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Vol. II

Issue 70

DON'T CALL ME A GODDESS, I AM A FARMER

Dibrugarh, Friday, September 23, 2016

Lekhapani Police arrests 3 ULFA (I) linkman at Jagun Margherita, Sep 22: Lekhapani Police under Tinsukia District today arrested three ULFA (I) linkman from Jagun area where 190 pairs of Track suits and 70 pieces of sweater were recovered from the three ULFA (I) linkman.

According to sources, under the direction of ULFA (I) publicity secretary Arunodoy Dohatia is holding recruitment at Myanmar where youths belong to the age group of 16 to 24 years of Tinsukia District were going to Myanmar for ULFA (I) training.

Today Acting on a tip off, Lekhapani police arrested Sushil Gogoi and Sahabuddin Siddiqui from Jagun area where 160 pair of Track suits and 70 pieces of sweaters were recovered from them.

Again, today Lekhapani Police arrested Dilip Phukan, one noted businessman of Jagun Parvatipur area where 30 pair of Track suit were recovered from his house.

The Police also recovered a Scorpio vehicle bearing registration No AS 06 N 5288 and a case has been filed under case no. 118/2016 US 120(B) 121(A) 123 IPC R/W Section 10/11/13. (Correspondent)

People of Golaghat worried over rising incidents of stealing Golaghat , Sept 22: People of Golaghat are now seems to be worried over sudden rise in the incidents of theft and missing of businessman in the town and its adjoining areas .

According to the reports incidents of theft are increasing in several areas like Dhekial, Kamarbandha, Merapani as well as in Golaghat town itself .

Meanwhile another incident of theft took place at Santipur in the town last night where thieves had stolen cash , ornaments , mobile phone and other valuables worth rupees two lacs from the house of a local named Birendra Pegu.

(Correspondent)

District Admin orders to release Bonus before Sept 30 Golaghat, Sept 22: Ahead of upcoming Durga Puja Festival the Golaghat District Administration issued orders to pay bonus to the tea garden workers of 76 Tea Estates in the district before Sept 30. In a meeting held at the DC Office between the administration and the tea bodies Golaghat DC Gaurav Bothra ordered the tea garden authorities to announce the bonus amount immediately and to pay the amount before the end of the month . Also the DC appealed the tea garden authorities to inform the police if some untoward incident happened during bonus payment . He also ordered the police to stay alert to prevent any untoward incidents .

Golaghat SP along with several other district administration and police officials were present in the meeting . (Correspondent)

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Interaction Session Held at HPB Girls' College

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Golaghat, Sept 22: Confluence , the literature forum of the Department of English of Hemo Prova Borborah Girls' College in Golaghat organised an interaction session with noted poet Ajit Gogoi yesterday. The session was presided over by the HoD of English Dr. Dipa Phukan Baruah . In the interactive session educationists Arun Chndra Bordoloi, Hem Phukan delivered valuable and relevant speech. Many students and college teachers took part in the same .

A group of Commandos on duty belonging to Assam Police attached to Philobari Police Station has been caught red handed felling species of Hollong trees amidst Tarani reserve Forest in Pengaree under Khatangpani Range of Doomdoma Division in Tinsukia District.

SP, Tinsukia assured of proper investigation into the act and told that the erring persons would not be spared.

Tinsukia District unit of Assam Press Correspondent Union lamented the act of the so called protector of the people and place of the land and demanded appropriate steps and disciplinary actions against the erring persons

nearby state of Arunachal Pradesh too sharing a common boundary at a distance of around 10 to 18 kms.

Meanwhile, the commandoes who had dreaded the media persons and the forest personals on duty of dire consequences if the loaded logs were not allowed to be carried to their destination, also tried to snatch the mobile handsets of the media persons where photos portraying the illegal and nefarious act of the government employee were stored.

However, taking advantage of the inefficiency of the forest department, the commandoes escape leaving

behind the loaded logs which were later brought under the custody of Pengaree Police Station.

Meanwhile, when contacted, the SP Tinsukia assured of proper investigation into the act and told that the erring persons would not be spared. On the other hand, taking the humiliation of the media persons and hurling of abusive words by the commandoes, the Tinsukia District unit of Assam Press Correspondent Union lamented the act of the so called protector of the people and place of the land and demanded appropriate steps and disciplinary actions against the erring persons

who were yet to be prosecuted till the filling of this report.]

A memorandum was also submitted to this effect and the union concerned together with other local organizations today appraised the entire incident to DFO Doomdooma and demanded of immediate actions against the culprits.

However, talking to the Eastern Today, the DFO Doomdoma Division told that based on the report of the ranger concerned, he would initiate legal steps to this effect.

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Adivasi Students stage protest, demand ST All Adivasi Students Association of Assam (AASAA) of Tinsukia District on Thursday staged dharna for two hours at Tinsukia District Deputy Commissioner office in protest against their long pending demands. More than 200 activists of AASAA were present at the dharna and shouted various slogans against the Assam government.

All adivasi Students’ Association of Assam staged a Dharna for two hours in Tinsukia on Thursday. now the present BJP government is following the same policy, alleged Ramanus Lakra.

“We demand that the Adivasi people living in Assam should be granted ST status, Tea

worker working in Tea Company should be given Rs 330 wages per day and immediate rehabilitation of evicted Adivasi people of Deosri and Ashabari Villages in Chirang district should be done, said

ET Bureau Itanagar, Sept 22

Chief Minister Pema Khandu has assured site identification for a proposed college of Ayurveda under the Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) in the state without delay.

Expressing gratitude to Dr D C Katoch, Advisor AYUSH, who called on him here at his

Chief Minister Pema Khandu has issued directives to PCCF and Principal Secretary Environment and Forest, Government of Arunachal Pradesh to expedite the process of giving clearance for 30 hectares of land at Pasighat for construction of New Market at Green Belt area.

"Site should be selected keeping in mind every aspect of physical and logistical aspects of the project besides keeping scope for future expansion," the Chief Minister advised.

At present, there is only one government-run Ayurveda college in the North East at Guwahati, Assam.

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Chief Minister Pema Khandu has issued directives to PCCF and Principal Secretary Environment and Forest. formally submitted a memorandum in this regard.

The delegation also informed the CM that the Bogong Banggo Kebang has donated 30 acres of land for the new market and sought his support in getting clearances from the Forest department and district administration.

Giving a patient hearing, the Chief Minister instructed the Chief Engineer cum Director Urban Development to

immediately make project proposal for approval by the state government.

He also directed East Siang Deputy Commissioner to conduct a joint survey of the proposed area for expediting construction of the proposed new market. Khandu also spoke to PCCF and requested him to do expedite the process of giving forest clearances for the proposed site to pave way for its development.

Drug peddlers nabbed at Namsai

A memorandum was submitted to Honourable President of India through the Tinsukia District Deputy Commissioner.

On receipt of reliable information about the presence of some drug peddlers at Enthem village under Namsai Police station, the Youth Association of Manna Enten & Enthem (YAMEE) rushed to the area and apprehended two drug peddlers.

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He advised Health Minister Jomde Kena and Parliamentary Secretary Phurpa Tsering, who were also present during the discussion, to hold an internal meeting of the department and suggest a suitable location for

establishment of the college immediately.

ET Bureau Itanagar, Sept 22

ET Bureau Namsai, Sept 22

misery to the commuters, public and for vehicular movement. It’s imposable to drive a light vehicle and most often both light and heavy vehicle suffer breakdown.

The NECL is showing lackadaisical attitude and is not working up to the expectation of the public. Above that Alubari being home of C T Mein Parliamentary Secretary Forest & Environment is least bother. The road despite being chronic has been continuing unabated.

offices today, for the keen interest expressed by the Ministry to establish a college in the state, Khandu said the state government is always willing to extend cooperation for every developmental project beneficial to the state.

CM Khandu issues directives to clear for 30 hectares of land at Pasighat for construction of New Market

Raja Kujur and Ramanus Lakra.

Commuters appeal local MLA to intervene to ease the crisis Navayuga Engineering Company Limited (NECL) executing 5 Km approach road to Alubari Ghat is in shamble.

The approach road from Chowkham Tri – Junction to Alubari is in worst condition.

The road earlier was much better but after the NECL started its work at Bridge site (Lohit Bridge), the road is getting chronic. The entire stretch of road is like a brook or stream that causing much

Pema Khandu along with the officials from the Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy)

As such, a delegation led by Pasighat MLA Kaling Moyong including Obang Dai, Osing Mengu, Abi Moyong, Okep Yomso and Oyem Dai called upon the CM today and

5 KM approach road at Alubari is in shamble Bishnu Rana Tezu, Sept 22:

Ministry of AYUSH proposed for a college of Ayurveda in Arunachal

It may be recalled that during his recent visit to Pasighat, Khandu had announced to establish Pasighat new market to cater to the needs of emerging population and unemployed youths of the society.

ET Correspondent Tinsukia, Sept 22

Raja Kujur and Ramanus Lakra president and General Secretary of AASAA Tinsukia District Committee said that Adivasi people living in Assam are one of the deprived, exploited and cheated community of Assam. Adivasi People are hardworking people but in the name of development the previous congress government has betrayed and cheated, and

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Laxman Sarma Digboi, Sept 22

According to the local people who called on the concerned forest officials and media persons on the spot alleged that the culprits who earlier resisted all the combined forces of the forest persons, media persons and local people were actively involved in carrying out the illegal trade of smuggling the precious logs destroying the already depleted flora in the areas for the sake of making easy money after supplying the forest resources to local illegally mushrooming mills in the entire divisions and

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Police commandos held red handed with timber ladden-trucks in Tinsukia While the BJP led Assam government has been claiming of taking the matters of illegal encroachment, deforestation, rehabilitation, and preservation of flora and kingdom seriously for common good, a group of Commandos on duty belonging to Assam Police attached to Philobari Police Station has been caught red handed felling species of Hollong trees amidst Tarani reserve Forest in Pengaree under Khatangpani Range of Doomdoma Division in Tinsukia District here on Wednesday afternoon.

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The duos caught by the YAMEE are identified as Mr. Subash Kanti Chakma and Arun Bihari Chakma of Dumpathar-III (Udaipur) Changlang District. While Punseng Manpoong and Chow Nachatey Choumoung of Enten village Namsai District managed to escape from the spot.

The association claimed that it recovered 23.45 gm of brown sugar along with cash amounting to Rs 5000/- and an ATM card issued in the name of Chow Punseng Manpoong from their possession.

A case has been registered

The police team apprehended two drugs peddlers in Namsai. by the youth association at menace plaguing the society Namsai Police Station and and encourage the youths demanded for immediate arrest and students to join the of the absconding persons and campaign against drugs. Of impose rigorous imprisonment late, Namsai, Changlang for the duos caught by the a n d s o m e n e i g h b o r i n g organization. districts are caught in the vicious circle of drug abuse The organization YAMEE and the numbers of drug was formed with a plan to addicts are increasing day fight and eradicate the drug by day.

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CITY

DIBRUGARH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

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Dibrugarh, Tinsukia

ATTSA seeking land patta for Tea tribe Water project inaugurates at Kacharibari junior basic school in Dibrugarh

A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Sept 22: All Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (AATTSA) on Thursday staged dharna at Dibrugarh Circle office seeking land pattas for Tea tribes’ people living in Assam for past several decades. They also submitted memorandums addressed to the chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal asking him to take the required steps to fulfill their demands. The organization holding play cards and banners shouted slogan to provide ‘land pattas for the landless’.

The organization said that despite repeated pleas to the state government to provide land pattas for the tea community people now it’s still a distant dream for tea tribes. “Despite repeated pleas to the state government to provide land pattas to the Tea tribes’ people living in Assam but the government failed to provide.

The community has been fighting for land pattas over the last two decades. But, the government has done

ATTSA protesting infront of Dibrugarh Circle office demanding land patta. Pic - Manoj Pandey nothing despite giving assurances several times on the matter,’’ alleged Sunil Pator, Secretary of Dibrugarh branch.

The students’ organization demands that the government immediately allots two bigha for every tea tribe household. "Our agitation

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will continue until our demands are fulfilled. We urge the newly BJP government to immediately provide land pattas to the people,’’ the tea tribe leader said.

“The tea gardens lack electrification and adequate potable water facilities. So, we have asked the government to look into our demands and provide these facilities at the earliest," Pator said.

The organization said the BJP government to speed up the Schedule tribe(ST) status for the community.

The students’ Organization urged both the government to stop exploitation and

worked for the tea garden people who have been the victim of exploitation sine long.

“The community which has been living in Assam for last three decades has been neglecting since long. So, demands for equal rights in Assam,’’ a leader said.

Workshop on Digital India held at Dibrugarh University

A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Sept 22: The 171 Bn CRPF organized civic action Programme today at Kacharibari Junior basic School, Dibrugarh in connection with handing over newly constructed Water Purifier/RO System installation for drinking water and water storage system.

The programme was inaugurated by Jagdish Prasad Panghal (Cammandant-171 Bn CRPF) in the presence of head master Hirendra Nath Gogoi, school teachers, students NGO’s, senior citizen and media personnel.

Hirendra Nath Gogoi head master while speaking at the occasion appreciated the efforts of 171 Bn CRPF for helping the school by installation for drinking water and water storage system which will help school to increase basic need as the same was not available in the school yet.

sonnel. Sh. Numal kanwar, Head master while speaking at the occasion appreciated the efforts of 171 Bn CRPF for helping the school by constructed 02 Nos Toilets, along with septic Tank which will help school to increase basic infrastructure as the same was not available in the school yet.

Another civic action programme held at Romari Kachari Primary School, Jamira in connection with handing over newly constructed 02 Nos toilets, along with septic Tank.

The programme was also inaugurated by Sh. Jagdish Prasad Panghal (Cammandant-171 Bn CRPF) in the presence of Head Master Sh. Numal kanwar, school teachers,students NGO’s, Senior citizen and Media per-

Jagdish Prasad Panghal, Commandant-171 Bn CRPF during his speech stated that such programmes have been organised by the force under its social responsibility schemes where in they identify the needy segment of the society in their area of operations. He also informed that the unit has already distributed medicine at PHC Kharsang, Namphai, Miao and Changlang District (ACP), distributed Sports Items at School/Youth Clubs

Jagdish Prasad Panghal, Commandant-171 Bn CRPF inagurates water project in Dibrugarh. Pic - Manoj Pandey

Chabua, Dibrugarh,recently.

On the past, the unit has distributed 27 Nos. sewing machines distributed among poor ladies and 30 Nos. Bicycles distributed among school going needy students of various school .

25 unemployed ladies of Dibrugarh Dist. have been trained in Beekeeping aspects and a set of equipment required for Beekeeping was also provided to them. 40 School teachers of Changlang Dist. of Arunachal Pradesh have been trained in Fist Aid and a set of first aid box along with necessary medicines were also provided to each of them. He hoped that such an effort will not only help the needy segment but also dispel misconceptions about the force and make people more friendly to it.

Dibrugarh University post-graduate students' body formed Manjit Nath, Youth Consultant, GoI addressing the students at Dibrugarh University. Pic - Manoj Pandey A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Sept 22: The University Workshop on Digital India was conducted propitiously in the Rang-ghar auditorium on September 20, 2016. The programme was organized by the NSS Cell, Dibrugarh University in collaboration with National eGovernance Division, an independent division of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, GoI, in association with the National Service Scheme, Department of Youth Affairs, GoI which has been conducting a series of Digital India Workshop in 120 universities across the country in phase wise manner since the month of February and March, 2016.

The motto of the whole project is to Engage, Educate and Empower (EEE) youths of this country. The objective of this workshop was to link the Digital India Products and services to the youth of this part of the country as well as to create a pool of Ambassadors (Digi Sewak) comprising the NSS volunteers for spreading the Digital India Programme.

Altogether, 220 NSS volunteer participants with 21 NSS

Programme Officers from 19 different colleges affiliated to Dibrugarh University took part in today’s programme.

The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. Alak Kr. Buragohain, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Dibrugarh University in presence of Professor L.K. Nath, Dean of the School of Science and Engineering, Mr. Manjit Nath, Youth Consultant, Ministry of Youth Affairs, GoI, and Mr. Satyakam Dutta, Assistant Commissioner, Income Tax, Dibrugarh as dignitaries on the dais. The inaugural function was started with the Dibrugarh University anthem and the NSS song (Uthe Samaj…) followed by the welcome address from Dr. D. Kardong, NSS programme Coordinator, Dibrugarh University.

The Hon’ble Vice Chancellor in his inaugural speech, lucidly described the significance of the programme and also stressed that digitization is the only way for empowering the youths of this country having more than 65% population under the age group of 35 years in order to empower the nation. Mr. Manjit Nath and Mr. Satyakam Dutta including

Prof. L. K. Nath delivered their valuable and inspirational speeches from the dais.

Mr. Indranath Chatterji, SeMT, Assam who is instrumental in coordinating this programme had also attended and carried forward the programme after the inaugural session. After the inaugural session, the day long programme was conducted in 3 (three) parts namely, a) Lecture session (2 nos), by Mr. Manjit Nath and Mr. Indranath Chatterji b) Competition round c) Student feedback round. The participants were seen highly enthusiasm in taking part in various competitions. Accordingly, in skit Show competition, DDR College, Chabua and Tingkhong College adjudged winner and runner up respectively; in Digital India Quiz, N. B. City College and DHSK College adjudged the winner and runner up respectively. In the poster making competition, Dikhowmukh College and Duliajan Girls College declared winner and the runner up respectively. In the most interesting competitive event “Idea Generation” was adjudged by the Sibsagar College and Tinsukia Women’s College as winner and runner up respectively.

Students casting votes at Dibrugarh University.

A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Sept 22: The election for the Dibrugarh University post graduate students' union (DUPGSU) for 2016-17 was held on Wednesday. The poll which witnessed 72% voting saw Sailyajit Buragohain, a ABVP-backed candidate and a student of the Centre for Social Works winning the coveted post of the president.

Similarly, Manash Pratim Dutta, from the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) camp and a

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A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Sept 22: The Dibrugarh Nagarik Sangha in its executive body meeting held on Wednesday with its president Advocate J. N. Borah on the chair, unanimously resolved to extend full support to the state government for the eviction drive carried out in the Kaziranga National Park and urges the government to carry out such eviction

drives in the entire state under rule 18 of the Land and Revenue Regulation Act of 1886.

Moreover, the DNS condemns the motive by a few individuals and groups to give a communal colour to the eviction and urge the state govt. not to be lenient on the encroachers and deal with those obstructing the eviction with a firm hand.

DIBRUGARH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

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Price of bread ‘Guwahati lacks facilities Assam student organisation rises to 25% for Smart City’ opposes Citizenship Act amendment

Agencies Guwahati, Sep 22: Bread prices in the city have been hiked by around 25 per cent.

Retailers in Guwahati said that prices of popular brands like ‘Homa’ and ‘Repose’ have gone up from September 19.

They said that distributors had informed some time earlier that prices would go up on account of rising in-

put costs.

“The new prices have come into effect from Monday.

The hike has been of around 25 per cent,” said a citybased retailer.

As per the revised rates, the price of a small 200 gram pack of slice bread is now Rs 15 as against Rs 12 earlier, while that of the bigger 400 gram has gone up to Rs 25 as against Rs 20 earlier.

Agencies Guwahati, Sep 22: The definition of a Smart City is yet to be spelt out by both the Central and State governments in a precise manner for the knowledge of the common people before going to undertake the exercise of building Smart Cities, according to noted engineer Indrajit Barua.

Talking to this newspaper, the senior engineer said that with no potable water supply to more than 50 per cent of the residents of the city, recurring incidents of flash floods, foot-

paths that are ‘hostile’ to pedestrians, lack of a sanitary and sewerage system, it is still not clear how Guwahati will be developed into a Smart City.

These amenities are basic needs for a city to be called a modern one. But Guwahati lacks all these facilities, Barua rued.

He further pointed out that Guwahati has a chaotic public transport system. Its roads lack adequate space to accommodate the growing number of vehicles and this can never augur well for a

city.

Guwahati has some more murky areas that are a matter of concern for its conscientious citizens worried. The city does not have sufficient open space and public parks for its residents. The pictures concerning the public toilets and hospital beds are also grim.

With such infrastructure, how can a city be expected to attain the status of a modern city, let alone the other epithets that identify a city as a firstrate one, he wondered.

Agencies Guwahati, Sep 22: Assam's student organization Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) asked the state and central governments to stop the move to amend the Indian Citizenship Act. In a statement on Thursday AJYCP President Biraj Kumar Talukdar threatened of an intensified Assam Agitation to resist the move.

“A slew of recent moves in Delhi beyond doubt has proved that the BJP-led Government at the Centre has been least bothered on the Bangladeshi immigrant issue,” Talukdar said.

“Instead the Narendra Modi Government is keen to have a huge Hindu Bangladeshi vote bank to ensure a better political career of the BJP leaders,” the student leader said.

AJYCP further appealed to the amendment panel members not to clear it which could cripple socio- economic and political spheres of Assam.

“BJP came to power both in Delhi and Dispur promising a Bangladeshi-free Assam.

But of late the real face of the saffron party has been exposed. In a bid to institutionalize the move the Narendra Modi government

has stepped up efforts even to amend the Indian Citizenship Act which we oppose and will vehemently do so. We have seen that these are no less notorious than what Indira Gandhi did to ensure power,” Talukdar said.

The Assam student leader said that, "We beg to appeal to the amendment panel members not to clear it which could cripple socioeconomic and political spheres of Assam."

The student organisation also warned the political leaders of Assam not to land in the trap of the Delhities which is a huge threat to Assam and the Assamese.

Ismail Hussain receives Rangia Arms dealer detained Kamrup Metro district adMoidul Islam Bora award ministration directs GDMA, ET Correspondent Rangia, Sep 22: One Rahamat Ali of village Khandikar near Khandikar was apprehended by the 14 Dogra regiment with the help of Kaurbaha police from his resident of Khandikar under Bagsa district on Thursday acting on a tip off.

According to the police, one 9mm pistol and a handmade revolver were recov-

ered from his possession. It is alleged that he was the dealer of arms and ammunitions and the link man of some religious fundamentalist organization, police added.

Interrogation is going on at Tamulpur Police station by the Army and the police.

“He was dealing with illegal arms and ammunitions since a long time”, police added.

‘Mass’ suicide case: Police on a manhunt against Pulin; CM Sonowal directs for speedy probe

ET Correspondent Sivasagar, Sep 22: The sixth annual Moidul Islam Bora Award was conferred to noted Baisnav Scholar, Ismail Hussain on Thursday at a very decent function held at the auditorium of Rangpur Jyoti Club in Sivasagar town by former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta who was the chief guest of the event.

Prior to the conferring the award, Monirul Islam Bora, grandson of the first Assamese Doctorate and

VC in his address to the audience as the host of the event, appealed Assam government through P.K. Mahanta to grant Government patronage to the annual event organized to commemorate the legendary erudite of the state to which Mahanta gave assurance of raising the matter in the legislative assembly.

It may be mentioned that the family members of Dr. M.I. Bora have been organizing the award function since past five occasions in

which they confer the award to such distinguished personalities of the state who have enriched the literature and culture of Assam with their valued works.

Ismail Hussain in his speech expressed his gratefulness to the organizers for selecting him for the award as the recipient of the MI Bora award 2016.

He recollected the contributions of the scholarly person.

Agencies Guwahati, Sep 22: Guwahati police commissioner Hiren Nath on Thursday disclosed that the police has began investigation into the sensational 'mass' suicide case at the La Sun City lodge at Ganeshguri in Guwahati on Wednesday. The police commissioner said that the probe was initiated based on the suicide notes recovered from the spot.

It may be mentioned Prashanta Kumar who along with his 3 family members committed suicide had raised Rs 77 lakh from 62 unemployed youths at the behest of suspended police official Pulin Gogoi. Pulin had asked Prashanta to assure the unemployed youths of providing jobs in the police and ad-

ministrative departments. However, according to preliminary investigations it was clear that Prashanta was unaware of Pulin’s suspension from the police department.

Pulin was suspended on 12-092011 for his involvement in many illegal activities. It may be mentioned, that several cases have been registered against Pulin in Dispur, Dhakuakhana and Moran police stations.

Police Commissioner Hiren Nath further said that Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed for a speedy probe and book those guilty. The top cop also announced of reward for anyone providing information of Pulin Gogoi who is absconding after his name surfaced in the suicide note of Prashanta.

Garnier White Complete Fashion Weekend raises the fashion quotient in Guwahati Maksam Tayeng GUWAHATI/PASIGHAT, Sept 22: The countdown to the most iconic fashion event of the year came to a close with the grand opening of the Garnier White Complete Fashion Weekend at Radisson Blu in Guwahati on Sunday.last organized by Mega Entertainment, North East’s largest fashion and pageant event organizer, and supported by Maybelline, the show was designed with an ambition to highlight the rich & vibrant style of North East India and to showcase it to the fashion enthusiasts worldwide.

Garnier White Complete Fashion Weekend had an impressive lineup of designers that was a wholesome combination of leading fashion experts of India and promising talents from across the North Eastern region. The show left the audience enthralled as 72 models sashayed the ramp adorning brilliantly coloured and uniquely designed collections.

The line–up of the day’s designers in order were: 1. Sumit Das Gupta from Mumbai 2. Yura Mary from Arunachal Pradesh 3. Anindita Dey Pal from Silchar 4. Mousam Choudhury from Delhi 5. Chintal Patel from Goa 6. Longri Terang from Karbi Anglong 7.

Nitu Kachari from Dibrugarh 8. Kunika Agarwal, Poonam Barman and Tara Thapa - Student designers from INIFD 9. Santasree Mallik Bhuyan for Hansini from Guwahati Abhijit Singha, fashionpreneur and Founder of Mega Entertainment, said, “The Garnier White Complete Fashion

Weekend brought together a myriad blend of seasoned, as well as gen-next designers, giving the audience an experience like never before. The event showcased designers from all across the country, displaying fabrics and designs from the north eastern region and beyond.”

He added, “Through this event, we also aim to offer our 72 chosen models a platform from where their dreams can take flight. During our model auditions across three cities, we found that the youth of the region are capable of excelling in the international arena and a show like this is a perfect opportunity to do so. Moreover, 20 chosen women won the title of ‘Garnier Girls’, and walked the ramp wearing the Garnier White Complete Theme Collection.”

The opening collection of the show, presented by designer

Sumit Das Gupta was called “Sorbomangala”. Taking an inspiration from Maa Durga as a tribute to Naari Shakti, Sumit’s bridal collection comprised of Net, Georgette, Satin, Pure Crépe, Lycra, Linen, Pure Cotton, Italian Fabrics and Brocade. The garments looked fabulous with the usage of Zardozi, Resham, LCD, Thread, antique Tikki and Aari work. The vibrancy of the colours used in the collection was like a perfect welcoming to the upcoming festive season.

Yura Mary presented a red carpet collections inspired by classic books. It was like a perfect reminder of all the fairy tales everyone read during their childhood. The colours and fabrics lent a classic feel to the entire show.

Anindita Dey Pal presented the “Cocktail Studio” collection, which embodies passion for various types of ethnic weaves of the

country and blends the traditional and modern flavors. Anindita focuses on creating outfits which brings out the rich diverse culture of the country and the region.

Her collection of Mekhela Chadars exhibited unity in diversity in various ways.

Mousam Choudhury presented the collection "Once Upon A Time". This theme, inspired by the designer’s childhood, celebrates the golden period of the 90's. The beauty and innocence of that period, before technology took over, the time when people were closer to nature, is showcased in his collection.

The collection titled “Green Paradise” by Chintal Patel was inspired by space travel, imagining what sartorial women would wear on a journey to Mercury. The collection used black, blue, orange, red and golden shades representing the color of the planet with floral details to tone it down. It is an

Indo-western collection with classic handwork and creative draping work with the garments.

Gen-Next designer Longri Terang presented a collection of bridal gowns featuring the use of Karbi traditional attire and fabrics.

Nitu Kachari presented a cocktail collection based on Indian handloom and handmade fabrics.

Student designers from INIFD Guwahati Kunika Agarwal, Poonam Barman and Tara Thapa presented the Garnier White Complete Theme Collection, a carefully curated collection designed to represent the attributes that the brand Garnier White Complete stands for.

Designer Santasree Mallik Bhuyan from Hansini presented the Finale Collection at Garnier White Complete Fashion Weekend. The collection aimed to present fashion for the masses which included Ethnic, Cocktail & English attires; the designer informed that the base idea was to provide designer products at affordable rates.

Pankaj Sharma, General Manager of Garnier, said, “The youth across regions love Garnier as a brand, and have time and again shown their affection towards our product offerings. The brand has played a significant role in influencing youth beauty trends, encouraging natural yet efficacious skin and hair care.

Garnier White Complete Fashion Weekend seamlessly marries fashion and beauty through this association. We aim to encourage and support young talent in this fashion forward market and are confident that our initiatives will boost deserving designers and models, helping them to shine in their region.”

GMC not to accord building permission in Nilachal Hill

Agencies Guwahati, Sep 22: The Kamrup Metro district administration has directed the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) not to accord building permission in the entire Nilachal Hill.

croachment and take necessary measures to remove them from the hillock for protecting the hill from landslide and other related disasters,” said Dr M Angamuthu, Deputy Commissioner of Kamrup Metro. The order has been issued under the Disaster Management Act 2005.

“I have directed the development authorities like GMDA and GMC not to accord building permission, including construction of boundary wall or guard wall, in the entire Nilachal Hill.

Moreover, the Circle Officer of Guwahati Revenue Circle and GMC have been directed to conduct a joint survey of the entire Nilachal Hill for identifying illegal en-

“It has been observed that unscientific and haphazard earth cutting, earth filling and unplanned construction works in the Nilachal Hill, from the foothill to entire hillocks, are not only destabilising the natural earth slopes but are also blocking natural drains, clogging primary and secondary water channels and drains, which triggers severe

landslides, artificial flood and persistent water-logging during the rainy days, resulting in substantial loss of human and cattle lives and destruction of properties,” said Dr Angamuthu, who is also Chairman of the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA).

He added, “Unplanned and unscientific construction of houses and buildings in the Nilachal Hill is not only making these establishments vulnerable to erosion, landslide and other related disasters, but also creating ecological imbalance in the environment. Several incidents of landslides have already occurred in the recent past, leading to loss of lives and properties.”

Police commandos held red handed with timber ladden-trucks in Tinsukia Contd. from Page 1

It may be added here that the wood smuggling has ever been on the rise in the entire Division where the smugglers enjoying cordial rapport with the rangers of the divisions have been carrying the trade unabated.

Kolia Bhomora bridge toll gate shut down permanently

The inefficiency of the department has been the sole contributory factors behind the act.

Taking cognizance of the entire incident and the rise of illegal timber trade and the smuggling of other forest product's beside other malpractices including encroachment,

running illegal river Ghats, and illegal transportation of minor minerals from various locations across the division, the Forest Minister should take the matters seriously before it is too late and nature gets trapped by masked miscreants like the one in the present context.

Jorhat Tennis Club to host Asian U-14 tennis

Agencies Guwahati, Sep 22: The Kolia Bhomora bridge toll gate was shut down with effect from 10 AM Thursday following directives by the Narendra Modi led Centre. The Centre ruled that toll cannot be collected from bridges built under a cost less than Rs 100 crore. The Kolia Bhomora bridge was built at a cost of Rs 80 crore.

Earlier, the Office of the Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping was looking into complaints regarding collection of toll from vehicles on the Kolia Bhomora Bridge. The Joint Secretary (Toll) of the ministry was entrusted with the responsibility of looking into the matter.

The action of the union ministry came following a complaint over the continuous collection of toll at exorbitant rates at the bridge even after nearly 30 years of the bridge’s inauguration in 1987.

Agencies Guwahati, Sep 22: Preparations are on at the Jorhat Tennis Club to conduct the Asian U-14 Series, a ranking tournament of the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) for Boys and Girls in the 14 years age group.

The tournament is scheduled to be held from October 24 to 29. The qualifying rounds are to be held on

October 22 and 23.

To play in the ATF Junior Tour players must be registered with the ITF for a Junior IPIN (International Player Identification Number) membership. Players can register directly with the ITF on the ITF Website or through the Asian Tennis Federation Tournament Website, informed Raktim Saikia, president, All Assam Tennis Association.

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Arunachal Pradesh signs MoUs with leading organic firms PTI Itanagar, Sep 22: The Arunachal Pradesh government has signed MoUs with leading organic production and certification agencies under Centre's Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region.

Under its this flagship programme, the Centre aims to brand North East as an organic hub of the world, an official report said here today.

Under the mission, the department of agriculture would undertake organic cultivation for various crops in 5000 hectares of land across the state.

As part of the scheme, the identification and selection of the farmers would be done in cluster approach.

Once the produce are organically certified, value addition, branding and marketing of target crops would be undertaken under the banner of Farmers Producers Company (FPC), the report said.

While briefing about the

mission, State Mission Coordinator, Okit Palling informed that in the first phase, Centre has approved 10 FPCs while other districts would be covered in the second phase.

He further said that the selection of the agencies would be done for empanelment at national level followed by technical presentation from the agencies.

Sikkim State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation (SIMFED), Gurgaonbased Sheel Biotech, state's Oppu-engineering and Agro services have been empanelled for the scheme, Palling added.

Agriculture Commissioner Hage Khoda has urged all the empanelled agencies to work with enthusiasm for transforming the state into an organic state.

He however, warned the agency not to sublet the certification agency to any other agencies and assured all logistic and administrative support from the government, the report added.

Ministry of AYUSH proposed for a college of Ayurveda in Arunachal Contd. from Page 1

When informed that the Union Ministry has already kept budgetary provisions for establishment of the said college and is awaiting submission of DPR by the state government, the Chief Minister emphasized on urgency to expedite the site selection process that would enable the concerned department to formulate a DPR. Dr Katoch gave details of the Ministry and its activities to the Chief Minister and suggested scopes for cooperation in extending activities like manufacturing of alternate medicines within the state owing to its rich natural resources.

On behalf of the Ministry, he also offered to deploy a team of experts to extensively survey the state to identify trees, plants, herbs, etc of medicinal value that can be utilized for manufacturing of alternate medicines.

Khandu welcomed the suggestion citing that it

would offer selfemployment to local villagers as well who can take up commercial cultivation of medicinal plants and herbs.

He requested Dr Katoch to guide the state government and assured that the state government will extend full cooperation to AYUSH for all its endeavours in the state.

State Government officials of Health Services, who accompanied the visiting Advisor, requested the Chief Minister for creation of a separate directorate for AYUSH.

Heeding to the request, the Chief Minister asked the Minister in-charge to process for the same on file so that it can be discussed in the next cabinet meeting.

“The leader of such stature have to find out immediate solution to ease the inconvenient caused by the dilly delaying tactic of the Navayuga for the largest interest of the public of both Namsai and Lohit district”, rues one of the commuters.

Another while stating the abundant availability of the River Bed Materials said The Navayuga of such

repute in hijacking the entire road and putting the public in awkward situation.

“If not blacktopped road but the company is capable enough to fill up the potholes to make its motarable. We cannot drive our car due to big potholes and river like road. The local MLA should act urgently to bring respite to those untold misery caused to the commuters”, appeals other commuters in anonymity.

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Arunachal MP, Ering lead Parliamentarian' Group on Children for a research tour Chattisgarh, Sept 22 : Member of Parliament from Arunachal East, Ninong Ering led a team of Parliamentarians' Group on Children (PGC) in Chattisgarh from September 20 to 22 to observe, evaluate and address the critical issue of tribal malnutrition in India.

The PGC comprised of MPs Husain Dalwai, Heena Gavit and Chayya Verma – all from tribal states and keen to resolve the issue of tribal malnutrition.

The PGC, working in collaboration with the UNICEF is trying to understand the basic policy intervention and is ready to raise the same in the Parliament.

The team also observed some of the best practices in tribal nutrition and hoped to replicate the same in their own constituencies.

The team is currently on a visit to rural Chattisgarh in Raipur and Bilaspur, and has visited tribal villages and anganwadis. It observed that some villages

Ban on illegal fishing at Yomgo River of Aalo Aalo, Sept 22 : The West Siang District Socio Culture and Economic Development Society (WSDSCEDS) today strongly urged the district administration to strictly check all kinds of illegal fishing in Yomgo River and around its tributaries.

The society claimed that people of nearby areas are using explosives and gill nets in the river, violating the past order made on the appeal by the WSDSCEDS, which is spearheading the movement for conserving rich varieties of fishes in the rivers by creating different kinds of awareness campaigns.

like Karpiha and Mungeli had very satisfactory level of progress.

The PGC, led by Ering was impressed by the Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS) model situated in Bilaspur.

The JSS comprises of motivated doctors and health professionals who are working deeply on the issue of malnutrition, community health, training and re-

search, Phulwari and even on sustainable agriculture.

Dr Yogesh Jain enthusiastically shared his story of JSS. During the visit, Ering pledged to replicate the same JSS Model in Arunachal Pradesh to address the issue of health, malnutrition, sanitation and sustainable agriculture.

He opined that if JSS models are introduced in Arunachal, the state would witness a paradigm shift in healthcare facilities. And if the government pays heed to the demands made by Ering earlier in the parliament regarding an AIIMSlike medical college, then the entire healthcare scenario of the state would change.

Police personnel, HGBs and GBs of the area needs to be alerted to check ran-

dom fishing, they said.

Earlier on International Day for Biodiversity celebrations at Doji Village, gaon burrahs, PRI representatives, NGOs and members of BMCs had banned hunting and fishing in the rivers.

The member sectary of the Arunachal Pradesh Biodiversity Board had also written a letter to the district administration on the issue.

Meanwhile, the WSDSCEDS has submitted a new representation to the West Siang DC on the issue, and also prayed to involve the WSDSCEDS for total implementation of the executive orders by making as executing agency with the District Administration.

(DIPRO)

Muskan Welfare Society distributes financial aid

Nitin Gadkari promises Arunachal Pradesh to expedite 4-lane road project Highways and it would be examined and considered.

Mein also apprised the Minister of the incessant monsoon rains that play havoc resulting in huge damage both on the completed stretch and on-going NH projects every year.

PTI Itanagar, Sep 22: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has assured Arunachal Pradesh to expedite the sanction process of ItanagarBanderdewa four-lane Road project for which the state government had made a representation to his ministry earlier.

His assurance came when Deputy Chief Minister Chownan Mein called on him in New Delhi to apprise him of problems and demands of the state, an official communiqué said here today.

Mein had requested Gadkari for early sanction of special repair estimate of Itanagar-Banderdewa Road which has been submitted to the ministry, to which the Minister for Road Transport and Highways asked a

Nitin Gadkari senior officer to examine the case for early approval.

Chief Minister Pema Khandu had earlier submitted a memorandum to MoS for Road Transport & Highway Mansukh Mandaviya, during his visit to the state recently, demanding declaration of four roads as National Highways.

He had named Akajan-

Likhabali-Bame Road (106 km) in West Siang, Margherita-Changlang (37 km) in Changlang, Daporijo to Dollungmukh via Dumporijo along the left bank of Subansiri river (125 km), and Tezu to Chapakhowa via Sunpura (20 km).

Gadkari informed Mein the Centre was actively considering the proposal for declaring roads as National

“As such, regular maintenance and protection work is required so that damages due to landslides and other damages can be arrested to ensuring all-weather connectivity,” Mein pointed out.

The Deputy Chief Minister also requested the Union minister to allocate a maintenance fund of Rs 10 crore for the maintenance and repairs works of National Highway 13- Potin to Ziro road as a special case.

Caption: Union minister Nitin Gadkari

Final rounds of the first Dorjee Khandu All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament kicks off

"As AYUSH is under the same department of health services, its actual use and benefits are not reaching to the people due to administrative complicacies," they informed.

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ET Bureau Itanagar, Sept 22 : Chief Minister Pema Khandu today declared open the final rounds of the first Dorjee Khandu All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2016 here at Raj Bhawan Badminton Indoor Stadium.

The tournament organised by Arunachal State Badminton Association (ASBA) under the aegis of Badminton Association of India (BAI) saw 278 players participate in the qualifying rounds that concluded on Wednesday. About 500 players from all over the country representing their respective states will be participating in the 6-day event.

Earlier, the Chief Minister paid tribute to late Dorjee Khandu, former Chief Minister of Arunachal by offering of flowers to his portrait and by lighting lamps.

Speaking as Chief Guest on the occasion, the Chief Min-

ister said that this is the first ever state's own sports event of national level being organized. He congratulated BAI and appreciated its support in holding the event despite the state lacking adequate facilities and infrastructures.

"Our country is performing well in sports and excelling especially in badminton. In Rio Olympics, our young player PV Sindhu brought laurels for the country by winning the silver medal. Also our Saina Nehwal has already carved a name for herself in badminton," said Khandu.

Acknowledging the growth of young sporting talents of North East in badminton, the Chief Minister assured that there will be no dearth of support from the state government.

"I want to assure our badminton lovers that state government will do its best to encourage sports in the state," he said.

On measures being taken by the state government for promotion of sports, Khandu informed that the state will soon have a badminton academy.

In order to provide job security to sportspersons, he informed that state government has mandated 10% job reservation in all government departments. He also spoke on the advantage of playing sports that contributes to good health and inculcates sense of discipline among the citizens.

The Chief Minister conveyed his best wishes to all the players participating in the tournament.

Earlier, BAI Secretary (events) K. Ch. Punnaiah Choudary also spoke on the occasion besides President ASBA Rotu Techi, Hony Secretary Bamang Tago and Vice President Tame Phassang.

The inaugural event was attended by Parliamentary Secretary for Sports Nyamar Karbak, Parliamentary Secretary for Education Bamang Felix, Parliamentary Secretary for Art & Culture Dikto Yekar, Parliamentary Secretary for Food & Civil Supply Markio Tado, Parliamentary Secretary for RWD Jambey Tashi, Arunachal Olympic Association President Padi Richo and Sports & Youth Affairs Secretary Dani Salu.

Later in the day, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of Dorjee Khandu Badminton Academy at 6 mile near Sannggo Resort along the Itanagar - Naharlagun Highway. Ministers Tanga Byaling, Nabam Rebia and Honchum Ngandam, Parliamentary Secretaries Karya Bagang and Tapuk Taku and the Chief Secretary also joined the foundation stone laying ceremony.

Palin, Sept 22 : The families of those awarded onetime financial aid by the Muskan Welfare Society (MWS) for economically backward families in Kra Daadi district appreciated the initiative and extended gratitude to former first lady of the state Rita Rajkhowa for the venture.

Kra Daadi Deputy Commissioner In-charge Biaro Sorum today handed over the cheques to three students, namely Khyoda

Bath, Byabang Riniya and Khyoda Yasuk in a small function held in the office chamber of the ADC. The cheques bear the amount in denominations of Rs 7,500 and Rs 20,000.

Sorum advised the students to be sincere, disciplined and hard working, and get full advantage of the facilities extended by the government and NGOs like MWS. (DIPRO)

Sports bodies resent delay in stadium construction Aalo, Sept 22 : In a joint representation submitted to West Siang Deputy Commissioner, executive members of various sports federations and associations expressed their concern over the delay in construction of stadium at Aalo.

The members, which include Karik Lollen secretary DSA, Doli Lollen president DOA, Doba Loyi secretary DFA, Yomto Lollen secretary DBA, Karken Ete secretary DCA, Modam Karbak secretary DTA and Jumlin Kamchi secretary DVA, in their representation said that the Government of India has already released Rs 250 lakhs in the first phase in 2013 under SPA. They also claimed that, a sum of Rs 248.750

lakhs was sanctioned from the state government on January 22 last, and another amount of Rs 500 lakhs was released during 2014-15 for construction of a stadium at Aalo.

The team alleged that though the tender process has already been completed, the construction work is yet to begin, whereas the same schemes taken up at district headquarters of Pasighat, Daporijo, and Ziro are underway and almost on the halfway mark.

The sports federations and associations expressed their deep concern and appealed to the West Siang Administration to take up the matter with appropriate authority on the status of stadium construction at Aalo. (DIPRO)

Laa Talar, Pinki-Yanya advance to 2nd round (p) Itanagar,, Sept 22: Arunachal Pradesh began its Dorjee Khandu All India Senior Ranking Tournament, 2016 campaign on a winning with state’s top shuttler Talar Laa registering a crushing victory over Assam’s Rajdeep Sarmah in Men’s Single.

Talar, seeded 9th in the tournament beat Rajdeep

in straight 21-5, 21-6 set in a packed MLA Cottage Badminton Hall here this afternoon.

The pair of Pinki Karki and Taring Yanya of Arunachal also advanced to second round defeating Saumya Singh S. and Mayuri Yadav of Uttar Pradesh in straight 21-15 21-12 sets in Women’s Doubles.

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BUSINESS

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Govt names three academics to Infrastructure key to GDP growth: FM Monetary Policy Committee IANS New Delhi, Sep 22: Three academics from the country's top institutions have been named the government nominee members to the Monetary Policy Committee that has been mandated to ensure the country's retail inflation stays within a band of 4 percent, plus or minus two percentage points.

The names, cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, are: Chetan Ghate, Professor at the Indian Statistical Institute; Pami Dua, Director at Delhi School of Economics; and Ravindra Dholakia, Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

On its part, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has already named its set of three representatives to the sixmember committee -- the Governor, at present Urjit Patel who is also the chair with a casting vote, Deputy Governor R. Gandhi and Ex-

Image for representational purpose ecutive Director Michael Patra.

With the full membership of the panel in place, the next bi-monthly monetary policy update of the Reserve Bank of India, scheduled on October 4, is expected to go by the recommendations of this panel, including a call on interest rates, officials said.

The government had said its three members will be experts in the field of economics, banking, finance or monetary policy and will be appointed for a period of four years -- and will not be eligible for re-appointment.

The panel is to meet at least four times a year and publicise its decisions after each meeting.

IANS New Delhi, Sep 22: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that infrastructure is the key to economic growth.

Jaitley said this in his inaugural address at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) India 2016 seminar on "Best Practices in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Longterm Infrastructure Financing".

The one day seminar was organised in the national capital by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, with organisational support from the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

Delegates from BRICS countries and senior officials of the Finance Ministry, along with senior executives of private sector com-

panies participated in the seminar.

It was organised in the run up to the BRICS Summit scheduled for October, 2016.

India assumed the chairmanship of BRICS in 2016.

According to Jaitley, an institutionalised forum amongst BRICS countries could serve as a regional knowledge hub with exchange of information facilitated through cloud sharing, and other electronic methods.

He pointed out that development projects in transportation sector like highways, ports and railways will be the area of mega economic activities as far as the infrastructure sector in India is concerned.

The Finance Minister further said that investment from both the public and

Sensex closes 266 pts up, SBI jumps 2.4%

FinMin concerned Moody's methodology PTI New Delhi, Sep 22: Questioning the methodology adopted by Moody's, Finance Ministry on Thursday said the global agency has ignored reforms initiated by the government and it should not wait "till infinity" for them to take root before upgrading the country's sovereign rating.

"Our concern was mainly about the methodology of the whole process... Of course, the rating agencies are free to arrive at their own conclusion...," Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said.

"I thought the due process has to be followed and you cannot jump the gun," he said alluding to Moody's making certain comments in public a day before having met the Finance Ministry.

Calling the reform process slow and gradual with muted private investment and bad loans posing a challenge, Moody's said on

Tuesday it could upgrade India's rating in 1-2 years if it is convinced that reforms are "tangible".

India's sovereign rating by Moody's stands at 'Baa3', the lowest investment grade -- just a notch above 'junk' status.

Das added: "We found the methodology to be deficient. That is something we pointed out. So we expressed our serious concerns about the methodology that they are following.

Then, there were other issues. We explained to them about the reforms gathering roots and developing sufficient depth."

During meeting with the Finance Ministry on Wednesday, representatives from Moody's are learnt to have said that a rating upgrade could be a reality when the benefits of reforms could be felt on the ground and the country's banking sector stabilises.

Das said: "The depth of the

reforms in India cannot be doubted. It is a unidirectional process for the last several years, especially in the last two years. The pace of reforms, and the pace at which reforms are undertaken by the government due weightage has to be given to that.

"You cannot say that I will give zero weightage and I will wait till infinity to see that these reforms take roots...I don't think...it should not be a kind of bottomless pit."

In April last year, Moody's had changed India's rating outlook to 'positive' from 'stable' citing reform momentum and had said that it could consider India for an upgrade in next 12-18 months.

During the meeting, the ministry also impressed upon the global rating agency about the government's resolve to contain fiscal deficit at 3.5 per cent of GDP in the current fiscal.

New Delhi, Sep 22: Domestic equity markets closed Thursday’s trading session with sharp gains amid strong European and Asian markets supported

by US Federal Reserve’s decision to left interest rates unchanged.

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) closed 266 points up at 28,773 and the Nifty at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) closed 90 points up 8,867.

On Wednesday, the Sensex had closed 16 points down at 28,507 and the Nifty had closed one point up at 8,777.

In the broader markets, BSE Midcap index zoomed 1.4 per cent while Smallcap index rose 1 per cent.

Among the BSE sectoral

indices, Oil & Gas index closed with the biggest gain, up 1.5 per cent, while IT index closed with the biggest decline, down 0.4 per cent.

New Delhi, Sep 22: Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that the Union government is set to spend on infrastructure in a big way and interaction between the industry and the government is essential.

“The interaction between the industry and the government is essential,” Sitharaman said, adding that the government is focussed on spending infrastructure in a big way to create smooth logistics experience for industries".

The minister gave the assurance while inaugurating the two-day Invest North Summit here.

Talking about regulatory issues, Sitharaman said, "Regulatory quality will improve but not the frequency and intensity”.

Top gainers in the Sensex30 pack: SBI (up 2.4 per cent), ICICI Bank (up 2.2 per cent), Hero Mocotorp (up 2.1 per cent), Adani Ports (up 2 per cent) and Asian Paints (up 1.9 per cent).

Top losers in the Sensex30 pack: TCS (down 1.5 per cent), Lupin (down 1.2 per cent), Coal India (down 1.1 per cent), Axis Bank (down 1 per cent) and Dr Reddy’s Labs (down 0.5 per cent).

Meanwhile, the Rupee was trading 27 paisa higher at 67.75 against the US Dollar.

Vodafone India gets Government to Rs.47,700-cr fresh equity spend big on infra from parent

PTI Mumbai, Sep 22: Amid a hyper competitive market following the entry of Reliance Jio, the second largest telcom firm Vodafone India on Thursday said it has received Rs.47,700crore fresh capital from its parent to fund business expansion.

"The money (Rs.47,700 crore) has flown into the company, which previously announced a plan to do a share sale, since April this year," Managing Director and Chief Executive Sunil Sood told reporters here.

He also claimed that this is the single-largest FDI inflow into the country till date.

The funds will be used to

retire debt, bidding for spectrum that begins next week, expansion of network and deployment of next generation technologies, Sood informed.

The company's debt stands at "around Rs.25,000" crore at present, and it is half of the company's equity, the MD said.

Declining to divulge any specifics on the IPO, Sood said the firm is continuing to prepare for the share sale on "full steam".

The company's total customer base has touched 200-million mark, he said, adding that 106 million of are in rural areas.

Till now, Vodafone has invested a total of Rs.1,15,500 crore in the country since

2007 and has 1,37,000 sites.

Incumbent telcom firms like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea have been on a warpath following the entry of Reliance Jio with an investment of Rs.1.5 lakh crore, and offering services such as free voice and cheaper data plans.

Last week seven telcos, which applied to participate in the spectrum auction beginning October 1, have made earnest money deposit of Rs.14,653 crore to acquire rights to use spectrum in seven frequencies.

Out of these Reliance Jio has alone deposited Rs.6,500 crore, followed by Vodafone India at Rs.2,740 crore.

The government has set an ambitious target of mopping up over Rs.5 lakh crore from the process.

Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) is indicative of a company's strategy to bid in specific circles and spectrum bands. It gives them eligibility points with regard to those circles.

The Finance Ministry in the Budget pegged the revenue target at Rs.98,995 crore from the telecom space, which includes Rs.64,000 crore from the auction of about 2,354.55 Mhz of spectrum and the rest from various levies and services this financial year.

“Nearly 12 states have satisfied 75 per cent of the conditions which is a welcome step where states are responding positively,” Sitharaman said on ease of doing business in the country.

Fund), REITS (Real Estate Investment Trust), INVITS (Infrastructure Investment Trusts), IDFs (Infrastructure Debt Funds).

Image for representational purpose private sector will be required for financing projects in the areas of health, education, sanitation, renewable energy, highways, ports and railways among others.

Besides, Jaitley outlined the government's strategy to boost the economy through initiatives like

"Make in India", "100 smart cities", and "liberalised FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) regime".

He elaborated that the government gives high priority to infrastructure development and has taken a number of policy decisions like NIIF (National Investment and Infrastructure

Jaitley added that BRICS member countries should share their experiences in financing and delivery of infra projects so that they can collectively move to higher quality and efficiency in the delivery of public services.

In his welcome address Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said that infrastructure financing, especially in clearly demarcated projects is the need of the hour.

In addition, Das said that NIIF will play a pivotal role especially in infrastructure financing of projects in areas of ports, highways and railways.

Mukesh Ambani is India's richest for 9 consecutive years PTI Singapore, Sep 22: Industrialist Mukesh Ambani was on Thursday named India's richest person for a ninth year in a row with a sharp increase in networth to $22.7 billion, while Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi was ranked a distant second with a wealth of $16.9 billion.

The Hinduja Family moved up to the third position ($15.2 billion) on the annual Forbes list of India's 100 Richest People. Wipro's Azim Premji slipped one place to fourth with a networth of $15 billion.

Patanjali Ayurved's Acharya Balkrishna, known as a close associate of yoga guru Ramdev, has made a surprise entry at the 48th position with a networth of $2.5 billion on the list compiled by the American business magazine known for its rich lists.

Forbes said the combined networth of India's 100 wealthiest is $381 billion (nearly Rs.25.5 lakh crore), a rise of 10 per cent from $345 billion in 2015.

Mukesh Ambani's wealth rose in the past one year from $18.9 billion to $22.7 billion (over Rs.1.5 lakh crore) on 21 per cent surge in share price of Reliance Industries, the flagship company of his group, which recently launched 4G mobile services with much fanfare. He was ranked 36th in the global rich list.

Younger brother Anil Ambani was ranked 32nd with a networth of $3.4 billion, down from 29th spot last year.

Shanghvi also retained his second position, though his wealth fell by $1.1 billion due to plunge in share price of his group firm Sun Pharma, the world's fifth largest generic drug maker, Forbes said.

Hinduja brothers rose to the third spot by displacing Premji and saw their worth rising to $15.2 billion, from $14.8 a year ago.

"The four siblings - Srichand, Gopichand, Prakash, and Ashok - control multinational empire Hinduja Group, with businesses ranging from trucks and lubricants to banking and cable television. The group commissioned its much-delayed 1,040 mw thermal power unit in South India in

Industrialist Mukesh Ambani July," the magazine said.

"In a post-Brexit world, India appears a steady ship with an economy growing at 7 per cent-plus. The majority of India's 100 richest have notched up handsome gains as their companies have outperformed the stock market in the past year. As the domestic investment cycle starts kicking in, we can expect more gains and new names in the future," Forbes Asia's India Editor Naazneen Karmali said about the list.

Forbes also said the fortunes of cement and paint tycoons in the country benefitted from the government's infrastructure push and housing-for-all policy.

Shree Cement's Benu Gopal Bangur moved up to the 14th place with a networth of $5.9 billion, while Asian Paints' Ashwin Dani saw his wealth rise to $3.3 billion to rank him 34th.

As many as 15 people, including these two, saw their wealth rise by more than $1 billion.

Sourav Majumdar, Editor, Forbes India, said: "This year's list sees a rise in the overall wealth of the country's top 100 billionaires, in line with the movement of the markets.

While the composition at the top of the list remains largely unchanged, the distribution of wealth within the list continues, with the top 20 now contributing 52 percent of the total, down from 55 percent last year."

Forbes' 100-richest for 2016 saw eight persons rejoining the ranks and these included biotech major Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw at 65th

place with $1.83 billion.

Besides, there are six newcomers including serial entrepreneurs and brothers Bhavin and Divyank Turakhia (95th, $1.3 billion), who sold their ad tech firm Media.net for $900 million to a consortium of Chinese investors.

Balkrishna made his debut at 48th place ($2.5 billion), "thanks to his 97 per cent holding in fast-growing consumer goods outfit Patanjali Ayurved, which he co-founded with yoga guru Baba Ramdev."

Hero group's Pawan Munjal debuted at 29th place ($3.65 billion), taking his father late Brijmohan Lall Munjal's spot on the list.

The minimum amount required to make the list was $1.25 billion, up from $1.1 billion in 2015. There were 13 drop-offs from the last year, including textile figure Balkrishan Goenka and cofounders of Flipkart, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal.

Forbes said the list was compiled using shareholding and financial information obtained from the families and individuals, stock exchanges, analysts and regulators.

The ranking lists family fortunes, including those shared among extended families such as the Godrej and Bajaj families.

Public fortunes were calculated based on stock prices and exchange rates as of September 9. Private companies were valued based on similar companies that are publicly traded.

The magazine also gave a disclaimer that Reliance Industries is the owner of Network 18, publisher of Forbes India.

KFA official imprisoned in cheque bounce cases PTI Hyderabad, Sep 22: A local court on Thursday sentenced A Raghunathan, former CFO of Kingfisher Airlines Ltd, to 18 months imprisonment in connection with two cheque bounce cases filed against him and businessman Vijay Mallya

by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. Third Special Court Magistrate M Krishna Rao also imposed Rs.20,000 fine in each case on Raghunathan after the latter appeared before the court.

Earlier, on several occasions, the order on quantum of punishment had got adjourned as the warrant issued against Raghunathan was still pending.

The court had on April 20 convicted Kingfisher Air-

lines, Mallya and Raghunathan, in connection with two cheque bounce cases involving Rs.50 lakh each, under relevant sections of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The matter relates to cheques issued by Kingfisher Airlines Ltd to GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), which operates Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, towards charges for using the facilities at the airport for Kingfisher Airlines flights.

During arguments on Thursday, GHIAL counsel G Ashok Reddy submitted that it was after five months Raghunathan had finally appeared before this court.

He further informed that Vijay Mallya is absconding and is out of the country, and

sought the court to proceed with sentence order against Raghunathan.

Raghunathan's counsel said that several warrants were issued by different courts and he was unable to appear before this court. He sought for

splitting the case against Raghunathan. He had appeared before other courts in the past few days in connection with NBWs issued against him after he had moved the High Court, and got the warrants recalled.

Reddy argued that the High Court in its order (for recall of NBWs) had "made it clear that its order will not stand in way when the matter reached at the stage of judgement, pronouncement of sentence or conviction of the accused in the case".

The court had earlier issued non-bailable warrants against Kingfisher Airlines, its chairman Mallya and Raghunathan on the ground of dishonouring the two cheques.

It had earlier said that before imposing the quantum of punishment, it would hear the plea of the convicts (Mallya and others, who had so far not appeared/attended the court), and then pass its order with regard to sentencing them or imposing fine or both.

EDITORIAL

DIBRUGARH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

Today's quote

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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln

Copyright and copy-making The Delhi High Court verdict that photocopying portions of academic publications to make course packs for students does not amount to copyright infringement has been interpreted by many as a victory for the wider public interest of ensuring affordable access to quality educational material. The only question of law that arose in the suit filed by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor & Francis was whether the making of course packs by the Delhi University by authorising a photocopying store to make numerous copies of course material drawn from different books amounts to copyright infringement. The court says copyright is not a natural or common law right in India, but is subject to statute. It proceeds to hold that photocopying for academic purposes is not an infringement as Section 52(1)(i) of the Copyright Act permits the making of copies of literary works by a teacher or pupil 'in the course of instruction', a phrase interpreted to cover whole academic sessions, from the preparation of syllabus onwards.

Given that the law contains provisions barring infringement of copyright and listing acts that do not constitute infringement, there is no doubt that the legislature wanted to balance copyright protection with the public interest in ensuring access. Interestingly, the judge sees the 'no infringement' clauses as being consistent with articles in the Berne Convention and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which provide for domestic legislation to permit reproductions for specific purposes, as long as they do not conflict with normal exploitation of the works or unreasonably prejudice the rights-holder. The publishers have argued, in vain, that universities should not allow unrestricted photocopying, but instead apply for licences through the Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation, a registered copyright society. The publishers may pursue this aspect in their appeal, if there is one. The verdict may justly raise the concern whether conferring unrestricted reprographic rights on academic institutions will drive reputed publishers out of the field of education. It is true that academic publications, especially international ones, are expensive, putting them beyond the reach of many students. But the question is whether the balance between the competing interests has been fully preserved in the law. If reputed publishers feel that there is insufficient copyright protection and back out of educational publishing in the country, it will be equally injurious to the public interest.

Two in one Over a decade and a half ago, the NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee ended the colonial era practice of announcing the Union budget in the evening. NDA 2 headed by Narendra Modi has decided to do away with an over 90-year-old tradition of a separate budget for the Indian Railways by merging it with the general budget from next year. The cabinet has also decided to advance the dates for the presentation of the budget to early February. Broadly, both decisions are welcome.

That's because even with a separate budget, the current system of accounting of the railways is non-transparent considering that it is difficult to make out the costing under various heads, including staff costs.

More importantly, the trigger for the decision may well be the fiscal state of the Indian Railways - which with a wage bill that soaks almost 50 per cent of its working expenses, passenger earnings of just a little over 25 per cent of gross earnings, and a high operating ratio - is hardly in a position to carry out modernisation and upgradation of technology, or invest in new assets and focus on safety too.

An expert committee headed by Bibek Debroy had in its report on restructuring of the railways made out a case for jettisoning a standalone railway budget. By subsuming it within the Union budget, the transport services provider may be better equipped to raise funds, including from external agencies, on the strength of the sovereign to invest in projects which yield good returns over time instead of being restricted to the Indian Railway Finance Corporation to mobilise money. Equally, however, it can also be argued that a merger of the two budgets may lead to fuzziness over accounting of items such as pension payments - a huge burden for the railways.

What is important, therefore, is the direction of reform. If the merger leads to a structural transformation over the long haul in terms of accounting and operating on commercial principles like corporate bodies, higher revenues, productivity and internal generation of funds and better project implementation based on economic logic rather than political considerations, then this exercise may well be worth it. Much will depend on the operational autonomy provided to the railways and the political will to ensure that a department run commercial undertaking delivers more for the buck.

The government's decision to advance the budget should lead to better planning and spending outcomes, round the year, by ministries and departments.

For, they will no longer be able to take refuge under the excuse that funds weren't coming in early enough.

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Don't call me a goddess, I am a farmer "My name is Seema Mahila Kisan Samiti," she said.

"Seema Mahila Kisan Samiti?" I repeated after her.

"Yes," she nodded.

"Seema Devi," I addressed her.

"Not Devi. Why Devi? Devi is that goddess we worship under the tree over there. I am no goddess, I am a kisan, a farmer."

Seema, the farmer, is a member of the Saraswati Mahila Kisan Samiti, a women farmers' collective in Sahar tehsil, district Bhojpur, Bihar. She is also the elected ward member from her community, the first woman from the Mahadalit caste to hold this position in their area.

"We have always been farmers," Krishna Devi explains to me. We are standing in a group in the shade of a tree on the edge of rice fields. All around us is lush green standing crop. The only work the rice fields demand at this time is weeding.

Seema, Krishna Devi, Ganga Devi and Dukhni Devi are women who have emerged as leaders within the Dalit and Mahadalit community of Vishnupura village in Sahar tehsil, ever since landless women here formed a self-help collective to lease land and grow their own crops.

Today I am witness to a strategy and forward planning meeting in this openair conference room. There is talk about seeds, fertilizers, soft loans and farmer welfare schemes that must be accessed. What they

would like to do better in terms of soil preparation before they sow the next crop. There is exchange of information about cultivation of pulses in smaller plots and vegetables in their own kitchen gardens.

Some women have infants balanced on their hips. Toddlers are playing in the mud nearby. Older children are jumping into the irrigation canal repeatedly, squealing with delight. Childcare at the workplace is an accepted norm here.

"It is just that only men have been considered to be farmers, because they own land," Krishna Devi tells me. "We have always worked in the fields, but we have never had access to money and resources. All through my life, I have cooked for everyone at home and gone to the fields. Women have always been in charge of seeding, sowing, transplantation, weeding, harvesting and storing the grain."

"Now we do our own farming on our own land," adds Ganga Devi. We get money in our own hands and we are able to save some of it. We can decide how to spend it."

"Our families eat better now," says Dukhni Devi, her voice tearing up. "When my children were small, they slept hungry. We were crushed under loans. Today I grow so many vegetables, I have to sell some of them in the market."

Seema Mahila Kisan has a dramatic flair for storytelling. She narrates the story of the transformation in their lives using Rs10 to illustrate her point. The

Rs10 that she didn't have when she worked as farm labour in the fields of uppercaste men in the village.

"We got together and contributed Rs10 each every month. Slowly we collected enough money to lease a small plot of land. Why shouldn't we work for our own selves?" she asks rhetorically. "The next year we leased a bigger plot. Slowly we began to grow potatoes and dal as well."

Seema holds up her wrist and shows me two dozen green glass bangles on her wrist. "Today I have Rs10 to buy bangles for myself.

You think I could afford this earlier? I didn't even have the guts to sit on a dhurrie with people like you. I would have peeped from my window and hidden till you had left."

This women farmers' col-

lective near the town of Ara is one of many such groups in Bihar that have been created through the efforts of the Pragati Grameen Vikas Sansthan (PGVS), a Patnabased organization that works for the land rights of underprivileged communities. Some of the most successful stories of women farmers' collectives are to be found in Kerala, Punjab, Assam and the North-Eastern states.

"It is a reasonable estimate that 65-75% of the work involved in growing crops is done by women in India," says Prem Kumar Anand, who is programme officer, economic justice, at Oxfam India. "What has been historically denied to women is ownership of land and the stature of a farmer. Less than 10% of women own land."

Sindhu Sinha is a much beloved Didi (older sister) among the women of Vishnupura. She is the regional coordinator for PGVS and visits the community regularly to help with the logistics of running a collective. "When we first came to this village, no girl here was educated. None of them went to school. That is where we started from.

Today five-six girls from this village have completed their matric studies."

"I used to put my thumbprint on all official documents earlier. Since I became a ward member, I have started putting my signature," says Seema Mahila Kisan, making a gesture of signing with her right hand on her left palm. "Today we know how to claim our Indira Awaas fund, disability allowance, widow pen-

sion and old age pensions.

We receive fertilizers and seeds for wheat, onion and dalalso. It was hard to make people at the district headquarters take us seriously as farmers. But now they do."

In the social and economic structure of the village, a person's status, honour and identity is linked intrinsically to land ownership.

Claiming land rights is also critical towards sustaining livelihood and food security for families of the poor.

"When a woman owns a piece of land, however small it may be, it raises her social status. This has influenced the government too.

The land that is being distributed to the landless now includes the woman's name in the legal deed. This is a big success for us," says Sindhu Sinha.

Seema Mahila Kisan is a mother of four. She sends two daughters to school regularly. She is pleased with the uniforms the children have received from school. The midday meal is an added bonus.

"Where all have you travelled?" I ask her.

"I have travelled a lot now," she tells me. "I have seen many other worlds that I had not seen earlier. Earlier, when I left home, I would go to Barahi bazaar or Sahar. Now I have seen Ara, Delhi, Gwalior, Ranchi, Bodh Gaya." She turns around her to see who all have surrounded us to hear her words. Her laughter rings with happiness.

Written by Natasha Badhwar, previously published in the Mint

India's war of words The matter of breaking Pakistan's jaw for causing India's persistent toothache has been around for a while And so, to India's arsenal of responses to the attack in Jammu & Kashmir on 18 September that killed 18 soldiers.

It's a relief that India's armed forces and key policymakers in government do not plan their responses to sustain media hysteria. And those decisions are not driven by Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Ram Madhav who, hours after the suicide attack by Pakistan's proxies, railed, "For one tooth, the complete jaw". The party's one-time intellectual weight Arun Shourie had made the slogan his own for the first decade of this century, a mantra against Pakistan and its proxies, Maoist rebels, armed groups in Northeast India, collateral damage be damned.

This is an exaggeration of lex talionis or the law of retaliation. Rooted in the Hammurabic Code, it was

later adopted into the Biblical credo of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" and so on: a suggestion for Israelites to pursue proportionate justice, not Israel's approach in Gaza.

Anyhow, the matter of breaking Pakistan's jaw for causing India's persistent toothache has been around for a while.

The 2009 Task Force Report on National Security and Terrorism, by lobby group Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), offered an early, public blueprint to stem Pakistan's use of terror as foreign policy. The report, in the wake of jihadist attacks in November 2008 in Mumbai by Pakistani proxies, also had current national security adviser Ajit Doval as a core participant. It mapped several 'hard' and 'soft' options, a few of which have been articulated since 18 Sep-

tember.

The hard-options bouquet that carries the potential of retaliation by Pakistan and its free-range jihadi proxies began with "Inflict Economic Pain": ban imports from Pakistan, stop overflights, restrict travel. "Covert retaliation" called for "immediate" and "deniable covert actions inside Pakistan". Another option was surgical strikes, particularly against "PoK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) terror camps". The report claimed such action was "feasible" and "even legitimate" in the eyes of the United Nations' charter by using the justification of being attacked or under imminent threat, and India's forces should prepare with training and equipment and be entirely prepared to manage any "international disapproval".

Indeed, India should be "prepared for escalation of war with Pakistan". After another Mumbai-like at-

tack, the suggestion was to "launch an intense and limited attack on PoK"-but with specific "geographical objectives", and calibrated to cease to "avoid escalation".

The final point in the hard options category was to squeeze Pakistan by leveraging the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, which continues to be skewed in Pakistan's favour, with the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab flowing into Pakistan from Indian Territory; with India receiving only a fifth of the water from the Indus river system. (In a column in Mint on 20 September, Mending Pakistan's behaviour , the analyst Brahma Chellaney suggested India turn the screws on Pakistan by jettisoning the treaty; hardly a matter of conscience as Pakistan has reneged on all bilateral treaties with India that sought to de-escalate or end con-

If everything goes wrong in life A boy was born in a very rich family. He had everything he could ever want. He lived in a mansion that stretched as far as you could see. He could play golf at 8. He had a private tutor. Had a swimming pool all to himself.

A home theater. Never met anyone whose net worth was < than $1bn.

A few years later, in 2008 - the ‘crash’ happened. His father was a renowned Wall Street Investment Banker.

His family lost everything. The Royal House. The Farmhouse.

The L’borghinis. The Family Goodwill.

Eventually - the family moved into a cheaper neighborhood The boy found it very difficult to adjust to the new surroundings. Everything was going wrong in his life he thought.

Father knew it was time. It was time he gave his kid a ‘Spartan Reboot’

Father told the boy to come home only after he had earned $1m.

The boy was devastated. He h a d never earned a single dollar in his life.

How w a s he to accomplish such a herculean task ?

Next day - he left the town.

He knew where he had to go.

The place where it all started.

The boy worked. The boy sweated. He saved every single penny he earned. He made terrible mistakes. He learnt from them. He became mentally stronger. Smarter. Wiser.

After 10 years - he visited his father. The door was opened by an old man in his

60s. The Father couldn’t recognize his son. The Boy was now a Man. The Man - leaped forward & gave his father the tightest hug ever.

‘Thank You Dad.’ The story here clearly portrays a very subtle message ‘You can’t know something, until you know its opposite’ You cannot know what happiness is until you know what sadness is & vice versa You cannot know what success is without knowing what failure is You cannot know what is ‘right’ until you know what is ‘wrong’ You cannot rise - until you have not fallen - over & over again.

When everything is going ‘wrong’ in your life - Work harder. Fall Harder. Work harder again. Fall harder again.

In this process - you’ll realise, that the ‘wrong’ phase in your life, was actually the ‘right’ one.

flict.)

Soft options in the Ficci report were generally downplayed. As sharing of specific terrorism-related intelligence with Pakistan would be refuted by Pakistan, better to take such evidence to the UN and find other ways to share it with the world in timely surges of goodwill hunting. Another suggestion was to increase interaction between the military leadership of the two countries, parallel to civilian contacts over culture, and what I call seminarism.

But none of this would have the impact, suggested the report, of isolating jihadis, causing "fissure within the jihadi groups", destroying jihadi infrastructure, to "neutralise fundamentalist and terrorist leadership", and to "disallow Pakistan to gain foothold in Afghanistan as it this will ultimately

consume Central Asia in jihadi fervor".

All of it assumed that India would need to factor in the veto power of China in favour of Pakistan in UN forums, and the "double standards" of the US that, on the one hand, criticized terrorism but fed Pakistan through military aid, and that in turn fed terror strikes and militarily deterrence against India.

"So far India's reactions have been reactive and defensive", concluded the document that showed glimpses of what is sometimes termed by media as the "Doval doctrine". "India must make Pakistan realise that the use of terrorism against her will hurt itself more than India."

In that forever project, India has mostly chosen a war of words, and diplomacy.

Written by Sudeep Chakravarti.

Improve Health Sector Sir, The Public Health care in Assam is in bad shape. The availability of doctors and nurses is not commensurate with the demands of the patients. The Present ruling dispensation of Assam promised 'Paribartan' before the assembly election, but 'Paribartan' in the literal sense of the term is yet to be materialized. We will not take into reckoning the deplorable condition of the roads between Dibrugarh and Jorhat and some other important roads-commuters have to remain complacent with the mere promises. But can we afford to ignore the health sector? It is a fact that with the new medical colleges set up in Jorhat, Tezpur and Borpeta, the demand for doctors and nurses too increases, but in conformity

with the demand the availability is not at all adequate. The Present ruling dispensation would do well to attribute much importance to the health sector. A report in media suggests that patients suffer much as the doctors of PHC, Digboi fail to turn up on time.

Meanwhile, the Health minister announced good number of schemes for the benefits of the poor including 'Swasthya Bima Yojana'. Hopefully people can get rid of the irregularity and corruption of the previous congress. The attendance of the doctors on time, the quality of treatment as well as availability of medicine must be ensured in the hospitals as the cost of Private health services has risen beyond the reach of the poor and the middle classes.

Yours etc.

Ashok Bordoloi Dibrugarh

DIBRUGARH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

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Bomb hoax holds up flight at Imphal airport IANS Imphal, Sep 22: An Air Asia flight from here was held up on Thursday and extensively searched after a passenger told the cabin crew he was carrying a bomb. Though it was later declared a hoax, the passenger has been arrested and is being questioned.

The threat - the first ever in Manipur - triggered panic and alarm in Tulihal international airport in Imphal. Apart from the thorough search of the plane, including unloading the luggage for a detailed check, passengers on other flights were not allowed to disembark and security was tightened across the airport.

CISF personnel conducted the search inside the Air Asiaflight which was to leave the airport at 11.30 a.m. for Guwahati in Assam.

Imphal airport Officials told IANS that the passenger, identified as Paocha Robinson, who boarded the flight at 11.20 a.m. unnerved the cabin crew as he told them he was carrying a bomb.

Robinson, after being arrested, was subjected to detailed interrogation to establish his motive and antecedents. "It is not ruled out that he is inno-

cent. There must be good reasons for the bomb hoax. We are exploring all angles," said sources.

Security was beefed up in and around the international airport. Only passengers with valid tickets are allowed in the interior enclosures.

The flight was eventually allowed to leave for Guwahati at 2.04 p.m.

Tripura CM opposes PPP model for raising infra in NE IANS Agartala, Sep 22: Even though Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar sees an urgent need for raising physical infrastructures in the northeast, he advocates against harnessing the public-private partnership (PPP) model to achieve that in the mountainous region.

"Development of physical infrastructure is crucial in northeast India, but the much-talked about PPP model should not be adopted in the hilly region," Sarkar said addressing the third North East Connectivity Summit on Wednesday.

He said, "Private investors and industrialists would not come to the region in a big way unless physical infrastructures, like roads, railways, power and connectivity, are developed. The PPP model is not workable in this region."

In a remark aimed at NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy, who was present and spoke at the summit, Sarkar said, "The Narendra Modi government at the Centre destroyed the vital Planning Commission and set up the NITI Aayog.

Hence, there is no scope for Centre-state discussion on planning process."

"With the demolition of

Planning Commission and the new policy of NITI Aayog, Tripura is losing Rs 1,800 crore every year. How can we develop infrastructures if the central government does not help us," he asked.

"As you are looking after the various affairs of northeastern states on behalf of the NITI Aayog, please do something for the betterment of the backward region. Only recommendations will not be enough...ways and means for real development must be evolved with adequate financial backing," Sarkar told Debroy.

the priority sectors for development. Poor condition of the national highways in the region must be improved at once. Medium, small and micro industries have great scope in Northeast," he added.

The Tripura Chief Minister said that the northeast has been neglected by successive governments at the Centre, putting the people of the region at a disadvantage.

"The northeast region is surrounded by four crucial neighbours -- China, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar. We could help each other for mutual benefits," he added.

NITI Aayog member Debroy said that development of physical infrastructure is necessary in the region.

"Services sector, like higher education, health, bio-technology and tourism, can be

The three-day summit has been organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) and supported by the Tripura government.

Ficci's North East Advisory Council Chairman Ranjit Barthakur said that during the three-day summit experts, diplomats, officials and investors would discuss infrastructure development of the northeast region, information technology, healthcare, agriculture, bamboo plantation, connectivity, development of border infrastructure, and development of road, air and water connectivity.

'Rock On 2' cast jammed on slopes of Meghalaya

Poster of upcoming movie Rock on 2 IANS Shillong, Sep 22: The cast of the forthcoming film "Rock on!! 2" held jamming sessions in the valley of Meghalaya while they were preparing for the movie.

"Rock On!! 2" is a sequel to the 2008 film "Rock On!!".

It is shot in Shillong and also includes a folk song in Khasi.

Directed by Shujaat Saudagar and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, the film will see actors Arjun Rampal, Prachi Desai, Purab Kohli reprising their roles from the first movie.

"In Meghalaya, we stayed

in Ri Kynjai which is a little out of Shillong. Set on the slopes of the valley leading down to the lake, it was a wonderful view to wake up to. We spent a lot of time in the hotel and it was very hard to leave as it was so beautiful," Purab said in a statement.

"We jammed most evenings and in my room as the drum kit, which is hard to move around, was installed there. The valley would fill up with our music of 'Rock On!! 2', and every rehearsal evening inevitably ended up in a party. I miss that time we spent shooting 'Rock On!! 2', he added.

Tripura Industries and Commerce Minister Tapan Chakraborty highlighted the scope and opportunities for industries in the state. He expressed happiness that diplomats, officials and business representatives from Russia, Japan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan attended the summit.

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Will restore pre-1965 rail links with India: Bangladesh IANS Agartala, Sep 22: Bangladesh will restore the pre-1965 railway connectivity with India that was disrupted by the India-Pakistan war, Bangladesh Industry Minister Amir Hossain Amu said on Thursday.

"The Bangladesh government would like to bring substantive changes in terms of connectivity with India. We would restore the pre-1965 railway links on priority basis," he said while addressing the third 'North East Connectivity Summit' in Agartala.

He said: "Air connectivity between Guwahati and Dhaka and Shillong and Agartala via Dhaka could be explored after examining the commercial viability."

The visiting minister said Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar, known as BCIM region, is one of the richest in the world in terms of resources.

"The region, with a population of 440 million, covers nine per cent of the world's total area and 7.3

per cent of the global gross domestic product."

Amu said over the past seven years, Bangladesh and India have witnessed tremendous progress in almost all areas, including security, connectivity, power, trade and commerce.

"To boost trade and commerce between Bangladesh and India's north-east region, we are improving trade infrastructure, immigration, customs facilities, developing land ports.

Bangladesh is north-east India's natural business partner," the minister added.

India's External Affairs Ministry's Joint Secretary Partha Satpathy said India's 'Act East Policy' has been extremely successful in terms of diplomacy for development, regional security, energy security, political aspects and other vital issues.

"Several connectivity-related projects are now underway to connect northeast India with south-east Asian countries. India is

Myanmar border.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said due to the central government's impractical policies, resources of the northeast remained untapped.

Addressing the summit, NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy said it would aid, facilitate and monitor governmental schemes, plans and projects in the country.

playing a vital role in important regional bodies like the South-east Asian Nations or Asean and BIMSTEC to provide greater global exposure to the regional grouping," Satpathy said.

Headquartered in Dhaka, BIMSTEC includes India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Myanmar for multi-sectoral technical and economic cooperation.

Tripura Commerce and Industry Minister Tapan

Chakraborty said the northeast with four per cent of India's population and eight per cent geographical area had vast untapped resources.

Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang emphasised on building road infrastructure, development and peopleto-people connectivity.

He opposed the border fencing with Myanmar, and instead asked the central government to undertake more developmental projects along the India-

The three-day summit has been organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) and supported by the Tripura government.

Ficci's North East Advisory Council Chairman Ranjit Barthakur said that during the three-day summit experts, diplomats, officials and investors would discuss infrastructure development, information technology, healthcare, agriculture, bamboo plantation, connectivity, development of border infrastructure and development of road, air and water connectivity in the region.

Manipur Revised gratuity to be High Court effective from 2007 gets new Chief Justice IANS Imphal, Sep 22: Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prashad was on Thursday sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court.

Governor Najma Heptullah administered the oath of office and secrecy to Justice Prashad.

Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and judges and lawyers both from Manipur and other states were present in the function held at the Raj Bhavan here.

Prashad is the third Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court,

Agencies Shillong, Sep 22: The High Court on Wednesday allowed the State government to increase the limit of death-cum-retirement gratuity (DCRG) of teaching and non-teaching staff which became a full of deficit colleges who had fledged high court from retired in 2007 within two March 13, 2013. months.

In the petition, the teachBorn in Bihar on July 1, ers had expressed griev1955, Prashad studied in ances against the Education Patna Law College. In Department’s letters dated 2001 he became a judge June 6 and June 27, 2012, that only those in Jharkhand. He has stating teachers who retired in been the acting Chief 2012 would be eligible for Justice of Manipur High the enhanced gratuity.

Court for some time.

The petitioners pointed out The Chief Justice told in the writ petition that the the media: “Manipur has State had, in 2010, adopted become my second and implemented UGC home. I am happy to be norms for revision of pay appointed the Chief Jus- scale of teachers in governtice. My immediate job ment colleges as well as the is to clear the heavy eligible ones in deficit colIt also said that folbacklog of pending leges. lowing another order on cases. My priority is to February 24, 2012, gratuensure justice to the ity was doubled to Rs 7 poor.” lakh. However, this order

did not mention the date from which such an enhancement was to be effective.

In March 2012, it was said only lecturers would be eligible for the increased amount.

The Retired College Teachers’ Forum, while espousing the cause for the enhanced amount of DCRG, had been claiming that the revised amount be released to those who retired on or after January 1, 2006, the date from which the revised pay scale and other benefits were made applicable to the teaching and non-teaching staff of deficit colleges.

The under secretary, in a letter dated June 19, 2012, had informed the Director of Higher and Technical Education that only those who did not withdraw DCRG as on February 24, 2012, being the very date of the order, would be entitled to the enhancement.

An additional affidavit was

filed by the respondent government on August 2 this year stating that in reference to the Meghalaya Civil Services (Pension) (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2010, the increased gratuity was to be applicable only with effect from January 1, 2007. The government had admitted that such a point was not highlighted in the Court when the decision was rendered on July 31, 2015.

The government further pointed out that in the given circumstance, a decision was taken to extend the benefits to the petitioner without creating a precedent. It had also stated that the letter dated June 15, 2016, being erroneous, a corrigendum was issued on February 12, 2016, stating that the enhanced limit of the gratuity would be available to the teaching staff and nonteaching staff of deficit colleges who had retired after January 1, 2007.

Old tensions surface as EC seeks to revise Mizoram's electoral rolls IANS Aizawl, Sep 22: An Election Commission decision to conduct a special summary revision of electoral lists in Mizoram has triggered protests and a court case over the inclusion of names of tribals who had fled to neighbouring Tripuraalmost two decades ago.

Around 31,300 Reang tribals, who locally call themselves "Bru", have been living in seven makeshift camps in northern Tripura for the past 19 years after they fled following ethnic trouble after the killing of a Mizo forest officer in Mamit district.

"Following Election Commission instructions, the Mizoram Election Department has published the draft electoral rolls on September 15 and from that date the process of summary revision was started," an official of the department said.

"After completing the three-and-a-half-month process, the final publication of the electoral rolls would be done on January 5, 2017, with January 1, 2017, as the quali-

fying date for including new names," he added.

The Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum (MBDPF), the lone representative of the tribal refugees, is officially unaware about the special summary revision of electoral lists in Mizoram.

MBDPF general secretary Bruno Msha told IANS over phone from Kanchanpur in northern Tripurathat the Mizoram government has told Union Home Ministry officials that they would start taking back the refugees only from November, by which time the vital procedures of the revision of rolls would be over.

"We don't know how the names of the refugees would be included. Besides, former State Chief Information Commissioner Robert Hrangdawla filed a petition before the Mizoram bench of the Gauhati High Court seeking a direction to exclude the names of the Reang tribals from the state's electoral list," Msha pointed out.

Msha also said that the Mizoram government and

Voters of Mizoram the Union Home Ministry are yet to officially inform them that the repatriation of Reang refuges from Tripura to Mizoram would start from November.

"If the refugees remained out of the electoral list revision process, it would be a blatant violation of the fundamental rights of genuine Indian citizens," he added.

He said Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla had also written to the Election Commission to keep out the names of the Reang tribals from the electoral list as they had been staying outside the state for many years.

Meanwhile, the Young

Mizo Association (YMA) and the Mizo Students Federation (MSF), the two most powerful youth bodies in Mizoram, have been asking the Election Commission to delete the names of the tribals staying in Tripura since October 1997.

Following the commission's advice, almost all states in the country, including Mizoram, have undertaken a special summary revision of photo electoral rolls with January 1, 2017, as the qualifying date.

Mizoram Election Department officials said that they have asked the district magistrates of Mamit,

Lunglei and Lawngtlai, the areas where the Reang tribals are living, to initiate process of conducting the summary revision of electoral rolls.

The Tripura government has been asking the Centre and the Mizoram government to take back the refugees at the earliest as serious socio-economic and law and order problems have cropped up in the state.

The Union Home Ministry's Special Secretary (Internal Security), Mahesh Kumar Singla, and Joint Secretary in charge of the northeast, Satyendra Garg, visited Tripura last month and met with officials of the Tripura government and leaders of the refugees.

They also visited Mizoram and held meetings with state government officials and tribal leaders.

The Home Ministry undertook serious efforts after the Supreme Court's directives on repatriating the refugees. The Mizoram government submitted a roadmap to the central government on how it plans to do so.

Mizoram Additional Secre-

tary (Home) Lalbiakzama said that the state government submitted to the Union Home Ministry a detailed plan for taking the refugees back. "The Mizoram government has sought Rs 68 crore from the central government to rehabilitate the tribals," Lalbiakzama said.

Refugee leader Bruno Msha said the MBDPF has been demanding financial assistance of Rs 150,000 per repatriated family, free rations for every repatriated family for two years, cultivable land, a political settlement of the ethnic problem and adequate security.

"We have on a number of occasions told the central and Mizoram governments that the refugees are willing to return to their homes in Mizoram if their 10-point demands, including security and rehabilitation, are met," he added.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, accompanied by his deputy Kiren Rijiju, had visited the refugee camps in North Tripura in February last year and urged the Mizoram government and the refugees to end the stalemate.

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Baloch, Indians protest as Nawaz Sharif India, US, Afghanistan reaffirm addresses UN General Assembly shared interest against terror

New York, Sept 22 : Several Baloch and Indian activists held large-scale demonstrations outside the UN headquarters here while Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressed the UN General Assembly as they were joined by other groups demanding that it stop "exporting" terror into India.

The protestors converged across the street from the world body's headquarters to condemn atrocities and human rights violations by Pakistan just as Sharif was addressing the General Debate of the General Assembly.

The crowd shouted slogans of 'Free Balochistan', 'Down Down Pakistan', 'Save World from Pakistan Terror' as they waved banners and placards that read 'US Government stop giving funds to Pakistan', 'Kashmiri Hindus are Humans, Wake up to their sufferings', 'Remove Paki-

Khan said the Baloch people are "indebted" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi "for speaking out for Balochistan's right and the right of the Baloch people to be the masters of our own destiny".

He slammed the Pakistani army for its brutalities against "innocent Balochis", saying "the Pakistan Army is ISIS in uniform".

Nawaz Sharif stan from the UN', 'Stop Atrocities in PakistanoccupiedKashmir' and 'Killing Fields of Pakistan - Sindh and Balochistan'.

"Pakistan is a terror state and does not want the people of Balochistan to live in peace," Ahmar Musti Khan, founder of the American Friends of Balochistan told PTI.

He said Pakistan and its leaders are committing crimes against the residents of Kashmir, demanding that the country stop "exporting terror and let its neighbours live in peace".

He added the Pakistani leadership should respect the right to self determination of the Baloch people.

The Baloch National Movement (BNM) condemned the Pakistani atrocities and the 'ongoing military operations' in Sindh and Balochistan.

"Baloch and Sindhi people appeal to the freedom loving citizens of America and the world to support our demands for freedom, peace, and justice. We, the victims of Pakistani state aggression and crimes against humanity, want to tell the world that 'Pakistan is a nuclear-armed terrorist state' and must be

stopped," the group said.

Condemning the "barbaric" terror attack on the Uri camp in Kashmir and Pathankot air base, BNM said such attacks are part of Pakistan's policy of "aggression, employing terrorist methods and outfits to escalate war in the region".

It said the Baloch people are grateful for the support extended by the Indian Prime Minister at "such a critical juncture when our nation is struggling to be free from the illegal military occupation of Pakistan since 1948". Jayesh Patel, the former President of the Overseas Friends of BJP, said Pakistan should stop terrorism against India, saying countless innocent lives have been lost due to attacks in Kashmir, mostly recently on the army base in Uri that killed 18 jawans.

"The families of our soldiers are the worst sufferers," he said. (Agencies)

26 dead, 19 missing in Indonesian Another 150 Pakistanis have offshore companies landslides, floods

Rescue teams search for missing victims near the Cimanuk River in the Garut district of West Java province in Indonesia on Thursday, a day after a series of landslides and flash floods hit several areas.

AFP Jakarta, Sept 22 : The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Indonesia has risen to 26, an official said Thursday, with hopes fading for 19 others still missing.

Aid has begun pouring into Garut in the west of Indonesia's main island of Java, where 23 people died and 18 remain missing after torrential rain and fast-rising floods swept through the region, the national disaster agency said.

Receding flood waters revealed scenes of destruction, with houses reduced to rubble and upturned cars and debris strewn through-

out muddy streets.

Among the dead or missing are more than a dozen children under 12 years of age, though several have yet to be formally identified, the agency said.

Relief teams and army personnel have moved into Garut to search for those still missing, while drones are assessing the scale of destruction from the air, disaster agency head Willem Rampangilei said in a statement.

"There is plenty of food and clean water available. The community is also helping out," Rampangilei said, adding that a disaster report had been sent to President Joko

Widodo.

Temporary shelters and makeshift kitchens have been established to assist the estimated 430 people left homeless, with blankets and clothing being trucked in by emergency crews.

Elsewhere in West Java, emergency crews were still searching for one person missing in the wake of a massive landslide in Sumedang district that killed three others, disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told AFP. An avalanche of mud, rock and water tore through a village in Sumedang late Tuesday without warning, flattening homes and a mosque and burying people beneath rubble.

Landslides and flooding are common in Indonesia, a vast tropical archipelago prone to natural disasters and torrential downpours.

The country's disaster agency has warned people to be alert for disasters this wet season as a La Nina weather phenomenon threatens unseasonably heavy rain.

In June nearly 50 people died when heavy downpours sent torrents of water, mud and rock surging into villages in Central Java, another densely populated province on Indonesia's main island.

in Bahamas

PTI Islamabad, Sep 22 : At least 150 Pakistani nationals, including the son of a former minister and an ex-lawmaker of fundamentalist Jamaat-eIslami party, were among the people owning offshore firms in the Carribean tax haven of Bahamas, according to new set of data published today.

Khan, has been named in the Bahamas Leaks, while the name of former Jamaat-i-Islami senator Khursheed Ahmad also figured in the data as director of a registered bank in Miami.

Obaid Altaf Khanani, Samina Durrani and Karachi-based builder Mohsin Sheikhani also own offshore companies, the report said.

The information has been shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and originally obtained and released by German newspaper SĂźddeutsche Zeitung.

A brief shared by various media sources suggested that about 150 Pakistanis have been identified as directors of nearly 70 companies, out of 175,000 firms incorporated in the Bahamas between 1959 and 2016, Dawn newspaper reported.

Jibran Khan, son of former federal minister Mohammad Naseer

The new cache of documents - known as the Bahamas Leaks - come five months after the socalled Panama Papers leak that spotlighted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharifs family and more than 250 other Pakistanis as having offshore companies.

Also, the new leaks come just ahead of the September 30 protest announced

by Pakistan Tehreek-iInsaf chief Imran Khan at Sharifs Raiwind estate residence near Lahore over the offshore companies the premiers children have according to Panama Papers.

New York, Sept 22 : India, the US and Afghanistan have reaffirmed their shared interests in combating terrorism and advancing peace and security in the region as they explored ways to "coordinate and align" assistance in the war-torn country with priorities of the Afghan government.

Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra, Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Karzai and US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson met in New York Wednesday on the margins of the 71st UN General Assembly for a round of trilateral consultations.

They exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan and on "regional issues of mutual interest".

"Reaffirming their shared interests in advancing peace and security in the region, as well as countering terrorism, all sides welcomed the discussions focused on political, economic, and development goals in Afghanistan, including the regional dimension," a trilateral statement issued after the meet-

Representational image. ing said.

It added that the meeting provided a forum for the governments of India and the US to explore ways to coordinate and align their assistance with the priorities of the Afghan government.

"They agreed that the dialogue helps advance shared values and goals, and decided to continue these consultations on a regular basis," it said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry had said late last month during his visit to New Delhi that Washing-

Police seek 2 passMalaysia governersby who handled NY ment accused of pressure cooker bomb gerrymandering AP New York, Sept 22 : New York police said on Wednesday they are seeking two pedestrians filmed handling the unexploded pressure cooker bomb found late on Saturday just blocks from where a bomb blast injured 29 people.

Police Commissioner James O'Neill stressed that the two are wanted as witnesses and are not suspected in the bombing that ripped through New York's Chelsea neighbourhood that night.

Surveillance cameras caught the two walking down West 27th Street and coming across a duffel bag that had been left in the street.

They "saw the bag, admired the bag, removed what turned out to be a device, a pressure cooker. Placed it on the sidewalk and rolled the bag away," Police Commissioner James O'Neil

said.

"They're very, very lucky" it didn't explode, said O'Neill.

A photo of the two taken from the surveillance video was posted on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's website along with an advisory that they were being sought as witnesses.

"They are witnesses. There are no criminal charges.

They're not in any jeopardy of being arrested," O'Neill said.

An Afghan-born American, Ahmad Khan Rahami, was charged on Tuesday with the bombing in Chelsea and a pipe bombing earlier the same day in Seaside Park, New Jersey.

Doctors have yet to give police the go-ahead to question Rahami, who was wounded in a shootout police before being taken into custody in Linden, New Jersey, O'Neill said.

Israel arrests 35 Palestinians in raids after violence spikes Attacks on its civilians staged from Pakistan, Afghanistan tells UN

Jerusalem, Sept 22 : Israeli authorities have arrested at least 35 Palestinians over the last few days in raids following a spike in violence ahead of upcoming Jewish holidays, officials said Thursday.

The arrests have occurred in annexed east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank for reasons ranging from stolen property to suspicions of "terrorism."

Israeli police carried out raids in Issawiya and the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem over the last two days, arresting 23 people, they said.

"Police operations took place to locate and seize arms and weapons, finding suspects involved in terrorist activity, in riots and criminal activity," a statement said.

Weapons and ammunition had been seized, it said.

"As part of the police operation 23 suspects were arrested on suspicions of terrorism, rioting, possession of illegal weapons, drugs and stolen property," police said.

Israel's military confirmed 12 Palestinians had been arrested overnight in various parts of the West Bank, including four accused of being Hamas operatives and others suspected of

Israeli police carried out raids in Issawiya and the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem over the last two days, arresting 23 people. unspecified illegal activity.

A spike in violence since Friday has shattered several weeks of calm, with at least nine attacks or attempted attacks by Palestinians since then, according to Israeli authorities.

Nearly all of the incidents have been stabbings or attempted stabbings, carried out by lone-wolf attackers, an Israeli military official said.

After a policewoman was left in serious condition from being stabbed in the neck, authorities confirmed officers were wearing a protective collar to

block such attacks.

Palestinian officials have decried an increased Israeli security presence, saying there have been new checkpoints, with more villages closed off. Israeli authorities have been keen to reduce the amount of guns in east Jerusalem and the West Bank in order to prevent a further escalation in violence.

The shooting deaths of two Israelis in the West Bank on October 1, 2015 helped set off a wave of violence that lasted months.

The unrest included clashes between Palestin-

ian youths and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in east Jerusalem around the time of the Jewish high holidays.

The compound is the third holiest site for Muslims and the most sacred for Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount.

The Jewish high holidays in October see an increase in Jewish visitors to the site.

The site is central to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with Palestinians fearing that Israel may one day seek to assert further control over it.

Violence since last October has killed 230 Palestinians and 34 Israelis.

Israel says most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out knife, gun or carramming attacks. Others were shot dead during protests or killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza.

Many analysts say Palestinian frustration with Israeli occupation and settlement building in the West Bank, the complete lack of progress in peace efforts and their own fractured leadership have helped feed the unrest.

Israel says incitement by Palestinian leaders and media is a main cause of the violence. (Agencies)

AP New Work, Sept 22 : Slamming Pakistan at the UN for providing safe havens to terrorists, Afghanistan said Pakistan has been waging an "undeclared war" on its people by plotting "merciless" terror attacks and training and financing groups like the Taliban and Haqqani network.

Speaking at the UN General Assembly yesterday, Afghnaistan's Vice President Sarwar Danesh said his country has repeatedly asked Pakistan to destroy known terrorist safe havens but there has been no change in the situation.

"Taliban and Haqqani network are trained, equipped and financed there," he said, adding that Pakistan has a dual policy of discriminating between what it views as "good and bad terrorists". He said that an "undeclared war" continues to be waged against Afghanistan and its people are still subject to "merciless attacks of terrorist groups".

ton would launch trilateral talks, which had stopped in 2013, with New Delhi and Kabul at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

During the Second India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD) in the national capital earlier, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had said, "In view of the rapidly evolving regional and global situation, India looks forward to resuming the meeting of the trilateral with Afghanistan; consultations on Africa and on multilateral issues within this year".

Citing the recent attack on the American University of Afghanistan and against a peaceful demonstration in Kabul, Danesh said based on "existing evidence", these attacks were planned and organised from inside the Pakistani territory.

Danesh said that more than 10 Pakistan-based terrorist groups were creating obstacles for its state-building efforts and preventing the establishment of peace and stability in Afghanistan. He drew the global leaders' attention to the presence in Pakistan of past and current leaders of terror groups like Al- Qaeda, Taliban and the Haqqani network.

"We ask all all of you: Where were the previous leaders of the Taliban and A1-Qaeda residing, and where were they killed? At this very moment, where are the leaders of the Taliban and Haqqani network located?" he said.

Afghanistan has always desired peaceful relations with all countries in the region, however, the government reserves the right to do what-

ever is necessary for the defense and protection of its people, he said. He also called on the international community to ensure that no distinction is made between good and bad terrorists in the global fight against terrorism.

Despite security challenges, Afghanistan has kept the doors of peace and negotiations open for those Taliban elements and other armed opposition groups who are willing to give up violence, return to peaceful life and adhere to the Afghan Constitution.

"In this connection, a peace agreement is about to be signed between our government and Hizb-eIslami Party. This will be an important step for progress in our peace process," he said. He added that the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) composed of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the US can remain a useful platform to further peace efforts, so long as the government of Pakistan acts in good faith to meet and fulfill its commitments.

AFP Kuala Lumpur, Sept 22: Malaysia's government has been criticised over plans to redraw electoral boundaries ahead of possible snap polls, with the opposition accusing it of gerrymandering to keep embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak in power.

The Election Commission, whose members are picked by the government, has said it intends to reorganise boundaries in 112 parliamentary seats about half the national total - as well as 445 of the 576 state seats.

Opposition lawmaker Tony Pua from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) said the new boundaries are designed to ensure a win for Najib who is embroiled in a massive corruption scandal involving state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

"With Najib Razak's popularity at the lowest in the history of prime ministers, and a 1MDB scandal that just refuses to go away, Najib has to find the formula to win the elections," Pua said Thursday.

He said the rearrangement aims to bundle opposition-inclined voters into "super-constituencies" with more than 100,000 voters, while breaking up ruling party supporters into smaller, multiple constituencies.

The move would favour the dominant United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) which leads the 13-party ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, by allowing it to win maximum seats with the least possible votes, opposition politicians said.

Bigger political constituencies could also hobble the opposition which has limited financial and manpower resources to garner votes.

National polls have to be called by mid-2018, but there is speculation that Najib will call snap elections next year in a bid to renew his mandate.

The 63-year-old premier is clinging to power despite increasingly damaging allegations that he took part in the looting of billions in state funds. Najib and 1MDB have repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the scandal.

UMNO has been in power in Malaysia since independence in 1957.

"This systemic rigging been going on for the past few decades," said James Chin, the director of the Asia Institute at the University of Tasmania. "There is no doubt this is blatant gerrymandering. Najib is set to win again soon even before the first vote is cast."

Electoral Commission chairman Mohamad Hashim Abdullah has rubbished the allegations and urged critics to file objections before Oct 14, adding that the proposals were not final.

In the 2013 election, Barisan Nasional won 47 per cent of the popular vote but took 60 per cent of the 222 parliamentary seats.

The opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat, won a majority of the popular vote, with 51 per cent but garnered only 40 per cent of the seats.

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Know something about IIM The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are a group of 20 public, autonomous institutes of management education and research in India. They primarily offer postgraduate, doctoral and executive education programmes. The establishment of IIMs was initiated by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, based on the recommendation of the Planning Commission.

IIMs are registered as so-

cieties under the Indian Societies Registration Act. Each IIM is autonomous and exercises independent control over its day-to-day operations. However, the administration of all IIMs and the overall strategy of IIMs is overseen by the IIM council. The IIM Council is headed by India's Minister of Human Resource Development and consists of the chairpersons and directors of all IIMs and senior officials from the Ministry of Human Resource Develop-

ment of the Government of India.

Business schools are colleges or institutes, which are conducting courses on business administration and management. These are either autonomous or would have affiliated to a university.

The prominence of a business school is purely based on the quality of education, faculty, campus placement facility etc. The top busi-

ness schools in the country such as IIMs and ISB are always making headlines with campus placement and salary offers. This clearly shows that importance of excellence in education and faculty of business schools.

The two-year Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), offering the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), is the flagship programme across all IIMs. These post graduate diploma

programmes are considered equivalent to regular MBA programmes. Some IIMs also offer a one-year Post Graduate diploma Programme for graduates with more work experience.

Some IIMs offer the Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), a doctoral programme. The Fellowship is considered to be equivalent to PhD globally. Most IIMs also offer short-term executive education/EMBA courses and part-time programmes.

TOP IIM INSTITUTES AND ITS DETAILS Indian Institute of M a n a g e m e n t Ahmedabad was the second IIM to be set up, on 16 December 1961. In addition to the regular PGDM programme, it offers a two-

year postgraduate programme in Agri-Business Management. It also offers a one-year postgraduate programme in General Management PGPX, which ranks 24th in the world, and also in Public Management and Policy.

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, the third IIM to be established, was set up in 1973. Its main campus is located in Bilekahalli,

Bangalore. Apart from its flagship full-time two-year PGP programme, it offers programmes in Enterprise Management (PGPEM), one year full-time EPGP and Public Policy Management (PGPPM).

was the first IIM to be set up, on 13 November 1961. Its main campus is located in Joka, in the outskirts of the city of Calcutta. In addition to the regular PGDM programme, it offers a second twoyear full-time postgraduate programme called the Post Graduate Diploma in Computer aided Management (PGDCM). As a mem-

ber of Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS), it offers the CEMS Master's in International Management (CEMS MIM) degree to its PGDM and PGDCM students. It also offers a specialized one-year postgraduate programme for executives in the manufacturing sector. IIM-C is the only IIM (and the only business school in India) which is triple accredited: its programmes are accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS.

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow is the fourth IIM to be established, in 1984. In addition to its primary campus in Lucknow, it has an additional campus in Noida. The campus was established in 2007 and focuses on executive programmes.

Like IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow offers a programme in Agribusiness Management.

Indian Institute Indian Institute of Manageof Management ment Rohtak, the eighth IIM to be was the first of the six IIMs esShillong, also known as inaugurated, tablished in 2010–2011 as part of the ElevRajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management, was the seventh IIM established, following a 2005 decision by the Government of India. The foundation stone of the institute was laid on 1 December 2007 and started its academic session from 2008–'09.

enth Five-Year Plan. It was inaugurated and started operation on 30 June 2010 with IIM Lucknow as mentor, from a temporary campus at Maharishi Dayanand University.

Indian Institute of Management Raipur, the tenth IIM, was inaugurated on 11 October 2010. It was mentored

by IIM Indore. It currently operates at the Government Engineering College (GEC), Sejbahar. Construction of the permanent campus has started on August 2011.

Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya the sixteenth IIM, is located in the sprawling campus of Magadh University (Bodh Gaya). Till its 118 acre permanent campus comes up, IIM Bodh Gaya will operate from the state-of-the art Institute of Distance Education building of the Magadh University. The newly constructed boys

It has additional campuses in Mumbai and UAE. It offers a unique 5-year program IPM, and it is the only IIM to offer this course. The participants can directly take admission into this course after Class XII.

the fourteenth IIM, commenced operations in 2015 under the mentorship of IIM Ahmedabad.

The institute is operating out of a temporary campus VNIT, with its own permanent campus under development and expected to be ready in 3–4 years. The institute is among a handful of premier management institutes in the country that offer elective subjects to stu-

Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, the ninth IIM to be established in 2010 with IIM Calcutta as its mentor, started operations on 6 July 2010. It offers a specialized programme in Human resource management called Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM).

located on at Rau, near Indore. IIM Indore offers a unique course for armed forces officers, designed particularly for mid-level defence officers.

Indian Institute of Management Nagpur,

Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, the twelfth IIM, started operation in July 2011, under the mentorship of IIM Lucknow.

The foundation stone for the permanent campus in the Escorts Farm Area of Kashipur, Uttarakhand, was laid in April 2011.

The Second year Students have moved to its permanent campus while the first year operates from a temporary campus located at Ganna Sansthan in Kashipur. and girls hostel are already in place. IIM Bodh Gaya is being mentored by the IIM Calcutta (the oldest IIM in the country). In effect, students in IIM Bodh Gaya follow the PGP curriculum of IIM Calcutta and will be taught by the faculty members of IIMC. They partake of the academic rigor for which IIMC is known for. In all other respects, IIM Calcutta assists IIM Bodh Gaya.

dents from first year of the course itself. The 'field immersion' module of IIM Nagpur gives exposure of live organizations to the students and the opportunity to apply the concepts learnt in classroom in real world conditions.

Some of the field immersion partner firms are Commissionerate (Nagpur), MGNREGA (Maharashtra), Maharashtra State Skill Development Society (MSSDS), Spacewood, Plasto, Amul, NEERI etc.

Indian Institute of Man- Indian Institute agement Visakhapatnam , of Management the fifteenth IIM, commenced operations Trichy , the eleventh in 2015 under the mentorship of IIM Bangalore. The institute is operating out of a temporary campus from Andhra Bank School of Business Building in Andhra University campus, with its own 300 acre permanent campus under development at Gambheeram and is expected to be ready in 3 years.

The students in IIM Visakhapatnam follow the PGP curriculum of IIM Bangalore and will be taught by the faculty members of IIM-B. The institute achieved 100% summer placement in its first year.

Ranked 1st among the IIMs started in 2015.

Indian Institute Indian Institute of Management of Management Amritsar is tempo- Sambalpur the rarily located in the campus of Government Polytechnic College, till its own 60 acre permanent campus comes up at Manawala on AmritsarJalandhar GT Road. IIM Amritsar is being mentored by the IIM Kozhikode, is the seventeenth IIM.

At present the economy is the major issue not only for the country but also for the world. As we know there was a huge recession in past days in our world economy.

The result was increasing number of jobless people.

So a havoc of uncertainty arises so much that the youth today wants a secure job. A job which gives them not only a secure future but also makes their present healthy and happy by all means.

Today there are many options from which youth are opting as their career. Curiosity of making career in banking sector has reached to very high level. If we rated it fast growing sector just after IT sector then it is a no lie. No doubt it is a good option for you too if you are seeking a sector where you can see your growth by a good graph line. Here we are to help you by giving step by step guidance for how to make career in banking sector. There you go-

1. Judge Your Potentials-

Indian Institute Indian Institute of Manageof Management ment Indore, the sixth IIM, was estabKozhikode , the lished in 1996. Its 193 acres (78 ha) campus is fifth IIM, was established in 1996 and started its first batch of students in 1997. IIM Kozhikode was the first institute in Asia to offer a distance learning programme in management for working executives.

How to Start a Career in Banking Sector – Basic Guide

eighteenth IIM is temporarily located in the campus of Silicon Institute of Technology, Sason. Its own 200 acre permanent campus coming up at Basantpur.

IIM Sambalpur is being mentored by the IIM Indore.

First judge your potentials for this field. Banking sector is known for quick mathematical calculations and for quick decision making as it is the money matter and trust me it is the basic requirement. Because when you will fight for its competitive exam if you are not good at it then you will find it tough.

2. Make A Prep StrategyIf you are going for this field then make prep strategy before your graduation completes. Go and find the people around you who are already working in this field.

Review their talks. Be aware with the economic and financial news, it will help you later. Make a command in English.

3. QualificationsThe biggest advantage of banking sector is that anyone whether she/he from whichever stream (Science, Commerce and Arts) can apply for it. But you have to complete your graduation.

Your age should be at least 20-28 years. You must have studied computers as a subject at your school.

IIM, was inaugurated on 4 January 2011. It is mentored by IIM Bangalore and operates tempo4. Pattern of rarily from the campus ofNational Institute of ExamTechnology, Trichy. The As for doing a job in this classes of the first batch field you have to face comof students began on 15 June 2011.

Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, the thirteenth IIM, started operation in July 2011 from a temporary campus at the Mohanlal Sukhadia University.

Initially proposed to be slated under the mentorship of IIM Indore, the institute is the first new IIM working autonomously since its inception in 2011. Construction of the permanent campus has begun, and the first phase would be complete by April 2016.

petitive exam like IBPS CWE or SBI and its associates or any other bank. You should have knowledge about the pattern of the exam. The exam contains these sectionsØQuantitative aptitude ØReasoning

can make through the exam without any difficulties. As this is the era of competition and each year lakh of candidates join in then only practice can save you.

8. Hard Work, Patience and Don’t Lose Hope-

As we know it is a comØEnglish Comprehensive petitive exam so you have to work hard honestly. Ø General Knowledge Sometimes success comes a little late that causes frusØComputers tration and depression. But you have to keep patience. ØDescriptive exam (only Do your regular hard work. for PO) If you need break to regain your energy then go for it.

Descriptive exam will be Because many times you held only in English lan- need to find out what is imguage and have Essay, Let- portant for you. So, don’t ter, Precis, Paragraph and lose hope just carry on your Comprehensive passage. hard work.

This will score 50 marks.

Each section contains 9. Salaryquestions around 40- 50 The banking sector is a and you will be given 2 demanding sector because hours to solve it. However the descriptive part follows it salary is quite good. Cleriafter the first phase and one cal grade average monthly hour will be given for this salary is around 18000. phase. For clearing the exam While Officer grade average you have to clear the indi- monthly salary is around vidual cut offs of each sec- 25000. There are also other tion. Exam will be followed facilities you can enjoy afby the interview and GD. ter joining. The salary After clearing the exam and amount and the facilities the interview your name will depend in which bank you be shortlisted for joining the are working. SBI and its associates have very good banking sector. salary.

5. Coaching CenterWell everyone’s intellectual level is different and those days are gone when having coaching showed your weakness. Similarly, for fighting banks exam you have to choose one good coaching center. First search a coaching center with good teaching staffs, which works on the weaknesses of the student, gives proper guidance and is not money minded. Proper guidance is very crucial for any competitive exam. The teacher will lead you to the final selection.

6. Business SchoolsThere are many business schools which offer diploma or course for banking sector like Baroda Manipal School of Banking. You can also join these schools by clearing their exam. The course follows the training session. The fee structure is different of each school.

7. PracticeWhether it is a coaching centre or business school all will need your practice on the thing which they teaching you. The practice will sharp your edges so you

10. Social PerspectiveYouth is opting this sector because it is a secure sector. If you find a job in govt bank then your future is so much safe and secure.

Your growth in each aspects flourishes. In banks you will deal with the public so your social interaction and intellectual level both will increase. People respect bank employees. They have a mark of standard in their society and because this is a service sector so you will feel privileged to be a part of banking field.

11. Risky and Hectic ScheduleWell each thing have pros and cons then how banking sector can be different. As you have to deal with money transactions a little carelessness can be harmful you. So it’s kind of risky work. Secondly, sometimes the work load gets higher especially during the starting and ending of the months and during ending of the financial year. So if you want to go in this field be ready to face these things.

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India to launch 8 satellites in 2 Suspicious sightings near different orbits on Sep 26 Mumbai; high security alert IANS Chennai, Sep 22: India on Sep 26 morning will launch its weather satellite SCATSAT-1 and seven other satellites - five foreign and two domestic with its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, said an official of the Indian space agency on Thursday.

According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) the PSLV rocket with eight satellites is expected to blast off at 9.12 a.m. on Monday from its rocket port in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

The rocket's main cargo will be the 377 kg SCATSAT-1 for ocean and weather related studies which will be placed into a 720 km polar sun synchronous orbit, the offi-

Image for representational purpose cial, who didn't want to be identified told IANS. According to ISRO, SCATSAT-1 is a continuity mission for Oceansat2 scatterometer to provide wind vector data products for weather forecasting, cyclone detection and tracking services to the users.

India scores against Pakistan aggression in UN

Vikas Swarup IANS New Delhi, Sep 22: India on Thursday claimed to have diplomatically scored over Pakistan at the UN amid deteriorating bilateral ties following the killing of 18 soldiers in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup told reporters here that India was "sensitising the world" about how Pakistan was sponsoring terrorism.

"Our actions speak for themselves and you can see our actions are already delivering results," Swarup said a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif aggressively raised the Kashmir issue in his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York.

The spokesperson said most countries have condemned the Sunday terror

attack at Uri near the Line of Control (LoC) - the de facto border between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.

"No one and I mean no other country at the UN has spoken on the subject Nawaz Sharif devoted 80 per cent of his time to," Swarup said.

India has said the militants who attacked the military base had come from Pakistan and belonged to the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), headed by Masood Azhar - the known militant commander released in exchange for an Indian Airlines flight hijacked to Afghanistan in December 1999.

Asked if India was preparing any fresh dossier on Pakistan's involvement in terrorist activities, Swarup said: "We don't need a dossier, the whole world is aware of Pakistan's role in promoting terror."

The satellite carries Kuband scatterometer similar to the one flown onboard Oceansat-2.

The mission life of the satellite is 5 years.

The five foreign satellites are from Algeria, Canada and US and the two from Indian universities/academic institute satellites

will be placed into a 670 km polar orbit.

This is the first mission of PSLV in which it will be launching its payloads into two different orbits.

The multiple burn technology was first tested by ISRO while flying its PSLV rocket on December 16, 2015.

Launching of multiple satellites with a single rocket is nothing new for ISRO and it has been doing that for several years. The challenge, however, is to launch several satellites at different orbits with one rocket, but the ISRO already did so successfully when the PSLV ejected out six Singaporean satellites on December 16, 2015.

The PSLV rocket is a four stage/engine rocket powered by solid and liquid fuel alternatively.

HC refuses to ban pellet guns, cites mob violence in Valley PTI Srinagar, Sep 22: Rejecting a plea seeking ban on use of pellet guns in controlling street protests in Kashmir Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has cited the ground situation and observed that as long as there is violence by unruly mobs, use of force is inevitable.

A bench comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey also declined the plea to prosecute the officers who ordered use of pellet guns or fired them even as it directed the authorities to provide adequate medical treatment to the injured by specialists in or outside the state.

"Having regard to the ground situation prevailing as of now and the fact that Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs has already constituted a Committee of Experts through its Memorandum dated July 26, 2016 for

exploring other alternative to pellet guns.

In addition to small tactical operations in the mountainous terrain, the troops were also given opportunities to enhance their skills in specialised mountain warfare techniques like rock craft, rock climbing and cliff assault.

The joint training provided valuable inputs to facilitate both armies to enhance interoperability and prepare for undertaking any operations in rugged mountainous terrain in the future, he added.

India, US armies hold joint training in Uttarakhand hills

is violence by unruly mobs, use of force is inevitable".

"Before filing of the report by the Expert Committee and a decision taken at the government level, we are not inclined to prohibit the use of pellet guns in rare and extreme situations," the court said in its order here on Wednesday.

What kind of force has to be used at the relevant point of time or in a given situation or place, has to be decided by the persons in-charge of the place where the attack is happening, it said.

The bench was hearing a petition filed by Kashmir High Court Bar Association seeking ban on use of pellet guns for crowd control.

The court said "it is manifest that so long as there

"This court in the writ jurisdiction without any finding rendered by the competent forum/ authority cannot decide as to whether the use of force in particular incident is excessive or not," the court said.

Rahul says Modi least bothered about people the loans of industrialists and big businessmen while the poor farmers were left to fend for themselves.

Gandhi also came down on the cabinet's decision to merge the railway and general budgets and said this had been done to benefit Modi's industrialist friends.

India, US armies hold joint training in Uttarakhand hills IANS Dehradun, Sep 22: As part of the ongoing 'Yudh Abhyas 2016' exercise, the Indian and US troops on Thursday participated in joint training operations in the mountainous terrain of Uttarakhand, a defence official said.

"The Indian Army, with its expertise on deployment and operations in mountainous terrains, shared its rich experience of mountainous warfare with the US troops," the Central Command official said.

"Restarting a rocket engine soon after it is shut off is a critical technology that has to be mastered. Once a rocket engine is activated, then the heat generated is very high. The trick is to cool it down in the space and to restart it at a short gap," an industry expert had told IANS. "This is entirely different from switching on and off the communication satellite's engines in the space. The interval between two restarts of a communication satellite engine will be in days. But in the case of restarting a rocket engine, the time gap will be in hours," the expert added.

"By that time the rocket's engine has to be cooled down. This part of the experiment is very critical," he explained.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi IANS Unnao, Sep 22: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no concern for the people as he was busy with his foreign tours.

During a road show at Unnao near Lucknow, Gandhi also refused to accept a silver crown gifted by a Congress worker and said such things befit the Prime

Minister as he (Modi) was the "king".

Accusing Modi of not fulfilling the promises made during the Lok Sabha election of 2014, Gandhi said people were promised two crore jobs and Rs.15 lakh each in their bank accounts.

But nothing had happened in the last two years, Gandhi moaned.

He charged the prime minister with waiving off

The Congress leader also promised the gathering that farmers' loans would be waived off and their power bills halved if the Congress won the 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Gandhi paid floral tributes at a statue of Lal Bahadur Shastri and also mingled with the cheering crowds.

He also had a 'paan' with some young men.

Later, talking to reporters, Congress General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad said Gandhi's ongoing 'Kisan Yatra' was creating waves and people were responding positively to issues being raised by the party.

IANS Raigad, Sep 22: The Navy and police went on high alert after some locals reported that masked persons armed with guns were sighted in the coastal town of Uran near Mumbai on Thursday.

A Navy spokesman said: "The Navy is on a high state of alert after getting this input." The first tip off came from some school children at Karanja in Uran.

Maharashtra DirectorGeneral of Police Satish Mathur said two students had informed the police of sighting some suspicious men in Uran.

"While one student has claimed spotting one per-

son, the other has claimed to have seen five. After this information, multiple agencies are probing it," Mathur said.

The news spread like wildfire in Uran and nearby areas, resulting in the closure of schools and col-

leges for the rest of the day.

The entire town of Uran went on a spontaneous shutdown as a precaution even as Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner, district police and Navy officers went to the spot to verify the students' claims.

Delhi govt starts monthlong fogging drive IANS New Delhi, Sep 22: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday initiated a special fogging drive to prevent the spread of dengue and chikungunya.

The month-long drive began from Kejriwal's official residence in north Delhi's Civil Lines area.

"It is a special effort which the Delhi government has initiated to prevent the further spread of dengue and chikungunya," Jain said.

Both the diseases are caused by mosquitoes.

The drive will be con-

ducted from 7 to 11 a.m. and from 4 to 7 p.m. every day till the end of October, Jain said.

"The fogging will be done in every street and locality on alternate days."

"The Chief Minister instructed us to start a special fogging drive. Today, we have launched this drive with around 200 fogging machines. The number of machines will be increased to 600 by September 26."

The Aam Aadmi Party leader said the drive would be in addition to whatever steps the civic bodies in

the city do.

Jain appealed to people to contact their MLAs to get the fogging done in their areas.

The Delhi government has hired the fogging machines from professional agencies.

"The drive has been planned in a way that at least seven to eight fogging machines will be operational in every constituency at a given time," the minister added.

Delhi has witnessed over 30 dengue and chikungunya related deaths this year.

AAP MLA Bharti arrested for assaulting AIIMS guard

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti New Delhi, Sep 22: Adding to the woes of the Aam Aamdi Party (AAP), the Delhi Police on Thursday arrested legislator Somnath Bharti for assaulting a security guard of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), officials said.

Bharti and his supporters were on September 11 booked for damaging AIIMS property and misbehaving with its security guards even though the MLA denied the allegations.

The Delhi Police registered an FIR following the complaint of AIIMS Chief Security Officer RS Rawat.

Rawat, in his written complaint at south Delhi's Hauz Khas police station, said that Bharti, around 9.45 a.m. on September 9 "provoked the mob to damage the fence of government property (AIIMS)".

"Bharti gave permission to unauthorised persons with JCB machines to get access inside AIIMS from Gautam Nagar

Nallah road side and misbehaved with security personnel," said a police officer, citing Rawat's complaint.

In the complaint, it was also alleged that six security personnel were injured while trying to intervene and stop Bharti and his supporters from damaging AIIMS property.

Bharti and his supporters have been booked under Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapons), 186 (obstructing public servant), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. The arrest of Bharti, the legislator from Malviya Nagar area of south Delhi and a former minister, comes a day after another AAP legislator, Amantullah Khan, was arrested for molesting his sister-in-law.

Bharti was earlier booked in a domestic violence case filed against him by his wife Lipika Mitra.

Home Ministry gets Baloch leader Bugti's asylum plea IANS New Delhi, Sep 22: Ministry of Home Affairs has received a formal application for asylum by Baloch nationalist leader Brahumdagh Bugti, an official said on Thursday.

"The ministry has got an application from Brahumdagh Bugti," a ministry official said.

He, however, did not confirm if it was being considered by the government.

Earlier in the day, Bugti,

who heads the Baloch Republican Party (BRP), told TimesNow news channel that he was a political leader and should be given a chance to stay in India.

"My request to the Indian Prime Minister is I am a political leader and voice of my people. Please give me a chance to come to India and highlight my issues, meet Indian and global leaders. Please give me asylum, grant me po-

litical asylum like you already did to Dalai Lama and S.K. Mujibur Rehman."

"I again want to repeat that please do what is in the interest of both of us.

If am asking for too much, then please don't do it (provide asylum)," he said.

Bugti also said that if granting asylum causes any harm to India's interests, then India should deny his plea.

DIBRUGARH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

WOMEN’S Stay slim with herbal drinks

There is no secret or magic to get a flat abdomen.

Many of us try tough, do vigorous exercise, skip meals and even take pills to reduce weight, especially around the waist. Despite their best efforts they fail to accomplish their dream of a flat belly because this area is the most challenging part of the body to shed fat. But don’t lose hope. Be patient and keep trying hard. In addition to this, pick some right healing drinks and incorporate them in your daily diet to get rid of glut flab swiftly. These drinks are completely natural and no doubt, a belly fat burner.

1. Chia seeds drink – Rich in fibre, antioxidants and essential minerals, chia seeds are richest plant source of omega-3s. They suck up 10-12 times weight around the waistline by forming a gel in the stomach. It also breaks down the carbs that feed the fat cells around the middle body aiding to trim waistline. Chia seeds also fight insulin resistance which can be tied to belly fat. Make a drink with these seeds and feel full longer.

Mix a spoon full of whole chia seeds into a glass of ice chilled lemon water. Let it get perfect in 10 minutes by resting aside. Now drink it as a sparkling spritzer and see the belly fat waning away with time.

the building up of fattening toxins.

To make amla juice, take fresh amlas and deseed them. Cut them in small pieces and put in a blender along with enough water to make a thick consistency.

Sieve it to separate the juice from the pulp. Add one teaspoon of honey and one cup chilled water into it and enjoy your belly fat trimming drink.

the rate at which your belly or body as a whole burns calories and contribute to weight loss around the belly and other fatty parts of the body. It can be made hot or cold as per your taste.

Boil water in a bowl adding a sachet of green tea.

Add cinnamon powder and juice of a lemon to give it a flavour. With every sip you will step ahead to reduce belly fat.

6. Flaxseeds drink – 4. Bitter gourd Flaxseeds are rich in (karela) juice - Packed omega-3 acids which target

2. Aloe Vera drink - with nutrients, bitter gourd tummy fat very proficiently.

If you have a desire to reduce belly fat, you have to increase the alkaline pH balance in your body.

Drinking aloe Vera juice is one of the natural product that is very effective to do so.

Take 30 grams of aloe Vera juice. Add three grams of cumin seed powder, turmeric powder, terminalia chebula powder (haritiki), and tinospora codifolia powder (giloy) each to it.

Mix all these ingredients in half glass of water well. You can add little honey to give it a sweet flavour. Have this drink empty stomach every morning and donot eat anything for next 60 minutes.

3. Amla (Indian gooseberry fruit) juice - Loaded with nutrients and antioxidants amla is a tangy fruit that flushes out harmful toxins which accumulate in body and lead to weight gain around the waistline and other body parts too. Drinking it twice everyday increases the digestion rate and and reduce

benefits the weight loss around the belly and even the other parts of the body.

It is rich in fibre and low in carbohydrates and calories.

Its juice is ideal for those who are on a belly fat loss regime.

Peel the skin of bitter gourd and wash them thoroughly under cold running water. Slice it down to take out all seeds and white flesh with the help of a spoon.

Cut the outer greens in small pieces and soak them in water for 30 minutes adding half tea spoon of salt or juice of half lemon to offset the bitterness. Wash bitter gourd pieces again after taking them out from this water. Put them in a blender.

Add water, lemon juice and little apple juice in it and blend till smooth. You can add honey and black pepper powder according to your taste.

5. Green tea – Green tea has many chemical compounds, including caffeine and polyphenols that boost metabolism. It speeds up

Its oil is the best vegetarian alternative of fish oil.

Grind the flaxseeds in a processor. Take one tablespoon of it and mix in one glass of lukewarm water.

Drink it empty stomach daily for best results. You can store the flaxseed powder in an airtight container in refrigerator for two to three months.

7. Cumin seed, coriander seed and fennel water – Cumin is very effective in burning fat around the abdominal area at a rapid rate. It can improve your body’s fat burning ability by 25%. Coriander seeds and fennel also aid in belly fat riddance.

Take one teaspoon full of cumin seeds. Add coriander seeds and fennel seeds in equal quantities and process all of them together to make a fine powder. Take half teaspoon of this powder and mix in one glass of lukewarm water. Drink it twice a day as a magical remedy to lose belly fat. Avoid eat-

How to Get Smooth Skin?

Be it male or female, no one likes rough, patchy or tired-looking skin. Plus, problems like acne, blemishes, wrinkles, and enlarged pores also tend to mar your beauty.

Although there are numerous skin care products on the market that promise to give you smooth and flawless skin, they can be expensive and some even have harsh ingredients that can damage your skin.

Luckily, your skin can

become smooth and clear with the help of some readily available natural ingredients.

Here are the top 10 ways to get smooth skin.

1. Water One of the most important things you can do for smooth and glowing skin is drink plenty of water. Your aim should be to drink 8 to

10 glasses of water a day.

Water helps the body flush out toxins and waste. However, avoid sugary drinks, alcohol and carbonated drinks.

Also try to eat fruits and vegetables that are high in water content. Washing your face at least twice a day with water will also help improve your skin’s health and appearance.

2. Lemon Juice Lemon juice can be used

ing anything half an hour before and after drinking it for better results.

8. Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) drink – Consuming a daily dose of ACV leads to lower waist circumference and abdominal fat mass. Acetic acid one of the major components of ACV is responsible for the trimmed waist. Consuming ACV with a meal high in carbohydrate, increases insulin sensitivity that fights with the fat, your body is more likely to store.

Mix three teaspoons of ACV and two teaspoons of honey in a glass of water.

You can add a pinch of cinnamon flavour. Drink this water 30 minutes before every meal to speed up your tummy fat loss process.

9. Detox ginger lemon tea – Ginger is a root that has positive impact on losing belly fat. Research has also confirmed it. It targets the main causes of belly fat accumulation such as overeating, hormonal imbalance and lack of exercise. It helps you feel full.

So drinking ginger tea can help curb the urge to overeat. It also suppresses cortisol production, the rise of which may make hard to lose belly fat.

Finely chop one inch piece of ginger root and boil it in water for at least 20 minutes to maximize the transfer of active ingredient into the liquid. Add juice of one lemon and one teaspoon of honey in it and stir well. Drink it hot or cold to get refreshed and revitalto cleanse your skin, lighten spots and scars, as well as soften and smooth it.

This citrus-rich fruit contains cleansing enzymes that remove dead skin cells, leaving your skin smoother and fresher. With its excellent astringent properties, lemon is a great natural cleanser for people who have oily skin.

To lighten dark spots and acne marks, you can use fresh squeezed lemon juice and apply it to your entire face and neck. Leave it on for 10 minutes and then rinse it off with lukewarm water. You can do this daily or several times a week.

For soft, smooth skin, mix lemon juice from half a lemon and one egg white.

Apply it to your face. Leave it on for 10 minutes and then rinse with warm water. Repeat once or twice a week.

3. Tomatoes Fresh tomato is an excellent natural skin toner. It can also help treat pimples and blemishes.

To make your skin soft and smooth, puree some fresh tomatoes in a blender or grinder. Apply the tomato paste to your face.

Leave it on for 10 minutes

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Easy tips for beautiful nails Beauty builds confidence and confidence help improve a woman’s life.

Beautiful and healthy nails add to a woman’s beauty.

From college girls to professional women and home makers, all want to have strong and pretty nails.

creams should be used repeatedly throughout the day as our nails are low in oil content. Hydrate them after every time you wash your hands.

Removing cuticles: Never cut your cuticles, only push them back.

This delicate skin along the bottom of your nail All are not blessed with bed protects your nails beautiful nails, but with from infection through a little care anyone can bacteria and fungus. have healthy looking nails.

Regular clipping: Trim your nails regularly.

But, today’s busy and Soak your nails for few stressful life leaves little minutes before you cut or no time to take good them. This makes them care of oneself and go soft and easier to trim. for proper manicure or Always uses a nail clipper to trim your nails pedicure.

So, here are a few easy safely and use a nail tips to help you take filer to file them smooth care of your nails and after trimming them. ized with a flat belly. make them a part of 10. Herbal drink – your healthy and com- It would be wise to maintain a healthy This drink is made with the petent life. length and trim away combination of cucumber,

best way to decorate and enhance your nails. Jazz up your appearance with beautiful colouring of nails. You can sprinkle glitter on your wet nail paint to add enhanced effect.

Use of rubber gloves: Dermatologists recommend wearing gloves while washing dishes and clothes. Hot water and chemicals from soap and detergents weaken the nails making them more vulnerable to break. These gloves also help the nail paint to last for a longer time.

Rub lemon juice on nails to remove stains on nails: Dip a cotton ball in lemon juice and rub it on the top surface of your nails to get rid of stains. Leave it on for a couple of minutes and rinse your nails.

lemon, ginger and mint.

These four herbs are great for burning belly fat in the most efficient way. It cleanses your body from deep. Ginger and lemon are known fat burners and help in better blood circulation.

Rich in vitamin and antioxidants, lemon boosts energy apart from aiding fat loss.

Ginger eating reduce 20% more weight than the people who do not eat it. Mint calms down your craving to eat more. Water keeps the body hydrated. This flavourful water detoxify your body well and reduce belly fat in a well organised manner.

Take one cucumber and a lemon. Slice them. Grate one inch of a ginger piece.

Soak these ingredients in two litres of water in a glass container adding 10-12 mint leaves overnight. All the herbs will get infused with the water the whole night. Drink this water the next whole day for detoxification and reduction in belly fat.

Trimming fat around the waistline boosts our personality and hence our self-confidence. It also reduces heart related diseases and diabetes. No doubt, these natural drinks are useful tool in your belly loss cache.

Get frayed with one or more of these super drinks and say namaste to your extra flab around the waistline.

Flat or flab, now it’s your choice.

and then wash it off with water. Daily use can help shrink enlarged pores and give you smoother, glowing skin.

You can also use tomato paste to heal pimples. Apply it to the affected area and leave it on for an hour, then rinse it off.

4. Honey Honey is another natural ingredient that you can use to get smooth skin.

Apply raw honey to your face and neck, leave it on for about 10 minutes and then rinse it off with cold water. This simple remedy will make your skin soft and smooth.

Another option is to mix an egg white with honey and apply it to your face for 20 minutes. Wash it off with cold water and a delicate soap to remove the smell from the egg white.

You can also make a thick paste with three teaspoons of honey and one-half teaspoon of cinnamon powder.

Apply it to your face and leave it on overnight. In the morning, wash it off with lukewarm water.

5. Tea Tree Oil

Nail hygiene: Always keep your fingernails dry and clean to prevent bacterial growth under your fingernails.

the painful growth.

Long nails look elegant but they break more easily. So trim a little every time.

Nail hardening gels: Good quality gels can protect and strengthen fragile and damaged nails. These gels provide your nails a clear smooth surface that looks beautiful, shiny and healthy. These gels also help in the growth of nails.

Removing nail paint: Removing polish can tear up your nails.

Minimising the use of nail polish remover is needed to protect nails from drying out and becoming brittle. Always use an Acetone free and oil based polish remover.

Nail creams or moisturizers: Like our skin, nails also require moisturising. Nail

Painting nails: Painting nails is a creative and stress buster activity for a woman. It is the

Tea tree oil has antibacterial properties that help fight acne-causing bacteria.

It is also good for reducing scars and blemishes.

on the affected area every few hours.

2. About one hour before going to bed, apply vitamin E oil and leave it on overnight.

Some people can be allergic to the oil, so it is highly recommended to try it first on your inner wrist area before applying it to your face.

1.

To heal a pimple quickly, use a cotton swab to apply tea tree oil directly

6. Aloe Vera Aloe vera is another wonderful natural ingredient used in a number beauty recipes to maintain smooth and clear skin. It helps treat acne, fade blemishes and reduce wrinkles and fine

Take a biotin supplement: If you are on a restricted diet that cuts natural biotin like egg yolks and wheat, then biotin supplements are really helpful to maintain healthy nails.

These days, beauty salons have nail paint experts and specialists who do wonders and give an artistic touch to all types of nails. If your nails are in a bad condition, make sure to spend some time with a nail artist. Don’t hold back to visit a parlour and pamper yourself to a good manicure. lines.

Extract the gel from an aloe vera leaf and apply it on your skin a few times a week.

Alternatively, combine one tablespoon of aloe vera gel, two teaspoons of lemon juice and one teaspoon of honey. Apply this mixture on your face and neck and rinse it off after 15 to 20 minutes. You can use this face mask a few times a week.

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2nd Thansen Wangchadong Memorial Football Tournament 2016, Tirap

Thingdong FC defeat Borduria 1-0 ET Correspondent Khonsa, Sept 22: Thingdong Football Club beat Borduria Football Club in the second quarter final of the second ongoing Thansen Wangchandong memorial Football tournament organized by W.Lowangdong and family in collaboration with Tirap district administration at Nehru Stadium in Khonsa here today.

Action moment from the match between Borduria Fc & Thingdong FC. Pic - Dr. Changwang Mongchan

Both the teams toile hard in the first half but could not score goal. Manngam Tangjang of Thingdon scored the lone goal for his team in the 86th minute. Tangjang collected a pass from the right flank and found the back of the net.

Down 0-1, Borduria FC tried to regroup and despite having struck a greater number of shots at the goal, lack of direction and power deprived them of an equalizer. In the earlier match, Borduria FC edged past Noglo FC.

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Kanpur Test: India 291/9 at stumps on Day 1

QUARTER FINAL

New Delhi, Sept 22 : India ended on 291/9 at stumps on day 1 of the first Test match of the series against New Zealand at the Green Park stadium in Kanpur on Thursday.

Ravindra Jadeja (16) and Umesh Yadav are on the crease.

TIME : 03:OO PM

Winning the toss and opting to bat, Virat Kohli's team had a decent start but KL Rahul got out when the score was just 42 on the board.

Cheteshwar Pujara, who came into bat at No.3, accumulated 112 runs with the opener Murali Vijay and gave India a solid platform for a big score.

But, both Pujara and Vijay left in the span of

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13 runs. Captain Virat Kohli, who rarely fails, got out cheaply by scoring only nine runs.

Ajinkya Rahane (18), Rohit Sharma (35) and Ravichandran Ashwin

(40) got good starts, but failed to capitalise for big scores.

From New Zealand, Fast bowler Trent Boult and left arm spinner Mitchell Santner took three wickets each.

Former captains felicitated before India's 500th Test PTI Kanpur, Sept 22 : India's 500th Test match was marked by a felicitation of former Indian captains before the commencement of the first in a series of three fixtures against New Zealand at the Green Park stadium, Kanpur. The former Indian captains that were felicitated includes Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Sunil Gavaskar, MS Dhoniand Kapil Dev. On the occasion, Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik presented mementos and shawl to the cricketing greats.

Besides Tendulkar, Gavaskar, Dhoni and Kapil, the other former players who were

Zealand captain Kane Williamson.

On Thursday India start a long season of 13 Tests, all to be played at home, when they face New Zealand at Kanpur. It is also the occasion when India becomes only the fourth team other than England, Australia and West Indies to have played 500 Test matches.

UP Governor Ram Naik poses for a group photograph along with former Indian Test cricket captains and other dignitaries on the occasion of India's 500th Test match against New Zealand at Green Park in Kanpur

honoured were Ajit Wadekar, Ravi Shastri, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, K

Srikkanth and Mohammad Azharuddin. Current captain Virat Kohli too was honoured alongwith New

Wozniacki battles to victory

Caroline Wozniacki: Reaches the last eight in Tokyo Tokyo, Sept 22 : Denmark's Wozniacki came through 7-6 (7/ 4) 4-6 6-4 in just short of three hours against her Spanish opponent in a rain-delayed match.

World number 28 Wozniacki, who won the tournament in 2010, admitted the delay early in the final set had worked in her favour.

"I won the next three games after the rain and managed to regroup. She was on a bit of a roll so it came at a good time," she was quoted on the WTA's official website.

"This was such a tough match, we played for such a long time and we really both deserve to be here as winners as the standard was very high."

Wozniacki will meet either Yulia Putintseva or Magda Linette in the quarter-finals, while second seed Agnieszka Radwanska will take on Puerto Rico's Olympic gold medallist Monica Puig.

Radwanska was made to fight

all the way by Czech Barbora Strycova before coming through 6-3 3-6 7-5, while Puig hit back from a set down to upset seventh seed Petra Kvitova 1-6 64 6-4.

Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka, world number 66, delighted the home crowd as she knocked out sixth seed Dominika Cibulkova 6-2 6-1.

Top seed Sara Errani crashed out of the Guangzhou International Women's Open in China after losing 7-6 (9/7) 3-6 4-6 to Swiss world number 67 Viktorija Golubic.

Golubic, 23, won in just under three hours and will play Anett Kontaveit in the last eight after the Estonian ended home interest by beating China's Lin Zhu 6-1 3-6 6-0.

Second seed Jelena Jankovic stayed on course to defend her title after second-round opponent Rebecca Peterson was forced to retire early in the sec-

ond set while trailing 6-1 1-0.

Jankovic will now face Sabine Lisicki for a place in the semifinals after the big-serving German, currently ranked 213 in the world, beat Chinese qualifier Shuai Peng 6-4 6-1.

Croatian third seed Ana Konjuh defeated Georgian qualifier Sofia Shapatava 6-1 7-6 (7/2) to set up a last-eight clash with unseeded American Jennifer Brady, who came through against Montenegro's sixth seed Danka Kovinic 6-3 7-5.

American Alison Riske, seeded fifth, outlasted Olga Govortsova of Belarus 2-6 62 7-6 (7/1) and will take on unseeded Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, who beat Nigina Abduraimova 6-2 6-2.

Swedish second seed Johanna Larsson will play Lara Arruabarrena for a place in the semi-finals at the Korea Open in Seoul.

Larsson recovered from a second-set wobble to defeat Ukraine's Kateryna Kozlova 6-3 1-6 6-2 and Spaniard Arruabarrena came through a marathon three-set encounter with unseeded American Louisa Chirico 4-6 7-6 (7/4) 76 (7/2).

Italy's Camila Giorgi beat Belgian Mona Barthel 2-6 6-1 6-4 and will play China's third seed Shuai Zhang, who knocked out American Bethanie MattekSands 6-3 7-5, for a place in the last four.

While they have had varying levels of success over the years, the former captains were unanimous in their praise for the current team under Virat Kohli.

Sachin Tendulkar said that the "best part about all these players is that they are young and they will play for a while." "I see this

team playing together for 8-10 years and dominating world cricket," he said.

Kohli is the 32nd player to lead the team since CK Nayudu first took up the mantle to face England at Lord's in 1932. While most India's most prominent former captains were present on the occasion, some notable absentees included Bishan Singh Bedi and Gundappa Vishwanath, who were not invited by the BCCI and Rahul Dravid.

IPL chief Rajeev Shukla and BCCI president Anurag Thakur were part of the function. A dinner was organised on Wednesday night in the honour of captains. It was also attended by the Indian team.

Modest start for India in world amateur golf Riviero Maya (Mexico), Sept 22 : It was a very modest start for the young Indian contingent as they were 44th at the end of the first round in the 30th World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) here.

The Indian team was lying 44th with a combined score of five-over 147, as the top two scores were taken into consideration.

Indira Lakhsminarayana Aalap, who trains with had the best round at twoover 74 with three birdies against five bogeys, while Faldo Series Asia winner, Arjun Prasad after a disastrous start from 10th had two doubles and a bogey to turn in five over. But he then had an eagle on the front nine of the course to finish at 74.

The third Indian in the field, Naved Kaul shot five-over 76 with three bogeys and a double. All three Indians played at the par-71 Mayakoba course.

They will now play at the Par-72 Iberostar Playa

Paraiso Golf Club ins second round.

Scotland posted a 10-under-par score and leads Australia by one stroke.

Connor Syme led Scotland with a 66, the low round of the day, at the par-72, 6,888-yard Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club. Spain was two strokes back in third place at 8 under. Ireland, Poland, and Thailand are tied for fourth at 6-under.

USA, France, Japan, and Switzerland are tied for seventh at 5-under.

The WATC is a biennial international amateur competition conducted by the International Golf Federation (IGF). In each round, the total of the two lowest scores from each team constitutes the team score for the round. The four-day total (72-hole) total is the team's score for the championship. Teams that played Mayakoba El Camaleon in the first round will play Iberostar Playa Paraiso in the second round and vice versa.

Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara

Vijay, Pujara look steady as India reach 105/1 at lunch PTI Kanpur, Sep 22 : India made a solid start in the opening cricket Test against New Zealand reaching 105 for 1 at lunch on the first day after opener Murali Vijay and one drop Cheteshwar Pujara conjured a half-century plus stand.

Deciding to bat in the historic 500th Test under overcast conditions, Indian batsmen looked comfortable even as New Zealand put all three spinners at work.

In-form Rahul, looked fluent during his 32 off 39 balls, before he was caught behind off a faster delivery from left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner delivery.

Other opener Vijay (39 off 88) worked the ball around to keep the scoreboard ticking and giving him company at the break was Pujara (34 off 58), who carried on with his good form in the Duleep Trophy.

Off the 31 overs in the first session, 21 were bowled by the three spinners.

Vijay was patient in his approach and helped himself with four shots to the fence while Pujara was swift and scored at a decent pace, hitting five boundaries in the process.

Earlier, Rahul made a cracking start, hitting two crisp boundaries off left-arm seamer Trent Boult in the very first over of the match.

Neil Wagner kept banging it short to test the Indian openers while Boult preferred fullish length. Rahul was confident and comfortable at the crease and never looked like being troubled by either of the two fast bowlers.

Kiwi skipper introduced Santner in the eighth over and continued with Wagner from one end.

Rahul swept the left-arm spinner for a six but the Kiwi bowler exacted his revenge by having the young Indian batsmen caught behind in the next over.

It was a little quicker off the pitch, Rahul's unsure forward defensive prod re-

sulted in an edge and wicketkeeper BJ Watling took a smart catch.

Encouraged by the success of a spinner early in the innings, Williamson brought in off-break bowler Mark Craig.

Pujara, coming into the match on the back of a firstclass double century, looked confident while stroking on both sides of the wicket and used his feet well to work the ball around.

While Santner asked a few question the Indian batsmen handled Craig with ease. Both the spinners flighted the ball but it being a first-day pitch, there was not much purchase from it.

Craig, a few times bowled from wide off the crease, but the Indians were hardly troubled.

India chose to field only two spinners R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja and two paceman Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami going in seven batsmen.

India opt to bat, play six batsmen including Rohit PTI Kanpur, Sep 22 : India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the first cricket Test which is also country's historic 500th match in the longest format.

India are going with four bowlers and six specialist batsmen including Rohit Sharma in

the playing XI. New Zealand have decided to play three spinners in their playing XI which includes Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi and Mark Craig.

Teams India: Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma,

Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (capt), Ross Taylor, Luke Ronchi, BJ Watling (wk), Mitchell Santner, Mark Craig, Neil Wagner, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult.

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