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JOCOSERIOUS

With the money invested

in this defunct irrigation

project, the Govt could

have flooded our fields

with mineral water!

Deputy Inspector General of

Police (CID) Raunak Ali

Hazarika.

The arrested officials in-

clude Birendra Nath Sarma,

the then subdivisional agricul-

ture officer (now divisional

agriculture officer, Jorhat),

Lankeswar Gam, the then as-

sistant executive engineer

(now assistant engineer, Go-

hpur), Dilip Baruah, the then

executive engineer, Nagaon

(now executive engineer, Gu-

wahati), Rohit Bharali, junior

engineer (agriculture), Na-

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: The

Criminal Investigation De-

partment (CID) today ar-

rested five Agriculture de-

partment officials in connec-

tion with a multi-crore rupee

scam in Golaghat district.

The arrests were made in

connection with the CID po-

lice station case number 56/

14 under sections 120(B)/420/

406/ read with section 13(1)

(c)(2) of the Prevention of

Corruption Act, informed

Five agriculture officialsheld for graft

gaon, and Ranbir Kakati, ex-

ecutive engineer, Nagaon.

The case relates to large-

scale anomalies in distribution

of tractors and power tillers

meant for farming community.

All the five accused were

produced before a local court

which remanded them in ju-

dicial custody. They will be

produced again before the

Court of Special Judge on

Monday.

Sources informed that sev-

eral other accused could be

arrested in days to follow.

when the 51-year-old man went

on a shooting spree after hurl-

ing racial slurs following an al-

tercation on Wednesday night.

A third person, an Ameri-

can man identified as Ian

Grillot, 24, who tried to inter-

vene also received injuries in

the firing in Austins Bar and

Grill in Olathe in Kansas City

in the US state of Missouri.

The shooter, Adam Purin-

ton, reportedly got into an ar-

gument with the victims in the

terms of racism, and shouted

“get out of my country”, “ter-

HOUSTON/WASHING-

TON, Feb 24: A 32-year-old

Indian engineer was killed and

another Indian man and an

American were injured after a

Navy veteran yelling “get out

of my country” and “terrorist”

opened fire on them at a bar in

Kansas City in an apparent ra-

cially motivated hate crime.

Srinivas Kuchibhotla, work-

ing at GPS-maker Garmin

headquarters in Olathe, died

of bullet injuries in a hospital.

His Indian colleague Alok

Madasani was critically injured

Indian engineer shotdead in US

rorist” before shooting them.

Purinton reportedly pro-

voked them into an argument

asking about their presence and

work in his country, and how they

are better than him. Police said

Purinton left the bar after the

argument and then returned

with a gun and shot the three

men while patrons were watch-

ing a basketball game on TV.

The shooter was arrested

yesterday, five hours after the

incident and charged with

murder and attempted mur-

der. – PTI

coaches of the Indore-Patna

Express near Pukhraya in Kan-

pur Dehat district on Novem-

ber 20, and said the findings

showed it was a “conspiracy”.

“The Kanpur rail accident in

which hundreds of people were

killed was a conspiracy and

conspirators carried it out sit-

ting across the border... Gonda

is adjoining Nepal,” he said.

“If the cross-border foes

want to carry out their work, is

GONDA (UP), Feb 24: The

Kanpur train tragedy in which

150 people were killed, was a

“conspiracy” and the perpe-

trators carried it out “sitting

across the border” in Nepal,

Prime Minister Narendra

Modi today said.

Addressing an election meet-

ing in Uttar Pradesh’ Gonda

district, which is close to the

Indo-Nepal border, he touched

upon the derailment of 14

Train accident conspiracyfrom across border: PM

it not necessary that more vigil

is maintained in Gonda,” Modi

asked people as he exhorted

them to vote for the BJP.

“Gonda needs to elect only

those who are full of patriot-

ism, only then we can do any-

thing good for Gonda,” he said,

adding, “there should not be

any mistake in this election...

Be it the SP or the BSP, not a

single seat should go to

them...” – PTI

li Aircraft Industry (IAI).

The approval for the deal

comes ahead of a possible visit of

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

to Israel later this year. 2017

marks the 25th anniversary of

establishment of diplomatic ties

between the two countries.

A meeting of the Cabinet

Committee on Security,

chaired by Prime Minister

Narendra Modi, on Wednes-

day approved the missile deal,

NEW DELHI, Feb 24: A Rs

17,000-crore deal has been

cleared by the government for

jointly developing with Israel

a medium-range surface-to-air

missile (MR-SAM) for the

army, reflecting India’s fast

growing defence ties with the

Jewish nation.

The project will be imple-

mented by the DRDO (De-

fence Research and Develop-

ment Organisation) and Israe-

India clears megamissile deal with Israel

sources said.

The MR-SAM, a land-based

version of the long-range sur-

face-to-air missile (LRSAM)

for the navy, will have a strike

range of up 70 km. The deal

envisages 40 firing units and

around 200 missiles.

India is Israel’s largest buy-

er of military hardware and the

latter has been supplying vari-

ous weapons systems, missiles

CM directiveGUWAHATI, Feb 24:

Chief Minister SarbanandaSonowal today directed theheads of departments toensure utilisation ofCentral funds withinMarch 31 in a transparentmanner. Chairing a meethere, Sonowal said theCentre was willing torelease sufficient funds fordevelopment of the Stateand for this, timely andtransparent utilisation wasnecessary. – Staff Reporter

NE rockedNEW DELHI, Feb 24: A

medium intensityearthquake measuring 5.2on the Richter Scale hitManipur today. Theepicentre of the quake wasin Churachandpur district.The quake that occurred at5:32 pm was also felt inAssam and neighbouringstates. – PTI

Army tributeSRINAGAR, Feb 24:

Army chief General BipinRawat today paid tribute tothe three soldiers killed ina militant attack on theirconvoy in Shopian districtof Jammu and Kashmir.General Rawat arrivedhere this morning. – PTI

EPFO schemeNEW DELHI, Feb 24:

Retirement fund body

Employees’ Provident

Fund Organisation

(EPFO) will launch a

housing scheme nextmonth for its over fourcrore members to enablethem to make downpayment and pay EMIsfrom their EPF accountsto buy homes. – PTI

Kokrajhar bandhKOKRAJHAR, Feb 24:

The 12-hour Kokrajhardistrict bandh called bythe All BTC Bengali YouthStudents Federation inprotest against thekidnapping of a traderhere affected normal lifein Kokrajhar district today.Some incidents ofviolence were alsoreported. – Correspondent

ULFA linkmanSIVASAGAR, Feb 24:

Acting on a tip-off, policearrested ULFA(I) linkmanAmrit Bora fromAmolapatty here lastevening. Police recoveredRs 2.98 lakh from hispossession. Bora confessedabout his involvement inextortion activities in thedistrict, police said. – ANNService

SIVASISH THAKUR

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: In a

bid to promote double-crop-

ping across the State, the Ag-

riculture Department has tar-

geted rice (sali paddy) fallow

areas for cultivation of pulses

and oilseeds. In the first phase

of the ambitious Centrally-

sponsored programme, a

combined area of 15,100 hec-

tares in three districts of Na-

gaon, Golaghat and Sivasagar

has already been brought un-

der double-cropping.

In total, the rice fallow area

to be tapped for growing puls-

es and oilseeds under double-

cropping extends to 10.40 lakh

3 State districts broughtunder double-cropping

hectares – the break-up being

50 per cent medium land, 35

per cent low land and 15 per

cent very low land. The total

sali area in the State is 18.80

lakh hectares, which again is

67 per cent of the State’s net

cropped area.

“The objective behind the

programme is to utilise the

fallow land and enhance pro-

duction of different crops, and

at the same time ensure bet-

ter remuneration for the farm-

ers. Many of our farmers keep

their fields idle once the sali

(winter) paddy is harvested,

whereas switching over to

double or multiple-cropping

can earn them rich dividends,”

sources in the Agriculture

Department told The Assam

Tribune.

According to agriculture sci-

entists, double cropping also

helps enhance soil quality and

once the farmers start grow-

ing pulses and oilseeds, the

same plot will have more soil

nutrients for paddy cultivation

as well.

The cost of the Targeting

Rice Fallow Area (TRFA) in

eastern India project is Rs 15

crore, with the Centre provid-

ing Rs 13.5 crore. The Centre

has already released the first

instalment of Rs 7.50 crore.

Sources added that the

(See page 4)

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: Min-

ister of State for External Af-

fairs VK Singh today an-

nounced that nine new pass-

port seva kendras (PSKs)

would be set up in Assam soon.

According to an official re-

lease by the Assam Govern-

ment, the Union minister an-

nounced setting up of new

PSKs in the State during a dis-

cussion with Chief Minister

Sarbananda Sonowal here.

“On request from the Chief

Minister, Singh assured him

that the External Affairs Min-

istry (MEA) will set up pass-

port seva kendras at Dibru-

garh, Silchar, Tezpur, Kokra-

jhar, Dhubri, Goalpara, La-

9 passport seva kendrasto come up in State

khimpur, Nagaon and Diphu

soon,” it added.

Singh said the MEA will ex-

tend all required support to

maximise the presence of

PSKs in Assam and accordingly,

such centres will be opened at

district head post offices ini-

tially. “Apart from MEA per-

sonnel, such centres will be

manned by staff of the postal

department with technical sup-

port from TCS,” Singh said.(See page 4)

SANJOY RAY

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: TheState Government has start-ed to review the ‘Not For-eigner’ status awarded tonearly 40,000 people by thevarious Foreigner Tribunals(FTs) till date.

As part of its review initia-

tive, already nine such cases of

individuals who had earlier

been declared as ‘Not Foreign-

er’ by the respective FTs have

now been referred for review

in the Gauhati High Court and

the process is expected to gain

momentum in days to come.

The persons in question are

the ones who had been de-

clared as an Indian citizen by

the FTs, contrary to the claims

State Govt reviewing‘Not Foreigner’ cases

of Assam Police. The State

Level Screening Committee,

as a result of its maiden review

meeting, has referred these

nine cases – two each from Ho-

jai and Darrang and five others

from Lakhimpur district.

However, it is still not clear

whether any specialised legal

team will be engaged to exam-

ine the FT orders by the state

level committee as the number

of such cases is very high and

experts believe that the process

would need greater participation

of law professionals.

As per government records,

the number of pre- and post-

1971 stream declared foreign-

ers stand at 21,733 and 26,696

respectively.

Sources informed that the

decision to seek review of the

decisions of the FTs was tak-

en after examining the orders

passed.

“We are in no way question-

ing the credibility of the FTs or

their members. However,

wherever there appears to be

any doubt, we are referring it to

the higher court for review. We

will review only where we feel

there is still a shadow of doubt,”

sources privy to the develop-

ment told this reporter.

“The committee has there-

fore taken up the decision after

duly consulting the matter with

the district committee,” sourc-

es added.

The State Government, it

needs mention, had recently

(See page 4)

ShivaratricelebratedSTAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: Maha

Shivaratri was celebrated in

the State along with the rest

of the country since this

evening. The celebrations will

be continued tomorrow, as the

tithi fell on two dates, begin-

ning this evening.

The festival literally mean-

ing the ‘Great night of Shiva’ is

celebrated on the new moon

day in the month of Phagun, ac-

cording to the Hindu calendar.

The city too had its fair share

of the celebrations, with devo-

tees visiting the Shiva temples

in the evening and offering

prayers. The temples also

decked up for the occasion, add-

ing to the festive mood.

Sino-Indiantalks on AzharNEW DELHI, Feb 24: Par-

leys are on between India and

China over the issue of a ban

on Pakistan-based JeM chief

Masood Azhar by the UN and

such “discussions take time”,

Chinese envoy to India Luo

Zhaohui said today.

He, however, asserted that

China was against terror out-

fits and any form of terrorism.

Earlier this week, India’s

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar

held dialogue with his Chinese

counterpart on Beijing’s oppo-

sition to designation of Azhar

as a global terrorist by the UN

and India’s NSG bid. – PTI

(See page 4)

Devotees at the Ahom-era Siva Doul on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri, at Sivsagar on

Friday. – UB Photos

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Dr. Bhagaban Chandra

Deva Goswami

On your 5th Death

Anniversary we pray to

Almighty God for the eternal

peace of your noble soul.

May your ideals inspire us

through our lives.

– Wife and Family

Members

CD/InMemo/P/3835/1

LATE HARENDRA

KUMAR SENKANONGOE

With profound regret we, thebereaved family members,hereby declare that ourhusband/father/father-in-law/grand father Late HarendraKumar Senkanongoe left forheavenly abode on 16thFebruary, 2017 at age 87.

May his departed soul restin peace.

Final Funeral ceremony on28.02.2017 at Ramnagar,P.O. Duliajan, Assam.Maya rani Senkanongoe (Wife)

Dipak Kumar Senkanongoe(Son)

Ashis Kumar Senkanongoe(Son)

Raj Kumar Senkanongoe (Son)Jayashree Saikia (Daughter)

All daughter-in-law andgrand daughters

CD/Obituary/......./1

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2000 sq.ft. available for rent

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9706050449.

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Semi furnished 2000 sq. ft at

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98540-01199.

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1100 sq.ft. Roof area 2nd floor

in Ambikagiri Nagar, H.No.-12,

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Ms. Anindita Dey (Asst. Prof.),

Dept. of English, D.R. College,

Golaghat, has been awarded the

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her thesis entitled “Pleasure and

Power in Detective Fiction: A

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carried out her research work

under the guidance of Prof. B.K.

Danta, Dept. of English and

Foreign Languages, Tezpur

University. She is the daughter

of Sri Ashok Kr. Dey and Smt.

Sulekha Dey of R.K.B. Path,

Dibrugarh, and wife of Sri

Debabrata Nath.

Achieve/P/......./1

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 3

NATIONAL

LUCKNOW, Feb 24:

Perked by its success in the

Maharashtra civic polls, the

BJP has decided to use it for a

“major political push” to fur-

ther its prospects in the re-

maining three crucial rounds

of Assembly elections in Uttar

Pradesh.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party

strategists say the Maharashtra

poll outcome is “certain to boost

our prospects” in the Hindi

heartland state.

The BJP on Thursday fin-

ished neck-and-neck with the

Shiv Sena in the race for con-

trol of India’s richest and big-

BJP hopes Maharashtra winwill boost its prospects in UP

gest civic body, the

BrihanMumbai Municipal

Corporation, and also grabbed

eight other civic corporations

in Maharashtra.

BJP state unit general sec-

retary Vijay Pathak confirmed

that the ongoing polls were

“indeed set to get a big fillip”

in favour of the party.

“In the first four rounds, we

have done exceedingly well

and now that the BJP has

shown great results in

Maharashtra, it is but natural

that our mission of 300-plus

seats will be boosted,” he said.

Pathak also pointed out that

Maharashtra has a sizable pres-

ence of people from

Poorvanchal and it was only

natural that “the winds of

change will blow from

Mumbai to Poorvanchal which

is yet to go to polls”.

Party insiders said that so far

they were edgy about the im-

pact of demonetisation on the

Uttar Pradesh polls, but now

the tide was changing in their

favour.

It is learned that BJP chief

Amit Shah has told the state

unit to milk the victories of the

party both in Odisha and

Maharashtra civic polls as an

example before the UP elec-

torate.

Shah said the party should

highlight the “tight embrace

of the BJP by people”, espe-

cially after demonetisation.

Prime Minister Narendra

Modi has also been referring

to the poll results in Gujarat,

Chandigarh, Faridabad and

Odisha in his election rallies.

The big Maharashtra win

will now find mention in his

speeches as he pitches for a

full majority in Uttar Pradesh,

which in the 2014 general elec-

tions sent 71 BJP lawmakers

to the Lok Sabha. – IANS

Bihar Staff Selection Commis-

sion (BSSC), was arrested

along with four of his close rela-

tives from Hazaribagh, the offi-

cial added.

A Special Investigation

Team of the state police was

interrogating Kumar and he

would be brought to the Bihar

capital later on Friday, an offi-

Paper leak: Bihar SSC chief heldPATNA, Feb 24: The Bihar

Police on Friday arrested the

state’s Staff Selection Commis-

sion chairman from neighbour-

ing Jharkhand in connection

with a leakage of question pa-

pers, an official here said.

Sudhir Kumar, a senior In-

dian Administrative Service

(IAS) officer who heads the

cial at the state police headquar-

ters said.

The examination is con-

ducted for appointment of

clerks in the state government.

The questions were leaked

on the social media sites

WhatsApp and Facebook on

both examinations dates and

they went viral. – IANS

Prime accused inactress’ kidnap case

sent to judicial custodyKOCHI, Feb 24: A court here on Friday sent prime accused

Pulsar Sunil and his accomplice, arrested in the kidnapping of a

popular Malayalam actress, to 14 days judicial custody.

Sunil and an accomplice were arrested by police from inside

a court room on Thursday and interrogated till they were

produced before a magistrate here.

Later both were taken to a jail. Police will seek custody of the

two on Saturday.

The probe team in the early hours of Friday took out

Pulsar Sunil for two hours as part of the probe on the roads

through which the actress was taken in the vehicle on that

fateful night.

The arrest of the two came six days after the actress was

abducted on February 17 while travelling from Thrissur to

Kochi in a car.

Four others involved in the attempt to kidnap were arrested

earlier. The actress was dumped near the house of director-

turned-actor Lal, who upon hearing her harrowing experience,

informed the police. – IANS

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 20174 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT

Scorpio 2012 running 20,000

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M&S/P/3736/2

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9678744883.

L&P/P/3847/2

Investor (BOD) required for ‘Art

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Investor/P/3703/2

To learn Piano, Guitar & Violin

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Sale of Bibah Bhawan items like

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Chair, Chair with/without handle

ready for sale. Contact No.:

94356-63641.

S&P/P/3854/3

I Shri Nip Kumar Mazumdar

S/o. Ghanashyam Dutta

Mazumdar, R/o. House No. 99,

Lakhimi Nagar, Hatigaon,

Guwahati-781006 have changed

my name from Neep Kr.

Mazumdar to Nip Kumar

Mazumdar vide on affidavit dt.

16.02.2017 before the Notary

public Assam.

PN/4411/1

Umesh Rathi have declared by

an affidavit that Umesh Rathi an

Umesh Kumar Rathi is one and

the same person having the same

identity.

PN/P/9399/1

It is for General Information that

I, Smt. Rekha Kalita, daughter

of Late Benudhar Baruah, R/o.

Village- Kundarbari, District-

Sonitpur, Assam, do hereby

declare that vide an affidavit

dated 22 Feb, 2017, notorized

under Kamrup (M) Notary, I

corrected and confirmed that

Ranjana Baruah and Rekha Kalita

are the one person. Henceforth,

I will be known as Rekha Kalita

for all purposes.

PN/P/3864/1

I, Begum Nazima Ali, D/o. Late

MD. Ali R/o. Dibrugarh have

changed my name from Begum

Nazima Ali to Nafisa Ali by an

affidavit before the Notary

Public at Dibrugarh dated

13.02.2017.

PN/4418/1

My actual and correct name is

Parri Jangamaiya, instead of

P. Jangamaiyan, this declared

vide an affidavit before the

Notary at Guwahati, Kamrup

(Metro) on 13.06.2016, Hence,

I am Parri Jangamaiya for all

purpose. – Parri Jangamaiya,

Central Gotanagar, Maligaon,

Guwahati.

PN/P/3778/1

I, Mrs. Amina Begum wife of

Sazidur Rahman Saikia,

permanent resident of Navagiri,

Chandmari, Guwahati-781003,

Post Office - Silpukhuri, under

Police Station - Chandmari in the

District of Kamrup (M) Assam

declare, vide an affidavit at

Notary Public, Kamrup (M)

Guwahati dtd. 16.2.2017. I was

known as Amina Begum but after

my marriage, I adopted the

surname of my husband and

started to write my name as Mrs.

Amina Rahman Saikia instead of

Mrs. Amina Begum. Now Mrs.

Amina Begum and Mrs. Amina

Rahman Saikia is one and the

same person having same

identity i.e. myself.

PN/P/3829/1

I, Binita Lahkar, W/o Sri Manoj

Kumar Talukdar & D/o Late

Madan Mohan Lahkar, R/o

House No. 17, Rajgarh Bye Lane

No. 11, P.O. Silpukhuri PS -

Chandmari, Guwahati-781003

Dist. Kamrup (M) Assam have

declared vide an affidavit sworn

before the Notary Public, Assam

dated 19.10.2016 that my name

has been wrongly recorded in

some documents as “Binita

Talukdar” instead of “Binita

Lahkar”. Henceforth, I will be

known as “Binita Lahkar” in all

future purposes.

PN/P/3836/1

1, Smt. Santi Neog D/O Late

Sukura Neog original resident of

Vill- Sokaikhongia, P.O.

Nahatia. P.S. & Dist. Jorhat

(Assam) presently residing at-H/

No.26, Byelane No.1,

Namgharpath, Lakhiminagar,

Hatigaon, Dispur, Guwahati-6.

At present I am an employee of

the Govt. of Assam under the

establishment of the 0/0 the

Addl. Chief Medical & Health

Officer, Kamrup (Metro),

Guwahati-1. Now, I have

changed my name from Smt.

Santi Neog to Smt. Santi Neog

Dowania through an affidavit

made before the Notary Kamrup

(Metro), Govt. of Assam, on 22/

02/2017. So, now onward I shall

be known as Smt. Santi Neog

Dowania instead of Smt. Santi

Neog in all respect.

PN/P/3839/1

IN THE COURT OF THE

MUNSIFF NO. 1 AT JORHAT

T.S. No. 27/16

Rafiul Hussain ...Plaintiff

Vs

Mafida Begum ...Defendant

To,

Mafida Begum

D/o. Late Faizur Rahman

R/o. Cinnamara, near DTO

Office

P.O. Cinnamara

Whereas the above named

plaintiff filed a suit for

permanent injunction etc.

against you are therefore

called upon to attend this court

either personally or through

your duly appointed lawyer to

defend the suit by filling written

statement if any on 14.3.17

at about 10.30 am, failing

which the suit shall be taken

up heard and decided

ex-party in your absence.

Given under my hand and

seal of this court on this the

18th day of February 2017 at

Jorhat.

Munsiff No. 1 at Jorhat

CD/LN/4417/1

CD/LN/4414/1

CD/TN/4415/1

LEGAL NOTICEIN THE GA UHATI HIGH COURT

(THE HIGH COURT OF ASSAM,

NAGALAND, MIZORAM &

ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

MAC APPEAL No.214/2014

The United India Insurance Co. Ltd.

........Appellant.

- Vs -

Smt. Junmoni Chetry & others

.........Respondents

To,

Shri Anata Mahanta

S/o Late D.N Mahanta

A.T. Road, Tarajan, Jorhat,

Assam, PIN-785001

........Respondent No. 3/Owner of the vehicle

No.AS-03/B4905

2. Shri Kalyan Kalita

S/o Shri Monmohan Kalita, Dispur, Guwahati

Kamrup (Metro) Assam, PIN-781006

.......Respondent No. 5/ Owner of vehicle

No. AS-01/P-2718

3. Smti. Bidya Chetry

Wife of D. Chetry, Krishna, Nagar,

Guwahati, Kamrup (M) Assam, PIN-781005

........Respondent No.6/Mother of victim/

O.P.6

Whereas the obove named appellant has

preferred the above noted Appeal against

Judgment and award dated 03.12.12 passed

by the Member, Motor Accident Claims

Tribunal, Kamrup, Guwahati. Assam in MAC

case no. 1330/2005 and the date of

appearance of the said case has been fixed

before this honourable Court on 07.03.2017.

You are hereby asked to appear either

personally or through authorized pleader to

act on your behalf before this court on the

date fixed at 10.30 A.M positively and to

show cause, if any. If you fail to appear on

the date so fixed, the matter shall be heard

and decided ex-parse in your absence.

Given under my hand and seal of this Court

on this the 16th day of February, 2017 at

Guwahati.

By Order

Deputy Registrar (Judl-III)

Gauhati High Court, Guwahati

CD/LN/P/3861/1

Laptop repair @ Rs. 400/-

and parts A.K. Laptop

Repairing, Ph. 9508070669,

0361-2730104.

Laptop Repairing/P/8297/30

Contact AC/Non AC vehicle for

Shillong/Cherapunji/Tawang

trip. 99540-40778.

VonHire/P/3843/1

Home Service TV, Fridge, AC,

Geyser, Microwave, Washing

Machine, Inverter Battery.

Shambhu. #9864073804.

R&S/P/3130/8

No. ATDC/CS/573/2016/

Date: 23.02.2017

CANCELLATION NOTICE

Due to some unavoidable

circumstances the work

“Development of Haflong Tourist

Circuit (Construction of Tourist

Lodge at Umrangshu)” publish

vide Press Notice (QCBS) No.

ATDC/CS/573/2016/355 dtd.

19.01.2017 is hereby temporarily

suspended. The contractor who

had submitted their Bids on

07.02.2017 are requested to take

back their Hard copy of the

Technical Bid in origin from the

office of the undersigned.

Sd/- Managing Director

Assam Tourism Dev. Corp. Ltd.Janasanyog/2179/16

No. SE/BII/CS/53/2016-17/2677-2659PRESS NOTICE

The Superintending Engineer, P.W.D, Guwahati Building Circle-II, Chandmari, Guwahati-3 on behalf of the Governor of Assam invitesbid for the following works having experience of similar nature of work from APWD registered Class-I (A, B, C) contractors. Details of the bidsmay be seen at e-procurement portal website: www.assamtenders.gov.in and also in the office of the undersigned during office hours. Thebidders must be enrolled in www.assamtenders.gov.in for participating in the bidding process.Sl. Name of Project Approx. Value of Bid Security Bid Security Drawn Time of Cost of BidNo. Work in favour of Completion Document1 Construction of Rs. 78.00 Lakh 2% for General EE, PWD, Guwahati 6 (six) Rs. 2,500.00

Security Barrack (RCC Category & Building Division-I, monthsG+2) of Brahmaputra 1% for reserved Fancy Bazar,State Guest House category including Guwahati-1complex at Kharghuli, UGE & UDE.Guwahati-1

Note:- 1. Any modification of tender may be seen in the P.W.D. portal www.assamtenders.gov.in.Sd/- Superintending Engineer, P.W.D

Guwahati Building Circle-II, Chandmari, Guwahati-3.Janasanyog/5047/16

AUCTION NOTICESealed tenders affixing Court fee stamp of Rs. 8.25 (Rupees eight and twentyfive paise) only are invited for auction of 13 numbers of obsolete vehicles, 15numbers of batteries & 72 numbers of tyres on “as is where is basis” as perdetails given below.The tender will be received upto 2:00 P.M. of 09-03-2017 and will open on thesame day at 2:30 P.M.

Sl. No. Vehicle Regn. No. Category Date of Purchase

(1) AS-01 -AH-2912 Tata Indigo 29/09/2008

(2) AS-01-AH-9989 Ambassador ISZ 12/02/2009

(3) AS-01-AJ-0016 Tata Indigo 30/12/2008

(4) AS-01-AL-8410 Tata Safari 31/10/2009

(5) AS-01-AN-8182 Ambassador 17/05/2010

(6) AS-0I-AJ-0086 Tata Sumo Victa 03/03/2009

(7) AS-01-AH-9985 Ambassador 12/02/2009

(8) AS-01-MA-0038 Ambassador 18/06/2012

(9) AS-01-AN-8180 Ambassador 17/05/2010

(10) AS-01-AA-9708 Indigo 04/10/2006

(11) AS-01-AV-9102 Ambassador ISZ 08/06/2011

(12) AS-01-AE-0053 Ambassador 29/03/2007

(13) AS-01-AJ-0091 Ambassador 07/01/2009

(14) Battery - 15 nos.(15) Tyre - 72 nos.TERMS & CONDITIONS :-(1) The intending tenderers will have to submit their tender inscribing the words“Tender for obsolete vehicle. batter, & tyre” on the top of the cover.(2) The tender should be accompanied with Bank Deposit at call for Rs.5.000.00(Rupees five thousand) only, for each vehicle -and Rs.1,000.00 (Rupees onethousand) only for battery & tyre as earnest money. The same should beassigned to the Joint Secretary. S.A. (E) Department. Vehicle Cell.(3) The intending tenderers may inspect the vehicles, batteries & tyres duringoffice hours on any working day from 11:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M.(4) The successful tenderers will have to lift the vehicle on payment of the full tenderedValue within 10 (ten) days from the date of issue of acceptance letter of this tender,failing which the offer will be treated as cancelled and earnest money will be forfeited.(5) The earnest money of the unsuccessful tenderers will be refunded.(6) The undersigned does not bind himself to accept the highest tender or toassign any reason for acceptance or rejection of any tender.(7) The tenderer will have to collect the format for submission of tender from theSAD, Vehicle Cell during office hour.(8) The vehicle, battery & tyre should be lifted “As is where is condition”.(9) The tenderers will have to submit Identity proof and address proof alongwith the tender form.

Sd/- A. Hussain, IAS)Commissioner & Secretary to the Govt. of Assam

Secretariat Administration Deptt.Janasanyog/5041/16

No:NHM/DHS(K)/ASHA DRESS/13-14/234/Pt-I-1322 Date: 24.02.2017

SUB: EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR SUPPLY OF ASHA SARI(UNIFORM)

Expression of Interest (EOI) is invited from willing and eligible firms forproviding the ASHAs’ Uniforms.

Interested firms / vendors may apply in prescribed pro-forma availableat the Office of District Programme Management Unit, Kamrup, Amingaon,Guwahati along with all related documents. Pro-forma and bid documentscan purchased from the OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT PROGRAMMEMANAGEMENT UNIT, NHM, KAMRUP, AMINGAON, GUWAHATI-31, inall working days from 11:00hrs to 15:30 hrs from 24.02.2017 up to06.03.2017 after paying Rs.300/- (Rupees Three Hundred only) (non-refundable) by Demand Draft in favour of “DISTRICT HEALTH SOCIETY,KAMRUP” payable at Guwahati or may be downloaded from NIC Kamrup’sofficial site http://kamrup.nic.in. The bidder downloading the documentsfrom the website is required to deposit tender documents fee of Rs.300/- (Rupees Three Hundred only) (non-refundable) through Demand Draftpayable at Guwahati in favour of the “DISTRICT HEALTH SOCIETY,KAMRUP” while submitting the tender. Tender document without the feeof Rs 300/- will not be accepted. The tender will be open on 06.03.2017at 4.00PM in presence of the tenderer or his authorize representatives.

The undersign reserves the right to reject any or all applicationswithout assigning any reasons thereof.

Sd/- Joint Director of Health ServicesCum Member Secy.

Janasanyog/2188/16 District Health Society, Kamrup

No. CE/BR/131/2015/61

EXTENSION NOTICEWith reference to the Press Notice

issued vide no. CE/BR/131/2015/47 DatedGuwahati the 30th January, 2017, the dateand time for submission of bid for thefollowing works:(i) Upgradation / Improvement of Roadfrom Kabuganj to Amjur, via Sonai, underCRF for the year 2016-17 , under SilcharRural Road Division, Silchar -1 (withinCachar District) [Job No. CRF/AS/2016-17/141](ii) Strengthening and widening of roadsfrom NH-37 to Assam Medical College &Hospital and Jalan Bus terminus toAmolapatty including construction of roadside RCC drain cum footpath in DibrugarhRural Road Division, Dibrugarh underCRF for the year 2016-17. [ Job No. CRF/AS/2016-17/130]is extended up to 14:00 hours of 06-03-2017 due to insufficient bid submission asper norms.Details may be seen at website- http://apwd.etenders.in and also at the officeof the undersigned during office hours.

Sd/- Chief Engineer, PWD. (BorderRoads and NEC Works)

Assam, Chandmari, Guwahati-3

Janasanyog/2186/16

CACELLATION NOTICE

In partial modification of earlier

notice inviting tender vide this

office notice no. 3(H) of 2016-

17, the undersigned have

cancelled the notice for

“Maintenance & Repair for the

works under Assam Road

Maintenance Fund (PBMC)

for the financial year 2016-17”

for three years duration of

maintenance of six nos of

packages in Hailakandi Dist

due to some unavoidable

circumstances.

Sd/- Executive Engineer,

PWD Hailakandi Rural

Road Division,

HailakandiJanasanyog/2193/16

COTTON COLLEGE STATE UNIVERSITY

Panbazar, Guwahati : 781001, Assam, India

website : www.ccsu.ac.in

Notice Inviting Quotation

Sealed quotations from manufacturer/vendor/dealer/supplier are invitedfor supply and installation of different items under the packages:

SI. NIQ No. Package

1 NIQ NO. CCSU/2017/04 Laboratory Equipments forDated: February 24, 2017 the Dept. of Botany

2 NIQ NO. CCSU/2017/05 Laboratory items for theDated: February 24, 2017 Dept. of Education

3 NIQ NO. CCSU/2017/06 Laboratory Software for theDated February 24, 2017 Dept. of Mathematics

4 NIQ NO. CCSU/2017/11 Laboratory Equipments forDated February 24, 2017 the Dept. of Zoology

5 NIQ NO. CCSU/2017/12 Desktop ComputersDated February 24, 2017

The detailed NIQ Document Is available in the Office of the Registrar,CCSU and may be collected on payment of a fee of Rs. 500/- perpackage payable through ICICI bank challan available in the CCSUwebsite. Last date of submission of sealed quotations to the undersignedis 9th March, 2017 upto 12 Noon. The date of opening of the NIQ will beavailable in the detail terms and conditions. Sealed quotations are to besubmitted during office hours alongwith the earnest money of 2% oftotal quoted value in the CCSU office. Participating firms may attend atthe time of opening of the quotations as per date and time mentioned inthe detailed document,Janasanyog/2183/16 Sd/- Registrar

SHORT TENDER NOTICESealed tenders affixing Non-Refundable court-fee stamp worth of Rs. 8.25 (Rupees

eight and paise twenty five) only is hereby invited from the registered PWD contractors(Class – I or equivalent) for the civil works as scheduled below and will be received in theoffice of the Divisional Forest Officer, C.A.A Division, Hojai upto 3 PM (IST) on 13/03/2017.If the office does not function on the aforesaid date, the same will be received on the nextoffice working day upto the same time.

The opening of tender Box will be notified latter on.

SCHEDULE-A

Sl. Name of the works Estimated Location EarnestNo. amount Money

(Rs. In lakh)

1 Construction of Multipurpose 25,50,810/- Hojai Range 51,016/-Beat Office unit 1 no. H.Q.

2. Construction of Multipurpose Sub 18,03,200/- Lanka Range 36,064/-Beat Office unit 1 no. H.Q.

4. Construction of Boundary Wall 20,00,000/- Divisional Forest500 R.M. @ Rs. 4000/- R.M. Officer Qtr., DFO

Office ,Hojai 40,000/-Range Office

Campus

For detailed Tender Notice contact Divisional Forest Office, C.A.A Division, Hojai .

Sd/- Divisional Forest Officer,C.A. AfforestationDivision,

HojaiJanasanyog/5035/16

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INTERNATIONAL

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24: Malaysia

warned North Korea’s outspoken am-

bassador today he would be thrown out

of the country if he continues to “spew

lies” over the investigation into the as-

sassination of Kim Jong-Nam.

Malaysia Foreign Minister Anifah

Aman lashed out at Kang Chol, the en-

voy of the Stalinist state, who has said

“we cannot trust the investigation by

the Malaysian police”.

Kang has also claimed the probe is

politically motivated and that Malaysia

had conspired with South Korea to frame

the North. But Anifah cautioned Kang

he should watch what he says.

“He must enjoy the confidence of the

government of Malaysia,” Anifah said.

Malaysia warns N Korea envoy:stop lying or face expulsion

“I hope he understands by what I mean

by he must enjoy the confidence of the

government of Malaysia.”

Anifah added: “The ambassador has

been informed of the process involved

(in the police investigation) but he con-

tinues to be delusional and spew lies and

accusations against the government of

Malaysia.” A senior Malaysian govern-

ment official said Kang had been shown a

“yellow card”, adding: “If he repeats the

baseless allegations, he will be expelled.”

Kang has already been summoned to

the foreign ministry for a dressing down

over the ongoing spat.

Anifah said friendly relations “must

be reciprocated”. The two countries did

have relatively warm ties, with some

bilateral trade and citizens from both

countries entitled to travel to the other

under a unique reciprocal visa-free deal.

But relations have rapidly soured

since the extraordinary murder of Kim

Jong-Nam at Kuala Lumpur airport on

February 13 by twin assassins armed

with the nerve agent VX, listed by the

UN as a weapon of mass destruction.

Veteran Malaysian diplomat Dennis

Ignatius, who served as ambassador to

countries including Canada before re-

tirement, said throwing out an ambas-

sador was regarded as a last resort.

“It’s not something that can be taken

lightly but if he continues to be so

undiplomatic, they may be forced to do

something like that,” he said. – AFP

42 killed inSyria blast

DAMASCUS, Feb 24: At

least 42 people were killed in

a car bombing in a Syrian vil-

lage on Friday, a British war

monitor said on Friday.

Dozens were wounded in

the bombing in Sousian, lo-

cated north of the Syrian town

of al-Bab. The blast hit a secu-

rity checkpoint controlled by

rebels fighting under the Free

Syrian Army (FSA) banner,

Efe news reported.

The Syrian Observatory for

Human Rights (SOHR)

warned that the death toll

could increase in the next few

hours because of the number

of people seriously wounded

in the attack.

The war monitor also noted

that among the dead are rebel

fighters from Operation

Euphrates Shield, who with the

support of Turkish forces, took

control on Thursday of al-Bab,

a stronghold of the Islamic State

(IS) terror group in Aleppo.

Over 100 people have been

killed since the start of the

operation, according to SOHR.

The High Commissioner

said the Indian government

also sanctioned an amount of

Taka 120 million for the sus-

tainable development of

Khulna city. "A MoU for the

Khulna projects is likely to be

signed shortly," he said.

The inking of the agreement

comes a day after Indian For-

eign Secretary S. Jaishankar

was in Dhaka and called on

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

to discuss preparatory aspects

of her proposed visit to India

in April, besides other aspects

of bilateral relations. – IANS

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24:

North Korean leader Kim Jong-

Un’s half brother was assassi-

nated with a lethal nerve agent

manufactured for chemical war-

fare and listed by the UN as a

weapon of mass destruction,

Malaysian police said today.

Releasing a preliminary

toxicology report on Kim Jong-

Nam’s murder at Kuala

Lumpur airport, police re-

vealed the poison used by the

assassins was the odourless,

tasteless and highly toxic

nerve agent VX. North Korea

has a vast chemical weapons

stockpile, including VX, of up

to 5,000 tonnes, South Korean

experts said today.

Traces of VX were detected

on swabs of the dead man’s face

and eyes, police said. Leaked

CCTV footage from the Feb-

ruary 13 murder shows the

portly Kim being approached

by two women who appear to

push something in his face.

Just a tiny drop of the agent

is enough to fatally damage a

victim’s central nervous sys-

tem. One of the two women

suspects who remain in cus-

tody fell ill after the brazen kill-

ing, with police saying Friday

she had been vomiting.

National police chief Khalid

Abu Bakar added atomic en-

ergy experts would sweep the

airport’s busy terminal where

Jong-Nam killed byVX nerve agent:Malaysian police

the Cold War-era attack took

place for traces of the toxin,

the most deadly chemical

agent ever developed, as well

as other locations the women

passed through. Khalid added

detectives would look for the

source of the VX.

“We are investigating how

it entered the country,” Khalid

Abu Bakar said.

However he added that “if the

amount of the chemical brought

in was small, it would be diffi-

cult for us to detect”. A leading

regional security expert told

AFP it would not have been dif-

ficult to smuggle VX into Ma-

laysia in a diplomatic pouch,

which are not subject to regular

customs checks. – AFP

3 State districts ...(Contd from page 1)

strategy to achieve the target involved vertical expansion of

production through productivity enhancement. “For this, we

are promoting soil health management through application of

lime, micronutrients (zinc, borax), application of balanced dose

of chemical fertilizers, seed and varietal replacement, irriga-

tion at critical crop growth stages and mechanised tillage oper-

ation for timely sowing besides relay cropping (rice-pea/lentil/

lathyrus) and intercropping (mustard-lentil),” he said.

Demonstrations are also being organised among the farm-

ers for popularising the campaign.

The large number of small and marginal farmers that consti-

tute 85.6 per cent of the State’s total farmer population, how-

ever, is a constraint, as they find it difficult to procure inputs at

hundred per cent cost on their own in advance in order to avail

the subsidy through direct bank transfer (DBT) later on.

“The DBT system is not yet fully operational in the State but we

are trying to streamline the system and the Government of India

officials are assisting us to make it fully operational,” sources said.

As of now, the annual yield of pulses in the State is 1,07,571 MT

(2015-16) across a total cultivation area of 1,42,170 hectares. The

average productivity is 757 kg per hectare. The annual oilseeds

production is 2,15,194 MT across a total cultivation area of 3,10,134

hectares. The average productivity is 694 kg per hectare.

9 passport ...(Contd from page 1)

Keeping in view of the hardship faced by the people of North-

east while availing visas for travelling abroad, Sonowal requested

the Union minister to take measures for setting up of consulates in

Assam. The duo also discussed about the potential of Assam to be

the gateway to Southeast Asia and strategies to implement the

Act East Policy to promote economic cooperation, cultural ties

and develop strategic relationship with neighbouring nations. The

Chief Minister offered to host the next ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Divas’

in Assam to showcase the State and give a fillip to its initiatives to

promote the region in global arena, the statement said. – PTI

India clears ...(Contd from page 1)

and unmanned aerial vehicles over the last few years but the

transactions have largely remained behind the curtains.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin had visited India in Novem-

ber during which both sides had decided to “broadbase” their

already close defence partnership. Earlier this week, the di-

rector of Israel’s Defence Export Controls Agency, a division

of the Defence Ministry, had conveyed to some Israeli lawmak-

ers that the country had planned to relax its regulations on

export of arms and defence equipment. – PTI

State Govt ...(Contd from page 1)

issued a notification making the district and state-level screening

committees eligible to contest the decision of the FTs. While the

state level committee is headed by Additional Chief Secretary

TY Das, the district committees comprise the respective depu-

ty commissioners and superintendents of police.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5

CITY

WEATHER

GUWAHATILOCAL FORECAST:Mainly clear sky topartly cloudy sky.Minimum temperatureis most likely to be14°C on Saturday.

TEMPERATURE:

Max 29.5°CMin 11.5°C

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: The Kamrup

Metro district administration today

announced a major anti-encroachment

and cleanliness drive which will be

carried out from tomorrow on the en-

tire stretch of National Highway 37

along the city from Sonapur to Azara.

Kamrup Metro Deputy Commis-

sioner Dr M Angamuthu told this

newspaper that a high-level meeting

was held yesterday, during which a

decision was taken to divide the en-

tire stretch into five parts and one

team each has been put in charge of

each stretch to carry out the drive.

The stretches are from Khanapara

Entire stretch of NH-37 from Sonapur to Azara to be covered

Anti-encroachment drive from todayto Basistha, from Basistha to Gor-

chuk, from Gorchuk to Saraighat

Bridge including the Jalukbari Inter-

section, as well as sections of the

NH-37 under Azara and Sonapur rev-

enue circles.

Each team will include officials and

staff from the district administration,

City Police, Guwahati Municipal Cor-

poration (GMC), National Highways

Authority of India (NHAI) and PWD

(National Highways) Division.

Thursday’s meeting was held after

a team of officials including Additional

Chief Secretary (PWD) Alok Kumar,

NHAI Chief General Manager R

Chakraborty and Dr Angamuthu him-

self carried out an inspection of the

entire stretch on the directions of the

State Chief Secretary.

“Guwahati is the gateway to the

North East and the NH-37 is the life-

line road through which all the tour-

ists coming from different parts of the

country and the world pass as the road

also leads to the LGB International

Airport. However, in recent years it

has been observed that illegal en-

croachments in the form of tempo-

rary shops, hotels and street vendors

are causing great inconvenience to the

commuters,” said the DC.

He added, “Moreover, haphazard

and improper garbage disposal and

littering on the road all along the

NH-37 from the airport area to Jora-

bat by residential apartments and

commercial establishments like res-

taurants, shopping malls, hotels and

godowns is not only causing block-

ages of natural and secondary drains

but also enhancing environmental

pollution in the city.”

He said the teams will conduct

massive eviction and cleanliness

drives in their respective parts from

February 25.

“All the required machinery and

manpower, vehicles and other logis-

tical support will be provided by NHAI

and PWD (NH). GMC will make nec-

essary arrangements for clearing of

debris and cleaning of the entire

stretch,” said Dr Angamuthu.

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: “At a time when

some aspects of Assamese culture are

in a state of decadence, organisations like

Jyotirupa are keeping the essence of cul-

ture intact by organising meaningful cul-

tural programmes and promoting new

talent through a proper channel.”

The above observation was made by

eminent educationist Dr Amarjyoti

Choudhury while inaugurating the ninth

Singhapurush Radha Govinda Baruah

Full Length Drama Festival at Rabindra

RG Baruah drama fest begins

Bhawan here today. During the five-day

event, two one-act plays and four full-

length plays will be staged at Rabindra

Bhawan from 6 pm onwards.

“The plays that spread some

thought-provoking message in the so-

ciety are the ones worth being called

the real plays. Rational minds will nev-

er accept any cultural activity that de-

grades the essence of Assamese cul-

ture in the name of entertainment,”

Dr Choudhury added.

He also highlighted the role played by

Singhapurush Radha Govinda Baruah in

promoting culture in every part of the

State, bringing Bihu dance and songs on

the stage and playing the role of a pio-

neer in a number of fields.

The drama fest was inaugurated with

Murkhor Bakasto, a play highlighting the

craze for television rating points in a

news channel that leads to false and fab-

ricated news getting preference over

journalistic objectivity. The play, direct-

ed by Kishor Tahbildar that got the first

prize in last year’s Jyotirupa one-act play

competition, was staged by Natghar, Ni-

tyananda, Bajali. The other play staged

today was Atithishala by Natmandal of

Pathshala, which got the second prize in

last year’s competition. The play has been

directed by Nitul Kumar Medhi.

Other plays to be staged during the

fest will include Teton Tamuli, Adhe

Adhure, Usuf-Juilekha and O Mur Aai.

Earlier, while delivering the wel-

come speech, Naren Hazarika, gener-

al secretary of Jyotirupa, said that the

drama festival is organised as a tribute

to Singhapurush RG Baruah, the ar-

chitect of modern Assam. “Apart from

his other initiatives in the fields of

sports and journalism, RG Baruah con-

tributed immensely to the field of cul-

ture including theatre. Through this

fest, we aim at presenting some of the

best plays as a treat to theatre lov-

ers,” Hazarika added.

Artistes enacting a scene from the play, Atithishala, in Guwahati on Friday. – AT photoSTAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: Commander Pranab

Saloi, who has taken over the command of a

Shishumar Class submarine of the Indian

Navy, has earned the distinction of

being the first Assamese

officer to command asubmarine of the IndianNavy.

The Shishumar ClassSubmarines are Type 209German HDW submarinesbased at Western NavalCommand, Mumbai.

An alumnus of Sainik School,Goalpara, and the 16th Course ofNaval Academy, CommanderSaloi has been in servicefor 18 years and hehas served onboard

both the EKM

class submarines

and in all the

four Type 209

SSK class

Pranab Saloi first Assameseto command Navy submarine

German submarines.

“Since my school days, I had always

nursed an ambition to join the Indian Armed

Forces with the sole motto to serve the

nation. With my dream coming to realitynow, Assam can take pride in the

fact that I am the first Assamesenaval officer from the State tohave been selected to

command a frontline

submarine and we hope

many more Assamese

officers will get the same

honour. Also, I look forward to

delivering my duties ably during

my tenure,” Commander Pranab

Saloi said.

Son of Sachindra Nath Saloi

and Chaneki Prova

Saloi of Geetanagar,Guwahati,Commander Saloijoined thesubmarine arm of

the Indian Navy

in 2001.

SANJOY RAY

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: Rimi and

Limy are still considered to be

among Assam Police’s best bets

when it comes to aiding the in-

vestigators in tracking down

wrongdoers.

However, performance of these

two specially-trained Assam Police

‘trackers’ stationed at Guwahati

has apparently taken a beating due

to overwork.

Investigators, refraining from

being specific, revealed that in some

of the latest cases of murder and

dacoity in Guwahati, the dog squad

came of very little help.

In fact, the scenario is identical

with the entire dog squad attached

with the Assam Police, especially

the trackers employed for provid-

ing leads in serious offences like

murder.

A senior Assam Police official told

The Assam Tribune that track-

down performance of Assam Po-

lice’s dog squad is gradually getting

affected due to overwork as the in-

creasing number of incidents like

murder, dacoity and burglary is

keeping them too busy.

“The strength of the dog squad

is not even half of what is actually

needed in the State. In Guwahati,

we have three tracker canines at-

tached with the headquarters. Of

the seven other sniffer dogs at-

tached with the dog training cen-

tre, two are not fit to perform their

duties,” sources told this reporter.

The dog squad attached with

headquarters is overworked as

they, apart from being pressed into

action for crimes in and around

Guwahati, are also rushed to vari-

ous parts of Lower Assam, sourc-

es stated.

“During his tenure as Director

General of Assam Police, JN Choud-

hury had sanctioned 40 dogs. How-

ever, things never materialised in

the desired way. We still need at

least 30 dogs to meet the investi-

gation challenges,” sources told this

reporter.

At present, the entire strength

of the Assam Police dog squad is

about 10, of which two each are

stationed at Tezpur, Jorhat, Nagaon

and Silchar.

“On most occasions, the dog

squad is rushed to Lower Assam

from Guwahati. But by the time it

reaches the crime spot, it virtually

loses the temperament due to fa-

tigue,” sources pointed out.

When contacted, Dhiraj Das,

Head Constable and in-charge of

Dog Squad Training Centre at

Lokhra, opined that Assam Police

primarily depends on canine breeds

like Labrador, German Shepherd

and Doberman, that are trained in

tracking and sniffing explosives and

narcotics.

“The training module is very

specialised and done outside the

State, like in Madhya Pradesh. We

hope that new a batch of dogs

would soon be attached with the

force,” added Das, who has been

looking after the squad for more

than a decade.

Overworked police dog squad not performing at par

AIM lectureGUWAHATI, Feb 24: The

Assam Institute of Management(Government of Assam society)will hold its foundation lectureon February 28 at the William-son Magor Auditorium,Vivekananda Kendra, Uzanbazar.

Vice Chancellor of TezpurUniversity Prof Mihir KantiChaudhuri will deliver the foun-dation lecture titled ‘Opportu-nities and Challenges for Man-agement Aspirants’ under the

aegis of the ONGC chair, AIM.

National ScienceDay on Feb 27-28

CORRESPONDENT

JALUKBARI, Feb 24: The Gauhati University Biotech Fo-

rum (GUBF) is celebrating National Science Day on February

27 and 28 at the Department of Biotechnology, GU.

The two-day programme includes various events like sci-

ence model display competition, science debate, painting com-

petition and photography exhibition. The agenda also includes

lectures on science and the national theme by eminent speak-

ers and faculty members.

During the celebration the first issue of GUBF’s newsletter

Biotech Bulletin will be unveiled. The bulletin will focus on

how biotechnology can be utilised for uplift of society and in-

come generation.

ASTU programme: The Assam Science and Technology

University (ASTU) will celebrate National Science Day on

February 28 with a daylong programme in association with the

Indian Institute of Research and Development for Differently

Abled at the Lakshidhar Bora Kshetra and Siddhinath Sarma

Bhawan, Dighalipukhuri.

An art exhibition by the specially able students will be inau-

gurated at 9 am. This will be followed by an art competition for

differently/specially able school students from Class V onwards.

The open session will be held at 12 noon.

Aai Padmapriya BotaSTAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: Writer and social worker Gunalata

Saikia of Sonari in Sivasagar district has been chosen for the

Aai Padmapriya Bota (award) instituted by the Asom Lekhika

Sanstha.

The award will be presented to her by litterateur Dr Laksh-

mi Nandan Bora at a function at Pandit Tirthanath Sarma audi-

torium at 2 pm on March 8, a press release said.

Extra AC coaches fortrains to clear rush

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: Maligaon-headquartered

Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has decided to add

extra AC coaches to a number of trains to clear extra rush

of passengers.

NFR Chief Public Relations Officer PJ Sharma said that

one AC 3-tier coach each will be added on permanent

basis to the 12519/12520 Kamakhya-Lokmanya Tilak

Terminus AC Express, the 15624/15623 Kamakhya-

Bhagat Ki Kothi Express, the 15655/15656 Kamakhya-

Katra Express, the 15646/15645 Guwahati-Lokmanya

Tilak Terminus Express, the 15601/15602 Silchar-New

Delhi Poorvatttar Sampark Kranti Express, and the

12501/12502 Guwahati-New Delhi Poorvattar Sampark

Kranti Express.

“These additional coaches are expected to significantly

reduce the numbers of wait-listed passengers on these

trains. NFR has been constantly adding extra coaches for

clearing rush in trains with good patronisation,” Sharma said.

He added, “In the current financial year more than 34

coaches have been added permanently to 14 trains.

Temporary augmentations are also being done time to

time in many trains by attaching extra coaches. In the

current financial year more than 1,92,530 berths have

been provided additionally by attaching coaches to

many trains.”

Exhibition ontopographical

mappingSTAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: An

exhibition on topographical

mapping will be organised by

the Assam and Nagaland

GDC, Survey of India, in its

office campus at Nidhi Bha-

wan, Lalmati here on Febru-

ary 28.

The exhibition will be held

as part of the National Science

Day celebrations, the theme

of which this year is ‘Science

& Technology for Specially

Abled Persons.’

Various instruments like

GPS, total stations, digital lev-

elling machines, Theodolites,

plain tabling equipment used

in maps, etc., will be displayed

and demonstrated at the exhi-

bition, a press release stated.

1 hurt in firemishap

CORRESPONDENT

JALUKBARI, Feb 24: One

Taba Dutta (35) of Tetelia, who

was working at a garage, was

critically injured in a fire that

gutted the garage and two school

buses near Tetelia here around

7.30 pm today. Dutta was rushed

to the GMCH in a critical condi-

tion. It took two fire tenders

about an hour to douse the fire

that broke out due to a short

circuit, the police said.

6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017

MESSAGE FOR TODAY

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

– SENECA

hether we call cin-ema a form of art,a kind of entertain-ment, a human ac-

tivity or a product of culture, it isnot something that emerges out ofa vacuum. It happens in a humancontext. Alain Resnais had said,“Cinema is a manipulation of real-ity through images and sound.”Even if we take a film as unreal, itis not purely illusory, somethingnon-existent or something that can-not be referred back to the worldteeming with human activities.Resnais uses a significant phrase,‘imitation of reality’, which meansthat cinema through its images andsounds mimics what happens inactuality. It reminds me that dur-ing the early stage of its evolution,moving pictures were called ‘Ac-tuality’. These were plainly docu-mentary movies presenting slicesof social life in the context of hu-man culture and its progress. JohnGrierson, who perhaps coined thename ‘documentary films’, definedthese films as ‘artistic creations ofactuality’.

In human culture, different artis-tic forms evolved at different timesand as the humans mastered differ-ent technologies, these acquisitionsbecame the means of newer formsof art. Bharata mentioned 64 differ-ent types of art and surely cinemawas not one of them. But what wasthe site of these art forms, or forwhom the art mattered even duringBharata’s time? It was surely thesociety at different levels of culturalprogress. After modernity, techno-logical development made possiblethe artifice of moving pictures whereimages can look lifelike and whicheventually rise to the level of art af-ter being aesthetically uplifted.

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EDITOR

Cinema and society

Promotional aspects of State Govt employees

India-China dialogueIndia and China, the two giants of Asia, have had frosty

relations for many decades. A lot of water has flown downthe Ganges and the Yangtze since the heady days of‘Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai’. With the largest populations inthe world, growing ambitions in the global arena, mutualsuspicion about one another’s intentions and disagree-ment on a number of issues, not to mention outstandingboundary dispute, a lot of ground will have to coveredbefore relations between New Delhi and Beijing can trulyreach a level of stability acceptable and beneficial to boththe countries. Yet, despite a long list of disagreementsand disputes, both the countries have in recent timesshown a sense of maturity in handling their bilateral rela-tions. Dialogues between India and China at various lev-els have continued for years. The first round of the up-graded strategic dialogue between the two sides in Beijinghas brought some positive development, though issuesof contention have also cropped up. China has said thatthe strategic dialogue with India was of positive signifi-cance to ties as “extensive agreements” were reachedbetween the parties. However, Beijing continues to showintransigence on a number of issues which are of seriousconcern to India. Even during the talks held by ForeignSecretary S Jaishankar’s with the Chinese officials,Beijing has remained non-committal on such matters.Among the sore points are China’s position about NewDelhi’s membership to Nuclear Suppliers’ Group and itscontinued opposition to India’s call for UN sanctions onJaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar. India has alsoexpressed its concern about China’s growing military andeconomic presence in Pakistan. New Delhi has reason toworry about China’s investment on China-Pakistan Eco-nomic Corridor (CPEC) which amounts to many billions ofdollars. The CPEC passes through the contested Paki-stan-occupied Kashmir and India is right to claim that ithas infringes on our country’s sovereignty.

While disagreements continue to exist, there is no rea-son not to hope that bilateral relations will not improvefurther. China may claim to be an “all-weather” friend ofPakistan. But it is also a reality that like India, China alsois facing major threat from terrorist elements, especiallyin its restive western province of Xinjiang, populated byUighurs. Beijing has tried hard to clamp down on Islamicresurgence among the Uighurs. Many terrorist leadersfrom Xinjiang have found safe haven in the badlands ofPakistan’s frontier region, bordering Afghanistan. So In-dia and China have a lot to gain by joining hands in theglobal fight against terrorism. Similarly, bilateral trade andcommerce between Beijing and New Delhi has grown byleaps and bounds over the years and close commercialdealings can do a lot to foster good relations in the politi-cal sphere as well. The dialogue process must not onlybe continued but also enhanced. Both countries can gaina lot from each other.

Food processingWith food insecurity set to assume alarming propor-

tions in the developing countries, the time has come forIndia to devote adequate attention to this grave challenge.A particularly disquieting concern of late has been thefailure of the higher economic growth to improve foodsecurity in the country. At times even when there is en-hanced agricultural production, the yield is not resultingin a corresponding increase in the market availability offood. Storage facilities and market linkage apart, foodprocessing is one crucial intervention that can ensurelong-term availability of food. Benefits accruing from foodprocessing are many – from toxin removal, preservation,and easing marketing and distribution tasks to increas-ing food consistency. Food processing is now an integralcomponent of agricultural practices in developed coun-tries, as it ensures seasonal availability of many foods,enables transportation of delicate perishable foods acrosslong distances, and makes many kinds of foods safe toeat by deactivating spoilage and pathogenic micro-organ-isms. Even in India the agriculturally-developed Statesare according renewed importance to food processing inview of its myriad benefits.

Unfortunately, Assam and other parts of the North-east– a region endowed with favourable geo-climatic condi-tions for horticulture – have made little use of foodprocessing. It would not be an exaggeration to say thatthe neglect meted out to this crucial aspect has adverselyimpacted the growth of agricultural enterprise as well asfood availability in the region. State governments apart,the Union Ministry of Food Processing should also makesome intervention for tapping the potentials of foodprocessing in the region. The North-east is home to awide range of endemic fruits, and this could be a key areaof focus for the sector. A thriving food processing indus-try would also open up vistas of large-scale employmentin the region having a high incidence of unemployment.The need is to lend government support to a wide arrayof activities benefiting the growers and entrepreneursengaged in food processing. The Ministry and the Stategovernments would do well to prepare a roadmap for thefuture by identifying the key areas and removing theconstraints. For a welcome change, the Assam Govern-ment has started a move to set up 500 food processingunits and five food parks across the State to boost thesector. While government investment is a must, it shouldalso facilitate private investment in the sector. Propertraining and consultancy would go a long way in ensuringthat the potential of the sector is harnessed in a sustain-able manner. Agencies like NERAMAC can also play therole of a catalyst for effecting the desired changes vis-a-

vis investment, entrepreneurship, value addition andmarket linkage in food processing.

Compared to earlier forms of cul-tural entertainments, this modern-ist form can provide entertainmentto a large people at one time andsimultaneously at many places with-out the performer’s physical pres-ence. The milieu, in which cinemaappeared in the final decade of the19th Century and then made greatstrides in the 20th century, is themilieu of modern life and it mim-icked this modernity’s hu-man conditions, humanemotions, social activities,context, etc. It was onDecember 2, 1895, that amoving picture imitatingan actual happening wasshown in a cinema hall inFrance. Late Lumierebrothers who showed thefilms captured the every-day scenes of Paris life – atrain entering the station,workers leaving their fac-tories, a group of peopleon a familiar street, etc. Onthe whole, even in those early daysof cinema, the staple items for pro-duction of cinematic illusions camefrom the life of people in social con-text. Cinema has been managing tocaptivate spectators assembling intheir leisure time in a darkened the-atre hall, where they willingly sus-pend their disbelief because the illu-sion presented on the screen alwaysappears to be real. The pleasurecomes not from what actually hap-pens but from being involved in theemotions the moving images cre-ate. Slovak Zizek, the famous post-modern thinker, once said: “Cinemais the ultimate pervert art. It doesnot give you what you desire – ittells you how to desire.” I am notunduly concerned about his use ofthe word ‘pervert’. In one sense, all

performing arts are perversions ofreality because what we get fromart is not the real but the faking ofthe real. But what he says in the nextsentence is quite interesting. He hintsat the objectification of our desire.We look at the illusory situations andbecome aware of the social life wedaily live, we are made aware of itssignificance through the created con-text of a script that draws elementsfrom life only. We do not get a rawslice of reality as it is, but a slice cut

up in various combinations for com-merce. In formulaic movies, the he-roes are cast as types, the actionsare mannered, and scenes are pat-terned, with which the targetedsegments of spectators are famil-iarized through repetitions of theformula. Exaggerations and absurd-ities abound in these films and yetthe targeted spectators are drawnto these films because the dramaticactions take place in social settingsthat imitate life. In a sense, they maybe called modern fairy tales that al-legorize some exaggerated humansituations.

Cinema thus draws its elementsfrom human life in social context andthen presents it as a package of en-tertainment. But it also aspires tobecome art because it has a form

that can be raised to an aestheticallysatisfying level. A Satyajit Ray filmis art because it harmonizes form andcontent at an aesthetic height. Even-tually, cinema provides a spectacle ofsociety, either as a direct represen-tation of reality or obliquely as aunique peep into some aspect of liferooted in society. It is a visual text ofsociety in various probable and actu-al situations.

In the context of such a relation-ship between cinema and society,

one needs to ask whatrole cinema can play in thesociety. Cinema hasturned into a very popu-lar media, and it is oftenthought that it can haveharmful effect on theminds of the people. It cancater to prurient tastesand lead the impressiona-ble audience to deviatefrom the values of the so-ciety. Film certification isa way of controlling cine-ma from being used forsuch harmful effect. But it

will be wrong to say that popularcinema as a media does not have apositive role in the society.

In this regard, I am quoting a pas-sage from a paper by SC Noah Uh-rig (University of Essex, UK):

“The narrative and representa-tional aspects of film make it a whol-ly unique form of art. Moreover, thecollective experience of film as artrenders it a wholly distinct leisureactivity. The unique properties of at-tending the cinema can have decid-edly positive effects on mental health.Cinema attendance can have inde-pendent and robust effects on men-tal well being because visual stimu-lation can queue a range of emotionsand the collective experience ofthese emotions through the cinemaprovides a safe environment in which

to experience roles and emotions wemight not be otherwise free to ex-perience. The collective nature of thenarrative and visual stimulationmakes the experience enjoyable andcontrolled, thereby offering benefitsbeyond mere visual stimulation.Moreover, the cinema is unique inthat it is a highly accessible social artform, the participation in which gen-erally cuts across economic lines.”

In an interview to Thought Eco-

nomics, Tom Sherak, president ofthe Academy of Motion Picture Artsand Sciences (published June 19,2011) made some significant remarksregarding the relationship of cinemaand society. He said that film is a re-flection of society, both present andpast. Sometimes its innovations lagbehind society but sometimes it leadssociety too. To quote him, “Moviesare stories; movies are people whocome out with ideas about somethingthey want to say, something they wantto tell someone. Movies are a formof communication and that commu-nication, those stories, come fromsociety – not just where society ispresently and what it is doing now –but where society has been.”

Society moves in and through eco-nomic activities. What role does cin-ema play in economy? Just to givesome figure here, it is claimed thatin 2009, the combined DVD andBlue-Ray sales in the USA, Canadaand the European Union were $32.5billion. A report on the British filmindustry said that of the estimated23 million tourists visiting the UK in2001, 20% came because of positiveimpressions created by films.

Thus cinema is a productive socialart form. Popular cinema discoveredunique communicative ways to reacha very large number of people in ashort time. As a mode of entertain-ment, cinema has become sociallyubiquitous.

Sir, – Through your esteemeddaily, I would like to bring to thenotice of the authorities con-cerned the dearth of promotionalavenues, especially for thesubordinate employees of ourState Government departments.For instance, it is seen that aperson who joins a public sectororganization at par with a StateGovernment employee at theassistant level may reach highermanagerial posts throughdepartmental promotionalexaminations while a StateGovernment employee is unableto do so. In the current scenario,meritorious students join in theentry level positions like post ofjunior assistant, etc., in thegovernment. However, theconception and disparity betweengazetted and non-gazettedpositions have always been thereand along with it, the lessavailability of promotional

Cinema is a productive social

art form. Popular cinema

discovered unique

communicative ways to reach

a very large number of people

in a short time. As a mode of

entertainment, cinema has

become socially ubiquitous.

W Harekrishna Deka

Need for business mode in agriculture in AssamEverything else can wait but not

agriculture.

– Jawaharlal Nehru

his remark still holdstrue and will remain so.The Chief Minister ofAssam a few months

back hinted about the need of an‘Agriculture Cabinet’ and spokeabout the glory and dignity that anage-old and noble profession likeagriculture commands. It was veryencouraging and timely that an is-sue that was doing the rounds forquite some time in the enlightenedsection of Assam has finally beenbrought to the fore. For an agrari-an economy like Assam, a cabinetcommittee and a vibrant agricul-ture policy has so much relevance.An ecologically ‘divine’ State witha potent agro-based socio-econom-ic culture, endowed with very fer-tile land, abundant water resourc-es coupled with climatic congeni-ality since time immemorial callsfor a very progressive agriculturepolicy to be monitored at the high-est level of the government deci-sion-making.

To make Assam economicallyself-sufficient and to counter headon the gargantuan problem of un-employment, low productivity, lowincome, serious effects of climaticchanges, social unrest, et al., with

ever proliferating need of food forteeming millions of people, the soleviable route is agriculture throughwhich Assam can challenge both theman-made and natural negative forc-es that threaten our very survival.This requires long-term planningwith a very well-articulated fore-sight for preservation and conser-vation in terms of land, water andnatural resources.

Assam is presently witnessing ascenario in agriculture productionand productivity almost devoid ofa vibrant and coherent policy fail-ing to adjust with the emergingreality needs caused by host of fac-tors like dwindling acreage, farm-ers’ disinclination, odd climatic ef-fects, falling remunerative prices,marketing inadequacy, very poorand unpredictable minor irrigationfacilities, energy crisis, lack of HYVand quality seeds and, above all,the farmers’ mindset that getssteeped in archaic ideas, methodsand low level technology. Theyouths of the State, despite own-ing up cultivable land from theirforefathers, either sell them off tothe business corporate or keep theland idle round the year.

To reverse this negative trendand to make agriculture a dignifiedavocation, a slew of measures needto be initiated with the formation

of a high-level Cabinet Committeeto be headed by the Chief Ministerof the State and comprising of allthe major Government depart-ments, which are directly or indi-rectly associated with agricultureand allied activities.

The role or mandate of the Cab-inet Committee should be how toaccelerate close cooperation andcoordination amongst the Govern-ment departments and researchinstitutions, to oversee the rigidpolicy implementation both on-field and off-field, to prioritize farm-ers’ needs, to focus on easy accessof all the agro-inputs, to ensureavailability of credit-needs and ad-visory information including con-nectivity in terms of good roads tothe farming community, to elimi-nate the role of middlemen, to cre-ate a strong market-driven agri-cultural economy, provisioning ofstore houses and, finally, to stimu-late the mindset of the officers whoare not attuned to the synergisticrelationship to be nurtured andmaintained between the farmersand state machinery.

What is considered as a para-mount need and duty of the hour isthe corporatization of agriculture inAssam and for this to happen, theofficers in the Agriculture Depart-ment in close cooperation with theAssam Agricultural University hasto play the central role of transform-

ing the traditional agriculture tocommercial agriculture right fromcrop field to the market.

A kind of rainbow revolution ishighly essential if we are to ensurefood to all people in the comingyears. Farming must be given thestatus of manufacturing industryand each stage of the productionprocess, right from production ofseeds to marketing, should be socommercialized that it should thriveon like any other manufacturing/production units. The fate of ouryouths and future of the state mightbe turned around if farming and al-lied activities are undertaken in busi-ness mode. The genesis of small teagrowers in Assam and its beneficialimpact in the economy of the Stateleading to employment generation,supplementary income, self-suffi-ciency of thousands of families, etc.,is a glaring example not to besneezed at. Our job ahead is toughand enormous but we must cut ourtask out to ensure food security in amassive scale.

As things stand today, it is seenthat Assam has miles to go to rev-olutionize the sundry farming ne-cessities of crop cultivation, horti-cultural products and processes,aquaculture, livestock manage-ments both qualitatively and quan-titatively. The element of fatigueand despair engulfing the farmingcommunity has to be arrested at

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any cost. The bottom line is verysimple and clear as has been re-marked by Dr MS Swaminathanthat “the human dimension mustbe the principal determinant ofagricultural policy and not just pro-duction in physical terms.” It is thenet income of farm families thatmust be ascertained throughchange in attitude and action. Theright to income should precede theright to food in as much as whenthere is no food, the question ofright to food is simply a delusion.

The key to self-sufficiency andpeaceful society lies with the farm-ers who need to be propped upand the State is obliged to extendits utmost care and empathy meet-ing their demands of inputs fortheir fields.

It is time to kick-start a processand think anew keeping in view the21st century needs and interestsof Assam rather than repeating thesame drab, populist and short-termpolicy decision taken year afteryear. With twin basic resources,i.e., suitable cultivable land andwater, Assam can work wonderwith a right mix of attitude and ac-tion. Convergence of allied govern-ment departments with corporateoutlook needs to be prioritized ina fashion that calls for fortitude andimagination if farming as an avoca-tion were to be given a decent sta-tus in Assam.

avenues will make the deservingmeritorious students frustrated.Even if they apply for better jobs,they have to apply throughproper channel which is an addeddifficulty for them. Recently, theAPSC has deleted the provisionof applying for the CCE Prelimi-nary, 2016 through properchannel. However, if possible theyshould try to follow the sameprocedure during the Mainswritten and interview part aswell. I would also like to requestthe State Government to conductdepartmental promotional examsfor subordinate positions. TheAPSC as well as other examina-tion conducting bodies shouldalso treat the candidates who aregovernment employees at parwith other non-employed orprivately-employed candidates sothat they can compete withoutany barrier. If selected, thosedeserving government employ-ees will get a greater chance toserve the society. Yours etc.,REEPTA BORTHAKUR,Choladhara, Jorhat.

HSLC anomalies

Sir, – It is really unfortunate and

indeed painful to see that year after

year, the students of our Statehave been the victims of gross

mistakes of some of the irresponsi-

ble staff of SEBA. Still moredisheartening and painful is when

their irresponsibility is praised by

our Education Minister, trying toshy off from his own responsibility

in the matter by saying that

“conducting the HSLC examina-tion is a massive exercise and such

small slip-ups are inevitable”. It is

unbecoming of a person being thehead of the State Education

Department to make such

irresponsible comments. It seemsthe whole department is bent on

playing with the future of our

children. How could the EducationMinister even take their side and

support them by blaming the

media? If the minister trulybelieves that conducting the HSLC

examination is a massive exercise,extreme precautions should havebeen taken to conduct it success-

fully. Why should the unfortunatestudents be victimized by all sortsof anomalies? These have becomeregular flaws of our EducationDepartment. The old adage, ‘Onlya fool does not learn from amistake’ seems to find a veryfitting place here. Yours etc.,ANTHONY XALXO, Nazira.

7th CPC and CUs

Sir, – The Government of Indiahas implemented the 7th CentralPay Commission for its employeesin July 2016 with effect fromJanuary 2016. All the CentralGovernment employees havealready enjoyed the pay hikeexcept the employees of thecentral universities (CUs). Theemployees of CUs have not beenextended the benefits till date, thereason behind is that the UGC hasconstituted a separate committeefor reviewing the pay structuresfor the teachers of the CUs in June2016 giving six months’ timeframe for submitting its recom-mendations to the UGC. Accord-ingly, they had to submit their

report by December last year. But,there is no news on implementingthe said benefits to the employeesso far. It is presumed that thiswould be implemented not beforeMarch 2017. Here, the mainquestion arises is that why the non-teaching employees are to suffer solong for the sake of the pendingreport that is meant for the teachingemployees? There seems to be nodifference between the employeesof state and central universities.Since the pay structure and benefitsof teachers of CUs are regulated bythe UGC, and the same is done forthe non-teaching employees by theCentral Government under CCSRules, then what is the problem ingiving the pay benefits to the non-teaching CU employees who haveliterally no relation with the paystructures of the teaching employ-ees? Yours etc., RAJ KIRANDOLEY, Tezpur University.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 7NORTH EAST

THE ASSAM STATE TEXTBOOK PRODUCTION

AND PUBLICATION CORPORATION LIMITED

(A govt. of Assam Undertaking)

G. N. B Road, Guwahati-1

Short Tender Notice (No. ATC/SM/8/2014 date 24.02.2017)

Sealed tenders affixing court fee stamp of Rs. 8.25 andBank draft for Rs. 500 are invited from the intending firms/parties/persons with the rate of offer/ bid per kg. for lifting ofa stock of obsolete books (of which some are damagedcondition) of Govt./SSA in terms of as is where is conditionfrom Amingaon Staffed godown. The minimum acceptabletender rate is Rs 8.50 per Kg. The tender should besuperscribed as “tender for obsolete books” and will bereceived in the tender box of the Corporation upto 1 pm on28.02.2017 and will be opened on the same day at 3 pm.The tender should be accompanied with a certificate frompaper mill for disposing the stock lifted out of the state andEMD of Rs 30,000/- must be deposited in the form of BankDraft. The selected bidder is to remain ready to lift the entirestock within 2/3 days after the order and deposit the totalvalue of the stock before lifting the same. The selectedparty is to keep a security deposit for Rs. 1,00,000.00(Rupees One Lakh only) by Bank draft payable in favour ofthe Managing Director, Assam State Textbook Productionand Publication Corporation Limited, Guwahati-1The undersigned reserves the right to reject or cancel any ofthe bid(s) without assigning any reason thereof.

Managing Director

BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, ASSAM

BAMUNIMAIDAM, GUWAHATI-781021

Website: sebaonline.org, email: boardassam@gmail.com

No: SEBA/IT/CLOUD/2016/10/32 Date: 24.2.2017

CORRIGENDUMA corrigendum is published at our website www.sebaonline.org

in response to the queries related to the NIT No, SEBA/IT/CLOUD/

2016/22. Concerned parties are requested to visit the site regularly

for any updates related to the same.

Sd/- Secretary

Board of Secondary Education, Assam

Yoga Olympiad 2017

The Elementary Education Department, Government of

Assam and the State Council of Educational Research and

Training (SCERT), Assam has initiated steps to send 16 school

students from the state to the Yoga Olympiad 2017 at the

national level to be held in New Delhi in the month of June. The

Government of Assam with the objective of providing each

student with an understanding of yogic practice for developing

healthy habits and lifestyle has been organizing Yoga Olympiad

at the sub-division, district and state level since last year. This

activity is going to take place in 60 sub-divisions of the state

on February 28, 2017. Therefore all the students of class-VI

to class-X are requested to take part in this competition. For

more details please contact to the nearest District Institute of

Education and Training (DIET).

Sd/- Director

State Council of Educational Research

and Training (SCERT), Assam

Kahilipara, Guwahati-19CD/PN/4416/1

WEATHER

NORTHEASTForecast for NE: Rain/thunder-showers is very likely to occurat a few places over Arunach-al Pradesh and at isolated plac-es over Assam, Meghalaya,Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram &Tripura. Increase in day tem-peratures at most places overAssam, Meghalaya, Nagaland,Manipur, Mizoram & Tripuraduring next 24 hrs.

Temperatures :

Max (°C) Min (°C)

Dibrugarh 25.2 13.6

Tezpur 28.3 15.4

Silchar 29.0 18.7

Dhubri 27.4 16.3

Jorhat 26.4 14.2

N Lakhimpur 26.4 13.5

Shillong 18.7 5.8

Imphal 25.5 16.0

Itanagar 27.4 15.0

Aizawl 26.9 8.3

Agartala 30.2 15.7

Kohima 22.8 9.4

Pasighat 20.5 15.6

Cherrapunjee 18.1 8.0

BSF Inspector General Meghalaya Frontier PK Dubey addressing a press conference in

Shillong on Friday. – UB Photos

CORRESPONDENT

IMPHAL, Feb 24: Election campaign

in Manipur is gaining momentum with

State Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and

his Assam counterpart Sarbananda

Sonowal addressing campaign meetings

of their party candidates for the ensuing

State Assembly polls.

Attending a meeting of Congress can-

didate Victor Keishing of Phungyar con-

stituency at Mantripukhuri near here on

Friday, Ibobi said that the equal develop-

ment of both hill and valley areas is the

priority of Congress.

“But it is not easy to govern such a

small State having lot of issues and prob-

lems. Even the Northeastern region and

the country may not have such issues and

Election campaign gainsmomentum in Manipur

problems,” said Ibobi.

He appealed to the armed groups oper-

ating in the State to realise that “we are

all sons of the soil” and “we will have to

die here. If we make mistakes we should

have the courage to say sorry and issues

can be resolved and solved”, he added.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbanada

Sonowal while addressing a campaign

meeting of BJP candidate L Radhakishore

in Oinam constituency on Friday accused

the ruling Congress Government in the

State of failing to address the grievances

of the people in the last 15 years.

Union Minister for Development of

North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jiten-

dra Singh who was also here addressed

an election meeting of BJP candidate K

Krishna in Bishnupur constituency.

Union Railway Minister of State Rajen

Gohain has also been campaigning for the

BJP, while Union Minister of State for

Home Kiren Rijiju airdashed here on Fri-

day to join the poll campaign for the par-

ty. Union HRD Minister Prakash Java-

dekar, who is party’s in-charge of Ma-

nipur elections, is camping in Imphal.

Modi visit: Security measures have

been tightened ahead of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi’s visit to address an elec-

tion rally at Langjing Achouba ground here

on February 25 after Coordination Com-

mittee of insurgent groups announced a

boycott and total shut down in the State.

The State police commandos have

been conducting search operation in and

around Langjing Achouba areas and also

in Imphal town areas.

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

SHILLONG, Feb 24: Meg-

halaya Frontier BSF wants

to have a “cordial” retreat

ceremony between India

and Bangladesh similar to

Wagah border ceremony

with Pakistan.

Meghalaya Frontier Inspec-

tor General, PK Dubey said

today after his meeting with

his Bangladesh counterpart

that the ceremony should be a

friendly one and bereft of any

sign of aggressiveness.

He added that efforts would

be put to have such a ceremo-

ny at the Indo-Bangladesh bor-

der in the evening where both

BSF and Border Guards Bang-

ladesh (BGB) would jointly

take part.

Such a ceremony would help

“attract tourists to Border Out

Posts (BOPs) to get a glimpse

of the lives in these remote

areas of the country. He fur-

ther proposed photo exhibi-

tion, games and arms display

as part of BSF’s effort to make

the border areas attractive for

people to visit.

Meanwhile, two BOPs –

Dawki in West Jaintia Hills and

Kilapara in West Garo Hills –

have been identified in this re-

gard and proposals have been

sent to Union Ministry of Tour-

ism. “A proposal of Rs 2 crore

has been sent to the Tourism

Ministry,” Dubey informed.

Wagah-like show atMeghalaya border planned

CORRESPONDENT

AIZAWL, Feb 24: A 30-

year-old woman at Saiha, a re-

mote town in southern Mizo-

ram, would have died if Mizo

National Front MLA Dr Beich-

hua, who was touring his con-

stituency, had not conducted a

surgery on her.

The woman, Lalrinsangi,

was admitted to the district

hospital with some gastroin-

testinal problem that required

immediate surgery. The sole

surgeon at the hospital, who

was on leave, was out of town.

She was referred to the Lun-

glei district hospital, about 133

km from Saiha. But the wom-

an’s condition and the lack of

money ruled out any travel.

The hospital staff and the pa-

MLA performs surgeryin the absence of doctor

tient’s family came to learn of

the presence of MLA Dr Beich-

hua in the town and approached

him to perform the operation.

“After I was informed about

the critical condition of the

woman, I rushed to the hospi-

tal, put on the surgical robes and

performed the operation. With

God’s grace, I successfully op-

erated on the woman. Now, she

is in a good condition,” Beich-

hua told this correspondent.

Dr Beichhua, a qualified doc-

tor, was elected to the State As-

sembly in 2013. Along with his

physician wife, he was known

for rendering social service.

The couple would travel to the

remote areas of Lawngtlai dis-

trict when he was posted as a

government doctor, and conduct

free medical camps.

Khandu reviewspower scheme

ITANAGAR, Feb 24:

Arunachal Chief Minister Pema

Khandu along with Power Min-

ister Tamiyo Taga on Wednes-

day reviewed the progress of

the ‘Comprehensive Scheme for

Strengthening of Transmission

& Distribution System’, in a

meeting here with officers of

Power Grid Corporation of India

Limited (PGCIL).

The scheme funded by Cen-

tre at an estimated cost of Rs

3,200 crore involves transmis-

sion line of 132 KV covering

about 1,917 km including 33 KV

line feeders covering 1,923 km.

The scheme also includes 94 new

sub-stations. The scheme,

evolved by Central Electricity

Authority in consultation with

Power Grid and State Govern-

ment, is likely to be completed

in 2019. – Correspondent

CORRESPONDENT

AIZAWL, Feb 24: The bikini

round of Miss Mizoram contest

has raised a controversy in the

Christian-dominated society

with the State’s apex women

body demanding on the organ-

isers to remove photos of the

contestants with revealing bath-

ing suits from social media.

Ever since the bikini round

was telecast by Zonet cable TV

on Tuesday night it created a

debate on social media, some

for it and some against it. Pho-

tos of the 16 contestants wear-

ing skimpy bikinis were sub-

sequently posted on the Miss

Mizoram official Facebook

page as well as Instagram.

Some conservative Chris-

tians have termed the bikini

round as un-Christian and a

threat to public morality.

Miss Mizoram bikini round draws flakThe Mizoram Hmeichhe In-

suihkhawm Pawl (MHIP), the

State women’s apex body, to-

day came out with a press

statement criticising the biki-

ni round in which the contest-

ants were shown in revealing

swimsuits in such a way that

the entire public, including chil-

dren can see them.

The MHIP said that such ex-

treme exposure of women’s

body is “demeaning to the en-

tire womenfolk, un-Christian and

against our culture”. The organ-

isation demanded the organisers

to remove photos and videos of

the bikini round from social me-

dia and stop telecasting.

The MHIP, however, made it

clear that it is not against the

beauty pageant. “Can beauty

pageant not be organised with

modest dresses and our beauti-

ful traditional dresses?” Saipuii,

general secretary of MHIP, said.

The organisers have said

that as bikini round is part and

parcel of every beauty pageant

in national level and interna-

tional level, we have to include

it because we are trying to

promote our contestants in

national level contests.

In support of this, Irene La-

lruatkimi, assistant professor

in Mizoram University’s Jour-

nalism and Mass Communica-

tion department, said, “Bikini

round is a must in a beauty

pageant. But the organisers

should make sure that the pho-

tos are censored before show-

ing them to public, in view of

our conservative Christian so-

ciety. The time of showing on

television should also be tak-

en into consideration. It should

have been shown late night,

instead of primetime.”

KHADC tables RS 76.73 crvote on account

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

SHILLONG, Feb 24: Chief Executive Member of Khasi Hills

Autonomous District Council (KHADC) PN Syiem recently

tabled a Vote on Account of over Rs 76.73 crore for the next

three months beginning April.

Syiem, tabling the demand on the first day of the Council’s

three-day session here, said the fund would be required for the

period beginning April 1 to June 30 during the current fiscal.

“The Executive Committee cannot present the full budget

for the year 2017-18 because the receipts and expenditure for

2016-17 would be calculated only by the end of March 2017,”

Syiem said.

The full budget would be presented in the next session of the

Council to be held in June this year, he informed the House.

The KHADC chief also informed that so far Rs 123 crore

has been received from the Meghalaya Government though

an amount of Rs 133.12 crore has been sanctioned as Special

Assistance to the Council by the Central Government dur-

ing 2015-16.

8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017STATE

Munindra Chandra Baruah,

passed away on February 15

at Guwahati leaving behind his

wife Mrinalini (Manju) Baru-

ah. He was the third son of Late

Gokul Chandra Baruah and

Sailabala Debi. Gokul Chandra

Baruah was a renowned Head-

master of Government

schools in Jorhat, Sivasagar and

Tezpur, and was a highly re-

spected teacher. Gokul Baru-

ah’s father, Rosheswar Baru-

ah, was a contemporary of

Maniram Dewan, and the two

were among the first Assa-

mese tea planters.

Munin Baruah was born on

September 3, 1931. He com-

pleted his education in Tezpur

and joined as a teacher in Tez-

pur Academy. He then secured

a Government job, and with

diligence and sincerity, worked

his way up from a lowly posi-

tion to that of the Director of

Munindra Chandra Baruah: a tributeAccounts and Treasury.

He was a keen sportsman

playing both badminton and

cricket with equal felicity. Con-

sidered a good cricketer in his

days, he represented, at vari-

ous times, Tezpur, Jorhat and

Guahati in the inter-district

competitions. He was an active

member of Tezpur’s Tarun

Asom Sangha and was appreci-

ated as a good sports organiser.

Munin Baruah had a lifelong

love of good books. He was not

only well read, but had also

translated into Assamese Th-

omas Hardy’s The Mayor of

Casterbridge, and Nikolai

Gogol’s Taras Bulba. He had,

moreover, to his credit an As-

samese novel Abyakta Pranor

Sur and another book called

Bibhinna Jan, Bibhinna Man.

Mild mannered and always

soft-spoken, he had an innate

kindness and generosity that

touched many lives. Those

close to him will also remem-

ber his fine sense of humour.

The high post that he held of-

fered ample oppurtunities for

self-aggrandisement, but his

adherence to a set of high prin-

ciples and his integrity ensured

that he retired without a blem-

ish in his service record.

There is an interesting an-

ecdote regarding him that oc-

curred in 1952. Munin Baruah,

along with his brother, Nripen-

dra Chandra Baruah (formerly

of ASTC) had gone to the an-

cestral tea estate at Hatigarh,

near Jorhat, for a wedding.

There they heard a young

dhulia called Moghai Ojha who

charmed the wedding party

with his mastery over the dhol.

The brothers came back to Tez-

pur with Ojha’s dhol ringing in

their ears, and decided to call

Moghai to perform at the Tez-

pur Bihu Sanmilan. A telegram

was dispatched to Hatigarh by

Gokul Chandra Baruah: “Send

Moghai with dhol”. The young

man came with his dhol and

soon had the bihu crowd in Tez-

pur dancing to his beat. Radha

Gobinda Baruah heard of this

and brought Moghai to the

Gauhati Bihutoli. And the rest,

as we say, is history.

Munin Baruah was Moon

mama not only to his many

nieces and nephews, but also

to their children and grand-

children. He was a mentor to

all, and his advice was much

sought after. We recall with

fondness his affectionate and

caring nature. And while we

mourn his passing let us, on

his adyashraddha today, also

celebrate a life that was lived

so well. May his soul always

rest in peace.

– Ruma Phukan

ANN Service

NAMRUP, Feb 24: The Population

Based Cancer Research (PBCR), Dibru-

garh, a wing of the Indian Council for

Medical Research (ICMR) working to

generate authentic and quality data on

cancer incidence, organised a cancer

awareness programme recently at Nam-

rup Mini PHC here with the active par-

ticipation of 50 Asha workers and a large

number of people.

Dr Projnan Saikia, Prof & Head, Pa-

thology & Principal Investigator, PBCR,

AMCH, Dibrugarh, conducted the pro-

gramme as the chief resource person. He

lucidly explained the various cancer-re-

lated factors including its early signs and

symptoms, risk factors, cancer types in

men and women, cancer screening, accu-

rate registration of cancer patients and

Government schemes for cancer patients.

Dr Biswajit Baruah, SDM & HO, Na-

harani, BPHC and Dr Vinod Singh of

Namrup PHC shared their views on var-

Concern over mushroom growthof cancer cases in Dibrugarh dist

ious cancer related issues. Speaking on

the occasion, Dr Projnan Saikia expressed

his deep concern over the mushroom

growth of cancer cases in Dibrugarh dis-

trict. He too stated that gallbladder can-

cers in women and colorectal carcinoma

in men have newly taken the top spots as

far as their occurence is concerned. Thus

to know the actual reasons behind such

incidence, PBCR has actively engaged

Asha workers to collect accurate statisti-

cal data on various cancer related factors

viz., cancer incidence in both men wom-

en, cancer incidence by age, types of can-

cers affecting people, cancer survival and

mortality rate etc.

“Accurate registration of cancer incidence

in turn helps the Government to imple-

ment plans and policies for the cancer pa-

tients,” he said. Besides Dr Biswajit Baru-

ah, who initiated this very programme stat-

ed the importance of Asha workers to col-

lect data on cancer-related incidences. It is

to be added that PBCR in Dibrugarh

launched in 2003 is one among the 27

PBCR networks operating in the country.

NEEDS office inaugurated: The

zonal office of the North Eastern Eco-

nomical Development Society (NEEDS),

a registered NGO was formally inaugu-

rated here recently by Amardeep Paul,

founder of the NGO. Coinciding with the

occasion, a press meet was also held

where the Paul explained the motto of

NEEDS which is to strive to make the

people of North East economically strong

and sound by providing fixed discount fa-

cilities in various sectors like hospitals,

groceries, medicines, restaurants, hotels,

garments, footwear, educational insti-

tutes, laboratories, transport, electronic

goods, beauty parlour etc. Besides pro-

viding relief from the price hike, NEEDS

has extended its helping hands towards

several socio-economic works.

Paul also disclosed that an institution

for skill development is being set up with-

in April 14 next in which free training on

various trades would be imparted among

the under matric poor students.

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: An awareness

camp on handmade paper and fibre in-

dustry was organised by Elrhino Eco In-

dustries Pvt Ltd at Chatabari Anchalik

High School, Chaygaon on February 21, a

press release said.

Sponsored by the Khadi and Village In-

dustries Corporation (KVIC), the event at-

tracted a large number of aspiring entre-

preneurs from Chatabari, Birpara, Lampara,

Boko and Chaygaon. The officials of KVIC,

Guwahati, provided detailed information

about the prospects of the handmade paper

industry and the various facilities offered

by KVIC, including matters relating to sub-

sidy available under the Prime Minister’s

Employment Generation Mission.

In his address, Narayan Borkataky, Mem-

ber, KVIC, urged the youths to set up small

scale units for making handmade paper units

using locally available raw materials.

Kamrup Deputy Commissioner B Se-

Prospects of handmade paperindustry in State highlighted

shan urged the youths to take advantage

of the subsidy available under PMEGP

and facilities offered by KVIC.

Professor Ram Gopal Uppaluri of IIT,

Guwahati, spoke about the various inno-

vative processes suitable for rural youths

which have been developed by IIT, Gu-

wahati and urged the youths to use these

technologies to start small scale rural

manufacturing units.

MC Bora of Elrhino Eco Industries

described the process of handmade pa-

per at Elrhino’s micro level industrial unit

located at Chatabari Industrial Estate. He

explained how Elrhino is making eco-

friendly tree-free paper from elephant

dung, cotton waste, recycled paper, ba-

nana stem and water hyacinth and mar-

keting them internationally. Citing the

example of the households at Sanganer

in Rajasthan, he explained to the audi-

ence that, as in the case of Rajasthan, the

rural entrepreneurs of Assam can also

set up small cottage industries in their

own homes for making raw paper from

banana fibre if they can extract the fibre

from the banana stem.

The rural women present at the camp

showed great interest in the talk deliv-

ered by Narmohan Das about dyeing

handloom fabric with natural dyes using

local materials.

At the close of the meeting Seshan,

who is also the CEO of Biotechnology

Park, visited Elrhino’s factory at Cha-

tabari along with the other dignitaries.

He suggested that since hand paper mak-

ing is a biotechnological process in which

Elrhino has gained considerable exper-

tise, the possibility of collaboration be-

tween Elrhino and Biotechnology Park

should be explored. He requested Bora

to visit the Biotechnology Park at Amin-

gaon for discussion on the subject.

National integration camporganised by ABVP at Udalguri

CORRESPONDENT

UDALGURI, Feb 24: “Akhil

Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad

(ABVP) is the one and only

students’ organisation in India

which hankers after knowl-

edge, character and unity for

the motherland and this is why

students should join it in the

greater national interest.”

This was said by Sunil Bas-

umatary, regional director of

NSS, NE Region here at the

‘Students Experience in Inter-

State Living (SEIL)’ under

National Integration Tour pro-

gramme organised by the

Udalguri district unit of the

student organisation at Bish-

nu Rabha Kristi Sangha

premises recently.

Addressing the mammoth

congregation of students and

guardians of Udalguri area as

chief guest, Basumatary ob-

served that students should

have big dreams as suggested

by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam,

former President of India and

should study hard with a defi-

nite aim. They should build a

strong and noble character and

dedicate their knowledge to

build an ideal nation.

“To serve the nation, one

should have the leadership

quality with a noble character

and the ABVP always tries its

best to produce ideal leaders.

But it should not be misunder-

stood that ABVP is a wing of

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

One may be a good teacher,

IT professional, scientist,

farmer, social worker or a pol-

itician. It depends on his activ-

ities,” he added.

The congregation was also

addressed by Nirab Gilani, or-

ganising secretary of ABVP,

NE Region who praised the

national integrity webbed

through the multilingual art

and culture of the NE States,

where people yearn for the

principle of Atithi Devo Bha-

va. He also said that without

the NE States, India cannot

become a perfect nation and

to say the truth, NE States

are the spirit of mainstream

of India.

The meeting, chaired by

Maihursa Boro, president of

Udalguri district unit of ABVP,

was also addressed by Dith-

akananda Hazarika, ADC of

Udalguri district who also en-

thralled the audience with

songs of Dr Bhupen Hazarika

in Hindi. A Bangla baul song

on the occasion was rendered

by Dhiren Boro, president of

NDFB (Progressive). All the

16 students delegates under

the SEIL coming from Tamil

Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat,

Telengana, Uttaranchal, West

Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajas-

than, Jharkhand, Varanasi

(UP), Andhra Pradesh, Kar-

nataka, Arunachal Pradesh

etc., shared their fond mem-

ories of staying at the Bodo

villages of Udalguri area for

the past three days and con-

fessed that they came to

Udalguri with a fear in mind

but returned with a ‘sense of

belongingness’ for the simple

tribal people of the region.

Sanraja Mochahary, gener-

al secretary of ABVP, Udalgu-

ri district committee offered

the votes of thanks. Local

members of ABVP on the oc-

casion enthralled the guest

students from 14 States with

traditional Bodo and Adivasi

folk dances.

It is to be noted that Sadha-

na Hojai, Deputy Commission-

er of Udalguri district ar-

ranged a dinner for the guest

students from other States.

The 16 students from 14

States including two girl stu-

dents of Jharkhand toured Gu-

wahati, Jowai, Udalguri and

Itanagar under the SEIL pro-

gramme of national integration

tour to know the lifestyle of

the people living in those are-

as and shared their experienc-

es with them.

CORRESPONDENT

SILCHAR, Feb 24: In a bid

to revive the lapsed policies of

the customers, Life Insurance

Corporation of India has under-

taken a special drive with con-

cession on late fee for the cus-

tomers. This was informed by

Narayan Dutta Roy, the Cus-

tomer Relations Manager at

the Divisional Office at Silchar.

“This is a nationwide campaign

to offer the policy holders, of this

region as well to revive their

lapsed policies with special con-

cession on late fee and health re-

quirement. The drive will con-

tinue till March 15. The policies

which shall be revived during this

period shall become eligible to

get one-time special diamond

jubilee bonus along with the usual

bonus,” Dutta Roy said.

LIC’s bid to revivelapsed polices

CORRESPONDENT

NAGAON, Feb 24: UnionMinister of State for RailwaysRajen Gohain and NagaonMLA Rupok Sarma gracedthe concluding function of the58th youth festival of ADPCollege here.

Attending the function,Gohain formally released theconference proceedings or-ganised recently by the Bio-technology Department of thecollege. Gohain, who is analumni of the college, congrat-ulated Principal Dr SUAhmed and his team for thephysical and academic growthof the college. The Ministerlauded the college as theirmouthpiece titled Anandale-

kha received the best collegemagazine award consecutive-ly for three years under Gau-hati University, i.e., from 2012to 2014, and bagged the BestMagazine Award in 2015 in acompetition organised byAsam Prakashan Parishad.

The Minister declared agrant of Rs 20 lakh for modern-isation of the college auditori-um. MLA Rupok Sarma toopromised to chip in with hiscontribution for the project.

Governing body president SOjha was on the chair, while Prin-cipal Ahmed presented his wel-come address. Different compe-titions were held among the stu-dents during the youth festival,while a cultural programme wasalso arranged.

Youth festival

CORRESPONDENT

MANGALDAI, Feb 24: ‘Till

I became a matriculate, I had

no idea about basketball, I

didn’t know what was javelin.

Till then I had never enjoyed

movies. You should never

think that all IAS and IPS of-

ficers are wizards by birth.

Some of them are even less

meritorious than you but what

made them get that success

was their motivation com-

bined with a strong desire to

achieve it,” said Dr LR Bish-

noi, ADGP (BTAD), Assam

Police at Mangaldai College

recently while addressing the

degree (Major) final year stu-

dents of the college. He was

participating in a career mo-

tivation prorgamme for all-

India level commpetitive ex-

aminations as a resource per-

son.

Delivering his lecture in the

programme organised by the

Motivational prog heldDarrang district administration

in association with of the Career

and Employment Information

Center and Internal Quality As-

sessment Cell (IQAC) of Man-

galdai College, the ADGP cit-

ing several examples of several

most successful personalities of

the world including Mahatma

Gandhi, Rabindra Nath Tagore,

Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni

etc., whose initial careers were

not free from mistakes said that

they learnt from their mistakes,

consistently worked on them

and then became world famous.

The ADGP also satisfactorily

replied to all the queries raised

by the participating students.

Apart from the senior IPS offic-

er and ADGP Dr Bishnoi, the

Superintendent of Police of Dar-

rang, Sreejith Thiraviam, an IPS

officer of the 2012 batch and As-

sistant Commissioner Vijay

Bhaskar Reddy, an IAS officer of

2015 batch participated as two

other resource persons.

Earlier, the Deputy Com-

missioner Ashok Kumar Bar-

man in his inaugural speech

highlighted the very need for

organising such an awareness

campaign on competitive ex-

aminations among students

with rural background so that

the students could be given

exposure through this aware-

ness campaign. Two young

lady ACS officers – Circle Of-

ficer of Sipajhar Revenue Cir-

cle Manali Jain and Assistant

Commissioner Minaxi Perm-

ey and District Information and

Public Relation Officer Samar

Kalita also attended the cam-

paign. Principal of Mangaldai

College Dr. Khagendra Kumar

Nath in his welcome address

appreciated the noble initiative

of the district administration

and the district police in orga-

nizing such an important pro-

gramme in the college in the

presence of both the senior

police officers.

CORRESPONDENT

KAZIRANGA, Feb 24: Ful-

filling all the necessary crite-

ria, the Shankardev Shishu

Nuketan School at Kaziranga

(Kohora), has emerged as one

of the best schools for promot-

ing conservation awareness

among its students. This was

officially recognised by ‘The

Corbett Foundation’ a wildlife

NGO working in Kaziranga at

a simple function recently, on

the school premises, by award-

ing a citation, a bookshelf and a

couple of books related to en-

vironment and wildlife to the

school.

Speaking at the function or-

ganised by the Shankardev

Shishu Niketan, the chairman

of the Corbett Foundation, Dil-

ip Khatau motivated the stu-

dents to do their best for the

conservation of nature and

wildlife. Dr Navin Pandey,

Deputy Director of TCF said

that their organisation is work-

ing in many parts of India in-

cluding Kanha and Kaziranga

and has tried to ensure that

the theory of co-existence pre-

vailed and for which they had

been taking care of the de-

prived sections of the people

living in the fringe villages of

Kaziranga National Park.

The Headmaster of Shan-

kardev Shishu Niketan Ranjan

Rakhowa thanked the function-

aries of The Corbett Foundation

for their noble initiative for the

conservation of wildlife.

Corbett Foundation’saward for school

CORRESPONDENT

TEZPUR, Feb 24: The De-

partment of Business Admin-

istration, Tezpur University

along with the Ministry of De-

velopment of North Eastern

Region (DONER) and the

North Eastern Finance Corpo-

ration Limited (NEDFi) is or-

ganising Sampark 2017 on

March 3.

It is to be mentioned here

that Sampark is the annual in-

dustry-academia interface

event of the Department of

Business Administration, Tez-

pur University and this will be

the 17th edition in the series.

Addressing a curtain raiser

press conference held at the

University campus, Professor

Subhrangshu Sekhar Sarkar,

faculty coordinator, Sampark

2017 said that on all the previ-

ous 16 occasions, Sampark

emphasised only on placement

Sampark 2017to focus on

entrepreneurshipof students in various corpo-

rate houses, but this year the

focus will be on development

of the spirit of entrepreneur-

ship among the students.

“To encourage the students

towards entrepreneurship, a

Pioneering Business Idea

Challenge 2017 is being or-

ganised as a part of the event.

The contest is open to any

student of the north-eastern

region, having a business

idea. The winners will not

only receive prizes but also

get a chance to present the

ideas before the funding agen-

cies for probable financing.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize

winners will receive Rs

20,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs

10,000 respectively.” He stat-

ed adding the contest is open

till February 26 and the de-

tails are available at Tezpur

University website and at

dare2compete.com.

An unserviceable bridge which has been lying incomplete for years together at Kaliabor subdivision, as seen on Thursday. – UB Photos

Hit by seasonal scarcity of potable water, children collecting the precious fluid from Puthi river

at Naginijan in Mariani, on Friday. – UB Photos

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SHORT NOTICE INVITING TENDER

Sealed Tenders affixing court fee stamp worth of Rs.8.25 are invited from the PWD registered (Building/Road) or equivalentClass-I & Class-II Contractors/ Firms for Civil works details in the table below :-

Group Name of the Nos. Estimated cost Location/Site of the Earnest MoneyNo. Work of per unit of the work (In Rs)

Unit work (Rs. in For Genl. Forlakhs) 2% SC/ST/OBC 1%

1. Construction of 1 No. 25,50,810.00 At Nakhuti Beat 51016.00 25508.00MultipurposeBeat Office

2 Construction of 1 No. 18,03,200.00 At Nandapur 36064.00 18032.00Multipurpose Sub- BeatSub-Beat Office

3 ACF quarter 1 No. 14,00,000.00 At K.V.Range Hojai 28000.00 14000.00

4 Construction of 1 No. 14,00,000.00 Division Office 28000.00 14000.00R.O. Building Camp us.

5 Construction of 2 No. 11,60,000.00 At Borlongfar & 23200.00 11600.00Fgd. Quarters Lakhi camp.

6 Boundary Wall 400 16,00,000.00 At J.V. Range, 32000.00 16000.00RM Daboka

The Tender paper can be obtained up to 3.00 P.M. (IST) on Dt. 03-03-2017 in the office of the Divisional Forest Officer, Nagaon SouthDivision, Hojai and will be opened on same day at 3.30 p.m. in presence of the interested Tenderers or their representatives. In the eventof any unusual occurrence due to Strike, Bandh, Holiday etc. the same will be received on the next working day up to the same time andwill be opened at 3.30 P.M.

The details of works and other related matters can be seen in the office of the Divisional Forest Officer, Nagaon South Division, Hojaiin any working day up to 3rd March’2017.

The acceptance of the tenders and issue of work order subject to release of fund by the Govt. of Assam/Competent Authority withoutthereby incurring any liabilities to the affected tenderers or any obligation to inform the affected tenderer of the ground.

Sd/- Divisional Forest OfficerNagaon South Division, Hojai.Janasanyog/5032/16

SHORT TENDER NOTICE-II / IFB(INVITION FOR BIDS)

The Managing Director, Assam Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd. Assam, invites bid for the works

detailed in the table from registered contractors of Class —I (A/B & C) & Class-II category registered under

Engineering Department, Govt. of Assam.

The bidders may submit bids for each group of the following works.

Sl. Approximate Bid security Cost of Bidding Period of

No. Name of Work value of work (Rs.) Document (Rs.) completion

Rs. In Lakhs)

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Development of 29 No Dariadubi Meen Mahal , 50.43 2% for 500.00 for 3 (three)months

Kamalabari, Majuli) under RIDF-XXI. general each Group from the date

2 Development of 4 nos. of Low lying Area (Renovation 336.12 Category & of issue of

of Poskia Pukhuri,Pota Pukhuri, Sakia Pukhuri 1% for (S.C, F.W.O.for each

& Ball Pukhuri of Darang Dist,Kathalguri Low lying S.T, MOBC& Group.

area of Kokrajar Dist, Maorigaon Low lying area of OBC)

Kokrajar Dist & Uppor Kacharigaon, Naharani Grant

& Rajgarh Miri Pathar of Sonitpur Dist) under RIDF-

The tender documents can be purchased from 04/03/2017 to 10/03/2017 from the Technical Branch of the

office of the undersigned by submitting cost of bid document along with application accompanied by a Demand

draft of a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Managing Director, Assam Fisheries Development

Corporation Ltd. Assam and payable at Guwahati for amount as specified above (non-refundable ) for each

Group of work /packages. Tender document will be received in the Tender receiving Centre, 0/o Managing

Director, Assam Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd. And the Last Date of submission of tender is 11.03.2017

at 2.00 PM

Details may be seen in the Notice Board of office of the Managing Director, Assam Fisheries Development

Corporation Ltd., (Technical Branch) between hours of 11.00 A.M. and 4.00 P.M.

Sd/- Managing Director

Assam Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd.

VIP Road, Chachal, Guwahati-36.Janasanyog/2197/16

No. CE/Maint/ARMF/71/2016/

PRESS NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Chief Engineer PWD (Roads) Assam on behalf of Governor of Assam re-invites bids for Repair and

Maintenance of roads under Assam Road Maintenance Fund for the year 2016-17 for the work as under:

Sl. District Name of Works Value of work Bid Security Cost of Bid

No. (Rs. in Lakh) (Rs. in Lakh) (in Rs.)

1. Kamrup (M) Repairs to GNB Road 200.00 4.00 6000.00

(Ch-0.00 km to 3.06 Km)

Details may be seen in the website apwd.etenders.in and also at the office of the undersigned in the“Maintenance Cell” during office hours.

Sd/- Chief Engineer, PWD (Roads)Janasanyog/2178/16 Assam, Chandmari, Guwahati-3

SHORT TENDER NOTICE

Sealed tender in prescribed form affixing non-refundable court fee stamp of Rs. 8.25 (Rupees eight andpaisa twenty five) only are hereby invited from the PWD registered (Building) Class-I and II contractors/firms forCivil Works as scheduled below and will be received in the Office of the Divisional Forest Officer, DhemajiDivision, Dhemaji up to 3.00 PM of 10-03- 2017. The tenders will be opened on 14-03-2017 at 3.30 PM inpresence of interested tenderers or their representatives. The terms conditions have been detailed in the detailtender Notice which shall be obtained from the office of the undersigned during the office hours.

Sl Name of works No. of Estimated cost per Location /Site of work Earnest MoneyNo. Unit unit (Rs. In lakh) per unit.

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Construction of Multipurpose 2 Rs. 25,50,810/- 1 unit at Jonai Range. 2,55,081.00

Beat Office Unit. 1 unit at Dhemaji Range

2 Construction of Multipurpose 2 Rs. 18,03,200/- 1 unit at Jonai Range 1,80,320.00

Sub-Beat Office Unit. 1 unit at Dhemaji Range

3 Construction of 323 Rs. 12,92,000/- Jonai Range Hd.Qtr. 1,29,200.00

Boundary Wall. Rm Dhemaji Range Hd.Qtr.

Sd/- Divisional Forest Officer,Dhemaji Division, Dhemaji.Janasanyog/5031/16

SHORT TENDER NOTICE-1/ IFB

(INVITATION FOR BIDS)

The Managing Director, Assam Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd. Assam, invites bid on the basis of

Administrative Approval (AA) as per Govt. Order No-FISH-68/2017/21-A Dt. 23/2/17 from registered contractors

of Class –I (A/B & C) & Class-II category registered under Engineering Departments, Govt. of Assam for the

works detailed in the table below.

The bidders may submit bids for each Group of the following works.

Sl. Approximate Bid security Cost of Bidding Period of

No. Name of Work value of work (Rs.) 2% (Two Document (Rs.) completion

( Rs.in lakh) percent)

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Development of 7 nos. of Beel Fisheries (Dandua

Beel of Morigaon Dist, Wari-Jeng-Deng-Kenduguri 2% for 3 months to 6

Beel of Hojai Dist , Dholi Beel of Cachar Dist, general Months from the

Chandakhola Beel of Dhubri Dist. Rowmari Beel 738.24 Category & 500.00 for date of issue of

of Darrang Dist, Bahuatava Beel of Barpeta Dist. (In Groups) 1% for (S-C, each Group F.W.O. for each

And Chaumukha Beel of Garjan-Bulatjan Beel, S.T,MOBC& Group.

Pt.-II of Kamrup District under RIDF-XXI. OBC)

The tender documents can be purchased from 04.03.2017 to 10.03.2017 from the Technical Branch of the

office of the undersigned by submitting cost of bid document along with application accompanied by a Demand

draft of a scheduled commercial bank drawn in favour of Managing Director, Assam Fisheries Development

Corporation Ltd. Assam, and payable at Guwahati for amount as specified above (non-refundable ) for each

Group of work /packages. Tender Document will be received in the Tender receiving Centre, 0/o Managing

Director, Assam Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd. And the Last Date of submission of tender is

11.03.2017 at 2.00 PM

Details may be seen in the Notice Board of office of the Managing Director, Assam Fisheries Development

Corporation Ltd., (Technical Branch) between hours of 11.00 A.M. and 4.00 P.M.

Sd/- Managing Director

Assam Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd.

Janasanyog/2200/16 VIP Road, Chachal, Guwahati-36

PRESS NOTICEThe Chief Engineer, P.W.D. (Buildings), Assam, on behalf of the Governor of Assam invites fresh bids for the following work having experience of similar

nature of work.

Details of the bid may be seen at e-procurement portal website i.e. www.assamtenders.gov.in and also in the office of the undersigned during office

hours from 27-02-2017 to 07-03-2017.

The bidders must be enrolled in www.assamtenders.gov.in

Sl. State/ Name of Work Approx. Time of Earnest Money E.M.D. to Tender

No. Pakage Value of completion Deposit be drawn in Cost

Work favour of

1 SMC- Construction of Security Barrack (RCC Rs.77.153 12 Rs.1,54,306.00 (for E.E., PWD, Rs. 3,000/-

BGHS G+2) of Brahmaputra State Guest House Lakh (twelve General) or, Rs.77,153.00 Guwahati

Complex at Kharghuli, Guwahati. months) (for reserved Category) Building Division-I.

Sd/- Chief Engineer, P.W.D. (Building),

Assam, Chandmari, Guwahati-3Janasanyog/5028/16

WARANGAL, Feb 24: Telangana Chief Min-

ister KC Rao today offered ‘bangaru meesalu’

(gold moustache) to Kuravi Veerabhadra

Swamy temple in Mahabubabad district.

Rao offered the ‘gold moustache’ worth Rs

60,000 to the temple’s presiding deity. Two

days ago, Rao had made a offering of gold orna-

ments worth Rs 5 crore to Lord Venkateswara

in Tirupati, inviting Opposition criticism.

He had donated the jewellery at the famous

hill shrine to express his gratitude to the Lord

for materialising Telangana, the state for whose

creation the TRS leader waged a prolonged

movement. – PTI

Another KCR offering to temple

GONDA (UP), Feb 24: Bu-

oyed by the success of the BJP

in local body polls in

Maharashtra and some other

states after demonetisation,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

today said he was committed to

root out corruption.

“Odisha, where there is so

much poverty, starvation, unem-

ployment and where the BJP did

not even have foothold to place

its flag, people have given so

much support that everyone is

taken aback...Even the poor of

Odisha have come with the

BJP,” Modi said at an election

meeting here.

“Yesterday, Maharashtra gave

its verdict and the Congress has

been wiped off. Be it civic body

polls in Odisha, Maharashtra,

Chandigarh or panchayat polls in

Firm to root out corruption: ModiGujarat, in three months wher-

ever there were polls, whether

BJP had any presence or not,

people used their third eye and

ensured its victory. This means

that my responsibility has in-

creased,” he said.

Modi invoked Lord Shiva on

Maha Shivratri and said people,

with their third eye, can see what

is good for them and what is bad.

“...We do not get intoxicated

by power. It gives us inspiration

to work for the people with full

dedication,” he said, adding his

fight against corruption and black

money will continue and he will

not allow those who had plun-

dered the country for 70 years

to go scot free.

Addressing the election meet-

ing in the region close to Indo-

Nepal border, Modi said, “there

should not be any mistake in

these elections... Be it the SP

or the BSP, not a single seat

should go to them... 100 per cent

seats should be won by the BJP,”

Modi asserted.

Reaffirming his commitment

to stamp out corruption, Modi

said, “Since I took stern steps

against corruption and banned

notes, big forces are out to mis-

lead the country. But, the poor-

est of the poor can detect the

truth.” He took the opportunity

to slam his bitter political foes

Mulayam Singh Yadav and

Mayawati, saying his note ban

decision forced them to come

on the same page.

Referring to some problems

which he said were unique to this

region, Modi claimed tenders

were floated to encourage adop-

tion of wrong practices in exami-

nations, like mass copying.

“In Gonda, even theft is car-

ried out as a trade...Tenders are

floated for allotting examination

centres...This is not good for

anyone and this should be

stopped...This auction of exami-

nation centres should be

stopped,” he said, adding he was

afraid of speaking on this issue

as it could give the idea to oth-

ers to follow this trade of SP

which needs to be stopped.

“Akhileshji your family has

moved forward...You studied

in Australia and your children

are also studying in schools

having huge fees but what will

happen to the children of

Gonda? Crime attached with

education will spoil the com-

ing generations,” he said.

Referring to the “PM Fasal

Bima Yojna” introduced for the

benefit of people, Modi said

though BJP-ruled states like

Chhattisgarh and Haryana have

made 50 per cent achievement,

only 14 per cent farmers got it

in UP. “Why is Akhileshji so an-

gry with farmers? Samajwad

mein kisan dikhayi nahi detey

(Do farmers have any place in

socialism)?”

“Will those who do not real-

ise your problems be able to

help you in any way?” the Prime

Minister asked the audience in

his typical style. “No” was the

loud reply from the crowd.

The Prime Minister also at-

tacked the opponents for seek-

ing evidence for surgical strikes

and politicising the issue of

OROP for ex-servicemen, say-

CAPSULE

NEW DELHI, Feb 24: As

many as 68 per cent of urban

Indians do not practice preven-

tive healthcare at an early

stage, when they do not suffer

from lifestyle disorders, a new

study has found.

The first survey to under-

stand wellness trends in India

revealed that less than a third

urban Indians take steps to

proactively adopt preventive

wellness. The survey was con-

ducted to bring out the trends

and perceptions about

‘wellness’ among urban adults

in three key markets –

Most urbanites don’t practisepreventive healthcare: study

Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.

A sample size of 896 urban

and semi-urban people belong-

ing to the age group of 20-55

years was interviewed to draw

insights to understand the per-

ception of wellness in India.

The survey conducted by

drug company Himalaya and

market research firm IMRB

revealed that respondents

from Mumbai perceived them-

selves to be healthier com-

pared to the other two cities.

The survey also found that

61 per cent of people have ac-

knowledged facing some health

issue, with joint pains (27 per

cent), low immunity (19 per

cent) and obesity (12 per cent)

being the top three. Out of this,

females and elderly are more

prone to having a higher inci-

dence of any health issues.

The findings also state that

people are now willing to make

lifestyle shifts in order to achieve

overall wellness. People recog-

nised that preventive wellness

is necessary to ensure a healthy

tomorrow and this increase in

awareness reflects the need for

change in everyone’s hectic rou-

tines, researchers said. –PTI

Shah quotes Sheila’sremark on Rahul

AZAMGARH (UP), Feb 24: BJP president

Amit Shah today pilloried Congress leader

Rahul Gandhi, quoting former Delhi chief min-

ister Shiela Dikshit’s statement that he “is still

not mature and needs some time”.

“If he is not mature, then why has he been

enforced upon Uttar Pradesh? Is this a political

laboratory or learning ground for someone?”

Shah asked at an election rally here.

Noting that the state faces a plethora of prob-

lems, he said “men of steel” are needed to

solve them.

“Problems of Uttar Pradesh can be solved

only under the leadership of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi,” Shah said.

Citing BJP’s election manifesto, which claims

there has been significant decline in cattle count

in UP under the SP rule, he said if his party

forms government, it would shut all slaughter

houses and ensure that instead of “streams of

blood”, those of milk and ghee flow.

Shah said the BJP tsunami would help the

party get two-thirds majority in the 403-mem-

ber Assembly and put an end to “misrule” of

SP and BSP over the last 14 years when devel-

opment “took a backseat” in the state. –PTI

Mohalla clinics a scam,says Harsh VardhanNEW DELHI, Feb 24: Union minister Harsh

Vardhan today attacked the Delhi government

over its mohalla clinic project, calling it a ‘scam’

after the Vigilance Department sought details

on complaints of alleged irregularities in it.

Citing media reports, Vardhan, himself a medico,

said the initiative could have been one which Delhi

could be proud of, but alleged that doctors in mohalla

clinics made ‘false entries’ of patients to ensure

‘good income’. Taking a jibe at the Kejriwal dis-

pensation, Vardhan said treating two patients in a

minute is ‘truly record breaking’.

“Treating one patient in a minute is impressive,

but to treat two is truly record breaking. Mohalla

Clinics, a scam! Doctors in AAP govt run Mohalla

Clinics make false entries of patients, giving them

useless medication to ensure revisits, and their

income. “Mohalla Clinic was one initiative Delhi

could’ve been proud of, but alas, these greedy frauds

couldn’t stay fair even in healthcare services (sic),”

the Minister of Science & Technology and Earth

Sciences said in a series of tweets. –PTI

Navy leak caseNEW DELHI, Feb 24: The Supreme

Court has upheld the government’s decision

to sack two naval officers facing criminal trial

in the 2005 Navy war room leak case. – PTI

Female intruder killedJAMMU, Feb 24: A female Pakistani in-

truder was shot dead and another was ar-

rested by the BSF when they tried to infil-

trate into Indian territory along the Inter-

national Border (IB) in different sectors of

Jammu division, the BSF claimed. – PTI

Odisha Cong statementBHUBANESWAR, Feb 24: Leader of

Opposition in the Odisha Assembly

Narasingha Mishra today said the Congress

would not join hands with either the BJD

or the BJP despite faring dismally in the

just-held Panchayat election. – PTI

Gadkari on BJP-SenaMUMBAI, Feb 24: A day after the BMC

polls threw up a fractured verdict, senior

BJP leader Nitin Gadkari today said there

is “no option” for his party and Shiv Sena

but to join hands for control of the Mumbai

civic body. – PTI

Jaya nephew’s claimCHENNAI, Feb 24: Once a supporter of

VK Sasikala, J Jayalalithaa’s nephew

Deepak Jayakumar has claimed that the late

AIADMK chief had left behind her proper-

ties to him and his sister. – PTI

Goa carnival

PANAJI, Feb 24: Revellers in large num-

bers are expected to throng the streets of

Panaji alongside river Mandovi as the four-

day Goa Carnival kick starts tomorrow. The

state tourism department has organised float

parades across all the major cities with ‘King

Momo’ scheduled to order his decree to have

fun and enjoyment. – PTI

Amar Singh wishNEW DELHI, Feb 24: Amar Singh, who

was expelled from the Samajwadi Pary in

January, today said, “I am available, waiting

for a graceful opportunity to join another

party, if it comes; I will be more than happy

to give it a thought...,” he said. – PTI

Devotees at a Shiva temple on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri,in Patna on Friday. – UNI

THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATIPAGE 10, FEBRUARY 25, 2017, SATURDAY

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Readers are hereby invited to contribute original articles related to culture of the North-East (film, music, drama, etc.), along

with photographs. They may be e-mailed to cultural@assamtribune.com. – Features Editor

anipur’s Haobam Paban Kumar,the quiet, soft-spoken young film-maker is in the news now for theBerlinale invitation for his latestfilm Loktak Lairembee. Paban is

the second to make it to a top-notch festival likeBerlinale after legendary filmmaker AribamSyam Sharma, also from Manipur, made it toCannes with his 1991 masterpiece Ishanou (TheChosen One). Anyone who had comeacross Ngaihak Lambida (Along theway), the 2006 diploma film ofSRFTI alumni Haobam PabanKumar, knew instantly thathere was a filmmaker whoexudes hope. Since then, hehas made documentaries likeAFSPA 1958 – about the in-famous Armed Forces SpecialPowers Act, Mr India (2009) –about an HIV positive bodybuild-er, Ruptured Spring (2012) – aboutthe child soldiers, and Phum Shang

(Floating Life) – about the fishing communityinhabiting the biomass heaps of the Loktak Lake,each of them collecting one award or another,besides doing the rounds in festival circuits. ThatPaban is not a man in a hurry is evident from thefact that he took a good ten years to make hisfirst feature Loktak Lairembee (Lady of the Lake)in 2016. Inspired by his own documentary Phum

Sang, the film has already won many accoladesin almost all major Indian festivals, besides be-ing screened at the prestigious Busan Interna-tional Film Festival, South Korea.

Manipur is a trouble-torn Indian State, which

he unnamed protagonist strolls into her room atmidnight. The fear of the unknown intruder haspushed her into insomnia.While the girl is wrackedwith worry, her memories,

the shadows on the walls of her room, tell us another story.With the help of the stream of consciousness mode, she isshown travelling down memory lane, where she recallshow she got molested bya relative, how her familydisbelieved her, how de-pression grew inside herand how, yet again, herfamily, failing to under-stand, married her off, thistime only to get raped byher husband.

The belief that “Whathappens inside the houseought to stay inside thehouse” was vehementlydefied by Nightmare – ashadow play, conceptual-ised, written and directedby Irin Shabnam, the win-ner of the 2015 ‘MahindraExcellence for Theatre Awards’ (Delhi). Presented by thePrism Theatre group on February 3 at the Rabindra Bha-wan, a lucid storytelling in poetic verses, the narration inEnglish took the audience to a journey inside the mind of awoman who has long been living silent with the scars ofdomestic sexual abuse.

T Hillol Kumar Pathak

The narrator, played by Irin Shabnam, who also de-signed the sets and costumes, emoted eloquently to

break the shackles of shame – de-nouncing child molestation, maritalrape and the stigma of mental illness

out of such social taboos. It’s very hard to decide what’smore traumatic – a rapist touching a girl or a fatherdisbelieving her; a man undressing a girl or the socie-

ty disgracing her. Sup-ported by Darothy Gos-wami, Darshana Das,Junak Garg, KishalayBaruah, Poran Kumarand Joydeep SiringPhukan as the shadowsenacting multiple char-acters, Nightmare ex-poses how a women’sprivacy could be violat-ed, dignity crushed andinnocence questioned.It is an attempt to notonly make the societyaware of such crimes,but also to make thema bit more sensitive to-

wards the plight of such victims.The show was jointly inaugurated by Bandita Phukan

and Baharul Islam. With Priom Roy as the vocalist, GitarthaPratim, Irfad Hasan and Abhishek Chodhury were incharge of the live music, while lights were designed andoperated by Mrinal Jyoti Goswami.

ne of the most prestigiousamong all film awards are theAcademy Awards, popularlyknown as the Oscars. TheAcademy of Motion Pictures

Arts and Sciences (AM-PAS), or the Oscars is anon-profit organisationbased in Beverly Hills, California, whichhosts this annual event. The Oscars be-came a much sought-after awardamong members of the film communityaround the world, in general, and Holly-wood, in particular.

In 1927, Louis B Mayer, the powerfulco-owner of the MGM Studios was thefirst to present the idea of creating anorganisation that would take care of la-bour disputes, minus theunions, and at the sametime, help in raising thestandards of filmmaking.In an informal dinnerhosted by Mayer, he putforth his idea to a fewHollywood biggies likeDirector Fred Niblo, ac-tor Conrad Nagel and thehead of the Association ofMotion Picture Produc-ers, Fred Beetsonto. Aweek later, on January11, 1927, Mayer invited36 people from differentfields of filmmaking inHollywood to a formalbanquet at the AmbassadorHotel, Los Angeles and cre-ated the ‘International Acad-emy of Motion Pictures Artsand Sciences’, of which theword ‘International’ was lat-er removed. All thosepresent at the banquet were declared asfounders of ‘The Academy of Motion Pic-tures Arts and Sciences’. Douglas Fair-banks was elected president and Fred Ni-blo as the first VP of the Academy, andby May 4, 1927, all official paperwork wasdone, which set the ball rolling for thecreation of one of the most watched andfollowed film award shows in the world.

O

And the Oscar goes to…

seethes with socio-political unrest, fuelled byactivities of many ethnic insurgent groups. Bor-dering Myanmar means the place is more proneto such aberrations as the thriving arms trade

across the border. Inevitably, this peren-nial conflict affects the tranquillity

of the Manipuri society, as a senseof insecurity, anxiety and pre-

cariousness creeps into thepublic psyche. In this setting,the lyrical narrative of theLoktak Lairembee unfolds, asthe authorities, levelling pol-lution charges on the fisher-

folk living over the Phumdi orthe floating biomass of the Lok-

tak Lake, decide to evict thememploying Anaconda — a water bull-

dozer. While government machinations proceedwith steely resolve, theyelling of the protestingfisher-folk and the roar ofthe bulldozer unsettles the seemingly serenewaters of the Loktak and its surroundings. Mo-tivated by government action that razed to theground these swamp-dwellers’ huts in 2011, yetbased on a short story Nongmei by SudhirNaoraoibam, Paban has structured the film as adocu-feature, incorporating real-life footage ofthe eviction drive with a fictional narrative toproduce a poignant and moving film that will

haunt you.As the authorities had to halt their opera-

tion in the face of stiff resistance, the anxietyand sense of insecurity makeway into the minds of theswamp-dwellers. We can now

see Tamo, the head of an impoverished family(the real life couple Ningthoujam Sanatombaand Sagolsam Thambalsang), who eke out aliving fishing, seating on the floor, crestfallen,as his wife keeps whining about his endlessbrooding. But he confides seeing an old wom-an on the lake at night, a claim his wife dis-misses forthright. Sometime later, during onefish-hunting trip, he gets a pistol hidden in the

reeds. From the meek, sulky and resigned manthat he was, Tamo is now a changed man, gain-ing both courage and power, so much so thathe seems to be ready to take on the authori-ties head on, but before that, he abuses thesame power by shooting down the mysteri-ous woman on a frightful night.

From capturing the compelling beauty ofthe phumdi, amidst the quiet waters of theLoktak, while the swamp-dwellers’ existen-tial crisis deepens, Paban’s longtime associ-ate, cinematographer Shehnad Jalal beauti-fully tracks the lives of Tamo’s family, paint-ing their endless miseries with the gloomylight of the interiors of the hut. Jalal finally

Bitopan Borborah

Shadows in the night

makes the night more mysterious – with bluehues and some fluid camera movement, whenTamo shoots down the strange woman after abrief chase on his boat. Jalal apparently makeshis camera objective while recording the gov-ernment action and resistance put up by theswamp-dwellers, but it captures lyrically thebeauty of the Loktak’s landscape or Tamo’sdaily chore of fishing. It culminates in a longunderwater sequence, as if a fish swimming,and leads us to the pistol now lying in thereeds. This is the stellar moment of the film,raising its worth remarkably, which obliquelysuggests moral highness, and the virtues ofthe commoners, ever ready to seek redemp-tion upon realising any guilt. It is easy to as-sume that director Paban Kumar deliberatelypositions the demonic government machina-tions, hell-bent on crushing the public out-rage with all their might against the soulful,peaceful lives of swamp-dwellers so devas-tated now by the imminent catastrophe.

Having a layered narrative, Loktak Lairembee,on one hand, allegorically traces the psychologi-cal state of an incensed mind, which seeks forvengeance. Simultaneously, it also traces the re-sistance, organisation and resolve of the swamp-dwellers to fight the mighty authority and its forcein a few montages arranged with shots crisplycut. But what is underlying in the resistancemovement is the discomfiture of the people aboutto be crushed by the mighty government, de-spite their bravado and strong defiance. The plotalso insinuates what a desperate man can go upto in a charged atmosphere, and where a gun isas common as one’s waist-belt.

Nandan Sharma

Manisha Koirala wantsto adopt a girl

M anisha Koirala, who battled cancer five years ago, saidthat she wants to adopt a baby girl. Manisha, 46, whowill be cancer-free for five years in December this

year said: “If everything goes well, I’m planning to adopt ababy girl. I just hope everything goes right and it allfalls into place. I want to be there for the child,and I’ll make sure that I plan my life aroundthis. I’m super excited about this new phasein my life, and I can’t wait for it to begin.”Manisha Koirala will be soon seen in theSanjay Dutt biopic as his mother Nargis.

The actress also revealed how she plansto raise her child. “I’ll pass on my wisdomand the lessons learnt out of life’s experi-ences to her. I’ll also teach her to appreciatethe abundant beauty that lies in everythingGod has created,” she said. Actresses Ravee-na Tandon and Sushmita Sen adopted as singlemothers several years ago. Raveenaadopted Pooja, then 11, andChhaya, then eight, in 1995.Both Pooja and Chhaya arenow married. Sushmita isthe mother of 16-year-oldRenee, whom Sushmitaadopted in 2000. In 2010,she adopted Alisah whenshe was all of three-months-old.

Arjun Bhanjan staged

Purbaranga, a premier cultural or-ganisation of the State present-

ed Arjun Bhanjan, a Madhabdev-written play on February 10 at theSrimanta Sankardev Samaj (Kirtan

Ghar) at Bamunimaidam, Guwaha-ti, under the aegis of the SattriyaKendra and the Sangeet NatakAkademi. The play was staged withdesign direction and music by well-known artiste Gunakar Dev Goswa-mi, under the guidance of Nritya-

charya Jatin Goswami.

The play depicted the various as-pects of Sri Krishna’s childhood –with convincing performances by theartistes, namely, Gobinda Mahantaand team (Gayan Bayan) AnupjyotiBhuyan (Sutradhar), Sakshi Priyam-bada (as Krishna), Seuj Priya Bar-thakur (as Yashoda) and Suraj KumarKalita (as Nanda).

OthelloOthelloOthelloOthelloOthello r r r r releasing on Mareleasing on Mareleasing on Mareleasing on Mareleasing on Marccccch 31h 31h 31h 31h 31

Othello, an Assamese feature film which won the Rajat Kamal Award at 62nd Na-tional Film Festival and got accolades internationally is going to be released

on March 31, informs Manabendra Adhikary, producer of the film. Hemanta KumarDas directs the film under the banner of Artha films. Noted playwright Ranjit Sar-ma has penned the script. The major roles in the film have been played by JupitoraBhuyan, Runu Devi, Arun Nath and Arup Baishya.

Painting an endless misery

On May 16, 1929, the first presenta-tion of the Academy Awards was held ata Banquet at the Blossom Room of theHollywood Roosevelt Hotel with an au-dience of 270 people paying an entry fee

of $5. The first Oscarsceremony ran for 15minutes, and awards

were given away by the Academy’s firstgovernor Douglas Fairbanks. Fifteenstatuettes were awarded, honouring ar-tistes, directors and other participants inthe filmmaking industry of the time.

The Academy now has a membershipof around 6,000 members, drawn from thevarious branches of filmmaking, both fromthe ‘Arts’, which include acting, choreog-raphy, screenplay, etc., and Sciences that

include editing, sound,visual effects, etc. Mem-bership to the Academyis strictly by invitationand they vote by secretballot to nominate andthe winner’snames are putin a sealed en-

velope, maintaining ut-most secrecy. For thelast 73 award presenta-tions, the audit firmPricewaterhouse-Coopers has cer-tified the votes.The criteria for afilm to be eligible

for competing at the Oscar awards are: afilm must be released between the mid-night of January 1 to the midnight of De-cember 31 of the previous year; the mov-ie has to be a feature-length and must beof 35 mm or 70 mm.

The winners are presented with a goldplated statuette with a marble base. Thestatuette weighs 3.9 kgs and is 13.5 inch-es tall. The statuette resembles a knightwith a sword standing on a movie reelwith five spokes which represents theoriginal five categories chosen for theAcademy Award. Cedric Gibbons, the fa-mous art director, sketched the style ofthe statuette while sculptor GeorgeStanley carved it in clay.

This year, the 89th edition of the Acad-emy Award or the Oscars, which can beviewed by more than half a billion house-holds across the world, is slated to beheld tomorrow.

Oscar Trivia: Wings is the first and the only silent

film to receive the prestigious Best Pic-ture category.

T h r e emovies havethe uniquedistinction ofwinning theh i g h e s tnumber ofOscars —B e n - H u r

( 1 9 5 9 ) ,Lord of the

Rings: The Return of the

King (2004) and Titanic (1997), be-ing tied at 11 statuettes each.

The highest Oscars won in the di-recting category is four, won by JohnFord, in acting three statuettes have beenwon by Daniel Day Lewis and four by

Katherine Hepburn in their lead.The name ‘Oscar’ came into use

when the librarian of the Academy,Margaret Herrick exclaimed on see-ing the statuette that it resembledher uncle Oscar. Though there aremany claimants for this name, thisis the most accepted one.

Eminent singer, lyricist, poet, novelist and educationist Dr Lakshahira Das being

felicitated while receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award during the annual function

of Gup-Shup Musical Award 2017 at the GMCH Auditorium in Guwahati recently.

Vidya Balan inKabali spin-off?

With the success of films like The Dirty Pic-

ture and Kahaani, Vidya Balan has carveda niche for herself in the Hindi film in-

dustry. Buzz is that she’s now looking at con-quering the Tamil film industry as well.

If reports are to be believed, she hasgrabbed a film opposite superstar

Rajinikanth for a Kabali spin-off.Rajinikanth’s son-in-law Dhanush

has agreed to produce the film un-der his home-production bannerWunderbar, the reports add. Kabali

was among the most success-ful Indian films of2016 – in which Ra-jinikanth playedan ageing donbased in Mala-yasia. It was di-rected by PaRanjith, whois likely to di-rect the spin-off as well.

Anniversary of D Uttaran Academy

The seventh annual function of the Guwahati-based D Uttaran Music Academy inthe city was recently held at the Madhavdev Auditorium of Kalakshetra. The

function was inaugurated with lighting of the lamp by national awardee singer TaraliSarma and Dilip Das, Deputy Director of AIR, Guwahati. The function presentedimpressive performances by students of all age groups. The highlights were thebeating of drums to the tune of Sare jahan se achcha, western classical pieces bythe piano group of the Academy, orchestra by the teachers, led by Dhiraj Das,principal of the Academy. A CD was also released at the function, carrying populartunes of Dr Bhupen Hazarika and Jayanta Hazarika, played by the students of theAcademy. The function was compered by radio jockey Raj Agnihotri of Radio Mirchi.

THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI FEBRUARY 25, 2017, SATURDAY, Page 11

Let’s talk moneyIndrani Raimedhi

Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

(1891-1956), almost always a

victim of casteism this way or

that, was not only regarded as the sav-

iour of the ‘dalits’ (untouchable), but

also as a world recognised scholar of

extraordinary calibre in different sub-

jects, ranging from socio-economy to

political thought and law. Born into a

low-caste Mahar family of a nonde-

script village Mahua under Maharash-

tra, Bhimrao had to face indescribable

misdemeanour, insult, humiliation and

even cruelty meted out all throughout

his life by the high-caste elites of the

then society who were hand-in-glove

with the rulers-that-be. In school and

college, he was an untouchable, had to

sit separately so that his high-caste

classmates did not become impure by

his touch. After completing graduation

from Bombay University, Ambedkar

sailed off to America and was admit-

ted in Political Science in the Colum-

bia University with a scholarship from the king of Baroda. He passed the MA

examinations in Economics and Social Science – both in first class in 1915 and

obtained the PhD degree from the same University in 1917.

Coming back to India, Dr Ambedkar saw the political scenario of diverse hues

where MK Gandhi had established himself as the supreme leader of the country’s

freedom movement, and Mohammed Ali Jinnah had been declared undisputed

leader of the Muslims or briefly, the Muslim League. While Jinnah argued for

increased Muslim representation based on the 1931 census figures, Ambedkar

argued that all of India’s so-called ‘untouchable’ castes should have separate elec-

toral representation to compensate for their poverty, subordination and exclusion.

Gandhi conducted a fast to death to force Ambedkar to drop this idea, and the latter

settled instead for reserved legislative seats for ‘depressed classes’, a principle

which he adapted while writing the Indian Constitution 20 years later.

All these known facts, along with a host-of other unknown ones, have definitely

glorified the Assamese book Sangbidhan Praneta Yugapurush Babasaheb Dr

Bhimrao Ambedkar by Jayanta Mohan Das, basically a young activist of the Sched-

uled Caste organisations. Although the book may lack writing skill, it has surely set

a new trend on the subject.

The book vociferously mentions that Ambedkar may have relented in the face of

Gandhi’s pressure and settled for a weaker mode of redress, but in principle, the

Congress did accept his argument that gross inequities posed a national problem.

Chronicling a saviourJoykanta Sarma

F or about as long as we can

remember, successive gen-

erations of Indians have

passed on the message that it is

unseemly to discuss or even be

interested in money. And the re-

sults are there for all to see – we

have scientists, engineers, artists

and writers who are clueless

about money and make a hash of

managing their personal finances.

All this is now about to change,

thanks to a delightful set of

books, which, through smart

story-telling and delightful illus-

trations acquaint young readers

with the world of the stock mar-

ket, insurance, the concepts of

inflation, banking and the need

to deposit money in a savings

account. One of the volumes also

underscores the importance of

paying taxes to the government. Written by Karthik Rangappa, with illustrations

by Tarun Andrews, this set fills a vacuum that has existed for quite some time. This

endeavour has been made possible by Z-Connect. The books are titled Anu Learns

to Save, Mani’s Money, Vish Rambu’s Bus Journey, One and a Half Stories and The

Cake Shop. As India takes its first tentative step towards a cashless, paperless

economy, there is an urgent need to prepare the young to meet the resultant

challenges. Zerodha is a financial services firm based in Bengaluru and this initia-

tive promises to educate readers on the basics of finance in a way that is both fun

and engaging. For a smooth transition into a post-demonetised world, this set

could not have come at a better time.

The stories are deceptively simple but wonderfully effective in putting forward

the intended message. Vishrambu is a naughty boy whose father is a bank manager.

The boy damages a lot of things around him, embarrassing his father and compel-

ling him to pay for damages. One day, father and son embark on a bus journey which

helps Vishrambu learn a valuable lesson. Two little girls – Anmi and Anu, are the

best of friends. They are always eager about helping people. One day, while helping

a milkman carry a can of milk, they spill the milk, much to their dismay. This simple

story explains the need to save money from an early age.

preludePluto, in Roman mythology, is the God of the

dead, the husband of Proserpine, and the Latincounterpart of the Greek God Hades. Pluto assist-ed His two brothers, Jupiter and Neptune in over-throwing their father, Saturn. In dividing the worldamong them, Jupiter chose the Earth and the heav-ens as his realm, Neptune became the ruler of thesea, and Pluto received as His kingdom the lowerworld, in which He ruled over the shades of thedead. He was originally considered a fierce andunyielding God, deaf to prayers and unappeasedby sacrifices. In later cults and popular belief, themilder and more beneficent aspects of the Godwere stressed. Believed to be the bestower of theblessings hidden in the earth, such as mineralwealth and crops, Pluto was also known as Dis orOrcus, the Giver of Wealth.

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harmonisersFrom Hirak Jyoti Lahon, Gohpur –2) His real name was Haricharan, but got this

better known name for his expertise in de-

bate. His poetic works include Kumarahoron,

Bitrasur Badh and Mohiravan Badh. He also

received the titles of Sri Chandra Bharati

and Bhagavat Bhattacharya for his accom-

plishments. Name him.

3) His Dharmapustak was published by the

Christian Missionaries in 1913 and was the

first published book in Assamese. Name

him.

4) He was a poet, administrator, historian and

author of several textbooks. He served in

the police for 32 years and wrote the ‘Police

Manual’ in 1906. He was honoured with the

title of Raibahadur. His works include the

poetry book Jilikoni, historical books like An

Account of Assam and Goalparar PuraniBibaran and textbooks like Kumal Path and

Adi Path. He is also known as Bhangoni Kun-

wor for his fine translation of several Eng-

lish poems into Assamese. Who?

5) It is a leading entertainment Assamese

monthly magazine published from Guwaha-

ti, Assam since 1968. Renowned Assamese

writers like Bandita Phukan and Ranju Haz-

arika started publishing their novels and

stories here. Name the magazine.

unitiesFrom Hirak Jyoti Lahan, Gohpur –6) The movies Kabuliwala (1961) by Bimal Roy,

Uphaar (1971) by Subhendu Roy and Lekin(1991) by Gulzar are all based on which NobelPrize winner’s works?

7) Jab Tak Hain Jaan saw which actor — playinga cameo role, reunite on screen with Shah RukhKhan 20 years after the latter’s debut movie,Deewana?

8) Which is the only Hindi movie to feature in therecent TIME Magazine list of the 100 best

movies of all time?

do-re-me9) The flavour of which famous rice is caused by

the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline?(Manjit Das, Mangaldai)

10) The ‘ghoomar’ dance comes from which IndianState? (Dwaipayan Kashyap, Faculty HighSchool)

1) Ernest Hemingway, in 1923 2) Ananta Kondoli 3) Atmaram Sharma 4) Ananda Chandra Agarwala5) Bismoy 6) Rabindranath Tagore 7) Rishi Kapoor 8) Pyaasa 9) Basmati 10) Rajasthan 11) Potatoes 12) Jai

Hind 13) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 14) Arunachal Pradesh 15) The engraving is indirectlysupposed to refer to the notorious woman prisoner Locusta (symbolised by Locust),

who was the power behind the throne of the Roman Emperor Nero (symbolised by the parrot). Thus, in thisrespect, the Pompeii engraving is believed to be the world’s first ever political cartoon.

the colosseum Neelotpal Deka

side screen1) Picture Clue: Whose passport photo is this?

(Subhrangshu Pratim Sarmah, Guwahati)

The Rupee Tales

Stories by Karthik Rangappa,

Illustrations by Tarun Andrews,

Published by Zerodha

Price: Rs 470/-

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Babasaheb Dr Bhimarao Ambedkar

Dr Jayanta Mohan Das,

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11) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah added which vegetableto the Awadhi biryani? (Sumi Barman,Hengerabari, Guwahati)

12) Which famous salutation was coined by Cham-pakaraman Pillai during the IndependenceMovement? (Santana Singha, Hailakandi)

13) Who founded the earliest Indian-edited news-paper, a Bengali journal called Sambad Kau-mudi? (Jaishnav Madhav, Maharishi VidyaMandir, Guwahati)

14) Which State in Northeastern India harboursthe maximum number of orchid species in

the country? (Safiqul Hussain Saikia, Hajo)

crescendo15) On the wall of an ancient, dilapidated ruin in

ancient Pompeii (in Italy) is to be seen anengraving depicting a parrot being driven bya locust. What is so particularly significantabout it? (Dr Hemanga Kumar Kalita, Jyotin-agar, Barpeta Road)

eading Harekrishna Deka

is always a pleasure for

me. There is a reason for

this. An aesthetically-

calibrated poet, a highly-

skilled storyteller, a novelist with

multihued perspectives and, above

all, a discerning critic – the reader

finds the profound presence of each

one of them in his text. Juxtaposing

one of these aspects of his literary

personality against another seems

to be a natural rendition of

Harekrishna Deka’s writings. At

the same time, the critic in him

perforce makes one to believe that

every such conflicting coalescence

is purposeful and deliberate.

Chotalar Aankbaak is the

celebrated poet-author-critic’s

memoir of his childhood days,

which was earlier serialised in

Satsori, an Assamese monthly. This

is not an autobiography per se, as

the author has chosen only those

specific visuals from the past far

behind that he decided to share

with the reader.

Loosely translated, Chotalar

Aankbaak stands as the ‘doodle on

a yard’. For Deka, this yard was a

significant part of his paternal

residence at Tinsukia, where his

father stayed in pursuance of his

business. His mother would clean

this yard with a broom made of

finely cut bamboo sticks, the

resulted markings on the yard have

been used as a metaphor of the

author’s childhood memories.

As admitted by the author,

Chotalar Aankbaak is not a

serialised description of the time

and events of his childhood; rather,

these are mere snapshots based on

which he has tried to deconstruct the

entity into which he has now grown.

From the perspective of time, this is

the award-winning author’s memoir

encompassing his schooling days.

But, there ends the simplicity of

the memoir. In fact, almost every

page of the book is

reflective of the

depth that this

author delves into to bring to surface

the sparkles that life is made of.

Although Deka is of

the view that this

memoir is just a

collage of some of his

broken and scattered

memories, he has

deliberately picked

them up from the

ruins of his childhood

only to let them

metamorphose into

individual events –

events that have had

tremendous influence

on the making of

Harekrishna Deka as

an author-citizen of the

future.

As we learn the

different aspects of life

around us one by one

since our days as

toddlers, Deka has

categorised his

memoir in chapters

that is representative

of the very learning

process we go through

– mother, father, birth,

death, fire, water

(well, pond, river), train, earthquake,

storm, smell, shape, etc. In-between,

the author has brought to the fore

individual events, times and the

people in his life that have influenced

his psyche and resulted in the

precipitation of the future that has

become his present now. For

example, the publication and recogni-

tion of his poems in Asam Bani and

The Assam

Tribune’s

‘Children’s

Corner’ when he was in Class-VIII at

the Chenairam High School in

Tinsukia, helped him grow in

confidence as far as pursuing his

literary career was concerned. In

most such cases, the critic in

Harekrishna Deka (he is among the

very few in Assamese literary

arena who understands the literary

grammar, both prose and poetry)

has tried to decode every event,

selectively though, as if to study

what consequences had resulted

into creating the entity that is

Harekrishna Deka now. This way,

Chotalar Aankbaak is a dedicated

endeavour of introspection, an

insightful analysis of one’s own life,

especially childhood. As the adage

goes, ‘childhood shows the man’,

this deliberate decoding of the

childhood seems quite purposeful.

One fascinating part of the memoir

is the backgrounds or ideas that

have resulted in poems and stories

– multifaceted, multihued. And

here is the take: ‘To know who I

am now, let’s go and revisit my

childhood’ – this is an attempt, a

successful one at that, to call upon

the reader to do the same and

come up with an impartial view of

one’s life as it is. This is an

endeavour to realise the very facet

of life that we would love to

celebrate, the desire and the

longing to appreciate our own

individuality, the strengths and the

drawbacks. To this, no human being

is an exception.

The most striking feature of

Deka’s writings is the conscious

presence of a continuing subtext

veiled by the text-proper, some-

thing that is always able to create

an undercurrent strong enough to

move the reader and take him to a

sublime zone of literary class.

Chotalar Aankbaak, published by

Papyrus, Guwahati, is no exception.

Decoding childhood

Prantik Deka

Veteran filmmaker of award-winning and

critically acclaimed films like Jooj and

Gorokhiya, Hemen Das’s new Assamese

film Mriganabhi is all set to hit the screens

on March 3. The film, based

on a story by Dr Arupa Patang-

ia Kalita, focusses on the angst

of a deprived woman.

Women have been deprived

in various ways since time

immemorial. Although educa-

tion and awareness have re-

duced deprivation to some

extent, still it’s far from ex-

tinction.

The conflict-ridden life of

Suntora as portrayed in this

film is one of the myriad prob-

lems faced by the women eve-

rywhere, the uninterrupted

struggle to overcome the hy-

pocrisy and humiliation of so-

ciety. Mriganabhi is an exam-

ple of a situation where the

conflict of ideologies accosts

a soft, vulnerable mind – the

yearning for an ethical and

value-based life, on the one

hand, and a lustful society, on

the other.

Married to a wealthy, un-

faithful husband, a tea planter, Suntora realises ear-

ly on that as a woman, she has no liberty at all. She

is just a lifeless soul, a mentally tormented woman

whose freedom of self-expression has been

squashed. But despite the odds going against her,

Suntora finally manages to break free of the tradi-

tional expectations for women in society, by gather-

ing her courage and will-power to stand up for her

rights and dignity.

“The film will inspire and provide strength and

courage to women to fight against all the problems

and conflicts faced by them,” said director Hemen

Das, who emerges after a 22-year hibernation to

Defying all odds!

direct this movie.

Though women aren’t proportionately represent-

ed on screen, Mriganabhi will perhaps change that

aspect with its strong protagonist, a woman whose

fierce spirit emboldens her to carve out a strong

identity of her own by overthrowing all the chal-

lenges through education and consciousness.

The veteran filmmaker, also the film’s scriptwrit-

er, has been careful in keeping intact the spirit of the

story while creating

his own vision. It will

be interesting to see

how the audience reacts to his comeback project,

especially since the industry has recently been mak-

ing decent strides in terms of story-telling tech-

nique and treatment. Hemen Das made his film-

making debut with the Rajat Kamal winning Jooj

(The Fight) in 1990, joining the new wave of think-

ing directors. Besides being a filmmaker, he has

authored several books on drama, acting and film

art, including Natya Silpa, Pom Khedi, Cinema Cin-

ema, Abhinoy, Akonihat -

Cinema Nirman Koro Aha,

Chalachitrar Prasangat and

Silpachinta, which are ab-

solute must-reads for film-

makers, artistes, critics, film

buffs, et al.

The leading role of the

protagonist is played by sea-

soned actress Prastuti Par-

ashar, who has captured the

essence of the character with

her intelligence and ability.

The role even fetched her

the Best Actress Award at

the 6th Dadasaheb Phalke

Film Festival, 2016. The film

also stars Rajib Goswami,

Jowan Dutta, Nipon Gos-

wami, Nilu Chakravorty,

Bina Baruwati, Krishna

Phukan, Madhurima Chow-

dhury, Gourisankar Das,

Sumitra Kalita, Lanishree

Das, child artistes Mrigan-

ga Raj Roy, Diya Bora and

Pritismita Deka.

The film’s cinematography is by Suraj Duwarah,

whose debut film in the Rabha language – Orong,

had fetched him the National Award in 2014. The

music is scored by Tarali Sarma, while the sound

designing is done by Debajit Gayan and the editing

is by Anendra Prasad Sarma. The art direction is

handled by Golok Saha, while make-up is provided

by Babul Das and Biswajit Kalita, and costumes are

by Kiran Bora. The film’s chief assistant director is

Narayan Seal, who is a filmmaker in his own right.

The dialogue have been written by Dr Arupa Patang-

ia Kalita and Hemen Das. Mriganabhi is produced by

Bishnu Deka, under the banner of YNOT Solutions.

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Underlining their shared concern on the men-

ace of “cross-border terrorism”, India, Rwanda

and Uganda have condemned it and said “reso-

lute and credible steps” must be taken to elimi-

nate safe havens and terror sanctuaries.

“Our co-operation with African countries is well-

appreciated and well-known... And, on the phenom-

enon of terrorism, which is a matter of concern for

us, and also for them (Rwanda, Uganda), there is a

India, Rwanda, Uganda call for ending terror sanctuariestotal meeting of minds. We have all condemned it

in all forms,” Vice President Hamid Ansari today

said. The Vice President was interacting with the

accompanying media delegation en route to New

Delhi from Kampala, which he left late last night

after concluding his five-day two-nation tour, which

also took him to another East African country

Rwanda. His visit to Rwanda, first high-level visit

from India, was from February 19-21 and to Uganda

from February 21-23, was the first bilateral high-

level visit since 1997. Both Rwanda and Uganda

issued joint statements with India, asserting there

was “no justification” for terrorism.

“Both leaders unequivocally condemned ter-

rorism in all its forms and manifestations and

stressed that there can be no justification for

any act of terrorism, irrespective of motivations,

wherever and by whosoever committed.”

“In this context, both sides underlined their

shared concerns on the menace of cross-border

terrorism and stressed the importance of inter-

national efforts to prevent and fight terrorism,”

the Rwanda-India Joint Statement said.

On February, addressing a gathering at the Uni-

versity of Rwanda, Ansari had, in a veiled attack

on Pakistan, said, “Threat of terrorism is a major

hurdle in our quest for peace and India also faces

it from across its borders” and had called for “con-

certed international efforts” to deal with this men-

ace in a “comprehensive manner”. – PTI

And, on thephenomenon ofterrorism, which isa matter of concernfor us, and also forRwanda, Uganda,there is a totalmeeting of minds

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 13LEISURE & LIFESTYLE

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THE PHANTOM ® By Lee Falk

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

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CROSSWORD - 5913Know your DAYBy JACQUELINE BIGAR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017:

This year you head in a new direction. Your determination to get past

a problem, or perhaps several problems, only enhances your drive and

stamina. You could act in unpredictable ways, especially with your

funds. If you are single, know that not everyone is going to be to your

liking. Remain easygoing, and get to know a person well before consid-

ering making a commitment. If you are attached, the two of you need

plenty of one-on-one time. Sometimes you play into a sense of drama

that exists between you. A fellow PISCES knows how to make you smile

from ear to ear.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-

Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Friends surround you, no matter what you are doing.

You could be going to watch a basketball game or heading out

for a drive. Someone close to you might act in a most unexpected way.

Unusual opportunities are likely to emerge as a result. Tonight: Don’t

overthink a problem.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

You could be stiff and perhaps not as fluid as you’d like to

be. Make a call, head out the door and touch base with a loved one.

You might be under duress. Please note how helpful a younger person wants to

be. Resist the urge to say too much. Tonight: Play it cool.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

You might want to rethink a decision more carefully. Ask

yourself how the other involved parties feel, and determine what

would be best for each individual. In the process, a loved one will remind you

how caring you can be. Tonight: Accept your role.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

One-on-one relating proves rewarding and fulfilling. Your

way of handling a personal matter could change as a result. Caring

surrounds you, especially on the homefront. Don’t hesitate to express your

concerns. Others want you to feel comfortable. Tonight: Off to a concert.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Someone clearly appreciates your time and attention. You

might want to handle certain responsibilities first, before getting to-

gether. A friend or loved one wants to share more of his or her feelings. You could

be surprised by what you hear. Tonight: Enjoy the attention and caring.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

You might want to indulge a child or loved one. Someone close

to you tends to create uproar when you least expect it. Goodwill

comes forward in a discussion that allows you to clear the air with this person.

Tonight: Do what you want. Enjoy a favorite sport or hobby.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

You could be doing things in multiples. You might want to get

a stronger sense of what is possible regarding your ability to handle

certain situations. Call upon your self-discipline to tame a tendency toward

excess. Strong feelings emerge from out of the blue. Tonight: Pace yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Stay close to home during the day. You might be heavily

involved with a project or simply want to get some R and R. Express

your caring to the people in your immediate circle. You will find that it could be

a lot easier than you had anticipated. Tonight: With a favorite person.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

You could be surprised to hear what a friend is doing, and

you might decide to join him or her. You will enjoy hanging out in

your neighborhood or taking a ride not too far out of town. Your serious-

ness could put a damper on things, but this mood will pass quickly.

Tonight: Hang out.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

You seem to be too confident for your own good right now.

You could be out and about doing some price comparison. An older

relative or friend might have a suggestion that no one has thought of yet;

think seriously about this suggestion. Tonight: You don’t need to go far.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Enjoy all the laughable conversations happening around

you. A friend could add a very serious tone that might make you

rather uncomfortable. Ask yourself what bothers you about this behavior.

Coming up with the answer will be important. Tonight: Treat a friend to dinner.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Take some much-needed personal time. If you want to be a

couch potato, make it so. In any case, you are at the end of a

quiet period where the action is likely to ramp up. Do a better job of

listening when having an important talk. Tonight: Out and about, strutting

your stuff.

Thought for the day

Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians.

– HG BOHN

SOLUTION

___ means responsibility. That is why mostmen dread it. – George Bernard Shaw (7)

Words: Diner, bruit, overly, befoul.

Answer: Liberty means responsibility. Thatis why most men dread it. – George BernardShaw

Across

1 Child’s toy

(4)

4 Waited on

(6)

8 Lump (3)

10 Stain (4)

13 Not a

bankrupt

state ? (8)

14 Post-

mortem? (7)

15 Hidden (6)

17 Four-footed

animal (9)

21 Snoop (3)

22 Disdained

newspaper

(3)

23 Australian

bird (3)

Across: 1 Doll, 4 Served, 8 Gob, 10 Spot, 13 Solvency, 14

Autopsy, 15 Veiled, 17 Quadruped, 21 Pry, 22 Rag, 23 Emu, 26

Saraswati, 27 Gospel, 28 Oversee, 32 Indigene, 34 Surf, 35 OTT,

36 Tamest, 37 Otis.

Down: 1 Dosa, 2 Loot, 3 Loss, 5 Envied, 6 Van, 7 Dryads, 9

Boy, 11 Put up, 12 Toddy, 15 Vega, 16 Lima, 18 Ares, 19 Ural, 20

Par, 23 Ewers, 24 Utter, 25 Egoist, 26 Sedges, 28 Ono, 29 Veto,

30 Suit, 31 Efts, 33 Dam.

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18:00 Mere Angne Mein

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19:30 Ye Hai Mohabbatein

20:00 Dil Hai Hindustani

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22:00 Ishqbaaaz

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15:30 TBC

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18:30 Thapki Pyar Ki

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17:00 India’s Wild Kingdoms

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12:00 Dirty Rotten Survival :

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Older people with back pain – the lead

ing cause of global disability – have a

13 per cent higher chance of dying pre-

maturely, a new study has warned.

The study by researchers at University of

Sydney in Australia of 4,390 Danish twins aged

more than 70 years investigated whether spi-

nal pain increased the rate of all-cause and dis-

ease-specific cardiovascular mortality.

Low back pain is a major problem, ranked as

the highest contributor to disability in the world,

researchers said.

“Our study found that compared to those with-

out spinal pain (back and neck), a person with

spinal pain has a 13 per cent higher chance of

dying every year. This is a significant finding as

many people think that back pain is not life-

threatening,” said Associate Professor Paulo

Ferreira, from the University’s Faculty of

Health Sciences.

“As this study was done in twins, the influ-

ence of shared genetic factors is

unlikely because it was control-

led for in our analysis,” Ferreira

said.

“With a rapidly growing age-

ing population, spinal health is

critical in maintaining older age

independence, highlighting the

importance of spinal pain in pri-

mary health care as a presenting

symptom,” lead author Matthew

Fernandez from the Faculty of

Health Sciences, said.

Researchers said back pain

should be recognised as an im-

portant co-morbidity that is likely to impact

people’s longevity and quality of life.

“Policy makers should be aware that back

pain is a serious issue – it is an indicator of

people’s poor health and should be screened

for, particularly in the elderly,” said Ferreira.

Recent research has also found

that commonly prescribed

medications for back pain,

such as paracetamol and

anti- inflammatory

drugs, are ineffective

in treating pain and

have side effects.

“Medica-

tions are

m o s t l y

ineffec-

t i v e ,

surgery

usually

does not of-

fer a good out-

come – the best

treatment for low

back pain is a healthy life-

style, including physical ac-

tivity. People need to get mov-

ing,” Ferreira said.

Few studies have examined

the potential reduced life expect-

ancy associated with spinal pain in

an ageing population, particularly

after controlling for familial factors, including

genetics.

This study follows previous research which

found that people with depression are 60 per

cent more likely to develop low back pain in

their lifetime.

The study was published in the European

Journal of Pain.

(Source: PTI)

Spinalpain

Back pain may increase risk of early

death, says a study

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NEW DELHI, Feb 24: India will be the fast-

est growing economy among G-20 countries

clocking a 7.1 per cent growth in 2017, Moody’s

Investors Service said on Thursday.

The Indian economy had slowed in the fourth

quarter of 2016 due to withdrawal of 86 per

cent of the currency in circulation without an

immediate replacement.

“India is forecast to have the fastest grow-

ing economy among all G-20 countries with

growth put at 7.1 per

cent for 2017, down

from a previous ex-

pectation of 7.5 per

cent because of the

effects of demonetisa-

tion,” Moody’s said.

With regard to

global growth,

Moody’s said continuing cyclical recovery in

global economic activity with growth in G-

20 countries picking up modestly to 3 per

cent in 2017 and 2018 from 2.6 per cent in

2016, but potential shifts in US policy add

uncertainty to this forecast.

“We note unusually high uncertainty around

our global forecasts due to the wide range of

outcomes that could arise from significant shifts

in US policy on a number of domestic and in-

ternational issues, including trade and immi-

gration,” Moody’s VP and Senior Analyst

Madhavi Bokil said.

India to be fastest growingeconomy among G-20 nations

The systemic risks to this forecast may stem

from shifts in US trade policies, risks to global

financial markets and emerging market econo-

mies if US interest rates were to rise faster

than anticipated and/or the US dollar were to

appreciate sharply.

Also, there could be risks of a sudden and

sharp deceleration in China and political and

fragmentation risks in the EU and the Euro

area, Moody’s said.

In the report titled

‘Modest Acceleration

in the Global

Economy, but Shifting

US Policies Inject Un-

certainty’, Moody’s

said there is high risk

of a significant protec-

tionist shift in US

trade policy which could inflict lasting damage

to the global economy.

Regarding Asia, Moody’s said China’s

economy stabilised around the official growth

target of 6.7 per cent in 2016, but will likely

continue to decelerate to 6.3 per cent and 6

per cent. Moody’s expects that the US economy

will get additional lift from a stimulative fiscal

policy stance pushing growth above potential.

Accordingly, Moody’s has revised its real

GDP growth forecast to 2.4 per cent in 2017

and 2.5 per cent in 2018, from 2.2 per cent and

2.1 per cent, respectively. – PTI

India may have to import milk by 2021BENGALURU, Feb 24: In-

dia may have to import milk in

four years, if it cannot increase

fodder supply for its 299 million

cattle, as rising pressure on land

reduces pastures nationwide.

Spurred by rising incomes, a

growing population and chang-

ing food preferences, the de-

mand for milk and milk products

will grow to at least 210 million

tonnes by 2021-22, a rise of 36

per cent over five years, accord-

ing to Government estimates.

To meet this demand, pro-

duction must grow by 5.5 per

cent per annum, according to

the State of India’s Livelihood

(SOIL) report. In 2014-15 and

2015-16, milk production grew

at 6.2 per cent and 6.3 per cent,

respectively.

To boost milk yield, India

would need to generate 1,764

million tonnes of fodder by

2020, according to an

IndiaSpend analysis of Govern-

ment data. But existing

sources can only manage

about 900 million tonnes of fod-

der – a shortage of 49 per cent.

Demand for private con-

sumption has risen from five

per cent per annum in the pe-

riod 1998-2005 to 8.5 per cent

per annum between 2005 and

2012, according to an Indian

Institute of Management,

Bangalore, report.

This demand and supply gap

has pushed up milk prices by

an average of 16 per cent per

annum, according to the 2015

SOIL report.

In the decade to 2015, milk

production went up 59 per cent

from 92 million tonnes to 146

million tonnes in 2015. But

fodder shortages may knock

India off its position as the

world's top milk producer (it

contributes nearly 17 per cent

of global production).

The milk productivity of In-

dia’s livestock is less than half

(48 per cent) of the global av-

erage: 987 kg per lactation

compared to the global aver-

age of 2,038 kg per lactation.

The availability and quality of

fodder has a direct bearing on

the quantity and quality of milk

productivity, the data show. All

the three States that topped

milk productivity in terms of

gram per day – Rajasthan (704),

Haryana (877) and Punjab

(1,032) – had earmarked more

than 10 per cent of their cultiva-

ble land for pastures, according

to the 2015 SOIL report. The

national average is 337. – IANS

‘Inflation key pillarof stability for

Indian economy’NEW DELHI, Feb 24: The Reserve Bank’s ‘neutral’ stance

keeping core inflation in focus seems prudent and sends a sig-

nal that it remains a key pillar of stability for the Indian economy,

says a report.

In the recent monetary policy meeting conducted on Febru-

ary 8, RBI Governor Urjit Patel said that one of the main rea-

sons for not cutting the policy interest rates is core inflation

being sticky.

Sahil Kapoor, Chief Market Strategist, Edelweiss Broking,

said high inflationary expectations, rise in healthcare and

education costs are main drivers for core inflation being

sticky and structural changes would be required to bring

down core inflation.

“Most of stickiness in core is structural in nature apart from

inflationary expectations. A neutral stance will enable the cen-

tral bank to anchor inflationary expectations better,” Kapoor

said in a research note.

He further noted that the RBI’s neutral stance sends a signal

that inflation remains a key pillar of stability for the Indian

economy and accordingly it may choose to stay on hold.

“RBI may choose to see through the effect of the loose

monetary policy which it practiced over the last 2 years,”

Kapoor noted.

The Reserve Bank in its policy review meet on February 8

kept key interest rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent and said that

it is awaiting more clarity on inflation trend and impact of de-

monetisation on growth.

The next meeting of the MPC is scheduled on April 5 and

6, 2017. – PTI

NEW DELHI, Feb 24: Pen-

sion regulator PFRDA has ap-

pointed IL&FS Skill Develop-

ment Corporation to train

64,500 Government employ-

ees and other stakeholders on

various aspects of flagship

schemes NPS and APY.

The training institute has

been appointed to to create

mass awareness and impart

training on National Pension

System (NPS) and Atal Pen-

sion Yojna (APY) to the em-

ployees of Points of Presence,

APY service providers, and

Pension regulator totrain 64,500 people

corporates of North-West zone.

Nodal officers of central and

State governments and those

at State autonomous bodies too

would be trained, said Pension

Fund Regulatory and Develop-

ment Authority (PFRDA).

“It is intended to have at least

50-60 participants in each session

of 3-4 hours duration and con-

duct approximately 1,610 train-

ing sessions and train 64,500 par-

ticipants in the North West zone

over the next 12 months,”

PFRDA said while notifying the

training institute. – PTI

TFA pact to helpfacilitate goods

movementNEW DELHI, Feb 24: The

WTO’s trade facilitation pact

will help promote global trade

in several ways such as facili-

tating movement of goods and

effective functioning of ports,

Commerce Minister Nirmala

Sitharaman said on Thursday.

She said that implementation

of the agreement will also help

in reducing transaction cost, cut

turnaround time of ships, which

comes with cargo and provides

real time information on data.

“I look forward for the rapid

improvement in the ways in

which we handle our trade. Cus-

toms and Commerce will work

together,” she told reporters

here. The agreement, which

seeks to ease customs norms,

came into effect on Wednesday

with two-thirds of WTO mem-

bers ratifying the pact.

The Minister said India

would fund all its projects like

upgradation and digitising in-

frastructure for implementa-

tion of the WTO’s trade facili-

tation agreement (TFA).

She also said that the Ship-

ping Ministry along with the

Customs and the Commerce

departments are working to

strengthen logistics support

for traders. – PTI

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 15SPORTS

Originating from Japan, ‘su

do ku’ is a mind game and a

puzzle that can be solved

with proper reasoning and

logic. Fill the grid with digits

in such a manner that every

row, every column and every

3 x 3 box accommodates

the digits 1 to 9 without

repeating any.

Solution of last problem

SU DO KU

Australia’s Steve O’Keefe celebrates with his teammates after picking up the wicket of India’s Ajinkya Rahane during

day two of the 1st Test at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, on Friday.

O’Keefe decimates India asAussies take control of 1st Test

SCORECARDAustralia 1st innings: Matt Renshaw c Vijay b Ashwin 68, David Warner b Umesh

Yadav 38, Steven Smith c Kohli b Ashwin 27, Shaun Marsh c Kohli b J Yadav 16, PeterHandscomb lbw b Jadeja 22, Mitchell Marsh lbw b Jadeja 4, Matthew Wade lbw b UmeshYadav 8, Mitchell Starc c Jadeja b Ashwin 61, Steve O’Keefe c Saha b Umesh Yadav 0,Nathan Lyon lbw b Umesh Yadav 0, Josh Hazlewood not out 1; Extras: (LB-6 NB-9) 15.Total: (All out in 94.5 overs) 260. Fall of wickets: 1-82, 2-119, 3-149, 4-149, 5-166, 6-190, 7-196, 8-205, 9-205. Bowling: Ishant Sharma 11-0-27-0, Ravichandran Ashwin34.5-10-63-3, Jayant Yadav 13-1-58-1, Ravindra Jadeja 24-4-74-2, Umesh Yadav 12-3-32-4.

India 1st innings: Murali Vijay c Wade b Hazlewood 10, KL Rahul c Warner b O’Keefe64, Cheteshwar Pujara c Wade b Starc 6, Virat Kohli c Handscomb b Starc 0, AjinkyaRahane c Handscomb b O’Keefe 13, Ravichandran Ashwin c Handscomb b Lyon 1,Wriddhiman Saha c Smith b O’Keefe 0, Ravindra Jadeja c Starc b O’Keefe 2, JayantYadav st Wade b O’Keefe 2, Umesh Yadav c Smith b O’Keefe 4, Ishant Sharma not out2; Extras: (NB-1) 1. Total: (All out in 40.1 overs) 105. Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-44, 3-44,4-94, 5-95, 6-95, 7-95, 8-98, 9-101. Bowling: Mitchell Starc 9-2-38-2, Steve O’Keefe13.1-2-35-6, Josh Hazlewood 7-3-11-1, Nathan Lyon 11-2-21-1.

Australia 2nd innings: David Warner lbw b Ashwin 10, Shaun Marsh lbw b Ashwin 0,Steven Smith not out 59, Peter Handscomb c Vijay b Ashwin 19, Matt Renshaw c Sharmab J Yadav 31, Mitchell Marsh not out 21; Extras: (LB-3) 3. Total: (For 4 wkts; 46 overs) 143.Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-23, 3-61, 4-113. Bowling: R Ashwin 16-3-68-3, Ravindra Jadeja17-6-26-0, Umesh Yadav 5-0-13-0, Jayant Yadav 5-0-27-1, Ishant Sharma 3-0-6-0.

PUNE, Feb 24: An inexplicable bat-

ting collapse left India staring down

the barrel as left-arm spinner Steeve

O’Keefe’s career-best six-wicket haul

gave Australia a firm grip on the first

Test, here today.

The home team lost 7 wickets in the

space of 11 runs to be bowled out for a

pathetic 105, handing the momentum to

the Australians, who had themselves fold-

ed for an underwhelming 260 here.

With a 155-run cushion on a square

turner, Australia pressed home the ad-

vantage by finishing the day at 143/4 in

their second innings,

grabbing a lead of 298 runs

on just the second day of

the match.

India’s dramatic batting

meltdown has left Steve

Smith’s men well-placed

to end the hosts’ fairytale

19-match winning streak.

If the shambolic batting

was not enough, India end-

ed up dropping several

catches, three of Smith

alone after R Ashwin had

provided early break-

throughs in the Australian

second innings.

At stumps, Smith was

leading from front with an unbeaten 59-

run knock and giving him company was

Mitchell Marsh (21).

The day, however, belonged solely to

O’Keefe, who single-handedly decimat-

ed the famed Indian line-up to snare 6

wickets for 35 runs in 13.1 overs.

Opener KL Rahul was the lone Indian

batsman to pull off an innings of substance

as he struck 64 off 97 balls, laced with 10

fours and a six.

It was a sensational post-lunch spell by

Malaysia-born O’Keefe, who was play-

ing only his fifth Test. His 6 wickets came

off just 24 balls.

Ravichandran Ashwin took out open-

ers David Warner (10) and Shaun Marsh

(0) cheaply during Australia’s second es-

say but Smith steered the visitors to a

position of strength.

For India Ashwin had figures of 3 for 68

while Jayant Yadav finished the day with

1 for 27.

With six wickets in hand Australia will

now fancy their chances of putting the

target beyond India tomorrow and clinch-

ing the match on a pitch that appears to

be crumbling.

The story of the day was the abject

capitulation of the Indian batting order

as they lost seven wickets for 35 runs

in 15.1 overs in the post lunch session

to be all out 65 minutes into the second

period of play. – PTI

Premier League champions Leicester sack RanieriLONDON, Feb 24: Claudio

Ranieri has been sacked as

manager of Leicester City just

months after leading the club to a

remarkable Premier League title

triumph, the Midlands side has

announced.

The Italian’s position has come

under intense scrutiny this

season during a slump that has

left the Foxes just a point

above the relegation zone.

That follows their startling

title triumph, with

Leicester 5,000/1 no-

hopers before the

start of the 2015/16

season.

Not even a

gutsy 2-1 loss

away to Sevilla

in the first leg of

a Champions

League last 16

tie on Wednes-

day was enough

to spare Ranieri,

65, the sack, even though the

statement from Thai-owned

Leicester confirming his departure

from the King Power Stadium

proclaimed him the “most

successful manager” in the history

of the 133-year-old club.

“Leicester City Football Club

has tonight (yesterday)

parted company with its

first-team manager,

Claudio Ranieri,” said the

statement.

“Claudio, appointed

City manager in July

2015, led the

Foxes to the

greatest

triumph in

the club’s

133-year

history last

season, as

we were

crowned

champions of

England for

the first time. His status as the

most successful Leicester City

manager of all time is without

question.”

Leicester though have won just

five of their 25 league games this

term and are yet to score a league

goal in 2017, having also been

knocked out of the FA Cup by

third-tier Millwall.

“However, domestic results in

the current campaign have placed

the club’s Premier League status

under threat and the board

reluctantly feels that a change of

leadership, while admittedly

painful, is necessary in the club’s

greatest interest,” the club

statement added.

Leicester vice-chairman

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said

ditching Ranieri had been the

hardest decision the current

owners had made but one they had

to take when, with 13 games left

to play, there was still a chance of

Premier League survival.

“This has been the most difficult

decision we have had to make in

nearly seven years since King

Power took ownership of Leices-

ter City,” he said.

“Claudio has brought outstand-

ing qualities to his office. His skilful

management, powers of motiva-

tion and measured approach have

been reflective of the rich

experience we always knew he

would bring to Leicester City.

“His warmth, charm and

charisma have helped transform

perceptions of the club and

develop its profile on a global

scale. We will forever be grateful

to him for what he has helped us to

achieve.

“It was never our expectation

that the extraordinary feats of last

season should be replicated this

season. Indeed, survival in the

Premier League was our first and

only target at the start of the

campaign.

“But we are now faced with a

fight to reach that objective and

feel a change is necessary to

maximise the opportunity

presented by the final 13 games.”

Former Leicester and England

striker Gary Lineker, now a

television football presenter,

reacted to Ranieri’s exit by

tweeting: “After all that Claudio

Ranieri has done for Leicester

City, to sack him now is inexplica-

ble, unforgivable and gut-wrench-

ingly sad.”

Leicester’s title success came

after they narrowly avoided

relegation under former manager

Nigel Pearson.

But they have not won in their

last nine matches in all competitions

since a 2-1 FA Cup success at

Everton on January 7, with their

last league victory a 1-0 win over

West Ham on December 31.

Assistant manager Craig Shake-

speare and Mike Stowell will take

caretaker charge ahead of Monday’s

match against Liverpool. – AFP

Kerber, Wozniacki in semifinalsDUBAI, Feb 24: Top-seeded An-

gelique Kerber journeyed to her first

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Champion-

ships semifinals, while Caroline Woz-

niacki reached her sixth semi at the

tournament on Thursday.

Kerber, who is two

match wins away from re-

turning to the No. 1 rank-

ing, beat Ana Konjuh of

Croatia 6-3, 6-2 in the

quarterfinals.

Kerber raced to 4-0, and

won the remaining games

from 2-2 in the second set.

She will play seventh-

seeded Elina Svitolina. The

Ukrainian improved her

career record against Lauren Davis

to 4-0 after defeating the American

6-0, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.

Kerber leads Svitolina 5-4 in ca-

reer meetings, but Svitolina has won

their last two matches, including at

Brisbane last month.

“She won like the important mo-

ments in Brisbane. So I will just be

trying to take the positive things from

the match. I will talk to my coach, and

go out there tomorrow and take the

new challenge,’’ Kerber said.

Wozniacki, who won the Dubai ti-

tle in 2011, defeated Catherine

“Cici’’ Bellis 6-3, 6-2.

Wozniacki reached the Doha final

last week, losing the title to Karolina

Pliskova. She’s played nine matches

in the last nine days.

Bellis, the youngest player in the

draw at 17, scored the biggest win of

her six-month-old pro career on

Wednesday when she upset her first

top-10 player, sixth-ranked Agniesz-

ka Radwanska of Poland.

The American started

the match confidently,

jumping out to 3-1, but

couldn’t sustain the mo-

mentum.

“It was really fun for me

to see what the highest lev-

el is (like),’’ Bellis said.

In a fight strictly from the

baseline, Wozniacki won

the next nine games to lead

6-3, 4-0.

“I stepped into the court

a little bit after being down 3-1 and

just tried to keep the pressure on

her, make her think a little bit, not

give her too many free points,’’ said

Wozniacki, who had her upper left

leg wrapped.

She will play Anastasija Sevastova

of Latvia in the semifinals. The 35th-

ranked Sevastova reached her first

semifinal of the season via a 6-4, 7-5

win over Wang Qiang of China.

“She’s a player that mixes the pace

up quite a bit. She’s definitely going

to try and get me out of my own

rhythm,’’ Wozniacki said of Sevasto-

va. – Agencies

Ghatkar winsbronze in ISSF WC

NEW DELHI, Feb 24: Pooja Ghatkar overcame technical

issues to clinch the women’s 10m air rifle bronze medal as

hosts India opened their account on a positive note in the

International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup

here today.

Deepak Kumar, competing in his maiden World Cup, gave

a good account of himself and finished fifth in men’s 10m air

rifle final with a score of 185.4, while Ravi Kumar was placed

eighth with 122.0 after having made the cut for the eight-

man final. They were fourth and sixth in the qualification.

In the women’s trap event, Rajeshwari Kumari (17th),

Seema Tomar (22nd) and Manisha Kheer (29th) failed to

clear the qualification hurdle.

From India’s perspective, the day belonged to the 27-

year-old Ghatkar, who, despite a “torn” blinder, displayed

exemplary composure to secure a podium finish.

Ghatkar lost her father at a very young age and her mother,

having acknowledged her daughter’s penchant for the sport,

encouraged her all along. It would be wise to say that her moth-

er’s belief in Ghatkar’s ability to shoot is paying dividends now.

The former Asian champion shot 228.8 in the final of 10m

air rifle to finish third on the podium and win her maiden

World Cup medal, at the Karni Singh Shooting Range, after

two final appearance in the past.

China’s Mengyao Shi won the gold medal with 252.1 while

setting a new world record in the event. Mengyao’s compa-

triot Dong Lijie bagged the silver with a score of 248.9 on

day one of competitions.

Ghatkar, who had missed out on a Rio Olympics quota

place by a whisker last year, said she was looking ahead

having buried that chapter.

Ghatkar, who started the final with a 10.4, was consistent with

her scores baring a couple of blips and was placed second with

104.6 at the end of first competition stage. Even as the Indian

kept producing good high scores, Lijie proved to be a tough

competitor, while Mengayo extended her lead at the top.

Mentored by Olympic bronze medallist Gagan Narang,

Ghatkar managed a fine 10.8 and 10.7 in her 19th and 21st

shots to assure herself of a medal.

In the course of her campaign, Ghatkar faced an obstacle

as the blinder of her gun fell and she had to shoot her final

few shots with an eye closed, a remarkable achievement.

Helping her overcoming the obstacle was the tips from

Narang on the eve of the event. – PTI

Sania-Strycova in semisDUBAI, Feb 24: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her partner

Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic booked their place in the semifi-nals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships following a straight-

sets victory in their women’s doubles clash here last evening. The thirdseeded duo registered a convincing 6-2, 7-5 win over seventh seededAmerican pair of Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik in a thrillingquarterfinal encounter that lasted just one hour and 28 minutes.

Interestingly, Spears and Srebotnik were the same team who stoppedthe Indo-Czech duo to reach the last four of the Qatar Open last week.

Sania and Strycova will now take on Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarovaand Elena Vesnina for a place in the summit showdown. Mirza and Strycovajoined forces in August last year after the Indian tennis star parted ways withSwiss player Martina Hingis and they tasted success soon after. – Agencies

WozniackiKerber

Ashwin breaksKapil’s recordof most wkts inhome seasonPUNE, Feb 24: Pre-

mier off-spinner Ravi-

chandran Ashwin, today

broke Kapil Dev’s 37-

year-old Indian record of

most Test wickets in a

domestic season on the

second day morning of the

first Test against Austral-

ia here today.

Ashwin, the fastest in

the world to reach the

250 Test wicket mark re-

cently, dismissed over-

night batsman Mitchell

Starc with the fifth ball of

the first over of the morn-

ing to end the visitors’

first innings at 260 and

take his tally of wickets

in the current home sea-

son to 64 in 10 Test

matches.

Ashwin, thus, went past

Kapil’s earlier mark of 63

wickets in 13 Tests creat-

ed way back in 1979-80 at

the beginning of the great

all-rounder’s career.

Ashwin had grabbed 61

wickets in 10 Tests in the

2012-13 home season

when he first served no-

tice of his potential at the

international level.

This home season the

off-spinner has taken 27

wickets in three Test

matches against New

Zealand, 28 in five against

England and six in one

against Bangladesh.

Today’s first innings

figures of three for 63 in

34.5 overs took the 30-

year-old’s tally of wickets

in his career to 257 from

46 games. – PTI

India endured the worst night

mare against a little-known spin

ner in the backyard where its

termed a bully. Never have seven wick-

ets been swept in the rapids in such a

blur. It was a seven eleven show. Grog-

gy and dazed, it then missed catches

and made an absolute mess on the re-

views. It will be a

night spent staring

at the ceiling on a

bed of nails that

has their pride

pinned.

Australia of

course would re-

joice in its new spinning hero who till

recently could only watch a proces-

sion of spinners march ahead of him to

the middle in the wake of Shane

Warne’s retirement. Steve O’ Keefe

has now been bestowed with riches

which is the stuff of dreams against the

universally hailed masters of spin. He

didn’t do Indians as much with spin as

with his control and the support of his

men around the bat played no mean

role. For those dozen minutes or so,

he could have asked for the Pharaoh’s

treasures and got his wishes honoured.

The Indians of course would have a

collective sense of shame. The twin-

strikes of Mitchell Starc, including the

one of golden boy Virat Kohli, was a

sucker-punch. Starc dealt in pace and

bounce and Hazlewood in McGrath-

esque accuracy. Indians then sleep-

walked into O’Keefe’s trap and the

stupor lasted well into the evening.

It’s easily been the worst day in the

collective conscience of these fine

young men in Indian colours.

More than the bite in the pitch,

Indians would question their hunger

or intent on an important day of this

Test. The day demanded a scrap. All

it found was the

spirit of renunci-

ation in the

hosts. So far be-

hind they are in

this game that

it’s all over bar

the shouting.

They must resist Aussies though for

the rest of the game. They can’t walk

away from Pune with the tails be-

tween their legs. They are world’s

number one for a reason and must

rediscover the mojo in whatever is

left in this game. – TCM

It was a seven eleven show IAAF greenlight for three

Russian athletesMONACO, Feb 24: Three Russian

athletes have been given the green

light to compete internationally un-

der a neutral flag by athletics’ world

governing body the IAAF.

Pole vaulter Anzhelika Sidorova,

sprinter Kristina Sivkova and ham-

mer thrower Aleksei Sokirskii all

met the “exceptional eligibility cri-

teria” to compete in international

competition as neutral athletes, the

IAAF said yesterday, on the same day

as the entry deadline for the March

3-5 European Indoor Championships

in Belgrade.

The trio join long jumper Darya

Klishina and doping whistle-blower

and former drugs cheat Yuliya

Stepanova, who were previously de-

clared eligible to compete. – AFP

Ravi Shastri

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OIL A clinch PSPB soccer title

DULIAJAN, Feb 24: Oil India

Limited (OIL) A team emerged

champions in the 37th Inter Unit

Petroleum Sports Promotion

Board (PSPB) Football Tournament

with a solitary goal victory against

ONGCL at the Nehru Maidan here

today.

The prestigious football tourna-

ment was organised by OIL Dulia-

jan from February 20 to 24 under

the leadership of N Vashist, GM

(HR) of OIL as the president and Ra-

jeev Baruah, DGM (ER) as the work-

ing president.

Nabin Rabha fired the lone goal of

the match. Sishuram Chutia of OIL

was adjudged as the best player of

the final match. The tournament was

conducted by national level referees

appointed by Assam Football Asso-

ciation (AFA).

In this tournament nine teams

from Public Sector Undertakings of

petroleum sector – ONGCL, BPCL,

HPCL, IOCL (AOD), NRL, CPCL,

EIL along with hosts OIL partici-

pated.

In the closing ceremony, BP Sar-

ma, RCE, OIL, was the chief guest

where Ankur Dutta, secretary,

AFA was present as the guest of

honour who distributed the priz-

es along with other senior officials

of OIL.

In the closing ceremony, Khirode

Chetia, chief manager (ER) of OIL

presented the brief report on the

entire tournament while Arun Jyoti

Baruah, chief manager (ER) offered

the vote of thanks, informed PM

Sharma, Sr Employee Relation Of-

ficer (Sports and Welfare), OIL in a

press release.

Vishnu to faceBalaji for title

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: Vishnu Vardhan will square off again-

st N Sriram Balaji for the title in the Jorhat Men’s Futures at

the Jorhat Tennis Club tomorrow.

In the first semifinal today, Vishnu had to face a stiff challenge

in the first set from Sasi Kumar Mukund before winning 7-6

(4). But in the sec-

ond set, Mukund

was totally out-

played and he sur-

rendered meekly 1-

6.

In the second

semifinal, N Sriram

Balaji won a very well

fought match which

entertained the

crowd. Sriram overcame N Vijay Sundar Prasanth’s challenge

with a 6-3, 6-4 verdict. The final is slated for 10 am tomorrow.

The doubles final will be an all Indian affair. In the semifinals,

Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan won against the German-American

pair of Pirmin Haenle (GER) and Shane Vinsant (USA) 6-2, 7-

5. In the second doubles semifinal, Mohit Mayur Jayprakash

and Vijay Sundar Prasanth beat the pair of Rishab Agarwal and

Niki Kaliyana Poonacha 6-2, 6-3, stated a release issued here.

City CC outplayNavarangSPORTS REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: In a low scoring

match of the GSA A Division Cricket League

for the Indra Prova Dutta Memorial Trophy

at the IIT ground, City Cricket Club thrashed

Navarang Club by eight wickets.

Navarang Club were all out for 61 in 19

overs as Bikash Terang and Chandan Deep

Das ripped through their innings capturing

four wickets each. In reply, City CC cracked

64 for two in 11 overs.

Mariani to hostwomen club football

SPORTS REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: The maiden edition

of the Assam Women Football Club Champi-

onship will be held at Mariani under Jorhat

District Sports Association from March 21.

Altogether 12 teams from all over the

State will vie for the title which will be a

knock-out affair.

Goreswar will play against Blood Mouth

in the opening encounter. The final is sched-

uled to be held on April 2.The participating teams are: (Group A) – Lep-

etkota FC (Dibrugarh), Mazbat Anchalik (Udalguri),BCL SC (Silchar), SAI SAG (Tinsukia), Kakojan Wom-en Club (Jorhat), Tumpreng FC (Karbi Anglong). (GroupB) – Gureswar Anchalik FC (Rangia), Blood MouthClub (Hailakandi), River Rine (Majuli), Jothai SC (Kokra-jhar), Mariani Women Football Academy, Moran TC(Charaideo).

BrahmaputraSports Festival

GUWAHATI, Feb 24: North East Enliven

Development Society (NEEDS) a city based

NGO will hold the Brahmaputra Sports Festi-

val on February 25 and 26, stated a release.

The festival will be organised at the Rajaduar

Ghat on the bank of the Brahmaputra, from 10

am where events like tag of war, kabaddi,

musical chair among others will be conducted.

Assam girl Vagayashree

Neogi has been selected

by the Fencing Associa-

tion of India to represent

the Indian team in the

ongoing Junior and Ca-

det Asian Fencing

Championship at Thai-

land, Bangkok.

Vishnu Vardhan N Sriram

The players of the OIL A team pose for a photograph with guests after winning the 37th Inter Unit Petroleum Sports

Promotion Board Football Tournament at Duliajan, on Friday.

Dhoni takes fresh guard for JharkhandKOLKATA, Feb 24: In the

twilight of his career, a relaxed

Mahendra Singh Dhoni will take

fresh guard when he leads his

home team Jharkhand against

Karnataka in a group D fixture

of the Vijay Hazare Trophy at

Eden Gardens tomorrow.

Dhoni has relinquished cap-

taincy in all formats whereas in

the Indian Premier League

Twenty20 he recently faced a

shocking ouster from the top-

post of Rising Pune Supergiants

after Steve Smith was named

captain.

Having virtually won all the

trophies, Dhoni may not have

anything to prove but in his

characteristic style he has cho-

sen to lead his home state in

the domestic one-dayers and

travelled with his teammates

in train second class AC, a first

for him in 13 years.

For someone who’s used to

a raucous cheers from packed

stands, Dhoni was back at an

empty Eden during practice on

the match-eve and there was

reunion of sorts of two ‘friends’

as he and Karnataka wicket-

keeper Robin Uthappa ex-

changed a warm affectionate

hug.

It was almost 10 years ago

they together won inauguaral

World Twenty20, that started

it all for Dhoni to go on to be-

come the most successful In-

dian skipper.

The duo had a long chat be-

fore Dhoni who was all padded

up went in full flow at the nets

facing pace and spin bowlers.

Dhoni has an exciting bunch

of youngsters at his disposal

with Saurabh Tiwary, Virat

Singh, Ishank Jaggi and Ishan

Kishan coming into the team,

fresh from winning the Syed

Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 title for

East Zone.

The opposition camp is

equally exciting with Indian top

order batsman Manish Pandey

leading the side and the skipper

has already made plans to tar-

get the former Indian captain.

“We all know, how great a

batsman MS is... He’s been an

inspiration to all of us. It will be

always nice to get MS out as

early as possible,” Pandey said.

“If we’re able to do that it

would be a great thing. It will

be a real advantage for us as a

team. We do have our plans to

deal with MS. It will be all

about disciplined bowling and

how we conduct ourselves.”

Pandey was hit on his left leg

at the nets but the batsman

shrugged it off saying a minor

injury. – PTI

Spurs exit Europa League,Lyon in seventh heaven

LONDON, Feb 24: Tottenham Hotspur

slumped to a shock Europa League exit as

Gent’s 2-2 draw at Wembley gave the unfan-

cied Belgians a stunning 3-2 aggregate suc-

cess in the last 32 second leg on Thursday.

Gent, eighth in their domestic league will

be joined in Friday’s draw by Olympique

Lyonnais who won 7-1 at home to AZ Alk-

maar for an 11-2 triumph over two legs.

Borussia Moenchengladbach stormed

back from 3-0 down on aggregate to beat

Fiorentina thanks to a 12-minute hat-trick

from Lars Stindl and AS Roma cruised into

the next round 4-1 despite a 1-0 home de-

feat against Villarreal.

Europa League favourites Manchester

United beat St Etienne 1-0 away on Wednes-

day for a 4-0 aggregate victory.

Spurs had begun in front of a record Eu-

ropa League crowd of 80,465 at Wembley,

where they have played European home

games this term due to building work at White

Hart Lane, and levelled the aggregate score

after 10 minutes through Christian Eriksen.

But an own goal that glanced off the head

of Spurs striker Harry Kane 10 minutes lat-

er put Gent back in the driving seat, before

a moment of madness from Alli sealed Tot-

tenham’s fate.

The England midfielder showed the short

fuse that was a factor in his early career as he

leapt two-footed into a knee high challenge to

draw a red card five minutes before halftime.

Spurs restored their advantage on the

night with a thumping strike from midfield-

er Victor Wanyama but Jeremy Perbet, who

grabbed the only goal in the first leg, scored

again with a deflected effort after 82 min-

utes to end the hosts’ hopes.

“I am very disappointed,” said Tottenham’s

Argentine manager Mauricio Pochettino.

“We started well and scored. The tie was

open but we conceded a goal in one action in

the first half. After that it was complicated.”

Lyon’s Nabil Fekir grabbed a hat-trick as

the French side built on their already im-

pressive first-leg advantage to crush Dutch

side AZ by the competition’s second-big-

gest margin, after Valencia’s 10-0 defeat of

Rapid Vienna last year.

The 13 goals over two legs also equalled

the competition record, set by Porto’s 10-3

win over Spartak Moscow in 2011.

Fiorentina’s Nikola Kalinic and Borja Vale-

ro scored inside the first 29 minutes to give

the Italians a three-goal aggregate lead be-

fore Moenchengladbach launched an improb-

able fightback. – Agencies

AIFF asks panel tomeet de Matos

NEW DELHI, Feb 24: Unfazed by the criticism of a member

of the committee tasked to recommend a coach for the Indian U-

17 team, All India Football Federation today asked all the mem-

bers of the panel to meet Portuguese Luis Norton de Matos who

has emerged as the “number one choice” for the job.

AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das said all the members of

the advisory committee constituted to recommend Indian

team’s head coach for the U-17 World Cup to be held in six

cities from October 6-28 has been told to meet de Matos who

is expected to be in India on February 28.

“All the advisory committee members have now been told to

meet Luis Norton (when he is here in India),” Das told PTI today.

Indian football legends Baichung Bhutia and I M Vijayan,

another former India international Abhishek Yadav (also Chief

Operating Officer of the U-17 team) and AIFF Technical Direc-

tor Savio Madiera were among the members of the special

committee to shortlist the coach. Other members are Das and

Kishore Taid, Head of Operations and Strategy of the AIFF.

De Matos, a former Portugal international and ex-coach of

Benfica reserve side as well of Guinea-Bissau national team,

has been declared by the AIFF as its “number one choice”

from among the shortlisted candidates and he is expected to

meet Sports Secretary Injeti Srinivas and AIFF President Pra-

ful Patel on February 28 to chalk out his contract details.

A member of the committee constituted by the AIFF to rec-

ommend the U-17 team coach has alleged that the federation has

“bypassed” the panel in naming de Matos as the “number one

choice”. The AIFF, however, defended its decision with Das

saying that he (de Matos) was best suited for the job. – PTI

Zulpikar refuses tofight Vijender

NEW DELHI, Feb 24: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh’s

scheduled opponent for his next fight, China’s Zulpikar Maim-

aitiali, today backed out of the April 1 contest without specify-

ing any reasons but the event will go ahead as scheduled in

Mumbai with a different rival.

The Vijender-Zulpikar super middle-

weight contest was to be a double Asian

title fight. The Indian’s WBO Asia-Pa-

cific belt and the Chinese boxer’s WBO

Oriental title were to be on the line in a

winner-takes-all bout.

Vijender’s promoters IOS Boxing Pro-

motions said Zulpikar has refused to spec-

ify his reasons for pulling out, merely tell-

ing them he would prefer to fight Vijender later in the year.

However, Vijender will be in action on April 1 nonetheless as

his promoters are now talking to other international boxing

champions in the same weight category.

“I like to take things positively, I am sure Zulpikar has his rea-

sons for not fighting. However, I am ready to fight whoever is my

next opponent, my promoters are working towards it and I am

sure they will come up with another challenger. I am preparing

myself for whoever is willing to fight,” Vijender said reacting to

the development. IOA Boxing Promotions’ MD Neerav Tomar

said the show will go ahead as planned, albeit with a new opponent.

“Zulpikar has refused to fight Vijender Singh, but that does not

mean that the fight will not take place, it is likely to happen later

in the year. However, bout set to happen on 1st April in Mumbai

has not changed. We are talking to other boxers in the same

category as Vijender Singh and we will announce the opponent

soon,” he said. – PTI

Rhodes urgespeople to visit

KashmirSRINAGAR, Feb 24:

Former South African cricket-

er Jhonty Rhodes, who has

been to Kashmir three times,

has appeared in a promotional

video for Jammu and Kashmir

Tourism Department, urging

people to visit the “incredible”

Valley for its “amazing” hos-

pitality and tourist places.

“This is my third visit to

Kashmir and this is the long-

est I have been here. I have

done heli-skiing in the past and

I learnt to snowboard on the

hills right behind me,” Rhodes

says in the 72-second video

shot in famous skiing resort of

Gulmarg this winter.

Impressed by the local hospi-

tality and the wide range of ac-

tivities that can be undertaken

while in Kashmir, Rhodes is plan-

ning to visit the Valley again.

“Apparently it is an incredi-

ble place to be here in sum-

mer, very green. Amazing

things to do, good activities.

“I am not a person who likes

to sit very still. So, may be

something I got to do in very

near future is come back to

Kashmir and spend some time

in Gulmarg in the summer

when I can go mountain biking

or fishing,” said Rhodes, who

has been associated with IPL

franchise Mumbai Indians.

“It has been incredible, the

hospitality has been amazing

and fortunately so has been the

food,” he added.

An official of the Tourism

Department said Rhodes was

recently in Gulmarg as he is a

keen Rugby enthusiast. – PTI

Row over Punetrack continues

NEW DELHI, Feb 24: With 24 wickets falling in two days,

the rank turner on offer at the Maharashtra Cricket Associa-

tion Stadium in Gahunje has led to questions being raised about

the three curators in charge of preparing the pitch.

The local curator and former Maharashtra pacer Pandurang

Salgaoncar, BCCI’s chief curator Daljit Singh and head West

zone curators Dhiraj Parsana all of whom were present.

Two days before the Test started, Salgaoncar had announced

that “ball will fly”, a theory that was rubbished by rival captain

Steve Smith, who said that “ball will turn from Day 1”.

Salgaoncar’s comment were in complete contrary to what

was on offer for first two days which has given rise to specula-

tion whether local curator got a free hand or there was inter-

vention from Daljit on Indian team’s insistence.

“Pandurang Salgaoncar is known to provide flattest of decks in

Pune. If you look at Kedar Jadhav’s massive scores in Ranji Tro-

phy, you would know. Only a month back, India and England scored

350 plus during ODIs. How come the character of the pitch changed

diabolically?” questioned a former India player, who has played a

lot in Pune. The pitch wasn’t watered during last few days and the

scorching heat added to cracks that are slowly opening up.

A senior BCCI official questioned Daljit’s role. “Did Daljit

get any specific instructions from Indian team management to

prepare a certain kind of track? Or it was him who instructed

Salgaoncar that pitch should be allowed to remain dry,” a sen-

ior BCCI official told PTI.

Vijender

Dhoni during a practice session at Kolkata, on Friday.