonsa Battalion of Assam Rifles conducted an interactive session to increase the level of co-operation and mutual understanding between the Assam Rifles and the local populace with all the vill Headmen's and Secy's of Khonsa, Laju & Dadam Circle on 11 Jun 2016.

projects, provision of solar lights and computers for school was made. A total of 60 people from the Khonsa, Laju & Dadam villages participated in this interactive session.

The people of these villages expressed their sincere gratitude to Assam Rifles unit in this endeavour which hopes to drive out darkness and bring harmony to the neighborhood.

This effort reaches out to the masses and bring the motto "Friends of The Hill People" to the forte.

During the session, exchange of thoughts on their aspirations, future prospects on the development of the area, construction of community hall development

goers. The state government needs to whip upon such erring officials by firing them off from job and recruit new aspirants who have genuine desire to serve people and the value the job they undertaken. Least, there has many jobless engineer grades in the state today who are ready to serve the state with full dedication.

Governor conveys his condolence to the bereaved families of truck accident A Staff Reporter Itanagar, June 11: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh JP Rajkhowa expressed shock and grieved the loss of lives in the truck accident near Sangram in Kurung Kumey District.

Conveying his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families, the Governor prayed for the eternal peace of the departed souls.

The Governor has appealed to the people to be more cautious in driving in the hilly roads as many places in the State are experiencing heavy rain, landslides and loosening of soil.

Chief Minister Kalikho Pul calls on Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan High Court, Itanagar Permanent Bench.

New Delhi, June 11 : Arunachal Chief Minister Kalikho Pul called on Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan and apprised him on measures being adopted by the state government to revamp the public distribution system (PDS) in the state.

He informed that the state government has decided to discontinue the head load system of distribution of PDS food grains, which would be now distributed through motorable roads where possible, and for inaccessible areas – helicopter sorties would be engaged.

The CM informed the minister that the state government had decided to form a food and civil supplies corporation to ensure a more efficient PDS delivery. He also informed that the state government is preparing a blueprint of comprehensive PDS reforms including a phased switch over to cash transfer model under DBT scheme for implementing provisions of National Food Security Act. The Chief Minister further informed that the state was contemplating on direct cash system of benefits to the endusers through banks.

Seeking attention of the Union Minister on past issues of PDS payment, the CM hoped that the centre would help the state in bringing a

The executing court is insisting on immediate and full payment of balance decreetal amount for which the matter was fixed for next hearing on 6 June 2016. In the meantime, the State Govt. has decided to impose blanket ban on transportation of head load carriage of PDS items due to extra burden on the State ex-chequer, the Chief Minister informed. fair resolution to settle past claims which are in excess of Rs 1066 crores.

He emphasized that there was a need to resolve the issues of past liabilities, which has assumed great urgency because the state government had to pump funds into it from development heads and is impacting the growth of the State adversely.

The genesis of the problem, informed the CM, lay in a circular issued by the Government of India in 2001, which had lent itself to a different interpretation by GoI and the State government.

Government of India held a series of deliberations to resolve the differences, which have remained inconclusive.

As a result of this impasse, the people of Arunachal Pradesh have suffered on account of disadvantaged public distribution system.

Meanwhile some of the car-

riage contractors filed a money suit and the matter was argued upto the Supreme Court. Between 2004 and 2010, the state government was forced to pay Rs 158 crores to one set of contractors and Rs 83.97 crores to another set of contractors.

Apart from this, there are normal pending liabilities of this period of Rs 96.55 crores and other liabilities as per various directives of High Court and lower courts of a sum of Rs 214.11 crores, informed the CM. Between 2007-2010, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) released a sum of Rs 45.76 crores in two instalments as reimbursements. Ironically, FCI arbitrarily restricted the extent of reimbursable amount and we have pending liabilities of Rs 31.05 crores of this period, said the Chief Minister.

After April 2010, a new system of HTS payments was evolved, wherein the state

government first makes payments and later has to claim reimbursement from FCI, said the CM. So far, the state government has released payment of Rs.50.60 crores against 485 bills, which have not yet been reimbursed by FCI, the Chief Minister informed and added that there are other pending liabilities of nearly Rs 289.72 crores for this period.

Again recently, after dismissal of an Special Leave Petition (SLP) and a subsequent review petition filed by the State government in Supreme Court, the CM informed that the state is being forced to release the balance of the decreetal amount of Rs 269 crores in money suits to the contractors.

As a result, Rs. 89.83 Cr being the one-third of balance decreetal amount of Rs. 269 cr was paid by the State Govt. in May 2016 as per an order of the Honourable Gauhati

All payments cleared by the State government so far against HTS claims have been made from funds meant for core developmental activities, which has resulted in a major slack in the pace of execution of these projects, resulting in immense public criticism, the CM informed.

Things have reached such a stage that carriage contractors are refusing to participate in the bids, on account of limited credibility of the reimbursement mechanism, which is directly impinging upon the state government’s capabilities to deliver food grains as prescribed by law and is a denial of the basic right to food now enshrined under the NFSA, the CM added.

The Union Minister assuring his support to resolve the issue of pending liability has assured to send officials from FCI to the state on June 18 to take stock of the situation and to redress the crisis on humanitarian ground.

MLA inaugurates Tirap fitness club ET Bureau Khonsa, June 11: Tirap Fitness Club was inaugurated by 56-Khonsa West A/C MLA Tirong Aboh in presence of mammoth gathering on 11th June at Khonsa near Wiphia Gas Co. office. Speaking on the occasion as Chief Guest Shri Tirong Aboh Hon'ble MLA said that as long as we live on earth one must think for good health, good food habit enable to acquire sound mind and clean brain adding that opening of Gym "Tirap Health Club" would definitely bring changes in living style of Tirapians especially youths of the region will be beneficial from it. MLA urged the youth of Tirap to join in Gym instead of taking intoxicating

items like Alcohol, Drugs and Opium etc stating that opening of Gym "THC" in Khonsa will also help to eradicate drugs, opium, kani and alcohol from the regiont. While appreciating the "THC" Managing Director Changang Bangyang, Instructor-cumTrainer Shri Arpan Shah and Nityananda Baruah the MLA has contributed Rs.45,000/(Rupees forty five thousand)only being membership fees for 15 (fifteen) members and had announced Rs. 1 lakh from his MLA LAD to the management committee Tirap Health Club for procurement of Gym equipments if necessary.

During inauguration programme Dr. Palash

Rakshit, SMO had highlighted about good diet and healthcare to be maintained during Gym. Earlier, Smti Chocha Pongtey Chimyang, Shri Ngampey Lamaty, Public leader, Shri Noklam Bisai, Gawang Sumpa, Hapwang Lowang, ATDSU President and Changang Bangyang also spoke about the importance of Gym on the occasion. The programme was attended by Public Leaders Jowang H o s a i _ P h o b a n g Lowang_Vincent Tongluk, Dr. Naigang Bangyang, MO including NGOs leader from various organization.

1. Membership Fee - Rs. 3000/- only 2. Monthly Fee - Rs. 1000/only

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National seminar on “Chemical Mathematics workshop for Education” at Mangaldai College high school teachers concludes

ET Correspondent Mangaldai, June 11: A UGC sponsored national seminar on the topic “Prospects and Challenges of Chemical Education and Research Activities in the UG Colleges of Assam” under the aegis of the Department of Chemistry and IQAC, Mangaldai College in collaboration with Assam Science Society, Mangaldai Branch will be held on 30th & 31st August, 2016 . An organizing committee with Dr. K. K. Nath, Principal, Mangaldai College as the President and Dr. K. K. Borah, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry as Convener besides an advisory committee comprising of

Gurujyoti Das, MLA, Mangaldai LAC , several senior academicians namely Prof. H.P. Sarma, Rector, G.U, Prof. B.K. Das, Head, Dept.of Chemistry (GU), Prof Ashim Jyoti Thakur, Dept. of Chemical Sciences (TezU) , Paresh Kumar Sarma, Coordinator, IQAC, Monimugdha Barthakur, Dept. of English, Hariman Deka, Dept. of Geography and Dr. Atul Prasad Sikdar, Head, Department of Chemistry, Mangaldai College have already been formed for smooth functioning of the seminar. Dr. Kamala Kanta Borah, Convener, Organizing Committee in press communiqué has asked the in-

terested faculty members, academicians, students to participate and present papers on various sub themes. Soft copies of abstract should reach Mangaldai College on or before 8th of August, 2016 and full papers within 16th August, 2016, Dr Bora added. The soft copy of the same may also be sent to e-mail: chemsmld@gmail.com. Interested persons can log on to the college website: mangaldaicollege.org for further information. The hard copy may also be sent to Dr. Kamala Kanta Borah, Convener, Organizing Committee, National Seminar, Mangaldai College, Mangaldai-784125.

SBI Tezpur Branch organizes pensioner’s health check up camp ET Correspondent Tezpur, June 11: State bank of India (SBI) Tezpur Branch organized a day long free health check up camp in the Bank Premises today for the benefit of the pensioners of greater Tezpur area. At the beginning, Naba Kumar Borah, Asstt. General Manager of Tezpur Branch welcomed the attending the pensioners and the consulting doctors. The programme was organized as a part of the bank’s commitment to the society under it’s corporate social responsibility scheme. The District NRHM authorities extended their full support with a team of dedicated doctors, pharmacist and technicians. The facility of blood and sugar test was also provided besides medicines free of cost.

The NRHM team was led by Dr. Durlav Saikia and supported by Dr. Achyut Hazarika, Dr. Nityananda Nath, Dr. nayanmani Malakar

View of the pensioners being examined during Pensioner's Health Check Up Camp organized by Tezpur branch SBI in Tezpur. Pic - UB Photos

and Dr. Biman Sharma.

The pharmacists and the technicians who extended their full cooperation to make the event successful were Mridul Haloi, Dhiraj Pandey, Suman Borah, Indira Sharma and Ram Krishna Sharma. Over one hundred pensioners attended the health check up camp who appreciated the

bank authority for organizing such a beneficial camp. AGM of the bank, Naba Kumar Borah, said that despite being a holiday on account of second Saturday, all most all staffs of the bank, the staff association and officer’s union led by Diganta Bhagwati and Khanindra Das took voluntary participation in making the event a grand success.

Debolal Gorlosa elected as chief executive member of NCHAC ET Correspondent Haflong, June 11: Debolal Gorlosa has been elected uncontested as Chief Executive Member of the N C Hills Autonomous Council at the session presided by the protem chairman Suanthangjem Hrangkhol, conducted as per order from the Assam governor on Saturday.

The twenty third CEM of NCHAC, Gorlosa is the fourth CEM of the 11th term of autonomous council. After assuming his chair, the newly elected CEM while talking to media assured of solving the problems faced by the council employees of the normal sector on priority basis. He said there has been leakage in revenue collection which should be properly monitored. When asked about the road communication, CEM Gorlosa conveyed to the media that early completion of construction of roads shall be prioritised and there shall be strict monitoring of works. He further said the district of Dima

Hasao as whole has been facing multifarious problems; his government is committed for the well being of the people of the entire district.

Debolal Garlosa who attained 32 year is the second youngest CEM while Prakanta Warisa was the youngest CEM, who assumed the office of CEM on 20th of June 1996 at the age of 31. Recent elected BJP MLA B B Hagjer, ExCEMs, Debojeet Thaosen, Niranjan Hojai, and MACs congratulated Debolal Gorlosa after being elected as the new CEM of NCHAC.

Meanwhile, Dilip Nunisa in a message to press on behalf of Dimaraji Foundation and Dimaraji Wah Society expressed his satisfaction and congratulated the new CEM for his new life in politics and also hoped for new development in the district.

The conscious citizen and also several organisations of Dima Hasao also congratulated the newly elected Chief Executive Member of NCHAC Sri Debolal Gorlosa and hoped that this council would get opportunity to work for the overall development of the district by remaining a stable government.

CM Sonowal calls on Vice President of India A Staff Reporter Guwahati, Jun 11: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal called on Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari at his official 6, Maulana Azad Road residence here today. During his courtesy call, Chief Minister Sonowal sought the blessings and guidance of the Vice President to ‘work for the welfare of the people of Assam and to make the State one of the most developed States in the country’. “Our Government’s guiding force is the Assam

Vision Document 2016-2025.

Our vision is to develop Assam with an approach towards safeguarding the culture and identity of Assam, envisioning it as one of the most developed States in the country visualizing it as ‘Xarvasreshtha Axom’,” the Chief Minister said.

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari extended his best wishes to Chief Minister Sonowal in his mission to bring about transformation in the lives of the people and to put Assam into the league of

developed States in the country. The Chief Minister presented a bouquet of flowers and a gamocha to the Vice President. Later, the Chief Minister met Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Sumitra Mahajan at her 20, Akbar Road official residence and greeted her with a bouquet of flowers and a gamocha. Sonowal sought her blessings in his new avatar as Chief Minister and also her invaluable guidance in the days ahead. Mahajan wished Sonowal the very best in all his endeavours.

ET Correspondent Mangaldai, June 11: Three day long Mathematics workshop was organized by Assam Science Society Mangaldai Branch since June 9 last at Science Gallery; Mangaldai College has ended on Saturday. All together 70 Mathematics teachers across the district participated in the workshop. Jatin Bhatta, senior assistant teacher, Town Girls’ H.S. school, Dimbeswar Kalita, assistant professor, Mathematics, Mangaldai College, Kami Deka, retired teacher, Deomornoi H.S. school, Mr. Rabindra Hazarika, assistant teacher, Pakadali High School were the resource persons in the Workshop. The experienced resource persons discussed different problems and challenges faced by our School teachers in popularizing Mathematics among students. Question paper setting and analysis, Trigonometry and applications, Mathematics models and Geometry were the some of the areas emphasized during the training. Earlier the workshop was inaugurated by Dr.

Khagendra Kumar Nath, Principal, Mangaldai College where he addressed the participants and encouraged them to get involved themselves to make Mathematics teaching interesting and attractive. He expressed his satisfaction over the well planned workshop organized by Assam Science Society, Mangaldai Branch. He also expressed his expectation that such workshop would lay the positive impact on Mathematics teaching across the district in days to come. Earlier, Dr. Kumud Chandra Sarma, president, Assam Science Society, Mangaldai Branch presented welcome address to the participants and he urged the participants to render voluntary service to the society and to popularize Science and Mathematics. Dr. Kamala Kanta Borah, Secretary, Assam Science Society, Mangaldai Branch expressed his deep sense of satisfaction over the overwhelming cooperation and participation by the teachers from seventy High and Higher Secondary Schools of Darrang District.

UGC sponsored “Teacher's Workshop” at Rangia ET Correspondent Rangia, June 11: A 3 days teacher's workshop sponsored

by UGC has been organised by Chemistry Dept. of Rangia collage at auditorium hall since June 9 to popularize chemistry among the school teachers and students. This workshop is organised for the 1st time concluded today. On 9th June, the workshop was inaugurated by Bhabendra Nath Deka ex-principal and president Governing Body. Welcome addressed by Dr. Jogesh Kakoty principal Rangia collage.

The workshop started with the lecture of Dr. Birinchi Kumar Das, Head of the Chemistry Dept., Guwahati University as resource person. He described the participant i.e. teachers of Chemistry Dept. of various schools of Kamrup and Bagsa how to teach chemistry in an easy and attractive way. Dr. Gitimani Deka lecturer of Rangia collage and convener of the workshop in her lecture

stressed upon the necessity and benefit of such type of workshop for the school level teachers. Pankaj Dutta, teacher of Axom Jatiya Vidyalaya, Noonmati, Dr. Hiranya Kumar Chowdhury, Head of the Chemistry Dept. Handique collage, Guwahati, Dr. Tapan Thakuria, Dr. Akhtar Hussain, Dr. Manajit Bhattacherjee from Cotton Collage, Guwahati, Dr. Diganta Kumar Dasdept of chemistry of Guwahati University attended the workshop as resource persons. Kailash Karthik N SDO civil praised Dr. Gitimani Deka for organizing such type of teacher's workshop.

All total 40 teachers from 24 schools attended the workshop. The participants have been distributed citation by Dr. Jogesh kakoty Principal Rangia collage. It may be mentioned that the UGC sponsored teacher's work shop was held for the 1st time in Rangia collage.

People tortures unknown person on suspect of child lifting at Bajali A Correspondent Bajali, Jun 11: Childlifters 'Sopadhara' rumour creates tension in Bajali sub-division and also in lower Assam districts. Several people were attacked by unruly mob after they were accused of being child lifters. Unknown persons who came from the outside have been brutally beaten up by the mob especially in villages on the suspicion of child lifter 'Sopadhora'. Many victims hospitalized in this case. People of the villages spending sleepless nights, they were patrolling their villages during night hours with lathis and weapons all because of a rumour about child lifters entering their villages. Now a days if any suspected person seen by the someone specially in

villages, then all local people came out from their home to beat them.

Rumors spread over by Facebook and what's app that child lifters entering their Villages. Some people upload photos or fake news in social networking sites like Facebook, what's app, hike etc. many more without knowing proper information.

A view of the bike rally organised on the ocassion of International Level Crossing Awareness Week from Tinsukia to Makum under the aegis of DRM, Tinsukia office.

Kampur administration and Forest department conducts joint operation at Nagaon ET Correspondent Nagaon, Jun 11: Today, as per the order of Adil Khan Nagaon DC, the Forest Department took a joint operation in various places of Kampur Revenue Circle where illegal business of sands and timber are continuing since a long time.

During the operation, the department recovered 50 timber logs, 60 timbers and 6 blades of wood breaker from the residence of Abdul Chattar, Juripar Gaon. After than a water pump set, some PVC pipes and flexible wire etc. many

more goods have been recovered from Singarimari area.

The Joint Commissioner of Nagaon District, MA Bhuyan, Circle officer of Kampur, A Deka and forest officials K. K. Deori were in the operation team.

ABMSU felicitates 60 meritorious students at Kokrajhar

ET Correspondent Kokrajhar, June 11: A total of 60 meritorious students, who were passed first division in HSLC and HS final examination were accorded warm welcome and felicitated at a programme held at Bhotgaon High School in Kokrajhar on Saturday.

The felicitation programme was organised by All BTC Minority Students Union (ABMSU) South Kokrajhar Anchalik committee. Altogether 60 students passed in final examination with Assamese medium, of which 50 in HSLC and 10 HS under South Kokrajhar Anchalik Committee in Kokrajhar district.

Madhav Prasad Sarma, Kokrajhar DC graced as chief guest on the occasion and felicitated the past students with citation, Phulam Gamocha and gifts.

Sarma, in his speech said that education is the backbone of the society, without education society could not be uplift and developed.

The society should be brought healthy and welfare in the region so that human resources could be developed in a suited way, he said.

‘Students always be dedicated while taking higher studies in their life to making develop living among society’, Sarma urged.

Lafiqul Islam Ahmed, president of the students union while addressing the function said that the students union has been organizing felicitation and educational activities among society to get educational uplift since inception of the union. He said that the students’ union was trying to organise door to door education programme in the region with immediate action to bring awareness about educational environment.

Jahangir Hussain, DPO, SSA Kokrajhar, Moynuddin Sheik, President Kokrajhar district unit ABMSU, were among others prominent attendees on the occasion.

Defence secretary visits Gajraj corps at Tezpur

Notable that in Bajali police arrests two people who upload fake news in facebook account without knowing proper information of victims.

Bajali sub-divisional administration and police of Bajali subdivision advised to the people that if any unknown person caught on suspect's then immediately inform the nearby police station.

Assam makes new plans to halt poaching of rhinos: Cops to join rangers in fight Contd. from Page 1

mistakenly believe consuming rhino horns can increase male potency. It does not.

The royal couple had spent several hours at Kaziranga in hopes of drawing attention to the plight of endangered animals, including the park's one-horned rhinos.

This year, eight rhinos in Kaziranga have been killed for their horns, after 17 were poached in 2015.

All five of the world's rhino species are under constant threat from poachers seeking their horns to sell on the black market. Demand is high in countries such as China and Vietnam, where people

Despite the threats, Kaziranga is a conservation success story. The reserve had 75 rhinos in 1905. In 1966, the number of rhinos in Kaziranga was put at 366. According to a 2015 estimate, the number has risen to 2,401.

ET Correspondent Rangia, June 11: Defence Secretary G Mohan Kumar, IAS visited the Gajraj Corps to discuss wide ranging operational issues and infrastructural development projects. The Defence Secretary arrived at Tezpur Air Force Station for a two day visit of the area on June 9, and was received by Senior Officers of Gajraj Corps and Air Force Station,

Tezpur. The Defence Secretary had a comprehensive discussion with Lt Gen D Anbu, AVSM, SM, VSM GOC Gajraj Corps on all aspects pertaining to Army deployed in the area.

A comprehensive briefing on wide ranging aspects was given to the Defence Secretary on June 10 by officers of the Gajraj Corps. The Defence Secretary accompanied by senior officers

from the Ministry of Defence, thereafter proceeded to Tawang and forward areas for an aerial survey.

The Defence Secretary gave out his views and decisions on various infrastructural development projects being undertaken by the Army and the Air Force and expressed his satisfaction on the efforts undertaken by all military establishments to pursue the fulafillment of their tasks.

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Tripura not dropping Gandhi, Nehru, INC from syllabus, Yechury assures worried Chennithala

Congress Kerala president Ramesh Chennithala Tripura, Jun 11: The Congress may be having a hard time in Tripura with senior leaders leaving the party to join the Trinamool Congress, but it has some "good news" from unexpected quarters. The CPM has assured the party that the students of Tripura will continue to study the role of the Congress in India's freedom struggle and about Mahatma Gandhi and the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The assurance that the Leftruled state would not tamper with history was given by CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury.

Yechury has written to Congress Kerala president Ramesh Chennithala, who had raised that Gandhi and Nehru were very much part of the curriculum in Tripura, the only Leftruled state other than Kerala. "Chennithala had raised the matter with me and I had asked the Tripura party and the

government about the issue. I have responded to him,'' Yechury told.

Yechury also attached the syllabus of Tripura schools for the Congress leader's perusal. "I have enquired from the CPM Tripura State Committee and asked for a response to these media reports and your letter. I had also enquired with the government of Tripura and discussed with the Minister of Education,'' he has said.

There is an increasing closeness between the CPM and the Congress in Tripura on the lines of the election tie-up in Bengal. The TMC is steadily increasing its grip on the state. "The growth of Trinamool will be at the CPM's expense as happened in Bengal.

So we will do anything to stop that,'' a CPM central committee leader from Tripura said. When asked about the TMC threat, Yechury said, "We will not let a repetition of Bengal in Tripura."(Agencies)

Tripura Speaker starts verifying signatures of dissident Cong. MLAs Tripura, Jun 11: Tripura Assembly Speaker Ramendra Chandra Debnath has started the process of individual hearing and verification of signatures of the six dissident MLAs of the Opposition Congress, who had earlier announced to quit from the party and join Trinamool Congress.

Former Leader of the Opposition Sudip Roy Burman and three other dissident MLAs of the Congress met the Speaker on Tuesday last and handed over a letter signed by six MLAs informing him that they have joined the TMC and demanded recognition as the main Opposition party.

A senior Assembly official said Mr. Debnath has begun the process of individually hearing and verifying signatures of dissident Congress legislators. Earlier, the Speaker told reporters that he would call all the six MLAs for individual

hearing and verification of their signatures and also consult the experts before taking a final decision. The leader of the dissident group Mr. Burman said he received the notice to meet the Speaker on June 22 and another dissident MLA Asish Saha said he was asked to meet the Speaker on June 20. The other MLAs could not be contacted.

The MLAs are Burman, Saha, Biswabandhu Sen, Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl, Pranjit Singha Roy and Dilip Sarkar. Mr.Burman had earlier been elected the leader of the TMC legislature group in Tripura and is expected to stake claim to the post of the Leader of the Opposition. In the 60-member House, the Left Front has 50 seats and of the 10 Congress MLAs, six submitted the letter to the Speaker. State Congress president Birajit Sinha and two other MLAs remain with the Congress.

(PTI)

AICC leader to visit State after trip to Rajasthan Shillong, Jun 11: The visit of the new AICC general secretary in charge Meghalaya - C.P. Joshi - to Shillong will take some more time as he will first visit Rajasthan.

"I have some work in Rajasthan and only after visiting there that I would be able to decide on my visit to Meghalaya," Joshi - who hails from Rajasthan - said over

phone on Friday.

Asked whether he was aware of the demand for change of leadership in Meghalaya, Joshi said, "During my visit to Shillong which is yet to be fixed, I will hold meetings with the chief minister, MPCC president, ministers, MLAs and other party leaders to discuss the ground situation."(Agencies)

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Adequate fuel in stock 123 LPG bullet tankers, oil tankers arrive with security The Sangai Express that transportation of essential commodities will go on as usual and any disturbances would not be tolerated.There is no need for the people to be panicky about possible scarcity of fuels. Fuel tankers will move amidst the blockade, if the need arises, the DGP stated.

Meanwhile, IOC's Chief Divisional Retail Sale Manager cum State Level Coordinator Sinam Ibungoton said that there was no movement of petroleum and petroleum product transporters this month.

Generally, many problems are encountered during the months of June, July and August as far as transportation of petroleum products is concerned, not to talk

about the ongoing economic blockade, Ibungoton said. Apart from bandhs and blockades, transportation of petroleum products is often disrupted during these months by landslides, sinking of roads etc. Such disturbances are not confined within Manipur alone. They happen in Nagaland too.

He said that the Government has been asked to maintain the existing system of sending oil tankers with security convoys on daily basis. On the other hand, IOC's Chingmeirong depot issued 280 Kls of petrol and 496 Kls of diesel to different retail outlets today. These quantities are above the average daily requirements, informed a source. (Agencies)

10-day economic blockade of Manipur begins

Barrage Of Tourists, Construction Make Shimla Hill Station Of Hustle

Imphal, Jun 11: There will be no shortage of petroleum products in the State even if the 10 days economic blockade being imposed on National Highways leading to Imphal goes on for the full period.

The JAC Against the Anti-Tribal Bills, Churachandpur and the Outer Manipur Tribal Forum (OMTF) have imposed a blockade on National Highways from midnight of June 9.

The economic blockade which is being called against the three Bills passed by the Manipur Legislative Assembly on August 31 last year is being supported by the United Naga Council (UNC). However, all oil pumps remained shut last Wednesday on account

Imphal, Jun 11: Several tribal groups began a 10day economic blockade of Manipur from Thursday midnight. This caused fuel shortage and a spike in prices of several consumables, affecting normal life across the state. "This strike is in protest against police brutalities on peaceful demonstrators protesting against politicians who met central leaders in Delhi on the three bills passed by the assembly but to which the presidential assent was with-

of the cease work strike called by the JCILPS. Again, movement of oil tankers on the highways was disrupted on Thursday because of the total shut down called by the JAC Against the AntiTribal Bills, Churachandpur.

Driven by a deep apprehension about possible scarcity of fuel, long queues could be seen in front of different oil pumps yesterday. But there was little rush in the evening. However even if the 10 days economic blockade continues for the full period, there is adequate stock of fuel as 123 loaded LPG bullet tankers and oil tankers arrived at Imphal today with CRPF escorts. This has further improved the stock position. The tank-

held," a strike supporter said. Hundreds of vehicles, including passenger buses and private cars, were left stranded at various places in and around the state.

Police were escorting the stranded vehicles to ensure the safety of passengers, a senior police officer said. "Arrangements have been made to escort fuel and liquefied petroleum gas tankers from Nagaland and Assam to Imphal. Police is also escorting stranded buses and

There will be no shortage of petroleum products in the State even if the 10 days economic blockade being imposed on National Highways ers which arrived here today from Khatkhati, Assam included 29 petrol tankers, 55 diesel tankers, three SK Oil tankers, two ATF tankers, 29 LPG bullet tankers, another four petrol tankers and

trucks along the national highways," the officer told. In order to check hoarding and avoid hardships to the common man, the Manipur government has directed stockists, dealers and retailers of essential commodities to publicly display on boards their stocks and prices of each commodity.

Highly placed sources told that the measure is also intended to check deliberate hike in prices of consumer items by unscrupulous traders.

two diesel tankers for BPCL. It is reported that Manipur Police assisted in safely bringing the 123 LPG bullet tankers and oil tankers up to Imphal.

DGP LM Khaute told

Officials said there was no need for panic buying of fuel since there were enough stocks. However, the prices of several consumables have risen despite government assurances, with potatoes and onions costing Rs 35 a kg. The officials also said stocks of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG in the state could last from 20 to 27 days. But most of the petrol pumps have shut down, claiming to have 'nil' stocks. Interestingly, there is no fuel

shortage as far as roadside illegal vendors are concerned.

Earlier, a 24-hour strike called by tribal activists in Manipur to protest alleged police "excesses" on slogan-shouting supporters in Delhi ended on Thursday midnight, which was followed by the start of the 10-day economic blockade. Besides, the Kangleipak Students Association too has called for a general strike in Manipur from 5 p.m. on Saturday till Monday evening. (Agencies)

Fitting tributes paid to Samarendra on 16th martyrdom day Imphal, Jun 11: The 11th Arambam Samarendra memorial lecture was held on the 16th martyrdom anniversary of the leader at Lamyanba Shanglen on saturday. The Morung Express founder Editor Alongba Longkumer delivered a lecture on the topic, 'Frameworks for a shared future: A way forward on democracy, integration, peace'. Retired Professor of Philosophy of Manipur University, Soyam Lokendrajit presided over the function organised by Arambam Samarendra Trust, Imphal.

On the other hand, Arambam Samarendra Trust observed the 16th martyrdom of the leader at the ground of Social Standard Club, Khurai Nandeibam Leikai as

Fitting tributes paid to Samarendra on 16th martyrdom day well. Khurai AC MLA Dr Ng Bijoy, Manipur University Professor Lokendra and Morung Express Editor Along Longkumer graced the function as chief guest, president and guest of honour respectively. Ng Bijoy while speaking at the function said that people can understand Samarendra's dreams and visions for Manipur

from his books, songs and dramas. It is known from his books that Manipur is a land which had economic and political independence, Bijoy said.

Offering floral tributes to Samarendra's statue, organising competitions on Mukna, Kang, Cheibi and symposium were the main highlights of the observa-

tion. Pari Imom Kanba Lup, Imphal East organised a painting competition Lamlong Higher Secondary School as part of the observation. Patriotic Writers Forum (PAWF), Manipur also observed the day at Nungshikol Park, Chana on Saturday.

Film Forum Manipur Chairman Laimayum Surjakanta, PAWF founder member Ngathem Rabichandra and All Manipur Working Journalists' Union secretary Jit Ningomba graced the function as chief guest, president and guest of honour respectively, said a statement. L Surjakanta said that Manipuri films are today known to the world due to the efforts and hard works of the pioneers of Samarendra's time.

Arambam Samarendra was the script writer of the first Manipuri film, 'Matamgi Manipur', which was released on April 9, 1972, he said. Jit Ningomba said that Hijam Irabot and Arambam Samarendra were true patriotic writers. Their contributions towards the society must not be forgotten by the current generation, he said. PAWF secretary Rakesh Naorem and film critic Rajmani Ayekpam also spoke at the function.

Later, Chongtham Subadani, Hawaibam Jandho, Nongmaithem Noren, Nabakumar Oina, N Khamba Luwang, Ch Ranbir, Anamika Heirangkhongjam and Thounaojam Momota presented patriotic poems at the function, added the statement.(Agencies)

Nagaland bans contractual jobs Kohima, Jun 11: The Nagaland government has banned contractual appointments in all government departments. A state government official said the cabinet approved the ban on May 12 this year. The government statement stated, "any appointment made on contract basis, henceforth, shall be null and void. The administrative head of the department and the head of the department concerned shall

be responsible to ensure that no appointment is made on contract basis and disciplinary action will be initiated against them in case of any violation."

The state government has laid the revised procedures for appointments in government services vide an office memorandum stating that all appointments should be made strictly in accordance with the existing rules/ procedures in force -

through the Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC) or open advertisement or through employment exchanges.

Meanwhile, Nagaland's personnel and administrative reforms department (personal information management cell), in an office memorandum, stated that the Personal Information Management System (PIMS) was inaugurated on April 21.

It is a comprehensive web-enabled personnel

management system to help the authorities address the requirements for managing their employees from the date of their joining till their retirement.

PIMS will give people instant access to accurate information about the government employees, including detailed information about their transfer, posting details and service history. All the departments have been asked to adhere to the in-

structions with regard to PIMS. On the basis of the information supplied by the departments, P&AR department has made entries in the PIMS database and generated unique employee code for each employee. Details of the existing employees in PIMS database should be updated on a regular basis by the departments, including details of service confirmation, posting, promotion, retirement. (Agencies)

Release KSA members: BJP Imphal, Jun 11 : While urging the State Govt to immediately release the arrested members of Kangleipak Students' Association (KSA), the BJP State unit has appealed to the KSA to call off its proposed 48 hours bandh slated to begin from 5 pm of June 11.

Addressing media persons today at its office located at Keishampat

Nityapat Chuthek, senior party leader Nimaichand Luwang said that it is the role of the Govt to check adulteration of salt or other items.

Since the Govt has failed to discharge its duty, the KSA pulled up the businessmen who were found indulging in such illegal business. Now

that voices have been raised demanding the release of the KSA members from different quarters along with launching of different forms of agitation they should be released, Nimaichand said.

The KSA has also called a State-wide bandh from 5 pm of tomorrow. Besides causing immense

hardship to the people, frequent bandh and blockade have badly affected the economy of the State, he pointed out.

As such, the BJP leader urged the State to release the arrested KSA members at the earliest while at the same time appealing the students' body to call off its proposed bandh.

Nimaichand further

urged all concerned to stop resorting to unannounced blocking of roads while also urging all concerned to launch peaceful and democratic agitation. It may be mentioned that the five members of KSA were arrested on May 27 for pulling up two nonManipuri businessmen for allegedly adulterating salt.(Agencies)

Shimla, Jun 11: Jay, an environmentalist, came to the Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla for work and to get away from the sweltering Delhi summer but what he found was a far cry from the famed hill station solitude.

"There is a lot of traffic. Also road-widening is happening from Chandigarh to Shimla and a lot of traffic even in the city. It took us one hour to come to this part of the city where our hotel is booked," he said.

In a city with population 12.5 lakh, 18 lakh people have come to Shimla this year alone at around 10,000 per day.

This has resulted in all major parts of the town becoming increasingly crowded. Bus tickets and hotel rooms are difficult to find, public places and markets are teeming with people all day. The government is trying its best to control the influx. "Close to 2,500 cars come to Shimla every day. We have opened restricted areas for tourists to park their cars which are usually shut," senior police officer DW Negi told .

For locals, besides the blocked roads, there are other concerns as well.

Among them is excessive construction.

"I have been in Shimla since 1947. There has been a sea change. Government and the builders have a nexus here as far as construction is concerned," Mr Vijay Singh,, the owner of a hotel, said. To this the government says there are many green zones where construction is not allowed and permissions are given with a lot of thought. For a state where tourism is the third highest share of income, amount to about 7 per cent of the state's GDP or Gross Domestic Product, managing the flow of tourists while maintaining the ecological balance presents a difficult challenge for the state.

(Agencies)

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President Mukherjee to embark on three-nation tour to Africa New Delhi, June 11 : With India trying to boost its relations with African countries, President Pranab Mukherjeewill embark on a six-day visit to Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Namibia from June 12. During his trip, President Mukherjee will be accompanied by a Minister of State, four Members of the Parliament, senior officials and a business delegation. On his arrival, he will be received by Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana Kwesi Bekoe AmissahArthur and will be ac-

corded a traditional Ghanian welcome.

The President will hold meetings with respective heads of the three nations and a number of bilateral agreements are also likely to be signed during the visit. The President will address a Joint Business Forum and the students and faculty of University ofGhana besides having an interaction with the Indian community at a reception organised at the Indian High Commission. He will also unveil a statue of Mahatma Gandhi

'Unjust and undemocratic' to ban RSS members joining govt. services: Vaidya

All India Prachar Pramukh of the RSS, Manmohan Vaidya Nagpur, June 11: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday said the ban on its members joining the government service is "unjust and undemocratic", adding that it does not affect the morale of its workers as they do not work with the state's support. "Banning RSS members to join govt service is unjust and undemocratic. Such bans hardly affect work and morale of RSS Swayamsevaks," All India Prachar Pramukh of the RSS, Manmohan Vaidya said in a statement.

Vaidya also said the move of banning the government employees to participate in RSS programmes has already

been proved 'unconstitutional' by courts in multiple cases. "RSS does not work through state power or with the support of it. RSS works among the people, with the people and for the people," he added.

Vaidya's remarks come in the wake of reports that the government may withdraw a fivedecade-old order restricting the entry of RSS workers in government services. The Union Home Ministry had first issued the order in 1966, making it mandatory for all fresh recruits to give a declaration that he or she does not have membership of either RSS and Jamaat-e-Islami. (ANI)

Gunmen kill 11 of family in remote Mexican village

At least eleven members of a family were killed by gunmen in remote Mexican mountain village New York, July 11 : At least eleven members of a family were killed by gunmen in remote Mexican mountain village. Five women, four men and two girls were killed in El Mirador, a community in central Puebla state, near Oaxaca yesterday. "Two other minors were badly wounded and taken to the hospital," the Guardian quoted Vicente Lopez de la Vega, the mayor of the town of Coxcatlan, which oversees El Mirador, as saying.

The Puebla state prosecutor's office in a statement said that initial reports indicate that "people arrived on foot where the family was located, fired several times

and left on foot." The statement also said that two wounded children were also girls. It however, did not specify where the family was during the attack. The prosecutor's office said two people witnessed the massacre and both have been put under police protection.

Authorities are now trying to establish whether the crime was related to organised crime or a family dispute. The village is inhabited by evangelicals who broke away from another community of Catholics, El Potrero.

Meanwhile, the motive and the cause behind the massacre is under investigation. (ANI)

President Pranab Mukherjee gifted by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations. In the second leg of his visit starting June

14, the President will arrive in Abidjan, where he will have a meeting with Republic of Cote d'Ivoire

President Alassane Ouattara and also sign a number of agreements.

"The agreement regarding opening of EXIM Bank Representative/Regional in Abidjan would be handed over in presence of both the Presidents. The President would address a Joint Business Forum and also interact with the Indian Community," a Ministry of External Affairs statement said.

In the last leg of his visit, President Mukherjee will arrive in the Namibian capital Windhoek on

June 15."The visit, apart from consolidating bilateral interaction, will carry forward the momentum generated in India- Africa ties postIAFS-III," the statement said. It said during the visit, discussions will be held on bilateral, regional and multilateral issues of mutual interest.

"President Mukherjee will also address a joint session of Namibian Parliament, an IndiaNamibia Business event, and the Namibian University of Science and Technology," it said. (ANI)

I travelled along with 250 NSG commands to Mumbai within three hours of attack: Patil New Delhi, June 11 : Reprimanding the allegations that there was a delay on part of the Union Home Ministry in sending help to the then Marharashtra government to fight back terrorists in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, former Home Minister Shivraj Patil said within three hours of the attack, he travelled to Mumbai, along with 250-300 National Security Guard commandos, in an aircraft.

When asked if there was nobody to handle the situation at the MHA as the then home secretary, Madhukar Gupta, had led a delegation to Pakistan, which affected the decision making as well, Patil said, "In fact, if it (attack) is taking place in Mumbai, then in our country we have maximum police strength there to tackle it. Further, when we came to know, we dispatched NSG commandos within two-three hours.

"No aircraft was available here, and then we called one from

Chandigarh and dispatched 250-300 NSG commandos within 2-3 hours to Mumbai and I also travelled with them.

That was a freight aircraft and we travelled to Mumbai standing."

Rejecting the charges that the home secretaryled delegation was enjoying Pakistan's hospitality in Murree, a hill station close to Islamabad, Patil said, the home secretary had gone there and possibly he had been told that if they want to meet the Pakistan Interior Minister then they would have to stay for a day, following which they were shifted to Murree.

"But, some people don't understand that law and order constitutionally is the responsibility of the state government and until the state government asks for help from the Centre, we don't send forces. But, if we feel that it's important to send force in a state but the state government is not asking for it neither it is able to control the situation. In such circumstances, we can dismiss

Former Home Minister Shivraj Patil the state government and send forces in the state."

Elaborating on the measures taken by the state and the Centre to deal with the attacks, Patil said, "The Mumbai Police Commissioner had constituted a committee that was taking the control of the operation. We didn't interfere with them otherwise there would have been more confusion due to differences of opinion."

When asked if it was a conspiracy on part of Pakistan to hold back the delegation for a day, he

said, "If it was a conspiracy, then who had conspired? We will have to see whether the person who is saying that it was a conspiracy had presumed it or he got any evidence. I don't think it is fine for me to pass a judgment on it. Let them say." "You ask Modiji, Baroda was under attack.

I asked him do you need forces, he said send military. I said it would take time; then he said 'bhej deejiye tab tak manage kar loonga, aur voh becharon ney manage kia bhi." (ANI)

Dabholkar murder: CBI arresting Tawade 'part of duty', says Swamy New Delhi, June 11 : With the Central Bureau of Investigation arresting Virendra Tawade, a Sanatan Sansthaactivist in connection with the sensational murder of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar nearly three years ago, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaderSubramanian Swamy on Saturday termed the move as the CBI's duty and demanded a logical end to the case. "I think CBI is doing its duty and they have come to a conclusion, they have a right and we certainly don't approve intolerant in this country..nobody can take law into their own hands.

CBI must take it to a logical end on how this Dabolkar was killed and who did it and punish those.

So, it is a part of this pro-

ing that pro-Hindutva activists were involved in the killing. The arrest comes nine days after the CBI conducted searches at the residence of Tawade, who works as a medical officer for the Sanstha, and questioned him at the outfit's ashram in Panvel.

Janata Party (BJP) leaderSubramanian Swamy cess. So, I am happy that CBI is doing its work," Swamy told here.

In a major breakthrough, the CBI had yesterday arrested Tawade for his alleged role in the murder of noted Pune-based rationalist Dabholkar in 2013.

Tawade would be produced before the sessions court in Pune today.

Tawade's arrest was the first by the central agency since it took over the probe in May 2014 on the directions of the Bombay High Court based on a PIL alleg-

Dabholkar was shot dead reportedly by two unidentified people near Balgandharva auditorium in Pune when he was out for a morning walk on August 20, 2013. The assailants fled on a two-wheeler.

The high court had transferred the probe to the CBI on May 9, 2014, after a PIL filed by former journalist Ketan Tirodkar, saying there was no headway even several months after the killing of Dabholkar.

(ANI)

Congress dubs Haryana Govt. 'anti-women' for barring teachers from wearing jeans to work New Delhi, June 11 : Taking a strong exception to the recent order of the Haryana education department which bars school teachers from wearing jeans to work, the Congress on Saturday dubbed Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar-led government 'anti women', claiming that he had made objectionable statement on women in the past as well.

"Be it Haryana or Madhya Pradesh, all the BJP-ruled

states keep on issuing such decrees like what women should eat, how many children they should produce and what they should wear. It's shameful that earlier too the Haryana Chief Minister had given objectionable statement on women. His thinking is anti-women.

These kinds of decrees don't surprise anymore as his thinking is antiwomen," All India Mahila Congress president

Shobha Oza told.

In a rather bizarre order issued by the Haryana education department last week, elementary and middle school teachers have been asked not to wear jeans to work or while visiting the Directorate in capital Chandigarh. While the order said wearing jeans to work was not appropriate and the teachers should wear formal clothes, it did not attribute any particu-

lar reason for it. In 2012, the women and child development department had also issued similar instructions, asking women employees to wear "decent" clothes while on the field.

The department order, which asked women employees to desist from wearing jeans and T-shirts to work and instead opt for salwar-kameez or saree, drew flak from various quarters. The order was later withdrawn. (ANI)

AAP indulging in 'political conspiracy' for petty gain: BJP

BJP leader Vijendra Gupta New Delhi, June 11 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for its protest over an alleged assault on its councilor Rakesh Kumar, alleging that the Kejriwal Government is involved in a political conspiracy in the name of Dalits. BJP leader Vijendra Gupta said, "They are politically conspiring in the name of Dalits. It is extremely appalling.

Kejriwal cannot stoop down any lower."

"For the one and a half years, theKejriwal Government has done absolutely nothing for the Dalits. They have not launched a single Dalit

welfare scheme, and even the Dalit Welfare funds haven't been used for their welfare," he told. Accusing the Delhi government of shedding crocodile tears for the Dalits, Gupta dubbed the action as 'petty politics'.

"They hold back the salaries of the sanitation workers, leaving their hearths cold and on the other side, they are engaging into petty politics," he added. The AAP had yesterday approached the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, demanding strict action under the provisions of the SC/ST Act against those who assaulted their councillor. (ANI)

Mumbai cops rescue 28 youngsters from clutches of self-styled god-man

The Mumbai Police have rescued as many as 28 youngsters, including 12 minors Mumbai, June 11 : The Mumbai Police have rescued as many as 28 youngsters, including 12 minors, from the clutches of a selfstyled god-man, who have confined them in a bungalow inMumbai's Kandivali area.

The god-man had allegedly used to force the youngsters into performing rituals that were physically and mentally torturous. Police inspector Sunaina Nate of the Samta Nagar Police Station said, "One of the children managed to inform his kin about the exploitation he was subjected to. The kin

immediately informed police about the matter."

Acting on information, a team of the Samta Nagar Police raided the premises on Friday evening and rescued 28 youths, including 12 minors, mostly hailing from Uttar Pradesh, said Nate. The inspector said the youngsters were subjected to exploitation in the name of religious rituals.

"Two peopleBhagwandas Tiwari and Devendra Manoj Dube have been arrested in this connection and further investigation into the case is on," said inspector Nate.

(ANI)

CM Khattar denies 'no jeans' diktat for Haryana school teachers Chandigarh, June 11: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday denied that his government has issued a directive to school teachers in the state asking them not to wear jeans to work.

"No, there is no such order that has been issued by the state government.

And, if someone has said anything like this, then we take it back, but no such thing has happened," Khattar told .

As per the order issued by the office of the Director of elementary education, the district education officers have been asked to ensure that teachers do not

wear jeans when they go to school or to the office of the education department. While the four-line order said wearing jeans to work was not appropriate and the teachers should wear formal clothes, it did not attribute any particular reason for it.

According to reports the order reads, "It is observed that teachers of primary and middle schools come to schools wearing jeans. Further, they come to the office of the education department wearing jeans, which is not appropriate. Kindly ensure that teachers wear formal clothes in schools and not jeans." (ANI)

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Increasing defence cooperation between India, US to disturb regional balance: Pakistan Islamabad, June 11: Pakistan has said increasing defence cooperation between India and the United States (U.S.) will disturb the regional balance. "We are sharing our concerns regarding this with the whole world.

We have to protect our self. As I have already said US has its own priorities linked to this region in the larger context of strategic interests, which is why US is cooperating with India, but we will fulfill all the requirements for strategic deterrence in this regard," said Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, while interacting with the media on the

Myanmar improves in Global Peace Index ranking, global peace deteriorating Naypyidaw, June 11: Peace seems to be improving in Myanmar as the 2016 Global Peace Index report has ranked the country at the 115th spot, which is a stark improvement compared to its ranking last year.

Myanmar was ranked 130 in previous years' Peace Index.

The Global Peace Index was instituted in 2007 by the Institute for Economics and Peace, an international think tank, that collects the data and conducts the research.

The index considers a gamut of indicators to arrive at its Peace Index, including terrorism, military expenditure and political instability. This year a total of 163 countries were analysed to prepare the index.

Apparently, Myanmar's peace ranking is better than India, which is ranked 141st in the list, while Syria has emerged as the least peaceful country.

However, the report also reflected that peace has deteriorated globally. Deaths from terrorism increased by 80 per cent, as compared to last year's report. The Middle East and Africa (MENA) region continues to be the least peaceful, as per the report. "Terrorism is also at an all-time high, battle deaths from conflict are at a 25 year high, and the number of refugees and displaced people are at a level not seen in sixty years," states report. (ANI)

Washington should trust Islamabad: Zardari Islamabad, Jun 11: Washington must trust Islamabad and the two countries must mend ties, former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said.

Zardari's comments come amid tension between Pakistan and the US following Washington's backing of India's membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Zardari said the US appeared to doubt Pakistan's role in the war against terrorism.

In an article published in Chicago Tribune, Zardari said he can challenge those US Congressmen who doubted Pakistan's intentions. "I would challenge any faction in Congress that holds this view to come to Pakistan and bear witness to our solidarity and resolve," he said. He said Pakistan had lost nearly 5,000 troops and thousands of civilians in the war against terror.

The Pakistan People's Party leader said: "Pakistan has rooted out extremist safe havens, played a critical role in dismantling Al Qaeda's deeply entrenched networks and seized more than 160 tonnes of improvised explosive device precursors.

"In addition to the severe human costs, three decades of war has also meant slower economic growth and foreign direct investment than that of other developing countries whose borders are not active war zones."

He said Pakistan was ready and willing to continue its role in defeating terrorism, but the US has a part to play in assuring the country's ability to fight and win on the battlefie(Agencies)

completion first three years of the Pakistan Muslim League(N) Government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to make an objective assessment of its achievement in foreign policy and also the challenges that lie ahead.

As regards to Prime Minister Modi's visit, said Aziz: "You would have seen that the New York Times wrote very clearly that India should not be given membership of the NSG. Moreover, there were discussions in the US Congress regarding human rights violations in India." "If you take a look at the joint statement after the visit of our

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister to the US, it had wide-ranging aspects. All countries try to enhance their relations according to their priorities. We are trying to enhance our relationship and connectivity with Central Asian countries

and other Islamic countries. If you look at the bigger geo-political scenario, you will come to know that Pakistan is moving in the right direction," he said.

"We have an important relationship with the US,

which has historically been marked by highs and lows. When we started the strategic dialogue in 2013, the US itself announced that it wanted to convert our 'transactional' relationship into a 'strategic' one.

Our relationship with the US has many areas of mutual interest, including Afghanistan and Pakistan's role in the region and the world as a moderate democratic Islamic State. Our role in the region cannot be replaced by any other country. You have to see the strengthening of US relations with India in the larger geo-political context. As far as our relations with the US are

concerned they are still relevant and important," said Aziz, while answering a question on Pakistan losing support internationally, especially US' support on vital issues.

He, however, said, "If their relationship with India upsets the conventional and nuclear balance in the region, it would affect our ties and would also be detrimental for peace in the region. It is true that we ourselves are responsible for the security of Pakistan, but we do not want other countries, especially our friends, to upset the strategic balance in the region and make our task more difficult."

(ANI)

Pak asks US to bomb Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan Islamabad, Jun 11: Pakistan's powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif has asked the US to target the hideouts of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan militants and their chief Mullah Fazlullah in Afghanistan. General Raheel made the demand during a high-level meeting with Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan General John Nicholson and US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson here yesterday.

In a late night statement, the army said Gen

Raheel demanded targeting of Tehrik-eTaliban Pakistan militants and Mullah Fazlullah in their hideouts in Afghanistan.

"Raising the demand of targeting TTP and Mullah Fazlullah in their bases in Afghanistan, COAS reiterated Pakistan s resolve not to allow hostile intelligence agencies efforts, especially RAW and NDS, of fomenting terrorism," it said.

It was the first visit of high-level officials from the US since fresh tension with Pakistan after

the killing of the Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mansour by a CIA drone in Balochistan on May 21. The army said the regional security situation, with particular reference to border management and peace and stability in Afghanistan in the post21 May US drone strike environment came under discussion.

"Expressing his serious concern on the US drone strike in Balochistan as a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty, Gen Raheel highlighted as to how it had impacted the mutual

trust and respect and was counter-productive in consolidating the gains of Operation Zarb-eAzb," it said. Raheel said all efforts for durable peace in the region have to be synergised with shared commitment and responsibility in order to make them successful.

He said all stakeholders need to understand Pakistan's challenges with regard to porous border, inter-tribal linkages and decades-old presence of over 3 million refugees.

"Blaming Pakistan for instability in Afghanistan is

unfortunate," he said. He said Pakistan is committed to work for a long term peace process for Afghanistan under the four nation Quadrilateral Coordination Group framework, involving Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the US. Earlier, the high-level US delegation met the Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz who warned the American officials of consequences for bilateral ties if attacks like killing of Mansour on May 21 were repeated.(Agencies)

KNO wants Pakistan to stop selling fighter jets to Myanmar

The Kachin National Organisation (KNO) has asked Pakistan to stop selling fighter jets to Myanmar

Kachin, June 11: The Kachin National Organisation (KNO) has asked Pakistan to stop selling fighter jets to Myanmar, stating that these could be used against ethnic armed groups by the government. "The government of Pakistan should take a proactive role in pressuring the Myanmar government to cease further military action that he alleged would inevitably result in widespread human rights abuses in the country" told KNO president U Duwa Bawmwang Laraw, to The Myanmar Times, on Friday.

He accused that the military is using fighter jets for the elimination of ethnic groups and civilians living in conflict areas.

During visits to Pakistan and Serbia, Myanmar's Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing had placed an order for 24 jets last year.

Reports in the Pakistani media state that Myanmar was the first international buyer of the aircraft worth US 35 million dollars each. Also, according to some Russian publications, even Moscow has plans to deliver three fighter jets, worth about US 15 million dollars each, to Myanmar in 2016. The Kachin National Organisation is a political organisation which is affiliated with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) that aims to regain the rights of people by establishing an independent Kachinland. (ANI)

IS claims responsibility for Bangladesh Hindu temple volunteer killing: SITE

China to demolish world's biggest Buddhist centre Beijing, Jun 11: China is planning significant demolition at one of the largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, which would reduce the centre to half its size and render thousands homeless, said Human Rights Watch on Friday.

According to a recent official order, the Chinese government is set to demolish the residential quarters of around 5,000 monks and other workers of the Academy of Larung Gar that is home to 10,000 people, and impose joint manage-

ment of the monastery, Efe news quoted a statement by HRW as saying.

The country's ruling Communist Party or local government officials will form the majority in the monastery's new management team, a practice that has become common in other monasteries in the Tibetan regions too, HRW claimed. HRW calls this a violation of the right to religious freedom as enshrined in the Chinese constitution, and urged Beijing to reconsider its policy.

China is planning significant demolition at one of the largest Buddhist monasteries in the world The human rights organisation's protest comes shortly after it released an extensive report on persecution in

Tibetan regions. In the report, HRW expresses concern against the Chinese government having extended its repression

of dissidence to these enclaves through unprecedented monitoring and control in rural areas and small cities, and leading to never-beforeseen numbers of detentions and protests. Buddhists, however, are not the only religious group to be reeling under such repression; in eastern China, authorities are withdrawing or destroying crosses from churches, while children and Muslim officials are forbidden to fast during Ramadan in the western part of the country.(Agencies)

'Drone strike was attack on sovereignty'

A five-member US delegation on Friday met Pakistan's top Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz amid relations between the two countries

Islamabad, Jun 11: A five-member US delegation on Friday met

Pakistan's top Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz amid relations between

the two countries hitting a low after a US drone strike killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Balochistan province.

The meeting discussed regional security issues and US drone strike in Noshki area, a Foreign Office statement confirmed.

The US delegation was told that the "drone strike was an attack on sovereignty of Pakistan and violation of UN Charter", the Foreign Office statement reads. Future drone strike will affect Pakistan-US relationship, the statement

added. The US delegation maintained that they would make efforts to improve the strained relationship.

"The US is determined for better relationship with Pakistan," Senior Director for South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council Peter Lavoy, who led the delegation, said.

The delegation also included US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson.

The Pakistan delegation was led by Sartaj Aziz.

The US team will also

hold important meetings with other officials including army chief General Raheel Sharif and National Security Adviser Lt.Gen. (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua.

With senior foreign policy and military officials privately questioning if the US truly desires a stable Pakistan, the visiting delegation will have perhaps the toughest meetings between the two sides since Osama bin Laden was killed in a secret US operation at Abbottabad, near Islamabad. (Agencies)

Thailand road accident kills 11 school staff Bangkok, Jun 11 : Eleven staff from a Bangkok elementary school were killed when their people carrier flipped over and caught on fire after a tyre burst, an official said on Saturday. The accident took place last evening on a motorway in Chonburi

province as the teachers and other school staff travelled back to Bangkok from a seminar in Rayong province.

"The van's tyre burst and it turned over before catching on fire," an official from Thailand's Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department

told AFP. Photos published in local media showed the toppled vehicle engulfed in flames on the side of the road.

The passengers were from a small private elementary school in eastern Bangkok. Four survived the accident with injuries, the disaster of-

ficial said.

A school employee told AFP the school's director was driving the vehicle and was among the injured. Despite relatively good infrastructure, Thailand has the second most dangerous roads in the world in terms of per capita deaths, according

to data collected by the World Health Organization (WHO) in a 2015 report. The WHO estimates about 24,000 people die each year in traffic accidents on Thailand's roads. Only Libya records a greater number of fatalities per capita.(PTI)

IS claims responsibility for Bangladesh Hindu temple volunteer killing Dhaka, June 11 : U.S.based SITE Intelligence Group, in its latest report, has said that the Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the killing of a volunteer of a Hindu temple in Bangladesh's Pabna Sadar upazila.

Nityaranjan Pandey, 60, a volunteer at Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra Satsang ashram, was hacked to death yesterday, the latest in a spate of such killings in the country.

"Amaq News Agency reported that #ISIS fighters in #Bangladesh killed a Hindu man in #Pabna, in the north of the country," the Daily Star quoted the tweet of SITE intelligence. The SITE Intelligence Group was the first one to post tweets on the claims. Nityaranjan was killed around 5:00 a.m. yesterday, when he was

taking his morning walk about half a kilometre away from the ashram, a few yards off the Hemayetpur Mental Hospital, according to police, locals and ashram officials.

Police said unidentified assailants attacked NityaRanjan around 5:00 a.m. local time yesterday, while he was walking a few yards off the Hemayetpur Mental Hospital. At least eight people have become victims of such killings since May 1. They include a Christian grocer, a Hindu priest and the wife of a police superintendent hailed for successful antimilitancy drives. Militants have killed more than 30 people in Bangladesh, including members of religious minorities, liberal bloggers and academics, since February last year.

(ANI)

900 detained in Bangladeshi anti-militant drive Dhaka, Jun 11: Bangladeshi police reportedly detained nearly 900 people on Friday during the first day of an antimilitant drive across the country. Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque said the weeklong drive was aimed at dismantling all terrorist outfits and their networks in the country, Xinhua reported.

Just on Friday, a Hindu monastery worker was

found killed in Pabna district, some 216 km west of the capital Dhaka.

Alamgir Kabir, the district's police chief, said the motive behind the killing has yet to be known.

Bangladesh has been facing a surge in violent attacks in recent years. A number of secularist writers, bloggers and publishers have been killed or seriously injured in attacks carried out by extremists since 2013.(Agencies)

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DIBRUGARH, SUNDAY, JUNE 12

Profile of a Tea Woman Behind the cup that cheers Part IV

Maternal Mortality Rate Highest in Assam While India has been reporting a steady decline in its maternal mortality rate (MMR), it still has the most maternal deaths worldwide, with 50?000 in 2013, the United Nations reported. One of India's millennium development goals was to re(Photo: flickr) duce its MMR by three quarters-from 437 deaths per 100?000 live births in 1990-91 to 109 by the end of 2015. However, it did not reach this goal and its MMR currently stands at 190.

Assam has the highest MMR of all India's states, almost double the national average, with around 328 deaths per 100?000 live births. Sources revealed that the maternal mortality rate is much higher in the tea garden areas mainly due to lack of adequate healthcare facilities, lack of knowledge about health and hygiene among the people as almost three quarters of these deaths are in tea plantations . Early marriage and lack of proper nutrition are some other causes for high rate of maternal mortality rate in such areas. The mortality rate is also quite high in the char areas because of the lack of adequate healthcare facilities in those areas. Tobacco use by pregnant mothers is another major cause for the disturbing phenomenon. According to the Sample Registration System (SRS) (July, 2011-13), the MMR in Assam of 300 per 1 lakh live births is the highest in the country, the corresponding national number being 167. the Government of India has made decisions to go for extensive use of the branches of the Ayush Ministry to bring down the maternal and infant mortality rate as there is shortage of doctors in the State. According to the sources, the State Government admitted that the high maternal mortality rate was caused due to various schemes adopted by the National Health Mission. While the rate has come down considerably over the year, there is still much to be done to bring it down, at least to the national average. Sources admitted that the mother and childcare facilities in the peripheral hospitals are still far from adequate and there is immediate need for improving the infrastructure in all such hospitals. There is acute shortage of doctors and paramedical staff in the hospitals in the remote areas and to deal with the problem the Government of India has decided to give stress on the matter and the Assam Government should also direct its ministers to give due importance in this regard.

Rising Heat India's Daylight Work Hours India is set to lose 3.6 per cent of annual daylight work hours by 2025 due to rising temperatures, reveals an IndiaSpend analysis of data in a new United Nations report. The loss of daylight work hours could increase to 5.2 per cent in 2055 and eight percent in 2085, assuming a consistent rise of 2.7°C, according to Climate Change and Labour: Impacts of heat in the workplace, released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Exploring the link between rising temperatures and productivity loss, the report said South Asian countries will be the most affected by rising temperatures; European and South American countries will be the least affected.

The report is the latest to warn of productivity losses resulting from climate change. The worst-affected countries globally will be Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Pakistan and the Maldives. In May, India recorded its highest-ever temperature of 51°C in the town of Phalodi in the western state of Rajasthan. In the southern state of Telangana, as many as 315 people died this year (until May) from heat-related causes, and as IndiaSpend reported in April 2016, heat-wave deaths in India increased 296 percent, or three times, over the last 23 years. The year 2015 was the third-warmest recorded in India since record-keeping began in 1901 and as many as 22,563 people have died in heat waves across India between 1992 and 2015, as we reported. Excessive heat while working, generally at temperatures above 35°C, creates occupational health risks and reduces work capacity and labour productivity. Maintaining a core body temperature close to 37°C is essential for health and human performance, and large amount of sweating as a result of high heat exposure while working creates dehydration risks. A large part of southern India and the eastern and western coasts, which have been unaffected by heat waves, are projected to be after 2070 and will be exposed to extreme heat-stress conditions, intensification of heat waves and heat-stress leading to increased mortality, IndiaSpend had earlier reported.

Those in the lowest-income group - heavy labour and low-skill agricultural and manufacturing jobs - are among the most susceptible to climate change, according to the UNDP report. India has 263 million farm workers and 13 million workers in factories. Without changes to current global behaviour on climate change, India would see economic losses equivalent to 1.8 percent of annual GDP by 2050, widening to 8.7 percent by 2100, a 2014 report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicted. If mitigation and adaptation steps keep the temperature rise below 2°C, economic losses could be limited to below two per cent of GDP by 2100, the ADB report said. Labour productivity impacts could reduce output in affected sectors by more than 20 per cent during the second half of the century, according to estimates in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fifth assessment report. The global economic cost of reduced productivity may be more than $2 trillion by 2030.

Now the time has come to able and by doing such rush to leaf plucking daily wage work one can work. Mangri in a me- earn instant cash wage at chanical manner took her the end of the day. It has protective wrapping (a an advantage for the piece of water proof cloth) worker because there is the umbrella, the plucking no any hard and fast rule basket. of atS h e t e n packed Kanakeswar Sensowa d a n c e some boiled rice, a few like tea garden work. pieces of potato along Sometimes he either go to with some curry in a tiffin village or go to the city, box. With all these to- seeking daily rated work. gether with a bottle of But when he find himself water, she walked out of too weary for such work the house for the planta- he goes for angling on the tion field where she would road side pond. have to stay up to 4 PM Raghu saw that his father till her plucked leaf was getting up and was would be weighed and sitting on the bed side with registered by the Women bleary eyes and indicated Mohorer. him to bring the water pot Just before reaching the to rinse his face. Raghu bamboo gate of her house gave him the water pot she reminded her son and asked him to take the Raghu to take care of his food that his mother had sister and asked him to kept for him. Budhna help her to have food. She having found himself late also asked Raghu to tell for the garden work dehis father to go to the cided to go to village to slum for some daily wage find for a daily rated work. work so that he does not He after rinsing his face at pass the day without any around 8 o' Clock went to earning. Mangri as ex- the kitchen to take his pected set off for work. share of food and after She cannot waste any day finishing the meal he took without going to work as the Daw ( a sharp heavy because the family will knife } and the angling rod lose one day's wage and and set out for the day. proportionate ration for Seeing him going out her family.

Chutki asked him to bring Domestic work in the vil- a packet of biscuit. Raghu lages on day basis is avail- however resisted himself

from giving any demand to his father .

Budhna thought-- his son is getting matured and would not demand for any thing. So to pacify Chutki he replied -" let me try Chutki, if I get a work in village I will get you a packet of biscuit and if I do not get work , I will go for angling and get you some fish" saying so he went off.

Raghu being elder, instinctively took the responsibility of his sister chutki. He convinced his mother that he would take her care.

He then called his sister to come to the study table to read the alphabets and he also went to do some of his writing work. After doing their studies and intermittent quarrel, they reached the time to dress up to go to school.

They took their school bags and carefully closed the doors of the house locked the front door and left the key in the neighbour's house. This arrangement is mutual in most of the labour quarters where a family has to leave their house unattended . They keep the key in one of their neighbour's house where one of the inmates, normally an eld-

Image for representational purpose (Photo:pics.art) erly retired person stay in guard .

While plucking, Mangri remembers the need of some fire wood to cook her evening meals. So wherever she would see some dry branches of shade tree or tea plants she would collect them quietly so that the babu does not notice it. It is known to her well that the manager is quite strict. He wants the workers to work sincerely during the working time. He would not appreciate the wastage of working time in any other manner, and certainly he

does not like someone to pick the dry tea branches.

Yet she collected the dry branches and kept them aside in small clumps with an intention to tie them up together while going for midday break.

As planned during the midday she collected some more dry wood and carefully kept aside, lest it would attract attention of the Assistant Manager.

In the afternoon after reporting for leaf weightage she went back to the place where she had kept the dried branches ,wrapped it up with a

cloth and kept inside the plucking basket and rushed back to her quarter. On the way she saw the manager in his jeep going for rounds in the garden. In order to avoid direct confrontation she hid herself in the feeder drain inside the plantation and once the manager had driven past ignoring her movement, she came out and walked briskly towards her house. To be Contd The writer can be reached at: kanakeswarsensowa @gmail.com.Phone no: 9435033019

India and the US Overcome the Hesitations of History The Indian prime minister was at his best before the U.S. Congress.

It was Narendra Modi at his best.

Once again, this Indian prime minister proved why he remains India's best ambassador. Modi's address to the joint session of the U.S. ConHarsh gress on June 8 was a great mixture of wit, exuberance, and vision. He saluted the forces that bind India and the United States together even as he charted out a new vision of the future. And he could rightly proclaim that finally India-U.S. ties have "overcome the hesitations of history." It is his leadership that has managed to salvage India-U.S. ties from the morass they had sunk into during the last few years of the previous government. In just two years, Modi galvanized an ossified Indian bureaucracy and gave a new sense of purpose to India's engagement with the United States.

Modi's vision is not restricted to South Asia, but is in line with his thinking about making India a leading global power. He underscored this when he suggested

to the U.S. Congress that "A strong India-U.S. partnership can anchor peace, prosperity and stability from Asia to Africa and from Indian Ocean to the Pacific. It can also help ensure secuV. Pant rity of the sea lanes of commerce and freedom of navigation on seas."

Without naming Pakistan, he commended the U.S. Congress "for sending a clear message to those who preach and practice terrorism for political gains. Refusing to reward them is the first step towards holding them accountable for their actions." Modi wants New Delhi and Washington to work together to isolate "those who harbor, support and sponsor terrorists, that does not distinguish between 'good' and 'bad' terrorists, and that delinks religion from terrorism."

Modi was aware of the criticism that his government had been facing in some quarters of the U.S. polity for its handling of religious minorities, which was underlined in the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom's annual report

that claimed religious freedom in India was on a "negative trajectory" in 2015.Addressing his critics, Modi made it clear that for his government, "the Constitution

sense of an increasingly ambitious, aspirational, and impatient India, even as he made it clear that "these are not just aspirations. They are goals to be reached in a finite time-

Modi addressing to the joint session of the U.S. Congress (Photo: .livemint) is its real holy book.

And, in that holy book, freedom of faith, speech and franchise, and equality of all citizens, regardless of background, are enshrined as fundamental rights." This was vintage Modi-not defensive but dealing with critics on his own terms.

He shared his "long and ambitious" to-do list with his American interlocutors to give them a

frame. And to be achieved with a light carbon foot print, with greater emphasis on renewables."

The warmth with which Modi's address was received by members of the U.S. Congress is a tribute to the Modi government's deft handling of the United States and the underlying strategic convergence between the world's two major democracies. The joint statement issued by Modi

and Barack Obama also captured the strategic sweep of the Indo-U.S. relationship. It included making India a "major defense partner" of the U.S. in technology transfer and a "priority partner" in the Asia-Pacific, asking other countries to support India's bid for admission to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), and treating the Pathankot terror attack with the same level of seriousness as the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks.

A separate joint document focusing on cyber security was issued and a funding initiative towards climate change was announced. There has also been some concrete movement on civil nuclear cooperation, with the decision by Westinghouse to set up six nuclear reactors in India. Against the backdrop of China's refusal to support India's entry into the NSG, the United States has called on all NSG countries to support India's application at the plenary meeting on June 24, even as India's imminent entry into the Mis-

Greedy Engineers And Arrest

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Sir, Greeds of the human beings know no bounds. This is very well manifested in the arrest of Sanjeeb Lochan, DGM, civil construction department of the Assam Asset, ONGCL, Sivsagar. Time and again, we come across the news of theft of valuable goods, iron pipes or some other costly paraphernalia and the liquid gold (Oil) and we understand it for certain that without the tacit support of some of the officials of ONGCL this sort of theft cannot take place. In the Oil India Limited (OIL) similar theft is rampant. While some stolen materials are subsequently recovered, some materials are sold out. Everywhere, wherever such materials are stolen from the stores of either ONGCL or OIL, the misdoers are seldom apprehended. The most interesting point to note is that the ONGCL and OIL employees receive a hefty salary with adequate perquisites. Still they are not satisfied, they want more. It is an established fact that the Civil section is

sile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) has been confirmed.

LEMOA, or the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement, which allows each military to avail logistics support facilities of the other while on joint training, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) missions, and port calls, is on its way towards finalization.

There is clearly much more that the two sides will have to work on, especially on India's integration into various multilateral economic groupings. And the challenge will be to keep the momentum going even after the change of administration in Washington. But as Modi surmised at the end of his address to the U.S. Congress, the "constrains of the past are behind us" and "there is a new symphony in play." This new symphony would not have been possible without a master conductor.

Modi deserves all the credit for this remarkable transformation in India-U.S. ties. Courtesy: The diplomat

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DIBRUGARH, SUNDAY, JUNE 12

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

Applications are invited from Indian citizens for direct recruitment of Assoc.

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

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

6. Lady Medical Officer, AAU, Jorhat Pay : Rs. 12,00040,000/ + Grade Pay of Rs.6, 100/p.m.

7. Secretary to Vice Chancellor Pay : Rs. 12,000/ Rs. 40,000/ + Grade Pay of Rs. 6,100.

Age: Age limit as on 01.01.2016: 38 years (maximum). The age is relaxable by the number of full years of service rendered in AAU/ICAR/CSIR/DST/SAUs and other Govt. Institutions up to a maximum of 5(five) years as supported by the relevant documents for the post of Lady Medical Officer & Secretary to Vice Chancellor. For other posts, age is no bar.

Application Fee: Application fee is to be deposited at Powerjyoti Account of the University lying with the State Bank of India, AAU Jorhat Branch (A/c No. 33019714091). For payment, a Challan copy may be downloaded from the University website and fee paid Challan copy is to be enclosed along with the application form. The prescribed fee is Rs. 300/ in case of general candidates and Rs. 150/ in case of SC/ST/PH candidates.

How to apply: Application form in prescribed format is to be submitted to the Registrar, AAU, Jorhat on or before June 30/2016. A self addressed stamped (worth Rs.6/ envelope size 23 cm x 10 cm should be sent along with the application form).

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GradeIV Jobs in Jorhat Medical College & Hospital, June 2015 Jorhat Medical College & Hospital.

Last Date: 25/06/2015.

Applications are invited from Indian citizens in Standard Form for filling up of following vacant posts in Jorhat Medical College & Hospital in the scales of pay and the other allowances as admissible under the rules.

Name of Post: GradeIV No of Post: 04 Educational Qualification: Read up to ClassX. Pay: Rs 2450 Rs 3670/ Age: 18 to 38 years.

5 year of relaxation for SC/ ST candidates.

Fee: Rs 100 to be deposited in the form of Bank Draft.

How to Apply: Pl check www.jmch.org.in/ for more details.

NIRD recruitment 2016 Border Security senior medical officer 7 Force Constable (Tradesmen) vacancies National institute of rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD) invites application for the position of 07 Administrative officer, senior medical officer, assistant librarian, security officer, junior Hindi Translator, pharmacist, library and information assistant vacancies. Apply before 27th June 2016.

Name of post:- Administrative officer, senior medical officer Eligibility:- Degree, MBBS, master degree, Graduation, SSC, Diploma in pharmacy Job Location:- Telangana and Assam Last Date:- 27th June 2016 Total No. of Posts:- 7 Posts Administration Officer:- 01 posts Age Limit:- The age of the candidate should below 45 years.

Pay Scale:- Rs 15600 - 39100/- Per Month Qualification:- Candidates should have degree from a recognized university.

Senior Medical Officer:- 01 posts Age Limit:- The age of the candidate should below 45 years.

Pay Scale:- Rs 15600 - 39100/- Per Month Qualification:- Candidates should have MBBS from a recognized university.

Selection Procedure:- The selection of the candidates will be on the basis of personal interview depending on the number of applications received.

Age Relaxation:- The upper age of the candidates in relaxable for the following specified categories to the extent indicated below:i) By 5 years for candidates belonging to ST communities. ii) By 5 years for candidates belonging to SC communities. iii) By 3 years for candidates belonging to OBC communities.

How to apply:- Candidates may apply in prescribed application along with relevant documents send to the assistant Registrar (E), National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad:- 500030 on or before 27th June 2016.

North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST) recruits Project Workers in Jorhat May 2016 Project Workers Job position in North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST) 1.Qualification: Diploma in Chemical / Mechanical Engineering.

Pay Scale: Rs. 8000 Age: 28 yrs 2.Qualification: MCA or BE/BTech (Computer Sc / IT or MSc, IT having knowledge in Linux / HTML / Javascript / Database.

Age: 28 yrs Pay Scale: Rs. 12,000 3.Qualification:MSc Library Science with proficiency in Computer Sc and knowledge in Bibliographic DBMS. Pay Scale: Rs. 12,000 4.Qualification: BE / BTech in Chemical Engineering with exposure in the area of high pressure hydrogenation reactions.

Age: 28 yrs Pay Scale: Rs. 20000 5. SRF (Extended): Those who have submitted PhD theses in Organic Chemistry may be selected provisionally for one year only pending award of PhD degree. Once PhD degree is awarded they may be absorbed as RA Max Age: 33 yrs Pay Scale: Rs. 20000 OR RA: (i) PhD in Organic Chemistry Max Age: 35 yrs Pay Scale:Rs. 36,000/- to Rs. 40,000/- Per Month How to apply Interview Date: 08-06-2016 , Reporting time: 9.00 am.

Brush Up On Your Skills for a Career in Painting What Is Painting?

Painting is a centuries old form of fine art that involves carefully spreading paint on a canvas to create a picture. The most popular types of paint include oil paint, watercolor paint, acrylic paint, and tempera paint. Traditional canvas includes cloth canvases and paper canvases, but other materials, like wood and stone, can also be used.

As an art form, painting has a long and detailed history. Early paintings, including cave paintings, were often used as a form of communication. As mankind evolved, so did artists. Antique paintings are often considered to be rare treasures, and they often give clues about how people lived long ago.

What Does a Painter Do? As mentioned above, a painter applies paint to a canvas to create a scene.

Painting is often much more than simply creating pictures, however. Artists often use their paintings as a means of self-expression, for instance. Nearly every painting that they create is meant to convey certain feelings or emotions.

Traditional fine artists may create several different types of paintings, depending on their preferences and skills. Some artists prefer to paint scenes, for instance, while others may prefer to paint portraits. Talented painters will often have their finished works displayed in art galleries or museums.

Some modern painters, on

the other hand, may use entire buildings as canvases. These individuals are often known as mural painters, and they are often commissioned by individuals, companies, or municipalities to create large painted scenes on interior or exterior walls.

Other painters may spe-

bor Statistics reported that the average annual salary for fine artists, including painters, was around $42,650.

What Are the Education Requirements For a Painter?

As with many fine arts careers, there are no strict education requirements to

A 3D art on the street (Photo: streetpainting3d) cialize in restoring existing paintings. These types of painters usually work with very old and very valuable paintings. They are often responsible for cleaning and preserving the paintings as well as replicating any damaged or faded areas in the painting.

What Type of Salary Does a Painter Earn?

Generally, only the most talented painters are able to earn an acceptable salary with their works. In fact, many painters must seek additional employment in order to supplement income from their paintings.

It is possible for some successful painters to make a living from their passion, however. In 2008, for instance, the Bureau of La-

become a painter. In order to hone their painting skills and learn new techniques, however, many painters choose to attend a school of fine arts at a traditional university or an art school.

Restoring valuable paintings, however, is a highly specialized field. Individuals who are interested in a career restoring and preserving valuable paintings must usually earn either a Bachelor's degree or a Master's degree in fine arts. During the course of their schooling, these individuals will usually take several painting and art classes to develop their talent. They will also take several classes in art history in order to learn about

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the different painting styles and techniques used by painters throughout the years. Many painting restorers will usually specialize in restoring paintings from different art periods, including Renaissance paintings and Romanesque paintings.

Before painting restorers are trusted with very valuable paintings, though, they must usually complete an apprenticeship, in which they study under and learn from an experienced art restorer.

What Can I Do With a Degree in Painting?

Talented painters that have refined their skills in art school often try to have their work displayed in art galleries and museums.

Some artists may be successful in selling their paintings to private collectors or companies. At times, a painter may be commissioned to create specific pieces of art.

Artists with a degree in fine art may also be hired by art museums and art galleries to restore and preserve masterpieces from other artists as well.

This is a highly specialized field, however, and usually only the most talented artists will be chosen for this type of position.

Individuals with painting or fine art degrees might also be hired by art museums as curators, archivists, and art directors.

Alternate Career Options Other career options for this field include: Art Director Another profession for

those with an artistic eye might be that of art director, who designs and then directs others in the development of images in publications, product packaging and filmed productions.

Graphic Designer These designers create visuals for promotions and advertising, by hand or with computer software.

Scope of Career in Paintings in India A career in paintings is slowly becoming a good option in India as the prices of paintings done

by Indian artists have soared a lot in recent years in the global market. And even in India, more and more people have started appreciating the works of art, thus increasing the commercial value of art works. And a career in art is not restricted to just being a painter of canvas that is framed and sold in gallery. There is a graphic or professional artist behind every work of art in a magazine, newspaper, poster and book.

Industries offering Career in Paintings in India With growing scope of Art industry, many art industries and companies require skilled artists and painters. Some of the renowned industries in India are Jain Art industry, Harish Kutir Udyog Jaipur, Art Collection Jaipur, S. S. Manners, Fab Design, Bion Creations and Net Well.

Courtesy: theartca reerproject

Recruitment, May 2016 [561 posts]

Border Security Force (BSF) Last Date: 20/ 06/2016.

Applications are invited from male Indian citizens for appointment for the following posts of Constables in Border Security Force (BSF): Name of post: Constable (Tradesmen) No of posts : 561 posts in various Trades Pay : Rs.5200 -20200 grade pay Rs. 2000 Age : 1823 years as on 01/08/2016 Educational Qualification : Matriculation or equivalent.

Application Fee : Rs.50/ in the form of bank DD or Postal Order.

No fee from SC/ST/ Ex.SM candidates.

How to Apply : Application in the prescribed format should be sent to the concerned RAs/HQrs in different States of India as per the details given in the advertisement within 30 days of publication of the advertisement in i.e. on or before last date 20/06/2016.

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Teaching Positions (Professor) in South Asian University May 2016 South Asian University (SAU) Akbar Bhawan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021, India Teaching Positions (Professor) in South Asian University South Asian University, a collaborative project of all SAARC countries, is looking for outstanding, highly qualified and experienced faculty members: Professor : 07 posts in Cmputer Science, Mathematics, Legal Studies, Life Sciences& Biotechnology, International Relations, Sociology and Economics, Pay : US$ 30000 to US$ 40000) per annum Application Fee : Indian Rs. 1300/- (US$ 20) How to Apply : Apply Online at South Asian University (SAU) website on or before20/06/2015.

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Bring Film to Life as a Visual Effects Animator!

What is a Visual Effects Animator?

A visual effects animator is the individual responsible for inserting special effects into films; effects that cannot be added during live action shooting. A great example is when the green screen is used during shots of actors in a studio, and an exciting background is added later. These professionals may even create entire characters through computer software programs and integrate them into the film, even allowing them to interact with live action characters. They work to increase the realism and excitement of television shows, films, commercials and other projects.

A strong background in multimedia art and animation is required to be successful at this career, and many individuals work as animators or other artists before specializing in visual effects.

Work Environment Although most of this professional's time will be spent in an office where they have access to computers and animation software, visual effects animators can also be found at live action shootings. They may travel to various locations to watch the filming happen, or to document the recording for their own research and animation process. They often work long hours, nights and weekends, especially when they are under tight deadlines. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over half of all multimedia artists and animators were self-employed in 2012. Although freelancing offers up a vari-

ety of benefits, including the ability to take on what jobs the artist wants, there is also a downside, which is nonsteady work and paychecks.

The good news is that several industries employ these animators, including the motion picture and film industry, which is responsible for 13% of employment for this field.

Education Requirements The BLS suggests that indi-

motion picture and film industry. However, the top 10% of earners in this field brought home more than $113,000 in 2012. The earning potential is certainly there for those who are willing to do the work. The 5 top-paying states for this career in 2012 were California, Washington, District of Columbia, New York and New Mexico.

Job Outlook

Representational image (Photo: lafilm) viduals who are interested in becoming a visual effects animator take the time to earn a bachelor's degree in animation, art, or a closely related career. Most employers require at least this level of education, although many individuals earn higher degrees, especially after deciding to specialize in visual effects animation. Learning computer software often used in animation and multimedia art will give individuals an advantage in the field, even before they specialize.

Salary As if this career weren't exciting enough, the salary is the icing on the cake. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the annual median salary for multimedia artists and animators in 2012 was $72,680 for those in the

Although multimedia artists and animator jobs are only expected to grow about 3% through the year 2022, the demand for those working in the motion picture and film industry is likely much higher. This is because individuals are always demanding high quality television and films, so these professionals are always in demand. This is also true for those who plan to go into the video game industry, as the demand for these has been steadily growing and isn't expected to slow any time soon. States with the highest levels of employment for these professionals are: California, New York Washington, Texas and Illinois.

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BUSINESS

Gold climbs on global cues, silver evokes 40 k mark NON-STABILIZE PRICE Silver followed suit and recaptured the crucial Rs 40,000- mark by surging Rs 1,000 to Rs 40,500 per kg due to increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

Image for representational purpose. (Photo: aleqt) Chennai, Jun 11: Tracking a firm trend overseas and increased buying by jewellers at domestic markets, gold prices edged up by Rs 10 to Rs 29,170 per 10

grams at the bullion market. Silver followed suit and recaptured the crucial Rs 40,000- mark by surging Rs 1,000 to Rs 40,500 per kg due to increased offtake by industrial units

Tracking a firm trend overseas and increased buying by jewellers at domestic markets, gold prices edged up by Rs 10 to Rs 29,170 per 10 grams at the bullion market.

In the national capital, gold of 99.9 and 99.5 per cent purity inched up by Rs 10 each to Rs 29,170 and Rs 29,020 per ten grams respectively.

Following gold, silver ready recorded by handsome gains of Rs 1,000 to Rs 40,500 per kg and weeklybased delivery by Rs 1,340 to Rs 40,680 per kg. Silver coins also flared up by Rs 1,000 to Rs 68,000 for buying and Rs 69,000 for selling of 100 pieces.

and coin makers. Traders said sentiment remained strong on the back of a firming trend overseas where the precious metal climbed to a

three-week high as the dollar retreated on bets the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates on hold in the coming months. Gold in New York, which nor-

mally determines the price trend in the domestic market, gained 1.55 per cent to USD 1,262.50 an ounce and silver surged 4.07 per cent to

Gold in New York, which normally determines the price trend in the domestic market, gained 1.55 per cent to USD 1,262.50 an ounce and silver surged 4.07 per cent to USD 17.01 an ounce in yesterday's trade.

USD 17.01 an ounce in yesterday's trade. In the national capital, gold of 99.9 and 99.5 per cent purity inched up by Rs 10 each to Rs 29,170 and Rs 29,020 per ten grams respectively. The precious metal had gained Rs 130 yesterday. Sovereign, however, remained steady at Rs 22,900 per piece of eight grams in scattered deals. Following gold, silver ready recorded by handsome gains of Rs 1,000 to Rs 40,500 per kg and weekly-based delivery by Rs 1,340 to Rs 40,680 per kg. Silver coins also flared up by Rs 1,000 to Rs 68,000 for buying and Rs 69,000 for selling of 100 pieces.

(Agencies)

Ola Money partners with Indi.com joins hands with ArtistAloud Ebay, YepMe, AskmeBazaar for a stellar show on World Music Day for easy payments ANI New Delhi, Jun 11: Popular digital payment solution from Ola, Ola Money today announced that its partnership with leading online marketplaces eBay, YepMe and AskmeBazaar to enable its users to pay with one touch from their Ola Money wallet. It will offer the customers an additional 10 percent discount (valid till June 21st) when they use Ola Money to make their payments on eBay. At the time of payment on any of these platforms, both web and app, customers will get to choose Ola Money as one of their payment options.

On selection, a one touch check-out, if on the app, and a simple OTP authentication, if on the web, completes the payment. Ola Money is a one of the top mobile wallets in the country with millions of customers on its platform. As a digital payment solution is uniquely positioned with high frequency usage and recharge by users, given the primary use case of the wallet. The Ola Money experience allows users to pay with a seamless, onetouch checkout in a secure environment in a wide variety of use cases, outside the Ola platform. "eBay India recognizes and values the potential and convenience of mobile wallets.

Our partnership with Ola Money will ensure the simplest and most seamless payment experience for consumers shopping on our platform," said Director-Marketing eBay India, Shivani Suri. "The unique position of the Ola Money wallet is in its high frequency usage, active customer base and a higher average wallet balance. We are confident this association with Ola Money is going to be a great value proposition for both companies," added Shivani

Suri. "The payment experience we have built with Ola Money is a huge differentiator not only in the mobility space, but also across a wide range of use cases now. The Ola Money app is already being used for mobile recharges, peer to peer transfers, ticketing and more across a wide range of online and offline merchants," said Senior Vice-President and HeadOla Money, Pallav Singh.

"With Ola Money, our vision is to create a holistic payment ecosystem and our partnership with eBay, Yepme and AskmeBazar is a major step in that direction," added Pallav Singh.

He further added that together these three e-commerce platforms have over 100,000 merchants registered on their platform. As one of India's most used payment solution, we are confident that more use cases like these will create a superior payment experience for our customers across the board that they now enjoy within the Ola platform. The Ola Money app can be used for prepaid mobile phone recharge across all network operators in India and for sending money to friends and family within minutes. Recently, Ola Money also partnered with Mumbai Metro to help commuters recharge their prepaid metro cards and RSRTC- the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation as their exclusive digital payment partner, where users can book tickets online, using Ola Money. Additionally, Ola Money has also partnered with merchants like Cleartrip and Stayglad, Healthkart, Doormint, amongst hundreds of others. These partnerships allow Ola users, who already maintain a significant balance in their Ola Money accounts, to pay with one touch.

ANI New Delhi, Jun 11: The global social video sharing platform, Indi.com has joined hands with ArtistAloud to bring alive the second edition of the popular World Music Day. Following the smashing success of the first World Music Day, the second rendition promises even more grandeur, hosting the scintillating performances of top artists across 7 different venues in top 6 cities. The musical extravaganza will come alive at India's only music themed venue, Hard Rock Cafe, across Mumbai, Pune, New Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The one-ofits-kind festival of music is bringing together as many as 40 performing artists, along with 10 headlining acts covering 15 genres of music and will happen simultaneously across top Indian metro cities. To further up the ante and make this musical extravaganza truly memorable for music enthusiasts, Indi.com has announced special

challenges on its social video sharing platform.

The winners from the "Indi Singing Sensation Challenge", "The Host Challenge" & "You Know You Rock Hard Challenge" will grab the golden opportunity to share the stage with the headlining acts in their respective cities. Further commenting on the announcement, Divyansh Bajpai, Co-Founder, Indi.com India said, "At Indi.com, we are proud to be partnering with and sponsoring the spectacular musical gala that World Music Day is. Bringing together spirited musical enthusiasts all across the country, the show promises an evening to remember for a lifetime. I hope users put their best foot forward in the special challenges hosted on Indi.com and grab the lifetime opportunity to be at center stage of the musical gala and share space with the top performers from the industry." Last year, the Hard Rock Cafes were packed with over 5000 music lovers. This year the show promises to

has launched a new product under Mountain Dew brands -Game Fuel - targeting the gaming community. "We have launched new product under Mountain Dew brand, 13 years after it was launched in India.

Game Fuel brand is present in the US and India is the second country where it has been launched," he said. When asked about new launches going forward this year, Prakash said: "This year was a big one for us. We launched 7UP Revive and Nimboo Masala Soda nationally. We also launched Game Fuel this year. We will establish these launches...we might have a couple towards end of this year or beginning of next year." In July, the company will also launch smaller cans for it flagship brands - Mirinda, 7UP, Mountain Dew. At present, smaller 150 ml cans also only available for Pepsi and Diet Pepsi. Game Fuel has been launched in 600 ML PET bottle and 250 ml can and priced at Rs 35 and 25, respectively. (Agencies)

Micromax ventures into AC segment Bengaluru, Jun 11: After televisions, tech firm Micromax is now foraying into the air conditioner category and expects the consumer durables vertical to contribute 20 per cent to its revenues by December 2017. The citybased firm, which gets a lion's share of its revenues from handsets, has launched four models of split and window ACs, priced between Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 30,000. "We had launched LED TVs twoand- a-half years back and today are among the top 5 brands with about 10 per cent market share... AC is among the fastest growing categories in the segment," said Micromax cofounder Rajesh Agarwal.

Micromax wants to be an

Micromax co-founder Rajesh Agarwal. (Photo: thehindubusinessline) all-round player in the consumer electronics space, he added. "We are launching 4 SKUs in windows (one) and split (three) ACs with 1.5 and 2 ton capac-

Variant of Jaguar XE launched by JLR, priced at Rs 43.69 lakh Pune, Jun 11: Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover launched a variant of its sports saloon Jaguar XE in India, priced at Rs 43.69 lakh (ex-Mumbai, pre-octroi). The variant named Prestige will add to Pure and Portfolio derivatives of Jaguar XE, which were launched in February, Jaguar Land Rover India said in a statement. Prestige is powered by a two-litre petrol engine and is equipped with advanced driving technologies like all surface progress control (ASPC), which is a

be larger than life, happening on 19 June 2016 from 7:30pm onwards.

Music lovers may reserve event tickets at BookMyShow or Hard Rock Cafe outlets, and everyone can participate in the contests hosted on Indi for a chance to share a stage with the top performers, and win fabulous cash prizes.

PepsiCo to aim on health related drinks In order to tap into the growing segment of health conscious customers, beverage and snacks major PepsiCo said it will have more focus in this area which launching new drinks. "We feel hydration drinks and functional drinks are a big opportunity. Health and wellness is our focus,that is where the customer is moving.

Trend is towards health related drinks. We will launch more products in these segments," said PepsiCo India Vice President, Beverage Category, Vipul Prakash. He defined functional drinks as those containing vitamins and mineral. The company

A LAVISH RIDE Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover launched a variant of its sports saloon Jaguar XE in India, priced at Rs 43.69 lakh (ex-Mumbai, pre-octroi).

Prestige is powered by a two-litre petrol engine and is equipped with advanced driving technologies like all surface progress control (ASPC), which is a low speed cruise control that helps cope with low traction situations.

With the introduction of Jaguar XE, the company has entered a new market segment and Prestige derivative will enhance its continued popularity and success. Jaguar XE Pure is priced at Rs 39.9 lakh, while Portfolio is tagged at Rs 47.99 lakh (all prices ex-Mumbai, pre-octroi).

Both are powered by a two-litre petrol engine.

ity. These will be manufactured at our facility in Uttarakhand," he said.

Micromax expects about 15 per cent of its revenues to come from LED

TVs and 5 per cent from ACs by December 2017.

The company closed FY16 with revenues close to $ 2 billion. It expects to clock an overall growth of about 30 per cent this year. "This year, we expect to make about 50,000 units and next year, ramp it up to 2 lakh units...

South (32 per cent) and west India (28 per cent) are major markets for ACs, followed by North India (28 per cent) and East India (12 per cent)," he said.

He added the company will use its existing distribution channels, including online sales. Online accounts for about 25 per cent of the sales of its TVs and it expects a similar traction for the ACs, he said.

(Agencies)

Idea launches TVC to interface consumers about 4G LTE experiences

Chief Marketing Officer Idea Cellular, Sashi Shankar. (Photo: bollywoodpage3.files.wordpress) ANI New Delhi, Jun 11: India's fastest growing telecom operator Idea Cellular is all geared up to communicate the experience on 4G LTE and how it can bring about 'The Biggest Small Change' in the life of people who live online, through its new TVC campaign. With this campaign, Idea is reaching out to the people who relate with their smartphones like a TV screen where they watch movies in High Definition ( HD), use video calling to share special moments with friends, live stream cricket matches or just simply indulge into gaming with online community and they need all that at faster speed and with even superior internet experience. The new TVC which was released on TV and Digital on June 3rd, brings alive an array of benefits through situations where consumers can be seen truly living the 4G experience as it goes on to answer the question that's on everyone`s mind about 4G. The TVC captures the essence and the spirit of today's youth which lives in the moment and wants to share and capture each and

every aspect of their lives.

Focusing on some of the key attributes that define the high speed 4G LTE technology, which is revolutionizing the data segment in the telecom sector, Idea's new campaign points out that while upgrading from 3G/ 2G to 4G may appear small, the impact on the Internet experience is big. "Since we are talking to a digitally savvy audience, the Idea 4G launch campaign will see the brand in a new avatar - a younger, more energetic, hitech look and feel. For the first time ever, we have worked with international directors who are known for their work in the area of technology and computer graphics. In terms of treatment, the film has a fast pace, dynamic, international feel and a vibe and energy that the digital natives can identify with," said Chief Marketing Officer Idea Cellular, Sashi Shankar.

Idea's 4G LTE services are presently available across 10 telecom circles, thus this national campaign will be further amplified to deliver one constant messaging on positioning the experience that a consumer gets on the Idea network across the country.

$140 bn to be invested by Railways in infrastructure in 5 years: Suresh Prabhu Kolkata, Jun 11: Indian Railways will invest $140 billion over the next five years in infrastructure and improving the mobility of its services, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said. "Indian Railways will invest $140 billion in the next five years. We have invested Rs 94,000 crore and additionally we have decided to issue contract of Rs 40,000 crore for locomotives," Prabhu said at an event organised by MCC Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He said the country needs to invest 10-11 percent of GDP in infrastructure in order to give a fillip to economic growth. "Our focus has been on infrastructure and among various sectors in infrastructure transportation is the prominent one," he said. The minister said the Indian Railways was working on a "mobility directory" to bring in all the elements of infrastructure to increase the average speed of travel. "We have finalised high speed railways project with an estimated cost of Rs one lakh crore and are in a process to bring semi high speed trains. Three dedi-

cated freight corridors will also be developed," Prabhu said. The Railway Ministry was also concerned about increasing nonfare revenue. "Worldwide, 30 percent of railways` revenue comes from non-fare segment while in India two-thirds comes from freight and one-third from passenger fare. We have established a directorate to increase non-fare revenue and also improve the finances of the Indian Railways," he said. Indian Railways is keen to form joint-venture with states to expedite implementation of projects.

"We are creating joint venture companies. These joint ventures will act as corporate entity and will work independently to implement projects of their own. Sixteen states have agreed to work with us," he said. "I am requesting the state governments to join hands with the Railways in developing and re-developing the stations," Prabhu said.

Railway Board Chairman A.K. Mital said Indian Railways augmented capital outlay to Rs 49,943 crore in 2016-17 budget to lay new lines and for gauge conversion. (Agencies)

TECHNOLOGY MotoZ, MotoZ Force and MotoMods unveiled by Lenovo AMAZING FEATURES

low speed cruise control that helps cope with low traction situations.

Jaguar Land Rover India President Rohit Suri said with the introduction of Jaguar XE, the company has entered a new market segment and Prestige derivative will enhance its continued popularity and success. Jaguar XE Pure is priced at Rs 39.9 lakh, while Portfolio is tagged at Rs 47.99 lakh (all prices exMumbai, pre-octroi).

Both are powered by a two-litre petrol engine.

(Agencies)

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Features include 6.4-inch QHD standard resolution (2560 Ă— 1440 pixels), runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, 6GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, 4050 mAh battery.

It is the first smartphone to come with Dolby Atmos audio capabilities that can record sound in 5.1 surround.

Image for representational purpose. (Photo: wpengine.netdna-cdn)

San Francisco, Jun 11: Chinese tech giant Lenovo launched the much anticipated MotoZ and MotoZ Force as expected. At a Live event termed as the Lenovo Tech World 2016 held in San Francisco, the parent com-

pany of Motorola also launched the Phab2 Prob besides the MotoZ smartphones. Lenovo also launched a series of add-ons for the MotoZ and MotoZ Force collectively known as the MotoMods. (Agencies)

At 5.2mm with a beautiful metal design, Moto Z is the world's thinnest premium smartphone, the company says.

The MotoZ will be available in the US this summer, the company informs and it will be available unlock.

The MotoZ will, however, be available globally starting September.

There will be three Mods available at launch: a projector, "party speaker" and an external battery.

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India beats Zimbabwe by 9 wickets in Harare Harare, June 11: Rahul hits ton on debut as India thrashed Zimbabwe by 9 wickets in the first ODI of the three match series today.

Lokesh Rahul plays a shot during the One Day International cricket match against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Saturday.

He found an able ally in Ambati Rayudu (62 n.o.) as they added 162 runs in 38 overs for the unbroken second wicket partnership even though the Hyderabadi batsman

was not at his fluent best.

When he reached 87, Rahul also became the highest individual scorer on debut eclipsing Robin Uthappa’s 86 against England on his ODI debut in Indore, back in 2006.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team were in complete control of the proceedings right from the start as the hosts France Football team never looked like putting up a fight during the ANI with a 2-1 win over Romacourse of the match, once Paris, June 11 : Midfielder nia here on Sunday. they were put into bat.

Dimitri Payet smashed a After a goalless first-half,

Spain's De Gea quashes involvement in sex scandal ANI London, June 11 : Spain and Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has strongly rejected the reports linking him to a sexual abuse case dated back to 2012, saying it is a complete false.

According to a Spanish newspaper, De Gea organised a sex party with prostitutes for his teammates in which a woman was forced to take part against her will.

De Gea had reportedly

been named by a protected witness in the court documents, which claims that she was forced to perform sexual acts against her will in a Madrid hotel suite rented by jailed pornography baron 'Torbe' in 2012.

While De Gea is not accused of being present at the scene, the witness said that Spanish under21 player Iker Muniain and, another unidentified player of the team were involved in the alleged event.

The 25-year-old, whose

with the Spain team for the upcoming challenge.

"This gives me more strength to be with this team, it is now in my lawyers' hands. I am going to stay with the national team, I have the strength and my teammates' support and I want to fight for the Euros," De Gea was quoted as saying by goal.com.

David de Gea Euro campaign seems to shocked by the reports, be in trouble now, said but insisted that he that he got completely would continue to stay

Spain will begin their European Championship when they take on Czech Republic in Toulouse on June 13.

Windies board releases five players for early CPL matches ANI Port of Spain (Trinidad), June 11 : The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has agreed to release its star players namely, legspinner Devendra Bishoo, allrounder Carlos Brathwaite, batsman Darren Bravo and skipper Jason Holder for the opening weeks of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), which starts from June 29.

The quartet were previously retained on a "free" by their respective franchises at the CPL draft in Barbados in February and will be available as their sides aim to make their mark in the early exchanges of the CPL. Carlos Brathwaite, whose match-winning heroics guided the West Indies to their second World T20 title in India, will join St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots for their opening home

match against Guyana Amazon Warriors on June 30.

It will be the 27-yearold's second year with the Patriots, having previously featured for Antigua Hawksbills and Barbados Tridents.

Holder will link up with his home team the Barbados Tridents, while Darren Bravo returns to Trinbago Knight Riders where the 27-year-old batsman will link up once more alongside his brother Dwayne. Legspinner Devendra Bishoo will once again feature for the Guyana Amazon Warriors.

The quartet are playing in the Caribbean ODI tri-series involving Australia and South Africa, and they will link up with their franchises until 11 July, upon resumption of their international Test commitments with the West Indies for the series

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Indian men's skeet shooters knock out of San Marino World Cup ANI New Delhi, June 11 : Indian men's skeet shooters, without the Rio bound Mairaj Ahmad Khan, failed to make it to the final rounds of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup for Shotgun at the European republic of San Marino.

ing shot a score of 108.

Meanwhile, India's Women's Skeet team comprising of Maheshwari Chauhan and Rashmee Rathore ended in 36th and 49th place respectively.

Maheshwari shot 64 out of 75 while Rashmee managed 61.

Among the three Indians in the fray, Sheeraz Shaikh and Man Singh shot identical scores of 117 in the qualification round to finish in 36th and 37th positions respectively.

Smit Singh was way behind in 76th place, hav-

The ISSF World Cup will now move next to Baku, Azerbaijan, for its fourth and concluding stage and would be a combined stage for Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun. This would be the last global competition for the sport before the Rio 2016 Olympics in August.

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against India.

Meanwhile, the St. Lucia Zouks have announced that experienced wicketkeeper batsman Denesh Ramdin will replace the injured Fidel Edwards until July 11. Ramdin, who has played 58 T20 internationals till date, will then be replaced by left-

arm spinner Kristopher Ramsaran for the remainder of the tournament.

Commenting on the same, CPL CEO Damien O'Donohoe said,"On behalf of the CPL and our thousands of supporters across the Caribbean and beyond, I would like to extend a warm welcome

to these five West Indies and global superstars for the fourth installment of CPL. "Our thanks to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Coach and Chairman of Selection Committee for facilitating the release of the players for the opening weeks of the CPL. It's a tremendous boost for the competition and I have no doubt that each of the players will be motivated to add great value to their squads."

"All five players know what the passion and the excitement of CPL is all about and are box-office draws across each of the five teams. I know their fans will welcome the players with open arms once more. In welcoming Denesh to the Zouks, we would all like to wish Fidel a speedy recovery and we hope to see him back in action in the near future.

stunning late winner as hosts France kicked off their European Championship

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud put France ahead in the 58th minute of the

match before Romania striker Bogdan Stancu equalized the score via penalty just seven minutes later.

It was in the 89th minute when Payet curled a sumptuous shot received from N'Golo Kante into the top corner to hand his side with a winning start in the Euro 2016 .

France will play their next match against Albania while Romania will now lock horns with Switzerland.

The hosts remains under a state of emergency after last November's attacks on Paris, when 130 people were killed. More than 90 thousands police, soldiers and private guards are deployed at the tournament, with seven million fans expected to visit the 10 host cities.

Saina Nehwal storms into Australian Open finals ANI Sydney, June 11 : Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal produced a rich vein of form as she marched into her first final of the season after hammering China's Wang Yihan in the women's singles event of the Australian Open Super Series here on Saturday.

Seventh seed Saina, who is eyeing her maiden title of the season, registered a 218, 21-12 victory over fourth seed Yihan in a one-sided semi-final contest that lasted half an hour.

With the win, Saina has now set up a summit showdown against China's Sun Yu, who made it to the finals after

Saina Nehwal beating her fellow countrywoman LI Xuerui 21-18, 21-19.

Meanwhile, in men's singles event, Kidambi Srikanth

suffered a major blow as he knocked out of the tournament after going down 2022, 13-21 to Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark.

Messi's treble powers Argentina into Copa America quarters

Argentina Football team

ANI London, June 11 : Star Striker Lionel Messi struck hat-trick as Argentina stormed into the quarterfinals of the Copa America following a comfortable 5-0 win over Panama in the group stage

clash at Soldier Field in Chicago.

The top-ranked team remained dominated throughout the match, with defender Nicolas Otamendi giving his side a lead in the seventh minute of the match.

Messi came on as a substitute for Augusto Fernandez in the 61st minute of the match and went on to smash three back-to-back goals for his side in the 68th, 78th and 87th minute to put Argentina in the driver's seat, the Guardian reported.

Argentina added fifth goal in their account when Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero netted his 33rd international goal just one minute prior to the full time.

The match also saw Pananam reduce to 10 men in the 31st minute when midfielder Anibal Godoy got a second yellow card for lashing out at Nicolas Gaitan.

Argentina will play their next inconsequintal match against Bolivia at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on Wednesday.

Bopanna to partner Paes in men's doubles at Rio Olympics: AITA ANI New Delhi, June 11 : Indian tennis ace Leander Paes' dream of making his record seventh Olympic appearance is fulfilled as All India Tennis Association (AITA) has paired him with Rohan Bopanna, despite the latter's desire to team-up with Saketh Myneni in the men's doubles event in the upcoming Rio Olympics.

Bopanna, whose top-10 ranking in the men's doubles secured him a direct entry for the Rio

Games, had the authority to nominate his partner.

Confirming the news, AITA chief Anil Khanna said that the selection committee has decided to pair Bopanna with Paes for the best interest of the Indian tennis.

"He (Bopanna) has given his reasons to selection committee on why he feels Saketh could be a better doubles partner. He has praised Leander Paes.

He appreciated the contribution that Leander had made.At the same

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time, Rohan said that he wants to represent the

nation with great pride and wants to do best for

the nation," Khanna said after the AITA meeting.

"The Selection Committee, giving due respect to Rohan Bopanna, decided that the best bet for Indian tennis to win a medal at the Olympics would be Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna as a doubles players," he added.

Meanwhile, the committee has decided to nominate Bopanna and Sania Mirza as the best medal hopes in the mixed doubles competition.

As far as women's

doubles event is concerned, Sania will be teaming up with Prarthana Thombare to represent India in Olympics. " Sania Mirza has assured us of the position in Olympics and we must complement her had she not been in Top 10 it would be impossible for India to have placed a team in Olympics in women's doubles," Khanna said.

The Rio Olympics is slated to be held from August 5 to August 21.

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It was a dream debut for opener Lokesh Rahul as his attractive 100 not out enabled a new-look Indian team record a resounding nine-wicket victory over Zimbabwe.

Chasing a paltry target of 169, the Indian batsmen hardly broke sweat as they comfortably cruised

home in 42.3 overs.

Playing his first ODI, Rahul completed his coveted three-figure landmark with a huge six over deep mid-wicket off seamer Hamilton Masakadza, when there was only two runs required to win the match.

Payet's stunner inspires France to 2-1 rout of Romania in Euro opener

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PAGE 12 Sankarjyoti Rajkhowa awarded with "Jibonor Chaknoyar" picks up prize 'Facebook Samannay M.T.G. Award 2016' from the annual Telly Awards of USA

Sankarjyoti Rajkhowa an extraordinary villain of the Assamese Mobile Theatre has made quite the reputation for himself by portraying characters loved by the audience. A huge audience gathers for his shows. People revealed that his performance on stage brings something new to the field every time. His performances often get discussed by the audience and the crowd. He was popular for his role in the play 'Boliya Krishna', written by Rajdweep and staged at Hengool Theatre last year. The storyteller and the director together designed his character so uniquely from others that it was quite memorable for the Mobile Theatre lovers.

Sankarjyoti debuted into this industry in 2012-13 through Hengool Theatre and in that year his role in Abhijit Bhattacharya's

A file photo of Sankarjyoti Rajkhowa during an act. (Photo: magicalassam) drama 'Bijoya Dashami' was highly appreciated by the people of Assam.

After that, he took a break for a year and came back to the Mobile Theatre and made his entry through Hengool Theatre and played three different characters for three different plays, namely 'Boliya Krishna' by Rajdweep, 'Chambalor Majnu' by Abhijit

Bhattacharya and 'Jooj'

by Binoy Saikia. But his role in the drama 'Boliya Krishna' left the viewers delighted. The actor shared his feelings by saying that he feels very happy that his role has been appreciated by the people and he also gave due credit to the storyteller Rajdweep and director of this play as well as the producer of

Hengool Theatre, Sankalpajit Hazarika.

For his outstanding role in 'Boliya Krishna', he recently got the 'Facebook Samannay M.T.G. Award 2016' presented by a Mobile Theatre related popular Facebook group called the 'Facebook Samannay Mobile Theatre Group'.

He also added that, for the next 2016-17 seasons, he has already been signed for Hengool Theatre. For the upcoming seasons, Hengool is going to stage three plays namely, 'Bekar Bahubali' and 'Bonoriya' written by Rajdweep and 'Darar Gari' by Mridul Chutia.

People are now eagerly waiting to see Sankarjyoti's role in all of these plays. The preparations have already begun and Hengool will again bring some a new flavor and techniques in the plays for the next season.

Sonakshi might act in 'Jolly LLB 2' opposite Akshay The sequel to Subhash Kapoor's National Award winning courtroom drama, 'Jolly LLB' (2013), is all set to go on floors in August and we hear that the makers have zeroed in on the actress who will star opposite Akshay Kumar in the film. If all goes as planned, Sonakshi Sinha will come on board as the leading lady. Says a source, 'Jolly LLB got good reviews from critics and audience alike and obviously the expectations from the sequel are high. The makers are keen that the second part be bigger and better and therefore have approached several A-list stars for the project. After finalising Akshay and Manoj Bajpayee,

they have approached Sonakshi Sinha and a few other actresses for the film.'

It is being said that the makers were initially planning to cast Amrita Rao, who featured in the first part, in the sequel as well. But, the actress cannot do the project due to her television show, Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai. Says another source, 'Sonakshi has worked with Akshay in the past and their onscreen chemistry has been appreciated. She fits the bill perfectly. If things fall in place, she may be finalised for the role.' Sonakshi's spokesperson denied the buzz.

'Housefull 3' collects Rs 100 crore worldwide

Like Housefull 1 and Housefull 2, Housefull 3 is also immensely loved by the cine lovers wide across. (Photo: resize.indiatvnews)

also stars Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri and Lisa Haydon. The star cast is happy with the success of the film and Akshay recently took to Twitter to thank his fans for all the love and support. "With folded hands #HF3 gang would like 2 say the BIGGEST THANK YOU 2 all the Fans 4 makin #Housefull3 a HUGE SUCCESS," he tweeted.

The film is produced by Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment.

'Raman Raghav 2.0' makers happy to get Facebook's support The makers of 'Raman Raghav 2.0', which is based on Mumbai's notorious serial killer Raman Raghav, are thrilled to get the support of social networking side Facebook as they plan to launch a special emoticon based on the character. The emoticon,

which is a take on Nawazuddin Siddiqui's character from the movie, also appeared with the launch of the trailer, and found huge acceptance.

"We are thrilled with the response to the trailer, and the support from Facebook. We have plans

to take this association ahead in the campaign, with few other units, which will enhance the campaign engagement, with our audience," Ranjan Singh of Phantom Films said in a statement.

Under the campaign, two of the film's characters also

Assamese TV serial 'Jibonor Chaknoyar..', produced by London-based Dr Ranen Sarma have once again proved that even Assamese serials can be a good competitor at any award function. (Photo: magicalassam)

the Assamese entertainment industry, the serial has used the Drone camera to take aerial shots for the dance sequences. Interestingly, the award is from the same company that also manufactures the famous Oscar statuettes. It's Rondeep Production's second project after the feature

film 'Ahir Bhairav' to receive an international award. 'Ahir..', directed

by Siva Prasad Thakur, won awards at the New York Independent International Film Festival.

Directed by Munna Ahmed, 'Jibonor Chaknoyar..'s script is written by Prabhat Goswami from a con-

cept and story by Dr Ranen Sarma. The serial starred artistes like Pradeep Nischith, Diganta Baruah, Madhusmita Borkotoky (Choudhury), Piku Sarma, Barsharani Bishaya, Preetisha Goswami, Papari Kalita, Pompi Deka, Priyanka Bhargav, Rubi Mahanta, Niharika Goswami, June Saikia, Swapna Goswami, Pragya Parimita, Nargis Hasnat, Debajit Senapaty, Suren Bora, Utpal Nandi, Prasanta Goswami, Pallab Borah, Jeffry Bakshi etc. The serial's camerawork is done by Pijush Choudhury. Both 'Ahir Bhairav' and 'Jibonor Chaknoyar..' are drawing in plenty of viewers on YouTube and the official web portal of Rondeep Production www.rondeepproductions.com.

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Sonakshi Sinha might act in 'Jolly LLB 2' opposite Akshay Kumar. (Photo: image3.mouthshut)

Akshay Kumar-starrer 'Housefull 3' has collected Rs 100 crore in the first weekend. The SajidFarhad directed film, which is the third installment in the 'Housefull' franchise, released on June 3. In an official statement Eros International announced that the movie has collected over Rs 100.03 crores (USD 15 million) across the globe in its opening weekend with Rs 73.02 crores gross (Rs.53.31 crores net box Office) in India and Rs 27.01 crores overseas. 'Housefull 3'

In a surprising bit of news, Assamese TV serial 'Jibonor Chaknoyar..' scooped up a bronze statuette from the annual TELLY AWARDS, which is held in Kentucky in USA, making the state proud by becoming the first serial from Assam to achieve such a feet. The serial with English subtitles, produced by Londonbased Dr Ranen Sarma under the banner of Rondeep Production, received this award in the 'People's Choice' category. It was selected from well over 1300 applicants after it was thoroughly reviewed by a selection panel, comprising of professionals from the film and television industry. The serial must be of a certain quality and standard to be considered for selection to the awards.

In a very rare instance for

have their own individual Facebook pages through which they can interact with the fans. The psychological thriller, presented

by Reliance Entertainment and a product of Phantom Films, is set to hit theatres on June 24. The film also stars Vicky Kaushal.

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" 1 tsp dried oregano " 1 tsp turmeric " 1 tbsp garam masala " Pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper " 30g tomato puree " 4 tomatoes, chopped " 240ml red wine Method For the meatballs: 1) Combine all the ingredients except the oil in a large bowl and mix well with your hands to combine. Form the mixture into 5cm meatballs and set aside.

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Tushar Arjun receives Maharastra Gaurav Samman Award for 'Tere Bin'

Tushar Arjun is a upcoming singer from Assam who already have created his own footprints in the B-Town of India. (Photo: magicalassam) Tushar Arjun, a wellknown singer and music director from Assam is not just a State icon for his flawless voice but has earned quite a name for himself in Mumbai. With his relentless hard work and passion to bring the

Assamese folk songs to a larger audience he forayed into the world of music.

Tushar was a participant of Zee TV's reality show 'SaReGaMaPa' in 2007, and in 2011 he took part in Sony TV's reality show 'X-Factor'. Tushar was

also on Colors TV's reality show 'India's Got Talent' to represent the State.

He was also a chief guest in Zee Bangla's reality show 'SaReGaMaPa' in 2015. Although he stayed in Mumbai, he always kept himself tethered to the State and that's why in 2009, he returned back to Assam. Tushar Arjun has lent his voice to over 300 Assamese songs including Modern, Bihu and Mobile Theatre songs. Tushar Arjun for his Hindi song 'Tere Bin' from the album 'Jeena Sakenge' was recently felicitated with the 'Maharastra Gaurav Samman 2016' award. The song has been penned by Hrituv Hazarika, one of the most promising lyricists of Assam. This is Hazarika's moment of joy

that the first Hindi song he wrote has received such an award. The song has been composed and sung by Tushar Arjun. All the songs of the album 'Jeena Sakenge' have been penned by Hrituv Hazarika and the album will hit the market soon.

Besides these, he is directing music and singing for two Hindi feature films titled 'Ishq Sufiyana' and 'Heer' and two telefilms titled 'Khoj' and 'Roushni' which are a work in process. The music for 'Ishq Sufiyana' is being recorded at 'Yash Raj Studios', Mumbai. Tushar is involved in various Assamese projects too. He says that it is only the love of the people and his fans everywhere that artists like him are doing well.

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