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State raising second line of defence to tackle influx 4th phase UP

NEWS
CAPSULE
Car-lifter shot
DIPHU, Feb 22: One
car-lifter was killed in
police firing, while five
others were arrested in
two separate operations in
Karbi Anglong. Police
opened fire to stop a
stolen Bolero at Khatkhati
and a car lifter died.
Three injured car-lifters
inside the vehicle were
arrested. Police also
nabbed two car-lifters at
Howraghat along with a
vehicle. Correspondent
UPSC results
NEW DELHI, Feb 22:
The result of civil
services main
R DUTTA CHOUDHURY
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: The Assam
Government has started the proc-
ess of raising a strong second line of
defence to work behind the Border
Security Force (BSF) along the in-
ternational border with Bangladesh
to check infiltration of foreigners to
the State. Meanwhile, more than
800 chars on the river Brahmapu-
tra have been surveyed by police
and the process to carry out such
surveys in the other chars is on.
Sources in the Home Depart-
ment told The Assam Tribune that
the first step towards a strong sec-
ond line defence would be to cre-
ate posts of Superintendents of
Police (Border) in the districts hav-
ing international border with Bang-
ladesh. The process of creation of
the posts has started.
Sources pointed out that at
present, the district Superintend-
ents of Police are given additional
charge of SP, Border. But as they
are bogged down with law and or-
der and other duties, they can spare ties and their services will be placed
very little time in dealing with the under the SP, Border, in the bor-
problem of influx of foreigners. dering districts and they will work
However, after the creation of the exclusively for the purpose for
new posts, the SP, Border of the which they are appointed.
Sources said that the government
has already decided to raise four
Bangla border new battalions of police and they
will mostly be used as second life of
four districts will work exclusively defence. The process of raising of
on the issue, which will improve the battalions will start soon, while
the scenario. Moreover, the Bor- the process of filling up the vacant
der Police Force personnel are very posts in the existing Border Police
often engaged in law and order du- Force is also likely to start soon.
State directive on SC order
Notices to wine shops,
Sources admitted that the river-
ine international border with Bang-
ladesh is still considered most vul-
nerable. According to government
records, there are 2,300 chars on
the Brahmaputra and a survey of
the chars has started. The police
has already surveyed around 830
chars and the process is on to com-
plete the process in the other chars
as soon as possible. A committee
headed by the Director General of
Police has been formed to examine
(See page 4)
1998, Gandhi gave campaign-
polls today
LUCKNOW, Feb 22: The
fourth phase polling in Uttar
Pradesh will be held tomorrow
in 53 Assembly constituencies
spread over 12 districts, includ-
ing the backward Bundelkhand
region and the Nehru-Gandhi
pocket borough of Rae Bareli.
Assembly segments in Con-
gress President Sonia Gan-
dhis Rae Bareli Lok Sabha
constituency will be among the
seats where the electoral ex-
ercise will take place.
However, in a first since
ing a miss in her constituency.
Other districts going to polls
in this phase are Pratapgarh,
Kaushambi, Allahabad, Jalaun,
Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Ban-

bars along highways

examination 2016 was
declared today by the
Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC). The
personality test of the
successful candidates is
likely to commence from
March 20. PTI
I-T probe agency
BALLIA (UP), Feb 22:
A move is on to set up a
new agency for probing
anomalies in income tax
returns filed by 18 lakh
people after
demonetisation, Union
Minister Radha Mohan
Singh said today. He said
post demonetisation, Rs
15 lakh crore have been
deposited in banks. PTI
Stent production
NEW DELHI, Feb 22:
Drug pricing regulator
National Pharmaceutical
Pricing Authority has
asked stent makers and
importers to ensure that
production and supply of
stents remains at the
level that was there
before the price cap was
introduced. PTI
Chopper deal
NEW DELHI, Feb 22:
Two Indian associates of
alleged middleman
Christian Michel James
RK Nanda and JB
Subramaniam today
approached a special court
seeking bail in a money
laundering case relating
to the Rs 3,600-crore
VVIP chopper deal. PTI
Trader abducted
KOKRAJHAR, Feb 22:
A businessman, Ranjit
Dutta was abducted on
Tuesday night from near
his residence in the
Bhabanipur-Titaguri area
under Kokrajhar PS by
unknown miscreants.
Operation is on to trace
the abducted trader.
Correspondent
The Assam Tribune on Internet
http://www.assamtribune.com &
http://epaper.assamtribune.com
da, Hamirpur, Chitrakoot and
Fatehpur. Backward and wa-
ter-scarce Bundelkhand region
RITURAJ BORTHAKUR The notices have been issued in line with also figures in this phase. PTI
the Supreme Court order dated December
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: The State Ex- 15. The shops have been directed to shift, or
cise department has issued notices to all their licenses will not be renewed, sources
liquor shops and bars within the radius of in the State Excise department told The As-
500 metres from National and State High- sam Tribune.
ways to shift by March 31. The Superintendents of Excise in every
Time to be careful!
The department has prepared a list of all district have been directed to implement the
by Aranyak Baruah
such outlets which fall within 500 metres of apex court order, he said. I, Me, Myself:
State or National Highways. There are 1,266 In fact no new licenses have been issued Mridula Das
IMFL OFF shops (wine shops) and of them, by the Excise department ever since the Su- The talking gadgets
598 are within 500 metres of either National preme Court order. by Sayanee Mukherjee
Know your world:
or State Highway. Altogether 380 of the 769 The apex court had on December 15
Pluto
IMFL ON shops (bars) in the State fall in this banned all liquor shops within 500 metres of Neelotpal Deka
category. national and state highways across the coun- Book Nook, Whats the
In Guwahati and Kamrup area alone, there try, a move aimed at reducing drunk driving buzz?, Picture Crossword,
Members of All Assam Anganwadi Workers Union and All Assam Anganwadi Helpers Quiz, etc.
are 82 such outlets, of which 63 are wine and road accidents that claim thousands of
Union staging a protest demonstration in support of their demands in Guwahati on Plus Poems, My Viewpoint,
shops and 18 bars. Names of star category lives every year.
Wednesday. UB Photos Little Hearts, Comics and
hotels are also in the list. (See page 4) other features.
No plan to Plea on Kalikho death
Masood Azhars acts
JOCOSERIOUS
well-documented
introduce
Rs 1,000
Puls wife may appear
BEIJING, Feb 22: India today hankar said, referring to the
hit out at China for demanding US application backed by the
solid evidence for getting UK and France this year to
note: Govt
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The
before CJI today
Finance Ministry today ruled SPL CORRESPONDENT persons that they have writ- Late Puls family has now
JeM chief Masood Azhar designate Azhar as a global ten to the CJI after Itanagar decided to demand constitution
out reintroduction of Rs 1,000
banned by the UN, saying the terrorist. NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Dan- police failed to lodge an FIR of a special investigation team
notes and said logistics issues
extent of his actions were well- On the Chinese Foreign of reloading ATMs more fre- gwimsai Pul, wife of former on the issue. She said that she (SIT) to investigate the mat-
documented and the burden Ministry calling for solid evi- quently are being addressed. Chief Minister of Arunachal expects a free and fair probe. ter and monitoring of the
of proof was not on it. dence to get Azhar banned, In a series of tweets, Economic Pradesh late Kalikho Pul, is Ozingshu Pul, son of late Ka- probe by the Supreme Court.
Foreign Secretary S Jais- Jaishankar said, in the case of Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta likely to appear before Chief likho Pul, said they have come On February 17, Dangwim-
hankar, while Azhar, Jaish itself Das said the focus is on increas- Justice of India JS Khehar on to know that the Arunachal sai Pul had released a letter
briefing the me- Our school may not have
dia on his exten-
India tells isderproscribed un-
1267. So the
ing production and supply of Rs Thursday for an open court
hearing in connection with her
Pradesh Police has been di-
rected to lodge an FIR and
written to the CJI, charging
that her late husbands suicide power facility but
500 and lower denomination cur-
sive interactions China proof is in (the) rencies, while complaints of cash plea for registration of an FIR begin probe on the basis of the note contains many allegations installing CCTV cameras
with top Chinese 1267 Committee shortage are being looked into. on the basis of late Puls sui- suicide note. (See page 4) has its own importance!
officials and talks at the upgrad- action. In this case what he has Enough cash available. Lo- cide note.
ed strategic dialogue co- done, extent of his actions are gistics issues of reloading ATMs Amid reports that the Chief
chaired by him here, said the well-documented. more frequently being ad- Justice of India has given a di-
talks were useful in convey- Also the proposal in ques- rection to the Arunachal
dressed, Das said.
ing Indias concerns and prior- tion this time is not moved by He also requested people to Pradesh Government to reg-
ities on key issues. us. It is not that the burden of desist from withdrawing more ister an FIR and start probe
On the issue of 1267 Com- proof is on India to convince. money than they need. on the matter, sources close
mittees sanctions on Masood The sponsors seem to be very Complaints of cash out in to Puls family said that they
Azhar, we again explained the well convinced, otherwise they ATMs being addressed. Re- have got a call from the office
rationale for that application would not have taken the initi- quest everyone to draw the of the CJI requesting Dang-
and pointed out that this was ative to move the proposal, cash they actually require. wimsai Pul to appear before
really pursued by other coun- he said. Overdrawal by some deprives Justice Khehar on Thursday.
tries, not by India alone, Jais- (See page 4) others, he added. Dangwimsai Pul told media

Innovative teaching methods

to overcome poor learning
SIVASISH THAKUR dren in groups. Broadly speaking, we are
referring to all of these activities to sustain
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: In view of the poor learning as Library, he said.
learning levels of children across a large Over the past three years, Prathams
number of rural schools in Assam, Pratham structured and comparable measurement
Education Foundation that prepares the An- across its direct Learning Camp interven-
nual Status of Education Report (ASER), tions has allowed it to deeply analyse pro-
has come up with innovative teaching meth- gramme impact and effectiveness.
odologies to reverse the disturbing trend. Analysis of our past performance data,
In the last few months, Pratham has been both internally and externally collected, has
experimenting with a variety of activities shown that it is critical to sustain the learn-
and processes to sustain chil- ing gains through a set of ongo-
drens interest in learning and ing follow-on activities. The
in building their capabilities to Learning primary objective of Library
learn on their own. Significant- among activities is to ensure that chil-
ly, the interventions have drens learning gains are sus-
showed promising results children tained. It enables children to
both on engagement of stake- learn on their own. Childrens
holders, and improvement and sustenance groups, facilitating group tasks, developing
of learning levels of children. materials that children can use by them-
Our recent work has focused on form- selves and conduct learning fairs are all strat-
ing childrens groups in communities and egies to help children learn on their own,
facilitating the process of children working Chakraborty said.
on their own. An additional element that is In October 2015, Pratham launched the
also being tried out is that of parents (espe- Lakhon Mein Ek (LmE) campaign, an am-
cially mothers) and community members bitious undertaking to enable local people
engaging with children and supporting their to find out if children in their communities
activities in the community, Abhijit could read or do basic arithmetic. Once the
Chakraborty, State coordinator, Pratham, current status became clear, the idea was to
told The Assam Tribune. encourage local villagers and community
He added that other pilots were also in volunteers to start activities in the village
the field where digital content (through tab- that could support learning activities for their
lets and other devices) was being combined children.
with other materials and interactions for chil- (See page 4)
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EU panel to
take up with
India denial
of visa issue
NEW DELHI, Feb 22:
Chairman of the European
Parliaments Committee on
Foreign Affairs David McAl-
lister today said he would
take up with the Indian gov-
ernment the issue of a mem-
ber of the powerful panel not
getting visa.
Official sources here said
visa was not denied to Amjad
Bashir, who represents Brit-
ain in European Parliament,
and that his application was
under process.
A delegation of European
Parliaments Committee on
Foreign Affairs (AFET) ar-
rived here last night on a
three-day visit and chair of
the committee David McAl-
lister said he will take up the
issue with Indian leaders dur-
ing his meetings.
I will, of course, address eign policy. The reports of human rights
the issue, McAllister told violations (in J&K have to be settled by
journalists when asked wheth-
er the issue will be taken up
with India.
Besides McAllister, the oth-
er members of the delegation
which arrived here last night
include Cristian Dan Preda,
Zeljana Zovko, Neena Gill, Jo
Leinen and Urmas Paet.
A source in the EU indicat-
ed that Bashir may not have
got visa on time as he did not
have a diplomatic passport.
It is the first visit abroad of
the committee under its new
chair, McAllister, who was ap-
pointed to the post in January.
The committees support is
required for all major interna-
tional partnership and cooper-
ation agreements signed by
the EU.
The delegation will meet a
number of Indian leaders and
discuss a varied issues relat-
ing to regional security, coun-
terterrorism, fight against pi-
racy, cyber-security and non-
proliferation of weapons of
mass destruction. PTI
Man gets Rs 2,000 notes with Children
Bank Of India written on them
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: A man who had
gone to withdraw money at an ATM in
Sangam Vihar here allegedly ended up
getting four notes of Rs 2,000 with Chil-
dren Bank Of India written on them,
police said today.
Rohit Kumar, a customer care execu-
tive, had gone to withdraw cash from the
State Bank of India (SBI) ATM in Sangam
Vihar on February 6. He got four notes of
Rs 2,000 which had churan label on them
HC refers contempt plea against YouTube, others to larger bench
India should settle human Compensation
fund for
Oppn slams KCRs
rights issue in J-K: EU children Rs 5-cr gold offer to
announced
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The issues of
alleged human rights violations in Jam-
ic to Pakistans demands.
Referring to the Indian government
for Justice and Peace and Shabnam Hash-
mis Anhad have also been cancelled.
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Lord Venkateswara
Women and Child Develop- HYDERABAD, Feb 22: The Venkateswara. To whom this
mu and Kashmir should be settled by In- refusing to renew the foreign funding li- While talking about the Kashmir issue, ment Minister Maneka Gandhi main opposition Congress and contract was given, it should
dian institutions, The European Union said cences of around 20,000 NGOs, another McAllister also recalled the visit of EU today announced the setting up the BJP in Telangana today crit- be made public, Congress
today, remarks that come against the back- prominent member of the Committee Foreign Affairs Committee to both of a compensation fund under icised Chief Minister K Chan- leader and former minister M
drop of Pakistans repeated attempts to Preda Cristian Dan said crackdown on sides of Kashmir in 2003-04. Nirbhaya scheme to provide fi- drasekhar Rao for using public Sasidhar Reddy said here.
internationalise it. NGOs dealing with human rights issues He said the primary aim of the visit nancial help to children who are money to fulfil his personal Reddy, a former vice-chair-
It, however, chided India for blocking was unacceptable. was to understand issues to finalise the victims of sexual crimes. vows made to Tirupati tem- man of National Disaster Man-
foreign funding to several NGOs. Chair- He said some EU member countries report which will also include various di- The money for this fund will ple in Andhra Pradesh. agement Authority, said he
person of European Parliaments Foreign also donated money to NGOs for pro- mension of defence and security ties be- be drawn from Nirbhaya In a princely offering, the would write a letter to the
Affairs Committee David McAllister said moting human rights and wondered why tween the two sides. Chief Minister today donated Executive Officer of Tirumala
Scheme and will be monitored
the panel is working on a report on EUs authorities in some countries restricted Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador of the directly by the Women and Child gold ornaments worth around Tirupati Devasthanam, the
political ties with India with focus on hu- their activities. We do not understand European Union to India, said the dates Rs 5 crore to the famous hill body that administers the Lord
Development Ministry. said a
man rights issues and it will be finalised why government wants to block activi- for the next EU-India summit were be- shrine to fulfil a vow he had Venkateswara temple, to state
senior official of the ministry.
ahead of the EU-India summit around ties of organisations dealing with human ing finalised and indicated that it may take made for realisation of sepa- the value of the ornaments.
The official, however, said
September this year. rights. This is unacceptable, Dan said. place here around September. rate Telangana. Questions on transparency
that a decision is yet to be taken
McAllister, leading a delegation of the He said the problems of NGOs work- Calling India a major global player, After offering worship to the in the making of ornaments
on the total amount of money to
European Parliament here, called the ing for the rights of children and wom- McAllister also favoured deeper EU-In- presiding deity (Lord Venkat- arose in view of corruption
be set aside for this scheme.
conflict in Jammu and Kashmir a very en in India will be flagged by the dele- dia defence and security cooperation. He eswara), Rao handed over a happening in Telangana, he said.
sensitive issue, and added India has suf- gation during its meeting with Women particularly hailed the Indian Navy as a A Central Victim Compen-
golden garland studded with Telangana BJP spokesperson
fered a lot because of terrorism. and Child Development Minister Mane- major naval force globally. sation Fund was set up with an fossilised shells called Shali- Krishna Saagar Rao alleged that
Talking about EUs philosophy of dip- ka Gandhi. Referring to Brexit, he said it was a initial corpus of Rs 200 crore gram Haram and a multi-lay- Rao possibly is the only CM
lomatic engagements, he said the issue Politicians often seek to block activi- wake up call for all EU member na- in 2015 but has not been oper- er gold necklace called Ma- in the entire country today who
of human rights was embedded in its for- ties of organisations dealing with ter- tions and noted that efforts were under- ating, the official said. khara Kantabharanam, weigh- spends public money so brazen-
rorists, Dan said, his tongue firmly in way to facilitate Britains exit from the I have decided to set up a ing about 19 kg and worth about ly for personal reasons.
cheek, as he criticised attempts to block grouping as early as possible. POCSO victim compensation Rs 5 crore to the temple Exec- BJP doesnt have any ob-
Indias domestic institutions, the chair funding to NGOs. Coming down hard on Russia for the fund to provide financial help utive Officer D Sambasiva Rao, jection to ones religious be-
of the powerful committee said. The Indian government has cancelled annexation of Crimea, he said it should to children in such situations, temple sources said. liefs and personal vows to god,
The comment assumes significance as the licences of several NGOs under For- be lesson for all countries but added that Gandhi tweeted. Its not correct for KCR Rao said in a statement.
Pakistan has been consistently flagging the eign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), EU understood Indias ties with Mos- POCSO Act or Protection to use public money for his Alleging that the TRS gov-
issue on international fora and seeking including that of Greenpeace India, and cow. The support of the European Par- of Children from Sexual Of- personal vows to god. Gov- ernment has not fulfilled any
UNs intervention while accusing the In- put under Prior Permission Category liaments Committee on Foreign Affairs fences Act was formulated in ernment should make public of its election promises, Rao
dian establishment of human rights viola- those like the Ford Foundation. FCRA li- is required for all major international 2012 to address sexual abuse what transparency was main- said the ruling party should
tions in Jammu and Kashmir. The EU, on cences of NGOs run by prominent per- partnership and cooperation agreements and sexual exploitation of chil- tained in the making of orna- focus on fulfilling the vows
some occasions, had appeared sympathet- sonalties like Teesta Setalvads Citizens signed by the EU. PTI dren. PTI ments offered to Lord made to people. PTI
HC to consider hike Spices Board
in compensation for (Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India)
Walk in Test for Spices Extension Trainees
(Exclusively for SC/ST Candidates)
rape victims
Spices Board Divisional Office, Tinsukia
on 27th February, 2017
MUMBAI, Feb 22: The Bom- court that while the Maharash- For more details, visit www.indianspices.com
bay High Court today said it tra government offers only Rs
would consider if it should direct 3 lakh as compensation, the Goa
the Maharashtra government to government gives Rs 10 lakh.
hike the compensation to victims Justice Chellur said it would
of rape and other offences against consider this issue at a later
women under a scheme from Rs stage. The girl, a resident of sub-
3 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. urban Borivali, claimed that she
Under the Manodhairya Yo- was raped by a man under the
A labourer spreading scrap on a burning oven for making fertilisers at a factory on the jana launched in October 2013, false pretext of marriage. The
outskirts of Kolkata, on Wednesday. UNI the state government gives government, however, refused
Rs 3 lakh as compensation to to grant her compensation
the victims of rape and other claiming that she had given con-
crimes against women.
Apart from the monetary
sent to sex and hence, no of-
fence of rape was made out.
compensation, the government Justice Chellur said, I am
provides counselling to the vic-
tims and vocational or educa-
disturbed and shocked to hear
the government say that it was
in place of the official watermark. Following this, a case of cheating was tional training, if required. consensual. She (victim) is 14-
The notes also had PK written on registered and investigation has been While the compensation is year-old. Do you think she has
them in place of the RBI stamp and the taken up, said a senior police officer. fixed for all such cases, the the maturity to give consent
top left corner had Bharatiya Manoran- After scanning the footage from the ATM, high court has said that the or understand the consequenc-
jan Bank written instead of Reserve police has managed to identify the last man compensation should be decid- es thereof? Even if she has
Bank of India. who had filled cash in the machine. ed on a case-to-case basis. consented, it still amounts to
After the victim approached the po- Till now, there have been no other A division bench of Chief rape under law.
lice, a Sub-Inspector was sent to the ATM complaints. Probably, only a few notes Justice Manjula Chellur and The bench directed the
to withdraw money and he also received were changed. We have to identify at Justice GS Kulkarni was today Mumbai Suburban Collector
a note that had Children Bank Of India which point the real notes were ex- hearing a petition filed by a 14- to remain personally present,
written on it. changed, the officer added. PTI year-old girl, who claims to be along with details of the Man-
a victim of rape, seeking com- odhairya scheme, before the
pensation of Rs 3 lakh. court for hearing on the mat-
The girls lawyer told the ter next week. PTI

MUMBAI, Feb 22: The Bombay High
Court today referred to a larger bench a
petition filed by the Bar Association chal-
lenging a video clip on YouTube which al-
legedly showed courtroom proceedings and
levelled corruption charges against a judge.
Perusal of the petition and other mate-
rial shows contempt of court and this di-
rectly adversely effects the independence
of the judiciary, said a bench of Justice Ab-
hay Oka and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai.
The issue is of paramount importance
and puts the judiciary into disrepute.
Hence the matter is referred to a larger
bench, Justice Oka said in the order.
G/3687/1
The bench said that after its order is
uploaded on the high court website, the
matter may be placed on March 23 be-
fore Chief Justice Manjula Chellur who
may assign the petition to a larger bench.
The larger bench would comprise three
judges, according to legal sources. The high
court observed that this is a fit case of the
contempt of court. It had last week issued
notice to the video-sharing website and
search engine Google, seeking their re-
sponse as to why action under contempt of
court should not be initiated against them.
Google Indias lawyer today said that it
had no control over YouTube and was not
concerned with it. Besides, YouTube and
Google were separate entities.
The petition has sought contempt ac-
tion against the persons who recorded
and uploaded the video on YouTube lev-
elling allegations of corruption against
Justice S J Kathawala of the high court.
The 38-minute video uploaded last
week by Right Mirror copies the for-
mat of a news channel and shows a per-
son acting as an anchor and taking inter-
views of several persons including law-
yer Nilesh Ojha making scandalous re-
marks against judges of this high court,
the petition has said. PTI
Akhilesh refuses
to take donkeys
fight further
BAHRAICH (UP), Feb 22:
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav today refused
to take forward the donkeys
fight even as he again targeted
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, saying he is out to
change his course as he
knows he has lost the (elec-
toral) battle.
Akhileshs statement came a
day after Gujarat Chief Minister
Vijay Rupani responded sharply
to his controversial comment
made apparently to target Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, saying
he had insulted Gujarat.
The Gujarat Chief Minis-
ter has stated that UP CM
does not know about the don-
keys in his state, to which I
say I do not wish to know about
them (donkeys)...I only want
to speak about the work
done, Akhilesh said at an elec-
tion rally here.
We have tigers, leopards
here in Bahraich...We also have
alligator in Katarniyaghat
(wildlife sanctuary). I have no
wish to take this thing for-
ward, he said.
Akhilesh, earlier on Monday
last had made an apparent at-
tack on Modi by making don-
key remark while referring
to an advertisement of Gujarat
government in which megas-
tar Amitabh Bachchan pro-
motes tourism in the state.
Without taking any name, he
had advised the biggest
Bollywood actor of the centu-
ry not to campaign for the
donkeys of Gujarat.
Akhileshs attack had fol-
lowed Modis accusation
against him of indulging in dis-
crimination in power supply on
the basis of religion.
Reacting to the donkey
comment, Rupani had said yes-
terday that Akhilesh had insult-
ed Gujarat. I think Akhilesh
Yadav is frustrated as he can
see that his party is losing the
Uttar Pradesh Assembly elec-
tion, Rupani had said.
Addressing the election
meeting today, Akhilesh again
targeted Modi. He (Modi)
knows he has lost the battle and
is out to change his course,
Akhilesh said in reference to
Prime Ministers Diwali-
Ramzan, graveyard-cremation
ground comments.
If we give 24-hour power
on Diwali and also on Ramzan
and Christmas, will it not ben-
efit everyone?... I dont know
what all the Prime Minister is
seeing... Since last Diwali we
had decided that 22-24 hour
power will be given to cities,
he said. PTI
 4 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI
Filmmakers Andrew Coats (L), Amanda Deering Jones (C) and Lou Hamou-Lhadj (R) of
the Oscar-nominated Short Film (Animated) Borrowed Time pose during a reception
for the Academy Award nominated films in the Short Film (Animated) and Short Film
(Live Action) categories at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly
Hills, California on Tuesday. UNI
Death of Russian envoy to
UN needs to be studied more
NEW YORK, Feb 22: The
cause and manner of death of
Russias ambassador to the
United Nations needs to be
studied further, the city medi-
cal examiner has said, a day
after the diplomat fell ill at his
office at Russias UN mission
and died at a hospital.
Further study usually in-
cludes toxicology and other
screenings, which can take
weeks. The case was referred
to the medical examiners of-
fice by the hospital, spokes-
woman Julie Bolcer said.
Vitaly Churkin, who died a day
before his 65th birthday, had
been Russias envoy at the
United Nations since 2006. He
was the longest-serving ambas-
sador on the Security Council,
the UNs most powerful body.
The medical examiner is
responsible for investigating
UK appoints 1st
female Scotland Yard
chief in 188 years
LONDON, Feb 22: The Brit-
ish government says senior of-
ficer Cressida Dick will be the
next commissioner of Londons
Metropolitan Police the first
woman to lead Scotland Yard in
its 188-year history.
Dick, a former assistant com-
missioner of the force, succeeds
Bernard Hogan-Howe, who is
stepping down next week.
Dick is highly regarded by
many Scotland Yard peers, but
she has drawn criticism for
commanding an operation in the
wake of the July 2005 London
bombings in which an innocent
Brazilian man, Jean Charles de
Menezes, was shot dead by po-
lice after being mistaken for a
suicide bomber. AP
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suddenly or when the person
seemed healthy, or if someone
died in any unusual or suspi-
cious manner. Most of the
deaths investigated by the of-
fice are not suspicious.
Russian President Vladimir
Putin esteemed Churkins
professionalism and diplo-
matic talents, spokesman
Dmitry Peskov said, according
to the state news agency TASS.
Moscow has not yet given a
date for Churkins funeral.
Diplomatic colleagues from
around the world mourned
Churkin as a master in their
field, saying he had both a deep
knowledge of diplomacy and a
large and colourful personal-
ity. US Ambassador Nikki
Haley said that while she and
Churkin did not always agree,
Notices to wine shops ...
(Contd from page 1)
The top courts order was
on a public interest litigation
filed by an NGO called Arrive
Safe. According to Arrive
Safe, 1.42 lakh people die an-
nually in road accidents, many
of which are caused by drunk
driving.
The court even stressed
that there would be no adver-
tisements of any liquor shop
visible from the National or
State raising second line of ...
(Contd from page 1)
the situation and suggest meas-
ures to set up new river police
stations and outposts wherever
necessary. The government will
start the process of setting up
river police stations and out-
posts on the basis of the recom-
mendations of the committee.
Shortage of boats is a major
problem for the river police
force and the government has
already issued an order to use
the boats of the State Disaster
Response Force whenever
necessary as such boats are not
in use all throughout the year.
The State Government has
Innovative teaching methods to ...
(Contd from page 1)
12,000 villages across 17 states
in the country. In every partic-
ipating village, during the
Reading Week, groups of chil-
dren were formed in different
neighbourhoods. Through the
Reading Week experience, we
were able to observe that by
creating childrens groups and
he unquestionably advocated
his countrys positions with
great skill.
Her predecessor, Samantha
Power, described him on Twit-
ter as a diplomatic maestro
and deeply caring man who
had done all he could to bridge
differences between the US.
And Russia.
Those differences were evi-
dent when Power and Churkin
spoke at the Security Council
last month, and Power lashed
out at Russia for annexing
Ukraines Crimean Peninsula
and for carrying out a merci-
less military assault in Syria.
Churkin countered that Demo-
cratic former President
Barack Obamas administra-
tion, in which Power served,
was desperately searching across Europe and the US.
for scapegoats for its failures
in Iraq, Syria and Libya. AP
State Highways.
Meanwhile, the All Assam
IMFL Retailers Association
had filed a plea for modifica-
tion of the order citing the pe-
culiar demography of the State.
Petitioner and general sec-
retary of the association Alak
Dutta said the definition of
state highway was so wide that
the enforcement of the De-
cember 15 Supreme Court
order would adversely affect
also pointed out the loopholes
in the border guarding system
to the Centre so that correc-
tive measures can be taken. It
may be mentioned here that
Chief Minister Sarbananda
Sonowal had formed commit-
tees comprising legislators and
senior officers to visit the in-
ternational border areas to as-
sess the situation on the
ground and to suggest meas-
ures to improve border man-
agement. The committees
have already submitted their
reports and the Home Depart-
ment completed the process
of compiling it. Sonowal has
providing simple material like
worksheets and reading cards,
children were able to learn by
themselves and in groups. With
some basic encouragement
from an adult family member
or neighbour, the activities
could be carried out smooth-
ly, Chakraborty said.
The current new vision of
community-based rural librar-
ies is influenced by the experi-
ences of LmE and Reading
Week. It intends to make this
INTERNATIONAL
Ukraine backs more sanctions
against Russia in passport spat
MOSCOW, Feb 22:
Ukraines President called for
new sanctions against Russia
over its decision to recognize
passports issued by separatist
authorities in eastern Ukraine,
while the Kremlin accused
Ukraine of denying vital docu-
ments to people in the rebel
regions.
The Kremlin yesterday said
its decision is a humanitarian
move to help residents of
rebel-held areas in eastern
Ukraine who are suffering
from a blockade by Ukrainian
Pak Army launches Operation
Radd-ul-Fasaad to eliminate terror
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: In
its continuing fight against
terrorism, the Pakistan Army
on Wednesday launched Op-
eration Radd-ul-Fasaad
which roughly translates to
operation to eliminate dis-
cord across the country, the
military said.
The operation aims at indis-
criminately eliminating the
residual/latent threat of ter-
rorism, consolidating the
gains made in other military
operations, and further ensur-
ing the security of Pakistans
borders, a statement issued by
Inter-Services Public Rela-
Amnesty flays Trumps
poisonous rhetoric
PARIS, Feb 22: Politicians
who have used a divisive and
dehumanised rhetoric are
creating a more divided and
dangerous world, says
rights group Amnesty Inter-
national.
Amnestys annual report
singles out US President Don-
ald Trump as an example of an
angrier and more divisive
politics, NBC News report-
ed.
Donald Trumps poisonous
campaign rhetoric exemplifies
a global trend towards angrier
and more divisive politics,
Amnesty said in a statement.
The world, it said, had be-
come a darker ... unstable
place, with a rise in hate
speech targeting refugees
is no consensus because China
But Amnesty criticises oth-
er leaders as well, including
liquor trade in the State.
According to the Assam
Highways Act, 1989, all roads
in the State fall in the highway
category. There will be no
place to shift the shops. We
have appealed to fix a reasona-
ble distance for location of the
shops, he said.
Two hearings have been al-
ready conducted. The peti-
tioners are awaiting the apex
court ruling on the plea.
informed the Home Ministry
the main points of the reports.
On the problems faced by the
police due to shortage of man-
power, Home Department
sources admitted that there are
around 9,000 vacancies in the
department. The government
is planning to appoint around
4,000 police personnel by April
this year and the rest of the
vacancies will be filled up in a
phased manner. However,
sources admitted that filling up
of vacancies is a continuous
process as every year a good
number of police personnel go
on retirement.
library activity one of the key
components of its direct Read
India work.
An analysis of Prathams the end-line. Similar improve-
Reading Week intervention
done through reading and arith-
metic data of over 70,000 chil-
dren collected across States has
shown significant improvement
in childrens levels through the
course of the intervention.
While at the baseline it was
observed that just over 60 per
cent of all children part of the
nationalists, and says that
doesnt amount to recognizing
the rebel regions.
The United States rejected
the move, calling the pass-
ports illegitimate. In Wash-
ington, State Department
spokesman Mark Toner said
Russias action undermines
efforts to bring peace to east-
ern Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces have been
fighting Russia-backed separa-
tists in eastern Ukraine since
April 2014, a conflict that has
killed more than 9,800 people.
tions said.
Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan
Navy, Civil Armed Forces and
other security and law enforc-
ing agencies will actively par-
ticipate in and intimately sup-
port the armed forces efforts
to eliminate the menace of
terrorism from the country,
the statement added.
The effort entails conduct
of Broad Spectrum Security/
Counter-Terrorism (CT) oper-
ations by Rangers in Punjab,
continuation of ongoing oper-
ations across the country, and
focus on more effective bor-
der security management,
those of Turkey, Hungary and
the Philippines, who it says
have used narratives of fear,
blame and division.
The group said govern-
ments were exploiting refu-
gees for political ends.
The report, which covers
159 countries, cited a rise in
hate speech across the US and
Europe targeting refugees.
It said the reverberations
would see more attacks on
people on the basis of race,
gender, nationality and reli-
gion, NBC said. IANS
Masood ...
(Contd from page 1)
About China saying that there
is no consensus on the issue, the
Foreign Secretary said, there
has not joined it.
On the NSG issue, (the)
Chinese side underlined that
they are open to Indias appli-
cation for membership. They
have their view of procedures
and processes. These were
different from where we are
at the moment and most of the
group is at the moment, he
said, referring to the wide sup-
port Indias application enjoyed
in the 48-member elite group-
ing which controls global nu-
clear commerce.
I would say, overall, I felt
my visit was certainly useful
in conveying to the Chinese
side our concerns and priori-
ties and gaining from them an
appreciation and their under-
standing of the world situation
and in what manner we could
work together, he said. PTI
Puls wife ...
(Contd from page 1)
of corruption in Arunachal
Pradesh as well as in the judici-
ary and in particular, against two
senior judges of the Supreme
Court, who were party to the
judgement that squashed the
Presidents Rule in Arunachal
Pradesh and led to the unseat-
ing of her husband as the Chief
Minister of the state. She also
released her husbands 60-page
suicide note.
tested groups were able to
read, this proportion stood at
over 80 per cent at the time of
ment was seen in number rec-
ognition abilities of children.
These results are an encourag-
ing confirmation of the success
of group-based learning in
communities and the ability of
children to help each other
move forward with learning
over a duration of time,
Chakraborty said.
A 2015 agreement on resolv-
ing the conflict has been
widely flouted by both sides.
As the war continues, a peace
plan crafted by two associates
of US President Donald
Trump and a Ukrainian parlia-
ment member caused a stir.
The plan, which its propo-
nents reportedly tried to ped-
dle to the Trump administra-
tion, calls for measures includ-
ing leasing Crimea to Russia.
Russia annexed Crimea in
2014 soon after Ukraines Rus-
sia-friendly president fled the
the ISPR said.
Countrywide de-weaponi-
sation and explosive control
are additional cardinals of the
effort. Pursuance of National
Action Plan will be the hall-
mark of this operation, it add-
ed. IANS
Tender No. EL-GH-745
Undersigned invites E-Tenders
against following work which will be
closed on 24-03-2017 at 15.00 hrs.
Bidders will be able to submit their
original/revised bids upto closing
date and time only Manual offers are
not allowed against this tender and
any such manual offer received shall
be ignored.
Name of work: At GHY: Operation
&Annual Maintenance of Cummins
make 500KVA 750V DG sets fitted in
power cars of 12517/18 GHY-
KOLKATTAGarib Rath Exp. for 3
(Three) years. Advertised Value:
Rs.1,27,28,741.14; Earnest Money:
Rs.2,13,650.00 Cost of Tender
document: Rs.5,000.00; Validity of
offer: 120 days, Completion period:
1095 days.
Contractors are allowed to make
payment against this tender towards
tender document cost and earnest
money only through online payment
modes available on IREPS portal LIKE
net banking, debit card, credit card etc.
Manual payments through Demand
Draft, Bankers cheque, Deposit
receipts, FDR etc are not allowed
Bidding Start Date: 10-03-2017.
Details of the tender will also be
available in https://
www.ireps.gov.in
Sr. Divisional Electrical
Engineer/Guwahati
NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY
SERVING CUSTOMERS WITH A SMILE
RE-TENDER NOTICE
No. AASC (B) 4/92-93/Pt.-VII/57
Sealed tenders in a two- bid system, i.e. (i)
Technical Bid and (ii) Financial Bid affixed
with non-refundable court fee stamps of Rs
8.25/- (Rupees eight and paisa twenty five only)
are invited from experienced firms/parties/private
limited agencies for providing cleaning and
maintenance services for the ground, first,
second and third floors of the administrative
building, Hostel Block A and drains,
pathways and passages of the Assam
Administrative Staff College, Jawaharnagar,
Khanapara, Guwahati781022.
Interested tenderers may submit a written
request on their companys letter head indicating
the tender number and work description for
issue of tender documents which should be
addressed to the Administrative Officer, Assam
Administrative Staff College. The cost of the
tender documents is Rs 1,000/- (Rupees one
thousand) only, which is non-refundable and is
to be paid in cash.
The sale of tender documents will start on
February 22, 2017 and close at 2 p.m. of March
15, 2017 and the last date of submission of
tender is March 15, 2017, upto 2 p.m. Tenders
received after the stipulated date and time will
be liable to be rejected.
The tenders may also be downloaded from
the website, www.aasc.gov.in, but the amount
of Rs 1,000/- has to be paid in any case.
The technical bids will be opened on March
15, 2017 at 3 p.m. The date of opening of the
financial bids will be communicated to the tenderers
later on. In case any of these days happen to be
holidays, the tenders will be opened on the next
working day. The interested tenderers or their
authorized representative may be present at the
time of the opening of the tender.
Firms who qualify for the financial bids will
also have to make a presentation on how they
intend to execute the work.
The Director of Training, Assam Administrative
Staff College, Guwahati reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all tenders without assigning any
reasons thereof, Assam Administrative Staff
College, Guwahati neither binds itself to accept
the lowest rate of tender nor does it undertake to
assign reasons for the decision taken.
Sd/- Director of Training
Assam Administrative Staff College,
Jawaharnagar, Khanapara, Guwahati-22
Janasanyog/4517/16
National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (Divyangjan)
(Department of Empowerment of PwDs (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment, Govt. of India)
B.T. Road, Bon-Hooghly, Kolkata-700090
/Phone: 2531-0279, 2531-0610,
/E-mail: mail@nioh.in /and /web: www.niohkol.nic.in
No. RECRUIT-2017/RC-NILD-NAHARLAGUN/
EMPLOYMENT NOTIFICATION
Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens to fill up the following posts on Contract
Basis for Regional Centre-Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh of this Institute.
Name of the post/No. of Post
(1) Administrative Officer-01, (2) Social Rehabilitation Officer-01, (3) Prosthetist
& Orthotist-01, (4) Special Educator (MR)-01 (5) Mobility Instructor-01 &
(6) Accountant-01.
1. Applications duly completed in all respects and signed by the candidates along with complete
Curriculum Vitae, self attested photocopies of relevant documents, educational qualification,
age proof, caste certificate, experience certificate, salary drawn, etc. should reach to
Director, National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (Divyangjan), B.T. Road, Bon-Hooghly,
Kolkata-700090 within 21 days from the date of appearance of the advertisement in the
News paper.
2. Institute reserves the right to accept or reject any application without giving any reasons.
3. Candidate should write the Narne of the Post applied for, on the top of the envelope.
4. For details of advertisement log on to www.niohkol.nic.in
davp 38113/11/0014/1617
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
country in the wake of mas-
sive street protests.
Prosecutor-General Yuriy
Lutsenko said yesterday that an
investigation would be opened
against the parliament member,
Andrei Artemenko, on possible
treason charges. AP
E-AUCTION FOR SALE OF
RAILWAY SCRAP MATERIAL FOR
THE MONTH OF MARCH 2017
E-Auction programme for sale of
railway scrap material under the
jurisdiction of DyCMM/N. F.
Railway/NJP for the month of
MARCH 2017 has been fixed on
03-03-2017 & 04-03-2017,
09-03-2017 & 10-03-2017,
21-03-2017 & 22-03-2017 and
30-03-2017 & 31-03-2017.
Prospective bidders may bid through
http://www.ireps.gov.in online.
Dy CMM/New Jalpaiguri
NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY
SERVING CUSTOMERS WITH A SMILE
STORES E-PROCUREMENT
TENDER NOTICE NO. S/54/2016
Dt. 21-02-2017
(1) All tenders have been
uploaded on Indian Railways-
EProcurement portal (IREPS):-
www.ireps.gov.in For details &
necessary guidelines for quoting
against e-tende, please visit IR-E-
Procurement portal. Tenders are due
to be opened on 22-03-2017 and
27.03.2017. (2) The prospective
tenderers are advised to get them
registered on the website http://
www.ireps.gov.in online This
registration is mandatory for
participation in e-tendering and is
free of charge. (3) Offers are to be
submitted online only. Offers sent/
submitted against such e-tenders
through e-mail, post/fax or in person
will be rejected summarily without
any consideration. (4) This notice is
for information during initial phase
only. In future, no such notice shall
be published. Vendors are requested
to get registered with IREPS and visit
portal www.ireps.gov.in for future
tenders. (5) Please submit offers
online for the following stores.
Description, PL No, Quantity,
Tender no respectively:
Sealed Maitenance free battery VRLA
type 120AH capacity with inter cell
and end cell connector conforming
to RDSOs specification No. RDSO/
PE/ SPEC/AC/0009-2014 Rev 2,
45170356, 1598 Sets, 40/16/0402/
OT/531/16. Sealed Maintenance free
battery 1100 AH VRLA with inter cell
and end cell connector
conforming to RDSOs specification
No. RDSO/PE/ SPEC/AC/0009-2014
Rev 2, 45170393, 259 sets, 40/16/
0382/ OT/532/16.
Controller of Stores, Maligaon
NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY
SERVING CUSTOMERS WITH A SMILE
No. DLR/LR-38/Pt-VI/2012/
NOTICE INVITING
TENDER (NIT)
The Director of Land Records & Surveys
etc. invites sealed Bids affixing Court Fee
stamp of Rs. 8.25/- from the Original
Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or the
Authorized Dealers/Distributors of the OEM
for Supply and installation of one No. Plotter
A0 Size at O/o the Principal ASSTC,
Dakhingaon Ghy-40 including 5 years of
comprehensive on-site warranty for official
use.
Tender documents shall be available
from the office of the Director of Land
Records & Surveys etc. on payment of non-
refundable fee of INR 1000/- by Demand
Draft in favour of Director of Land Records
& Surveys etc. payable at Guwahati.
Complete tender documents are also
available on Assam Government website,
as noted below:
http://revenueassam.nic.in
The documents downloaded by the
parties from the website shall be valid for
participation in the tender process. Those
making use of the tender documents
downloaded from the website shall have to
pay the fee of the document i.e. Rs. 1000/-
(Rupees one thousand only) in the form of
a demand draft along with the tenders.
Tenders received without the requisite fee
shall be considered as invalid ab-initio.
Last date of submission of bids is 14th
March 2017 by 11.30 AM
Director, Land Records & Surveys etc,
Assam reserves the right to accept/reject
any/ all proposals without assigning any
reason thereof.
Sd/- i/c Director of Land Records &
Surveys etc., Assam,
Rupnagar, Guwahati-32.
Janasanyog/4511/16
/Fax: 25318379,
Date: 16.02.2017
Director (Offg.)
No. A SACS/N AC P- I V/PROC/Courier/2
016/911/2 5 Dated: 21/02/2017
NOTICE INVITING TENDER
Assam State AIDS Control
Society invites tender from reputed
Courier Services Agencies &
Transportation Agencies for (i)
Delivery of Letters & Parcels and
(ii) Transportation of Kits/
Medicines/ Reagents etc. i.e.,
Cargo Service. The quotation must
reach the undersigned on or before
08.03.2017 up to 2:00 P.M. after
which no quotation will be
accepted. Relevant details may be
obtained from the office of the
undersigned at any working day
10:00 AM and 5:00 PM or from our
website www.assamsacs.org
Sd/- Project Director
Assam State AIDS Control Society
Khanapara, Guwahati-22
Janasanyog/2152/16
No.ASHB/Tech/1005/2017/Pt-1/7/378
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Request for Proposal (RFP)
is invited from Govt approved
Surveyor and Valuer for
preparation of valuation report
on the assets owned by
Assam State Housing Board
at different locations of Assam.
The RFP document can be
availed by making non-
refundable cash payment of
Rs.1,000.00 only during
working. hours on all working
days .at the office address
from 27.02.2017 to
10.03.2017.
Sd/- Commissioner
Assam State Housing Board,
R.G.Baruah Road,
Guwahati-5
Janasanyog/2156/16
No. SSK/P.B./DW/2016-17/121/2017/
SHORT TENDER NOTICE
The Secretary, Srimanta Sankaradeva
Kalakshetra Society (SSKS), Panjabari,
Guwahati-37, invites tenders affixing court fee
of Rs.8.25 (Rupees Eight and Twenty Five
Paisa) from well experienced and registered
contractors for the following works to be
executed under Plan Budget 2016-17(Grants-
in-Aid) at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra
campus.
1. Renovation and special repair works
including Leakage treatment works of
Children Auditorium.
2. Development of water body and Heritage
park.
3. Reconstruction of drain (North-West-Side)
4. Construction of parking shed for official
staff.
5. Construction of link road with fencing.
6. Installation of glass doors with sensor at
A.C. Art Gallery.
7. Underground power cable connection for
staff quarter (10 units) including main
switches etc.
8. Improvement of Public Toilet.
Detail terms & conditions with scope of work
can be obtained from the office of the
undersigned during office hours from 24th
February, to 2nd March, 2017. The last date
of submission of tender is up to 2-00 P.M. on
3rd March, 2017 and will be opened at the
same date at 3-30 P.M.
The undersigned reserves the right to
reject all or any tenders without assigning any
reason and does not bind herself to accept
the lowest rate.
Sd/- Secretary, Srimanta Sankaradeva
Kalakshetra Society
Janasanyog/2157/16
No. LR-38/Pt. VI/2012/
NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)
The Director of Land Records
& Surveys etc. invites sealed
Bids affixing Court Fee stamp of
Rs.8.25/- from the Original
Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or
the Authorized Dealers/
Distributors of the OEM for
Supply and installation of one
No. Generator (10KVA) at O/o the
Principal ASSTC, Dakhingaon
Ghy-40 including 5 years of
comprehensive on-site
warranty for official use.
Tender documents shall be
available from the office of the
Director of Land Records &
Surveys etc. on payment of non-
refundable fee of INR 1000/- by
Demand Draft in favour of Director
of Land Records & Surveys etc.
payable at Guwahati. Complete
tender documents are also
available on Assam Government
website, as noted below:
http://revenueassam.nic.in
The documents downloaded by
the parties from the website shall
be valid for participation in the
tender process. Those making use
of the tender documents
downloaded from the website shall
have to pay the fee of the
document i.e. Rs. 1000/-(Rupees
one thousand only) in the form of
a demand draft along with the
tenders. Tenders received without
the requisite fee shall be
considered as invalid ab-initio.
Last date of submission of bids
is 14th March 2017 by 11.30 AM
Director, Land Records &
Surveys etc, Assam reserves the
right to accept/reject any/ all
proposals without assigning any
reason thereof.
Sd/- i/c Director of Land Records
& Surveys etc., Assam
Rupnagar, Guwahati-32
Janasanyog/4514/16
 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
CITY THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5

Maha Shivaratri festival Arrangement for

WEATHER
GUWAHATI
LOCAL FORECAST:
Generally cloudy sky.
Rain/thundershower is
very likely to occur .
Minimum temperature
is most likely to be
16C on Thursday.
TEMPERATURE:
Max 29.4 C
Min 17.2 C
Missing
woman found
CORRESPONDENT
JALUKBARI, Feb 22: One
Sabjan Nesa (36) of Barpeta,
who went missing from her
rented house at Kotabari yes-
terday, was found with an injury
to her head last night from
Sajanpara, Azara. Police imme-
diately admitted her to Azara
Civil Hospital and later she was
referred to the GMCH. Her
condition is stable and accord-
ing to the medical report, there
is no evidence of rape, said po-
lice sources from the Azara Po-
lice Station.
A case numbering 75/17 un-
der Section 341/320/326/307
has been registered against
Namuddin Bhuyan (66) who al-
legedly abducted her and took
her to Sajanpar at Azara. Police
are investigating the matter and
have started a manhunt.
Fire
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: A
massive fire broke out in a san-
itary ware godown located near
Down Town Hospital area ear-
ly this morning gutting assets
worth a sizeable amount of
money.
The fire broke out around
5.30 am and it took around 45
minutes to douse it. The exact
cause of the fire is still not
known. Staff Reporter
New institute
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: An in- wahati city.
stitute named Heartbeat has
been set up by Siba Prasad Sar-
ma, a retired State Govt employ-
ee with over 50 years of experi-
ence in food science and quality
control to raise awareness
among consumers of junk food
and snacks sold by street ven-
dors in unhygienic environments,
causing food-borne diseases.
The institute plans to edu-
cate consumers, especially chil- creation of Bangladesh and the
dren, young, adults and moth- subsequent establishment of
ers, as to why such foods should the language as the root of na-
be avoided which are not tional identity led to the ob-
healthy, a press release added. servance of International
Fair price shop
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: Novo- reaucrat and former editor of
daya Asom, a group of young Dainik Asam at Gauhati Uni-
entrepreneurs, in association versity on Tuesday.
with the food, civil supplies and
consumer affairs department olution in Bangladesh took
has launched Amar Dukan On place when its national lan-
Wheels, a mobile fair price shop. guage Bengali was on the verge
Staff Reporter
Guidelines to temple committees ASTC buses
STAFF REPORTER a demon called Bhimasura and
protect his devotees. The
PRANJAL BHUYAN sistha and Lankeswar to make neces-
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: The Kamrup
sary arrangements, including proper
drinking water facility, CCTV and gar-
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: The
Assam State Transport Corpo-
Shiva Purana and the Koti
Rudra Samhita refer to
Metro district administration has is- bage disposal in consultation with the ration (ASTC) has decided to Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga on
sued a set of guidelines to various tem- GMC, local police stations and the ply city buses from ISBT to Dakini Hill. Bhimeswar Dham
ple committees to be observed dur- Public Health and Engineering depart- Pamohi via Gorchuk Chariali as at Pamohi is interpreted by the
ing the Maha Shivaratri festival and ment, said Dr Angamuthu. well as from Paltan Bazar for devotees as the Dwadas
has added that strict vigil will be main- Lighting facilities will include 24 the first time from morning to Jyotirlinga.
evening on February 24 on the There is no temple here.
tained to ensure that drugs and nar- hours stand/by generators to be ar-
cotic substances are not sold or con- ranged by the temple committees and occasion of Maha Shivaratri Instead there is a hill stream
sumed during the celebrations. they have also been tasked to arrange festival at Bhimeswar Dwadas surrounding the Shivalinga and
The administration is coordinating sufficient lighting in and around places Jyotirling, a prehistoric shrine one can observe continuous
with various departments as well as of worship. under natural surroundings water flowing over the linga.
temple committees of Sukreswar The temple committees will ar- situated in Panchadhara terrain There is also a Lord Ganesha
Devalaya, Basistha Devalaya,
Umananda Devalaya and Lankeswar
range disposal of garbage as per the
instructions of GMC officials.
rivulet of the Daini Bama Hills,
Pamohi (Gorchuk), in the city.
temple midway to this
Dham, Dr IR Bhattacharjee,
Brahmon Sobha, a regis- working president of Brahmon
Devalaya for smooth and peaceful cel- The temple committees will arrange
ebration of the festival, Deputy Com- loudspeakers at the places of worship in tered global society, like in Sabha said.
Kamrup (M) DC Dr M Angamuthu leading a cleanliness drive on the Umananda previous years, will perform Meanwhile, the Khanapara
missioner of Kamrup Dr M Angam- low and controlled volume and only up
Temple premises ahead of Maha Shivaratri Puja, on Wednesday. UB Photos Rudra Yajna and Rudra Paath Rajahuwa Sri Sri Siva Puja
uthu told this newspaper. to 10 pm, said Dr Angamuthu.
He said that all efforts would be The City Police is making all neces- of boats and to keep strict vigil and at the Umananda Temple. The ATDC on the occasion. Udjapan Samiti will celebrate
It is believed that Lord Shiva Shivaratri with a daylong pro-
made to ensure that sale of drugs and sary security arrangement in all the coordinate efforts with local adminis- and GMDA have also been asked to
narcotics does not take place in and places of worship and women police tration, City Police, NDRF and SDRF. construct two layers of barricades at had incarnated here to destroy gramme on February 25.
around the temple complexes. personnel will be deployed at all such NDRF and SDRF will place rescue both places, said Dr Angamuthu.
The DC said that the Guwahati
Municipal Corporation (GMC) will be
places, including Uzanbazar Ghat, Su-
kreswar and Rajaduar Ghat.
teams at Uzanbazar Ghat, Sukreswar Medical teams with first aid facili-
Ghat and Pandu Ghat, along with equip- ties and ambulances will be stationed Best VC award
in charge of cleanliness, including pro- IWT has been requested to take ment to meet any type of eventualities. at Uzanbazar Ghat, Rajaduar Ghat, STAFF REPORTER He received the award on
viding dustbins and clearing of garbage necessary steps to prohibit plying of No ferry services will be allowed Umananda and all other major places Monday at the 2nd National
before the festival as requested by the private machine and country boats in after 4.30 pm from Uzanbazar Ghat of worship. Fire tenders will also be GUWAHATI, Feb 22: Vice Youth Convention, jointly or-
temple committees, and will under- the Brahmaputra during the festival and Rajaduar Ghat. kept ready. Chancellor of the Assam Agri- ganised by the All India Agri-
take necessary fogging in and around period and the department has also The Assam Tourism Development Control rooms will function at Uzan- cultural University (AAU) Dr cultural Students Association,
the temple complexes from February been asked to illuminate the ghats in Corporation (ATDC) will make all bazar Ghat and Rajaduar Ghat. KM Bujarbaruah received the the Indian Council of Agricul-
23 to February 25. consultation with the GMC, said the necessary arrangements at Uzanba- The Commandant of Civil Defence Best Vice Chancellor Award tural Research and the Univer-
We have requested the commit- DC, adding that River Police has been zar Ghat and the Guwahati Metropol- will provide volunteers at the places among the VCs of all the agri- sity of Agricultural Sciences,
tees of Sukreswar, Umananda, Ba- tasked to arrange on adequate number itan Development Authority (GMDA) of worship and also at ghats. cultural universities of India. Raichur, said a press statement.
HC hears PIL on city wetlands Death condoled
STAFF REPORTER
RBI appeal to public
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: It is last minute rush, by remit-
LAW REPORTER tion and conservation of wetlands Central Govt in November, In the affidavit submitted by GUWAHATI, Feb 22: Dhiren observed that the rush for re- ting their income tax dues
in Guwahati city. The Director 2013. It was also recorded the Central Govt authority, it Chakravarty, president, Assam mitting Income-Tax dues sufficiently in advance of the
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: A in the National River Conser- that as far as specific water was suggested that in so far as Retired Public Relation Offic- through the Reserve Bank of due date, a press release
Division Bench of the Gau- vation Department, Ministry of bodies of Guwahati are con- the Shilsako Beel, Bondajan ers and Employees Associa- India has been far too heavy stated.
hati High Court comprising Environment and Forest and cerned, Deepor Beel is one Beel and Sola Beel (Borsola and tion has condoled the death of towards the end of March/June/ In addition, select branch-
Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Climate Change, has filed their of the 115 identified wetlands Sorusola) are concerned, these Manoj Kumar Deb, retired di- September/December and it es of accredited agency
Justice Nelson Sailo, after affidavit. The Union Ministry has for conservation under the are not designated as Ramsar rector of the Department of becomes difficult for the bank banks (State Bank of India,
hearing a Public Interest Lit- suggested to the State/Union Wetlands (Conservation and sites and therefore, the Wet- Public Relations, Assam. Deb to cope with the pressure of United Bank of India, UCO
igation ( PIL No. 66/2013) Territories to accord high pri- Management) Rules 2010, land Conservation Rules, 2010 passed away here on Monday. receipts although additional Bank and Central Bank of In-
filed by Homen Borgohain ority on their specified recom- and the Central Govt has re- is not applicable for these wa- counters to the maximum ex- dia) in Guwahati have been
and three other persons, di- mendations to constitute a wet- leased Rs 362 lakh so far to ter bodies and the Central Govt Yoga course tent possible are provided for authorised to accept pay-
rected the State Govt as well land authority on the integrated the Assam government for has taken the stand that these GUWAHATI, Feb 22: The the purpose. ment of income tax dues.
as the Guwahati Municipal management of lakes and wet- proper upkeep of the Deep- water bodies are the responsi- Vivekananda Kendra Kanya- Consequently, the mem- Most of these banks are also
Corporation and GMDA to lands in each state. or Beel. But the utilisation bility of the State Govt and the kumari, Guwahati will con- bers of the public are re- providing facilities for online
submit their affidavit on the After hearing the PIL, the certificate and physical local authorities. duct an introductory yoga quired to wait in queues at payment of taxes. The asses-
issue of protection and con- High Court recorded that the progress report for Rs 50.34 The case is fixed on March course from February 25 to the bank for unnecessarily sees may take advantage of
servation of wetlands in Gu- Assam Govt has yet to des- lakh released eight years ear- 23, for filing of response by March 6 at Soniram Bora long periods. To obviate the these arrangements for
ignate the wetland authority lier, are yet to be forwarded the State Govt and its local Road, Ulubari, a press release inconvenience involved, as- their convenience, the re-
The PIL was filed for protec- as was suggested by the by the State Govt. authorities. stated. Staff Reporter sessees are advised to avoid lease added.
International Mother
Tongue Day observed
CORRESPONDENT stan. He was speaking on the and established the identity for
occasion of International Moth- the language in the global sce-
JALUKBARI, Feb 22: The er Tongue Day, observed by nario. He opined that clash of
the Department of Communi- language is a common prob-
cation and Journalism, Gauhati lem that has the tendency of
University. Saikia spoke on the resilience.
history and growth of this sig- The session was made
nificant day and shared expe- more interesting by raising
Mother Tongue Day, said Jy- riences of his journalistic ca- of the issue of North-East Re-
oti Prasad Saikia, retired bu- reer during the Bangladesh lib- organisation where Saikia
eration war in 1971. discussed the incident that
He further added that Ben- led to the coining of the dis-
gali as a language is an invinci- tinguishing term Seven Sis-
Saikia said the language rev- ble force because of the abun- ters from the rainbow re-
dance of sacrifices in the war gion. The session was also
of independence where all sec- attended by the faculties, stu-
tions of the Bengali society in- dents and research scholars
of being suppressed by Paki- cluding women participated of the department.

Winners of Best Farmers Clubs, Best Farmers Producer Organisations, Best SHG/JLGs/Best Bank awards during the
State Credit Seminar 2017-18 organised by NABARD in Guwahati on Wednesday. AT photo

New organisations launched

STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: An
organisation named Assam
State Council for Protection of
Rights and Honour of Women
was launched today at a meet-
ing held at the Guwahati Press
Club here under the presi-
dentship of senior journalist
DN Chakravartty.
Two other organisations
Assam State Council for Na-
tional and International Affairs
and Assam State Council for
Generation of National Opin-
ion against Bangladeshi Infil-
tration in Assam were also
launched at the meeting.
Explaining the aims and ob-
jectives of these organisations,
Chakravartty said that over
2,100 women are raped every
year in Assam, which includes
125 minor girls.
The need is to generate
strong public opinion against
all those criminals who have
been indulging in such heinous
crimes taking advantage of the
apathy of society and the inef-
fectiveness of police, he said.
Referring to the Assam
State Council for National and
International Affairs, Chakra-
vartty said that the council
would hold regular discussions
in order to keep the people of
Assam well informed about the
current affairs in the world.
Explaining the objectives of
the Assam State Council for
Generation of National Opin-
ion against Bangladeshi Infil-
tration in Assam, Chakravart-
ty said although over six mil-
lion Bangladeshi infiltrators
have been threatening the
very existence of the Assa-
mese people, general masses
in the rest of the country have
scant knowledge about the
threats confronted by the peo-
ple of Assam. The council
would endeavour to create
national public opinion against
infiltration and to persuade the
Government of India to tackle
the problem vigorously.
Jogabrata Dutta was select-
ed as working president of the
Assam State Council for Pro-
tection of Rights and Honour of
Women, while Nava Thakuria
was chosen as working presi-
dent of the Assam State Coun-
cil for National and Internation-
al Affairs, with Uttam Baruah
as general secretary. Bhadra
Krishna Goswami and Nilakan-
ta Nath were selected working
president and general secre-
tary respectively of the Assam
State Council for Generation of
National Opinion against Bang-
ladeshi Infiltration in Assam. Janasanyog/9513/16
 6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI
MESSAGE FOR TODAY
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from
playing the game.
BABE RUTH
Burning issue
The burning issue of detection and deportation of illegal
Bangladeshi migrants from Assam remains as complicated
as ever. First we had a six-year-long agitation against cross-
border influx from Bangladesh, culminating in the Assam
Accord of 1985 something that provided hope for taking
the issue to its logical conclusion. Regrettably, the Accord
has remained more or less a piece of document with many of
its core provisions remaining unimplemented even after
three decades. Now, questions are also being raised on the
constitutional validity of a few crucial provisions of the Ac-
cord as well as of the Citizenship Act, 1955. The matter has
been pending before the apex court for some time, with
three organizations challenging the legitimacy of the depor-
tation cut-off date of March 25, 1971, and of Section 6A of
the Citizenship Act on the ground that it protects illegal
immigrants and was specially enacted for the purpose. The
court has now referred the matter to a constitution bench
and its verdict will have a large bearing on the issue of infil-
tration. Earlier in 2005, the controversial IM (DT) Act was
struck off by the apex court on similar grounds, and it re-
mains to be seen how the court views the constitutional
validity of the provisions in question of both the Assam Ac-
cord and the Citizenship Act. Much water has flown down
the Brahmaputra since the Accord was signed in 1985, and
as such todays changed circumstances warrant a relook at
the Accord, and if necessary, suitable clauses should be
added to the Act to make it more effective and relevant.
Apart from expediting the process of detection, a bilateral
agreement with Bangladesh is highly imperative to ensure
that the Assam Accord is implemented in its letter and spirit.
The unwarranted delay in expelling the illegal migrants has
led to the issue acquiring complexities and unless the con-
tentious issues are resolved, the process of expulsion of the
illegal migrants would get weakened and continue to fuel
strife and tension.
Ironically, it was the issue of detecting and deporting
illegal migrants that was central to the Assam Accord,
and yet, this precisely happens to be the area on which
the agreement has fallen way short of delivering. The
abysmally low incidence of detection and deportation of
infiltrators would surely testify to this. The much-talked-
about sealing of the porous Indo-Bangla border, too, is
nowhere near materialization as is the crucial issue of
providing constitutional safeguards for the indigenous
populace who run the risk of marginalization in the face of
large-scale influx. All this also raises the question whether
the Accord was signed hurriedly leaving in the process
inherent and debilitating drawbacks. Perhaps the Accord
left one gaping hole by not emphasizing on the need to
have a repatriation treaty between India and Bangladesh
under which the latter would be obliged to take back all
the legally-detected infiltrators. That said, the worsen-
ing of the issue of cross-border influx has more to do with
the failure of the Government of India and the Assam
Government to put in place a foolproof border protection
mechanism all these years that encouraged continued
large-scale migration to Assam.
Organ donation
Renowned renal transplant expert Dr Sarbeswar
Sahariah has rightly called for a campaign to raise the
awareness of organ donation in the country. Dr Sahariah
stressed the need to raise the level of awareness about
the brain death concept to boost organ donation. For or-
gan donation to become a reality in the country, govern-
ment organizations and professions associated with health
must try to motivate people on the importance of it. Peo-
ple must be made aware of the fact that one organ donor
can save more than eight lives and enhance the lives of
over 50 people by way of tissue donation after he or she
is no more. One can get the new life through organ trans-
plantation donated by someone. The donor not only gives
a new life but also improves the quality of life of the organ
transplanted person. In India, people are not very in-
clined to part with organs of their loved ones even after
death. Only 1% of Indians donate their organs after death
while in the western nations around 70-80% of the peo-
ple pledge their organs. Spain leads the chart in organ
donation. A good number of countries like the USA, UK,
Germany and the Netherlands have a family consent
system for donations where people sign up as donors.
Other countries like Singapore, Belgium and Spain have
adopted a more aggressive approach of presumed con-
sent, which permits organ donation by default unless the
donor has explicitly opposed it during his or her lifetime.
The organs which can be donated include the kidneys,
liver, lungs, cornea and bone marrow.
Related statistics paint a very grim picture in the In-
dian context. According to a report, more than five lakh
people in the country are dying every year just because
of the failure of their major functioning organs. Diseases
of the liver claim over two lakh lives annually while over
150,000 people await a kidney transplant. Corneal blind-
ness in over one lakh persons could have been avoided
had there been donors. In 2014, there were only 411
organ donors after brain death. This resulted in the trans-
plantation of just 720 kidneys, 354 livers, 54 hearts and
16 lungs. According to the Health Ministry data, less
than one person per million population donates organs in
India, as against 36 persons per million population donat-
ing in Spain. Time has come to reverse the prevailing
trend of organ donation in the country. A comprehensive
organ donation policy should be formulated. People should
be motivated to come forward and pledge to donate their
organs. Organ donation is the best gift that one can give
for the sake of humanity.
Contesting traditions and gender stereotypes
W
omen across the
world have grown
up believing that
tradition circum-
scribes their roles. Traditions are al-
ways invented by the more domi-
nant group in society the male. I
cant recall a single tradition we cite
in any society which was first started
by women. Even the way women
dress is nearly always meant to ap-
pease the male gaze. And if the attire
or womans behaviour somehow
does not meet with the traditional
male approval, then the woman
could be raped and has only herself
to blame. It is only now that women
are contesting these archaic tradi-
tions and reclaiming the spaces they
have lost over the centuries because
they allowed tradition to define their
lives, their thought patterns and their
worldviews. This brings us to the
point as to what really is tradition.
All communities have their tradi-
tions, some of which add value to
human existence and help build com-
munity bonds. In fact communities
draw from past experiences when
challenged by present threats. Tra-
dition is therefore a set of value sys-
tems; a moral compass for a society;
a comfort zone that they retreat into
when faced with an external threat.
That external threat could some-
times be a new culture a break
from the past which some in the
community want to adopt and adapt
to because those persons had been
influenced by a life outside of that
society. The fact that decades ago our
men quickly adapted to western
clothing almost unquestioningly and
gave up the dhoti or whatever form
Bail the bull out
FI Choudhury
he Prevention of Cruel-
T ty to Animals (Amend-
ment), Act, 2017 has
brought the issue of ani-
mal right into sharp focus again. The
Tamil Nadu Governments effort to
legalize the controversial jallikat-
tu by amending the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 has
prompted animal lovers and activ-
ists to file several petitions before
the Supreme Court of India chal-
lenging the amendment.
To refresh the memory, the ani-
mal rights campaigners, People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) and Animal Welfare Board
of India moved the Supreme Court
in 2014 seeking banning of jallikattu
with the plea of animal cruelty. Ac-
cepting the plea, the Court banned
jallikattu. The judgment categori-
cally held that since the bulls body this year, unprecedented waves of
is not anatomically designed for run-
ning, so taming the bull will be cru-
elty and thus violative of the Act of
1960. Upholding the constitutional
status for rights of animals like citi-
zens, the Court had quashed the
Tamil Nadu Regulation of Jallikattu
Act, 2009 which allowed jallikattu.
Letters
to the
EDITOR
Sir, The allegation that the
successive Assam governments
have been indifferent to the people
of the two hill districts meting out a
step-motherly treatment towards
them is not without substance. The
State budget for the year 2017-18
gives credence to such allegations.
Not a single new project/scheme
worth the name has been proposed
nor any time-bound implementa-
tion of the current incomplete
projects and schemes mentioned
for Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao.
All the new projects/schemes are
evenly distributed in both the
Brahmaputra and Barak valleys but
the two hill districts have pitifully
been left out as if they are not parts
of Assam. While the Rs 200-crore
allocation to the BTAD as one-time
financial assistance is appreciated,
the allocation of the paltry sums of
Rs 50 and Rs 20 crore to the KAAC
and DHAC respectively governed
under the Sixth Schedule of the
Constitution is an insult to the
people of these two districts.
Considering the geographical as
well as demographical sizes and the
constitutional status, both the
of clothing they wore is because pants
are comfortable and utilitarian. It
took many more decades before
women started wearing pants be-
cause they were considered male
attire. Now men and women in west-
ern societies wear pants as a matter
of utility and no one bats an eyelid. In
India too, women have switched over
to pants especially while travelling,
except in very conservative socie-
ties. So tradition gave way to com-
fort and convenience.
Since the live issue today is about
tradition versus gender rights, one
cannot but point out that
the so-called primitive
tribal societies of the
North-east have evolved
The contentiousness of
from their primitive pasts. tradition is that it is selectively
The external manifesta-
tions of that evolution are
used by dominant groups in
visible, especially in the the society. Any tradition that
way they dress and be-
have and readily accepted privileges only half of the
Christianity. Alas! Chris- population and marginalises
tianity has only perpetu-
ated the gender myths and the other half has no place in
reinforced patriarchy. The modern jurisprudence. It can
British introduced the half
pant to the tribal male of and must be contested.
this region, including to
Naga men. Later on, they
learnt that the full pants were more
comfortable and warmer and
switched to those. Women however,
hung on to their traditional attire
and still do because tradition pre-
scribes that they are the cultural
symbols of their societies. Its a dif- main and that they (women) must
ferent matter that women with cour-
age refuse to be defined by such
stereotypes but they have paid the
price for doing so.
Now if traditional male clothing
can be discarded in favour of west-
ern clothing, why does tradition still
bind women to their dresses? On
Sundays while men are suited and
booted, women are in their tradi-
Writing the judgment, Justice KS
Radhakrishnan said, Bulls cannot
be used as performing animals for
jallikattu and bullock-cart race, since
they are basically draught and pack
animals, not anatomically designed
for such performances. It further
added, Parliament, it is expected,
would elevate the rights of animals
to that of constitutional rights, as
done by many of the countries
around the world, so as to protect
their dignity and honour.
To overturn the judgment and
to appease the jallikattu lovers, the
Central Government in 2016
passed an executive order allow-
ing the controversial sport. The
notification was challenged. When
the final verdict was yet to be pro-
nounced by the Supreme Court,
just before the Pongal in January
protesters descended on the
streets in Tamil Nadu seeking lift-
ing of the ban on jallikattu. Out of
pressure and politics, the amend-
ment in question has been passed
by the Tamil Nadu State Assem-
bly to legalize jallikattu. The mat-
ter is sub-judice before the Su-
Budget allocations and the hill districts
KAAC and DHAC deserve to get at
least Rs 150 and Rs 100 crore
respectively. This contemptuous
action of the State Government has
left the hill men resentful. It does
not bode well for the social and
territorial integrity of Assam in the
long run.
If the budget for 2017-18 is any
indication, the very common
slogan of Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal Pahar,
bhaiyam, Barak upatyaka logot loi
kam korim (I shall take along the
people of the hills, plains and the
Barak Valley together) sounds
hollow. There is a big gap between
what he preaches and what he
does. There is a trust deficit
between the people of the hills and
the plains. The need of the hour is
to bridge the gap of this trust
deficit and the political leaders
should refrain from adopting any
policy which the hill men may
perceive as a ploy for political,
economic and social domination
over them by the numerically
stronger people of the plains of
Assam. They should learn lessons
from the political faux pas commit-
ted by their predecessors in the
60s which led to the balkanization
of Assam. Yours etc., KANGNEP
TERON, Diphu.
tional mekhelas, dakmandas,
jainsems, sarees, et al. No doubt these selves, the men have a huge prob-
are beautiful dresses and add beauty
and grace but if women continue to
wear them, it must be because they
choose to and not because they supporting the Bill that gives 33%
have to. reservation for women in urban lo-
All traditions emerged at some
point in time and every generation
creates its own sets of value systems
which are later passed down as tra-
dition. Tradition is therefore not sac- tion of seats for women in ULBs is a
rosanct. And to cite tradition as an
alibi to keep women out of politics is been more crude and unrelenting
a gendered agenda and a stereotypi-
cal assumption that men are better
suited to politics and that they have a legislate over what happens to that
natural claim to the political re-
sources that enable them to fight elec- a right to decide on matters concern-
tions. Women are also conditioned
to believe that politics is a male do- land to groups and corporations they
only be the political resources that
men can draw from as campaigners,
polling agents and mobilizes of other
womens votes. Men rely heavily on
women volunteers during elections. the State to craft out an economic
And women nearly always outdo
men in terms of voting. Hence they
are a valuable resource that male
candidates cannot afford to lose. So
now that women have evolved and
preme Court which will look into
the legality and constitutionality of
the amendment.
The Tamil festival Pongal, an im-
portant Hindu festival, is basically
thanks-giving to the nature for har-
vest. The third day of the festival is
dedicated for the bulls that play a
vital role in agriculture. To celebrate
this, with enthusiasm people organ-
ize the bull-taming sport called jal-
likattu when a bull is unleashed on
the bull tamers. One who crosses
the finish line by holding only the
hump of the bull wins. To incite the
bull for running, it is beaten, poked,
yanked by nose ropes and twisting
the tail. The bull runs in a disparate
attempt to escape the pain when the
participant would try to cross the
finish line by holding its hump. Some
alleges that the bull is even forced
to drink alcohol and some chemi-
cals sprinkled on its testicles too to
tame it. As the bull runs, injury or
death gets a narrow escape. For the
spectators, jallikattu brings excite-
ment and amusement. Some ancient
depictions, as it is said, confirms the
practice of jallikattu even in the time
of the Indus Valley civilization. The
Tamil people argue that this agri-
cultural sport is an inseparable part
Poor school condition
Sir, The Maskara Chah
Mazdoor Primary School, the only
school in the Maskara Tea Estate
under the Demow block elemen-
tary school office, is in a pathetic
condition. The school was estab-
lished in 1984 and was
provincialized in 1987. At a time
when the Central and State
governments are laying stress on
digital education in schools, this
school languishes in a dilapidated
condition. The school has poor
infrastructure with its tinned roof
mostly damaged. The tube wells in
the school campus do not work
properly. Moreover, there is no
urinal in the school and some rooms
do not even have doors. The school
authorities are not paying any
attention towards these issues. I
would like to appeal to the State
Education Minister to take
immediate steps in this regard.
Yours etc., AUROBINDA DEY,
Demow, Sivasagar.
Brave act
Sir, We must salute the bravery
and sacrifice of Gautam Baruah, the
forest guard who was killed in a
rhino attack in the Kaziranga
National Park (AT, Feb 14). Baruah
was seriously injured when a rhino
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
want to contest elections them-
lem. This is at the heart of the cur-
rent controversy in Nagaland where
one Chief Minister lost his job for
cal bodies (ULBs).
Many arguments have been ad-
vanced by different groups of men in
the Naga society as to why reserva-
bad idea. While the tribal unions have
and cite tradition as an embargo for
women to remain confined
to the spaces they are al-
lowed to, the more sophis-
ticated Nagas living in the
cities submit that the ULBs
are the first step towards
the entry of the markets
into tribal societies and that
having women at the helm
might hasten the process
of land alienation. In other
words, women are not
considered astute enough
to defend the land they
never owned or are not al-
lowed to own. The argu-
ment then is that if women
dont or cannot own land in
Nagaland, they also have no right to
land. In other words, only men have
ing land or if need be to alienate that
deem fit. Nagaland has not lived in
isolation from the rest of the world.
Its politicians recognize the urgency
to create jobs for their burgeoning
youth population and that requires
policy, of which wooing the private
sector to invest in Nagaland, is one
way out. There is a limit to entre-
preneurship if there is no market to
purchase those goods and services
of their culture and tradition. The
other argument is that jallikattu is
vital for the survival and continu-
ance of the native breed of the bulls.
But no amount of argument would
satisfy the animal lovers who want
a total ban on it to save the bull from
torture in the name of tradition.
The controversy has brought in
complex questions for debate,
whether culture or tradition be al-
lowed to continue on the heap of
animal cruelty? Animal cruelty is
prohibited and is made punishable
under the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act, 1960. Our Constitu-
tion not only places a duty on every
citizen to have compassion for
living creatures, it also gives au-
thority to both Parliament and the
State Legislatures to make laws to
prevent cruelty to animals, etc., the
rationale behind the birth of the
1960 Act.
In 2001, the Kerala High Court
banned the exhibition and training
of tigers, bears, monkeys, panthers,
etc., as performing animals. The
Supreme Court further added that
it is cruelty on animals and it con-
travenes the Act. Bull was not in-
cluded in the list till then. But the
sport came under scanner when
attacked him when he was on patrol
duty along with his two other
colleagues. He later succumbed to
the injuries. We have come to know
that though he had the option to
shoot the rhino, he sacrificed his
own life in order to save the pride
of Assam. Therefore, Baruahs
contribution and sacrifice for the
protection of the wildlife in the
national park should be honoured.
Late Baruah, who hailed from
Srijangram of Bongaigaon district,
was known for his commitment to
his duty. Though we always blame
the Forest Department whenever a
rhino is killed, we keep ignoring the
problems of the forest guards in
carrying out their duties. There are
a number of instances of forest
guards being attacked by wild
animals. Therefore, the contribu-
tions and sacrifices made by them
should be recognized and their
problems addressed. Yours etc.,
RINKUMANI PATHAK, Napam,
Tezpur.
Stern action
Sir, Through the columns of
your esteemed daily, I would like to
draw the attention of the SEBA
towards the conduct of the HSLC
2017. The recent acts of the SEBA
have already grabbed the news
produced. The States of the North-
east are looking at clean industries
such as those provided by the infor-
mation technology or the crafts sec-
tor (bamboo crafts, handlooms and
handicrafts, food technology, etc.). All
of these sectors require free move-
ment of goods and people and, above
all, land on which to create the infra-
structure. Men want to continue to
take decisions on these vital sectors
of the economy.
Another vacuous argument ad-
vanced by the educated male folks
against reservation of seats for
women in ULBs is that others (non-
Naga, non-tribals) might take advan-
tage of their women by marrying
them and taking possession of their
land and, therefore, weakening the
tribal ethos and community ties. But
if women dont own land in the first
place, how are they expected to
transfer the land to their spouses?
Perhaps what Naga men apprehend
is that if 33% women can be elected
to the ULBs, then there is a possibil-
ity that they will continue to fight for
equal opportunity to own land as well.
After all, it is a male-constructed tra-
dition that says women have no land
rights. And that is a contradiction in
terms because tribals claim that land
belongs to clans and communities.
So does clan and community only
include men? Where do women fig-
ure in the community then? Once
that manipulated tradition is busted,
women too can claim their rights to
land in a country whose Constitu-
tion provides equal rights to women
and men.
The contentiousness of tradition
is that it is selectively used by domi-
nant groups in the society. Any tradi-
tion that privileges only half of the
population and marginalizes the other
half has no place in modern jurispru-
dence. It can and must be contested.
(patricia.mukhim@gmail.com)
during jallikattu in 2004, a bull
rammed into the spectators killing
a young boy. The shocked father of
the boy knocked the door of the
court, following which the Tamil
Nadu Government banned the
sport. Unfortunately, the ban was
lifted and in 2009 the Tamil Nadu
Government brought a regulation
to allow jallikattu, which was sub-
sequently quashed by the Supreme
Court by its 2014 judgment.
All major religions shower com-
passion for the animals. Many reli-
gious thoughts believe that ances-
tors return to the earth in animal
forms, and thus animals are treated
with respect. Different religions
permit animal sacrifice which is re-
vered as sacred. And the doctrine
of necessity justifies the killing of
animal for food. But animal cruelty
is denounced by all including those
who dont love animals.
The pain of the bull in jallikattu is
evident. Being dumb and helpless,
it suffers in silence. The Apex Court
is on caveat being the protector of
rights. Since the Supreme Court has
already settled the law on jallikattu
in 2014, there would be little hope
for the amendment to survive the
judicial review.
headlines. The frisking of the
candidates, the harassment faced by
the examinees, etc., are indeed
matters of serious concern.
Moreover, the alleged question
paper leak of the subjects of
Assamese and Social Science on the
day of General Mathematics
examination is yet another serious
blunder. Keeping these in view, we
request the State Education
Minister to look into this matter
immediately and take steps as per
law. No such anomalies should
occur during the conduct of the
Higher Secondary exam under the
AHSEC. Yours etc., GAURAV
GAUTAM SAHA, MG Road,
Nagaon.
Wrong spelling
Sir, The Chief Ministers
message to the examinees of the
HSLC, High Madrassa and HSSLC
examination in The Assam Tribune
(Feb 17, 2017) contains a glaring
spelling error. The copywriter of
the message ought to have checked
how the word career is spelt.
Shame on Janasanyog for this gross
negligence. Yours etc., ALPANA K
PHUKAN, DPS Road, Guwahati.
Articles (within 1000-1100 words) and
Letters to the Editor for publication in
the editorial page may be sent to the
email ID: editor@assamtribune.com.
 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
CITY THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 7

Pranab Barua award

to Troilokya Datta
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: Emi-
nent cartoonist Troilokya Dat-
ta was honoured with the
Pranab Barua Art Award-
2016 at a function held at
Vivekananda Kendra audito-
rium today. The award carries
Rs 25,000 and a citation.
Presenting the award to
Troilokya Datta, noted littera-
teur Dr Birendranath Datta called
him a great artist and a cartoon-
ist par excellence. He is a great
artist. As a cartoonist, he is a pio-
neer in Assam and his images
are powerful and carry a strong
social message, he said.
In his acceptance speech,
Troilokya Datta recollected his
long association with late
Pranab Barua and described
him as a legendary artist. We
were born in the same year
and had an enduring friendship.
He was a born artist and his
works stand out for their orig-
inality and poignancy, he said.
Born in Barpeta district in
1930, Troilokya Datta was the
first commercial cartoonist of
Assam. He also had a long stint
with the Assam Tribune group
of newspapers. He has received
several awards and accolades
that include Bishnu Rabha Bota,
Sonit Konwar Gajen Baruah
Bota, Amulya Kakati Smarok
Bota, etc. Staff Reporter
Child marriage: Survey to
identify vulnerable areas in city
RITURAJ BORTHAKUR
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: On the
day she was rescued, 12-year-
old Rabina (name changed) was
excited for just one reason
she got a new dress, a saree,
and she would be wearing it for
the first time. As she played
with her little sister in the new
saree, she had no inkling she
would be getting married on
that very day.
Four or five days before we
rescued her, we were in-
formed by an alert local that
Rabinas family had approached
a kazi, apparently for solem-
nising the wedding. We asked
some locals to keep an eye on
the house. On that day, Rabina
was spotted in a saree, which
raised apprehensions that the
wedding could be held on that
day. Immediately we conduct-
ed an operation and rescued
the girl from her uncles resi-
dence, Kamrup (Metro) Dis-
trict Child Protection Officer
(DCPO) Binjumoni Das said.
Rabinas Bilasipara-based
father was summoned, but he
feigned ignorance and said he
had sent the girl with her
mother to Guwahati as he was
unable to bear her educational
expenses. Her mother had
been absconding till Monday.
Rabina is among eight mi-
nors rescued by Childline since
Assault on foreigners tribunal member
January last year, as cases of
child marriages continued to
rear their ugly head in the cap-
ital city.
Not that there were less
cases earlier. Now the cases
are being reportedpeople are
becoming more aware. Most
of the victims are girls, but
there are boys too, Child-
lines Guwahati coordinator
Nirmal Deka said.
In fact, a 17-year-old boy had
come to the district child pro-
tection unit, seeking its help
after his father tried to organ-
ise his marriage along with his
brother. The DCPO inter-
vened and prevented the mar-
riage and the boy is now pur-
suing his studies.
Since May 2015, nine cases
were reported, of which six were
in the Dhirenpara locality alone.
According to the DCPO,
many of the cases were from
the minority community. The
minority community and float-
ing populace, including the Hin-
di-speaking community, are the
most vulnerable group. Not that
they are not aware. But due to
various reasons, including finan-
cial constraints, they get in-
volved in such acts, she said.
The child welfare committee
conducts counselling for the vic-
tims as well as the guardians.
In many cases, the guardians
are cooperating they have
given underatkings, Das said.
Concerned at the rise in the
number of cases, the DCPO
has roped in an NGO to con-
duct a survey in the city and
identify the vulnerable areas.
We have requested Child
Friendly, an NGO, to conduct
a survey in the city and identi-
fy the vulnerable areas so that
we can organise sensitisation
programmes and reach out to
the vulnerable sections. Slum
areas are also under our ra-
dar, the CDPO said.
The CDPO has also roped
in citizens in some localities for
alerting the authorities in the
event of any information re-
garding such incidents.
As many of the cases have
been reported in the Dhiren-
para area, we are holding a
programme coinciding with
the Child Protection Day on
March 4 in the locality. In some
cases, we also have to be stern.
If one or two guardians are
arrested, it will send a mes-
sage. In fact, according to law,
besides the priest/kazi, even
the invited guests at a child
marriage are liable to face pun-
ishment for supporting the
event, she added.
The Executive Engineer,
(Agri), South Tripura,
Udaipur invites sealed
tender against DNIT NO:-
DNIT NO. 09/CE/AGRI/EE
(South)/2016-17 and Press
NIT No: 03/EE(AGRI)/S/
2016-17 Dt. 21.02.2017
Name of work: Setting up
of 500 MT capacity
Multipurpose cold storage at
Karbook, Gomati District on
Turn Key Basis including
2(two) year operation and
maintenance .
Earnest Money: Rs. 2.30
lacs (Rupees two lakhs

Stern action against the

thirty thousand) only, (in the
shape of FD, D-call or DD
from any Nationalized
Bank in favour of

guilty demanded tendering authority.

Cost of bid document: Rs.
2000.00 (Rupees two
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: The of lawyers, while engaging in four lawyers namely Mir Ab- thousand) only, (Non
Patriotic Peoples Front Assam heated arguments with the dur Baten, Safiqur Islam, Refundable)
(PPFA) has expressed serious sitting judge on February 15 Anowar Hussain and Nurjamal Time of Completion: 18
concern over the Goalpara in- over a D (doubtful) voters Islam, suspecting their roles in (Eighteen) months.
cident, where a sitting judge case, ended up physically as- the assault case. The other Last Date of dropping of
tenders up to 3.00 P.M.
was physically manhandled by saulting Phukan and vandalis- three accused (Nazrul Islam, on 17.03.2017
some lawyers recently, and ing the office. Omar Farooq and Shahjahan Place of dropping: Office
demanded stern action against Tribunal member Phukan Ali), whose names figured in of the tendering authority &
those unruly law practitioners had on February 9 opined that Phukans FIR, are absconding. Executive Engineer (Agri),
so that the dignity of the Indi- eight out of 13 D-voters, We would like to urge the West, Agartala.
GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH an judicial entity is maintained. whose cases were dealt with Supreme Court, which consti- Opening of Technical Bid:
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION The PPFA argued that the in his court, were foreigners. tuted the Foreigners Tribunals 18.03.2017 at 3:00 PM in the
ITANAGAR Office chamber of the
anti-national criminals, who This angered the lawyers, for expediting identification
No.DCA/FWA/NIT/2017 Dated Itanagar, the 21st February, 2017. Tendering authority.
NOTICE INVITING BIDS assaulted Foreigners Tribunal hired by the individuals, and and determination of illegal For details please visit:
Sealed bid offers under TWO BID SYSTEM are hereby invited by the member Ajay Kumar Phukan they along with a few other migrants, to take serious note www.tenders.gov.in or
Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh from eligible commercial permit holders inside his office at Goalpara in law practitioners started ar- of the incident, said a state- www.tripurainfo.com
under DGCA, India (Non-scheduled category) Operator, for WET LEASE
of one fixed wing multi-engine aircraft/aeroplane for flight service operation
western Assam, must be pun- guing with Phukan and finally ment issued by the PPFA, add- Sd/- Executive Engineer
in Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining areas for an initial period of 3(three) ished to protect the image of turned hostile. ing that the Bar Council of In- (Civil)
months with 40 hours of flying time guarantee per month on pilot basis judicial personalities among Phukan had lodged an FIR dia must take exemplary ac- Deptt. of Agriculture
with provision for renewal/extension at same rates and terms & conditions South Tripura, Udaipur
the masses. with the Goalpara Sadar Police tion against the lawyers who
with mutual consent in prescribed bid form and proforma:- ICA/C/2291/17
i) Tender No. DCA/FWA/NIT/2017 dated 21.02.2017 for (6-10 seater) It may be noted that a group Station and the police arrested assaulted a judge.
multi-engine fixed wing aircraft/aeroplane of latest/modern technology,
not more than 10 (Ten) years of age as on the date of opening of tender.
Bidder shall be ready to operate at Arunachal Pradesh and adjoining
areas, within 15(Fifteen) days from the date of issue of letter of intent
(Lol). The locations from which to operate are as follows:
a. ALG Ziro, Lower Subansiri District,
b. ALG Pasighat, East Siang District,
c. ALG Tuting, Upper Siang District,
d. ALG Aalo, West Siang District,
e. ALG Mechuka, West Siang District,
f. Airport Tezu, Lohit District
The above locations are to be connected within themselves and nearby
Airports at Lilabari, Tezpur and Guwahati in the state of Assam.
2. Detailed terms and conditions, approximate utilization of flying hours
and technical parameters required for the Bidder are specified in the
above Tender Documents for which interested Operators can visit
Government of Arunachal Pradesh website
www.arunachalpradesh.gov.in.
3. Bidder is to deposit Bid Bond (Earnest Money) of Rs.10.00 lakh
(Rupees ten lakh) only for multi-engine 6 to 10 seater Fixed wing Aircraft/
Aeroplane in the form of Bank Guarantee as specified in the Detailed
Tender Documents.
4. Detail Tender Documents may be collected from the Office of the
Director (Civil Aviation), Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Naharlagun from
23.02.2017 to 12.03.2017 during office hours from 1000 hours (IST) to
1600 hours (IST) against a request/authority letter, on payment of
Tender Fee of Rs. 5,000/-(Rupees Five Thousand)(nonrefundable) only Teachers under the banner of Assam High School Teachers Association and Assam
per bid document by Demand Draft in favour of The Director of Civil Sikshak-Karmachari Maha Joutha Sangathan staging a demonstration at Dispur Last
Aviation, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Naharlagun, payable at Naharlagun,
Gate in Guwahati on Wednesday. UB Photos
Arunachal Pradesh.
5. Detail Tender Documents may also be collected by post by sending a
Board of Secondary Education, Assam
self addressed stamped envelope along with requisite Tender Fee as
mentioned above. The Government of Arunachal Pradesh will however
not be responsible for non-reaching of the Tender Documents due to
postal delay or misplacement etc
Assam House Dy Resident Guwahati-21
6. Tender Documents can also be downloaded from the website-
www.arunachalpradesh.gov.in. from 21.02.2017. The Downloaded Tender
Form must be accompanied by the Demand Draft of requisite Tender Fee
Commissioner felicitated HSLC/AHM EXAMINATION, 2017
REVISED PROGRAMME
as mentioned above while submitting Technical Bid failing which the bid STAFF REPORTER tively been rendering assist- over seven lakh people lose
shall be rejected forthwith. ance to suffering humanity. their lives every year in India Date and Day Subject Time
7 Last date and time of receipt and opening of Sealed Tenders by post
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: Deva- Jogabrata Dutta, working to cancer, while ten lakh new Original Revised
or by hand in the office of Director (Civil Aviation), Govt. of Arunachal
Pradesh, Naharlagun Helipad are as under:- sish Sarma, Deputy Resident president of Ambikagiri Me- persons get afflicted every February 23rd 2017 March 11th 2017 Social Science 9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon
Sl. Tender No. & Date Date & time of Date & time of Commissioner, Assam House, morial Trust, felicitated Sarma year. He added that besides Thursday Saturday
No. receipt Opening Mumbai, was felicitated at a with a gamosa, while Khound being hereditary, 40 per cent
Opening of Sealed Bid Documents & Technical Bids March 7th 2017 As scheduled MIL /* English (IL) 9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon
1. Tender No.DCA/FWA/NIT/2017 1200 hours on 1300 hours on
function held at the Guwahati and Chakravartty honoured cases could be attributed to Tuesday earlier
dated. 21.02.2017 for One 6 - 10 14.03.2017 14.03.2017 Press Club under the joint aus- him with a shawl and a japi. Dr changes in lifestyle of people
March 10th 2017 March 15th 2017 Practical Examination From 9:00 a.m.
seater multi-engine Fixed wing Aircraft. pices of the Journalists Asso- and tobacco consumption. Friday Wednesday of the subjects- onwards.
1 Tender No.DCA/FWA/NIT/2017
Opening of Financial Bids
1100 hours on
ciation of Assam (JAA) and Service to cancer In the mad pursuit of mate- Computer Science
Guwahati Senior Citizens As- rial excellence, our people lose
dated, 21.02.2017 for One 6 - 10 16.03.2017
sociation (GSCA) today.
patients from NE sight of the importance of coex-
(E), Wood Craft (E),
Textile Designing &
seater multi-engine Fixed wing Aircraft.
8. A Pre-bid meeting will be held at 1100 hrs on 07.03.2017 in the Senior journalist DN in Mumbai istence with nature. While can- Clothing (E), Cane &
Office Chamber of Secretary, Civil Aviation, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Chakravartty, who is the pres- cer is the final manifestation of Bamboo Technology (E),
Itanagar. Music (E), Dance (E),
9. If intervened by a holiday, Tenders will be received / opened at the ident of both the organisations, Banikanta Sarma, Khanindra unusual multiplication of cells,
Home Science (E),
same time on next working day. presided over the function. Chandra Das and Madhabendra our people are not generally Agriculture (E),
10. If Technical Bid of any bidder is found incomplete, not supported by Baneswar Khound, mem- Dutta Baruah, while felicitating aware of the seven symptoms Information Tech. enabled
requisite Bid Bond and/or required documents or deficient of any technical ber in charge of administra- Sarma, thanked him for his before the disease advances to
parameters as specified in the Detailed Tender Documents, their Financial
Services (E) and
Bid shall not be opened and shall be returned to the bidder in sealed tion, GSCA, while felicitating commendable services and ex- the second stage, he said, and Retail Trade (E)
condition as submitted by the bidder. Sarma for his exemplary serv- pressed the hope that his serv- suggested that proper arrange-
11. The Government of Arunachal Pradesh reserves the right to reject ices for the cause of cancer- ices would be duly recognised ment should be made to moti- * Time allowed 2 (Two) Hours (9 a.m. to 11 a.m.)
any or the entire bid offers without assigning any reasons thereof. Examination of other remaining subjects will be held as per earlier scheduled.
afflicted patients and their fam- by the society at large. vate the new generation about
Sd/- ( S.K. Jain )
Secretary (Civil Aviation) ilies hailing from the North Replying to the felicitation, proper lifestyle and the danger Sd/- Secretary
DIPR/ARN-5258 Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh East, dwelt at length on how Sarma said that cancer has as- from consumption of tobacco Board of Secondary Education, Assam,
G/3690/1 ITANAGAR. Sarma has selflessly and effec- sumed alarming dimensions as products. Bamunimaidam, Guwahati-21
 8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI
Actors Pranjal Saikia, Guna Mahanta, Bishnu Kharghoria and flute artiste Dipak Sarma at the inauguration ceremony of
Punya Aranya Namghar of Telia Pathar village near Demow on Tuesday. UB Photos
Modesty of
girl student
outraged in
Jorhat
CORRESPONDENT
JORHAT, Feb 22: A school
drop-out boy of 17 allegedly
outraged the modesty of a girl
here at a public place in broad
daylight in the heart of the city
on Monday which caused pan-
ic among the students.
Police said that the accused
was arrested under Section
354 of the Indian Penal Code
(IPC) after they were con-
vinced that he had committed
the crime which led to panic in
the complainant. Though we
produced him in a local court
here the he was allegedly
granted bail by the court, said
a police officer of Jorhat Sadar
Police Station.
Seeking protection and jus-
tice against the crime the girl
said that the case should be
considered as a serious by the
police and judiciary. The ac-
cused must get exemplary
punishment. I appeal to eve-
ryone in Jorhat to raise their
voice against such crimes to
protect the rights of every cit-
izen, said the girl.
Convention of
anganwadi
workers
on Feb 27
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: The
State-level convention of the
Assam State Anganwadi Help-
ers Union and the Assam unit
of the Anganwadi Mini Work-
ers Union will be held on Feb-
ruary 27 at the Bishnu Nirmala
Bhavan, a press release stated.
The problems of the angan-
wadi workers viz., their non-
consideration as workers
even after repeated recom-
mendations, payment of mea-
gre honorarium instead of sal-
aries or wages, demand for a
salary of at least Rs 18,000 per
month will be discussed. Agi-
tations were organised dur-
ing the Congress regime
many times on these issues,
but there was no solution and
even during the BJPs reign,
the situation remains the
same, the union said in the
statement. The union is go-
ing ahead with its agitation on
these issues as also on other
demands like fixation of pay
for the anganwadi helpers, sal-
aries of mini anganwadi help-
ers like those of regular em-
ployees and upgrading of mi-
nor anganwadi centres to
main centres etc.
After the convention, a
protest demonstration will
also be held at the Office of
the Director of the Social
Welfare Department, the re-
lease added.
OBITUARY
Prabhat Goswami
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: Pra-
bhat Goswami, a retired
officer of the Reserve Bank of
India, died at his own
residence in the Kalipur area
of the city today due to old
age ailments.
Goswami, who was 84,
leaves behind his wife, two
sons, three daughters and a
host of other relatives.
State BJP chief for mass awareness
about welfare schemes
CORRESPONDENT
JORHAT, Feb 22: Stressing
the need of mass awareness
about the Governments wel-
fare schemes among the citi-
zens of all religions, castes and
communities, State BJP pres-
ident Ranjeet Kumar Dass on
Tuesday appealed to the
booth-level workers of all
gram panchayats here to sen-
sitise the people across the dis-
trict so that the public can reap
the benefits of these schemes.
There are 1.98 crore vot-
ers in the State out of a total
population of 3.25 crore. If we
are able to bring all the wel-
fare schemes of the Govern-
ment to the people, we can
automatically win the popular
mandate in any election in fu-
New committee constituted
ANN Service
KALIABOR, Feb 22: Man-
ch, a leading literary cultural and
sports organisation of Sorub-
hagia under Kaliabor subdivision
has constituted its new commit-
tee in its general meeting held
recently with Torun Muktiar
(Dainik Asam correspondent)
as president and Pradip Laskar
as secretary along with 21
members for the ensuing year.
Session on personal interview
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
DIBRUGARH, Feb 22: The
Equal Opportunity Centre
(EOC) and the Department of
English of DHSK Commerce
College here jointly organised
an interactive session on Ap-
pearing in Personal Interviews
here on Friday.
Inaugurating the session, Dr
KM Bhagawati, Principal of the
institution in his speech high-
lighted the importance of differ-
ent skills while facing personal
interviews.
Maitreyee Mayuree Sar-
mah, Asst Professor in the De-
partment of Commerce, Dibru
College was the resource per-
son. She urged the students to
equip themselves with differ-
ent cognitive skills to face the
challenges that come before
them in the present competi-
tive scenario.
Gopi Krishna Joshi: a tribute
Gopi Krishna Joshi, senior
advocate of Gauhati High Court
died on February 10 at his res-
idence due to protracted illness.
Late Joshi was born on Janu-
ary 1, 1940. He had his educa-
tion at Guwahati and did his
MCom, LLB under Gauhati
University. Late Joshi started
his career as a school teacher
in 1957 in Gauhati Hindi High
School (later LOG Hindi High
School in 1959) and served
there up to 1964 as an assistant
teacher. Thereafter he joined
at Gauhati Commerce College
as a part time lecturer in 1962
and in 1964 he was appointed
as a full time lecturer and
served till 1976.
Late Joshi started legal prac-
tice on the taxation side in 1970-
ture, said Dass.
Citing various populist
schemes of the new Budget for
unemployed youths, women
entrepreneurs, minorities and
specially abled citizens, the
State BJP chief asked the
members and supporters of
the saffron party to follow the
philanthropic attitude of Deen-
dayal Upadhyaya who called for
the inclusive welfare of the cit-
izens of the country.
According to him, the BJP-
led Government in the State
has already taken up several
measures to change the pa-
rameters of growth in a posi-
tive way to usher in all-round
development.
During the term of the
Congress Government in
2011, each of our MLAs could
The meeting was chaired by
Girish Kataki. The meeting
has also decided to hold Parba-
ti Prasad Barua Geet and Bhu-
pendra Sangeet competition in
the ensuing days. Besides Fal-
gutsov will also be observed
on March 11, 12 and 13.
Felicitation: In a workers
meeting held on February 20
at the Jakhalabandha Milan
Club premises organised by
the Pub-Kaliabor BJP zone
Earlier, Dr Ipsita Bhattach-
aryya, Assistant Professor in the
Department of English wel-
comed the gathering. The entire
session was coordinated by Luku
Morang, HoD of English as well
as the coordinator of the EOC of
the college, a release stated.
Film festival: The Chil-
drens Film Society, India (CFSI)
with support of Vivekananda
Kendra Vidyalaya, Assam or-
ganised a weeklong film festival
from February 6 to 14 at the
Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya
(VKV) here.
This is the first time that the
film festival was held in different
locations of Assam to showcase
childrens films from the cata-
logue of CFSI. The festival will
also be held at Tinsukia,Tingrai
and Moran. The organisers also
arrange quiz competitions for
children, where prizes are given
away to the winners.
71 and entered full fledged pro-
fessional work after 1976 as an
advocate of Gauhati High Court.
He was designated as a senior
advocate by the Gauhati High
Court on June 3, 1999. Later, he
was appointed as a senior stand-
ing counsel of Income Tax de-
partment before the Gauhati
High Court in 1995-96 to 2002-
2003 and he discharged his du-
ties sincerely and efficiently.
He was also associated with
many organisations including
Rajasthani Chhatra Sangh (a
prominent organisation of Ra-
jasthani youths), honorary sec-
retary of LOG Hindi High
School, Guwahati, Shree PSD
Balika Vidyalaya, Guwahati. He
was the president of Tax Bar
Association, Guwahati in 1985.
STATE
NAGAON, Feb 22: As it is
well known, the Kolong river
is the centre of literary, cultur-
al and socio-economic activities
of the people of Nagaon and
Morigaon district. But unfor-
tunately, the joining point of
Kolong with the mighty Brah-
maputra was blocked way back
in 1964, following which the
Kolong gradually turned into a
stagnated water body. Further,
encroachment on the Kolong
river subsequently compound-
ed the environmental situation
as a sizeable section of people
started throwing garbage into
the murky waters, besides
turning it into a pit of night soil.
Presently, Kolong does not
inspire literary or cultural ac-
construct only one road in his
or her constituency in a year.
But in the eight-month term
of our Government, every
MLA was given financial sup-
port to construct eight public
roads in every constituency. In
my Sorbhog constituency, I
have already completed the
construction of all the eight
roads, Dass said, urging the
party workers to spread the
message in their respective
areas.
He appealed to all the un-
employed youths of the dis-
trict to derive benefits from
the State Governments new
budgetary schemes for subsi-
dised loans for business and
entrepreneurial activities.
Dass also highlighted other
schemes for the medical treat-
under the auspices of the dis-
trict BJP Committee, the new-
ly-elected president Ranjit
Dass was felicitated in the
presence of MLA Mrinal Sai-
kia, Rupak Sarma and Dhrub-
jyoti Bora besides a few State
and district BJP leaders.
In reply to his felicitation,
Dass disclosed that in the 15
years of the Congress reign in
Assam, un-employed youths
got Rs 22000 in five years, but
Some of the films screened
during the festival include Jahnu
Baruas Tora, Monkey and the
Crocodile, Crow for all Seasons,
Little Varju and Nokpokliba.
CFSI promotes films that pro-
vide healthy and wholesome en-
tertainment for children to broad-
en their perspective and encour-
ages them to reflect on the world
around them, a release stated.
Childcare kits distribut-
ed: Believers Church at
Ouphulia in Moran distribut-
ed childcare kits to some 149
students under the Bridge of
Hope project here on Friday.
The childcare kits contained a
pressure cooker, track suit, cos-
metics, toilet articles and a bag.
The objective of the project is to
give hope to the children. The
kits were distributed by the
church authorities to children
who are enrolled in their project
centres, a release stated.
Late Joshi was also the honor-
ary secretary of Assam
Pradeshik Marwari Sammelan
Shiksha Kosh. He was also the
vice president of Shree Gau-
hati Gaushala Working Com-
mittee, ex-president of Shri
Shishu Niketan High School,
Narayan Nagar, Kumarpara,
vice president of Shree Purvot-
tar Pradeshik Marwari Sam-
melan Siksha-Kosh, life mem-
ber of Chinmaya Mission, Indi-
an Red Cross Society among
others.
Late Joshi had an extensive
practice in law particularly tax-
ation matters and made im-
mense contribution in the
growth of the Gauhati High
Court as well as the Gauhati
High Court Bar Association. His
Govt move to revive Kolong
river welcomed
CORRESPONDENT
ment of poor and needy peo-
ple, minorities and women.
Significantly, hundreds of
members of both the Congress
and AGP joined the BJP at an
organisational meeting in the
Jorhat District Library audito-
rium in the presence of Dass,
district president Santanu Pu-
jari, Jorhat MP Kamakhya
Prasad Tasa, Khumtai MLA
Mrinal Saikia, senior leader
Palit Bora and other office-
bearers of the party.
Presiding over the organi-
sational meeting, BJP district
president Santanu Pujari urged
the newcomers to work for
the benefit of the common
people. He claimed that the
BJP would win the forthcom-
ing panchayat polls in the dis-
trict as it enjoys mass support.
they were not benefitted. On
the other hand under the lead-
ership of Sarbananda Sonowal,
one lakh rupees each to will be
paid to one lakh un-employed
youth for business purposes so
that the unemployed youths will
try to become self independ-
ent. Dipluranjan Sarmah, pres-
ident of the BJP youth wing,
appealed to the workers to
come forward to strengthen the
roots of the party.
Workers of Mariani town municipality committee staging a strike in support of their various demands at Mariani on Tuesday. UB Photos
death is a great loss not only to
the Gauhati High Court Bar
Association but also to the le-
gal fraternity, and it will be dif-
ficult to fill up the vacuum cre-
ated by his death.
His death was widely con-
doled by different organisations
and educational institutions. A
joint condolence meeting of the
bar and Bench was held at bar
premises where different speak-
ers recalled his contributions as
a lawyer, social worker. His fu-
neral was largely attended. Late
Joshi was 77 and is survived by
wife and three sons.
I pay my homage and pray to
Almighty for the peaceful rest
of his soul.
Subhash Chandra
Biswas
tivities, but has on the contra-
ry turned into a source of
heavy pollution, spreading dis-
ease and germs.
However, a number of social-
ly conscious people of both the
districts recently formed the
Kolong Punarujjibitokoron
Dabi Samiti and placed their
demand to rejuvenate this riv-
er. After formation of the new
State Government, this com-
mittee met State Minister
Keshab Mahanta and request-
ed him to place their demand
at the appropriate platform.
Fortunately, Mahanta respond-
ed positively and arranged a
technical discussion on this
project where representatives
of the aforementioned demand
committee were also present.
As the State Government
50 rescued from stranded ferry
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
DIBRUGARH, Feb 22: At
least 50 passengers were res-
cued after the ferry, Panoi, in
which they were travelling got
stuck on a sandbar and could
not sail on February 20 night.
Three vehicles were also
saved.
The ferry reportedly
started off from Silapathar on
the north bank around 7.30
pm. The passengers had to
spend the night in the mid-
Hospital raided
CORRESPONDENT
DHUBRI, Feb 22: The po-
lice on Tuesday raided a 10-
bed hospital and pharmacy al-
legedly operating illegally in
the remote Jamduah village of
Chirakuta area under the
Salkocha Police Outpost.
Police said that they had re-
ceived complaints about the
clinic, where one Shah Alom,
who posed himself as a doctor
to the villagers of Chirakuta
area, performed minor treat-
ments and also handled child
delivery cases. Alom also used
to prescribe medicines to the
villagers.
The police said that Alom
was unable to produce any doc-
ument to establish his medical
credentials, and that he did not
have any permission to run a
Ali-Aye Lrigang
celebrated at Gauripur
CORRESPONDENT
GAURIPUR, Feb 22: A few
TET teachers living at Gau-
ripur in association with sev-
eral cultural organisations cel-
ebrated Ali-Aye-Lrigang, the
pre-sowing festival of the Mis-
ing community for the first
time in Dhubri district with a
daylong programme on the
premises of Gauripur Girls
High School on February 19
last.
After cleaning the venue of
the festival, Bhagirath Mili
hoisted the flag which was fol-
lowed by performing the ritu-
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
has earmarked an amount of
Rs 10 crore in the latest Budg-
et for rejuvenation of the Ko-
long river, the Kolong Punaru-
jjibitakoran Dabi Samiti has
lauded the Government for tak-
ing up this project on a priority
basis. In a meeting of the Dabi
Samiti held recently at the Na-
gaon Natya Mandir, the Samiti
urged the State Government
to complete this project by
overcoming all hurdles, if any.
Citizens meetings held sub-
sequently at Kaliabor, Samagu-
ri, Puranigudam, Raha, Chapar-
mukh, Morigaon and other
parts of undivided Nagaon dis-
trict also welcomed this initia-
tive of the State Government.
Call to strengthen BJP:
State BJP president Ranjit
Dass visited Nagaon on Feb-
dle of the Brahmaputra river
amid hostile weather condi-
tions as rescue efforts began
only after 12 midnight. The
ferry owner had called in an-
other ferry for help, which
failed to offer any assistance.
A team from the Inland Wa-
ter Transport here reached
the spot and carried out the
rescue operation.
The ferry along with the
passengers reached Bogibeel
on the south bank around 6.15
am, said Ranjan Kalita, Sub In-
pharmacy or clinic. Alom, a
resident of Tokowa Bandha vil-
lage, has been running his clin-
ic for the past few years.
The police also recovered a
large number of medicines and
medical equipment from the
hospital-cum-pharmacy.
The raid was conducted
jointly by the Bilasipara civil
administration and the police
in the presence of a magis-
trate. It was done on the ba-
sis of information received by
both the authorities, said the
IC of Salkocha OP, Muktazur
Rahman. He also added that
the accused has been de-
tained, and that the case has
been referred to the Drugs
Inspection department.
Aloms clinic in the Jamduah
area of Chirakuta village has
since been sealed.
als of the community. The main
pandal was inaugurated by
Chidananda Pegu, cultural sec-
retary of the celebration com-
mittee. Cultural programmes
like Mising song, Mising dance,
Goalpariya folk dance, Bihu
dance etc., were staged where
people of all communities of
the culturally rich town of Gau-
ripur attended.
The open session was
chaired by Bhagirath Mili,
president of the celebration
committee. A souvenir edited
by Jana Congress Daloi, and
Rupak Kumar Doloi was re-
leased by SK Dutta. The open
ruary 18. He urged the party
workers to strengthen the
base of the BJP at the grass-
root level and appealed to the
workers to ensure that all the
eligible voters of the State
become supporters of the BJP.
Attending a party workers
convention, the Union Minister
of State for Railways Rajen
Gohain claimed that it was in fact
the ground-level workers of the
party whose sacrifice helped the
BJP to form Government both
at the Centre and the State.
MLA Rupok Sarma, Padma
Hazarika and Dimbeswar Das
also attended the convention.
A number of political activ-
ists from AGP, Congress and
other political parties joined the
BJP in the presence of State
BJP president Ranjit Dass.
spector of Police, Bogibeel
Police Outpost.
Meanwhile, the police have
started an investigation into
the illegal ferrying of passen-
gers and goods during the
night. As per rules, no ferry is
allowed to sail after 5 pm, Tilak
Chandra Mahanta, Executive
Engineer, Inland Water Trans-
port, Dibrugarh Division, told
The Assam Tribune. Howev-
er, no FIR has been lodged
with the police from the de-
partment concerned.
Committee
formed
CORRESPONDENT
BISWANATH CHARIALI,
Feb 22: The managing commit-
tee of the historical Sri Sri Maa
Kalyani (Gambhar) Devalaya
was reconstituted recently in a
meeting held on the temple
premises at Dipara, Baranga-
bari under Gohpur subdivision
in Biswanath district.
One killed
CORRESPONDENT
BISWANATH CHARIALI,
Feb 22: One Rajiv Rajbanshi (19)
died on the spot on Monday
night at Dufflagarh under Ghah-
igaon Police outpost in Biswa-
nath district after the scooty
which he was riding met with
an accident. His accomplice Rab-
in Basumatari (27) was also se-
riously injured in the accident.
session was addressed by Ra-
jib Pegu, Santi Ram Taid, Pra-
bir Kumar Barooa, Uttam
Kumar Ray, Manoj Kumar
Phukan and a few others. The
speakers appreciated the ef-
forts of the celebration com-
mittee for organising the Ali-
Aye-Lrigang festival at Gau-
ripur for better understanding
of the rich culture of the Mis-
ing community in the western
part of the State. Kiran Pugu,
secretary of the committee
thanked the people of Gau-
ripur for their active coopera-
tion and help to make the pro-
gramme a success.
 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
New rules for trading of country spirit
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: The
State government has abol-
ished the mahal system and
amended the Excise Rules to
put in place a scientific system
of bottling and trading of coun-
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menace of illicit country liquor,
PRO of the Excise department
Sailendra Pandey said.
The licence fee for retail
outlets will be Rs 10,000, Rs
30,000 for wholesale and Rs 1
lakh for manufacturing units.
The Excise Commissioner
will be the licensing authority
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the DC will grant licences for
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The new law describes the
Adivasis stage rail blockade
demanding ST status
Adivasi National Convention (ANC) activists staging rail blockade at the Kokrajhar railway
station on Wednesday. UB Photos
CORRESPONDENT
KOKRAJHAR, Feb 22: Train
services, including the Rajdhani
Express, via Fakiragram junc-
tion of Lower Assams Kokra-
jhar district was disrupted this
morning for nearly five hours
following a rail blockade at the
Kokrajhar railway station by the
Adivasi National Convention
Committee (ANCC).
The ANCC, a conglomera-
tion of the ceasefire militant
outfits and other Adivasi or-
ganizations, has staged the
blocked today demanding ear-
ly granting of Scheduled Tribe
(ST) status to the community,
implementation of Traditional
Forest Dwellers Act, perma-
nent allotment of land and land
pattas to the tea garden work-
ers in Assam and settlement
of the demands of the cease-
fire militant outfits of the Adi-
vasi community through polit-
ical negotiation.
Hundreds of Adivasi people
Bye-elections for six
GP presidents
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: The
State Election Commission
has notified the schedule for
the bye-election to six casual
vacancies of the post of Gaon
Panchayat president.
As per the notification issued
on February 21, the bye-elec-
tion will be held for the Presi-
dent of No.4 Algapur Gaon
Panchayat and President of No.
3 Harishangar Gaon Panchay-
at under Hailakandi district,
President of No. 49 Mazigram
Gaon Panchayat in Karimganj
district, President of 66 No.
Dingdinga Parowa Gaon Pan-
11 hurt while chasing leopard
KALAIGAON, Feb 22: Altogether 11 people have been in-
jured by a leopard in Bascobari village near Kalbari in Udalguri
district this noon. Seeing the mature leopard, which had taken
refuge in a wood in the village last night at around 11.30 am
today, the villagers tried to chase it away and in the process 11
people were injured. Thousands assembled at the site to chase
it, even as police, forest personnel and Udalguri unit of the ABSU
tried to pacify the irate people against killing the leopard. The
leopard lost one of its teeth in the process. Correspondent
Protest in AMCH
over childs death
STAFF CORRESPONDENT
DIBRUGARH, Feb 22: A
strong protest erupted in the
Paediatrics Department of the
Assam Medical College and
Hospital (AMCH) here this
morning following death of a
18-month-old baby in the de-
partment, prompting authori-
ties to call in the police to han-
dle the situation.
The parents and family
members of the child, who
hailed from Kalugaon in Sivasa-
gar district, alleged that their
son was only coughing while
other activities were normal.
They said that the child, Jiban
STATE
country spirit as plain spirit and
coloured or flavoured spirit
which has been made in India
from extra neutral alcohol
(grain-based) as base material
and which is issued for con-
sumption as potable alcoholic
liquor and is not deemed to be
foreign liquor.
The branding will be based
on colour and flavour of the
spirit. A number of regulations
have been outlined in the new
from various districts of Low-
er Assam thronged the rail
track with banners, festoons
and placards and shouted slo-
gans during the blockade which
began at 7 am.
Among others, ANCC pres-
ident Boyal Hembrom and
Birsa Command Force district
commander Sambhu Hasda
also joined the blockade pro-
gramme.
The blockade was lifted at
12.25 noon after persuasion
by Kokrajhar DC Bibakanan-
da Choudhury and SP Rajen
Singh.
Our Udalguri Corre-
spondent adds: The Udalguri
district committee of the All
Adivasi Students Association
of Assam (AASAA) also
blocked train services, be-
tween Rangapara and Rangiya
junctions, for almost 12 hours
here at the Udalguri railway
station today.
The AASAA, according to a
press release, apart from
chayat in Dhubri district, Pres-
ident of No. 33 Nagabandha
Gaon Panchayat in Morigaon
district and President of No.10
Dakhin Saidpur Gaon Pancha-
yat in Cachar district, an offi-
cial release said.
The last date for filing nom-
ination papers is March 2.
Scrutiny of papers will be held
on March 3. Last date for with-
drawal of candidature is March
6. Polling will be held on March
22 and the counting will take
place on March 24. The Mod-
el Code of Conduct for the polls
came into force in the areas
covered by the mentioned six
Panchayati Raj constituencies.
Arandhara, was given wrong
treatment by the medical staff
on duty. The parents quizzed
the medical staff as to how the
child could die for a minor cause
and staged protest.
The situation was brought
under control after AMCH
Principal Ratan Kotokey
promised to conduct an inquiry
and find out how it all occurred
and thereby award punishment
if anyone is found guilty.
Kotokey told this Correspond-
ent that the child was reportedly
brought to the department with
signs of chocking due to suspect-
ed blockage in the windpipe af-
ter having boot chana.
law to ensure hygiene and
transparency. There are also
provisions for affixing holo-
grams on the cap of the bot-
tles. From bottling to retail-
ing, the entire system will be
like IMFL, Pandey said.
Chemical examiners will
regularly test the products.
The capsule or sealed bot-
tles will be labelled and they
will bear a distinct serial
number.
ANCC demands, called for hike
in the daily wage of tea garden
labourers to Rs 330 per day,
upgrade the lower primary
schools within tea gardens to
upper primary and high school
level, form an Adivasi Devel-
opment Fund with Rs 100
crore as corpus, etc.
The railway blockade pro-
gramme here was addressed
by Pradip Nag, president of the
central committee of the stu-
dents organization, which was
supported by the Adivasi Na-
tional Convention, Birsa Com-
mando Force, along with oth-
er like-minded Adivasi organ-
izations of the district.
Our Staff Reporter adds:
NF Railway officials said that
among the long-distance
trains regulated at various
stations were 15959 Kamrup
Exp, 14056 Brahmaputra
Mail, 12424 Rajdhani Exp,
12236 Rajdhani Exp, 12423
Rajdhani Exp and 12346
Saraighat Exp.
THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 9
G/3688/1
Kendriya Vidyalaya :: Diphu :: District :: KarbiAnglong (Assam) :: 782 462
Walk-in-Interview, Firm Registration and Watch & Ward etc.
Eligible & interested Candidates for the following teaching, Medical, Vocational Experts etc.
as specified below are required in K.V., Diphu for preparation of panel for the session 2017-18:
Walk-in-Interview
Eligible & interested Candidates for the following teaching, Medical, Yoga, Vocational Experts
etc. as specified below are required in K.V., Diphu for preparation of panel for the Session
2017-18:
Name of Post Date of Desirability / Remarks
Interview
PGT(English, Hindi, Mathematics, Physics, 03.03.2017 at 1. Competence to teach through Hindi &
Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, History, 09.00 a.m. English
Geography & Economics) 2. Knowledge of Computer Appliance
TGT(English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Social Science, 03.03.2017 at 3. Visit KVS site -www.kvsangathan.nic.in .
Science, Mathematics) 09.00 a.m. OR www.kvdiphu.org for details
Doctor, Nurse & Academic Counselor 03.03.2017 at qualifications
09.00 a.m. 4. Remuneration: As per KVS Norms.
Primary Teachers 04.03.2017 at 5. Age : 18 to 65 years.
09.00 a.m. 6. Candidates from panel will be called for
Vocational Experts in Game & Sports; Art & 04.03.2017 at appointment as and when vacancy arrived.
Craft and Music 09.00 a.m. 7. Selection procedure will be followed as
Yoga Teacher & Computer Instructor 04.03.2017 at per KVS Norms.
09.00 a.m. 8. Registration Time : 8.00 to 9.00 a.m.
NOTES:Desirous candidates having requisite qualifications may report to the Vidyalaya
positively before 8.00 hours along with a set of self-attested copies of certificate and testimonials,
a recent passport size Photograph and originals for verification.
Principal
Firm Registration :
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registered / reputed firms in the session 2017-18 :
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(6) Furniture (Wooden) (6) Furniture (Steel/Plastic) (8) Game & Sports (9) Sanitary /
Cleanliness (10) Refreshments (11) Plumbering (12) Civil Works (13) Computer & Peripherals
(14) AMC for Computer/Xerox/Printer etc.
Interested firms may register their shops in writing with school on or before 31.03.2017,
so that they may be tendered in needs as per terms & conditions levied for the purposes.
Tender Notice :
Watch & Ward (24 hours), Cleaning & Mali services required in this School for the
session commencing from 01.4.2017, on contract. Registered and reputed firms may submit
their rates/quotations along with relevant documents as per terms & conditions levied for the
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Blockade will not impact Manipur polls: CEC Shurhozelie sworn

tive action, advance area domination, in as Nagaland CM
WEATHER confidence building measures and all CORRESPONDENT place in the Ministry. Suspen-
related standard drills. As on today we
NORTHEAST are reasonably satisfied that action is DIMAPUR, Feb 22: Dr
sion of Imchen was revoked
on Tuesday after he tendered
Forecast for North Eastern underway and all other action will be
States: Rain/thundershower is
Shurhozelie Liezietsu was to- his unconditional apology to
very likely to occur at many underway in the days to come. day sworn in as the 17th Chief the party president for com-
places over Arunachal Pradesh, Zaidi said 20 general and 20 elec- Minister of Nagaland by Gov- mitting breach of discipline
Assam & Meghalaya and at tion-related police observers, 20 ex-
isolated places over Nagaland,
ernor PB Acharya at Raj Bhavan and anti-party activities.
Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura. No penditure observers and seven aware- in Kohima. Eleven other Min- The term of the Naga Peo-
large change in minimum ness observers have been deployed to isters of Cabinet rank were also ples Front-led Democratic Al-
temperatures over the region
during next 24 hrs.
monitor election-related activities. sworn in along with the CM. liance of Nagaland Government
Temperatures :
Eighteen Assembly constituencies Besides the Ministers, 24 will end in February 2018.
Max (C) Min (C) have been identified as sensitive, while Parliamentary Secretaries and 81-year-old NPF president
Dibrugarh 18.6 14.6 352 villages/localities have been identi- six advisors were also ap- and former DAN chairman Dr
Tezpur 26.9 16.6 pointed to the jumbo-sized Shurhozelie was unanimously
Silchar 30.1 18.4
fied as vulnerable, 837 polling stations
Dhubri 29.6 22.5 have been identified as critical polling Shurhozelie Ministry today. elected as leader of DAN Legis-
Jorhat 24.5 16.4 stations. Special security arrangements However, portfolios of the new lature Party by the alliance legis-
N Lakhimpur 19.3 14.5 inductees were not allocated. lators on February 20 to replace
Shillong 21.0 11.5
have been made in these areas to enable
Imphal 25.7 11.8 voters to cast their votes, the CEC said. Former Minister Imkong L TR Zeliang as Nagaland CM.
Itanagar 19.6 14.8 Chief Election Commissioner Dr Nasim Zaidi (centre) briefing media on election preparedness for Manipur The Election Commission is also mak- Imchen and three-time MLA Odisha Governor SC Jamir
Aizawl 28.2 9.3 Assembly polls, in Imphal on Wednesday. Photo: Correspondent from Mokokchung district, and outgoing Chief Minister
Agartala 31.6 23.2 ing arrangements for mobile barriers at
Kohima 24.0 7.0 strategic points and surprise checks. whose suspension from NPF Zeliang have extended hearty
Pasighat 21.3 16.4 IMPHAL, Feb 22: The Election sections, Chief Election Commission- There would be no problem regarding The Commission also said that since was revoked by party presi- congratulations to Dr
Cherrapunjee 16.5 12.0 dent Dr Shrhozelie with ef- Shurhozelie on becoming the
Commission is confident that the eco- er Nasim Zaidi told reporters here. it and all poll personnel will assist us. January 4 around Rs 38 lakh cash, 51754
nomic blockade in Manipur will not im- Asked how the Election Commission Zaidi said adequate number of Cen- litres of liquor and narcotics worth Rs 8 fect from February 21, found CM of Nagaland.
1st woman pact the poll process in the State and will ensure smooth movement of elec- tral police forces will be available for crore have also been seized. There are
SSB DIG from has made all arrangements to ensure
free and fair elections.
tion officials and security personnel as
the State is hit by fuel shortage, Zaidi
each phase and each polling station will
be adequately covered by Central po-
2,794 polling stations in the State.
On the demand of certain political
PRESS RELEASE
It is for General Public Information that radiologist
Arunachal We have all the data from our State said, We have undertaken a very in- lice forces. parties that some of their candidates of Parikha Diagnostic Clinic, Kalapahar, Guwahati,
ITANAGAR, Feb 22: Election machinery. We are confident depth review with our district officials Talking about the law and order sit- be given proper security cover, Zaidi Dr. NK Agarwalla has been convicted for violation
Arunachal Chief Minister Pema that the economic blockade will not im- and also with the State officials. As far uation in the State, Zaidi said, We said, We have directed that candidates
of PC & PNDT Act by the Court of Judicial
Khandu today received Sonam pact the poll process in the State. The as the election process is concerned have reviewed the situation. Our dis- be given security by the State Gov-
Magistrate 1st Class, Kamrup (M) and faces
Yudron, the first Arunachalee State Government has also assured us. there is a priority and sufficient availa- trict officials and police officials are tak- ernment as per established norms of
We will get cooperation from all the bility of petrol, diesel for poll process. ing all possible measures and preven- threat perception. PTI
imprisonment of 2 years and fine of Rs. 10,000/-
woman to become Deputy In-
spector General (DIG) in the
and also deregistration for 5 years as per verdict of
Indian paramilitary force, the Court.
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
A native of Dirang in Sonowal campaigns AMSU volunteers Sex determination is a serious criminal offence
under PC & PNDT Act, 1994.
Arunachals West Kameng dis-
trict, Yudron was promoted to
for BJP in Manipur storm Raj Bhavan gate Sd/- DHS (FW), Assam
Cum SAA under PC & PNDT Act
Swasthya Bhawan,
the rank of DIG on February 1 NEWMAI NEWS The Framework Agree- Janasanyog/9504/16 Hengrabari, Guwahati-36
last. She is the second woman SOBHAPATI SAMOM tive for a value based life and with the setting up of the var- ment was signed between the
in the country to have reached quality co-existence in sity in the Parliament. IMPHAL, Feb 22: Scores of Government of India and
the position in the force. She is IMPHAL, Feb 22: With the Manipur while alleging that the Union Minister of State for members of All Manipur Stu- NSCN (IM) on August 3, 2015. No. MCH/2017/3173

currently posted at the Fron-
tier Headquarter at Tezpur.
Khandu congratulated Yudron
on her success, saying that her
achievement has made the State
proud. I believe that your rare
achievement will encourage
young women in the State to
invest in themselves, their ca-
pacities and aspire to turn their
dreams into reality, said
Khandu. Yudron, who did MA
from Punjab University, previ-
ously worked as a junior teacher
under Arunachal Government.
Encouraged by her friends,
she then joined SSB as Circle
Organiser in 1984 after she
topped in the recruitment
election campaign gaining mo-
mentum, Assam Chief Minis-
ter Sarbananda Sonowal ar-
rived here on Wednesday to
join the campaign for the BJP
candidates in the ensuing
Manipur Assembly elections,
slated for March 4 and 8 next.
Sonowal addressed three
public meetings organised for
BJP candidates at Keirao,
Langthabal and Sagolband con-
stituencies. Addressing the
public meeting at Sagolband
this afternoon, Sonowal urged
the people to support BJP as
the party is the only alterna-
ruling Congress Government
in the State has encouraged
corruption culture.
He also charged his Manipur
counterpart of not taking up any
step to solve the three month-
long economic blockadeand for
not giving a positive re-
sponse in connection with the
setting up of the National Sports
University.
On Monday, State Chief Min-
ister O Ibobi Singh had charged
the Centre of doing politics
over the Sports University say-
ing that the Centre is not intro-
ducing the Bill in connection
Railways and BJP leader Rajen
Gohain told media persons
here today that the 111 km
Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway
project will help Manipur im-
mensely. Despite the block-
ade, the projects will be com-
pleted as per schedule, he said.
50 injured: As many as 50
persons mostly BJP support-
ers were injured when a mini-
truck carrying them to an elec-
tion rally at Singhat, in Churach-
andpur district met a road mis-
hap near Behiang, a remote vil-
lage along Indo-Myanmar bor-
der on Wednesday, reports said.
dents Union (AMSU) and
womenfolk stormed the Raj
Bhavan gate to demand disclo-
sure of the details of the
Framework Agreement
signed between the Centre
and NSCN (IM) today.
The protesters squatted in
front of the Raj Bhavan gate
where they clashed with police
and security personnel. The
AMSU members and women-
folk also shouted slogans de-
manding the yet-to-be declared
details of the Naga peace accord.
CSS Hindi teachers
But the details of the agree-
ment are yet to be released.
Since the signing of the Agree-
ment, social organistions and
political parties in Manipur have
been demanding the Centre that
the details of the agreement be
made public at the earliest.
Later, a seven-member team
of AMSU and womenfolk called
on Governor Dr Najma
Heptulla at Raj Bhavan. They
urged Dr Heptulla that the Cen-
tre should release the details of
the Framework Agreement.
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Modis rally
venue changed
IMPHAL, Feb 22: Prime
Minister Narendra Modis poll
rally venue will be changed
following a complaint by Peo-
ples Resurgence and Justice
Alliance (PRJA), sources said.
After PRJA launched a for-
mal complaint on February 16
with the EC, we spoke with
Election officials on Modis
rally inside the Kangla on
February 25, said PRJA con-
vener Erendro Leichombam
in a release.
BJP is now forced to relo-
cate their rally to Langjing Achou-
ba Ground (near CRPF Camp),
he added. Correspondent
Mining in Garo Hills reserve closed
BIPLAB KR DEY
TURA, Feb 22: The East
Garo Hills DC HB Marak has
directed the closure of coal min-
ing and refilling of the coal pits
in Rongrengre Reserve Forest.
Taking a tough stance against
the illegal act, the DC in an or-
der has entrusted executive
magistrate Tennystar R Marak
with the task of sealing the coal
pits in the Reserve. The Re-
serve, with huge reserves of
coal by the bed of the river, has
attracted illegal settlers and coal
smugglers.
The Reserve itself has been
plagued by depletion of trees
due to rampant illegal timber
smuggling reducing it to an al-
most barren piece of land. Fur-
ther, the illegal settlers are
involved in illegal acts, with
some of them active in smug-
gling of coal as well as timber.
This has accentuated the rate
of depletion of trees, said a
source. Last year, the former DC
Cyril Diengdoh had also pushed
for the filling up of coal pits in the
Reserve. However, in a few
months from the closure, the pits
were re-opened. Coal was be-
ing smuggled from the Reserve
even when the entire State was
under the order of the National
Green Tribunal.
This coal later land up in
Assam, the source added. For-
est personnel of Rongrengre
Reserve have been in a pro-
tracted battle to save the Re-
serve and there have been
many instances of the forest-
ers being attacked. But an ac-
cident of a truck carrying tim-
ber, allegedly from Rongren-
gre Reserve has exposed the
collusion between administra-
tive forces and smugglers.
Locals alleged that there
were three trucks carrying tim-
ber which were moving at
night when the incident hap-
pened. However, the other two
trucks were able to get away.
The accident has raised the
question as to how the trucks
were able to get through so
many police check-posts, includ-
ing GHADC and Forest depart-
ment without being noticed.
take to streets in Aizawl
ZODINSANGA
AIZAWL, Feb 22: Imagine
you are a sole bread earner in
the family and have not been
paid salary for ten months.
That is the situation most of
the Hindi teachers employed
under Centrally Sponsored
Scheme in Mizoram are in.
I have not received my sal-
ary since the last ten months.
Im living on debts as I have to
feed my wife and children even
if I dont get paid, Rina, a CSS-
Hindi teacher said.
Rina was among the more
than 1,000 CSS Hindi teach-
ers that took to the streets in
Aizawl demanding payment of
their ten months salaries and
re-appointment as their term
of employment is due to ex-
pire next week.
There are 1,305 Hindi teach-
ers under the Central educa-
tion scheme across Mizoram
who have not been paid their
monthly salaries since April last
year, and many of them have
the same story to tell; that they
have either been borrowing
money from their relatives or
opening credit lines with local
shops. Some count themselves
among the lucky ones since
they are still single or without
families to support, while oth-
ers handle the daunting task of
supporting families, most with
little children. Some women
came with their children and
joined the procession.
The CSS Hindi teachers went
on indefinite strike from Febru-
ary 13, but that failed to draw the
attention of the government, said
Azaria Lalthlengliana, secretary
of Mizoram CSS Hindi Teach-
ers Association.
Not only that they are un-
paid for ten months, the CSS
Hindi teachers are in fear of
losing their jobs as their term
of employment is due to ex-
pire on February 28 and there
is no re-appointment order.
The Association leaders met
Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla
on Tuesday apprising him of their
plight. They were happy with
the CMs verbal assurances.
However, Finance and Educa-
tion Ministers who we met yes-
terday could not give us any as-
surance about clearing our due
salaries and re-appointment or-
der, Lalthlengliana said.
Our future is very uncer-
tain. I have four children to
feed, said another woman
who took part in the rally.
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issued vide DFO, Eastern Assam Wildlife Division,
Bokakhats No. B/WLA/APFBC/2016-17/975 dated 8th
Feb, 2017 and published in the Assam Tribune news
paper on 9th Feb, 2017 and Dainik Janambhumi news
paper on 9th Feb, 2017 is hereby relaxed for bidders
belonging to SC, ST & OBC category. Bidders of these
categories are required to pay Bid Security as 50% of
the amount specified in the Original Invitation for Bids.
Please read 50% relaxation in Bid Security amount for
SC, ST and OBC category bidders in place of Full
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notices. Hence, the Corporation through a Public Notice in the Assam Tribune, Dated 28th
January, 2017 served 7(Seven) days time to resume their duties without fail. But, none has
joined their duties till. 20-02-2017. Hence the Management of the Corporation has discharged
the following incumbents with immediate effect. As such, from now onwards, if anybody
deals with the following incumbents in any matter shall be of their personal matter and under
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Heroin worth Rs 7.5 lakh seized

AIZAWL, Feb 22: Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department
officials today seized 245 grams of heroin worth Rs 7.5 lakh and
arrested one person in this connection here, official sources said.
The contraband was reportedly smuggled from Myanmar,
the official said. The officials also seized two kilogrammes of
Ganja (cannabis), allegedly from the possession of one Lalzatl-
uanga (22) of Mizoram-Manipur border Ngopa village.
People participating in a march to mark the International Mother Language Day in Agartala on Tuesday. UNI The two accused persons were booked under sections of the
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Press Release
The State Election Commission has notified vide No. SEC. 03/2017/35 dt 21.02.2017
Bye-Election to 6 (six) casual vacancies of the post of President, Gaon Panchayats of the
following Gaon Panchayats under Panchayati Raj Bodies viz. 1) President, No. 4 Algapur
Gaon Panchayat ; 2)President, No. 3 Harishnagar Gaon Panchayat both in Hailakandi
district; 3) President, No. 49 Mazigram Gaon Panchayat in Karimganj district; 4) President,
66 No. Dingdinga Parowa Gaon Panchayat in Dhubri district; 5) President, No. 33 Nagabandha
Gaon Panchayat in Morigaon district, 6) President, No. 10 Dakhin Saidpur Gaon Panchayat
in Cachar district.
Schedule of the aforesaid Bye-Election is as follows:
1. Last date for filing nomination papers : 02.03.2017 (Between 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM)
(Nomination may be filed on any day except
public holiday on 26th Feb, 2017)

DSP-turned-militant GNLA chief gets bail 2. Scrutiny of Nomination Papers

3. Publication of list of validly nominated
Candidates
: 03.03.2017 (Between 11:00 AM -03:00 PM)

RAJU DAS
SHILLONG, Feb 22: Former
Meghalaya police DSP-turned-mili-
tant chief of Garo National Libera-
tion Army (GNLA), Champion
Sangma was granted bail by a lower
court here on Tuesday.
However, the GNLA chief is still
under judicial custody as some of the
legal formalities are slated to be com-
pleted within the next ten days or
so. He has been directed by the Court
to furnish a bond amount of Rs 1 lakh
in the meantime.
Sangma is in judicial custody for
over three years now after his arrest
near Dawki on the Indo-Bangladesh
border in 2012. He is said to have been
arrested in Mymensingh, Bangladesh
and pushed back to India. He was
booked under Meghalaya Prevention
of Detention Act (MPDA).
According to Sangmas legal coun-
sel, the case against the militant chief
weakened as the authorities didnt
comply with the basic norms of
MPDA Act. The Supreme Court and
the High Court set aside the case
against Sangma due to these flaws.
Finally, the Meghalaya High Court
directed the lower Court on February
14 this year to adjudicate the case and
dispose it off within the next 20 days.
So Sangma should technically walk free
from jail on or before March 6.
Meanwhile, Sangma has now been
shifted to Shillong Civil Hospital, with
the permission of the court, as he com-
plained of backpain. But the court has
directed that Sangma must not leave its
jurisdiction and has to attend the trial.
The former DSP has been quite a
handful for the jail authorities during
his stay in the jail, much like the mili-
tant organisation he floated in 2009,
which has so far claimed the lives of
many innocent people and unleashed
a reign of terror in Garo Hills.
Sangma is said to be close to some
politicians and he claimed after his ar-
rest that three politicians were support-
ing his organisation an allegation which
remains a mystery till now. He thereaf-
ter made another controversial state-
ment promising that GNLA would sup-
port the Congress party during the 2013
elections. GNLA is still a force to reckon
with in Garo Hills and counter-insur-
gency operations are on against it.
: 03.03.2017
4. Last date for withdrawal of candidature : 06.03.2017 (Between 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM)
5. Publication of*list of contesting
Candidates : 06.03.2017
6. Date of Poll : 22.03.2017 (From 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM)
7. Date of Re-poll (if any) : 23.03.2017 (From 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM)
8. Counting of votes : 24.03.2017 (From 08:00 AM till counting is
completed)
With the Bye-Election notification dt. 21.02.2017, the Model Code of Conduct for Election
comes into force in the areas covered by the above mentioned six Panchayati Raj
Constituencies.
The aforesaid Bye-Elections have been notified in compliance of Orders of the Honble
High Court in respective Writ Petitions.
Sd/- Secretary
Assam State Election Commission
Janasanyog/9491/16 Dispur::: Guwahati-6
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BUSINESS & ECONOMY THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11

CAPSULE
Volkswagen plan
MUMBAI, Feb 22:
Worlds largest car-maker
Volkswagen is looking for
a bigger play in the SUV
segment in India as it
gears up to launch the
premium model Tiguan.
The company is also
bringing back sedan
Passat this year to add to
the newly launched
hatchback GTI as it bids
to position itself as a full-
range accessible
premium car brand. PTI
LG smartphone
NEW DELHI, Feb 22:
Korean electronics major
LG has launched a new
smartphone K10 2017
with a panic button that
allows users to connect to
emergency number 112.
The government had
mandated that all mobile
phones in the country will
be sold with panic button
feature with the deadline of
February 28. PTI
HP notebooks
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: PC
maker HP today launched
its Omen range of
notebooks and a desktop to
tap the growing community
of gaming enthusiasts in the
country. Priced between Rs
79,990 and Rs 1.4 lakh,
HPs range will compete with
the likes of Asus and BenQ,
who have a strong line-up of
gaming devices. PTI
Snapdeal
NEW DELHI, Feb 22:
SoftBank-backed Snapdeal
will lay off around 600
people across its e-
commerce, logistics and
payments operations over
the next few days.
According to sources, the
company started the
process last week and will
lay off 500-600 people
across Snapdeal, Vulcan
(logistics) and Freecharge
(digital payments). PTI
BEL share sale
NEW DELHI, Feb 22:
The governments 5 per
cent stake sale in Bharat
Electronics Ltd (BEL)
opened to an enthusiastic
response today, with the
shares reserved for
institutional investors
getting oversubscribed.
The two-day offer for sale
opened for non-retail
investors today. PTI
Airtel acquisition
NEW DELHI, Feb 22:
Telecom giant Bharti Airtel
has acquired a strategic
equity stake in financial
technology company
Seynse Technologies for an
undisclosed amount. PTI
Myntra
NEW DELHI, Feb 22:
Fashion e-tailer Myntra
today said it has bagged a
master distribution and
management rights for
Spanish fashion brand
Mango in India. This is the
first time that an e-
commerce player will
manage the omni-channel
strategy for a global
fashion brand. PTI
Telecom panel tells TRAI NABARD pegs credit potential
to review tariff rules for State at Rs 19,441 cr
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The inter-min- taken after the presentation on revenue As per India Ratings and Research, the
isterial panel Telecom Commission to- trend in the sector by the Department of telecom industry has lost about 20 per
day asked the sector regulator TRAI to Telecom showed a decline of 10 per cent cent of revenue due to Reliance Jios free
implement orders on promotional mo- to around Rs 500 crore between second services.
bile tariffs in letter and spirit and re- and third quarter of ongoing financial year Aditya Birla group firm Idea Cellular
view existing rules to ensure financial and no telecom operator was specifically and Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communi-
growth of the industry. discussed during the meeting. cations posted their first-ever consolidat-
The commission today discussed de- The commission noted that there are ed net loss during the October-Decem-
cline in revenue of telecom industry in about Rs 1.5 lakh crore of spectrum auc- ber 2016 period.
second and third quarters. This is the first tion installment due, and the sector is Bharti Airtels consolidated net profit
time revenue of the sector has declined. under debt of Rs 4.5-5 lakh crore. Any dropped by more than half at Rs 503.7
The commission has decided that TRAI adverse impact on the revenue may ad- crore in the October-December 2016 as
may be apprised of commissions concern versely impact payment of installments, compared to Rs 1,108.1 crore in the cor-
and implement its own order and direc- banking sector FDI and rural rollout of responding quarter of 2015-16. Vodafone
tion on tariffs in letter and spirit and also telecom networks, the source said. too posted a decline of 4.7 per cent in its VB Pyarelal, Addl Chief Secretary, Finance, KK Mittal, Addl Chief Secretary and Agriculture
review existing rules for orderly finan- The telecom sector witnessed entry of India revenue. Production Commissioner and BK Mishra, Regional Director, RBI, along with other
cial growth of the sector, a source said. new operator Reliance Jio when it launched Besides this, the commission approved dignitaries releasing the State Focus Paper 2017-18 during State Credit Seminar, in Guwahati
It is one of the functions of Telecom commercial 4G services on September 5, setting up of a spectrum research and man- on Wednesday. Photo: Samarendra Sarma
Regulatory Authority of India to ensure 2016. They started offering free unlimit- agement institute with an outlay of Rs 70
orderly growth of the sector and there- ed 4G mobile broadband during its trial crore for 3 years. BUSINESS REPORTER In his speech, he emphasised post-harvest
management by creation of rural godowns
fore commission desired that the regula- phase and continued it even after the com- The commission has also approved
tor should be asked to look at necessary mercial launch on December 31, 2016. changes in tender of Comprehensive Tele- GUWAHATI, Feb 22: The National Bank so that farmers could benefit by getting suit-
changes to be made in its existing policy Jio later extended the free service with com Development Plan for the Northeast- for Agriculture and Rural Development (NA- able price for their produce.
or regulation to protect financial health of limited data usage but it has announced ern Region (NER) following failure to at- BARD) has pegged Assams credit potential Speaking on the occasion, VB Pyarelal,
the sector, the source added. that phone call on its network will be free tract interest of bidders for the Rs 3,100- for 2017-18 at Rs 19,441 crore, marking a Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, pointed
growth of 60 per cent over its 2016-17 pro- out that Assam is self-sufficient in rice but
The source said that the decision was for lifetime. crore government-aided project. PTI
jection of Rs 12,143 crore. the farmers were not getting the right price
Speaking at the State Credit Seminar for for their produce. He also urged upon the
Bad bank idea gaining traction: Subramanian 2017-18 held at Vivanta by Taj here today,
Rajashree K Baruah, Chief General Manag-
er, NABARD, Assam Regional Office, high-
banks and insurance agencies to take up suit-
able measures for crop insurance.
MC Jauhari, Principal Secretary, Fisheries,
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The ing creation of a Private Asset the economy, he said, There is issue but requires political lighted the various initiatives Assam RO had on his part, hoped that realistice results would
idea of setting up a state- Management Company. no one thing that you can do im- cover to write down debt. taken to further the theme of Doubling of emerge from implementation of the sugges-
owned asset reconstruction For larger stressed assets of mediately. Its a very complicat- My view is that finding the Farmers Income by 2022, which is also tions provided in the State Focus Paper.
company (ARC) or bad bank power companies, loans need to ed problem. Its not something resources finally will be less of a poised to find convergence with Chief Min- Delivering his speech, BK Mishra, Region-
to deal with mounting NPAs is be bought by the government- on which you can just throw problem than doing the other isters Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana. al Director, Reserve Bank of India, com-
gaining traction and it needs owned asset management com- money at. I think we just need to things like politics, the writing The sector-wise credit projections for mended NABARDs ground work in bring-
to be created quickly, Chief pany, he had suggested. work steadily towards... There down of debt and all that... I dont 2017-18 are as follow: Rs 7931 crore for crop ing to the fore the credit potential in Assam.
Economic Adviser Arvind Making a case for ARC, Sub- is very much urgency. think its the stumbling obstacle production, Rs 750 crore towards agri-infra- SLBC officials, chairmen of both RRBs and
Subramanian said today. ramanian said, You were al- The government is looking at to solving that, he said. structure, Rs 301 crore for ancillary activi- all major bankers attended the seminar.
Essentially, there seems ready on the hooks (with bad it very closely, he said, adding, Banks have to write off
ties, Rs 3,865 crore for agriculture term loan, On the occasion, NABARD also released
like a growing convergence loans) so not that bad bank is I think the more you delay the these debts. Which middle- Rs 3,818 crore for MSME sector, Rs 1,679 customised Area Development Schemes for
towards the idea (of state- going to cost you more. Sec- problem, the more private in- level manager has the gump- crore for education & housing sector and Rs Fisheries and Piggery for the districts Maju-
backed asset reconstruction ond is, RBI has already tried so vestment will remain weak. tion or the courage in this en- 1,097 crore for export credit, renewable li, Dima Hasao and Karbi Anglong, for the
company). The broad idea that many things including private Thats I think the big cost we vironment to do that? Deci- energy, social infrastructure and others. farmers through Joint Liability Group mode.
we should do like this is gain- ARCs, where is the solution. face now. And of course the loss- sion on that are profoundly KK Mittal, Additional Chief Secretary and This is expected to enhance the credit flow
ing traction, he said. Various proposals are being es to the government keep political, he wondered. Agriculture Production Commissioner, Govt in the State.
Newly appointed RBI Dep- brought to forefront, he said, mounting. Because you delay, As on September 30, 2016,
of Assam, while releasing the State Focus A State-level award function was also held
uty Governor Viral V Acharya adding, there is a need to get the value of the asset declines gross NPAs of public sector banks Paper, complimented NABARD for organis- to felicitate the best performing artisans,
yesterday suggested a two- that (bad bank) thing quickly. and the amount of debt goes up. rose to Rs 6.3 lakh crore as against ing the State Credit Seminar and appreciat- SHGs, JLGs, farmers clubs and farmers/pro-
pronged strategy to resolve Terming mounting non-per- He also said finding resourc- Rs 5.5 lakh crore at the end of ed the Potential Linked Plans and State Fo- ducers organisations along with the best
the issue of bad loans includ- forming assets as a challenge to es for NPA resolution is not an the June quarter. PTI cus Paper, which were often used as refer- three banks involved in the SHG/JLG Bank
ence documents by the Govt of Assam. Linkage Programme.
KWID crosses
1.30-lakh sales
Govt must review tax
mark on cash deals over
CHENNAI, Feb 22: French
car major Renault has clocked Rs 2 lakh: Assocham
sales of over 1.30 lakh units of NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The ple to start spending again, and
its highly popular compact
government must ensure there proposals like Tax Collected at
hatchback KWID since its is no tax terrorism and fear Source on transactions above
launch in 2014, leading to a psychosis among consumers Rs 2 lakh could be revisited to
three digit rise in its market and review its decision to im- revive consumer demand.
share in 2016. pose Tax Collected at Source The economy may take al-
KWID has been a true on cash transactions above Rs most a year to normalise and for
game changer and volume 2 lakh, Assocham said today. demand to return to pre-demon-
driver for Renault India with The industry body urged for etisation level, Jajodia said.
more than 1.30 lakh cars sold abundant caution on the part The Income Tax Department
so far, the company said in a of tax authorities so that no has been levying 1 per cent Tax
statement today. negative signals are sent to Collected at Source (TCS) on
Renault, which introduced industry and consumers. cash purchase of bullion in ex-
KWID with a 0.8 litre engine in It must be ensured that there cess of Rs 2 lakh and jewellery
September 2014, expanded the
Lu Xinhua (2nd R), Vice-Chainam of the CPPCC Foreign Affairs Committee, former Vice-Foreign Minister, PRC, Liu shall not be any tax terrorism in excess of Rs 5 lakh since July
Jinsong (R) Minister, Embassy of Peoples Republic of China in India and Sidharth Birla (2nd L) past President, FICCI and variants, including one litre MT and fear psychosis among con- 1, 2012 and there has been no
Chairman, XPRO India Ltd during China-India Business Meeting for Investment and Trade, at FICCI Federation House (manual transmission) and an sumers, especially of high-value change in that position.
in New Delhi on Wednesday. UNI Easy R-AMT (automatic variant). products and services, as also However, Finance Minister
Renault grew its market trade channels, must be avoided. Arun Jaitley in his Budget
share to 4.5 per cent at the end All tax officials should be 2016-17, had imposed TCS of

BSNL launches Royalty payout to Gujarat, Assam of 2016, achieving a robust

high-speed core network
BUSINESS REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: As
part of BSNL, Assam Circles
bid to provide higher data
download speed to its mobile
customers, MK Seth, Chief
General Manager, BSNL, As-
sam Circle, on Tuesday inau-
gurated a core network com-
prising two Base Station Con-
trollers having capacity of 3000
TRX and a Radio Network
Communication of 3600 Mbps
capacity to enable BSNL mo-
bile subscribers to avail the
download speed from the ex-
isting 14.4 Mbps to 21.6 Mbps.
The project, implemented at
a cost Rs 154,75,00,000, is ex-
pected to help in expansion of
the 5,27,379 mobile subscribers
line in Kamrup Metro district.
Seth while talking to the me-
dia informed that the new equip-
ment will help BSNL custom-
ers enjoy a much better down-
load speed of 21.6 Mbps at a very
low price of Rs 36 per GB.
He further informed that
very soon another 200 BT sta-
tions (2G+3G) of latest tech-
nology will be commissioned
in Guwahati city.
credit positive for ONGC, OIL
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The
Centres decision to pay over
Rs 14,000-crore royalty claimed
by Gujarat and Assam from
ONGC and Oil India is credit
positive for the two state-
owned companies, Moodys In-
vestors Service said today.
The Supreme Court had ear-
lier this week disposed of royal-
ty claim cases filed by the state
governments after the Centre
agreed to pay the royalty amount
claimed by Gujarat and Assam.
The Central Governments
decision will likely set a prece-
dent for similar claims from
other State governments in In-
dia, Moodys said in a report.
Oil and Natural Gas Corp
(ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL)
pay royalty at the rate of 20 per
cent on the crude oil produced
from a State. This amount, the
companies calculated based on
the net price they realised after
paying for Central Government
mandated fuel subsidies. But
initially Gujarat and later Assam
wanted royalty to be paid on
gross or pre-subsidy price.
After coming to power, the
BJP-led government at the
Centre agreed to this but since
ONGC and OIL could not be
asked to pay royalty on a price
they never realised, it agreed
to bear the amount claimed by
the State governments.
This settlement is credit
positive for ONGC and OIL
because it removes the uncer-
tainty over Rs 26,100 crore of
contingent royalty liability for
both companies without re-
sulting in any further cash out-
lay from these companies,
Moodys said. PTI
three-digit growth over 2015,
it said. PTI
Maruti Suzuki to
invest Rs 1,900 cr
in R&D centre
ROHTAK, Feb 22: The
countrys largest carmaker
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) is
investing another Rs 1,900
crore till March 2019 on en-
hancing the R&D centre here
for cutting time of new prod-
uct development and to ex-
pand infrastructure for evalu-
ating vehicles safety.
The company has already
invested around Rs 1,900 crore
on the first phase of develop-
ment at the R&D centre. PTI
made accountable for their ac-
tion and no witch-hunt should
be resorted to, Assochams
new President Sandeep Jajodia
said at a press conference here.
He said the economy is still
in the re-monetisation stage
which should encourage peo-
India to see 9.5%
salary hike this year
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Em-
ployees in India are expected
to get an average salary hike
of just 9.5 per cent this year,
lower than last year, while top
performers will get lucrative
hikes as companies are focus-
ing on performance.
HR consultancy Aon
Hewitts annual Salary Increase
one per cent on goods and
services purchased in cash in
excess of Rs 2 lakh.
As we slowly limp back to
economic revival and re-mon-
etise our country we should
not put disincentives to curb
spending, Jajodia said. PTI
changes in the US government
and the much-talked-about de-
monetisation, the survey that
analysed data across over 1000
companies said.
Organisations are increas-
ingly focusing on performance
and key talent. The pay differ-
entiation between the top and
average performers has also

6,000 Indian millionaires shifted overseas in 16: Report
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: India is
among the top five countries global-
ly which saw the maximum number
of millionaire outflows with as many
as 6,000 ultra-rich people shifting
overseas in 2016, 50 per cent more
than the previous year.
According to a report by New
World Wealth, around 6,000 uber-
rich Indians have changed their dom-
icile in 2016, while in 2015 as many
as 4,000 millionaires had shifted base.
The total wealth held in the coun-
try amounts to $6.2 trillion (as of
December 2016) and the country is
home to 264,000 millionaires and 95
billionaires in total.
Over the next decade, India is
expected to benefit from strong
growth in the local financial services,
IT, real estate, healthcare and media
sectors. In particular, the local hospi-
tal services and health insurance sec-
tors are expected to grow strongly.
Hyderabad, Pune and Bangalore are
expected to lead the pack in terms of
wealth growth, the report said.
Meanwhile, global wealth migration
is also accelerating as around 82,000
ultra-rich people shifted overseas in
2016, compared to 64,000 in 2015.
Millionaires or High Net Worth In-
dividuals (HNWIs) refer to individuals
with net assets of $1 million or more.
According to the report, France
saw the maximum outflow of mil-
lionaires, with as many as 12,000
super-rich leaving the country. Some
of the other countries that witnessed
significant ouflow of millionaires in-
clude China (9,000), Brazil (8,000)
and Turkey (6,000).
France is heavily impacted by ris-
ing religious tensions between Chris-
tians and Muslims, especially in ur-
ban areas, the report said.
We expect that millionaire migra-
tion away from France will acceler-
ate over the next decade as these
tensions escalate, it added.
The report further noted that other
European countries where religious
tensions are starting to emerge such
as Belgium, Germany, Austria, the UK,
Holland and Sweden will also be nega-
tively affected in the near future.
Meanwhile, in terms of millionaire
inflows, Australia topped the chart as it
saw as many as 11,000 uber-rich peo-
ple shifting base there, followed by the
US (10,000) and Canada (8,000) in the
second and third place respectively.
The reasons behind HNWIs pre-
ferring Australia to the US and the
UK is that Australia has one of the
best healthcare systems in the world
and its location makes it a good base
for doing business in emerging Asian
countries such as China, Hong Kong,
Korea, Singapore, Vietnam and India.
Moreover, Australia is relatively
immune to the turmoil in the Middle
East and the related refugee crisis in
Europe and it has lower inheritance
taxes than the US and much lower
inheritance taxes than the UK.
Other countries that experienced
large inflows of HNWIs in 2016 in-
clude Canada, UAE, New Zealand and
Israel. PTI
survey projects a drop in pay
increases to an average of 9.5
per cent across industries. It
was 10.2 per cent in 2016.
The gradual slowing of pay
increases over the last few
years (from 15.1 per cent in
2007 to the projected 9.5 per
cent in 2017), and higher em-
phasis on performance indi-
cated the greying of salary
budgets for India.
While its a marginal de-
crease from the 2016 spend, it
reflects maturity that India Inc
has displayed amidst global and
Indian economic and political
events. This includes, and is
not limited to Brexit, recent
increased and key talent is get-
ting 1.8 times salary than that
of an average performer.
Moreover, for key talent man-
agement, companies are resort-
ing to various initiatives like ca-
reer development, learning and
development, international and
functional mobility, leadership
access among others.
Despite the year-on-year
decline in salary rise, India con-
tinues to lead the Asia Pacific
region. China is expected to
see a 6.9 per cent increase in
pay hike, Philippines 6 per
cent, Malaysia 5.5 per cent,
Singapore 4.1 per cent and Ja-
pan 2.4 per cent. PTI
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NATIONAL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017

CAPSULE IAF uses helicopters to

BMC poll counting today
MUMBAI, Feb 22: All eyes will be on
the outcome of the fiercely-fought BMC
elections as counting for polls to 10
municipal corporations and 25 zilla
parishads across Maharashtra begins
tomorrow morning at 10 am. PTI
Woman commits suicide
BHADERWAH (J&K), Feb 22: Pinky
Devi (25), a resident of Roat Fantyana
Magh in Marmat tehsil of Doda district, last
evening went to the Khareeri hill with her
cattle and allegedly jumped to her death
from a hill top, police said. According to the
family, Pinky left her house at 6 pm after
some altercation with family. PTI
Ola, Uber drivers stir
BENGALURU, Feb 22: Over one lakh
drivers attached to two cab aggregators
began an indefinite strike here today,
demanding better incentives and stopping
attachment of new cabs which they said
affects their bookings, even as some of
them ransacked a Uber office here, Uber,
TaxiForSure and Ola (UTO) Drivers and
Owners Association President Tanveer
Pasha said. PTI
Kerala team for Centre
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Feb 22:
douse forest fire in Kerala
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The ing domestic fire tenders of IAF
Air Force used two Mi-17 V5 and Kerala Fire Service. The
helicopters to douse a forest fire, however, continued to re-
fire at Mukkunimala Hill in Ker- occur due to thick and dry veg-
ala, which also houses its radar etation. On February 21, Ker-
on the top. The operation was ala state government request-
undertaken yesterday when ed IAF for assistance in terms
the fire broke out at Mukkuni- of employing helicopters to
mala Hill, some 10 kms east of douse the forest fire at Mukku-
the airfield at Trivandrum. nimala, the IAF said in a state-
Due to lack of rain in the ment. Two Mi-17 V5 helicop-
region, first forest fire occurred ters flew a total of five sorties
in the hills on February 18. The and dropped 62,050 litres of
same was put out by employ- water. PTI
SHORT NOTICE INVITING TENDER
NO. Agri/Engg/4290/Hort-Misc/2015-16/327 Dated : 20.02.2017
Chief Engineer, Agriculture, Assam invites separate sealed tender affixing
non refundable court fee stamp of Rs 8.25 (Rupees Eight and twenty five paisa)
only from the Registered Class-I/II and III, Contractor of Agriculture Department
for the Civil Constructional works as enlisted in the Tender Document for
2016-17. The intending Contractor may collect the Tender Papers for the works
available in the Engineering Wing of Directorate of Agriculture, Assam,
Khanapara, Guwahati-22 during the office working hours w.e.f 22.02.2017 to
Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inspecting the newly turned rake of Antyodaya Express consisting 22 coaches, at 09.03.2017 on payment of Rs 500.00 (Rupees Five Hundred) only by cash. The
Safderjung Railway Station, in New Delhi on Wednesday. UNI Tender Papers will be received up to 12.00 (noon) hours (IST) on 09.03.2017
and will be opened at 12.30 PM hours (IST) on the same day in the office of the
Engineering Wing of Directorate of Agriculture, Assam, Khanapara,
ABVP-AISA Guwahati-781022.
Akhilesh admitted SP-Cong clash at DU
The undersigned reserves the right to cancel any or all the tenders without
assigning any reason thereof. The undersigned also reserve to right not to accept
the lowest quoted rate.

tie-up opportunistic: Naidu college

An all party delegation will soon meet
Central government seeking to restore the
ration rice quota of Kerala, Chief Minis-
ter Pinarayi Vijayan today said. The
delegation will hand over a memorandum
to the Centre in this regard, Vijayan said
briefing reporters after an all party
meeting here. PTI
Politics over SYL issue
CHANDIGARH, Feb 22: The Haryana
Congress today hit out at Indian National
Lok Dal (INLD), which has said its activists
will march towards Punjab to dig up SYL
canal tomorrow, dubbing INLDs an-
nouncement as a political stunt and said
the party had earlier failed to support
various accords which were in Haryanas
favour. PTI
March for jobs
HYDERABAD, Feb 22: Members of
various students organisations were today
taken into preventive custody by police,
foiling their attempt to take out rallies on a
call by Telangana Joint Action Committee
over the unemployment issue. PTI
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Taking a
jibe at Akhilesh Yadavs remark
over the Samajwadi Partys poll al-
liance with the Congress, Union
Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today
said the Uttar Pradesh Chief Min-
ister has acknowledged that the tie-
up is an opportunistic one.
Urban Development Minister
Naidu also sounded optimistic of
BJP forming the government in
the countrys most populous
state, saying the two weak par-
ties (Congress and SP) cannot
match the strength of the BJP.
Yadavs comments show that he
has admitted to SP becoming weak
UP govt discriminating in giving
power connections: Piyush Goyal
due to family feud. I appreciate his
confession. He has acknowledged
that it is an opportunistic alliance,
that too for family reasons but not
in public interest, Naidu said in
reference to Yadavs remark.
Yadav, in an interview to an Eng-
lish daily, had said that the alliance
with Congress was product of a
particular time and circumstances
and may not have happened had the
family feud within the Samajwadi
Party not broken out.
The Samajwadi Party is fight-
ing the UP assembly polls in alli-
ance with the Congress. SP has
formed alliance with Congress
Sd/- Chief Engineer, Agriculture
Assam, Khanapara, Guwahati- 22
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Vio-
lent clashes broke out between SHORT NOTICE INVITING TENDER
neither on the basis of ideology
Left-affiliated AISA and RSS- NO. Agri/Engg/4290/Hort-Misc/2015-16/321 Dated : 20.02.2017
nor in the interest of the state but
backed ABVP at Ramjas Col- Chief Engineer, Agriculture, Assam invites separate sealed tender affixing
to cover up its weakness caused
lege today over a seminar in- non refundable court fee stamp of Rs 8.25 (Rupees Eight and twenty five paisa)
by internal fighting. Congress is only from the Registered Class- I/II Contractor of Agriculture Department for the
vite to JNU students Umar
already a weak party and joining following work for the year 2016-17. The intending Contractor may collect the
Khalid and Shehla Rashid which
hand with it cannot prevent the Tender Papers for the works available in the Engineering Wing of Directorate of
left many students, teachers and
BJP from coming to power, Agriculture, Assam, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 during the office working hours
policemen injured. w.e.f 22.02.2017 to 09.03.2017 on payment of Rs 500.00 (Rupees Five hundred)
Naidu said.
Students were also alleged- only by cash. The Tender Papers will be received up to 12.00 (noon) hours (IST)
He also hit out at Lalu Prasad
ly locked by ABVP activists on on 09.03.2017 and will be opened at 12.30 PM hours (IST) on the same day in
Yadav for his remarks on Prime
the premises for over four the office of the Executive Engineer(Agri), Sivsagar.
Minister Narendra Modi, saying The undersigned reserves the right to cancel any or all the tenders without
hours. Police officials claimed
that the language used by the RJD assigning any reason thereof. The undersigned also reserve to right not to accent
that a few policemen, includ-
supremo was not appropriate. the lowest quoted rate.
ing the SHO of Maurice Na-
Lalu had said yesterday that Modi Sl. Name of Works Proposed Estimated 2%Earnest Time of
gar police station, were
is like a twin brother of US Presi- No. location of Amount Money Completion
roughed up during the protest. Work Site (Rs.) (Rs)
dent Donald Trump, adding nobody
The clash broke out when a
knows what he will do next. PTI
group of students and teach-
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Repairing of the Sivsagar 1566695.00 31334.00 25 days
ers tried to take out a march
Community
demanding action against
ABVP for alleged vandalism
and also disruption of a semi-
Canning & Training
Centre at Sivsagar.
Sd/- Chief Engineer, Agriculture,
nar yesterday. PTI Janasanyog/2158/16 Assam, Khanapara, Guwahati- 22

Ansaris parole
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The Delhi High
Court today reserved its verdict on
Election Commissions plea seeking
cancellation of Uttar Pradesh legislator
Mukhtar Ansaris custody parole granted
by a trial court for canvassing in the
ongoing UP Assembly polls. PTI
INS Betwa
MUMBAI, Feb 22: Guided missile frigate
INS Betwa which suffered a mishap at the
Naval dockyard in Mumbai while it was at
the dry dock in December, is back on even
keel and shall be operational before April
2018, Navy sources said, adding, two crew
members were killed in the incident. PTI
Swine flu deaths
COIMBATORE, Feb 22: With two more
persons succumbing to swine flu here, the
total number of deaths due to the disease
has risen to 17 in the last three months in
and around the city. PTI
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Union
Power Minister Piyush Goyal to-
day accused the Samajwadi Party
government in Uttar Pradesh of
providing power connections to
members of one community in
the state where assembly elections
are underway.
He said BJP MP from Moorada-
bad Sarvesh Kumar Singh had al-
leged that the state government
was giving power connections to
people from a particular commu-
nity and denying it to others in
some areas of his constituency.
When the minister asked for a
report from the state government,
it denied discrimination. But the
MP then approached the Prime
Minister who directed the Power
Chopped body of IAF man
Ministry to send a high level com-
mittee to investigate.
The committee in its report said
there were several areas in Moo-
radabad where there was discrim-
ination in giving power connec-
tions... This is a serious problem,
Goyal told reporters while repy-
ing to questions in this regard.
He claimed that later many oth-
er public representatives made
similar complaints about their are-
as facing such problems in Uttar
Pradesh.
Responding to a poser on the
power situation in Varanasi, Goyal
said data provided by an NGO,
which monitors 300 towns and cit-
ies, shows that several areas in the
Prime Ministers constituency face
8 to 10 hour-long power cuts. This,
he said, belies the claims of Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav that Vara-
nasi gets 24 hours of power supply.
Earlier, the Prime Minister had
accused the UP government of dis-
criminating in power supply on re-
ligious grounds.
Goyal claimed that since August
2016, the state government had
stopped sharing information re-
garding quantum of power supplied
to different feeders in the state.
I think they stopped providing
information as their conscience was
not clean. Just when the elections
were round the corner, they an-
nounced that they are providing 24
hours of power, including to Vara-
nasi, he said. PTI
PIL to regulate
internet calls on
ASSAM PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
No. 224PSC/DR-4/3/2014-15 Dated Guwahati the 22nd Feb 2017
NOTIFICATION
As per order of the Honble Commission the following candidates, whose candidatures were rejected for
recruitment to the post of Asstt.Engr.(Civil/Mech./Elect.) under P.H.E. Department are allowed to appear in the
screening test to be held on 26.02.2017.
SL. No. ROLL NO NAME OF THE CANDIDATE
1 0001551 Owaker Yunus
2 0001552 Jayantajeet Mazumdar
3 0001553 Anurag Baishya
4 0001554 Mriganka Bezbaruah
5 0001555 Bhaskar Jyoti Bora
No intimation letter to the eligible candidates shall be sent separately by post. The admission certificates
shall be uploaded in APSCs website (www.apsc.nic.in) on 23.02.2017. The candidates shall have to download
their own admission certificates from the aforesaid website.
Any query in this regard shall be entertained over telephone no.0361-2365426 or 03612363117 during office
hours w.e.f. 23.02.2017.
Sd/- Deputy Secretary,
Assam Public Service Commission,
Janasanyog/9507/16 Jawaharnagar,Khanapara,Guwahati-22
No.IID/CAD/Survey/2016-17/724 Date : 21.02.2017
SHORT NOTICE INVITING TENDER
Sealed tenders affixing Court fee stamp of Rs.8.25 (Rupees eight and paisa twenty five) only eventually to be drawn in P.W.D. F-2 form)
are hereby invited from the interested Govt registered Surveyor/Consultant for the following works.
Sl. Name of work Quantity Rate Approximate

found: Sergeant, wife held FB, WhatsApp

No.

1. Carrying out contour survey in a grid of 3.0MX3.0 M 7597 Ha Rs. 756.00

BATHINDA, Feb 22: The chopped
body of an IAF corporal, missing since
February 8, was recovered from the
residence of a sergeant who was later
arrested with his wife on murder charge.
Police yesterday found the chopped
body of 27-year-old Vipin Shukla, a
corporal in the Air Force Wives Wel-
fare Association Canteen, stuffed in 16
polythene bags and hidden in different
parts of sergeant Sulesh Kumars quar-
ters at Bhisiana air force station, SP
Gurmeet Singh said today.
Shukla, a resident of Gonda in Ut-
tar Pradesh, joined the airforce in 2009
and was posted at the Bhisiana airforce
station in May 2014. He reportedly
went missing on February 8.
Following a complaint by his wife
alleged that Shukla had illicit relation-
ship with his wife Anuradha, he said.
After discovering she was preg-
nant, Anuradha asked Shukla to mar-
ry her but he refused, the accused
told police. Shukla had also been
spreading information about their
relationship among other employees,
police said. So Anuradha, with her
husband and brother Shashi Bhushan
hatched a conspiracy to murder Shuk-
la for taking revenge.
On the evening of February 8,
Kumar called Shukla to help him pack
luggage as he was to change his quar-
ters. He attacked him with an axe,
killing him at his quarters. He then
packed the body in a box and took it
to his new quarters, he said.
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The
Delhi High Court today sought
a response from the govern-
ment on a plea seeking regu-
lation of call services over the
internet provided by Face-
book and WhatsApp.
A bench of Chief Justice G
Rohini and Justice Sangita Dh-
ingra Sehgal issued notice to
the ministries concerned and
directed them to file their affi-
davits within six weeks with
regard to the issue raised in
the petition and fixed the mat-
ter for further consideration
on May 3.
The direction came on a
plea by VD Moorthy, who has
Amount (Inclusive
of 1% labour Cess)
Rs. 58,00,000.00
of command area where the ground is generally of
uniform grade and at closure interval than 3.0 M X In 03 (Three)
3.0 M where there is abrupt changes of the ground to Groups
bring out the features , cleaning light jungles ,
preparation of drawings etc. Complete as directed.
Under Bordikorai Irrigation Scheme (Ph-V) under
CADWM programme of Itakhola Div (I) , 2016-17.
The Tender will be received by the undersigned up to 2.00 PM on 03/03/2017 and will be opened on the same date at 2:30 PM in
presence of the bidders or their authorised agents.
If the date of receiving and opening tenders is a holiday / bandh or any other reasons, the tenders will be received and opened at the
same time & place on the next working day.
The detailed information , terms & conditions may be collected from the office of the Executive Engineer
Itakhola Division ( Irrigation) Itakhola during office hrs. on all working days up to 12 noon on or before 03/03/2017 on payment of Rs. 500.00
(Rupees five hundred ) only in the form of I.P.O. dully pledged to the The Executive Engineer , Itakhola Division ( Irrigation) Itakhola . The
bidder will quote rate inclusive of VAT & Labour welfare cess etc. on percentage basis ( i.e. at per/ % below / % above the estimate rate).
Earnest Money : 2% against work value (1% for SC/ST/OBC/MOBC) is to be deposited at the time of submission of Tender in the shape
of Call deposit /Bank Draft drawn from any Scheduled Bank guaranteed by RBI and duly pledged in favour of The Executive Engineer ,
Itakhola Division ( Irrigation) Itakhola.
Time of Completion :- 30 (thirty ) days only
Sd/- Chairman cum Managing Director
Janasanyog/4537/16 UACADA , Katimari, Nagaon.
No. EE/PWD/LAK/OFC/2013-14/3962 Date: 20.2.2017

Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing
and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information
& Broadcasting, M Venkaiah Naidu visiting the
gymnasium at the Ministry of Urban
Development, in New Delhi on Wednesday. UNI
Kumkum, a case of kidnapping was reg-
istered against unknown persons at
Nathana police station here on February
15, police said. During interrogation, the
Sergeant confessed to his crimes and
On February 19, Kumar cut the
body into pieces with a meat knife
and packed it in 16 polythene bags.
He put some in the wardrobe and in
the refrigerator, SP said. PTI
approached the court for reg-
ulation of Facebook and What-
sapps Voice Over Internet
Protocol or Internet Telepho-
ny services. PTI
PRESS NOTICE INVITING TENDER
The undersigned invites sealed tender with validity period of 90 days from the date of receipt of tender affixing non refundable court
fee stamp of Rs.8.25 (Rupees eight and twenty five paisa) only subsequently to be drawn in a printed F2 form from the APWD(R)
registered contractor of Class-I (A), I-(B), I-(C) and II category contractor which will be received by the undersigned up to 2.00 PM of
27.02.2017 and will be opened on same date and place at 3.00 PM. The intending tenderer or their authorized agent may remain present
at the time of opening of the tender.
If the tender cant be opened for any unforeseen reason on the scheduled date and time the same will be opened on the next working
day at same time and place.
The detailed tender paper may be obtained from the office of the undersigned from 23.02.2017 to 25.02.2017 during the office hours

Fear in varsities threat to democracy: Amartya

NEW DELHI, Feb 22: Sounding a
note of caution, Nobel laureate Am-
artya Sen has said the atmosphere of
fear in universities is detrimental to
Indian democracy.
Penalties imposed on teachers for
giving lectures critical of the priorities
of the ruling government, and even on
those who arranged the lectures at one
university or other, will have far reach-
ing impact on value of liberty in con-
temporary India, Sen said while
launching his book titled Social Choice
and Social Welfare here yesterday.
Sen, known for his strong views, also
said that he has no hope of the Narendra
Modi-led government doing enough to
improve health sector in the country.
The 83-year-old economist further
said that fear being faced by the mi-
nority communities in India can not be
seen as cultivation of fraternity.
Regretting that the pursuit of equal-
ity for the moment has increasingly
taken a backseat in policy making in
India, Sen said, India does not have
world-class universities... The climate
of fear (in Indian universities) is detri-
mental to Indian democracy.
He said the government has executive
power but it should not consider itself as
a complete state impairing the autonomy
of the universities. The government has
executive power. But it has an obligation
not to see itself as whole of the state.
...For example the money for state
universities come from the states.The
fact that the money on universities
spent by the government it does not
mean that the government will take
crucial decisions in running of the uni-
versities, Sen said.
Observing that China spends 2 per
cent of its GDP on health sector, while
India spends less than 1 per cent of its
GDP on health sector, Sen said, I
dont have any hope of present gov-
ernment doing enough for improving
on payment of non refundable fees as given in the Annexure below in the form of demand draft of any scheduled bank duly pledged to the
Empowered Officer, Assam State Road Board, A/C No.10566991479.
The tender must be accompanied by the bid security money @2% of bid value of work (1% for ST, SC, OBC & UGE) in the form of
bank draft of scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of the Executive Engineer, PWD, Lakhimpur State Road Division, Ghilamara.
The Department/ authorities are not bound itself to accept the lowest tenders and also reserved the right to accept or reject any tender
health sector in India. without assigning any reasons thereof.
Sen further said India does not have Defect liability period of the work will be 1 (one) year from the date of completion of the work.
ANNEXURE-1
a majority government system. BJP
Sl. Name of work Bid value of 2% bid Cost of tender Date of
only got 31 per cent vote share in the No works security money documents completion
last Lok Sabha election. Even if with Restoration of damaged Road surface caused due 3542000.00 70840.00 1063.00 30 days
the allies, it got only 39 per cent to the laying of underground OF Cable by Reliance (including
Jio Infocom Limited by HDD method. Add. 11.50%
votes, he pointed out. 1. Dhakuakhana Chariali to Sunari Chapori via Konwar Agency
Sen, however, said BJP and allies gaon, Katharbari on Dhakuakhana Road. (L= 14000.00m). charge)
2. Sonari Chapori to near Kherkata Bridge via Dholpeta
have right to govern, adding, But the LP School Balideori Gaon Kekuri Bebejia. (L=6500.00m).
BJP-led NDA government should not Restoration of damaged Road surface caused due 2816000.00 56320.00 845.00 30 days
be in illusion that it is speaking on be- to the laying of underground OF Cable by Reliance (including
Jio Infocom Limited by HDD method. Add.
half of the majority of Indians. 1. Ghilamara Tiniali via Indian oil Petrol 11.50%
Sen is currently Thomas W Lamont Pump, Jalbhari (L=3210.00m) Agency
2. Batarnari.to Dhakuakhana Chariali via Jamuguri charge)
University Professor, and Professor of Hiloidari gaon, St. Thomas School (L=13000.00m)
Economics and Philosophy, at Harvard Sd/- Executive Engineer, PWD
University. PTI Janasanyog/2154/16 Lakhimpur State Roads Division, Ghilamara
 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 13
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
LEISURE & LIFESTYLE
T
iny plastic particles washed off prod- These findings indicate that we must look
ucts, such as synthetic clothes and car far beyond waste management if we are to ad- 19:00 Devanshi 21:30 Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani
19:30 Sasural Simar Ka 22:00 Woh Apna Sa
tyres, contribute up to 30 per cent of dress ocean pollution in its entirety, said An- 20:00 Shakti 22:30 Zindagi Ki Mahek
the plastic soup polluting the worlds oceans, dersen. 13:00 Roll No. 21
20:30 Udann 23:00 Kumkum Bhagya
23:30 Jamai Raja
with potentially disastrous effects on marine life In parts of the developed world enjoying ef- 14:00 Oggy and the... 13:00 Ye Hai Mohabbatein
16:30 Teen Titans Go 13:30 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 14:16 Death Race
and human health, a new report warned today. fective waste management, such as North 17:00 Roll No. 21 14:00 Ishqbaaaz 16:27 Bean
18:00 We Bare Bears 14:30 Mere Angne Mein 18:25 Everest
The report by International Union for Con- America, primary microplastics are a bigger 19:00 Krishna: The Birth 15:00 Naamkarann 21:01 Jurassic Park III
servation of Nature (IUCN) looked at primary source of marine plastic pollution than plastic 20:30 Roll No. 21 15:30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 23:00 Jurassic World
13:00 Crime Patrol Dial 100
21:00 Teen Titans Go 16:00 Meri Durga 14:00 Crime Patrol - Satark
microplastics plastics that enter the oceans in waste, according to the report. 21:30 Oggy and the... 16:30 Ishqbaaaz 16:00 Crime Patrol Dial 100
the form of small particles, as opposed to larg- Synthetic textiles are the main source of pri- 22:00
23:00
Ben 10
Dragon Ball Z
17:00
17:30
Suhani Si Ek Ladki
Jaana Na Dil Se Door
18:00 The Kapil Sharma Show
21:00 Karmafal Daata Shani 19:30 Peshwa Bajirao
er plastic waste that degrades in the water mary microplastics in Asia and tyres dominate 18:00 Mere Angne Mein
21:30 Ek Shringaar Swabhimaan 20:00 Mahabali Hanumaan
13:47
15:56
Kung Fu Panda
The Dark Knight Rises
18:30 Meri Durga 20:30 Ek Rishta Sajhedari Ka
released from household and industrial prod- in the Americas, Europe and Central Asia. 19:00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya
22:00 Kasam
21:00 Beyhadh
19:00 Puss in Boots
22:30 Dil Se Dil Tak 21:00 The Departed
ucts across seven geographical regions. The findings of this report have important 19:30 Ye Hai Mohabbatein
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20:00 Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil
23:30 Ek Shringaar Swabhimaan 22:00 Peshwa Bajirao
implications for the glo- 20:30 Chandra Nandni 22:30 Crime Patrol Dial 100
21:00 Naamkarann STAR MOVIE
bal strategy to tackle 21:00 Titanic

Plastic soup
21:30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
ocean plastic pollution, 22:00 Ishqbaaaz
22:30 Dil Bole Oberoi 13:00 Just for Laughs
which currently focuses 23:00 P.O.W - Bandi Yuddh Ke 14:00 Americas Got Talent
13:00 Chhota Bheem 23:30 Ye Hai Mohabbatein
on reducing plastic 13:30 The Tom And Jerry Show
13:00 Zindagi Ki Mahek 15:00 Americas Funniest Home...
13:30 Woh Apna Sa 16:00 Scandal
waste, said Joao de 14:15 Grizzy And The...
14:00 Jamai Raja 17:00 Switched at Birth 14:00 The Jungle Book
14:30 The Oddbods Show 14:30 Kumkum Bhagya 16:00 True Lies
18:00 Ugly Betty
Sousa, Marine Project 15:00 The Tom And Jerry Show 15:00 Zindagi Ki Mahek 19:00 Just for Laughs 19:00 Tom Yum Goong 2
15:30 Chhota Bheem 21:00 Titanic
Plastic from tyres, clothes major source of Manager, IUCNs Glo- 17:00 Mighty Raju
13:00 Shakti 15:30 Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani 20:00 Americas Got Talent
13:30 Udann 16:00 Bin Kuch Kahe 21:00 Scandal
bal Marine Programme. 17:30 The Tom And Jerry Show
14:00 Dil Se Dil Tak 16:30 Sanyukt 22:00 Lethal Weapon
ocean pollution, says a report They show that so-
18:00
18:15
Grizzy And The...
The Looney Tunes Show
14:30 Ek Shringaar 17:00 Woh Apna Sa 23:00 Two and a Half Men
15:00 Kasam 17:30 Zindagi Ki Mahek
lutions must include 18:30
19:00
The Oddbods Show
The Tom And Jerry Show
15:30 Karmafal Daata Shani 18:00 Ajee Sunte Ho
14:26 Captain Phillips SONY PIX
16:00 Devanshi 18:30 Bin Kuch Kahe
Sources of primary microplastics include car product and infrastructure design as well as con- 19:30 Yo-Kai Watch 16:30 Udann 19:00 Kaala Teeka
16:39 Never Back Down 2: The
Beatdown
23:37 Transformers
20:30 Chhota Bheem 19:30 Sanyukt
tyres, synthetic textiles, marine coatings, road sumer behaviour. Synthetic clothes could be 21:00 Takeshis Castle
17:00
17:30
Shakti
Kasam 20:00 Zindagi Ki Mahek
18:19 The Last Samurai
21:00 Scary Movie 2
markings, personal care products, plastic pel- designed to shed fewer fibres, for example, and 22:00 Chhota Bheem 18:00 Dil Se Dil Tak 20:30 Jamai Raja 22:13 Barely Lethal
23:00 M.A.D 18:30 Thapki Pyar Ki 21:00 Kumkum Bhagya 23:53 The Town
lets and city dust. consumers can act by choosing natural fabrics
According to the report, between 15 and 31 over synthetic ones, said de Sousa.
13:50 Ajooba
per cent of the estimated 9.5 million tonnes of Recent calls to ban the use of micro-beads in 17:14 Vidroh - Lets fight back
20:00 Jigarwala No. 1
plastic released into the oceans each year could cosmetics are a welcome initiative, but as this 17:30 Science of Stupid 23:19 Six
be primary microplastics, almost two-thirds of source is only responsible for two per cent of 18:00 India Unlocked
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which come from the washing of synthetic tex- primary microplastics, the effects of a potential 20:00 Do or Die
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report is a real eye-opener, showing that plastic Plastic pollution harms marine wildlife and is 15:30 Destroyed in Seconds
22:00
23:00
Man hunt : Death Blow
Deadly Jaws 14:30 Afternoon Prime
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National News Wrap Up 15:40 Seeta Aur Geeta
waste is not all there is to ocean plastics, said thought to accumulate in the food web, with 16:00
17:00
Super Senses
Man Woman Wild
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17:30 Bhal Khabar 22:25 Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi
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IUCN Director General Inger Andersen. Our potentially negative consequences for human 18:00 Food Factory
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daily activities, such as washing clothes and driv- health. Effects on fragile ecosystems in regions 18:30 Breaking @ 6:30 19:30 North East News (English)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017: for a
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 14 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI
INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Nine Nepal
Uzbek journalist freed parties to
after 18 years in jail obstruct
BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan), Feb 22: Uzbekistan has released Constitution
a prominent opposition journalist after 18 years behind bars,
one of the longest prison stretches suffered by a reporter
amendment Bill
worldwide, a rights group and relatives said today. KATHMANDU, Feb
Activists at Human Rights Watch told AFP that relatives 22: An alliance of nine-
of Muhammad Bekjanov jailed since 1999 confirmed opposition parties in
he had been freed and was heading to the capital of the Nepal today decided to
tightly- controlled Central Asian nation. obstruct the Constitution
They said he has been released and is on his way to amendment Bill that
Tashkent, said Hugh Williamson, the director of the seeks to address the
groups Europe and Central Asia division. demands of agitating
Bekjanovs US-based daughter, Aygul Bekjan, wrote on Madhesi parties in the
Facebook that she was happy at her fathers release but Parliament.
so mad for the fact that he lost 18 years of his life for A meeting of the
nothing! opposition parties, led by
There was no official confirmation of the release. the CPN-UML, held here
Bekjanov edited a prominent opposition newspaper in decided to obstruct the
Uzbekistan until his arrest in 1999 on charges linked to a House proceedings if the
spate of bombings, with supporters insisting the case was government tries to push
designed to muzzle him. AFP Italian President Sergio Mattarella and China's President Xi Jinping inspect an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People the amendment Bill
in Beijing, China on Wednesday. UNI through, Rastriya
Janamukti Party

Trumps immigration plans could US unveils plan to deport

Loktantrik lawmaker
Shiva Lal Thapa said.
The Opposition,

impact 3 lakh Indian-Americans however, said they will

allow the proceedings to

WASHINGTON, Feb 22: Nearly 300,000

Indian-Americans are likely to be impacted by
the Trump administrations sweeping plans
that put the nations 11 million undocumented
immigrants at risk of deportation.
President Donald Trump has laid the
groundwork for potentially deport-
ing millions of undocumented
immigrants by issuing new
guidance that drastically
broadens the ways in which
federal immigration laws
should be enforced.
The Department no
longer will exempt classes
or categories of removable
aliens from potential enforce-
ment, the Department of Home-
land Security (DHS) said in an en-
forcement memo.
Department personnel have full authority
to arrest or apprehend an alien whom an im-
migration officer has probable cause to believe
is in violation of the immigration laws, it said.
The Department of Homeland Security has
issued two enforcement memos, which among
other things, tightens deportation of illegal im-
migrants.
The emphasis is on criminal aliens, though,
but opens up the door for others too.
Indian-Americans as per unofficial figures
account for nearly 300,000 illegal aliens.
According to the memo, the DHS Secre-
tary has the authority to apply expedited re-
moval provisions to aliens who have
not been admitted or paroled into
the US, who are inadmissible,
and who have not been con-
tinuously physically present
in the US for the two-year
period immediately prior to
the determination of their in-
admissibility, so that such al-
iens are immediately removed
unless the alien is an unaccom-
panied minor, intends to apply for
asylum or has a fear of persecution
or torture in their home country, or claims
to have lawful immigration status.
The memorandum said when illegal aliens
apprehended do not pose a risk of a subsequent
illegal entry, returning them to the foreign con-
tiguous territory from which they arrived, pend-
ing the outcome of removal proceedings, saves
the government detention and adjudication re-
sources for other priority aliens. PTI
undocumented immigrants
WASHINGTON, Feb 22:
The US government on Tues-
day issued a sweeping set of
orders that implement Presi-
dent Donald Trumps plan to
increase immigration enforce-
ment, placing the nations 11
million undocumented immi-
grants at risk of deportation.
The Department no
longer will exempt classes or
categories of removable al-
iens from potential enforce-
ment, the Department of
Homeland Security said in an
enforcement memo.
Department personnel
have full authority to arrest or
apprehend an alien whom an
immigration officer has prob-
able cause to believe is in vio-
lation of the immigration
laws, it said.
The Department of Home-
land Security has issued two
enforcement memos, which
among other things, tightens
deportation of illegal immi-
grants.
The emphasis is on criminal
aliens, though, but opens up
the door for others too.
Indian-Americans, who as
per an unofficial count account
for nearly 300,000 illegal aliens
are likely to be greatly im-
pacted by this.
According to the memo, the
DHS Secretary has the author-
ity to apply expedited removal
provisions to aliens who have
not been admitted or paroled
into the US, who are inadmis-
sible, and who have not been
continuously physically present
in the US for the two-year pe-
riod immediately prior to the
determination of their inadmis-
sibility, so that such aliens are
immediately removed unless
the alien is an unaccompanied
minor, intends to apply for asy-
lum or has a fear of persecution
or torture in their home coun-
try, or claims to have lawful im-
migration status.
The memorandum said
when illegal aliens appre-
hended do not pose a risk of a
subsequent illegal entry, re-
turning them to the foreign
contiguous territory from
which they arrived, pending
the outcome of removal pro-
ceedings, saves the govern-
ment detention and adjudica-
tion resources for other pri-
ority aliens.
CBP and ICE personnel
shall, to the extent lawful, ap-
propriate and reasonably prac-
ticable, return such aliens to
such territories pending their
hearings, the memo said.
The Democrats were quick
to oppose this. PTI
run if other issues such
as election Bill and
impeachment motion
were discussed in
Parliament.
The meeting also
decided to hold further
talks with ruling parties
and United Democratic
Madhesi Front on the
disputed issues including
the amendment Bill.
The government has
tabled the Constitution
amendment Bill in the
Parliament in order to
address the demands of
the agitating Madhesi
parties, that mainly
include re-demarcation of
provincial boundary and
citizenship issues.
The Madhesi parties
have relaunched agitation
to oppose the local body
election announced by the
Election Commission on
Monday. PTI

Around the N Korea diplomat 7 killed, 15 hurt

WORLD
Epileptic seizures
WASHINGTON, Feb 22: Sleep
deprivation and stress are the major
triggers of seizures, according to a new
study that tracked epilepsy patients
using a smartwatch app.
The study, that was carried out in the
span of 10 months, had 598 people sign
up to track their seizures through an
smartwatch app called EpiWatch.
When participants felt a seizure aura
starting, they opened the app. Using the
smartwatchs sensors, the app recorded
participants heart rate and movements
for 10 minutes. PTI
Worlds rarest boa
WASHINGTON, Feb 22: One of the
worlds rarest boa that dwells in the
forests of Brazil has been sighted for the
first time in 64 years, indicating that the
species is alive and well, scientists say.
Corallus cropanii also known as
Cropans boa is known from only a
handful of dead specimens collected
after the snake was first seen and
described in 1953.
The slippery serpent was captured in
January the second living specimen
ever seen, and the first glimpsed in 64
years. PTI
Islamic headscarf
Malaysias Royal Police chief Khalid Abu Bakar (C) speaks during a news conference regarding the
apparent assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of the North Korean leader, at the Malaysian
police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday. UNI
Amnesty slams Indias sedition law
LONDON, Feb 22: Amnesty In-
ternational today criticised the In-
dian government for using the
crude, colonial-era sedition law
to silence its critics.
In its annual human rights re-
port, the UK-based NGO said,
Human rights activists and jour-
nalists (in India) faced intimidation
and attacks from both state and
non-state actors.
The report mentioned a crack-
down on civil society organisa-
tions with the Foreign Contribu-
tion (Regulation) Act or FCRA
being repeatedly invoked to har-
ass organisations that receive for-
eign funding.
The crude, colonial-era sedition
law was unleashed to silence gov-
ernment critics, it added.
Caste-based violence and vigi-
lante cow protection groups harass-
ing and attacking people in states
including Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya
Pradesh and Karnataka in the name
of upholding laws prohibiting the
killing of cows were also highlighted
as areas of concern, it said.
Tensions between India and Pa-
kistan intensified following an attack
by gunmen on an army base in Uri,
Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and
Kashmir state witnessed months of
curfew and a range of human rights
violations by authorities, the re-
port claimed.
The report also highlighted the
consequences of the Indian
Governments move to ban large
currency notes.
A ban on Indias largest currency
bills, intended as a crackdown on
the countrys black market, se-
verely affected the livelihoods of
millions, the report notes.
On a global level, the report cov-
ering 159 countries condemns the
growth of politics of demonisation
which was breeding division and fear
around the world. PTI
wanted over Kim in Baghdad car
killing: Malaysia bomb attack
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22: Detectives BAGHDAD, Feb 22: At least seven peo-
probing the assassination of Kim Jong-Uns ple were killed and 12 wounded on Tuesday
half-brother want to question a North Ko- in a car bomb explosion at a crowded street
rean diplomat, Malaysias top policeman in Iraqi capital Baghdad, a police source said.
said today. The attack occurred in the evening when
Investigators have put five North Kore- a booby-trapped car detonated at the Amal-
ans in the frame for last weeks brazen kill- Shaabi thoroughfare in the predominantly
ing of Kim Jong-Nam at Kuala Lumpur In- Sunni neighbourhood of Ameriyah in west-
ern Baghdad, Xinhua news quoted the
ternational Airport and have said they are
source as saying on condition of anonymity.
seeking three more for questioning.
The massive explosion destroyed sev-
They include the embassys second sec-
eral nearby shops and many stalls, along
retary, Hyon Kwang Song, as well as a North
with damaging several nearby civilian cars
Korean airline employee called Kim Uk Il,
and buildings, the source said.
Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters.
The toll could rise as ambulances, police
We have written to the ambassador to
allow us to interview both of them. We
and civilian vehicles were evacuating the
victims to the city's hospitals and medical
hope that the Korean embassy will coop-
centres, the source added.
erate with us and allow us to interview
No group has so far claimed responsibil-
them quickly. If not, we will compel them
ity for the attacks, but the Islamic State (IS)
to come to us, he said.
militant group, in most cases, is responsi-
Jong-Nam died last Monday after being
attacked as he waited for a plane to Macau.
Leaked CCTV footage from the airport
ble for such attacks targeting crowded ar-
eas, including markets, cafes and mosques
across Iraq. IANS
shows the chubby 45-year-old being ap-
proached by two women, one of whom
grabs him from behind and appears to
shove a cloth in his face.
Moments later Jong Nam is seen seek-
ing help from airport staff, who direct him
to a clinic, where he apparently slumped
in a chair.
Malaysian police say he suffered a seizure
and died before he reached hospital, seem-
ingly from the effects of some kind of toxin.
Seoul has said from the start that
Pyongyang was behind the murder, citing a
standing order from Jong-Un to kill his
elder sibling, and a failed assassination bid in
2012. AFP

Life expectancy may hit 90 years by 2030: study

ISTANBUL, Feb 22: Turkeys army is
lifting a historic ban on female officers
wearing the Islamic headscarf in the
officially secular country, the state-run
Anadolu news agency said today.
The move, ordered by the defence
ministry, applies to female officers
working in the general staff and
command headquarters and branches, it
said.
Women may wear the headscarf
underneath their cap or beret so long as
it is the same colour as their uniform and
does not cover their faces. AFP
LONDON, Feb 22: Average life
expectancy is set to increase in
many countries by 2030 and will
exceed 90 years in South Korea,
according to a new study published
in the Lancet journal today.
The study, led by scientists from
Imperial College London (ICL) in
the UK and World Health Organi-
sation (WHO), analysed long-term
data on mortality and longevity
trends to predict how life expect-
ancy will change in 35 industrial-
ised countries by 2030.
Nations in the study included
both high-income countries, such
as the US, Canada, UK, Germany,
Australia, and emerging economies
such as Poland, Mexico and the
Czech Republic.
The study showed all nations in
the study can expect to see an
increase in life expectancy by 2030.
The results also found that South
Koreans may have the highest life
expectancy in the world in 2030.
The team calculated life expect-
ancy at birth, and predicted a baby
girl born in South Korea in 2030
will expect to live 90.8 years. Life
expectancy at birth for South
Korean men will be 84.1 years.
The researchers also calculated
how long a 65-year-old person
may expect to live in 2030. The
results showed that the average
65-year-old woman in South
Korea in 2030 may live an
additional 27.5 years.
Scientists once thought an
average life expectancy of over 90
was impossible, said Professor
Majid Ezzati, lead researcher from
the ICL.
We repeatedly hear that
improvements in human longevity
are about to come to an end. Many
people used to believe that 90
years is the upper limit for life
expectancy, but this research
suggests we will break the 90-
year-barrier, said Ezzati.
I dont believe were anywhere
near the upper limit of life
expectancy if there even is one,
he said.
Ezzati said that South Koreas
high life expectancy may be due to
a number of factors including good
nutrition in childhood, low blood
pressure, low levels of smoking, A Russian Soyuz booster rocket, carrying
good access to healthcare and the Progress cargo spacecraft, blasts off for
uptake of new medical knowledge the International Space Station from the
and technologies. PTI Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on
Wednesday. UNI
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Buoyant India take on aggressive

Indian skipper
Virat Kohli
dives to catch
the ball during

Australia in series opener a practice

PUNE, Feb 22: On a fairytale
19-match unbeaten streak, India
would seek extension of their in-
credible dominance on home turf
when they clash against an aggres-
sive Australia in the four-Test se-
ries, beginning here tomorrow.
The series against the Steve
Smith-led side is the fourth and
last home series of the 2016-17
season for India, who have con-
jured up emphatic victories over
New Zealand (3-0), England (4-0)
and Bangladesh (one-off Test).
India are going into the rubber,
seeking their seventh successive
series win going back to the three-
Test away series against Sri Lan-
ka in 2015.
There are several factors in In-
dias stupendous run, chief among
those being captain Virat Kohlis
phenomenal run with the bat. The
young captain has truly led from
the front by notching up four dou-
ble hundreds.
Kohli is averaging over 80 af-
ter accumulating 1457 runs in the
last 13 Tests and Australia will
need to find ways to curtail his
brilliance to stop the Indian Jug-
gernaut.
The other major factor has
been the excellent bowling by
spinners Ravichandran Ashwin
and Ravindra Jadeja, incidentally
Australias David Warner bats during a practice session at the
the top two bowlers in the ICC
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, on Wednesday.
rankings.
UNI
Off-spinner Ashwin has grabbed
78 wickets in 13 games during the
same period with 8 five-fors at an
average of just over 24 while left-
armer Jadeja has scalped 49 wick-
ets in 10 Tests at just under 25.
The spin twins, who combined
forces to rout New Zealand and
England, again pose a major threat
to the Australians.
In addition to these three play-
ers consistent performance, the
support from batsmen such as
opener Murali Vijay and
Cheteshwar Pujara and from oth-
er bowlers has been invaluable.
The stubborn lower-order bat-
ting has often helped the team
come out of tricky situations and
score big.
As coach Anil Kumble pointed
out yesterday, India have not field-
ed the same eleven during this
successful phase due to a variety
of reasons including injuries. But
each replacement has been bang-
on and delivered the goods.
Indias unbeaten 19-Test run
commenced with a victory in the
second Test of the series in Sri
Lanka. At home, India have not
tasted defeat since drawing the
fourth and final Test of the 2012-
13 series against England. Dur-
ing this period they have played
20 Tests, won 17 and drawn three,
a fine record by any reckoning.
And their win-loss record over
session ahead
of their 1st Test
against
Australia at the
Maharashtra
Cricket
Association
Stadium in
Pune, on
Wednesday.
UNI
TEAMS:
India: Virat Kohli (C), Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Ravichan-
dran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Karun Nair, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep
Yadav, Abhinav Mukund, Hardik Pandya.
Australia: Steve Smith (C), David Warner (VC), Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood,
Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Stephen OKeefe, Matthew Renshaw,
Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade.
MATCH STARTS AT 9:30 AM
the last 20 Tests, both home and tough the Aussies have found it to often gives the team flying starts
away, is 15-1. This is the sort of overcome the hosts on the slow, back home, and captain Smith and
challenge the Australians face as turning pitches in this country. the other batsmen will have to bat
they go into the series opener at India are expected to field two around these two biggies.
the Maharashtra Cricket Associ- pacers and three spinners Ash- While Smith had averaged 40-
ation stadium on a pitch where the win, Jadeja and Jayant Yadav who plus with a highest score of 92
ball will fly, according to cura- was doing well in the series in the two Tests he figured in
tor and former pacer Pandurang against England when he picked 2012-13, 17 out of the left hand-
Salgaonkar. up an injury and had to sit out of ed Warners 18 Test hundreds
Australia have not won a Test the last Test against England fol- have been scored either at home
let alone a series in India since lowed by the one-off Test against or in South Africa and he, thus,
2004-05 when they defeated the Bangladesh. has a huge point to prove in the
hosts 2-1. Since then they lost 2- The think tank also has the op- sub-continent.
0 twice in four-game series and tion of giving a Test debut to Chi- In spite of the twin failures of
were whitewashed 4-0 on their naman bowler, Kuldeep Yadav young Matt Renshaw in the
last visit in 2012-13. who has replaced the injured warm-up game in Mumbai, he is
Also Australias series victory wrist-spinner Amit Mishra in the expected to partner Warner at
in India prior to the one in the squad. Australian batting will re- the top of the order with Shaun
2004-05 had come way back in volve mainly around opener and Marsh and captain Smith to fol-
1969-70, an indication of how vice-captain David Warner, who low in that order. PTI

India start off as Smith rejects Bhajjis Record Taylor ton guides
favourites taunt, says can compete New Zealand to victory
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here is enough familiarity with home boys for us to keep
them on the back-burner for the moment. Its the
PUNE, Feb 22: Unfazed by
Aussies who have us gathered around their table with
taunts that this is the weakest Aus-
twitchy nerves.
tralian side ever to tour India, cap-
You look at their top order and you wont find anyone tain Steven Smith today said the
undercooked for these conditions. Thats the last thing you visitors are more than capable of
could say about David Warner or Steve Smith or for that coming good in the difficult se-
matter the two Marsh brothers Shaun and Mitchell. They ries.
usually spend their summers in India in far more searing and Smith was reacting to senior
difficult conditions, crisscrossing the length and breadth of the Indian off-spinner Harbhajan
country for the cricket carnival we know as IPL. Peter Singhs recent assertion that the
Handscomb is an assured starter at No. 5 and the only choice current Australian team is the
they have to make is between Usman Khawaja and Matt weakest to have toured India.
Renshaw as an opener. Everyone is entitled to their
Now that India is unlikely to present opinion. However, I dont be-
pitches anything like it did four years ago, lieve thats the case. Im confi-
its a line-up which could keep Kohlis men dent in the squad and weve got
in the field for long hours. It would open here to compete against India,
them to examination by a formidable Smith said ahead of the series
Mitchell Starc who, again, is on good terms opener commencing here to-
Ravi Shastri with these conditions. On a good day when morrow.
Nathan Lyon has his loop and heart in the No doubt its going to be a dif-
ficult series. India have played
some very good cricket off late,
particularly at home. So were un-
der no illusions there, its going to
be tough. But weve got the squad
here that can compete in these con-
ditions, the Australian skipper
said. Smith was candid enough to
right place, the two along with Hazlewood could keep the say that his team will start the se-
hosts batsman more than honest. ries as underdogs.
I expect Australia to go for the jugular and make the hosts
Yes, I guess we are the under-
unsteady like a heavy downpour could to a group of soldiers dogs in this series. You hear com-
who have been out for long on the road. If Kohlis men are ments like Harbhajan who expect
allowed to fall into their regular rhythm and pattern, where us to lose 4-0. Thats not how we
the 500s and more on the board come easily then Ashwin- feel. We want to compete here
Jadeja and reverse swing would prey on the wounded. against India. Its going to be a tough
India sure start off as favourites. How could they not when series, theyve got some quality
their skipper is dealing only in double centuries? Its a team players in their line-up. So yes, its
where anyone, including youngsters, could create an epic going to be difficult.
without the courtesy of a notice. Its a team which has made a But I guess what I want to see
habit of pulling chestnuts out of the fire. Its a team on a from my boys is ability to adapt to
mission which is unlikely to dawdle against a team they love to the plans we have in place, show
measure themselves against. It would be a battle of nerves as some fight and resilience in tough
well as of tactical nuances. TCM situations. There are going to be
Smith
difficult moments in games, some
key moments that we need to
identify. Hopefully, we can have the
skills, plans and mindsets in place
to counter those difficult mo-
ments, he said.
For us its about not worrying
too much about results over here.
Its worrying about the process-
es and making sure that individu-
ally we have the game plans in
place to give ourselves the best
chance to succeed.
Its the same as a team and for
me to know which times to at-
tack, which times to defend and
understanding the tempos of the
game really quickly and adapting,
Smith added. Smith said the wick-
et for the match looked very dry
for a Test match. We dont have
a team as yet. Well wait until the
toss to announce that. But weve
got a few options, got a very big
squad here to cover all options.
At the moment, the wicket looks
incredibly dry for a day before the
Test match. PTI
breaking century from Ross Taylor
steered New Zealand to a gripping six-
run win over South Africa in the 2nd
One-Day International in Christchurch
on Wednesday.
Taylor scored an unbeaten 102 as New
Zealand batted first and set a target of
290, with South Africa coming close
thanks to a late 26-ball half-century from
Dwaine Pretorius.
The result snaps a 12-match ODI
winning streak for South Africa and lev-
els the five-match series in New Zea-
land at 1-1.
Taylor completed his ton in dramatic
fashion with a boundary off the last ball of
the innings, claiming a New Zealand
record of 17 ODI centuries.
The 32-year-old, who had shared the
record of 16 with Nathan Astle, has been
in a rich vein of form since returning from
eye surgery in early January.
Nath was one of my idols growing
up... So its a little bit embarrassing from
that point of view but records are there
to be broken, he said.
Taylor, who also became only the
fourth New Zealander to score 6,000 ODI
New Zealands Ross Taylor acknowledges the crowd after bringing
runs, received solid support from cap-
up his 17th ODI century during the 2nd ODI against South
tain Kane Williamson and all-rounder Jim-
Africa at Christchurch, on Wednesday.
my Neesham.
Neesham scored an unbeaten 71, while
SCORECARD
Williamson notched 69 a return to form New Zealand: D Brownlie lbw Pretorius 34, T Latham c Phehluk-
for a batting line-up which has been over- wayo b Parnell 2, K Williamson c Phehlukwayo b Tahir 69, R Taylor
reliant on tail-end contributions recently. not out 102, N Broom c Duminy b Pretorius 2, J Neesham not out 71.
Extras: (lb2, w7) 9. Total: (4 wickets; 50 overs) 289. Fall of wick-
However, there were also concerns ets: 1-13, 2-53, 3-157, 4-166. Bowling: Morris 10-0-58-0, Parnell 8-
for New Zealand, with opener Tom 0-49-1, Pretorius 10-0-40-2, Tahir 10-0-61-1, Phehlukwayo 9-0-62-0,
Latham and Neil Broom only scoring two Duminy 3-0-17-0.
South Africa: H Amla lbw b Southee 10, Q De Kock c Neesham
runs apiece. b Boult 57, F Du Plessis b de Grandhomme 11, JP Duminy st Latham
Latham, in particular, will face intense b Santner 34, AB de Villiers c Latham b Boult 45, D Miller c Latham
b Miller 28, D Pretorius b Boult 50, C Morris run out Brownlie 7, W
pressure to keep his place after ducks in Parnell lbw b Santner 0, A Phehlukwayo not out 29, I Tahir not out 0.
his previous two ODIs. Several South Extras: (lb5, w7) 12. Total: (9 wickets, 50 overs) 283. Fall of
African batsmen including Quinton de wickets: 1-22, 2-51, 3-108, 4-124, 5-192, 6-199, 7-214, 8-214, 9-
275. Bowling: Southee 10-0-60-1, Boult 10-0-63-3, Neesham 3-0-
Kock (57) and AB de Villiers (45) made 20-0, de Grandhomme 4-1-10-1, Williamson 3-0-16-0, Sodhi 10-0-
good starts but were unable to go on and 63-1, Santner 10-0-46-2.
anchor the innings. AFP

Dhoni travels in train with Jharkhand team after 13 years SU DO KU

KOLKATA, Feb 22: The South
Eastern Railway (SER) served a
very special passenger last night
when its former employee Ma-
hendra Singh Dhoni preferred to
travel by train with his Jharkhand
one-day cricket team from Ranchi
to Howrah to participate in the
Vijay Hazare Trophy here.
Rewinding the clock back to his
struggle days in early 2000s when
he was posted as a ticket inspec-
tor in Kharagpur, Indias most
successful captain, Dhoni travelled
in second-tier AC of 18616 Kriya
Yoga Express.
Dhoni, who will lead Jharkhand
in domestic one-dayers for the Vi-
jay Hazare Trophy here, did not ask
for any special service in his first
train ride in more than 13 years.
They (Jharkhand) did not have
a special coach reserved for them
and Dhoni travelled with his team
and other co-passengers in 2AC.
They had a block booking for 23
passengers including Dhoni,
South Eastern Railway chief pub-
lic relations officer Sanjoy Ghosh
told PTI.
Dhoni boarded the Kriya Yoga
Express at 9.40 pm in Ranchi and
disembarked in Howrah at 6.50
am this morning after crossing the
Kharagpur platform early this
morning at 4.15 am.
The excitement for the World
Cup-winning skipper was palpa-
ble as a relaxed-looking Dhoni
shared a selfie with his millions of
followers on social network.
We had a prior information
about this and so we had arranged
special security when they board-
ed in Ranchi last night and upon
their arrival this morning in How-
rah, Ghosh said.
Before making the India team
Dhoni was employed by SER as a
TTE from September 2001 till
July 2004 in Kharagpur, some-
thing that is well-documented in
his biopic MS Dhoni, a blockbust-
er last year.
Railway is Indias lifeline and
everyone travels by train at some
point. Its Dhonis greatness that
he opted to take train and be with
his wards instead of flying,
Ghosh added.
Dhoni, who was removed as
skipper of Indian Premier League
side Rising Pune Supergiants a
few days ago, had played last two
seasons only as wicketkeeper for
Jharkhand.
But having relinquished Team
India captaincy from all formats,
Dhoni opted to lead his State and Solution of last problem
all eyes would be on the captain
Originating from Japan, su
cool in this seasons domestic one- do ku is a mind game and a
dayers beginning February 25. puzzle that can be solved
This will be a star-studded af- with proper reasoning and
logic. Fill the grid with digits
fair with Harbhajan Singh leading
in such a manner that every
Punjab that also has Yuvraj Singh, row, every column and every
while a fit-again Indian opener 3 x 3 box accommodates
Rohit Sharma is back for Mumbai the digits 1 to 9 without
Jharkhand cricket team captain MS Dhoni with his teammates arrive at the repeating any.
after a thigh surgery. PTI
Howrah Station in Kolkata on Wednesday for Vijay Hazare Trophy.
16 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI
SPORTS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Aguero stars as Man City

sink Monaco in thriller
Messi promotes
hepatitis C
treatment in Egypt
CAIRO, Feb 22: Argentinian football star Lionel
Messi was in Egypt as the face of an initiative to
promote the North African country as a medical
tourism destination for hepatitis C patients.
A blood-borne viral disease, hepatitis C is highly
prevalent in Egypt.
Medication against hepatitis C saves lives, lets put
an end to the waiting lists, the Barcelona FC superstar
said on his official Facebook page.
Messi has signed to become the ambassador for Tour
n Cure, the Egyptian initiative said on its website.
The programme offers treatment for hepatitis C
patients from all over the world with no waiting time
and at a fraction of the cost, it said.
It also promoted the opportunity to take in the
beauty of Egypt and visit historic landmarks during the
days of the treatment, while enjoying a relaxing stay at
a 5-star hotel.
Hepatitis C affects 130 to 150 million people globally Manchester Citys Sergio Aguero celebrates after scoring their second goal during the UEFA Champions
and can result in liver cirrhosis or cancer. League round of 16 first leg against Monaco at the Etihad Stadium, on Tuesday.
Barcelonas According to the World Health Organization, it is
Argentinian striker responsible for up to 500,000 deaths yearly. MANCHESTER, Feb 22: Ser- lowed them to haul themselves with a header from a corner.
Lionel Messi Messis visit to Egypt was initially scheduled for gio Aguero starred as Manches- back into the game, abetted by It was City, though, who went
attends a press December, but the footballer postponed it after a ter City beat Monaco 5-3 in a Falcaos failure to convert a pen- in front in the 26th minute.
conference in suicide bombing of a Cairo church killed 29 people. breathless and dizzyingly end-to- alty early in the second period. Sane lit the fuse, dancing away
Cairo, on Tuesday. He again deferred the visit last week after Barcas 4-0 end Champions League last 16 Having recently lost his place from three players on the City left
Messi arrived in defeat to Paris SG, Egypts tourism ministry said, but first-leg encounter at a rocking in the team to Gabriel Jesus, only and exchanging passes with Dav-
Cairo on Tuesday did not give any reason for the postponement. AFP Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. to regain it after the Brazilian id Silva before crossing for Ster-
to promote a new Raheem Sterling put City broke his foot, it was a personal ling to slide home from close
treatment for ahead, only for Kylian Mbappe to triumph for Aguero, who depart- range.
Hepatitis C virus. level and Radamel Falcao to score ed to a standing ovation. But within six minutes Monaco
twice the second goal a magnif- Mbappe took Valere Germains were level as Guardiolas goal-
icent chip as Leonardo Jardims place alongside Falcao in Mona- keeping problems came back to
side moved into a 3-2 lead. cos starting XI and the 18-year- bite him.
But City struck three times in old in the flourescent orange He had restored Caballero to
Gaurav wins, Shiva loses early at Strandja Memorial boxing the last 19 minutes, through
Agueros second goal, John Stones
boots immediately caught the eye.
He looked to run at Citys de-
his line-up, having fielded Claudio
Bravo in the FA Cup at Hudders-
NEW DELHI, Feb 22: The In- make the last-eight stage. It was hard luck, said an Indian and Leroy Sane, to put Pep Guar- fence at every opportunity, at one field Town on Saturday, but the
dian boxers campaign was off to a However, prominent to bow coach travelling with the team. diolas men in charge ahead of the point leaving Nicolas Otamendi for Argentines wayward kicking
mixed start with one win and two out early was World Champion- Also going down was Satish return leg on March 15. dead twice in five seconds before gave City jitters all evening.
losses on the opening day of the ships bronze-medallist Shiva Kumar (+91kg), who was defeat- For a long time it looked likely setting up Benjamin Mendy, who It was his loose, lofted clear-
68th Strandja Memorial Tourna- Thapa. The 23-year-old, compet- ed by Kazakhstans Kamshybek to be a scarring night for City, who was thwarted by Willy Caballero. ance that gifted possession to Fab-
ment in Sofia, Bulgaria. ing in his maiden international Konkabayev. The tournament, reached the semi-finals last sea- Kamil Gliks evening got off to inho prior to Monacos leveller,
Gaurav Chaudhary (91kg) was event in the lightweight division, being held simultaneously for both son, as a succession of calamitous a bad start when he was booked the Brazilian playing a one-two
the lone winner for India on the lost to Englands Callum French. men and women, features over defensive errors allowed Mona- for taking out Sane, ruling him out with Bernardo Silva and crossing
Shiva first day of competitions, defeat- He fought well but somehow 200 boxers from over 30 coun- co to take control. of the return leg, but he came for Falcao to net with a flying head-
Thapa ing local favourite Hayat Rasim to that did not reflect in the scoring. tries. PTI But Agueros doggedness al- close to putting Monaco ahead er. AFP

Seeded players toppled Griezmann among goals as Indian colts 153/3

in Jorhat tennis
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: 5th seed
Sidharth Rawat and 6th seed Vi-
dal Azorin of Spain went down in
the Jorhat Mens Futures on the
third day at the Jorhat Tennis Club
today.
Sidharth was beaten by Pirmin
Haenle of Germany 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
while Vidal went down to Shane
Vinsant of USA 6-4, 6-2. In anoth-
er upset, Mateusz Terczynski of
Poland defeated 7th seeded Rishab
Agarwal 6-4, 6-2, a release said.
Todays results: (Singles 1st rd)
Mateusz Terczynski (Pol) bt Rishab
Agarwal (Ind) 6-4, 6-2, Shane Vinsant
Intl chess tourney in
city from March 22
SPORTS REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: Assam
Chess Club, a unit of Akshayam,
a sports promotion NGO, will
host the third Assam Downtown
University International Open
Rating Chess Tournament from
March 22 to 27 at the Assam
Downtown University campus,
Panikhaiti here.
Giving details about the cham-
pionship in a press conference
here, the organisers said that the
tournament carries a total prize
fund of Rs 2 lakh and is open to all
players without any age or rating
restriction. About 200 players from
across the country are expected
to participate in this 10 rounds
(USA) bt Vidal Azorin Jose (Esp) 6-3, 6-
4, Kunal Anand (Ind) bt Karunuday Singh
(Ind) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, Pirmin Haenle (Ger)
bt Sidharth Rawat (Ind) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4,
Kaliyanda Poonacha (Ind) bt Dhruv Su-
nish (Ind) 6-4, 6-2, Vijayant Malik (Ind)
bt Anirudh Chandrasekar (Ind) 6-2, 6-3,
Haadin Bava (Ind) bt Alexis Canter (GBR)
5-7, 6-4, 6-2. (2nd rd) Mohit Mayur Jay-
prakash (Ind) bt Ranjeet Virali Muruge-
san (Ind) 6-3, 6-1, Vijay Sundar Prashan-
th (Ind) bt Timur Khabibulin (Kaz) 6-3, 6-
1, Sasi Kumar Mukund (Ind) bt Sidharth
Vishwakarma (Ind) 6-7 (6), 7-7, 6-1,
Mateusz Terczynski (Pol) bt Kunal Anand
(Ind) 6-2, 6-2, N Sriram Balaji (Ind) bt
Dalwinder Singh (Ind) 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3,
Vishnu Vardhan (Ind) bt Kaliyanda
Poonacha (Ind) 6-3, 7-6 (3), Shane Vin-
sant (USA) bt Vijayant Malik (Ind) 3-6, 6-
3, 3-0 (Rtd).
Swiss League event to be played
under classical time control.
The tournament is being host-
ed by the Assam Downtown Uni-
versity and supported by Rotary
Club, Dispur.
Biswajit Bharadwaj will act as
chief arbiter in the meet while he
will be assisted by Swaraj Burago-
hain, Lakhyajyoti Saikia and Amit
Kumar Das of West Bengal.
Assam Chess Club proposes to
hold at least six similar tourna-
ments this year which will provide
an excellent opportunity to the lo-
cal players to achieve as well as
increase their International Rating.
Intending players may contact
Nandan Buragohain, secretary As-
sam Chess Club for further details.
the scorers for Atletico Madrid as
start of the second half.
Mulyadhar Baruah
Bodybuilding title
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: Mulyad-
har Baruah, 63, of Dibrugarh won
gold medal in the Masters cate-
gory in the Junior and Masters Na-
tional Body Building Championship
held at Indore on February 19.
GTC outplay Bud
SPORTS REPORTER
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: Bud
Cricket Club suffered a six-wick-
et defeat against Gauhati Town
Club (GTC) in the GSA A Divi-
sion Cricket League match at the
IIT ground today.
Put into bat first, Bud CC were
skittled out for a paltry 89 in 20
overs. Chasing the easy target
GTC scored 90 for four in 18.5
overs.
Brief scores: Bud CC 89 (Atul Singh
22, Joydeep Singh 19, Dhruv Raaj Borah
3/26, Sahil Ahmed 2/18). GTC 90/4 (Ran-
jit Changmai 49, Rohit Sharma 2/16, Ab-
hijit Bhattacharyya 2/23).
Atletico gain upper hand
LEVERKUSEN (Germany), Feb
22: Antoine Griezmann was among
they weathered a late storm against
Bayer Leverkusen to claim a 4-2
victory in the first leg of their Cham-
pions League last-16 tie.
Niguez and Antoine Griezmann
scored to put the Spanish side two
goals up at the interval, but
Leverkusen pulled one back
through Karim Bellarabi at the
Kevin Gameiro penalty then
restored Atleticos two-goal ad-
vantage just before the hour
mark, and while a Stefan Savic own
goal gave Leverkusen hope again,
Fernando Torres came off the
bench to make it 4-2 late on.
The home side put in a brave per-
formance and came close to equal-
ising in the last 10 minutes, but
Torres late goal sealed a deserved
victory for the visitors ahead of the
return in Spain next month.
Leverkusen started brightly,
while Atletico looked to hit them
on the break, and in the opening
10 minutes both had chances.
But in the 17th minute, the
away side pounced. Cutting in
from the right, Saul Niguez curled
a fine shot into the far corner from
the edge of the penalty area.
Atletico then grasped the game
by the scruff of the neck and in the
25th minute a mistake by Ale-
ksandar Dragovic allowed Gamei-
ro to run at goal. He then squared
the ball to Griezmann, who rifled
a shot past Bernd Leno.
To their credit, Leverkusen ral-
lied and Kevin Kampl forced an
excellent save from Miguel An-
gel Moya from long range.
Only a fine stop by Leno at the
other end prevented Griezmann
from scoring again but Leverkusen
quickly pulled a goal back at the
start of the second half. Benjamin
on day 2
NAGPUR, Feb 22: India U-19
team made a steady start reach-
ing 153 for 3 in reply to Englands
first innings score of 375 on the
second day of the Junior Test
match here today.
Opener Abhishek Goswami
played a fluent knock of 58 before
he perished. His half-century was
studded with eight boundaries at
the VCA Stadium at Jamtha near
here.
Saurabh Singh 43 (6x4) was at
the crease along with K Seth,
who was yet to open his account,
when stumps were drawn on the
Atletico second day of the four-day match.
Madrids Saul The host suffered a major blow
Niguez
when skipper Jonty Sidhu 17 fell
celebrates
scoring their
first goal
just before close.
A Beard 1/20, Patterson White
during the
UEFA
1/48 and E Woods 1/21 shared the
spoils for the visitors.
Earlier, England resumed their
Champions innings at overnight score of 243
League round
for 5 and folded up for 375. Their
of 16 first leg
against Bayer
hero of the opening day Delvay
Rawlins, who started at 124, add-
Leverkusen at ed just 16 runs to his score before
the BayArena getting out. His 140 was punctu-
in ated with 19 boundaries and two
Leverkusen, hits over the rope.
on Tuesday. His batting partner Will Jacks,
who was not out on 66, depart-
Henrichs found space on the right ed at 77, which he accumulated
and delivered a low cross which with the help of 11 hits to the
Karim Bellarabi turned into the far boundary.
corner. It was no less than the However, the duos early de-
Leverkusen forwards deserved, parture did not dampen the spir-
but their defence continued to its of lower order batsmen. Hen-
struggle. Gameiro first hit the bar rey Brookes 60 (9x4) not out and
before extending Atleticos lead
Aaron Beard 27 (4x4) helped the
from the penalty spot just before visitors post a decent first innings
the hour mark. AFP score off 135.5 overs. PTI

Rodali wins Zampa spins Oz to victory against Lanka

(lb2, w5, nb1) 8; Total (6 wickets, 20
taekwondo gold ADELAIDE, Feb 22: Leg-spin-
ner Adam Zampa claimed three
wickets to bowl Australia to vic-
be tough to bowl at them.
Openers Aaron Finch and
Michael Klinger hit half-centuries
overs) 187; Fall of wickets: 1-79, 2-
128, 3-179, 4-180, 5-182, 6-184; Bowl-
ing: Malinga 4-0-35-2, Kulasekara 4-0-
GUWAHATI, Feb 22: Rodali Baruah 40-0, Sanjaya 3-0-34-0, Prasanna 3-0-
tory and avoid a Twenty20 series as the Australians, with their lead-
won a gold medal in the 35th National 25-1, Siriwardana 1-0-12-0, Gunaratne
wipeout against Sri Lanka in Ad- ing stars in India for this weeks 1-0-12-0, Shanaka 4-0-27-2
Senior Kyorugi and 8th National Senior
elaide today. Test series, set Sri Lanka 188 runs Sri Lanka: D Munaweera c Turner b
Pumche Taekwondo Championship held Head 37, U Tharanga c Richardson b
Man-of-the-match Zampa, who to win. But the Sri Lankans could
at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from Faulkner 14, K Mendis c Cummins b Ri-
was left out of the previous match not reproduce another of their chardson 14, A Gunaratne lbw b Zampa
February 17 to 19. Assam clinched six
as the Sri Lankans won to clinch blazing late innings comebacks 4, M Siriwardana c & b Faulkner 35, C
medals in the championship. Kapugedera b Zampa 7, M Shanaka lbw
the three-match series, captured where they won the first two T20
Rodali lifted the gold medal in the girls b Zampa 0, S Prasanna c Richardson b
three for 25 at a crucial stage as games off the last ball. Faulkner 12, N Kulasekara not out 8, L
Kyorugi 73kg category, stated an All
Australia went on to win by 41 runs. SCORECARD Malinga run out 1, S Sanjaya run out 5;
Assam Taekwondo Association release. Australia: A Finch c Siriwardana b Extras (lb2, w7) 9; Total (all out, 18
The medal winners: (Boys Kyorugi ) Bibhash It is always nice to bowl the
Prasanna 53, M Klinger run out 62, B overs) 146; Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-68,
Roy (54kg, silver), Chansuma Narzary (58kg, middle overs and it is very easy Dunk c Prasanna b Shanaka 28, T Head 3-69, 4-76, 5-91, 6-91, 7-120, 8-138, 9-
silver). (Girls) Alari Gayari (46kg, bronze), Nikita when you have a start like that, c Kapugedera b Malinga 30, M Henriques 140, 10-146; Bowling: Turner 2-0-15-0,
Sarania (53kg, bronze), Rodali Baruah (73kg, not out 2, A Turner c Kapugedera b Ma- Richardson 3-0-38-1, Cummins 3-0-20-
The Assam taekwondo team which won six medals in the 35th National Senior Kyorugi and 8th gold). (Pumche, girls) Harsha Sinha (U-30 years, Zampa said. Sri Lanka have very linga 1, J Faulkner c Kapugedera b 0, Faulkner 3-0-20-3, Henriques 1-0-10-
National Senior Pumche Taekwondo Championship silver) fearless players, sometimes it can Shanaka 2, T Paine not out 1; Extras 0, Zampa 4-0-25-3, Head 2-0-16-1. AFP

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 page 8 Guwahati, Thursday,
February 23, 2017
My tips to do
well in studies.
To do well in studies, every-
body has their own tips. Like-
wise, I, too, have some tips.
The most important thing to do
is fix upon a noble aim. We
should live a strictly disciplined
life. Regular studies help a lot.
Procrastination is the thief of
Paragni Sarma, Class-XII,
time. We should always keep
Anundoram Borooah
Academy, Pathsala. in mind that laziness should be
avoided. We should keep our
mind away from all disturbances. A peaceful environ-
ment should be maintained. Good health is necessary
to do well in studies. But, remember, we should not
study so much that it may affect our health.
I think to do well in studies, we
need to study hard. We should
read to gain knowledge. Nowa-
days, there is competition in
getting full marks. In my view,
the real goal of ones life should
not be about scoring marks, but
How long was the Hundred Years War? to attain knowledge. We need
T
Niyar Sarma, Class-VI,
he Hundred Years War was the struggle between France and England, from 1337 to 1453. Vivekananda Kendra to study hard for it. Knowledge
The Hundred Years War was the longest war in recorded history. It lasted, with some interrup- Vidyalaya, Nalbari. cannot be gained in one class.
tions, through the reigns of five English kings (Edward III to Henry V) and five French kings To study well, we need full con-
(Philip VI to Charles VII). centration. During our study hours, we must have con-
The underlying cause of the war lay in the feudal system. Since the time of Henry II, the English- centration, patience, dedication, and discipline.
king had been duke of the great duchy of Guienne in south-west France. For this fief, he did
homage to the king of France. Philip VI, the French king, was bent on destroying the power of his I study in an environment that
feudal vassals. England would not meekly submit to the loss of Guienne. Indeed, Edward III
is silent and free from distrac-
claimed that he himself was rightfully the king of France because his mother was a sister of the late
French king, while Philip VI was only a cousin. The French declared that it was a law in France that tion. I sit on a comfortable chair
no woman could inherit the throne, nor could the crown be inherited through a woman. with good lighting. I take eve-
Instead of winning the French throne for the English king, the Hundred Years War had lost for rything that I need to study, for
him the last of those continental possessions that had once been held by Henry II. The French example, pencils, pens, books,
king, who no longer numbered a powerful rival monarch among his vassals, soon established an etc. I usually take my laptop,
almost absolute power in his kingdom. as it is sometimes necessary
Mousin Nessa,
Class-VI, Holy Child in my studies. I keep some
School, Guwahati. snacks and water nearby, so
that when I feel hungry I need
not get up from my chair. To get my spellings cor-
rect, I write each spelling twice. I make a time-table.
I study three hours with ten-minute breaks every hour.
These are my ways of doing well in studies.
There are many ways by which
we can be good at studies. I
would like to share some tips
that can help us all. Be confi-
dent. There are many things
that we think we cannot do, but
if we have confidence, we can
do anything. So, self-confi-
Niti Sarma, Class-VI,
Vivekananda Kendra dence is the primary require-
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Vidyalaya, Nalbari. ment to be good at studies.
Keep trying. Often, when we
are expecting something better and we dont get it, we
feel sad and get discouraged. Instead of getting dis-
couraged, we must try again and again to succeed.
Learn from your mistakes. We make mistakes; and if
we have to do well in studies, then we have to learn
from the mistakes we make.
GUWAHATI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Time to be careful!
t was a Sunday morning. I was fast asleep and
I
dreaming about my achievements, when
suddenly, the door of my bedroom sprang
open and I could see the angry face of my
mother. I at once jumped out of bed when I
saw a stick in her hand. Seeing that I was still not
ready, she asked me to look at the clock. It was
9.30 a.m. and I had to reach my drawing classes
at 10 a.m! I ran to the bathroom, had a quick bath
and took my breakfast. As I was very late, I took
my bicycle and speeded away.
On the way, I saw some boys playing cricket. I
thought how unlucky I was that even on a holiday
I had to attend my classes. I was late on reaching
class, and my teacher scolded me.
On my way back, I saw the same Aranyak Baruah, Class-VIII,
boys, but this time, they were not Carmel School, Digboi.
playing. Rather, they had all
gathered up in a corner of the field. I thought
they might be lacking a player. So, I went ahead
to ask if I could play in place of the absent one. As
I approached the boys, I noticed that people from
the nearby locality were also present. I went
deeper into the crowd and saw that there were
also a team of local policemen and a few journal-
ists present. What happened? I asked some of
the boys. They pointed at a nearby vehicle, the
front glass of which had shattered. I saw that
Mridula Das is an
acclaimed singer who
was recently awarded
with the Silpi Bota.
The person who has influenced me the most.
It is not necessary that any one person can
influence ones life. More than one person has
contributed to different aspects my parents, my
guru, my academic guru, family, and well-wishers.
The biggest turning point of my life.
Life has been a series of challenges in which I have
tried to balance my duty towards my family, my
profession and my music. The real turning point
came when I retired from my teaching job at Cotton
College and devoted myself full-time to music.
The happiest moment in my life.
In truth, there cannot be one happiest day, or a
single most memorable event. I think the day I
cherish the most is the day I was introduced to
music.
The changes that I would like to see in the
society.
I dream of a society in which each individual
realises his/ her potential and this, in turn, benefits
the society. Parents need to guide their children in
a spirit of freedom and friendship.
My message for todays youth.
What you need to do is go deep into whatever
subject you are pursuing. Do not be carried away
by floating trends. Be yourself and never forget
your roots. Whatever is new may not always be
good. Every human being is capable of hard work
and excellence.
there was a person lying inside the vehicle. They
were trying to take him out, or rather his body
out for postmortem.
CONTRIBUTOR
The scene of the accident was so frightening
that I couldnt look at it for long. The man who OF THE WEEK
had died was a young person; probably in his Aranyak Baruah,
twenties. When I tried to find out what had Digboi.
happened, they informed me that the vehicle had
come at a great speed and had hit a tree; the +++
young man had died on the spot. I was so
horrified to hear the story that I at once rushed POEM
home and reported the whole incident to my OF THE WEEK
parents. They, too, were shocked on hearing it. Raginee Bora,
My parents then scolded me for going so close to Jorhat.
the accident spot.
Later that day, as I sat down, I +++
started wondering what life was all
SKETCH
about. The boy who was otherwise
OF THE WEEK
walking, running and enjoying his life had died all
of a sudden just because of his carelessness. I am Himmoyukh Burhagohain,
tired of listening to daily reports about accidents Dhemaji.
and deaths. I would, therefore, like to request
everyone to be a bit more careful. I would also like +++
to request everyone to follow traffic rules, like
wearing helmets, fastening your seatbelts and CREATIVE ENDEAVOUR
driving at normal speed. These rules are made for OF THE MONTH
our safety, and if we follow them, it is we who will Anubhab Handique,
benefit. Golaghat.
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Pluto
THIS WEEKS NEXT WEEKS
WINNER PICTURE
luto is a popular Disney cartoon charac-

P
Rights (1946), Plutos Blue Note (1947), and Mickey
ter. It was created by Walt Disney and the Seal (1948). One of his films, Lend a
Buddy,
prove you Productions in 1930. Also called Pluto Paw (1941), won the award in 1942. Because Pluto
are better the Pup, he is a yellow-orange colour, does not speak, his films generally rely on physical
than a medium-sized, short-haired dog with humour. This made Pluto a pioneering figure in
horse black ears. Unlike most Disney characters, Pluto is character animation, which is expressing personality
not anthropomorphic beyond some character- through animation, rather than dialogue. Like all
istics, such as facial expression, though he of Plutos co-stars, the dog has appeared
Dear Ishani Aunty, did speak for a short portion of his extensively in comics over the years, first
I feel unwell most of the time. That is history. Officially a mixed-breed dog, making an appearance in 1931. He
why I am not able to play games with my he made his debut as a bloodhound in returned to theatrical animation in 1990
friends. Also, that is why they laugh at the Mickey Mouse cartoon The Chain with The Prince and the Pauper and has
me. I feel very sad. What should I do? Gang. Together with Mickey also appeared in several video films. Pluto
Rony Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald also appears in the television series Mickey
Anirban Sonowal, Class-XII, Q Please collect your certificates from our office. Duck, Daisy Duck, and Goofy, Pluto is Mouse Works (19992000), House of
Dear Rony,
Delhi Public School, Duliajan. one of the biggest stars the Sensational Mouse (20012003), Mickey Mouse
Rather than feeling sad about the [Send your entries to planet_young@assamtribune.com]
Six in the Disney universe. Though all six Clubhouse (20062016), and the new Mickey
unkindness of your friends, do something are non-human animals, Pluto alone is not dressed as Mouse shorts films since 2013 till now.
about your health. Do visit a doctor and a human. In 1998, Disneys copyright on Pluto, set to
get a check-up done. Eat home-cooked Pluto made his debut in animated cartoons and expire in several years, was extended, thereafter,
meals and avoid junk food. Get plenty of appeared in 24 Mickey Mouse films before by making new laws. Disney, along with other
sleep and dont stay up late. I am sure receiving his own series in 1937. Pluto copyright holding studios, lobbied for passage of
you will be fine. appeared in 89 short films between 1930 and the act to preserve their copyrights on charac-
1953 and some of these short films were ters such as Pluto for 20 additional years till
Dear Ishani Aunty, nominated for an Academy Award, 2018, i.e., next year.
Though I try very hard, I score very less including The Pointer (1939), Squatters
marks in English and this leads to a low (E-mail:only4_pol@yahoo.co.uk)
ilarity
aggregate. What should I do?
Calculate the clues and fill in the grids with the answers. Ginny: What is the sim
sic an d a fis h?
Parimal between mu
1 2 nt kn ow . Wh at?
Dear Parimal, Mary: I do
ACROSS DOWN ve
I have a solution to your problem,
3 Ginny: They both ha
4 5
which is read, read and read. The more scales.
1. 69 +16 1. 58 + 29
you read, the easier will it be for you to
6 7 2. 47 - 7 2. 69 - 20
write and speak the language effortlessly.
Make reading an enjoyable activity and 3. 5 + 12 Three upcoming childrens films
9 3. 9 + 7 Nitt: What would yo
8

P
u call an riyanka Chopras Purple Pebble Pictures (PPP) has
this problem will be sorted out. 4. 93 - 14 4. 98 - 28 elephant in a phone bo
oth? announced its foray into childrens cinema. This year,
12 Witt: Stuck. PPP will release three regional films. To be released Each drawing has been cut in half. Draw
Dear Ishani Aunty, 10 11 6. 59 + 21 5. 14 + 45 a line to match each.
My mother refuses to let us have an 7. 69 - 40 through 2017, PPPs three children films are: Pahuna in
6. 71 + 15
internet connection and due to this, our 13 14 Sikkimese, Konkani and Hindi film Little Joe, Kaha Ho?,
8. 11 + 45 7. 4 + 21 and Hindi film Almaseer. 1: Using a 2: Draw nose,
home life is very boring. Why cant she
9. 10 + 5 8. 97 - 40 call a Pahuna is a brave story about soft pencil and legs.
understand? 15 16 hat do you
Koena 10. 22 + 5 Henry: W
the love, strength and courage of (HB) draw
9. 26 - 12 eezes?
train that sn in. three Nepali children who get sep- two circles.
Dear Koena, 11. 52 + 32 10. 70 - 42 ch oo-choo tra
My generation grew up without it and I
6 7 4 6 Joey: A arated from their parents, while
6 3 3 3 8 13. 82 - 49 11. 80 + 3 fleeing the Maoist agitation from
dont think we felt deprived in any way. Nepal to Sikkim; Little Joe, Kaha
Your mother probably worries about the
9 4 8 2 7 14. 33 + 3 12. 76 + 20
1 5 6 5 Jim: If I am a snowman Ho? is a tribute to legendary car-
in
SOLUTION
harmful effects of many sites that are 15. 42 + 22 13. 8 + 26 toonists like R.K. Laxman and
9 2 8 0 6 a desert, what would you
unsuitable for viewing. Once you gain her 16. 30 + 37 14. 93 - 56 name me? Mario Miranda and their beautiful world of cartoons; and
5 9 7 1 7 Tim: Puddle!
trust, I am sure she will give you more 4 0 5 8 Almaseer is an endearing story of friendship and loyalty 3: Add 4: With a pen, trace
freedom. between a young boy and his dog. over the pencil
Ken Egan - mm1048 eye,
lines. Clean up
nose, the drawing with
A science train on climate change and an eraser, then

A
Science Express train was flagged off recently at New arm. add hair and
Delhi on a seven-month journey that will cover 68 sta- shadow. Colour
1. Are there 18, 20, or 22 legs 2. Is kilogram 200 gms, 3. Is a bicycle that carries two tions across the country, including Agartala and Lum- the man in with
ding, to spread awareness about climate change. Named your favourite
in a soccer team? 250 gms, or 275 gms, lighter people called a tandem, a The All Blacks, the Science Express Climate Action Special, with the collabora- pens or pencils.
than kilogram? tricycle, or a penny farthing? nickname of the New tive efforts of Ministries of Railways, Environment and Sci-
Zealand Rugby team came ence and Technology, the 16-coach train will travel to Tripu-
THE CREW LOOKS about through a newspaper ra and to the north bank of the Brahmaputra for the first time.
WANT TO LIKE YOU THIS IS HARD WORK. WE MUST Exhibits of eight coach- Q: What would you get
NEED TO printing error. if you crossed a teacher
KNOW IF BE GOING UP A STEEP HILL! es of the train are devot-
WE ARE GO ON A THATS with a vampire? These four words about
DIET. ed to information, caste Ans: Lots of blood tests. WRITERS have been out
THERE HOW MANY studies and materials re- in HALF and placed in
YET? WINGERS ***
lated to various aspects Q: What do you do columns 1 and 2. Can you
Q: How do computers re-create the words by
HE HAS of climate change. The fo- with crude oil? make jumpers? choosing a group of letters
PUT IN cus is on what can be from each column?
HOSPITAL done at school, on roads, at home and in offices, and also
on the concept of lifestyle choices. A kids zone has been
set up for children from Class-IV and below to participate
in fun-filled activities, game and puzzles in science, math- Ans: Teach it some
ematics and environment. manners. Ans: On the interknit!
ANSWERS: Computer, Ideas, Write, Manuscript.
Answers: 1) 22 legs (11 players), 2) 250 gms, 3) Tandem. Copyright 2005 FUNNY BUSINESS Distributed by Auspac Media Australia 46
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The talking gadgets

The Blazing Bridge: The Blood Guard Trilogy: Book 3 nother long and boring day, my e-gadgets; she kept on watching educa-

1 Sapper 4 Abate

R
onan Trueloves best friend, scrappy smart aleck Greta Sustermann,
has no idea that she is one of the 36 Pure

A mom was upset with me, as I

had not studied all through my
tional videos on her laptop, played with
phones and tab, and in her free time,
Pick the word that is closest in meaning.

a) Soldier attached to chaplaincy a) To tease

souls crucial to the safety of the world. vacation, and had wasted my watched television. Day-by-day, her eyes
b) Soldier attached to field hospital b) Lessen
But Ronans evil father has figured it out and time on electronic gadgets. My and her brain tissues started becoming
c) Enlisted man in military engineer unit c) Fight
hes leading the Bend Sinister straight to Greta. father called me for dinner and to normal- narrower. At first, she did not find any-
d) Soldier attached to transport unit d) Throw away
If they capture her, shell suffer a fate far worse ise the situation, he said that he would be thing difficult, she used to wear spectacles
than mere death. But to get to Greta, theyre taking us out on a holiday and asked us to and was doing well in her studies, too. But
2 Revamp
a) To revise
5 Buffer
a) Protection from damage
going to have to go through Ronan first.
Standing with Ronan are plucky hacker
decide on a place. With due permission
from my mother, I asked her if I could
suddenly, one day, during an exam, she
had a severe headache and could not give
b) Lure b) Amateur fight Sammy; witty, unkillable Jack Dawkins; and a search for places on my tab. She agreed, her exams. The doctors said that she had
c) Decorate c) Bright light sharp-tongued woman named Diz, who drives for she, too, was happy. After dinner, I lost 80 per cent of her eyesight and
d) Deceive d) Small dog a dangerously souped-up taxi. One breathless grabbed my tab and started surfing the
close call after another leads to an ugly show- internet. But soon I fell asleep. Sayanee Mukherjee, Class-XI,
5. a) Protection from damage.
down: Ronan alone against his father, with the Suddenly, I realised that something was South Point School, Guwahati.
3 Adhere
a) To return to
4. b) Lessen,
3. c) To stick to,
fate of Greta, his friends, and the entire world hanging in the balance.
By turns heart-stopping and hilarious, The Blazing Bridge brings the Blood
calling out to me and I found that my tab
was speaking to me. It was talking in a needed a major operation. Unfortunately,
b) Trust 2. a) To revise, Guard Trilogy to a surprising, clever, and altogether thrilling conclusion. high-pitched voice, What are you doing, something went wrong during the opera-
c) To stick to 1. c) Enlisted man in military engineer unit, you are destroying your eyes; keep me tion and she lost her eyesight completely.
d) Pay attention to away from your eyes. I could not under- We do not want the same thing to happen
Answers:
stand what was happening, when suddenly, to you, so we are warning you. I had no
even my laptop started to talk, Hey Tab, words to thank them, so I just said, My
no need to talk to her, she does not listen to mother always tells me to stop fiddling
us. She only knows how to command us. with electronic gadgets the whole day, but
Solve this free form crossword, where the words are represented by pictures. To that, my mobile, in a sad little voice, I have always ignored her. But now, I
The Youngest One started speaking to me, I know that you promise that I will reduce my screen time
he Youngest One is a book about

T a boy called Craig Martin. He is

very passionate about AFL, but
this is an interest he shares with no one
in his family. Craig finds life quite hard
6 as his sister Julie is sarcastic. He shares
dn
a room full of bugs and has a brother
called Leigh who teases him.
When his dad loses his job, everything
goes bad. Everyone is devastated and
they go bankrupt. When the kids step
in, they go around helping random peo-
2
ac Singular 3 ple do house work for a small payment.
2 dn
1 dn What happens next forms an endear-
dn ing story.
are smarter than me, but you are destroying
your eyes by looking at us all the time.
I could not understand what was happen-
ing and said, Keep quiet! They, too,
replied, You keep quiet! Then, from the
corner of my room, the television spoke in
a baritone voice, Listen to me, my child, I
know all of us are important in your life, but
if you constantly keep on watching us, it is
bound to affect your body and mind. We
know you love us, you keep us in our
proper places; whenever we get dusty, you
with you all.
Suddenly, I found someone calling out to
me. It was my father, asking me to wake
up as we were getting late. We were going
to our uncles place and from there, we
were to go to Shillong. I woke up and
rub the dirt off us. If we accidentally slip off your hands, you pick us up quickly. That is smiled at my laptop, tab, phone and TV
why today we are talking to you and telling you to limit your time with us. I looked and decided to keep them in my cupboard
back at all of them. They were all looking at me politely, and I had tears in my eyes, until I returned from my holidays. My
realising that electronic gadgets had so much kindness in their hearts. mother and father were quite happy with
Laptop then started telling me a story of a 14-year-old girl, There was a girl my decision. I, too, was quite happy and
named Aisha in Tamil Nadu; my brother was her laptop. She was badly addicted to said goodbye to my gadgets.

9
(5,4) dn

1 2 3 4 6 Trying is everything
8
dn MS Dhoni was What are the ICC Auld lang syne
4 5 6
trophies that MS uld lang syne, is a Scottish phrase, Dear Bhaity, Bhonti,
A
awarded the highest
honour in sports in Dhoni has won which means old long-since or old
Abhilash Sarma,
long-ago in its Anglicised form.
7 8 9 5
ac Class-V, 2008. Name it. for India?
The phrase has been commonplace Most of us are afraid of trying to achieve
Maharishi Vidya
4 5 among Scots for centuries and isnt far
ac
10 Mandir, Barsajai,
Guwahati.
removed from the Engilsh Once upon a anything difficult and this unwillingness means
MS Dhoni is the time. Of course, the best-known use of
11 12 13
1 third captain the phrase is in Robert Burns poem we are most likely to fail. I have always believed
after Ricky Auld lang syne, the words of which are
10
Singular ac
What were the other Ponting and sung in English-speaking countries
around the world each New Years Eve,
that when we set out to do something, it is an
sports that MS Dhoni Allan Border to
14 to a tune that Burns said he transcribed
was interested in?
7 have earned a
from an old man singing of it. intense and interesting journey. But we must not
ac special distinc- Chorus: For auld lang syne, my dear,
15 2
(8,4)
tion. What is it? for auld lang syne, well tak a cup o be under the illusion that success will come
In which city and kindness yet, for auld lang syne.
13
dn
when did MS Dhoni
win the ICC T20
And surely yell be your pint-stowp! And
surely Ill be mine! And well tak a cup o
easily and without much effort. The more you
World Cup? kindness yet, for auld lang syne...
...And theres a hand, my trusty fiere! struggle, the sweeter will be the fruits of your
11 3 And gies a hand o thine! And well tak a
ac right gude-willie-waught, for auld lang labour. Though failure is hard to endure, never
Where did MS Dhoni syne.
12
14
15 dn
lift the ICC Champi-
ons Trophy?
having tried is worse.
ac
ac
leaf, 12. Record, 13. Saturn. Trophy, The ICC ODI World Cup and The ICC T20 World Cup.
Answers

Down: 1. Biscuit, 2. Carton, 3. Puma, 6. Cigar, 8. Window, 9. Maple

SOLUTION 11. Emerald, 14. Chariot, 15. Dolphin.
Award, 5. To have won 100 ODIs, 6. The ICC Champions With love, as always,
24, 2007, 3. At Lords in 2013, 4. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Across: 2. Cap, 4. Slate, 5. Doctor, 7. Swimming pool, 10. Turnip, 1. Football and Badminton, 2. At Johannesburg on September
page 4
Guwahati, Thursday, poems poems Guwahati, Thursday, page 5
February 23, 2017 &
sketches &
sketches
February 23, 2017

SKETCH Himmoyukh Burhagohain, Class-IV,

OF THE
WEEK
Mothers Pride School, Dhemaji
POEM Raginee Bora, Class-VIII,
O Lord Shiva
OF THE Spring Dale High School,
WEEK Jorhat. He, the husband of Goddess Parvati,
The father of Lord Ganesha,
And Lord Kartika
The mighty Lord Shiva!
The cowboy... Trishool is Your weapon,
The holy bull, Your vaahan.
I saw him on the western lands,
Under the clear blue sky, Devotees throng to the temples.
And near the crystal blue river. O Lord, bless us all.
Among the animals rabbits and deer, Om Namah Shivaya,
Encircled by trees, bushes and creepers. We chant all the way.
There, he inhales air so fresh, Hope your trishul and damaru,
And gulps water so pure. Help keep your third eye at rest.
He finds nothing discouraging him. Corrupt people,
He lands in the city, Be aware of the Lords presence!
Anupama Choudhury, Class-V, He discovers polluted air, O mighty Lord Shiva,
Modern High School, Guwahati Water with debris, We worship You.
And people without hearts. Om Namah Shivaya,
He cannot tolerate the prison-like atmosphere! We chant all the way.
Gaurav Gautam Saha, Class-XII,
He desires to go back

wish ars,
le st .
Into the wild, but free.
Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Silpukhuri, Guwahati.

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man
y li
are inkle, tw n,
t t
inkle Jyoti Chaudhary, Class-VII,
Th tw oo Angels English High School, Guwahati
w i n k l e , ne big m i n e s .
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e is nes, em.
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empower!
xhibition! Oh no! Was my first reaction when

Rhyth
The m of
E on February 4, my mom dragged me to the
ITA Machkhowa for an exhibition titled Seeds of
Hope. I was reluctant to accompany her, but I
relented. Surprisingly, one panel immediately caught
In a
rain
fa
rhyth lls on th the ra my attention. On it was written: Discrimination can
The
ra
g aw
m th
at
Takin in falls o is discre s,
n the
e lea
ve
et.
in cause more pain than the illness itself. I read it
properly to find the reason for this quote and found
The a
rain y t h e d i r streets, that a peer educator of Tokyo, Hiroki Takeda lost his
With fa ta
a sof lls on the nd grit. uncle at the age of 34. The discrimination of people
The t hum hi
In a
rain
falls that lls, Anurupmandit Sarmah, Class-II, had shortened the lifespan of his uncle, rather than
r on th i s b ti
Nilakshi Deka, Class-III, Ar hythm th e lea liss. Kendriya Vidyalaya, N.F.R., Maligaon, Guwahati III, waha
s a v C lass- emy, Gu his sickness. Hiroki, himself is suffering from many
Guwahati Public School, Guwahati Jawa is Sarma t is disc es, ,
hosh ar Acad
har N ,
avo Class-V
reet. tee G nk diseases like HIV, Hemophilia and Hepatitis C, but
daya III, Jaya anta Sha
Vidy Shrim made a dramatic recovery, because, along with
alaya
, Sonit treatment, he had constant support and encourage-
pur.
ment from his friends.
The exhibition used learn, reflect and empower
Priya Sharma, Class-XII,
formula. It has inspired me to think that we need to
Examination fever S.F.S. School, Satgaon, Narengi, Guwahati
see the world as our self and need to communicate
Lots of questions to be solved, and take care of every fellow inhabitant of this earth.
But no answers in my mind. I also learnt that every environmental degradation,
Lots of thoughts are gathering inside,
But I dont know what and how to write.
ranny n,
perso ca tion
conflict and poverty is due to mans greed. There

G were also some panels that showed how an individu-

Dear
r e s t
I have to do it anyhow, ea edi
a r e the d lots of d al brought happiness by changing the perspective of
But answers are not ready now. u h
y, yo d w it the people in their community. A special feature on
I have to finish all within time, r G rann as crea te
De a od h y, every panel was that of an endangered animal. At
Want to cheat, but know its a crime. mG obilit
Out of hundred, I know only ten, W h o i n d n e s s . me of n r e . the last panel, we had to promise ourselves for a
k to u
A n d re an epi a r t e d n a t better future, where I wrote: I will plant a tree and
My ink is running out of my pen. a h e
Yo u rm - , ine.
How to pass these three hours? a wa sture rld sh take care of it properly.
With g the pa s my wo around, ce.
Forced to stay here, please give me power, in e e n In one panel, I read, You must do the thing
Stroll mile mak n you ar rful prese
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Ajmal College of Arts, Commerce and Science, na Das,
Sc hool, planting trees. What about you all?
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Anjali Kumari, Class-VII, Himangshu Baishya, Class-VIII, Bikash Bharti, Class-IV, N Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti, North Guwahati.
Angels English High School, Guwahati Cotton Collegiate H.S. School, Guwahati Modern High School, Guwahati