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ET Correspondent Guwahati, Aug 22

Nazira, Aug 22: Thousands of people came out of their houses in Nazira to join the NRC awareness campaign on Saturday. Organized by Nazira AASU unit, the awareness rally got overwhelming response from all sections of the society. Over thousands of AASU activists took part in the rally who appealed to the people to submit their NRC form as soon as possible. Nodal NRC officer of Nazira Pankaj Deka flagged off the awareness rally in front of Nazira Natiya Mandir at 11 in the morning in the presence of several distinguished persons. (Correspondent)

NRC awareness rally in Nazira

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Assam flood situation worsens as rains continue unabated

Arunachal govt assures land to set up NDRF unit headquarters

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cial communique informed here today. The meeting was also attended by home minister Tanga Byaling, Civil Aviation Minister Thangwang Wangham, parliamentary sec-

The flood situation in Assam has further worsened and more than seven lakh people have been affected in 19 districts. The state has been receiving heavy to very heavy rain since the past 3 to 4 days. The rising Brahmaputra River along with its tributaries have resulted in the flooding of around 19 districts. Around 1,000 villages have been submerged in water. The grim situation has prompted the Indian army to carry out rescue and relief operations.

A Rhino moving to safer place as flood water hits Pobitara Wildlife Sanctuary. Pic - UB

The Arunachal Pradesh government here has assured providing suitable land to National Disaster Response Force to set up a unit headquarters of the NDRF in the state. In a meeting with Chief Minister Nabam Tuki at his office yesterday NDRF Commandant S K Sastri and Deputy Commandant Manohar Singh placed the need for space for stationing a unit of the NDRF in the vicinity of the state capital, an offi-

Home Ministry all clearances have been already obtained for stationing a NDRF unit at the said space. Admitting the importance of presence of NDRF personnel in the state, especially in the vicinity of the state capital prone to sudden natural calamities, the Chief Minister directed concerned officials to facilitate smooth stationing of the unit temporarily at Doimukh. The NDRF Commandant said that a unit is all set to establish base near the state capital and is just waiting for a green signal from the state government, the communique added.

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retaries Likha Saaya and Bamang Felix, Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi and other officers including the Papum Pare deputy commissioner, the communique said. On request of the NDRF Commandant, Tuki assured to allow stationing of an NDRF unit at Doimukh in the space allotted to SSB under the Union Home Ministry for the time till a permanent site is finalised and allotted to NDRF near Hollongi. The said space is yet to be occupied by SSB and is lying vacant. According to the NDRF official as both NDRF and SSB are under the Union

PTI Itanagar, Aug 22

AAUA burns Rajnath Singh's effigy, Congress convincingly wins 15 out of 30 seats in TAC elections demands Sarbananda to take necessary steps ○

State level students' seminar

Golaghat, Aug 22: The second state level students' seminar was today organised at Hemo Prova Borborah Girls' College in Golaghat. The 'Life and Literature Forum' of English Department of the college today organised this seminar on the topic 'Voice and Memory: Post Independence Indian Novels in English'. In the seminar keynote address was given by Dr. Bibhash Choudhry, Asst. Prof. Gauhati University. A total of 116 participants participated in the seminar. (Correspondent)

Deben Buragohain deprived of the post of BCPL MD

ET Correspondent Guwahati, Aug 22

ET Correspondent Lakhimpur, Aug 22

The Congress today displayed that it has not lost ground in Assam by convincingly winning 15 out of the 30 seats in the Tiwa Autonomous Council election, the result of which was declared today. Out of the 30, the Congress won 15, the Tiwa Jatiya Akya Mancha managed to win 10, the BJP won 3 while the AGP had to be satisfied with 2 seats. For many,

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floated a tender for 10,000 metric tonnes which will open on August 27. To increase the availability of onions in domestic market the government has also decided to raise the Minimum Export Price (MEP) of onions further to $700 per

As onion prices skyrocket in markets across India, the central government has decided to import the vegetable and has

metric tonne from the previous $425. MEP is the rate below which no exports are allowed. The rise in MEP restricts exports and improves domestic supply. Contd. on Page 4

Terrible accident at in Lakhimpur

Agencies New Delhi, Aug 22

More than 50 injured, 13 seriously injured taken to GMCH and Tezpur Hospital

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A terrible accident took place at Ghagar Nagar in Lakhimpur district today at 7:30 am in the morning. More than fifty persons sustained injury in the accident out of which 13 seriously

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A meeting of Galo Welfare Society (GWS) district unit of Changlang district was convened today at 9.30 am at the conference hall of additional DC, Jairampur under the Chairmanship of the President of GWS, Changlang district unit, Hortum Loyi. ADC, Miao, Tayum Mara, ADC,

ET Correspondent Lakhimpur, Aug 22

Doomdooma, Aug 22: The Assam Co-operative Apex bank Ltd. of Doomdooma branch will be shifted to 1st floor of dey complex ,uchamati at road from the present place of azad road on 24 Aug. Monday. The branch manager Mantu Kr. Das stated in a press release today.( correspondent )

district unit. Selection of president and general secretary was unanimously accepted by the members present. The remaining executive members were also selected. The following are the portfolio holders: President Hortum Loyi, DDSE, Changlang, Vice President Yomkar Yomcha,

Branch shifting

NLFT may follow the steps of NSCN(IM) and surrender, CM hopeful

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A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Aug 22

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Saturday said that after the NSCN (IM), one more banned ter-

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said," there was no doubt that Khaleda Zia and her son were involved in the August 21, 2004 grenade at-

Myanmar is soon to hold elections for regional/state assemblies, the national parliament, and the president. Voting for the first two, sched-

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to be the largest sale so far this year, as part of its ambitious disinvestment programme. Based on the current market price, the share sale could fetch around Rs 9,500 crore.

rorist group in northeastern India - the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) - may give up arms and sign a peace pact with the government. "Officials of union home ministry.

tack that left 21 people dead and several hundred injured" .The prime minister was speaking at a rally after placing wreaths at the memorial of martyrs of the gruesome August 21 grenade attack at Bangabandhu Avenue.

uled for November 8, will influence the third - the election of the president, which may take place in February 2016. Much is at stake, not only for political forces within the country but also for powers elsewhere in the region.

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ET Bureau Guwahati, Aug 22

In what seems to be a sign of progress in terms of safety norms for automobiles, the Gauhati High Court has barred the sale and launch of some vehicles in Assam. The list affecting close to 140 models includes Maruti Suzuki’s Alto and Swift, the Honda Jazz and Hyundai’s Eon and i10. This is bad news for the auto manufacturers as the market saw a 7% growth in the first 4 months of this FY after two consecutive years of decline. The order came in as a response to PILs filed which suggests that cars sold in Assam must meet Euro NCAP requirements, due to the higher safety requirement in mountainous regions. Cars manufactured in India are now required to meet frontal crash test norms. Previous year NCAP conducted the frontal offset crash test which studies the impact on a smaller area of the front portion of a vehicle and is tougher than the frontal crash test. Many cars in our country like Maruti Alto, Hyundai i10, Ford Figo and Datsun Go failed these tests which are a standard in developed markets. If the ban remains there or not,

Three teenagers were today apprehended from Laluka Gaon by police in connection with the murder of Babul Dutta. Police said that the youths have confessed to their crime in the murder of Babul Dutta on Thursday night.

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Myanmar's Elections: Jostling for Power

The government will sell 10% in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), expected

Three held in connection with murder

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Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today voted for Nahid Afrin, the young singing sensation from Assam, for the Indian Idol Junior Season 2. In a statement here Chief

The Deputy Commissioner of Dibrugarh has asked all the concerned citizens who have not submitted their NRC forms to do so as the deadline for the form submission process has been fixed as 31st

ET Correspondent Guwahati, Aug 22

August, 2015. As per a survey conducted, the total number of households in the district is recorded to be 2, 74,041of which 2, 10,715 have submitted their forms offline while13,544 have submitted online apart from 19,430 forms which were received

A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Aug 22

Assam CM votes for Indian Idol Junior contestant Nahid Afrin

No doubt Khaleda, her son involved in Aug 21 attack :PM

10% stake sale in IOC by Govt expected to fetch INR 9,500 crore

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88.94 pc submits NRC forms in Dibrugarh

Jairampur, Aug 22: The NH-153 which was closed for vehicular traffic following a massive landslide on Friday night was re-opened today according to a statement issued by the Executive Engineer, NH, Jairampur. Around half a km of the road was totally damaged due to the landslide. 4 JCBs were pressed into service to clear the road along with hundreds of workers. (Correspondent) ○

Road re-opened

Guwahati High Court bans sale of small cars in Assam

Government Moves to Check Rising Onion Prices, But People Still Feel the Pinch

Jairampur, Kento Riba and general secretary of GWS, Changlang unit, Dr. Tope Yomcha were present at the meeting. Galo representatives from Changlang, Jairampur, Miao, Kharsang, Diyun and Bordumsa were also present. During the course of the meeting, certain resolutions were adopted. Accordingly, the executive body was selected by the central unit of Galo Welfare Society for Changlang

ET Correspondent Jairampur, Aug 22

Meeting of Galo Welfare Society held at Jairampur

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Toyota sells 8 million hybrid vehicles in 18 years Chennai, Aug 22

Toyota Motor Corporation chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada likes to tell the story of how his team couldn't get the first Prius prototype to move for 49 days. According to him, "We had no idea what was wrong, so we worked late every night try-

HYBRID VEHICLES AND POLLUTION ØToyota calculates that as of July 31, its hybrid vehicles have resulted in approximately 58 million fewer tons of CO2 emissions than would have been emitted by gasoline-powered vehicles of similar size and driving performance. Ø Globally India is the 9th country and/or region to manufacture Toyota hybrid vehicles.

ØToyota also estimates that its hybrid vehicles have saved approximately 22 million kiloliters of gasoline compared to the amount used by gasoline-powered vehicles of similar sizes. ØIn the Indian context, 58 million fewer tons of CO2 emissions is about 3.55% of total CO2 emissions in India.

ing to figure it out. We finally got it to move around Christmas time, but it only went 500 meters!" For a bit of context, Toyota calculates that as of July 31, its hybrid vehicles have resulted in approximately 58 million fewer tons of CO2 emissions than would have been emitted by Contd. on Page 4

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Guwahati, Aug 22: KMSS president Akhil Gogoi on Saturday came down heavily on Sarbananda Sonowal alleging that the Union minister has not been able to fight for Assam and its people. Gogoi called Sonowal a puppet saying that he lacks courage to take on Narendra Modi for his repeated injustice on Assam. Addressing a press conference, Gogoi said the Centre should help the state manage the crisis. “We need not dialogue in this hour of crisis. The need of the hour is a package,” said Gogoi. He further criticised the Centre for not clearing the appointment of Deven Buragohain as BCPL's Managing Director. (Correspondent)

A Congress candidate celebrates his victory along with party workers and supporters. Pic - UB

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Akhil lambasts Sonowal

After the talented Assamese Deben Buragohain has been overlooked for the prestigious post of Managing Director of BCPL, many organisations of Lakhimpur District have become vocal and protested against Narendra Modi led Central Govt. They alleged that the anti Assamese approach of the central Govt. once again has proven the step-motherly treatment meted out to the state.


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