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Mahendra Nath Hazarika awarded Param Hitaishee Suhreed Sadasya Dalim Phukan Morigaon, Dec 12: Mahendra Nath Hazarika, retired Professor of Kampur College and senior journalist of Morigaon district has been conferred with the Param Hitaishee Suhreed Sadasya (Best Well Wisher Member of Asom Sahitya Sabha – ASS) at a function held here on December 11. It may be mentioned here that ASS has launched a special membership drive as on October 11 this year and Param Hitaisee Suhreed Sadasya is the super lifelong membership given to those who donate Rs 1 lakh to the highest literary body of the state. Mahendra Nath Hazarika is the first person of Morigaon district to receive this membership. At a
function held on December 11, Padum Rajkhowa, Office Secretary of Asom Sahitya Sabha formally awarded the membership to Hazarika. Speaking on the occasion, Harendra Bora, President, Morigaon Zila Sahitya Sabha thanked and extended gratitude to Mahendra Nath Hazarika for his generous donation to Asom Sahitya Sabha. Mahendra Nath Hazarika, former President of Morigaon District Journalist Association is a dramatist cum actor who authored several books. He also authored a one act play namely Bhadari based on Sahityarathi Lakhminath Bezborua's short story "Bhadari" which was staged across several places in Assam.
Leopard seriously injures 3
Dibrugarh old age home foundation stone laid A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Dec 12: The foundation stone of Dibrugarh old age home was today laid by Jayanta Kumar Borgohain, resident chief executive Oil India Ltd at Banipur east in Dibrugarh. Monuj Barman, one of the trustees donated a 2 bigha of
land for the construction of the Old age home and the complex was named after his deceased father Kalicharan Barman. This is the first old age home in Dibrugarh which will be built for the senior citizens who want to live independently. While speaking on the occasion, Chief
Guest Jayanta Kumar Borgohain said, “For older people who have nowhere to go and no one to support them, old age homes provide a safe haven. These homes also create a family like atmosphere among the residents. Senior citizens experience a sense of security and
ET Correspondent Teok, Dec 12: In a critical incident, three persons including one child and one girl were seriously injured in the wake of a sudden attack of a mature leopard at Pacca Line of Boloma Tea Estate under Teok police station today evening. On the other hand, the leopard also ended up dead. According to sources, the leopard attacked the three persons suddenly when they were nearby their house. Due to the sudden attack all three persons were injured seriously and all of them were admitted at Jorhat Medical College Hospital for treatment. The injured persons were Bisal Kalandi (32), Chakhila Kalandi
and a six year old child Smt Sunena Tanti. After the incident the angry people of the Tea garden surrounded the area and killed the leopard using local made instruments like axe, big dagger etc. The angry crowd also captured the nails, teeth and tail of the dead leopard. It is noteworthy that on several occasions lately leopards have harassed the local people of the greater area since the last few months while the concerned forest officials have not taken any positive steps against the control of the wild animal. Meanwhile local people demanded from the government to take immediate steps in this regard.
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government and earn crores of rupees every year. Recently, three similar trucks carrying branded liquor worth over 18 lacs were seized by district administration acting on a tipoff. The truck had entered Tinsukia space on fake permit and the liquor was meant to be sold in Tinsukia. Sources allege that such branded liquor brought by illegal means to evade tax are being sold at
illegal dhabas and other small hotels who do not have permission to sell or serve liquor. This not only has a major role in the increase of petty crimes in Tinsukia district but also it becomes easily available to teenagers below the age of 18 years which is dangerous for the society. The Eastern Today had on its December 10 issue exposed how openly liquor is being sold and served in various parts of Tinsukia town including small hotels posing security risk for women in particular.
dently. “We have had the plan two years earlier but we could not implement it that time due to some hurdle but now we have fulfilled our dreams,’’ said Atul Kumar Borgohain, president and trustee of Dibrugarh Old age home and benevolent trust.
Aaranyak reaches out to Bhutan to strengthen conservation activities A Staff Reporter Guwahati, Dec 12: Can genetic research be used to protect wildlife? Aaranyak, a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation based at Guwahati, has proven that the answer is a resounding ‘Yes’. After breaking new grounds in conservation efforts in Assam, Aaranyak has now reached out to neighbouring country Bhutan. Bhutan shares a common border with Assam along with a portion of the state’s Manas Tiger Reserve. In a bid to further strengthen conservation activities among both countries, 13 officers of Department of Forests and Park Ser-
vices from Bhutan have participated in a special capacity building training on application of genetic techniques for wildlife population monitoring, in Guwahati, from 7th to 13th December 2015. The training titled “Hands on training on genetic population estimation" covers various aspects of application of genetic tools for population monitoring, such as study design, development of sampling strategies, various molecular biology laboratory techniques and statistical data analysis. The training is being organized by Aaranyak’s Wildlife Genetics Division and sponsored by the Government
of Bhutan. “The training is informative and handson. It has given much needed impetus for us to plan and carry out national Elephant survey using genetic sampling method,” commented a senior Forestry Officer, Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan. Wildlife Genetic Research has recently been taking major leaps in India, with Aaranyak taking a pioneering step in the direction in North East India. Application of genetic techniques for wildlife conservation is a relatively new concept, which Aaranyak is pushing forward in India as well as in other countries like Bhutan and Indone-
Tarun Gogoi will be Cong’s chief ministerial face for 2016 election: Rahul Gandhi The injured child after the leopard attacked her.
friendship when they share their joys and sorrows with each other.” Meanwhile, Gulap Chandra Medhi, General Manager, Oil India Ltd, Duliajan appreciated the initiative. He said it is a good step and in future it would help the old people who want to live indepen-
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This was announced by Gandhi today during the course of his two day visit to Assam. During interactions with Editors, Executive Editors and Senior Journalists at Brahmaputra Guest House in Guwahati, the Congress vice president said that, he is more confident that Congress will again in power in Assam in 2016. "Tarun Gogoi will be the Congress Chief Ministerial candidate in 2016
Assam poll. The people of Assam would not want any communal politics, " Rahul Gandhi said. Gandhi also said that, the Assam CM and Assam Pradesh Congress Committee will decide for pre-poll alliance or understanding matters. On other hand, the Congress vice president said that, the Congress party is very concerned to implement the Assam Accord which was signed by his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Later in the
day, he participated in a Communal Harmony Walk in Barpeta, and also addressed a public meeting. Several senior Congress leaders, including APCC president Anjan Dutta took part in the walk. "The BJP must be sent off from the state for the welfare of the state and only Congress can do that," said Gandhi. Gogoi also announced a special package of Rs. 1000 crore for the welfare of the minorities in the state. He also interacted with local people there.
sia. Udayan Borthakur, Head of Wildlife Genetics Division at Aaranyak said, “This training will help the officers in planning for undertaking advanced genetic research for conservation of various threatened wildlife species in Bhutan and also strengthen transboundary monitoring of various species between India and Bhutan.” The Wildlife Genetics Laboratory of Aaranyak is a state of the art facility situated in Guwahati and has been undertaking genetic research on various threatened wildlife species for past several years. The laboratory has been working in India as well as providing support
the responsibility of issuing 250 Soil Health Cards in their respective areas, informed Dr Ranjeet Kumar Saud, public relations officer Assam Agricultural University here. Dr Saud said that Assam Agricultural University celebrated World Soil Day across 23 KVKs by organizing special events and distributing Soil Health Cards to farmers. Farmers, civic and public body representatives and line department officials were invited to participate and were educated to use the cards for maximizing farm productivity. To make the programme more meaningful a Kisan Mela was also organized to showcase the latest agricultural technologies and also to have an interaction with the practicing farmers on differ-
ent issues related to soil health. Altogether 6283 farmers attended the programmes across 23 KVKs viz. Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Tinsukia and Udalguri wherein 5627 Soil Health Cards were distributed. Member of Parliament, Guwahati constituency Mrs. Bijoya Chakravarty inaugurated the Soil Day at KVK Kamrup with the plantation programme at Kahihuchi. In her address, she appealed to the participants to maintain soil health along with surrounding environment for the future generations. Mr. Hemanta Talukdar, Parliamentary Secretary on Agri-
culture and MLA, West Guwahati constituency graced the occasion. Rajen Gohain, Member of Parliament, Nagaon constituency attended the World Soil Day organized by KVK Nagaon at its campus and KVK Morigaon at District Library Auditorium. At KVK Jorhat, Mr. Rupjyoti Kurmi, Parliamentary Secretary and MLA, Moriani constituency expressed his happiness for large presence of the farmers on the occasion of “World Soil Day” in spite of peak time of their paddy harvesting. He talked on the importance of maintaining soil health for increasing productivity and environmental quality. He also requested the farmers to be in touch with KVK and apply the new technologies in their practical field. Mr. Emmanuel Musahary, MLA Tamulpur constituency inaugurated the
ET Correspondent Jorhat, Dec 12: Over 5566 criminal cases, 7004 of various bank cases and 1762 motor vehicle cases were settled including an amount of Rs 2,66,000 fine was collected from individual cases at Titabor sub division, Majuli sub division and Jorhat district Lok Adalat held by District Legal Services at the Jorhat Court premises here today. Over 5000 bank cases against individuals by the banks like SBI, Bank of India, HDFC, Indian Bank, BSNL, Bank of Baroda, UBI Assam Gramin Vikash Bank, etc were settled between the parties and the banks at the Lok Adalat that was organized under the direction of the Supreme Court of India.
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the app called "Amaq News" is designed to "streamline access" to the terrorist group`s "propaganda". According to a Fortune report, the Android-based app is essentially a news portal run by the Amaq News Agency - a group believed to be tied to IS. When users start the app, it displays a
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to other countries such as Bhutan and Indonesia in application of genetic techniques for research and conservation of wildlife species. It has carried out conservation genetic research work on species such as tiger, leopard and elephants in India, Javan and Sumatran rhinos in Indonesia and White-bellied Heron and snowleopard in Bhutan. It is worth mentioning that during 2011-13, the laboratory had undertaken similar capacity building efforts for the researchers of Indonesia, enabling them to undertake genetic research on Critically Endangered Javan and Sumatran rhinos in the country.
Lok Adalat settles 5566 criminal cases
World Soil Day at Tamulpur organized by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Baksa. At the office of the District Agricultural officer, Bongaigaon, Mr. Bhupen Roy, MLA, 34 North Abhayapuri Constituency attended the programme organized by KVK Bongaigaon. Majendra Narzary, MLA, Gossaigaon constituency expressed satisfaction that the KVK had organised programme on World Soil Day and prepared soil health card for the benefit of the farmer at KVK Kokrajhar campus. He said that time has come that farmers and other people realise the importance of soil in agricultural production for human existence. The World Soil Day was celebrated with much enthusiasm by KVK Sonitpur at its campus and it was presided over by Rajen Borthakur, MLA , Tezpur Constituency.
scrolling news feed and icons to play videos. It also has options for users to have the feed automatically check for new posts. "It can even be automatically updated whenever the app`s developers send out new versions of the programme," the report added. The app, however, may not work in regions outside the IS control. According to Ghost security group, the app is not available as a download in a marketplace like Google Play store. Instead, a link to the download is shared between IS members through Telegram app and other encrypted communication methods. Telegram is an app that can be set up on almost any device and allows messages to be sent to users with utmost privacy. Users can then download "Amaq News" in an Android device, the report said. IS has also created its own social network for jihadists called "Kilafahbook" to get around social media bans by Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. For IS, social
media is prominent in formulating recruitment strategies. According to theconversation.com, Facebook is a key platform to gather young fans, supporters and recruits to incite them to acts of violence by the means of propaganda and the use of Islamic grievance. When it comes to real-time orchestrating of terror strikes, IS network works with encrypted messaging applications -- including Kik, Surespot, Wickr and Telegram -- that are very difficult to hack. Ghost security group is a hacking collective similar to Anonymous that focuses solely upon counter-terrorism. It claims to have "terminated over 100,000 extremist social media accounts" used by militant groups to recruit members. Earlier, Hacker group Anonymous declared December 11 as "International IS Trolling Day" to poke fun at IS militants, using memes and cartoons. Members of the hacking group also posted images on social media mocking the IS.
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on the busy Na-Ali road under Lichubari outpost in Jorhat district here today. According to eyewit-
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Sri U. C. Mehta, Chief Engineer Project Udayak (a unit of Border roads org.) addressing the Jawans on the occasion its Udayak Silver Jubillee celebration at H. Q. Doomdooma. Pic - Dinesh Goyal
nesses, the two motorcycle-borne youths happened to be HSLC selection test candidates from Jorhat Govt. HS & MP Boys’ School and after appearing Adv Maths exam in the morning half were moving out to their friend’s place when they hit the Maruti van near the Jorhat Military station main gate. The rider who died on the spot was identified to be one Pragyanav Saikia hailing from LK Path of Bongal Pukhuri area while the other was Uday Shankar Hazarika from Tarajan Kotoki Pukhuri who is battling for his life in a very critical condition at Jorhat Medical College Hospital. While the driver of the Maruti van is partially injured and admitted in the JMCH too. Residents of the area on hearing the crash rushed to the spot. So far, on the same spot and on the same road till date eight people lost their life in bike-vehicle collision.