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5 Drugs Paddler apprehended ULFA releases abducted Kuldip Moran, son of a BJP leader in Tinsukia within nine days by Lohit Police Bishnu Rana Tezu, Sept 9

Taking continuing dig into the drug row, Lohit Police made yet another arrest of a habitual Drug Paddler Chow Dilip Longchot of Longtaw village in Namsai district on Friday by a Police Team led by Dumgantu Singpho, SI Lohit Police. The police have seized 23 packets of Brown Sugar weighing around 115 gm approximately during sudden raid.

On Friday, the police have made another arrest comprising even a police constable along with a local public drug paddler.

Taking the tip off, Kuru Tatung OC and his team including B Mossang SI, N Mungrey, Chagimso Drai, J Mossang, P Changmi constable rushed to the Digaru Ghat and arrested Chow Ensen Khen police constable and Akaiso Towang local public who were heading towards Tezu in I20 red Hyundai car. The police chased the car near Lohit Bridge at around 1810 hours here Thursday which was being driven by the constable and Towang was seating beside him in front seat. After through search of the vehicle the police recovered 5 (five) numbers of plastic pouches containing pink color of Brown Sugar which weight was around 19 gm approximately.

ET CAPSULES Declaration of public holiday on Sept Dibrugarh, Sept 9: Dibrugarh 9th September' 2016 : On account of ID-UL-ZUHA, 13/9/ 2016 is declared as a Public Holiday instead of 12/9/2016.

All State Government offices, Educational Institutions and Financial Institutions under the Government of Assam will remain closed on 13/9/ 2016wherein 12/9/2016 will be a working day. ( Staff Reporter)

Club Governor visit Doomdooma, Sept 9: The governor of Rotary International Club, Dr Rintu Guha Neogi arrived at Doomdooma Rotary Club to mark an official visit .

The District Governor expressed satisfaction over the social services performed by the club .

Five new members took oath today, namely Ramesh Goswami , Dr Pranjit Saikia , Jogen Deori , Mrigen Saikia and Rubia Ahmed . The oaths were administered by Dr N B Choudhry.

District governor Dr Guha discussed on all aspects at the completion of hundred years of the club. (Monoj Kr)

LOHIT POLICE IN ACTION On Thursday: Lohit Police have arrested Chow Ensen Khen police constable and Akaiso Towang local public who were heading towards Tezu in I20 red Hyundai car and recovered 5 (five) numbers of plastic pouches containing pink color of Brown Sugar which weight was around 19 gm approximately

On Friday: Habitual Drug Paddler Chow Dilip Longchot of Longtaw village was arrested and seized 23 packets of Brown Sugar weighing around 115 gm approximately Within nine days since 1st September, five drug paddlers were arrested including one local lady Under Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) 1985 under section 21 (b), the guilty may undergo minimum 10 (ten) years of rigorous imprisonment and fined up to Rs 1 to 2 Lakhs

Under the active supervision of Isaac Pertin SP Lohit a team led

by Kuru Tatung OC Tezu PS has been constituted to spearhead in cracking the illegal drug network being operated both at Namsai and Lohit districts As per the high level sources, the Lohit Police was informed about the consignment and according a team was formed under the active guidance of Isaac Pertin SP Lohit to intercept and arrest the paddler red handed.

An FIR has been lodged against the culprit and put in

under police lockup for further investigation.

With this arrest since 1st September last within nine days 5 (five) paddler have been arrested including one local lady. “This is a huge milestones achieved by the Lohit Police in short days to

foil the sinister act of the scoundrel person and never allow to succeed in their fraudulent act”, warns the OC. There are reports of drug trafficking being carried over here for last several years from a men in khaki. This is a tip of an iceberg a big racket of illegal drugs trafficking is being operated in these districts.

According to police sources, a huge network of drug racket would be busted out soon.

Under the active supervision of Isaac Pertin SP Lohit a team led by Kuru Tatung OC Tezu PS has been constituted to spearhead in cracking the illegal drug network being operated both at Namsai and Lohit districts. The OC also urges the Namsai Police to extend support and cooperation to nab more paddler in days to come.

Meanwhile, the police have intensified its vigilance and patrolling around the clock in and around the township to thwart out illegal drug trafficking in the area.

Under Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) 1985 under section 21 (b), if the culprit has been proved guilty he or she may undergo minimum 10 (ten) years of rigorous imprisonment and fined up to Rs 1 to 2 Lakhs, the OC said.

Margherita media person physically assaulted by illegal coal traders Protest continues, Sub Division swept by agitators Laxman Sharma Digboi, Sept 9

Following the assault of 8 media persons belonging to various electronic and print media houses here recently at Margherita under Ledu police outpost under 124 Margherita Constituency in Tinsukia District, the Margherita Journalist Association staged protest agenda and called 24 hours of Margherita Sub Division Bandh to protest the barbarous act of the politically motivated local trading on illegal coal here today.

The bandh call rendered by the media house in Margherita being supported by Margherita unit of Asom Jatiyotabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad, AASAA Margherita Regional Committee, Margherita Assembly Youth Congress

Activists of Various organisations of Margherita today protested and burned tyres at NH 38 against the failure of Margherita Administration to arrest the culprits accused of physically attacking a Margherita Journalist. Pic - Mithun Baruah

Committee, All Assam Bengali Youth Federation, All Tai Ahom Students Union and Assam Bihari Nagarik Bikash Manch Margherita passed off

peacefully in the entire subdivision including Margherita, Digboi, Ledu, Contd. on Page 4

Laxman Sharma Digboi Sept 9

Outlawed militant group ULFA (I) finally released Abducted Kuldip Moran, the son of Bharatiya Janata Party Tinsukia Zilla Parishad vicepresident Ratneswar Moran of Hahkathi in Tinsukia District of Upper Assam here this afternoon after which the security forces recovered him from a remote village of Nampong in Changlang District along the ArunachalMyanmar border.

The victim Moran who was kidnapped by the Eastern Command unit of ULFA (I) on 1st August has been reported to be in a sound state of his health and mind.

Talking to the Eastern Today, Amit Sharma the SP Changlang told that the victim was rescued safely from the said international border area

The Paresh Barua-led militant group had released an Islamic State-style video that purportedly showed 27-year-old Kuldeep surrounded by armed and masked militants and he was being conducted to local hospital. There were no reports of any causality nor injury.

The Paresh Barua-led

militant group had released an Islamic State-style video that purportedly showed 27-yearold Kuldeep surrounded by armed and masked militants and appealing to Chief

Minister Sarbanda Sonowal to secure his early release.

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Government directs all districts to strictly implement Assam Health Act, 2013 A Staff Reporter Guwahati, Sept 9

SPIRIT OF ASSAM HEALTH ACT, 2013

The Voluntary Health Association of Assam (VHAA) has welcomed the move of the State Government to strictly implement the Assam Health Act, 2013 in the state which bans sale, distribution, consumption, trade and storage of smokeless products containing tobacco or nicotine.

The State Health Department had recently issued a official message to the Food Safety Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of all districts to implement the aforesaid act in letter and spirit and enforce total ban on sale, distribution, trade, storage and consumption of smokeless products such as zarda, gutkha, pan masala, etc containing tobacco and/or nicotine with immediate effect.

It may be mentioned that under the Assam Health (Prohibition of Manufacturing, Advertisement, Trade Storage, Distribution, sale and consumption of Zarda,Gutkha,Pan-masala,etc containing Tobacco) Act, 2013, anyone found consuming smokeless tobacco was to be punished with fine of up to Rs 1000 for the first offence and Rs 2000 for the

Anyone found consuming smokeless tobacco was to be punished with fine of up to Rs 1000 for the first offence and Rs 2000 for the second and any subsequent offence or offences Whoever found involved in manufacture, advertisement, trade, storage, distribution of product such as zarda, gutkha, pan masala,etc. containing tobacco and/or nicotine shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years and with fine not less than Rs 1 lakh and which may be extended to Rs 5 lakhs.

second and any subsequent offence or offences.

5 lakhs.

While, whoever found involved in manufacture, advertisement, trade, storage, distribution of product such as zarda, gutkha, pan masala,etc. containing tobacco and/or nicotine shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years and with fine not less than Rs 1 lakh and which may be extended to Rs

“Strict enforcement of the ban on smokeless tobacco products is the need of the hour considering the large number people getting affected by oral cancer due to smokeless tobacco use in Assam,” said Ms. Ruchira Neog, Executive Secretary, VHAA welcoming the move of the State Government to stringently enforce the act.

She also added that the proper enforcement of the Assam Health Act, 2013 will save the students and youth from the ill effects consuming panmasala mixed with zarda.

Use of smokeless tobacco products mainly pan masala and zarda mixture among students and youth is very high in Assam.

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Land to establish Lakhimpur Medical College handed over "We'll start the construction work from 1st January"- Himanta Biswa Sarmah The establishment process of Lakhimpur Medical College got a new dimension today.

The Lakhimpur District Administration today handed over the land documents to the Health and Medical Education Department of the State in the presence of Himanta Biswa Sarmah, the Cabinet Minister of Assam State Government for Health, Education and Finance Affairs.

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Along with 55 Bighas land of North Lakhimpur Civil Hospital, land measuring 45 Bigha of Chaukham Gaon map

of Nakari Mauza under North Lakhimpur Revenue Circle towards eastern direction of the existing Civil Hospital is allotted for Lakhimpur Medical College It is noteworthy that the construction work of the proposed Medical College of entire North Assam was pending for a couple of years though the foundation stone was laid by former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in 2011just before the State Assembly Election was notified in that year. From this aspect, it turned to be a electioneering temptation for the voters not only of Lakhimpur District but also of

the entire North Assam during the past years.

But the then government paid no heed to requisite land for the establishment of the Medical College. "What the former government could not do in a period of last five years, the BJP led Sarbananda Sonowal's Government did it within forty five days.

It proves that the thing required to do a good job is only good will"-said Himanta Biswa Sarmah taking part in the ceremonial program for Contd. on Page 4

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ET Correspondent Lakhimpur; Sept 9

DIBRUGARH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

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Dibrugarh, Tinsukia

Special DG Kuladhar Saikia Prisoners of Dibrugarh reviews security in upper Assam jail to participate in

Today an interaction programme was also held here at police reserve among the citizen and police. While speaking on the interaction programme, Kuladhar Saikia stressed on violence which has been rising in the society in a fast pace. “We have to stop spreading rumors and stop violence, which has been rising highly,’’ he said.

“Basically, in Tea garden

Special DG Kuladhar Saikia (Law and Order) Interacting with public in a meeting at police reserve in Dibrugarh. Pic: Manoj Pandey areas these kind of rumors were spread from people to people and they made it an issue. We have done meeting and aware them that such kind of thing have no existence in the society,’’ Saikia added.

from on spreading of false rumors along with the association of Local NGO Brothers who were holding awareness camp in the tea garden areas of Doomdooma to educate people from superstition.

Tinsukia police has also issued two numbers (7399025840/ 037422337858) to keep an eye

He said that a meeting was organized in Kakopathar where many issues were discussed. “Community

HOROSCOPE Aries

Don't expect a great deal of sensitivity from others when it comes to issues concerning love and beauty today, Aries. People are apt to be in their own little worlds. It may be hard for you to relate to them now. Trying to sway others to your point of view could be possible, but it may be quite difficult and, more importantly, not worth the effort.

Taurus

There could be people who try to convince you that you're wrong about something, Taurus. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that you're inferior just because you don't agree with someone on an issue. Focus on your creativity today. You can combine your incredible artistic talent with pure intellectual genius for a dynamite swing that will knock any ball clear out of the park.

Gemini

There's an adventurous side to today that you should latch onto. Try not to get weighed down by the little things in your life that don't really matter much. Look at the big picture and understand the importance of having great breadth of vision. There's a whole world to explore out there, Gemini, so get going. There may be a few surprises today, so be ready for anything.

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Unexpected people and events are likely to crop up today just as you're longing for adventure. Feel free to hop aboard a train to an unknown destination, Cancer. It's better to regret the things you've done than regret the things you haven't done. Take this to heart as you plan your day. There's no shortage of fun out there - you just need to find it.

It's extremely important that you not be too possessive today, especially when it comes to other people, Leo. You have important relationships with the people around you, and you'll find that in order to maintain them, it's best to let those people live their lives the way they want. Don't think that people belong to you, because they don't.

Matters regarding love and romance are in your favor today, Virgo. You'll find that love comes to you when you least expect it. There's a powerful creative force within you that will be most rewarding if you put it to use for some sort of artistic endeavor. A strong yet erratic urge may call you into action, so be ready to respond with your entire being.

Realize that you might have to leave some things to chance today, because you probably aren't going to be able to control all that you'd like to under the circumstances, Libra.

Although it may be comfortable for you to try to fit things into their perfect spots, you'll find that this may not be the best way to conduct your business, especially on a day like this.

Scorpio

Things should be going quite well for you today, Scorpio, especially in the love and romance department. You'll find that there is a magical, adventuresome spirit when you connect with others. Take advantage of this courageous energy and put it to good use in whatever way you see fit. Bring an extra element of excitement into your world tonight with someone very special to you.

Sagittarius

Express your independence today, Sagittarius, and prove to others that you won't be pushed around anymore. Do things for yourself and have fun while you do it.

Your heart will know which way is the right way to proceed. Don't be fooled by those who try to tell you otherwise. Success comes when you can initiate others into your world instead of you being seduced by theirs.

Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

trade festival in Delhi

Tinsukia district is one of the disturbed district which shares boundary with Arunachal Pradesh and the cases of kidnapping for ransom has been rising in the district.

Special DG Kuludhar Saikia(Law and Order) said that police of both the states has been trying to trace out Kuldeep.

A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Sept 9: Special DG Kuladhar Saikia(Law and Order) reviewed the security scenario of upper Assam here today. On Wednesday, Saikia had a meeting with the villagers of Kakopathar on the issue of Pishol Bhoot- Pishol manuh( Slippery ghost or Slippery man) He said that there is no existence of slippery ghost it was rumor spread by some mischief mongers through Whatsapp.

participation is necessary to sought out issues pertaining in the society,’’ Saikia added.

He said that there is no existence of ‘Slippery ghost’ in the society someone spread the rumors. “Due to lack of education this things has been spreading in those areas,’’ he said.

Taranath Buragohain, a social activist of Dibrugarh spoke on rise of the organization in Dibrugarh. He said that some of the organization demand money from the people which has been rising in the society. “Recently, a crimes rate has been rising alarmingly in Dibrugarh. A few days ago, a university student was forcefully kidnapped in a running vehicle and the gang looted here belongings.

Earlier, Dibrugarh was peaceful by now the scenario has bee changed,’’ Buragohain added.

Rotary club felicitates Dibrugarh teachers

the Indian International Trade Festival (IITF) as last year happened where they brought Rs 70,000 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

The prisoners of Dibrugarh jail produce mainly three types of items,

those are- cane craft, soap products and phenyl which are sold in jails of all over Assam.

However, orders are yet to receive from Assam Government over participation at IITF.

Teachers felicitates by Rotary Club of Dibrugarh. Pic: Manoj Pandey A Staff Reporter Dibrugarh, Sept 9: Rotary Club of Dibrugarh celebrated International Literacy day 2016 in a befitting manner by honouring teachers from several schools in and around Dibrugarh. This was part of the initiative taken up by the Rotary India Literacy Mission for Teacher Support which is working for recognition and training of teachers, supplemental teaching and strengthening of DIET. Teachers from ten schools were honoured by awarding them with the Nation

Builder Award.

President Sudarshan Khound welcomed the gathering and said that after the successful eradication of Polio, the organisation has made literacy its thrust area.

National Committee member of Rotary Literacy mission Kalpana Khound spoke on the activities of the mission. Club Literacy chair Utpala Sharma introduced the awardees and the heads of the different schools. The awardees were Banashree Sarmah Barbaruah L.P school , Bornali Chetia Borpathar Girls M.E School

, Kalyani Das Amolapatty Balika L.P School, Ranima Mech Chachaji H.E School , Jogamaya Goswami Grahambazar Boys M.E. School, . Rajesh Mishra Sri Durgamandir Hindi M.E. School, . Sulakshana Kaushik Graham Bazaar Boys M E School, Madhumita Saikia Amolapatty Girls High School Amolapatty,.

Binanda Hazarika Mankata M E School Mankata Village, Rajat Pal Dibrugarh Bengali High School .

Vote of thanks was offered by the club’s secretary Chiranjeev Sharma.

As the fear of ‘Child Lifter’ spreads, ADGP, SP visit Doomdooma Manoj Kumar Ojha Doomdooma: Sept 9: The Additional Director General (ADGP) of Police Kuldhar Saikia and superintendent of Police (SP ) of Tinsukia Mugdhajyoti Mahanta and human right worker Deepjyoti Saikia visited Doomdooma to bring back faith among people .

In the doubt of Pisal Manu ( Slippery man ) and hupadhara (Child Lifter)

people had started attacking on army vehicle and personnel .

In the meeting the village heads, teachers and intellectuals and villagers were present .They were from Kordoiguri , Samdung , Dighal Tarang , Baghjan and Rupai-Siding areas .

Everybody said that these are merely rumours and nothing else .The top cops says that the police and army is always for the safe-

guard of common people.

The people should have patience and self control .The law will take its own course .They assured that the culprits will not be spared.

It may be mentioned here that innocent people are being assaulted in the name of Pisal Bhoot and Hupadhara .

36 hours strike is continuously affecting Tinsukia businesses, employees, labours, etc. which creating huge financial loss. It has also affected the transportation. The 36 hours strike is creating havoc environment on Tinsukia district. Pic - Sidharth Siugh

Music Maestro Remembered Manoj Kumar Ojha Doomdooma,Sept 9: Music maestro Bhupen Hazarika remembered in Doomdooma by various organization at his ninetieth birth day keeping pace with the whole world with a hoist of musical soirees and tributes to the bard of Assam .

In this series the headmaster Pradip Kumar Moran of Kordoiguri Madhya Angrezi Balika Vidyalaya offered a Phulam Gamosa on the picture of Dr Hazarika as a mark of respect . Sri Moran remembered the

contributions of globally accepted and appreciated Dr Hazarika and his contributions towards Assamese language , literature and music .

The programme concluded with his international famous ," Manuhe manuher vave ," sang in a group .

On the other hand New Era English Academy which is located at Rupai Siding also celebrated Dr Hazarika's 90th birthday . The renowned English journalist and the headmas-

ter Manoj Kumar Ojha offered flowers and lit an earthen lamp before the picture of music maestro .

However , Learners' High School and Arunoday Jatiya Vidyalaya ( AJV ) located at Daisa too celebrated the pious occasion by organizing different programmes and competition where Dristi Talukdar and Siddhartha Protim Moran won the competition and secured First and second position respectively . They were the student of AJV .

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Things relating to love and romance are in your favor today, Capricorn, although you may find that issues of this nature might be unpredictable. Lovers could be present one moment and MIA the next, but these are the risks you take when you deal with love. Find a balance that doesn't get you so wrapped up in someone else that you're hurt if his or her eyes turn elsewhere.

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It might feel like there's a hole in your heart today, Aquarius, and you could have a hard time filling it.

Remember that you're the one responsible for making sure this void is taken care of. If you insist that someone else fill the gap, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. Do something nice for yourself and feel free to spend a little money to make yourself happy.

Issues regarding love and romance are at a climactic point right now, Pisces, and you could be rather combative. Your energy in this area may come in waves, and you're likely to be so charged up about the situation that you feel like a time bomb ready to explode.

Don't destroy something wonderful bay wanting a great deal more than you really need.

Sidharth Singh Dibrugarh, Sep 9: Nowadays, the prisoners of Dibrugarh jail are seen busy in crafting decorative items, cane chair, delicate flower vases, and mini cane stool as they are expecting that their products will again hit

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Margherita police arrests Muslim youth for eloping Hindu girl ET Correspondent Margherita, Sep 9: A 22 year old Hindu girl, from Margherita who was eloped by a Muslim youth, identified as Paapu Ali of Betbari Demowmukh, Sibsagar District was today nabbed at Betbari Demowmukh, Sibsagar.

On 4 September, at 3 Number Makum Pather Chirugaon Margherita a 22 year old girl, daughter of Numal Mech was eloped away by Pappu Ali, who first introduced himself as Pappu Kalita.

After that, the girl parents and activists of Hindu Jagaran Manch Margherita (affiliated to

RSS) lodged a FIR at Margherita Police Station and eventually on 7 September Margherita Police Station officer in Charge Debojit Mahanta nabbed both the boy and girl from Betbari Demowmukh Sibsagar District.

Hindu Jagaran Manch State Committee President, Fauz Thapa and Secretary Tanuj Singh have appealed that strict punishment should be given to Pappu Ali who was already married. A case has been registered at Margherita Police Station Case Number 212/16 US 366.

Naharkatia Yuva Samaj organises Personality development programme

Ankit Agarwal felicitated.

Bikul Gogoi Naharkatia, Sep 9: Naharkatia Yuva Samaj organized a workshop on "Personality Development" where more than 220 students from various schools participated in the workshop.

The resource person of the seminar was Ankit Agarwal where he talked about spontaneous speaking, body language, listening skills & brain controlling techniques.

He differentiated between listening and hearing. He said that listening is not taught to us academically, the only stress is on speaking. It is our brain that makes us do everything. We have to focus on our brain and overcome our fear. Students were motivated for better goal and success in life through skill development. Mr. Uma Gogoi, president of Naharkatia Yuva Samaj initiated the program.

BSNL in collaboration with GOIP installs 1st Wi-Fi hotspot in Assam at Kamakhya Temple ET Bureau Guwahati, Sep 9: BSNL in collaboration with GOIP Global Services Private Limited to put up WiFi hotspots in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. GOIP & BLUETOWN (a Danish Innovative company) as technology partner have put 1st Wi-Fi hotspot in Assam at Kamakhya Temple and Wi-Fi services are available for public access around the Temple as 15 mins' trial.

From 8thSeptember 2016 onwards BSNL shall be selling prepaid vouchers through a sales agent for accessing the Wi-Fi services.

For the first time in Assam, high tech Wi-Fi dedicated to Maa Kamakhya for the convenience of the Bhaktas

& citizen of Assam.

The Wi-Fi hotspot is innaugurated on 9 Sept 2016 by M.K.Seth, Chief General Manager of BSNL Assam Circle along with S.Pokharna, General Manager (CM), Rabindra Kumar Jakhar, Deputy General Manager Kamrup Telecom District and all other Senior Officers are also present in the innaugural function.

This is the first Wi-Fi Hot Spot in Assam and in Kamakhya Temple on experimental basis and the service will improve further on the feedback, natural condition and observation. GOIP and BLUETOWN intends to put up additional 300 Access Points at 100 different locations within Assam during the current Financial Year.

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CM Sonowal issues directive to PWD to make exclusive road for the state without touching any other state A Staff Reporter Guwahati, Sept 9 : Pitching for a separate road for South Salmara-Mankachar District, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the PWD (Roads) and Water Resources Department to prepare a DPR (Detailed Project Report) for construction of a road to the district via Assam without touching the territory of Meghalaya.

Issuing a directive to the PWD (Roads) and Water Resources Department, Chief Minister Sonowal said, "South Salmara Mankachar District should have exclusive road connectivity through the State of Assam without touching territory of any other State". He asked the de-

ritory of Assam. One of the priorities of our governance lies in ensuring a seamless communication for the people of South Salmara Mankachar District and that too through our own territory".

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal partment concerned to engage in for the preparation of a DPR and submit the same to the government within October 2,, 2016.

Chief Minister Sonowal said, "After the DPR is prepared we will go for construction of the once defunct road through the ter-

He also asked the Power Department to make a good use of the allotted power to the district and take steps for the replacement of the redundant transformers.

Moreover, for providing safe and purified drinking water, Chief Minister Sonowal asked the PHE Department to operationalise all its schemes and submit the action taken report to the Government 'on a fast track' basis.

Margherita Journalist's Association with AJYCP holds 24 hour strike at Margherita Mithun Baruah Margherita, Sep 9: The Margherita Journalist's Association and AJYCP Margherita Regional Committee conducted 24 hour strike to show protest against the Margherita Administration who failed to arrest the Coal thieves who have brutally attacked a group of Margherita Journalists on 7 September at 11 pm, when they went for a news coverage of illegal Coal trade at Tirap Colliery under Margherita Sub Division.

Among the group of Margherita Journalist's, Manoj Dutta and Prashanto Chetia got seriously hurt who are journalist of private satellite news channel.

Today morning, activists of Asom Jatiyotabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad, All Adivasi Students Association of Assam, All Tai Ahom Students Union, Asom Bodo Kachari Yuba Chatra Parishad and Assam Bihari Nagarik Bikash Manch Margherita Regional Committee burnt tyres at NH-

38 and shouted various slogans against Margherita MLA Bhaskar Sharma and Margherita Administration in failure to arrest the culprits.

Margherita Journalist's Association President, Ram Prasad Ambedkar and General Secretary, Rana Jyoti Neog have condemned and criticized the incident and demanded that the culprits should be immediately arrested and illegal coal trade should be stopped at Margherita Sub Division.

"If Margherita Administration cannot arrest those Coal thieves who have brutally attacked and assaulted Margherita Journalist Manoj Dutta and Prashanto Chetia than Margherita Journalist's Association intensify more agitational programme at Margherita, Tinsukia District Deputy Commissioner office, Dispur Last gate and lastly at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi" said Rana Jyoti, General Secretary of Margherita Journalist's Association.

Guwahati, Sep 9: The public sector Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in Assam's Golaghat district has recorded a 70% growth of its net profit during 2015-16, highest in 16 years of its operation in the state.

This announcement was made during NRL's 23rd annual general meeting here on Friday, which was attended

by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) CMD, S Varadarajan who is also the chairman of NRL. NRL MD, P Padmanabhan, other members of the NRL Board and shareholders of the company were also present.

NRL said that during 201516, the company recorded the highest ever net profit of

Rs. 1,222 crores over previous year's net profit of Rs.718 crores.

"This is for the first time that the company has recorded a net profit above Rs. 1,000 Crores. Profit before tax (PBT) was recorded at Rs. 1,883 crores, marking an increase of 66% compared to the last year's PBT of Rs. 1,134 crores," NRL senior manager for corporate communication, Madhuchanda Adhikari said.

With declaration of final dividend of Rs. 3.50 per fully paid equity shares of Rs. 10 each together with interim dividend of Rs. 3.50 per share which has been paid during the year, total dividend payout for NRL to its sharehold-

ers-- BPCL, Oil India Limited (OIL) and Assam government for the year is Rs. 7.00 per share.

BPCL has 61.65 percent share, while OIL has 26 percent and Assam government 12.35 percent share in NRL. The NRL with 3 MMTPA capacity was dedicated to the nation by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on July 9, 1999.

The refinery processed 2,520 TMT of crude during 201516.

16.62 compared to Rs. 9.76 in 2014-15. Net worth of the Company as on March 31, 2016 reached Rs. 3,958 crores. Improvement in financial performance could be achieved through optimization of business operations," she said.

The NRL this year has also ventured out with commercial production and sale of paraffin wax and has been able to capture 40-45% share of the domestic wax market.

The refinery has also started exporting wax to Nepal and Kenya.

"Mexico, Mozambique and USA have also evinced interest for NRL wax. Export is likely to commence shortly," Adhikari said.

Choudhury takes over as Kokrajhar DC

Bibekananda Choudhury

Agencies Kokrajhar, Sep 9: B i b e k a n a n d a Choudhury on Thursday took over as Kokrajhar DC office after he was welcomed by many officials and organizations. Choudhury succeeded Madhav Prasad Sarma, who was shifted to the department of revenue and disaster management at Dispur.

After assuming his office he said that all round development and integration in the district

would be top priority in his responsibility. He has sought cooperation from all sections of communities while bringing development and unity in the district. He has emphasized of more integrity and prosperity through building a healthy society in the district.

"I will stress more to bring good development and integration among all sections of communities to build a healthy society", Choudhury added.

BSF apprehended cattle Numaligarh refinery in Assam records 70% smugglers growth of its net profit during 2015-16

"Sales turnover during the year at Rs. 11,925 Crores recorded a growth of 10.14% over previous year. The Earning per Share (EPS) for the year 2015-16 stood at Rs.

A Staff Reporter Guwahati, 9 Sept: Troops of Guwahati Frontier of Border Security Force apprehended two Indian cattle smugglers today from the International Boundary in Dhubri District of Assam.

Cattle smugglers who were identified as Sahinoor, (22yrs), S/o Abdul Latif, R/o villageBerabhanga, PSSukhchar, Distt- South Salmara, Assam and Sultan Ali, (22yrs), S/o Tosab Ali, R/o villageSagunmari, PS BilasiPara, DisttDhubri, Assam were apprehended by the troops of

BOP Hathichar, while they were trying to smuggle cattle heads from India to Bangladesh. They have been handed over to local police for further legal action.

Meanwhile BSF troops of the Frontier have seized 2609 Nos of cattle heads having worth Rs.1,59,21,200/- appx and apprehended 08 Indian cattle smugglers.

BSF troops are always alert to the issues of trans-border crimes and illegal infiltration and are making all out efforts to prevent commission such crimes.

Mega Entertainment conducts audition for Garnier White Complete Fashion Weekend in Guwahati

First round of auditions for Mega Entertainment organised in Guwahati ET Bureau Guwahati, Sep 9: With an ambition to put together the rich and vibrant style of North East India and to uphold it to the fashion enthusiasts worldwide,

Mega Entertainment presents yet another jewel of its crown - Garnier White Complete Fashion Weekend supported by Maybelline.

Curated by Abhijit

Singha, the fashion extravaganza will bring together a myriad blend of seasoned as well as gennext designers, giving the audience an experience like never before. Soibam

Kanchan Chanu, 2nd runner up, Mega Miss North East 2016, has been signed as the face of the event.

In a bid to provide opportunity to fresh faces and aspiring models in this am-

bitious fashion show, Mega Entertainment organized the first round of auditions in Guwahati at the INIFD Bhangagarh campus yesterday. The audition attracted a large number of aspiring models from Guwahati and its vicinity.

Twenty chosen women will win the title of 'Garnier Diva', and will walk the ramp during the Garnier White Complete Fashion Weekend, scheduled to be held at Radisson Blu, Guwahati, on September 18.

After this audition, Mega Entertainment will also conduct auditions simultaneously at the Dibrugarh University campus and Freeway Institute of Fashion Arts, Imphal on September 11th.The names of the chosen candidates will be officially declared on

September 13th, 2016.

Speaking about the upcoming auditions, fashionpreneur and founder of Mega Entertainment- Abhijit Singha said, "Garnier White Complete Fashion Weekend will showcase many celebrated designers of regional as well as national repute. Being a part of this show can open up national as well as international avenues for the talented models and upcoming designers of this region. We have provided all the tools that enable young talents to push their creativity and develop their techniques through this ultimate platform which will be a constant witness to fashion dynamism of north east India. Now, it is their turn to give us an enthusiastic response across all the audition centers."

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Arunachal state team leaves for East RSVDC opposes Zone Junior Athletics Championship eviction order Itanagar, Sep 9: Twenty-four athletes and two officials, representing Arunachal Pradesh, will be leaving here for Guwahati Thursday night to participate in the 28th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship.

The two-day championship of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will begin on September 10 at Guwahati, informed

Arunachal Athletics Association secretary Kage Dodum.

The state will participate in Boys and Girls U-18, U-16, Boys U-20 and Girls U-14 year categories.

Meanwhile, Arunachal Olympic Association President Padi Richo this afternoon met the

Guwahati bound athletes at SLSA playground at Chimpu and briefed them about the championship and the importance of participating in such events. He encouraged them to perform upto their potentials without thinking about winning and losing.

tivities to groom players for future events, including Olympics. He asked the players to practice hard eying at the next Olympics to grab the handsome rewards announced by the state government by winning medals.

Member Secretary (SAA) Ramesh Linggi and SLSA Principal Tabia Chobin were also present and motivated the athletes as they are going to participate for the first time in any AFI championship.

He said that AOA will soon gear up sports ac-

Sports Authority of Arunachal (SAA) vice chairman Gechi Doke,

MK Pegu and Gouridas Oinam are Coach and Team Manager. (Agencies)

Arunachal Governor Jyoti Rajkhowa’s fall from grace may compel BJP to sack him Itanagar, Sep 9: A good administrator, an honest civil servant and a writer of repute; Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa earned many such titles in his distinguished career. But his failure to understand the tribal sensibilities in the state, as its constitutional head, cost him all the laurels that the 72-year-old had earned in his lifetime.

Rajkhowa reportedly disclosed to a television channel recently that a minister from the Centre had informed him of the government's desire for him to resign, which he said he refused to follow. The disclosure came as a surprise for many in the region, given the fact that Rajkhowa was among the few governors appointed during the present NDA regime and was also seen as loyal to them.

According to reports, Rajkhowa was asked to resign “on health grounds”.

The pressure from the Centre for him to resign came just weeks after the Supreme Court restored the Congress government in the state.

The Supreme Court had declared Rajkhowas's decision that resulted in the imposition of President’s rule in the state and ultimately led to the formation of a new government spearheaded by a faction of rebel Congress ministers, as “unconstitutional”.

While refusing to resign without an order to do so

from the President of India, Rajkhowa reportedly said to the media, “I do not have a single blot in my long career in the government. The government must have appointed me as governor on the basis of my spotless track record. I feel very humiliated. It was a bolt from the blue.”

Back in his home state Assam, hardly anyone would disagree with Rajkhowa’s take on his career. In fact, Rajkhowa has always been seen as a decorated personality in the Assamese society – a person with a brilliant academic career who made the state and its people proud by cracking the prestigious Union Public Service Commission exam and getting selected as an Indian Administrative Service officer as early as the year 1968.

His elevation to the post of chief secretary of Assam in 2003 was publicised by the Assamese media with much fanfare. Apart from his drastic moves as the chief secretary to inculcate work culture in the state secretariat, his retirement from the service was also a subject that attracted wide media coverage.

His literary works on the life and preaching of the great saint Srimanta Sankardev, whom the mainstream Assamese swear by, earned him many accolades.

But Rajkhowa stands disgraced today; a personanon-grata not only for the BJP led NDA government

Land to establish Lakhimpur Medical College handed over Contd. from Page 1

the handing over of land documents which was chaired by Lakhimpur DC Debeswar Malakar. "An amount of Rs.189 crore for the construction work and an another amount of Rs. 7.5 crore as compensation of land requisition will be released within ten days and PWD will call the due tender for the building of the Medical College immediately after it. We'll start the construction work from 1st January next which will be inaugurated by CM Sarbananda Sonowal"-he declared.

The Minister added that the construction work of proposed Dhubri, Nagaon and Kokrajhar Medical Colleges would also be started from January 2, 3 and 4 respectively.

He said that the construction work of Lakhimpur Medical College could not be proceeded due to the alleged negligence of the

former State Government and red-tapism.

He highlighted some crucial changes that the BJP-led new State Government initiated throughout the state. Naba Doley, the Minister of State for P&RD, Youth Welfare, Sports and Cultural Affairs(Independent Charge) and Pallab Lochan Das, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Revenue Affairs(Independent Charge) Participated in the meeting and delivered inspiring lectures.

Both of them hoped that the establishment of Lakhimpur Medical College would introduce a new horizon in entire North Assam. Besides them, Dr. Ranoj Pegu, CEM of Miching Autonomous Council; Dr Anup Kumar Barman, the Director of Medical Education, Health and Family Welfare Department, Assam and P Ashok Babu, the Mission Director of NHM, Assam also delivered speech in the meeting.

that appointed him as governor a year ago, but also for many in Arunachal and his own society in Assam.

A senior journalist based in Guwahati who did not wish to be named told media that as an Assamese he is ashamed of what Rajkhowa did in Arunachal – that led to the fall of a democratically elected government.

He further said that today Rajkhowa is not only seen as responsible for violating constitutional norms but also for damaging the fabric of mutual trust between the people of Assam and those of Arunachal Pradesh.

Respecting tribal sensibilities has been a social norm that is widely accepted and practiced to a fault in North East India. Every North Easterner is expected to know this norm. But the scene in which a born Assamese, Rajkhowa, was seen interfering in the affairs of a government democratically elected by the people of the tribal state, bruised the emotions in Itanagar.

Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa’s fall from grace began right from the start of the constitutional crisis in Arunachal Pradesh. Just two weeks after he decided to advance the Assembly session by more than a month, on 9 December 2015, which the apex court declared unconstitutional in its final verdict this year, the All Nyshi Students Union raised protest in front of the Raj Bhawan in Itanagar.

Nyshi is a dominant tribe in

Arunachal Pradesh and Nabam Tuki, the then chief minister of the state who was ousted in this Assembly session, is a leader from this tribe.

But that was not the only pitfall that Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa stepped on. The protesters sacrificed a ‘mithun’, an animal of the bovine species, in front of the Raj Bhawan; which the governor cited as cow slaughter. He saw this act as a serious sign of law and order break down, and cited it as a reason to implement President’s Rule in the state in his affidavit to the apex court.

A mithun is considered a sacred animal among many tribes in Arunachal Pradesh.

Mithun is sacrificed by many such communities as a ritual. But citing the incident of sacrificing as cow slaughter was seen as another example of disrespect to the tribal culture of Arunachal Pradesh.

Another reason why Rajkhowa was accused of playing an anti-Nyshi and anti-Arunachali role was a letter he allegedly wrote to the prime minister during the constitutional crisis itself, in which he advised the government to upgrade an airport in his home state Assam rather than developing one at Itanagar.

The final blow to his image came with the Supreme Court verdict that declared his role in the crisis period as unconstitutional. It only fortified the suspicion

against him of playing an anti-Nyshi and antiArunachali role.

The Supreme Court indictment on the role of the governor’s office was seen as his major defeat. Hence his refusal to step down from the post of a governor on the pretext that the President of India has not sacked him yet, is also seen as a desperate attempt to make it not look like one.

Certainly, the BJP also had to pay a political price for the decision of advancing the Assembly session. Since the constitutional crisis in Arunachal Pradesh emerged just six months after Rajkhowa was appointed as the governor, political pundits have every reason to believe that it was 'created' for obvious political gains.

But the price of letting Rajkhowa continuing in his office could be even dearer for the BJP at a time when he has fallen from grace and has turned a bête-noire for the masses in Arunachal Pradesh.

The Bharatiya Janata Party, that has a potent presence in Arunachal Pradesh with 11 MLAs, can hardly afford to be seen in the same light as Rajkhowa before the 2019 Assembly election.

Since the party plans to march ahead to other North Eastern states, following a historic win in Assam, it would not be surprising to see if Rajkhowa is sacked in the near future; in case he remains adamant in his present stance that is.

Margherita media person physically assaulted by illegal coal traders Contd. from Page 1

Jagun, Pengaree and Bordumsa. Commercial establishments remained freezed, normalcy was hit, street bore deserted look and commercial vehicles couldnot ply.

Meanwhile, the assaulted mediapersons while interacting with the Eastern Today told that earlier on Wednesday night a group of disgruntled Coal thieves allegedly sponsored by local political leader had attacked a group of media persons with lethal weapons and assaulted them brutally at Tirap Colliery under Margherita Sub Division for fear of being exposed in the media house.

According to the agitators, Tirap Colliery has become a den of illegal trading coupled with the sale of illicit liquor where the miscreants procure coal illegally fortunately under

the nose of allegedly local police and civil administration being manhandled politically.

Meanwhile, a group of around thirty illegal Coal traders allegedly led by leaders of illegal coal thieves resorted to violence and assulted the media persons including Manoj Dutta, Prashanta Chetia, Manash Pratim Gogoi and Faizur Rehman.

The agitators who took the streets the whole day lamented of the indifferent attitude of the police and civil administration and demanded of the police administration of impartial investigation and immediate arrest of the absconding culprits. The entire groups of agitators belonging to various locations told that if the administration fails to curb the menace of illegal coal trading and don’t stop promoting the cause of politically sponsored miscreants beside failing to bring the culprits to book,

the body would intensify their constitutional agitation which includes conducting public meetings and staging demonstration at JantarMantar in New Delhi very soon.

However, according to police sources, few arrests have been made to this effect and police has been on the look out to arrest the absconding. Police cases has been filed against Kuldeep Singh, Sanjib Chetia alias Bu and Dhiraj Sonowal and based on the case registered at Margherita PS at 213/2016 the culprits would be prosecuted u/s 147,148,149,323, 325,307 and 384 IPC. Meanwhile, a source informed that a group of local coal traders of Margherita have also filed cross case against the few media persons for their unwanted frequenting the work site and disturbing the businessmen in their trade for their vested interest.

A Staff Reporter Itanagar, Sept 9: The residents of Rakap Sanglum village under the nomenclature Rakap Sanglum Village Development Committee (RSVDC) vehemently opposed the eviction order of August 28 last, issued by the government and demanded that the government honours the agreements for compensations and relocations of the residents as agreed upon by subsequent state government since 1999.

Highlighting further on this, RSVDC President, Tadar Tash in a press conference held at Arunachal Press Club said that “On matters of providing regular government job under C and D grade, provisions of lands for business with trading license, small contract works for the residents and relocation as under the agreements, subsequent state government has failed to provide any clear assurances with the exception of former Chief Minister late

Kalikho Pul.” According to Tash, late Kalikho Pul during his short stint as the Chief Minister had given assurances to fulfil all of the above stated demands by the residents. “As such, there was no reason for us to oppose any move of the government and we were in fact, looking forward to the establishment of the Medical College,” asserted the RSVDC president.

Accordingly, expressing shock and dismay at the stand of the incumbent government with orders of evictions, RSVDC demanded that the government not deviate from the assurances made by former Chief Minister late Kalikho Pul and immediately start works for the establishment of the Medicity-cum-Medical College after meeting all the compensatory demands as agreed upon.

Governor extends Pham Kho Sowa greeting ET Bureau Itanagar, Sept 9: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh JP Rajkhowa has extended warm greetings to the people of the State in general and my Khowa brethren in particular on the festive occasion of the Pham Kho Sowai festival. He expressed hope that the festivity will usher in good harvest, prosperity for all.

In his message, the Governor said that most of the Tribal Societies belong to the agrarian community. As such their festivals are mostly related to different stages of agricultural practices. These annual celebrations help in preserving the age-old distinct culture and traditions. I am sanguine that Pham Kho Sowai Festival of Khowa Tribe also known as Bugun Tribe will continue to act as a medium through which such rich heritage continues, he added.

On this joyous occasion, I join my Khowa brethren in offering prayers to Almighty for good health, contentment, and happiness, the Governor said.

Mountaineers meet DCM Chowna Mein

Four member delegations consisting of two state Everesters Anshu Jamsenpa & Tine Mena, Arunachal Mountaineering & Adventure Sports Association president Tsering Wange and Adventure Cell Incharge Dr Romeo Meetei called on Deputy Chief Minister

ET Bureau Itanagar, Sept 9: Four member delegations consisting of two state Everesters Anshu Jamsenpa & Tine Mena, Arunachal Mountaineering & Adventure Sports Association president Tsering Wange and Adventure Cell Incharge Dr Romeo Meetei called on Deputy Chief Minister, Chowna Mein in his office today.

The DCM assured to extend

support to the fraternity as growth in mountaineering and adventure sports activities in the state will not only lead to greater tourist flow but also would provide a means of employment to the local youth and lead to the overall development of the far flung regions.

the number of trainee intake from the state.

He expressed happiness with the achievements of state mountaineers who has not only brought name and fame to the state and the country but also has become a role model for the youths at large.

The DCM also inquired about the functioning of National Institute of Mountaineering & Adventure Sports (NIMAS) and about

The delegation members appraised the DCM about the huge potential & prospect of mountaineering & adventure sports in the state.

ULFA releases abducted Kuldip Moran, son of a BJP leader in Tinsukia Contd. from Page 1

It may be remembered here that the father of the Kuldip Moran a close aid of Sadiya MLA Bolin Chetiya had told that the Ulfa (I) had demanded 1 crore against the safe release of his son being the amount so staggering which he could not afford.

However, it is not yet clear whether Kuldeep’s release has been secured by paying ransom to the militants.

After the video went viral, Baruah had issued a statement saying the motive of kidnapping was not to get money, but to put Kuldeep ‘on trial’ for being an

‘informer’ of the Army. He had rejected reports that the group demanded ransom.

However, irrespective of the motive behind the act whether it for ransom or some other, the people of the entire area were seen on a joyous state following the news of the recovery of Kuldip on his 40th day of jungle adventure.

The Eastern Today being in constant touch with the security team involved in the rescue operation along the Indo-Myanmar border was told here this afternoon that team Arunachal Police headed by SP Changlang A Sharma along with various units of security wings had intensified the cordorned and rescue operation

covering the entire vulnerable locations along the said border area despite topographical challenges.

Kuldeep was undergoing treatment at army hospital at Nampong in Changlang district and his father was with him.

However, it needs a special mention here that abduction by various militants organisation for ransom is common in Tinsukia District of upper Assam.

Meanwhile, the formal reaction of Mr Moran and official statement from the competent authority is awaited till the filling of this report.

(Additional reporting from Avik Chakraborty)

Government directs all districts to strictly implement Assam Health Act, 2013 Contd. from Page 1

As per the latest report of Cancer Registry, 49.7% of all cancers in male and 24.1% in female in Kamrup (metro) district are tobacco related cancer.

In Dibrugarh district, it is

51.6% in male and 22.8% in female. Similarly, in Cachar district 46.2% and 20.6% in male & female respectively are tobacco related cancer.

Nearly 70% of patients treated in the Dr. B. Barooah Cancer Institute,

Guwahati in 2013-14 developed cancer due to tobacco use.

The Govt. of Assam in 2011 out of its total health budget of Rs.541.2 crores spent Rs.157.8 crores for treatment of tobacco related diseases alone.

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District Library, Namsai organized Users education for adolescent girls ET Bureau Namsai, Sept 9: District library, Namsai in collaboration with ICDS unit of Namsai & Chowkham organized user’s education for adolescent girls of Namsai area. Around 50 teenaged girls participated in the programme at the reading block of the District Library today . Librarian S. Mukhopadhyay explained the benefit of public library services for the teenagers.

He suggested to avail library services at least one hour in a week which will promote reading habit amongst the students and youths. He emphatically said proper use of library will help development and empowerment, create awareness about health, hygiene, family and child care, upgrade home based skills and many more of daily uses.

Uses of the library resources both imprint and

The awareness on Domestic Violence, POCSO Act, Trafficking of Women and Children and importance of Nutrition for Women and Children and Livelihood were imparted in the programme.

APSCW Chairperson, Mitali Tingkhatra briefly explained all the topics and informed that even verbal abuse is under domestic violence and briefly spoke on the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986. She also appealed to all not to practice and encourage child marriage and polygamy.

APSCW, Member Secretary, Yame Higio gave a background on the activities of the commission and explained in detail about the works and cases handled by the APSCW for the victims. While lamenting the people are not aware of these social ills of child marriages and polygamy, she discouraged such practices which lead towards many problems in between spouses, families and in the society.

APSCW Member Duma Yekar spoke on the various types of domestic violence taking place in the society.

She informed that the domestic violence act was passed in the year 2005, stating that the commission counsels the family problems which are unable to be settled between spouses. She further suggested that harassment and abuses on women and girl child should be reported in the concerned police station

Digital Lohit Weeks Programme ended ensuring complete digitalization of Lohit by Nov 2016 Bishnu Rana Tezu, Sept 9: Digital Lohit Weeks Training programme is culminated successfully here today in a simple valedictory function held at the DC’s Conference Hall. The training was mainly upgradation of skill development on ICT application for office management and Digital Literary.

electronic version were also demonstrated during the session. While appreciating the efforts EAC, Namsai, Jayanti Pertin requested the gathering for optimum use

APSCW conducts legal awareness programme at Itanagar Itanagar, Sep 9: A daylong legal awareness programme was organised by the Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (APSCW), Itanagar in collaboration with Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Project, Balijan and Jangte Anne Self Help Group (JASHG) at Sangdupota Circle on Sep 7.

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for legal action.

APSCW Legal Advisor Kani Nada Malling explained about the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 to the villagers gathered. She also spoke on the topics of child abuse and sexual abuses of children in the house and schools. She spoke in detail about the POCSO Act and informed that offences are non-bailable. She also informed that free legal aid is provided from the Arunachal Pradesh State Legal Service Authority for the any women and girl child victims who cannot afford to hire an advocate for the victims whose annual income is below one lakh.

APSCW Vice Chairperson Nabam Yabang explained about trafficking of women and children rising in the state. She explained the most likely reasons found in such cases are because of economic problems, domestic helpers and unemployment.

Circle Officer Nabam Taji while appreciating the APSCW for organising the awareness programme informed that the Sangdupota is a crime free circle. He also encouraged the people gathered in the programme to take all the benefit of such information to build a peaceful society.

Celebrating the last day of National Nutrition Week by Food and Nutrition Board, Ministry of Women and Child Development, demonstration officer, T. Banerjee informed about all kind of nutritious foods which are very important for pregnant women and children.

CDPO S.C. Tok informed about the programmes and schemes provided to women and girls by the Govt of India in detailed to the participants.

More than 150 villagers including government employees attended the programme.

of healthy library resource of district library, Namsai .

She said that every children have own dream and a library is the only institution which can fulfil and helps

to achieve the goal. CDPO Namsai W. Khimhun enthusiastically appeals the teen girls to use library as a part of their daily life. She further requested library au-

thority to conduct such awareness programme as frequent as possible which immensely help the adolescent girl and youth of the area.

RGU organises 13th National Youth Parliament Rono Hills, Sept 9: The Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) hosted the 13th National Youth Parliament competition here on Thursday. This is for the first time that the RGU has organized such kind of event involving youths.

Participants were divided into two groups — ruling party and opposition party, led by Arsendo Miti and Yayum Taba respectively. The session began with tributes paid to the late PA Sangma, vet-

eran parliamentarian from Meghalaya.

Various issues such as Chakma-Hajong citizenship, racial discrimination on the North Eastern students and issues including Aadhar card were discussed.

Ceemona Taku, Gora Mamung, Agaya Menda, Hibu Nassing and Tamin Mili were best participants.

Speaking on the occasion, MP East Ninong Ering said that parliamentarians in Delhi

could learn a thing or two from the participants in the youth parliament. He further urged the youths to utilize their potential to work towards development of the state.

Group Coordinator National Youth Parliament, Sanjeev Kumar Tiwary hoped that the participants would go on to become good parliamentarians. He also hoped that more and more youths from the state would go on to become national leaders. (Agencies)

Danish Ashraf DC who is the brainchild behind this programme appealed the trainees for optimum utilization of this skill at their respective work place to make the district a ‘Digital District’ by November 2016. “We this training your working skill has been improved maintaining better transparency, fast and quality in work. I expect a better service on your part for the greatest interest of the public and the district as a whole”, the DC anticipates.

Lauding the innovative step, K Kire CCF Eastern Zone said that computer literacy is need of the hour at this 22nd Century and Lohit district being far off geographically from the Itanagar. Digitalization of the district would bring the district closer to capital in corresponding official work. “The District Infor-

mation Office, Tezu has initiated hi – tech programme to promote the skill of the Account staffs & Teachers of the district to improve work efficiency of the district is highly significant”, he appreciates.

Earlier in his opening speech, June Kadu DIO Lohit expressed contentment over the way the trainees has shown their enthusiastic approach in learning ICT application and extended deep gratitude to ADIO Melen Lego and his team of staffs who toiled

hard to impart training.

The DIO also hoped to continue such training programme to make computer literate to all the Teachers, Student and staffs of the district. “The district is completely digitalized under Parole software to improve efficiency and quality office work by November 2016”, he assures.

Meanwhile, Later all 34 undergone Teachers and Account Staffs of various departments were given certificates.

Massive manhunt for a missing school girl A Staff Reporter Koloriang, 9 Sept: The search and rescue operation of the missing school children that occurred on September 6 last at Leel under Sangram Circle entered its fourth day today.

The Jurung-Kumey District Administration has send SOS to the neighbouring districts of Kra-Daadi and Lower Subansiri for necessary assistance in tracing out the missing children in their jurisdiction.

A massive manhunt is on in all probable locations of the left and right banks of Kurung River.

Government Spokesperson Bamang Felix, who is also the local MLA of the area, is constantly coordinating with the District Adminis-

tration on the mission.

The MLA has also appealed to the people of his constituency, especially to the villagers of downstream villages to extend all possible help to the search and rescue operation of the young and innocent souls.

However, till the filing of this report, none of the bodies of the missing children have been spotted.

Changlang People's Forum meets CM Khandu ET Correspondent Changlang, Sept 9: The members of Changlang Peoples' Forum (CPF ), comprise of its General secretary Mr. Tupkam Kitnya, and other executive members viz. Mr. Nongmin Kamba, Mr. Ngungtim Changmi, Mr. Thangngam Tangha of Changlang district called upon the Honourable chief Minister of Arunachal pradesh ,Pema Khandu today on 9th September 2016 in his office and submitted a two points memorandum which he had assured to look upon on priority.

Earlier the same team had called upon the honourable Minister for Education Hunchun Ngangdam and apprised him of the shortages of subject teachers in

many schools especially of Mathematic and science

streams which the Minister has noted it on priority.As

such the CPF in the changlang district have

been rendering great services especially to uplift the

educational and social scenario.

School Management meeting held at Kharsang ET Correspondent Kharsang, Sept 9: A meeting was conducted

by School Management & Development Committee (SMDC) of Govt Hr Sec. School kharsang on 2.9.2016 at 11 am at the Conference Hall GHSS kharsang to discuss and resolve the issue pertaining to strike threatened by the agitated students if the required ST teachers for subjects like English, Hindi, Geography, Math and History are not posted soon. The students expressed their grievances before the

SMDC and dwmanded to solve the problem as soon as possible as they are facing the shortage of teachers since last 2 years.

The meeting Chairman SMDC GHSS Kharsang, RK Rai Circle Officer Kharsang convinced the agitated students to refrain from launching any kind of undemocratic means and requested not to go for the proposed strike.

He further assured to take up and expedite the matter seriously and to

apprised the matter to the concern higher authorities to solve the crisis soon. Moreover, the students pleaded to the Hon'ble Minister for Education Govt of AP to mercy upon the helpless students by posting the needed ST teachers as mentioned demanded.

In the meeting, Sanjay Kimsing, President Kharsang Circle Unemployed Youth Association(KCUYA)and Sri.Samson Ngemu, President Tangsa Y o u t h

A s s o c i a t i o n ( T YA ) strongly appealed the Hon'ble Minister Education and the Director School Education Govt of AP to kindly and immediately look into the matter as it is a serious threat to the career of the students.

Both associations further appealed the Hon'ble Minister of the concern Constituency to take up the matter seriously and expedite the same to solve the crisis as soon as possible before the situation gets worst.

EDITORIAL

DIBRUGARH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

Today's quote Do not dwell in the past, do not “dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Buddha

What isn’t sedition In a wonderfully minimalist case of dental surgery, the Supreme Court has defanged governments and administrations which have been wielding Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code to throttle speech and cow down vocal critics. It has done this simply by refusing to lay down the law — reminding everyone that it was laid down a generation ago, in 1962. It has clarified that mere criticism of the government does not constitute sedition and that, in fact, it should not even attract a defamation charge. This observation should act as a restraining order on governments — particularly the Central government — which have been using the colonial curb of the sedition law as a blunt instrument to bludgeon critics with. The principle invoked was articulated in the landmark case of Kedar Nath Singh vs State of Bihar, in which the apex court had upheld the constitutional validity of Section 124A, but had disabused the government of the politically convenient notion that the draconian law could be applied to words, deeds or actions “intended to or… likely to incite public disorder” or violence. The court had insisted on the centrality of intention, since likelihood is a subjective notion which could invite unconstitutional behaviour from the authorities. Which is precisely what has been seen in recent months — unseemly campaigns to restrain those perceived to be political embarrassments like Hardik Patel and Kanhaiya Kumar, apart from sundry writers, performers, cartoonists?

Now, in a public interest litigation filed by Common Cause, the Supreme Court has recalled the necessity to establish intention. The NGO had argued that ignorance of the law is causing the police to arbitrarily arrest critics of government, and had pleaded for guidelines requiring the clearance of a senior police official before Section 124A could be imposed. The court has declined to intervene in sedition cases past and future, and only required officers of the law to follow the principle of the ruling set down in 1962. Following a basic tenet of criminal jurisprudence, it has elaborated that the merit of a sedition charge must be appraised from case to case.

The law of sedition was designed by a colonial power to prevent fractious citizens from overthrowing it by force. In the way it is used, it is anachronistic in a democracy where governments rule at the pleasure of the people, who are entitled to democratic protest and public criticism to force governments to acknowledge their concerns and opinions. To wilfully misrepresent protest as sedition is an egregious error on the part of government. It has been happening far too often and reflects an ugly paradox — democratically elected governments find democratic protest intolerable.

Reject protectionism: G20 summit shows consensus on goals, it is leadership which is in short supply The G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, had an important takeaway. There is wide support for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s call to end protectionism and build a more open global economy.

However, as the outcomes of bilateral meetings between leaders showed, the road ahead is challenging. While everyone is agreed on the long-term aim of a more open global economy and robust multilateral institutions, short-term compulsions on account of electoral politics or entrenched positions muddy the waters. This situation needs a display of sagacity on the part of leadership of G20 member states, as a fragile global economy cannot afford protectionism.

According to IMF, global economic outlook for 2016-17 has worsened on account of the Brexit outcome in the UK. World output, which is forecast to increase by 3.1% this year, has to withstand many risks. Xi’s call has to be seen in this context, as a retreat into protectionism is the biggest long-term risk to growth. Also, risks get amplified when global institutions, which provide a platform for a more open world, are undermined by powerful nations. China, for instance, has an unyielding stance on its territorial claims in South China Sea and has been disdainful of a verdict reached by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Instead of pandering to mob prejudice, leaders should communicate the benefits of globalisation and dismantling of restrictions between countries.

Globalisation has been an important contributor to the reduction of poverty, particularly in China which is today the world’s largest merchandise exporter. G20 leaders need to revive the spirit of the London summit in 2009, when they dissolved differences to coordinate actions in the face of an unprecedented global financial crisis. The world is at a crossroads and leadership is urgently needed.

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National Crime Records Bureau’s data: handle with care to furnish data, which results in a few States being projected as juvenile crime hubs. Despite this, the NCRB went ahead and published its voluminous report of over 600 pages!

K. P. ASHA MUKUNDAN If the data on juvenile crime are anything to go by, the annual reports of the National Crime Records Bureau cannot be taken at face value.

The National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) annual round-up of crime statistics has in recent years been the subject of extensive media coverage. The parsing of the official data, however, tends to be a superficial exercise, focussing on the big numbers instead of the minutiae.

Numbers that don’t quite add up On August 30, the NCRB released its ‘Crime in India 2015’ report. Let’s sample the section on “Juveniles in conflict with law”, Chapter 10.

The figures in Table 10.4 — data on crimes by children below 12 years of age — state the following, among others: 13 boys charged with murder, nine with attempt to murder; 14 boys charged with rape; four boys charged with kidnapping and abduction of women to compel her for marriage; four boys charged with causing dowry death; 13 boys and a girl charged with assault on women with intent to outrage their modesty; 11 boys charged

with “unnatural offences”; two boys charged under the Foreigners Act. This is not all. Data show that 23 children below 12 years were charged under the Juvenile Justice Act, which means they must have committed one of the following offences: employed another juvenile or child for begging, supplied them with liquor or narcotic drugs, employed them and exploited them. Seventy eight children between 13 and 16 years were also charged under the JJ Act. Some of these offences sound a little difficult for those below 12 years to perform. If true, it is a matter of serious concern for us as a society. But if not, were these children in conflict with the law or were they victims who got wrongly documented as offenders? Is this what “increase in juvenile crime rate” is all about?

There’s more. The report records 48 cases of “criminal breach of trust” being registered against children. Technically, anyone below 18 years cannot be charged thus, as Section 405 of the Indian Penal Code states that it can be applied only on those who can lawfully deal with property —

children below 18 years cannot, since they are ineligible to sign contracts. Similarly, five children were charged under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Again, this applies only on licensed vendors, and no licensed vendor can be below 18 years of age. A close reading of the tables brings out many such fallacies.

The need to take onus This kind of data would mean two things. One, the police stations from where the data are being collected are not clear about definitions or not serious about the way they maintain documents; and two, the NCRB is not making adequate efforts to train police stations or State-level agencies in data collection, as evident from the disclaimer in the re-

port that it has made every effort to be “statistically consistent”. The report further goes on to state that “NCRB shall not be responsible for statistical error, if any, in the published data”. If the NCRB, attached to the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the only government body tasked with the publication of national-level crime data, refuses to take responsibility for the data they publish, who is?

At a consultation held in July on “Interpreting Crime Data on Children” by the Bombay High Court and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences’ Resource Cell for Juvenile Justice, there were concerns raised by government officials on under-reporting of cases due to political pressure, and about how many States fail

Data given in Table 10.5 and Table 10.6 are also highly questionable. Table 10.5 gives figures of the number of different kinds of final orders passed by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on juveniles apprehended under various crime heads of the IPC and Special and Local Laws (SLL) during 2015. This kind of data can only be cross-checked against orders passed by the JJBs. It may be noted that in Maharashtra (and a majority of the other States), the JJB does not maintain a record/break-up of the different kinds of orders it passes. In this context, how are the police able to provide such data given that the source of this table is police records?

To substantiate this point further, the NCRB data is at odds with figures from Maharashtra collected by the Bombay High Court from Special Homes for juveniles for the aforementioned consultation. It was found that a total of 46 boys were sent to the only two Special Homes in Maharashtra. However, NCRB figures put the figure at 1,978!

Unquestioned data Similarly, Table 10.6 gives

the ‘Classification of Apprehended Juveniles (under IPC and SLL) by Attributes During 2015’. The attributes here are education and economic status.

I am yet to see a policeman who actually asks a juvenile his educational and economic status and records the same in the FIR. And yet, this table has complete data on each and every juvenile apprehended.

This kind of data has been published year after year after year and goes unquestioned.

This year, many media reports not only covered the ‘Crime in India 2015’ release prominently but even dedicated a separate section to juvenile crime. With the increasing popularity of NCRB data comes increased responsibility for the agency, especially when the data are referenced by national and international agencies for policymaking and research. It is time the NCRB took onus for the data it publishes and strived for authenticity instead of “statistical consistency”. Until then, handle NCRB data with care.

(This article was initially published in the Hindu) K.P. Asha Mukundan is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Criminology and Justice, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

Retaining MGNREGA’s core BRINDA KARAT There is a pithy saying in Hindi that the elephant has two sets of teeth, one for show and the other to eat. This seems an apt description of the approach of the Narendra Modi government towards the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

For public consumption the Finance Minister announces in his Budget that he has allocated the highest amount of funds for the implementation of the law, but in reality, States are being starved of funds. At the end of the financial year 2015-2016, an unprecedented Rs.12,000 crore was owed to the States, of which Rs.7,983 crore was owed to workers, the delays in wage payment stretching up to six months in some cases. Most shockingly Rs.2,723 crore was owed to workers in drought-hit States, the most vulnerable and desperate for livelihood.

An informalised approach Now fresh evidence is available that the Central government is adopting opaque methods to dilute the law. There is a clear dichotomy in what the government is telling the Supreme Court in an ongoing petition on the implementation of MGNREGA and what it is telling the States. A platform on WhatsApp called ENCORE (or Enabling Communication on Rural Empowerment) run by the Joint Secretary of the Rural Development Ministry has been formed with around 300 officers from States, charged with the responsibility of MGNREGA. Even though this is run by an individual officer, it is clearly official policy that is being reflected and therefore must be considered authorised communication by the Ministry. This

is an instant method of communication which may be useful to send important information maybe of an urgent nature to the States.

The problem arises on two counts. It is a procedure which bypasses the more transparent one of issuing official instructions through Ministry orders which are on record, on file, making the issuing authority accountable. Second, such communications are not accessible to the public though their content might have a direct impact on people. Third, they can easily be deleted by the administrator of the group. The Right to Information has proved to be a very effective instrument to glean information from governments on the functioning of MGNREGA. But there are no set procedures that WhatsApp messages from a Central government official to the State government can be accessed under the Right to Information Act. So whereas the WhatsApp messages have the stamp of authority emanating from a senior official in the Rural Development Ministry in charge of the implementation of MGNREGA, the aspect of accountability and transparency gets eliminated.

Court cracks the whip This development needs to be seen in the context of the Supreme Court judgment in May this year on a petition moved by the Swaraj Abhiyan on a series of issues related to agrarian distress and in this particular case on the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005.

The judgment read: “The Government of India is directed to release to the State Governments adequate funds under the scheme in a timely manner so that the workforce is paid

its wages well in time. It is regrettable that the pending wage bill for 2015-2016 was cleared during the pendency of the petition. The Government of India must shape up in this regard.” The court further indicted the Central government on the count of late wage payments with the scathing comment that it “had thrown social justice to the winds”. It considered delayed wage payments “a constitutional breach”.

The government was forced to release funds in June, bringing huge relief to the workers whose dues were cleared. In addition, because of the monitoring by the Supreme Court, the Central government has had to release funds to the States for projects under the law.

As a result, around 85 per cent of the funds budgeted for the year have already been released in the first five months.

This reflects also the high demand for work. In the background of the devastating drought and widespread agrarian distress, MGNREGA is literally a lifeline for millions who have no other means of survival because of the lack of work in the countryside. The number of person-days generated in the first four months of the year is 89 crore person-days, the highest since 2012-2013.

But while this is a positive development, it also means that just around 15 per cent funds are available for the remaining seven months. Already, according to information available on the website of the Ministry, nine States have a negative balance, meaning thereby that they do not have the funds either to pay wages or to plan and implement projects based on the demand. The lean season for agricultural work that sees a spike in the demand for work under

MGNREGA is usually between January to April. What is going to happen then? Will the funds be made available by the Central government?

The funds squeeze The concern is because the Central government has been wilfully cutting down on the funds available to MGNREGA. Looked at as a percentage of GDP, the budgetary allocations have come down from 0.36 in 2012-2013 to 0.26 in 2016-2017. The government has tried several methods to cut down on the demand and the requirements of the States. The projected annual demand of the State and the equivalent amount of funds required — known as the labour budget — is finally decided by the Central government. The first downscaling happens here. On an average the Centre has cut the States’ requirement by about 30 per cent. This has serious repercussions on workers. The situation got so bad that the Chief Minister of the best performing State, Tripura, had to sit on an unprecedented hunger strike in Delhi in 2014 to demand adequate funds. In the present situation, with the Supreme Court monitoring the issue, the Central government cannot be quite so blatant.

It has assured the court that there is no formal or informal cap on the funds. It is here that the WhatsApp messages from the Centre should be taken as an indicator of the government strategy to dilute the provisions of MGNREGA. A message on the ENCORE platform says that “to resort to logic that it is a demand driven programme and whatever is asked for will be given, does not cut much ice now”. Cut ice with whom? The Supreme Court which had accepted the assurance at face value? An-

Perfection, a habit In some places perfection is a habit and not an attitude!

Apparently the American computer giant IBM decided to have some parts manufactured in Japan on a trial basis.

In the specifications, they set a standard that they will accept only three defective piece per 10,000 piece.

When the delivery came

to IBM there was a letter accompanying with it.

'We, the Japanese people, had a hard time understanding North American business practices.

But the three defective parts per 10,000 piece h a v e b e e n separately manufactured and have been included in the consignment in a separate package mentioned "Defective pieces as required, not for use."

China's Bullying Sir, Pakistan sponsored terrorists turn Kashmir into a veritable dead valley that result into loss of crores of rupees as the otherwise vibrant activities - sale of apples, tourism came to a standstill. These terrorists wreak havoc killing innocent citizens, armies, ambushing army camps with grenades sophisticated weapons, when our armies retaliate and kill some terrorists, some pro-Pakistani people ran amock paralyzing the life in the valley in league with the terrorists.

As Pakistan raises the issue of violation of human rights in Kashmir in the U.N, our Primeminister very adroitly hurled a salvo by raising the issue of PoK and Balochistan, in response to which many people start demanding independence from the vassalage of Pakistan. This response instantly attracts wrath of China as

other WhatsApp message reads, “Wage employment, with one point agenda of registering demand and responding to it is no longer the core concern.” And further, “we ought to desist from campaigns for enlisting demand and indulging in the mad race of more and more person day generation”.

Hollowing out the core?

The Supreme Court itself had quoted from the MGNREGA to point out the “core”, namely “An Act to provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the rural households by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do manual work…”

Yet through WhatsApp the same officer, winning praise from the court for “being well versed on the subject”, contradicts the provisions of the act itself.

As far as the creation of person-days is concerned the court had directed “both the State Government and the Government of India… to make all efforts to encourage needy persons to come forward and take advantage of the scheme. A success rate below 50 per cent is nothing to be proud of.” But here the Ministry is referring to it as a “mad race” to create workdays.

A most unique feature of the MGNREGA is its universal character. It is not a “targeted” programme as many of the other social sector schemes are.

The rationale is that only those who cannot find better alternatives of employment will opt to work in MGNREGA. It is not a charitable enterprise. It is extremely hard work under very difficult work conditions.

The work which is piece rated is linked to such high productivity norms that it is almost

impossible for a worker to earn the full minimum wage. Anyone who has even a remote idea of a MGNREGA worksite knows that, more so in a period of drought where income from agriculture has literally dried up, even farmers survive by their work in MGNREGA. End this doublespeak Under Mr. Modi, the government has tried to change the nature of the law from being universal to targeted by first promoting the idea that work should be made available only in the most backward districts identified jointly by the Central and State governments. This was strongly opposed by many State governments as an encroachment on the law. Now the Ministry through the WhatsApp group is pushing for enrolling only the poorer sections. The message informs that it is the Central government that is going to identify such families; “this is to assist you in gap assessment .. a targeted approach.”

There are many other such examples of how the Ministry is saying something to the Supreme Court and directing officers in the State government to do the opposite. This is all part of the skewered policies of the pro-corporate Modi government. Bailouts for the rich, for whom unlimited subsidies in the form of unrepaid bank loans of over Rs.8 lakh crore or tax concessions of over Rs.5 lakh crore in a single year are easily handed out. But when it comes to the rights of the working people to national resources, and to the implementation of a law unanimously adopted by Parliament, there are no funds available.

Workers do not want an ENCORE of the anti-MGNREGA policies they have been subjected to by this government. In spite of all its weaknesses, this law is still a lifeline for crores of rural families.

China invests huge amount in building the Gwadar port of Balochistan. Meanwhile Chinese troops transgressed the border with India in Uttarakhand. India's proposed deployment of the special version of BrahMos cruise missile in Arunachal Pradesh irritates China that led to Chinese state media warn India that such actions bear a negative influence on the stability along the border.

India, under the dynamic leadership of Primeminister Narendra Modi took certain bold steps.

India's non-inclusion into the Nuclear supplier groups is the result of China's negative attitude and its obstinate views to assert its control over South China sea already destabilized peace in the area. Meanwhile, three titanic Chinese fleet took position in the disputed area. Tension is brewing as the affected neighbours (Vietnam, Japan) are also girding up their loins. How long the Chinese bullying will continue disturburbing peace of the entire area lies in the realm of speculation. yours etc.

Ashok Bordoloi Dibrugarh ]

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NORTHEAST Meghalaya Speaker admits resolution against him Not possible to implement pay panel

DIBRUGARH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

Shillong, Sept 9: Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Abu Taher Mondal on Friday admitted a resolution seeking his removal and posted the matter for discussion on September 16, the last day of the session.

The resolution was moved by opposition National People's Party legislator James K Sangma who accused Mondal of curtailing the vibrancy of the legislature and delaying construction of the Assembly building.

Sangma moved the resolution under Clause(c) of Article 179 of the Constitution and Rule 135 of the Rules and Procedure of Business in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly on the first

Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Abu Taher Mondal day of the autumn session "Whereas, Speaker A T Mondal has failed to carry out his duties and responsi-

bilities as a Speaker. Now therefore, this House expresses its want of confidence in him and hereby re-

solves to remove him from the office of the Speaker," the resolution said.

The Speaker allowed the motion after 12 opposition MLAs stood up in support of the resolution. He had survived a similar move by the Opposition in March.

Sangma said the resolution was moved in view of the short duration of session despite repeated requests. "By doing this, the Speaker is curtailing the vibrancy of the legislature. He is not allowing the legislature to function properly and effectively which is why we feel it is high time we give a strong message in the form of this resolution seeking his removal."

There are many other issues and the one on construction

Sikkim Nagaland, Tripura top in reducing sparkles infant mortality among small states in NSSO sanitation survey New Delhi, Sept 9: Sikkim has been adjudged the cleanest State while Jharkhand comes last in the list on the condition of sanitation in rural areas of 26 states. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home State, Gujarat is ranked 14th.

The results of the survey carried out last year by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) was released on Thusday by Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar here.

The NSSO conducted the survey in May-June 2015 covering 73,176 households in 3,788 villages across the country. The ranking given on the basis of percentage of households having access to sanitary toilets and using them (either household or community toilets).

Sikkim scored 98.2 per cent on a scale of 100. Kerala scored 96.4 while neighbouring Tamil Nadu notched up just 39.2.

Mr. Tomar, who also heads the Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry, which released the report, maintained that the survey was conducted in 2015 and a "lot of changes have taken place since then" in the Swachh Bharat campaign.

Asked why non-BJP or NDA ruled states did better in 2015, Mr. Tomar said the campaign "is for all".

Agartala, Sept 9: The northeastern states of Nagaland and Tripurahave topped among the small states in India in reducing Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), an official said here on Thursday.

According to latest official data, the IMR in Nagaland is 17 per 1,000 live births (01 years) while in Tripura it is 21 against the national average of 40 deaths per 1,000 live births.

"The best performing large states for decline in IMR award was given to Haryana and West Bengal.

In this category the best performing small states were Nagaland and Tripura," Tripura's National Health Mission (NHM) director Shailesh Kumar Yadav told reporters.

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda gave away the awards to the best performing states at the third National Summit on "Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Facilities" at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh last week.

The official said that to further reduce the IMR, the Tripura government has adopted 13-point steps.

These include, 60 delivery centres were made into ideal delivery centres with upgraded labour rooms, new born care corners established in all 102 delivery centres and eight new born

stabilisation units set up in sub-divisional hospitals.

Yadav said that a special scheme "Mayer Ghar" (mother's house), under which the labour rooms will be equipped with all facilities, are being operationalised to reduce home deliveries in selected interior and tribal areas and thereby cut down on maternal and infant deaths.

"The percentage of institutional delivery (delivery in hospitals and health centres) in Tripura is 89 per cent against the national average of 80," he said quoting the data of Health Management Information System under the union Health and Family Welfare Ministry.

Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry Secretary

Bhanu Pratap Sharma in a letter to Tripura Chief Secretary Yashpal Singh informed that the state government would be given one per cent incentive over and above the stipulated resource envelope for performing well in the last financial year (2015-16) in timely utilisation of central funds and in undertaking health sector reforms.

According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 report, IMR of less than 51 deaths per 1,000 live births took place in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands .

of Meghalaya assembly building has been pending for the past 12 years. "It is very unfortunate and very shameful that we as people of Meghalaya, specially we as legislators, as law makers and members of this august house don't have an assembly building even till date," he said.

Mondal announced that the letter received from Chief Minister Mukul Sangma informing about the resignation of Congress MLA W D Sangma from the post of Parliamentary Secretary was accepted.

Meanwhile, the Speaker also nominated four MLAs-Dikkanchi D Shira, W D Sangma, Titosstarwell Chyne and Witting Mawsor-- to the panel of chairmen. (PTI)

recommendations: Mizoram CM

Aizawl Sept 9: Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Friday said the state government would not be able to implement the seventh Central Pay Commission's recommendations for the its employees in near future.

"The financial health of the government would not allow implementation of the Pay Commission recommendations unless additional financial assistance is received from the Centre," Lal Thanhawla said.

State finance department has been calculating the financial implications of implementing the pay panel recommendations, officials said.

Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla The Federation of Mizoram Government Employees and Workers, an umbrella organisation of the state government employees associations, recently submitted a

memorandum to the Centre seeking additional allocation of fund for implementation of the seventh Pay Commission for the state government employees.

Villagers in Manipur take charge of fixing roads Senapati (Manipur) , Sept. 9 : Villagers in Manipur have shown a great example of perseverance and sends out a strong message to the policy makers by repairing the 19 kms long stretch dilapidated roads by pooling in fund and manpower by themselves.

by to this effect by the Lupao Naga Union.

Around 2000 men and women of Senapati district have volunteered to repair the road as the condition has become unfit for travel.

Located in Senapati district of Manipur, the Maram-Purul-Phaibung road is a state highway which connects Ukhrul district. It is also an important lifeline for nearly 60 villages to connect to the main town.

The stretch is dotted with hazardous potholes, while the black topping has decayed. Mudslide during rainy seasons has been one main cause for accidents. Many fatalities have occurred in the past while availing of medical attention has become an arduous task because of the worsening condition.

As the state highway has been lying in a very deplorable condition for long enough despite numerous petitions to concerned authorities by the villagers, residents of the villages under the aegis of Purul Union and Khoide Union have started road improvement work more than ten days back within their respective areas after a directive was issued

"We have submitted numerous petitions to concerned authorities. However, the road has been left to decay for the past 7 years. Finally we decided to generate fund from villagers to repair it all by ourselves. We no longer believe the State government or any authority will come to help us," said secretary of Khoide Union, Haile Phillip.

He added that it was unbelievable that an MLA from the valley, Th Shyamkumar, representing Andro Assembly constituency readily donated Rs 50,000 for the work.

"He has our blessings and his (Shyamkumar) gesture will go a long way in fostering ties between the hill and valley. We are indebted to his kindness," Phillip added.

As a Good Samaritan, Director of NEC, Kh Siile Anthony also donated Rs 50,000 for the cause. Altogether, the road repair initiative has collected a sum of Rs 2,39,388.

President of Lepao Naga Union, RT Daiho, who is the authority of 32 villages, is also involved in the repair works. He said villagers have been suffering for long due to apathy of the State government.

"We have no further trust in the administration. We have come out to do the work ourselves. I have notified villagers to volun-

teer for the repairing work and we have overwhelming response from the people. We will complete the work in a week's time," he said.

Villagers complained that the designated SDC never comes to his office located at Purul. It was also pointed out that the local MLA, Alexander Pao has not once come to look into the work done by the villagers.

The villagers use the money for hiring an earthmover and a truck for lifting rocks and transport them. The food and tools are brought by the villagers and moreover, no money is paid to labourers.

A woman worker Louniru, holding a spade in hand quipped, 'God help those who help themselves. We are united in our work and we will pave the road.'

Lupao Naga Union president RT Daiho said that they have been overseeing the road repairing work.

(ANI)

KTDSSU dismayed over poor school, health infra State level programme meet Dimapur, Sep 8 : Kiphire Tuensang District Sumi Students' Union (KTDSSU) has expressed resentment over deplorable condition of health and school infrastructure and shortage of teachers and absence of doctors under its jurisdiction.

In a press release, KTDSSU president Bothuka Yepthomi and general secretary V. Atoka Yeptho said the union having concern for grassroots level inspected the school infrastructure and health centres provided by the government from August 26 to September 3, 2016 under its jurisdiction.

KTDSSU expressed shock that GPS building (erstwhile boys hostel for GMS Sitimi Town) at Sitimi town built in 1985 was in deplorable condition. The union said during rainy seasons students were compelled to shift to two-room extension provided by SSA thus hampering normal classes during rain.

KTDSSU also said that GPS Seyochung Town and GPS Shothumi "A" buildings were on the verge of collapse. It said the roof of GPS Phisami building, which was blown off by storm on April 18, 2016, has been left unattended.

Though the matter has been brought to the notice of the responsible SDEO and directorate of school educa-

tion by various organisations, the union said the department has failed to address the damage caused by natural calamity.

Owing to roofless class rooms, students were made to occupy in one class room affecting normal classes for the past five months, they said. It was also stated that during rainy days many students hesitate to come to school leading to increase in drop outs at the primary level.

In this regard, the KTDSSU has urged the responsible department to look into the matter and address the hardships faced by the innocent students and teachers. The union cautioned that failure to address the matter would force it launches phase wise agitation.

The union further said owing to shortage of teachers in some schools, even Grade IV staffs were compelled to teach main subjects.

Expressing dismay with the department for neglecting the primary and middle schools, the union said while some schools have excess teachers there was shortage of teachers in some schools.

Therefore, the union has urged the education department to speed up the "rationalisation" process to mend uniformity of teach-

ers' strength for smooth functioning of schools.

2 PHCs without doctors KTDSSU has alleged that two Primary Health Centres (PHCs) at Sitimi and Seyochung were being ne-

areas have to go either Kiphire or elsewhere to get medication for mere illness," KTDSSU said.

In this regard, the union has appealed to the responsible department to deploy doc-

KTDSSU dismayed over poor school, health infra glected by the department, adding that both PHCs were functioning without doctors for several months and year.

It claimed that the doctor at Seyochung was on a study leave and doctor for Sitimi PHC was attached to District Hospital Kiphire.

Due to absence of doctors, the union said people of those two areas were facing untold hardships and miseries. "The people of these

tors in both the PHCs without any further delay.

Also, stating that building of PHC Sitimi built in 1975 was on the verge of collapse, the Union has urged the responsible department to take necessary steps at the earliest.

It further expressed shock that PHC Seyochung town with no building was presently running in a doctor's quarter headed by compounder with no ambulance.

KTDSSU has strongly urged the government to provide enough facilities and basic equipments at par with other parts of Nagaland.

The union said it also visited government offices at Sitimi and Seyochung towns. It said there was no permanent EAC posted at Sitimi town and demanded the government to depute permanent EAC at Sitimi town. The union also detected some offices that were locked for months and year or so.

KTDSSU has urged officers posted there to remain at the station and cautioned that their absence would not be entertained and stern action would be initiated against those defaulting officers.

Further, the union also cautioned irregular officers, teaching staffs and non-teaching staffs, saying action would be taken against those placing substitutes and proxies.

During its tour, the union said it also interacted with the staffs, village education committee /town education committee chairmen and town health committee/village health committee chairmen.

Meanwhile, KTDSSU has expressed gratitude to GBs, village council chairmen and colleagues for extending cooperation during its tour.

to promote livestock rearing

Dimapur, Sept 9: State level awareness cum strategy meet to promote livestock rearing under Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (DEDS) and National Livestock Mission (NLM) - Entrepreneurship Development & Employment Generation (EDEG) was held on September 7 at The Eastgate Hotel, Kohima.

The meet was jointly organised by the Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Nagaland, and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

Commissioner & secretary, M.K. Mero and additional director, Dr. Viral Yore, both from Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Nagaland along with general manager, NABARD, A. Chakrabarty were the main speakers of the programme.

During the meeting, the schemes were explained and highlighted through Powerpoint presentations.

Participants were informed that there was 33.33% subsidy under DEDS and 50% subsidy for SC/ST entrepreneurs was being offered under NLM-EDEG for pursuing poultry, piggery, cuniculture (rabbit farming), goat farming etc.

In addition to rearing of livestock, entrepreneurs were encouraged to take up rearing of heifer calves, vermincomposting, milk processing, establishment of private veterinary clinics, setting-up of dairy marketing outlet/dairy parlour, pig/ rabbit/poultry bird breed-

NOBARD Commissioner & Secretary M.K. Mero addressing the gathering. ing farms, retail pork outlets/ feed mixing units, etc. for which subsidy was available. To give a boost to dairy, piggery, poultry, cuniculture and related activities through bank loan under the credit linked capital subsidy schemes of government of India, it was decided to adopt activity based cluster approach to ensure effective implementation, monitoring, viability and visibility.

Further, it was decided that group approach, especially Joint Liability Group (JLG), would be adopted for linking the livestock farmers to banks for credit support.

The chief veterinary officers (CVOs) of all the districts were requested to conduct awareness programmes on DEDS and NLM-EDEG in their respective districts in collabora-

tion with banks, insurance companies and NABARD for the benefit of livestock farmers. They were also requested to identify potential activity based clusters to facilitate various interventions including trainings of the identified livestock farmers.

Earlier, managing director, Nagaland State Dairy Cooperative Federation Ltd. (NSDCF) Dr. Rongsen, chaired the programme and additional director, Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Dr. Minthungo Shitiri, pronounced the vote of thanks. The programme was well attended by all the major stakeholders including banks, insurance companies and progressive livestock farmers from different parts of the state.

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

30 Places To Visit In India Before You Turn 30 Dwell in the Valleys of Ever Changing Srinagar

Travel while you're still young. Lose yourself to find your own self. Live like there's no tomorrow. And whatever you'll explore today will last a lifetime with you.

So, here's a list of 30 best places to visit in India for a life changing experience BEFORE you turn 30. What are you waiting for? It's time to pack your bags and set on a journey to scratch off a few destinations from your bucket list.

Unarguably, Goa should be the first reference amongst the first few places to visit in India in your twenties. Young and energetic!

Amazing nightlife, variety of booze, beach shacks and dirt cheap prices - Goa has everything to make a trip memorable.

Party in Goa

If you're in your twenties, it's time to add Kashmir to your list of best places to visit in India. If there is heaven on earth, this it is! Experience its charismatic charm before the natural hits & turmoil spoils it all.

And when would be a better time to explore a floodhit, terror-stricken heaven on earth if not now?!

Conquer the fears of water with Scuba Diving in Andaman

Scared of water? Never swam? Maybe it's time to beat the fear out of you and dive in to the deep sea and overcome the fear of water and depths, ZNMD Style.

Trust us, you'd be delighted at the sites underwater and it will keep you coming back for more. And woah, aqua lovers, it is no less than a paradise!

ghats, the aartis and prayers, a boat ride along the calm banks could change this picture forever.

Ride on the Leh- cals and learn to be indeon the desert Ladakh High- pendent mountains as you underway and camp take this adventurous under the stars in journey.

Explore the Ladakh Explore the Scotland of the Undoubtedly, Leh - Ghats in Banaras south - Coorg The oldest city in the world, Banaras paints the spiritual picture of India.

Banaras may not be on the list of places to visit in India before you turn 30, but the beautiful

Coorg simply cannot be skipped from the list of best places to visit in India. A quickgetaway for many from Bangalore, this mesmerizing hill station in Karnataka is

Spectate At The Dhuandhar Falls, Jabalpur Jabalpur may not be on your list of places to see in India before you turn 30, but a trip to these stunning white waterfalls which emanate a mist of smoke will leave you spellbound.

Celebration for Colors in Mathura Allow your spirit to soak in the raas-leela of Vrindavan. The place that celebrates Krishna's living philosophy. The festival is

ecstatic to say the least and celebration of colors here would the best you'd experience ever in your life.

Travel To The Salt Lands During The Kutch Festival

Visit Golden Temple in Amritsar

Kutch is a must visit place in India before you turn 30. Travel to the no man's land, the seasonal salt marsh amidst the famous Thar Desert during the kite festival where the sky comes alive with vibrant and oversized kites.

Learn to respect culture and religion before you turn 30. Visit this spiritual getaway that promises the nourishment of the soul. Spend some time in the India's largest kitchen as you help clean the utensils or prepare langar for the visitors. The experience is simply worth it.

Beat Your Fear Of Heights - Go Paragliding In Solang

Travel To The Dangerously Beautiful Red Corridor

Twenties is the time to explore your wild side and indulge in crazy adventures. Head to solang for paragliding and experience the bursting thrill as you fly across the panoramic views, verdant valleys and snow-capped ranges.

Solang has to on your list of places to see in India.

the mystical essence of Buddhism around you, visit Sikkim and its host of monasteries. And if you happen to like them, maybe, volunteer with the monks and master the art of giving!

Bengal in it's full form.

Enjoy the festival with sweets, Bengali delicacies, themed pandal hoppings and grand aartis.

Tourists across the world visit India just to witness the spectacular symbol of love. The majestic monument has to be on your bucket list for its the cultural epitome of India.

Travel to the red corridor once in your life. And there's no better time than your twenties. Situated by the sea, Konark Temple in Orissa tells you many interesting stories about the origin of human sexuality. And if you've enough time and courage, beautiful highways in Orissa leading to some exceptionally picturesque destinations are waiting to be explored.

If you aren't afraid of heights, insects, darkness and tight spaces, caving would prove to be a great adventure for you! And if you are, what a better time to beat your fears in the deepest and longest caves of entire South Asia? What if you return as the next Bruce Wayne, err?

out there. A trip to God's own country is a must in your twenties for its enchanting wilderness.

Luscious green trees, pristine water, crazy wildlife experience - visit Kerala for more such wonderful delights.

Volunteer with the monks in Sikkim

The place that speaks of royalty and world-class heritage, Rajasthan is vast, huge and a destination to experience the

Life is not all about exploring the world. Feel

Camp In The Arid Thar Desert

Explore The Ruins Of Hampi Hampi's world heritage site is amongst the must visit places in India. Known for its old monumental and architectural beauty , Hampi place will dispose you to a world of aesthetics. PS: Don't plan a trip to Hampi there in summers.

Stay set to be overwhelmed by the sceneries, flora and fauna of the Dibru Saikhowa National Park. And this wildlife expedition does not end at a jeep safari.

Cruise along the brahmaputra river to witness the animals in their most natural habitats.

The majestic mountains can call tourists to experience the best of what nature has to offer. Triund offers the spectacular view of the Dhauladhar ranges.

Experience bliss while camping under billions of stars with your friends in Triund.

Trek On The Hills Of Mcleodganj

luxury of India.

a live Qawwali session will leave you mesmerized.

there's no better place than Kasol to begin this adventure.

only will you discover a new you and find a direction for yourself, but you'd return with experiences of a life time. And

Cherrapunji is a great sight for those who want to experience something surreal and out of the blue. The Root bridges will leave you awestruck.

Listen to the qawwalis at N i z a m u d d i n Solo trip to Kasol Walk On The LivHere's why every man ing Root Bridges Dargah, Delhi should travel solo at least Enjoy your gateway to once in your life - Not in Cherrapunji the city of Ghalib, Dilli.

While you're still young, explore the cultures of your magnificent country. A stop at Hazrat Nizamuddin's Dargah for

Face The Unknown At The Bhangarh Fort

The Explore an offbeat Explore your Caver's Paradise - Enchant Wildlife Sanctuary spirit in Kerala Meghalaya Binsar at Almora To all the nature lover's Peace. Jungles. Heights.

Chills. Wildlife. All you wildlife enthusiasts out there, head to Almora for an incredible trip of your lifetime.

Ladakh is on every travel enthusiasts list of places to visit in India before they turn 30. Ride on the crazy winding roads, get stuck in the middle of no where, sleep with the lo-

breathtakingly beautiful.

A visit here sure would heal you and energize you!

Kolkata to Color Stay overnight at Yourself Red in Marine Drive in Durga Puja the never sleeping The only time when the entire city gathers to- Visit the 7th Woncity of Mumbai The city that never sleeps gether to celebrate the der of the World and lets you live a care- much lauded and divine The Taj Mahal in free life. Mumbai is festival, Durga Puja, ex- Agra perience the culture of about its people, the spirit of enjoying the nightclubs and of course Bollywood. Live like a mumbaikar, bite into the vada pav and sip a chai on your way to the locals.

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Bandipur is a best place to visit in India when it comes to forests and drives.

Get spooked by snake holes around, spot elephants, deers and monkeys as you go along the winding roads. And you might happen to spot a wild cat too. A drive through the wilderness is all you need in your twenties.

A Wildlife Trip To Dibru Saikhowa National Park in Assam

Bhangarh fort is on every daredevil's list of must visit places in India. Known as one of the scariest places in India, according to a folklore, it is believed that the entire town of people seemed to have vanished in a day. Get ready to be spooked on your trip here!

Drive Through The Forest of Bandipur

White Water Rafting in Rishikesh With bursting energy and enthusiasm, twenties is the best time to enjoy thrill and adventure, especially with your friends. Travel to the adventure capital of India, Rishikeshand ride on the mystical but fierce fast flowing waters of Ganges.

Rishikesh is a must visit place in India if you haven't yet crossed the age bar.

Kalka to Shimla in a Toy Train

Revist childhood by hopping on the colorful toy train from Kalka to Shimla as it makes way through the pine forests and verdant valleys. If Shimla

happens to be away for you, Darjeeling, Ooty and Matheran are there for this exceptionally elating toy train experience.

So, here we end our list of 30 best places to visit in India before your turn 30 with a hope that you're set to explore this magnificent country in the most precious years of your life.

Travel, 'cause the time is now! (TravelTriangle)

EDUCATION

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Best Career options in Arts stream! volves creativity, imaginative and artistic skills to decorate an interior space according to client requirements and given theme. Interior Designers provide designing solutions so as to best utilize the space and giving it an attractive look.

So the person has to be very creative, imaginative, disciplined and able to communicate as well as understand client needs clearly.

Foreign Language Courses (Translators):

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rts stream in volves the study of subjects like Literature, Languages, Geography, Political science, History etc. Career options and opportunities in Arts stream are endless.

With a background in Arts, one can pursue career options such as teaching, nursing, social work, law, politics, business, television, radio artist, content writing, acting, designing, singing and many more.

Most of the political leaders, business owners as well as the big names of Indian tinsel town have background in arts stream. The reason of its vast scope is that it provides a wide range of subject choice to study.

Below are some of the

best career options available for people from Arts background: Animators and Graphics Designing Artists: The Bachelor of Arts in animation and visual arts is a three year long course. Choosing a career in this field requires creativity and the skills of drawing arts. This career offers numerous career opportunities both in India as well as abroad. This job involves creating full length animations, advertising banners for websites, animated movies or advertisement clips. There are different kinds of experts within the animation field and they all need to cooperate for successful results. A trainee animator would receive salary between 10K to 15K rupees per month, a 3-5 years

experienced animator receives around 25-40K rupees per month and a highly reputed and highly experienced animator could earn up to 60-80K rupees per month.

Mass Communication and Journalism: This is a course for people wishing to pursue a career in journalism. They deal with news and reporting all kind of issues like that of politics, social issues as well as economic conditions. With this degree, one can join some media group as reporter, News Anchor or sub-editor.

Interior Designing: Interior designing in-

Foreign language experts are required in all fields of industry and there is a wide range of careers available.

There are many institutes and colleges providing foreign language courses. The career options of this field would include jobs like that of translation, interpretation, language teacher etc.

People in this field can either be self-employed like translators or even work for other companies or other agencies.

Hotel Management and Hospitality: This is 2-3 years short term professional course that can be pursued after the 12th. The job prospect in this career would include management, customer ser-

vice, housekeeping, receptionist, accounting, sales and marketing, etc in Hotel industry. They all work in cooperative manner to give warm environment and hospitality to its customers.

They are required to be a soft spoken, humble. The salary in this career is good as compared to any other field. Though it would mostly depend on one's post and experience, the average salary ranges between 40K to 75K rupees per month.

Fashion Designing : Fashion designing involves lot of creativity, passion for clothing, deep understanding of business and marketing aspects of fashion world. This is career is quiet challenging depending upon your skill and talent you can reach the heights of glamour world. You should have great taste of personality and dressing sense.

Acting Modeling and Dance : There are both diploma and degree courses available in acting and dancing. People with natural flair in acting/dancing and good skills in performing art are able to do well in this career. The scope and opportunities in this field are very strong as the film and television industry is one of the most popular and prosperous industries in India.

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How to Be Pretty and Smart As a College Girl It's already hard being a smart girl. You also have to work hard to be pretty. But both? And while in college? Seems too much for a girl to handle on her own, right? "Yeah, dream on!" Well, a dream isn't just a dream when you have a plan. Be warned, this article is pretty long.

Steps

Being Smart

Ø Assess what you currently have. Ideally, you should write this list down, but thinking about it should be enough. List all the things you love about yourself, such as shiny hair or wonderful eyes, all the things you don't, like love handles or a big nose, your GPA, every subject you're good at, the things you're struggling with, pour it all out.

u Organize yourself. Unlike what you may

Ø Make a separate list of the areas you need improvement with. This can be anything from a poor grade in a subject to feeling like you dress less than fabulous.

your strengths and weaknesses are. Talk to teachers about what you should do to improve. Study weekly. Guide yourself with previous exams. Make flashcards. Try you're hardest, for real, and you'll make it.

Ø Write clear goals for yourself, divided into categories. Write down your dream GPA, what grades you need to achieve on each subject to attain them. Make a list of all the things you wish to improve your knowledge on, be it national history, geography or art. Also list all your goals appearance related, be it long string nails, shiny hair or luscious lips.

Being pretty lRemember that while looking good is important, it can never be the most important thing in your life or the only good or notorious thing about you. Take beauty lightheartedly, aiming for simplicity and health. l Take a couple hours to devise a rou-

tine with your new beauty goals incorporated in it so it becomes a part of your lifestyle. When done right, it shouldn't take more than half an hour each morning and night.

l Start with your hair. If you feel your

hair looks drab, research your face shape and a haircut that would bring out your best features (ask your stylist for help). Generally you should aim for hair that is clean, shiny and healthy. You can achieve this by washing as needed and conditioning as often as necessary for your hair type.

Also, embrace your natural texture and heat-style as little as you can. There are plenty of wikiHow articles that can help you with that.

l Consider skin care. If you drink plenty

of water, get plenty of rest and eat healthy, your beautiful skin will shine through. If it still needs some help, get products for your specific problem. A cleanser, toner and moisturizer should solve most of it. A scrub made with sugar drenched in olive oil should wash away blackheads and acne after some uses.

l Get your brows professionally done,

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Best Career Options after 12th After passing out 12th a student has many options to choose for higher education in India. You can choose a career oriented course or an academic course.

The avenues of selection are Arts, Science, engineering, medicine and surgery, various computer courses, fashion designing, web designing, defense, marine, journalism, tourism, and so on.

But before choosing a career you should contemplate seriously on the faculty of interest, your aptitude, educational qualifications, and ability to cope with the subject and above all the financial commitments that is necessary during the course.

Here are the best career options after 12th: Management: Management students get heavy packages provided you got best college in the market. You can go for BBA after 12th or for MBA, PGDBA diploma courses in management after graduation in any stream, by qualifying exams like CAT (mainly for IIMs and others top 25 colleges), MAT (second best colleges after top 25).

And many more big and small institutes and universities. These institutes groom the students for high paid posts with important responsibility. You can go for streams like Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, and Tourism etc. based upon your interest a previous stream e.g. if you belongs to commerce then you can go for Finance. Ø IIT's(Indian institute of IIT's have their own enEngineering: Technology) available at trance exam called JEE (Joint Entrance Exam).

All the- engineering col- different places in India, leges have different facul- ØNIT's(National Institute of AIEEE is a common entrance exam through which ties and specialized area of Technology) you can apply for NITs and study such as the IT, meseveral other good colchanical, Electrical, De- ØBITS Pilani, sign, Electronics, Telecom- ØPSG College of Technol- leges. There are different entrance examinations munication and Architec- ogy Coimbatore, specified by the colleges ture. Each of these sectors ØHIT Hyderabad, alongside the minimum is highly paying job sectors. Top engineering col- Ø BIT(Birla Institute of percentage of marks in the Technology) Mesra Ranchi, required subjects. leges in India are:

Web/graphic design:

Some of the top management colleges in India are: l Indian Institute Of Management

Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Bangalore, l Management Development Institute Gurgaon, l Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, l Indian Institute Of Foreign Trade, Delhi, l National Institute Of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, l Narsee Monjee Institute Of Management Studies, Mumbai, lS.P.Jain Institute Of Management & Research ,Mumbai, l Xavier Institute Of Management, Bhubaneswar

even if only once. You can then keep up the brow grooming yourself with tweezers. Keep lashes lush by applying petroleum jelly every night. If you feel strongly about your eye shape, try simple makeup tricks to make yourself look better like a little liner or producing optical illusions

There are separate branches of professional courses related to web and graphic designs. At Animation & Digital Media Education Center, New Delhi you have professional courses like Multimedia, animation, web designing,

mFX School, Mumbai mArena Animation mFrameboxx, Mumbai Indian Institute of Digital m Art & Animation (IIDAA) m Picasso Animation College

Hospitality and Food craft: This is another promising field where there is a rising demand and the need for these students are in the hospitality field, chefs, nutrition, catering technology, hotel management, etc. The salary in this sector is no

less compared to other professions. However the salary structure is dependent on the qualification and the superiority of the hotel. You have many food craft institutes available in each State capital of India.

editing, sound engineering, graphics and other related subject where an interested student can make a best career.

These are new subjects and are in demand with various industries and related field.

Some of the top animation colleges in India are:

think, it's nearly impossible to be successful in other areas without being organized.

Clean out your closet, empty your medicine cabinet and only put back what you use, throw out all old papers from your desk, clean your room, just go crazy and unleash your inner Martha Stewart.

u Take a hard look at your GPA. See where

u Motivate yourself. Cute school sup-

plies help you want to study. Nice pens and pretty notebooks will pay off if they encourage you to work harder. Also, more special rewards for extra hard goals are in order. Something like a night out or a new accessory.

uGo the extra mile. Choose things that interest you and educate yourself. Things like a foreign language or history of art can be self-taught if you're passionate enough.

If you are lacking in discipline, try signing up for a class

u Keep yourself well rounded. Don't for-

get to make time for sports and other nonacademic activities like going out or gardening or whatever you like. Try hard to make time to just do nothing and you'll feel much better. (WikiHow) with highlighter.

l Pay attention to your facial features.

You can improve the looks of nearly anything with clever makeup tricks like wearing darker blush under the cheekbones to make them more pronounced. Be careful when choosing products for facial use such as foundation or blush, ask for help from professionals (but forgo as many products as you can). Also seek help of you are unsure on how to apply makeup.

Nothing looks worse than poorly applied makeup, no matter how bad do you think you'll look without it.

l Keep your nails clean and trimmed and

moisturize every night. Then embellish however you like with nail polish or nail art. A weekly manicure done at home is highly recommended, even if you don't paint your nails, just trim and file.

l Try to figure out your own style. First

and foremost clean out your closet and research what would make your best features stand out, and dress for your body shape. Then write down a couple outfits to wear when you don't have the time or patience to make a nice outfit. Or better, spend about one hour per season writing down many outfits and you're practically set! Make variations of each outfit like: jeans + colored flats + white top + bright cardigan or something like sweater dress + bright tights + black boots. Then accessorize as you like!

Medical The fields of Medical studies have different branches and each branch has it specialization. You have the choice of medicine, surgery, dental, ENT, cancer specialist, Aids, brain, cardiac, neurology and lots more. Each branch is rewarding and have its own recognition. Top medical colleges in India are: Ø All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), Delhi ØChristian Medical College, Vellore ØKasturba Medical College, Manipal ØMaulana Azad Medical College, Delhi ØSt. John's Medical College, Bangalore

Dance and music Graduate and post graduate course in dance and music are available at reputed institutes all over the country.

As all other careers this is a career which is known as the language of soul.

It is delightful way to express oneself. And there are many artists who are highly paid in this profession. Some

of top institutes are: Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata & Banaras Hindu University.

Apart from these you have options for certificate or diploma courses in various fields of engineering, film, ITI, Sports, art and many more professional courses.

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Comedian Kapil alleges graft, Rahul Gandhi visits Ayodhya, a first Fadnavis vows to act

by Nehru-Gandhi member since 1992 not spare the culprits," Fadnavis said.

The Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party control the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Its Vigilance Officer Manohar Pawar said it had taken a serious view of the corruption allegation and asked Sharma to lodge a formal complaint and identify the officer who demanded bribe.

Kapil Sharma

Mumbai , Sept 9: "I am paying Rs 15 crore income tax from last five years and still I have to pay Rs 5 lakh bribe to BMC office (every year) for making my office. Is this your 'Achhe Din'?"

Sharma tweeted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Taken aback by the comedian's serious allegations, Fadnavis immediately tweeted asking 'Kapilbhai' to provide all information regarding his bribery allegation.

"Kapilbhai pls provide all info. Have directed MC

"Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday called for "strictest action" after comedian-actor Kapil Sharma alleged that a Mumbai municipal officer sought a bribe from him."

(Municipal Commissioner), BMC, to take strictest action. We will

BJP legislator Ram Kadam appeared to chide Sharma by saying "he should have complained right when the incident happened," but instead he took to social media to air his grievances.

"No matter what tax you pay, there should be no corruption," he added.

Apparently seeking political returns, BJP MP Kirit Somaiya said he was pained to hear Kapil Sharma's experience.

"We shall free BMC from rule of ScamMafias," Somaiya declared, referring to the upcoming BMC elections in February 2017 and the Shiv Sena's virtual control of the body. (PTI)

Ayodhya, Sept 9: On Friday Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered prayers at the Hanuman Garhi Temple in Ayodhya, becoming the first member of the NehruGandhi family to visit Ayodhya since the demolition of the disputed structure in 1992.

Before embarking on the fourth day of his mahayatra in Uttar Pradesh, where elections are due early next year, the 46-year-old Congress Vice President met Mahant Gyan Das, who is known for his anti-Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) stance, before having 'darshan' at the temple.

No member of the Congress' first family has visited Ayodhya since the demolition of the Babri Masjid 24 years ago, in December 1992.

As a convoy of cars, buses

and open trucks rolled into the temple town, people rushed out of their houses to have a glimpse of the Congress leader.

Much significance is being attached in political circles to Rahul's visit to Hanuman Garhi, which is about a kilometre away from the Ram Temple at the disputed Ramjanmbhoomi-Babri Masjid site.

Rahul also stayed away from the site of 'shilanyas', the foundation stone that had been laid there in 1989 for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

Old timers recall that 26 years ago, Rahul's father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi had planned to visit the Hanuman Garhi Temple on a trip to Ayodhya during his 'Sadbhavna Yatra' in 1990, but he could not make it because of paucity of time.

20 killed, 30 injured as bus falls off bridge in Angul district in Odisha New Delhi, Sept 9 : Twenty people were killed and more than 30 others critically injured when a bus carrying them fell off a bridge in Odisha's Angul district on Friday.

The mishap took place near Deulijhari when the bus from Boudh to Athamallik fell from a bridge at Puruna Manitri, DGP KB Singh said.

While 16 persons, including four women, were killed, 30 others sustained serious injuries in the accident, Singh said.

The injured were admitted to a hospital at Athamallik where the condition of many was stated to be critical, said Angul District Collector Anil Kumar Samal who rushed to the spot to supervise rescue operations.

Expressing shock over the mishap, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed the district administration and police officials to take immediate steps for medical treatment of the injured persons.

The chief minister directed that the injured be provided medical treatment free of cost, officials said.

Several students of Athamallik College were also travelling in the bus, they said.

It was not immediately clear as to how the bus fell off the bridge, but the driver appeared to have lost control over the vehicle, they said. (PTI)

of security at Nabanna said.

"Following the call, security has been beefed up at the Secretariat. Generally, two to three check-ups are done on regular basis but today we have added two three more layers to it," he said.

Kolkata police bomb squad personnel and sniffer dogs combed the entire 14-storied building on the bank of Hooghly river but they did not find anything "suspicious", the officer said.

"We are trying to trace the call by locating its tower position. Hopefully

the person will be nabbed soon," he said.

A few months back, a person in his mid-50s was arrested from the citys Kalighat area for making a similar call.

On Wednesday, three phone calls were made threatening to blow up the NSC Bose International Airport. While the first two calls were made to city police headquarters in Lalbazar, the third one was made to Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, under which the airport falls.

The calls however, turned out to be hoax. (PTI)

Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad granted bail in defamation case

Rahul Gandhi Rajiv was assassinated the next year, on 21 May, 1991 when Rahul was 20 years old.

Political observers see a soft Hindutva agenda in the Ayodhya visit at a time when Congress appears to follow a Brahmin-centric

campaign in Uttar Pradesh prescribed by election strategist Prashant Kishor, who is designing every move of the Congress scion.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to Varanasi last month had to be cut short

After his brief visit to Hanuman Garhi Temple, Rahul returned to the Circuit House before starting his road show to culminate with a visit the Kichaucha Sharif Dargah, a Muslim shrine in adjoining Ambedkar Nagar, apparently to play a balancing act.

Kishor is of the view that Congress must win its original constituencies of Muslims, Brahmins and a section of the non-Dalit Other Backward Castes (OBCs) as it makes a serious attempt at an impact in UP, which it had last won 27 years ago.(PTI)

Kejriwal escapes unhurt as Ruckus in AP Assembly for 2nd car meets minor accident day over special status issue in Jalandhar

After city airport, State secretariat gets bomb threat call Kolkata, Sep 9 : Two days after hoax calls were made about bomb threat at NSC Bose International Airport, another call was made to the state secretariat Nabanna today, claiming that a bomb had been planted there.

The call sent the police into a tizzy but it turned out to be hoax as nothing was found by the bomb squad.

A male voice called up the state secretariat control room at around 9.30 AM claiming that a bomb has been planted there which will blow up the building at 2 PM today, a senior officer in charge

before she could offer prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple as she fell ill. Sonia has not visited Ayodhya since 1992, though she has visited its twin town of Faizabad for election campaigns.

Arvind Kejriwal

Jalandhar, Sep 9 : On Friday Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal escaped unhurt when the SUV in which he was travelling rammed into an escort vehicle near PAP chowk on JalandharAmritsar road.

Kejriwal, who was on his way to Amritsar on the second day of his fourday visit to Punjab, was sitting in the front seat of the Innova when it hit the escort vehicle which was moving ahead of it, police said.

No one was injured in the mishap. The bumper of Kejriwal's car was damaged, they said.

Besides Kejriwal, others in his car were AAP leaders Bhagwant Mann and Gurpreet Ghuggi.

Kejriwal is on a four-day tour of Punjab to give a push to Aam Aadmi Party's poll campaign.

He carried on with his journey to Amritsar where he will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, a party spokesman said.

Hyderabad, Sep 9: Pandemonium broke out in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on second day of the threeday monsoon session in Hyderabad on Friday with the opposition YSR Congress members creating a ruckus over the issue of special category status for the state.

Unruly scenes were witnessed as the opposition legislators entered into a scuffle with marshals inside the House, as the MLAs stormed the Speaker's podium for the second consecutive day demanding an immediate discussion on the special status issue. An adjournment of the proceedings did not ensure any order, but only led to more trouble as some of the unrelenting YSRC MLAs climbed onto the House reporters' table in front of the Speaker's podium.

One MLA was found breaking the Speaker's mike while a couple of others broke the railing to the podium.

A television camera, placed adjacent to the Speaker's podium, recording the House proceedings was also damaged in the melee.

There was pushing and shoving between the YSRC legislators and the marshals with the latter trying to block the former from advancing towards the Speaker.

Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao then adjourned the House for the second time.

Earlier in the day, the Speaker admonished both the MLAs and the marshals, and adjourned the proceedings for 10 minutes

as the opposition protest grew noisy.

The YSRC members, wearing black robes, were on their feet as soon as the House sat for the day's proceedings at 9 AM. They demanded that a discussion, through their adjournment motion, be immediately taken up on the special status issue.

Legislative Affairs Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said the government on its own agreed to make a statement in the House on the announcement made by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley extending a special financial package to AP. "The Chief Minister was ready to make the statement yesterday but you did not allow it. As decided in the Business Advisory Committee meeting, we can have a discussion in the House only after the Chief Minister makes the statement," Yanamala said.

When YSRC MLA Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy insisted on a discussion without the Chief Minister's statement, Yanamala shot back saying, "Lotus Pond (Jagan's residence-cum-YSRC headquarters) rules don't apply in this House." Following this, the YSRC legislators stormed the Speaker's podium and some of them tried to surround his chair like they did yesterday.

On Friday, however, marshals were ready in anticipation of the situation and, as the opposition members stormed the Speaker's podium, they moved in to keep the protesting MLAs at bay.

As the marshals tried to physically prevent them

from reaching the Speaker's chair, the YSRC MLAs jostled with them.

In the melee, a couple of legislators and marshals tripped.

A visibly upset Speaker chided the opposition members saying "you are committing a big mistake" and asked them to return to their seats.

"Don't attack the marshals.

That is not correct. This is a legislative body, bear in mind and learn how to behave in the House," Kodela said.

"If you think attacking the marshals is the members' right, there can't be nothing more unfortunate. The entire state is watching (your behaviour)," the Speaker told the protesting opposition members.

The high-handed behaviour towards the Speaker's position was not correct, Kodela said, adding that everyone should respect the Chair.

"Do you support this highhanded behaviour? You are not realising what a big mistake you are committing. If you have decency and wisdom, ask your members to resume their seats," the Speaker told the YSRC deputy leader.

He also directed the marshals not to touch the MLAs. "Marshals, please don't touch the MLAs. You will not touch the members," Kodela cautioned the marshals.

As there appeared to be no let up in the situation, the Speaker adjourned the proceedings for ten minutes.

GB Road racket: Absconding reimposed in many areas muscleman surrenders Curfew ahead of Friday congregations

BJP MP Kirti Azad New Delhi, Sept 9 : A Delhi court on 8 September granted bail to suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad and two others in a criminal defamation complaint by an under-19 cricketer's father for allegedly making false statements with "mala fide intention" regarding his son's selection in team for Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh granted the relief to Azad, former

cricketer Surender Khanna and Sameer Bahadur, who is also associated with cricket, on a personal bond of Rs 10,000 each and one surety of like amount.

The court, meanwhile, granted exemption from personal appearance to former cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi, who was also summoned as accused in the case, for today after his counsel submitted that he could not appear because he was unwell.

New Delhi, Sept 9 : One of the main accused and "muscleman" of the GB Road prostitution and human trafficking racket surrendered before the Crime Branch today. \ "Sarfaraz came to the Crime Branch office today around 2pm and surrendered. We were on the lookout for him ever since the racket was busted and Afaq and Saira Begum were arrested," said a senior Crime Branch officer.

A team led by DCP (Crime) Bhisham Singh had been conducting raids across Bulandshahar where Sarfaraz alias Billi was suspected to be hiding.

The police is also conducting raids in various cities of Uttar Pradesh to arrest other accused.

Last month, Delhi Police

had arrested a couple and their six associates for running a vast network of human trafficking and prostitution racket in the red light area of GB Road in the heart of national capital, booking them under provisions of the stringent MCOCA Act.

Police had unearthed properties and bank deposits to the tune of several crores besides four luxury cars owned by the couple. They possessed four properties in Delhi and two in Bangalore apart from indirectly owning portions of half-adozen Kothas on G B Road.

Srinagar, Sept 9:Curfew was today reimposed in many parts of Kashmir for maintaining law and order ahead of Friday prayers.Normal life remained paralysed for 63rd consecutive day in the unrest-hit Valley where 73 persons have been killed and several thousand others injured in the violence which erupted after Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani was gunned down by security forces.

He said 14 police station areas of Srinagar -- the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir -- and towns of Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian, Pampore, Awantipora, Tral, Baramulla, Pattan and Palhallan have been placed under curfew.

It was revealed that Sarfaraz was the muscleman of the racket and used to coordinate with other henchmen from other cities, the officer said. (PTI)

There are restrictions on the movement and assembly of people in rest of the Valley, he said.

Normal life remained crippled due to curfew and the shutdown call by separatists groups.While shops,

Normal life remained paralysed for 63rd consecutive day in the unrest-hit Valley business establishments and petrol pumps continued to remain shut during the day, markets in Srinagar and other places came to life late in the evening yesterday in view of the 12hour relaxation in the strike from 6 PM announced by separatists.

The separatists have extended the shutdown programme till September 16.

Schools, colleges and other educational institutions in

the Valley continued to remain closed.

The attendance in government offices and banks, which had improved significantly over the past four days, dipped today owing to curfew and apprehension of violence.

The roads and streets, which had witnessed increased movement of private vehicles in recent days, wore a deserted look and public transport continued to be off the roads.(PTI)

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Europe IN FLAMES as huge wildfires rage out of control in Portugal, France and Spain Portugal, Sept 9: The flames are being fuelled by a deadly combination of hot, dry weather and strong winds.

Many of the fires are believed to have been started deliberately.

Residents in villages near the central Portuguese town of Leiria were forced to leave their homes overnight after fires in the surrounding tinder-dry pine forests raged out of control.

Local authority chairman Artur Santos admitted the situation was "uncontrolled" and warned that "houses and livestock are at risk".

He said protecting members of the public was a priority for the emergency teams sent in to tackle the inferno.

Officials said arson was suspected as the cause of the fires with four separate blazes being located by fire chiefs.

Southern France has also been scorched by more wildfires with the Calanques national park near Marseille bearing the brunt of the latest blazes.

The major Mediterannean port was hit by fires last month and once again thick clouds of dense, black

smoke can be seen from the city centre.

Fires have also burned through the night in the Bouches-du-RhĂ´ne, Aude and Tarn areas of southern France.

They are being fanned by strong winds with the powerful Mistral blowing down from the Alps making the job far harder for the hundreds of firefighters and soldiers who have been drafted in to tackle the blazes.

Officials said 800 firefighters with 200 trucks were battling with the bush

Hajj pilgrims get ID bracelets after deadly stampede

Kerry in Geneva to push Russia on Syria ceasefire

AFP Mecca, Sep 9 : Saudi Arabia has begun issuing hajj pilgrims with identification bracelets one year after a stampede killed around 2,300 people.

The bracelets are a reassurance to some pilgrims, though their distribution has been far from systematic ahead of the formal start of the hajj tomorrow.

Saudi Arabia announced an investigation into last year's stampede which happened during the hajj stoning ritual, but no findings have ever been published.

Public statements and Saudi press reports show that changes have been made to prevent overcrowding even though no one was ever blamed for the tragedy.

After the disaster - the worst ever in hajj history - some foreign officials expressed concern about difficulties in identifying the dead.

Saudi officials have stuck with a death toll of 769 issued shortly after the stampede but data from authorities in more than 30 countries gave a figure almost three times higher.

Each plasticised paper bracelet carries a bar code readable by smartphone. It indicates the pilgrim's identity, nationality and place of lodging in Mecca.

Additional data includes a contact in the pilgrim's delegation and details provided when his or her visa was issued, the vice secretary of the ministry of hajj and umrah, Issa Rawas, told AFP. "The aim is to equip all pilgrims" from abroad, who are expected to number more than 1.4 million, he said.

Rawas did not specify the number of bracelets issued so far.

In the crowds which fill the Grand Mosque and its surroundings day and night, AFP saw numerous pilgrims wearing bracelets.

But some were issued by travel agents and don't include the information stored in the government's bracelet.

Nabil Melhem, 61, a Palestinian bricklayer, wears one of the official bracelets, which he said cost about two riyals (53 cents).

It is "like a passport," said Melhem, from the Israelioccupied West Bank.

The bracelet is two centimetres (almost an inch) wide and coloured green for pilgrims from Arab countries.

"If we get lost, if we die, if we are sick or unable to talk, they can contact our delegation, thanks to the bracelet," he said.

Drissa Conakry, a Nigerian pilgrim, said hotel staff "put this bracelet on us as soon as we arrived".

Conakry, 30, a teacher, said the bracelet, coloured mauve for African pilgrims, provides a measure of comfort.

"Houses and livestock are at risk"

Firefighters in action

Geneva, Sept 9:US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in to Geneva on Friday to meet his Russian counterpart once again, seeking a deal with Moscow to restore a ceasefire in Syria.

Senior officials travelling with Kerry said he would not have travelled to join Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov unless he thought there was a chance of making progress.

But they warned they could not guarantee a final agreement would be reached within the narrow window available before both men return home later in the day.

Washington wants concrete steps from Russia to force its Syrian ally Bashar alAssad to stop bombing his own people and to lift the siege of the city of Aleppo.

"We need to see a situation where it's clear within whatever is being agreed with the Russians that there won't be a siege of Aleppo," a senior US official told reporters "If we conclude that we can get there then we'll keep going," he said, suggesting the marathon negotiation could be prolonged still further, but not indefinitely.

"If we conclude that it's being dragged on for no other purpose than to gain time then there'll be no purpose in us continuing," he warned.

In exchange for reining in its client in Damascus, Russia wants closer military coop-

fires and Canadair waterbombing planes were also dispatched until darkness fell last night.

Some residents from the southern districts of Marseille were asked to stay away from the area to leave the roads clear for the fire crews.

A lack of rainfall last winter and a long, dry and hot summer have made the whole south east region of France particularly susceptible to the outbreak of fires and officials have warned more are expected.

Authorities called for caution in the Gard department and the area around the RhĂ´ne river delta due to the risk of further blazes.

The Bouches-du-Rhone, where temperatures have topped 30C for several days, have been placed on alert for "exceptional danger" for the first time in many years.

In neighbouring Spain, thousands of holidaymakers and ex-pats have been forced to flee their hotels and homes the popular Costa Blanca as wildfires rage around the sunshines resorts of Benidorm and Alicante.

Locals have described scenes reminiscent of a warzone with a pall of thick black smoke hanging over the luxury holiday villas and private swimming pools of the area.

Local officials said they were hunting for arsonists who deliberately started the fires and warned them they would be brought to justice. (Agencies)

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Geneva, to meet with with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss Syria eration with the United States in the battle against jihadist groups fighting in Syria.

This would help its jets target the Islamic State and Nusra Front groups, while giving it de facto political cover as a partner working more closely alongside US forces.

Asked whether a deal was possible on Friday, another senior US official said: "All I can say is we can't guarantee at any point that we are on the cusp of finishing.

"That said, I think that if we didn't think ... that there remained a possibility of getting this done, we wouldn't be going back to Geneva," he added.

Washington and Moscow are joint leaders of the inter-

national effort to end the Syrian civil war, and declared a UN-backed ceasefire as far back as February.

But the truce collapsed and President Vladimir Putin's Russia has maintained strong support for Assad's forces, while Washington has encouraged the opposition rebels.

Kerry and Lavrov have continued to meet, most recently on Sunday and Monday on the sidelines of the G20 in China, where Putin also talked to US President Barack Obama.

But fighting has continued on the ground, with Assad's Russian-backed forces encircling and attempting to choke rebel-held areas of Syria's biggest city, Aleppo.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at a rocket warhead tip after a simulated test of atmospheric re-entry of a ballistic missile, at an unidentified location

North Korea nuclear test 'deeply troubling': UN watchdog North Korea, Sept 9 : North Korea's latest and fifth nuclear test, if confirmed, is "deeply troubling and regrettable", the head of the UN atomic watchdog said Friday.

"This is in clear violation of numerous UN Security Council resolutions and in complete disregard of the repeated demands of the international community," said Yukiya Amano, chief of

the International Atomic Energy Agency. "It is a deeply troubling and regrettable act," Amano said in a statement.

The UN Security Council had in Resolution 2270 in March "condemned in the strongest terms" North Korea's previous test in January, Amano said.

It had reaffirmed that Pyongyang must "abandon all nuclear weapons and ex-

isting nuclear programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, and immediately cease all related activities," he recalled.

"The Agency continues to closely follow the DPRK (North Korea) nuclear issue.

We remain ready to contribute to its peaceful resolution by resuming our verification activities in the country once a political agreement is reached among countries

concerned," Amano said.

The Vienna-based IAEA was kicked out of North Korea in 2009.

Pyongyang's state media said the latest test, which comes after a series of ballistic missile launches that have drawn international condemnation and UN sanctions, had achieved its goal of being able to fit a miniaturised nuclear warhead on a rocket.

French police shoot, arrest 'IS' gas car suspect Paris, Sept 9 : French police investigating a car containing six gas cylinders in Paris have arrested three female suspects said to have been planning fresh attacks, shooting one of them in the process. A police officer also suffered a knife wound during the arrest late Thursday of the three women -- aged 39, 23 and 19 -- who were preparing "new violent ... and imminent actions", according to Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

The woman shot, a daughter of the car's owner, had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group, according to a source close to the investigation.

A local resident who saw the women just before their arrest in Boussy-SaintAntoine, south of Paris, said they "seemed anxious, looking around them all the time".

When confronted, "one young women pulled out a knife and stabbed a police officer at stomach level", Joachim Fortes Sanchez, 21, told AFP. "It all happened very fast".

Four people -- two brothers and their girlfriends -were already in custody over the car, found just a few hundred metres (feet) from the Notre Dame cathedral in central Paris, an area always thronged with tourists.

The first couple arrested, a 34-year-old man and a 29year-old woman, have been

A woman (C hood) is taken out of a building in BoussySaint-Antoine south of Paris where female suspects, said to have been planning new acts of violence, were arrested

held since Tuesday and are known to the security services for links to radical Islamists.

Police arrested the man's brother and his girlfriend, both aged 26, late Wednesday.

Authorities had said earlier they were searching for the two daughters of the owner of the grey Peugeot 607 abandoned on Sunday near Notre Dame, which draws millions of visitors every year.

- Plots foiled A bar employee working near Notre Dame had first raised the alert on Sunday after noticing a gas cylinder on the back seat of the parked car, police said.

The car had no number

plates and its hazard lights were flashing.

Although the cylinder on the back seat was empty, five full cylinders were discovered in the boot.

Three bottles of diesel fuel were also discovered in the vehicle, but police found no detonators.

"If it was an attack plot, the method was very strange," a police source said Thursday.

France is on high alert following a string of jihadist attacks, including last November's coordinated bloodshed in which Islamic State extremists killed 130 people.

Speaking on Thursday, President Francois Hollande referred to attack

plots that have been foiled "in recent days", without elaborating.

Cazeneuve on Friday told French daily La Presse that 260 people have been arrested in connection with terrorist networks or operations since the beginning of the year.

- 'Strange method' Photographs of the car after it was discovered showed its boot open and the gas cylinders placed on the ground in a quiet side street opposite the cathedral.

The discovery followed a deadly summer in France in which 86 people were killed when a truck ploughed into a Bastille Day crowd in the southern resort of Nice.

IS said the truck was driven by one of its followers.

Less than two weeks later, two young jihadists murdered a priest near the northern city of Rouen.

In May, the head of France's DGSI domestic intelligence service, Patrick Calvar, warned of a "new form of attack" in which explosive devices would be left near sites that attract large crowds.

French security services are particularly worried about the danger posed by extremists returning from Syria after fighting with IS forces.

Around 700 French nationals are still in Syria, France's top prosecutor said last week.

'Deciding to go after Osama into Pak was not easy' Washington, Sept 9: Ahead of the 15th anniversary of 9/11, former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said going after alQaeda leader Osama bin Laden into Pakistan was "not an easy choice".

"I was part of the small group advising President (Barack) Obama whether or not the intelligence we had was good enough to take a chance, to go deep into Pakistan, to try to finally bring Osama bin Laden to justice.

"It was not an easy choice by any means," Clinton said at an election rally in North Carolina. "These never are."

"That's why who sits at the head of that table in the situation room has to be able to sort out fact from opinion, has to be able to ask the hard questions, pursue even the most difficult leads," she said yesterday giving an insight into the 2 May, 2011 killing of Osama,

the 9/11 mastermind, in a US military operation at his hideout in Abbottabad in Pakistan.

Her comments came three days before the 15th anniversary of the al- Qaeda attack on the twin towers in New York that killed more than 3,000 people, resulting in the US invading Afghanistan.

"We went through that hour after hour after hour.

And then the president went around the table asking each of us what we advised. And we were split because it was not some kind of easy layup. I believed it was strong enough that we needed to take action and I supported taking action that would determine whether or not we were successful. That meant sending in special forces," said the 68-year-old former secretary of state.

"Now, you know what happened. I was in that Situation Room watching that

day. The most stressful 30 minutes of my life probably.

Because you remember one of the helicopters nicked clicked on - hit its tail on the wall going into the courtyard and became disabled.

"That meant - thank goodness there were good contingency plans, but you had to get another helicopter in to take out the SEALs who would no longer be able to fly out on that one," she said, describing the event of the day.

"But here's what I want to tell you because it is a story that, to me, illustrate our values in such a clear, unambiguous way. You've heard Donald Trump say he would order our troops to torture. You've heard him say he would order our troops to kill family members of terrorists. You would know that he was advocating illegal actions against our own laws, as well as the laws of war.

"Thank goodness there's a

code of honour in our military stronger than the bluster and the bullying of Donald Trump because here is what happened on that night," she said amid applause.

Meanwhile, Trump, the 70year-old real estate tycoon, claimed Osama would have been caught long ago had he been in power.

"I would have been tougher on terrorism. Bin Laden would have been caught long ago before he was ultimately caught, prior to the downing of the World Trade Center," Trump said at a charter school in Cleveland, Ohio.

On Wednesday, Clinton said the US will go after ISIS terror group and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the same way America had focussed on defeating alQaeda and Osama if she is elected as the next president.

In her remarks yesterday, she said during the US raid

on Osama's hideout, "every second counted".

"Every single second counted. That helicopter had to be blown up, but before it was - and, remember, the SEALs had gone in.

They had taken out the two Kuwaitis, the bodyguards.

They had taken out bin Laden's son, who was there.

They took out bin Laden.

They had to get his body out. They had to get themselves out," she said.

"But here's what they did first. They rounded up all the women and children, members of terrorists' families.

They took them outside as far from the helicopter as they could get them in order that they would not be hurt.

That, Donald Trump, is what American honour looks like and that is what we're going to stand up and defend in the face of your outrageous, disgraceful attacks on the men and women of our armed forces!" she alleged.

In his address, Trump reiter-

ated he was against going into Iraq from the very beginning.

Iraq is one of the biggest differences in this race, he said, alleging that his Democratic rival Clinton supported the move.

Trump alleged that Clinton's policies produced ruin in Libya, Iraq, and Syria.

"She failed in Russia, in China, in North Korea. Her policies unleashed ISIS, spread terrorism, and put Iran on the path to nuclear weapons - not to mention the ransom payments," he said.

"On top of it all, Hillary Clinton is trigger-happy.

She's raced to invade, intervene, and topple regimes.

She believes in globalism, not Americanism. Last night, she even falsely said no American died in Libya.

Then she also falsely said there's no ground troops in Iraq, even though we have 5,000 military personnel there right now," he said.

Trump alleged that Clinton

emailing about the drone programme - among many other extremely sensitive matters - is yet more evidence that she is unfit to be commander-in-chief.

"By the way, the whole country saw how unfit she was at the Townhall last night, where she refused to take accountability for her failed policies in the Middle East that have produced millions of refugees, unleashed the horror of radical Islamic terrorism, and made us less safe than ever before," he charged.

"Throughout it all, she put the entire country at risk in order to cover-up her payfor-play scandals as Secretary of State. These include scandals like giving up our uranium to Russia, doing favours for UBS bank, and selling contracts to friends and family in Haiti.

"It's all about hiding her criminal enterprise at the Clinton Foundation," Trump said.

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Varun Aaron, Jayant Yadav Lead India A Fightback Against Australia A Speedster Varun Aaron (3/41) came up with timely blows before off-spinner Jayant Yadav struck thrice to end Australia A's first innings at 228. Earlier, India A scored 230 in their first innings AFP Brisbane, Sept 9 : Bowlers led India A's fightback as the visitors eked out a two-run lead against Australia A on day two of the first unofficial four-day Test at the Allan Border Field on Friday.

when bad light led to stumps on day two with openers Faiz Fazal (6) and Akhil Herwadkar (23) back in the hut.

Shreyas Iyer and first innings tops c o r e r Manish Pandey w e r e batting

cial to India's chances in the game being played with a pink ball.

Earlier, Australia collapsed to 228 all out after sitting pretty at 157 for two with opener Joe Burns (78) and captain Peter Handscomb ( 8 7 ) stitching an 118r u n stand.

T h e home team was cruising with the dangerous duo in the middle. Burns ended up with 11 fours and a

six while his skipper smashed 14 fours along with a maximum.

The match situation changed drastically with the fall of Burns and later Handscomb, who was run out courtesy Herwadkar.

The Indian pacers made inroads into the opposition line-up bef o r e s p i n n e r Ya d a v cleaned up the tail.

Cristiano Ronaldo. A file photo

While Aaron and Yadav were the standout bowlers, handy contributions came from Hardik Pandya (2/33) andShardul Thakur (1/ 45).

'Fit-again' Ronaldo set to make Madrid return against Osasuna

Pacquiao would relish Mayweather rematch

While speaking at a promotional event, the 31-year-old insisted that he was fully fit to make a comeback before adding that it will be against Osasuna

AFP Beverly Hills, Sept 9 : Manny Pacquiao said he would welcome the opportunity of a second fight against Floyd Mayweather but questioned whether the American could be lured out of retirement for a moneyspinning rematch.

ANI Madrid, Sept 9 : Portugal star striker Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been out of action since injuring his knee in the successful Euro 2016 final, has confirmed that he will make his return for Real Madrid in this week's

Speedster Varun Aaron (3/41) came up with timely blows before off-spinner Jayant Yadav struck thrice to end Australia's first innings at 228. India had squandered a solid start on day one to be 230 all out.

India were 44 for two

Speaking at a press conference to launch his comeback fight against Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas on November 5, the Filipino boxer said he would be ready to fight Mayweather again if there was a demand for it from fans. "If the fans want it, and he wants it, then I'm open to it. I'm open to any fight," Pacquiao told reporters in Beverly Hills.

However Pacquiao -- who abruptly ended his own retirement in August following what was billed as his farewell bout against Timothy Bradley in April -- said he suspected only money

Verma writes to PM on sports bill New Delhi, Sep 9: Aditya Verma, the petitioner in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi warning that the enactment of the sports bill could result in the government taking control of the BCCI. Verma's latest warning comes at a time when the BCCI faces a twin deadline to implement sweeping reforms in the powerful Board, as recommended by the Supreme Court appointed Lodha Panel.

"There is speculation in the media that the BCCI is intending to approach the Government of India to introduce a bill which contains provisions to get over the recommendations of the Justice Lodha Committee, eventually serving the vested interest of the Board," Verma wrote in his letter yesterday.

"The officer bearers of the BCCI should appreciate that notwithstanding the farreaching reforms to ensure transparency, the recommendations preserve the autonomy of the Board. "The Lodha Committee has made no recommendation for government interference in BCCI's functioning. Any attempt to get the Parliament to pass a law (sports bill) will only result in government taking control of the BCCI. Hence, the move if any, to get any legislation passed to nullify the Lodha panel's recommendations will be counter productive and misconceived," Verma added.

o n 6 and 7 respectively when stumps were called.

The talented pair's stay in the middle will be cru-

would tempt Mayweather to get back in the ring. "You know in his heart, he doesn't have concern for the fans.

His only concern is to make money," former welterweight world champion Pacquiao said.

"My concern is not only to make money but how I entertain the people, how I entertain the fans," he added.

Mayweather outpointed Pacquiao in a unanimous decision victory in their May 2015 superfight, the highestgrossing bout in history which grossed more than $500 million according to most estimates.

Pacquiao, who later said he was troubled by a shoulder injury during the fight, insisted however that he believes he won a battle which largely failed to live up to its billing. "I respect and honor the decision of the judges in the Mayweather

La Liga clash against Osasuna.

While speaking at a promotional event, the 31-year-old insisted that he was fully fit to make a comeback before adding that it will be against Osasuna.

"Yes, I will play [against

Osasuna]," Ronaldo, who only returned to Madrid training this week, was quoted as saying by goal.com.

Ronaldo, a three-time Ballon d'Or winner, sustained the knee injury during the early stages of the Euro 2016 final

match, thus eventually making a premature exit from his side's 1-0 extra-time victory over hosts France .

Meanwhile, Madrid have won both of their La Liga games so far this season, beating Real Sociedad and Celta Vigo.

Serena Williams crashes out of US Open, loses No. 1 ranking

Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao fight. But if you ask me, I tell you frankly, in my heart,

I believe I won that fight," said Pacquiao.

New York, Sept 9 : For the second consecutive year, Serena Williams bowed out in the semifinals of the US Open.

Two matches in less than 24 hours proved to be too much for Williams, who fell to 10th-seeded Karolina Pliskova 2-6, 6-7 (5).

Coming back to the court after a tough three-set quarterfinal against Simona Halep the night before, Williams looked physically and mentally drained Thursday

Serena Williams flubbed shot after shot, 31 unforced errors in all, as she crashed out of the US Open

night. She also appeared to be struggling with a left leg injury that severely inhibited her movement.

Unlike Roberta Vinci, who bested Williams in 2015, this time Williams was outdueled by a fellow heavy hitter. Like Williams has done to so many opponents before, Pliskova overpowered her on serve and Williams struggled to react.

The 24-year-old Pliskova, who had never before

made it past the third round of a major, becomes the first person to best both Williams sisters at the same Slam since Kim Clijsters did so in 2009.

Williams was looking to break Steffi Graf's Open era records for most Grand Slam wins and consecutive weeks at number one. Instead, Williams will stay at 22 Grand Slams and her reign atop the WTA will end at 187 consecutive weeks.

Arthur not ready to tolerate unfit, Don't Have Magic Wand to Start under-performing players Delivering in a Day: Mohammad Amir Mohammad Amir finished with 12 wickets in four Tests against England. He also picked up three in Pakistan's only win in the final ODI in Cardiff ing the recently-concluded tour of England.

"Whenever I play, there are a lot of expectations.

But the thing is I don't have a magic wand. This is international cricket and you cannot deliver in a day," Amir told 'The News' newspaper in an interview in England.

"I have come back to this level of cricket after six years. I know I have to work hard. It will take time.

Even when I first started playing international cricket it took me a year before everyone started noticing me," he added.

Mohammad Amir was banned for five years for spotfixing during the Lord's Test against England in 20 Karachi, Sept 9: Pakistan's tainted left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir says he does not have a magic wand to start performing up to the expectations immediately after returning to international cricket af-

ter nearly six years.

Amir, 22, returned to the Pakistan team on the tour to New Zealand early this year after completing a five-year ban for spot fixing last September. He was also a part of the team dur-

The PCB used its influence to ensure Amir was issued a visa for the tour to England despite the fact that the pacer was found guilty of spot fixing in the same country in 2010 and also served around six months in a juvenile jail in the United Kingdom before returning home.

After he got a visa to tour England, there were huge expectations from him and everyone thought that he would be Pakistan's trump card in the Test and lim-

ited-over series?

However, Amir finished with 12 wickets in four Tests and just four in four ODIs, including 3-50 in Pakistan's only win in the final ODI in Cardiff.

"During the tour I have observed various things and I know that I need to change. I have to work hard on my fitness and form. Once your level is up then you can really start expressing yourself," he said.

Amir said there was a lot of pressure on him during the England tour but it helped him prepare for the upcoming series against the West Indies and tours to New Zealand and Australia this winter.

"The best thing is that this series (in England) was my biggest pressure tour. It went smoothly and that has added to my confidence. I am sure my performance will be better in New Zealand and Australia as I have done well against them in the past.

Personally, I have this feeling that I am getting better with every match," he said.

PTI Karachi, Sep 9 : Openly admitting that it was "very frustrating" to see Muhammad Irfan bowling just 5 overs at Headingley before leaving the field, Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has made it clear that he will not tolerate unfit and under-performing players in the national squad.

Irfan, who was called into the squad as replacement for injured Mohammad Hafeez, managed to claim two wickets in just five legitimate overs he bowled in the fourth ODI against England at Headingley before going off with cramps. He was then ruled out of the remainder of the England tour.

"Irfan is not happy at all at the way the head coach insisted that he return to Pakistan after he limped off the field during the fourth ODI in England with a hamstring strain," one well-placed source told PTI. The source said that Irfan, after returning to Lahore, had complained to some officials that he was not unfit and had only got a slight calf strain, and was fit a day after the fourth ODI at Manchester.

"Irfan claimed that he told the head coach that he was fit but was still told to return to Lahore and report at the national cricket academy and be 100 per cent fit for the series against the West Indies," the source disclosed.

He said Irfan had even asked the team management and trainers to take his fitness test.

Mickey Arthur "Irfan is unhappy because he feels that the coach did not take his word and trusted him on his fitness," the source said.

Millions of viewers saw Arthur getting angry and upset when Irfan came off the field with a hamstring or calf strain after bowling just five overs.

"The head coach also didn't support a move to allow Muhammad Hafeez to remain with the team after he was ruled out of the second ODI with a fitness issue," the source said.

In Hafeez's case also Arthur had made it clear he would not allow unfit players to travel with the team.

Hafeez also returned to Lahore and is currently undergoing rehabilitation at the NCA. Arthur, who took charge of the Pakistan team, has apparently said at team meetings

that no compromise would be made on fitness of any player and players need to start performing as per team plans and not play selfishly or individual innings.

"In the past some players used to hide their fitness issues in conjunction with the PCB medical panel at the NCA and also by befriending the national team's trainer or physio and remain with the team," the source said.

The culture, however, appears to be changing now as Arthur had brought in his own fielding coach Steve Rixon and physio/trainer Shane Hayes.

The source informed that Arthur has conveyed his concern over the way Irfan was sent to England without first checking his fitness to chief selector Inzamam-ulHaq and a senior board official.

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