Pratidin Time: October 2015

Monday, 26 October 2015

Two singers die in a road mishap at Dudhnoi

Two well known singers died and three others were seriously in a tragic road accident, when their vehicle collided with a stranded truck in the wee hours of Monday.

The accident took place near Dudhnoi in Goalpara district.

The deceased were Jiten Deka and Mitradev Rabha. Other injured persons were Haragovind Deka, Basistha Rabha and Nirmal Chetarjee.

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Geeta, girl stranded in Pakistan, returns India today

An Indian woman found on the Pakistani side of the border more than a decade ago is on her way home after recently identifying her family in photos sent from across the border.

Geeta, who has speech and hearing impairments, was about 11 when she is believed to have strayed into Pakistan.

As the time nears for Geeta to be re-united with her family, excitement looms large in the Kabeera Dhaap village in Saharsa district.

Villager Janardhan Mahato has claimed that Geeta is his daughter, Heera, who was lost in a fair in Ludhiana city in the western Indian state of Punjab which shares a border with Pakistan.

According to sources, Geeta had identified her father, step-mother and siblings from a photograph sent to her by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. They reportedly live in Bihar.

At least four families had come forward to claim Geeta as their child. The MEA then asked for family photographs, which were sent her.

Geeta was reportedly just 7 or 8 years old when she was found sitting alone inside the Samjhauta Express by the Pakistan Rangers at the Lahore railway station 15 years ago. The local police took her to the Edhi Foundation.

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Friday, 16 October 2015

NASA releases striking new images of Saturn's moon Enceladus

NASA has released striking new images from the Cassini spacecraft’s flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.Cassini has begun its final tour around Saturn's large, icy moons making the first of several encounters with Enceladus early Wednesday. The flyby took the spacecraft to an altitude of 1,142 miles above the moon's surface. In earlier encounters with the moon, Enceladus was hidden by wintry darkness.

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Rising dal prices hit home budgets

A sudden and steep surge in prices of pulses in Assam in the last few days has hit the common man hard with dal-the essential item in an Indian meal – doing the vanishing trick from the market.

The sudden spurt in prices of pulses despite supplies remaining intact has left the common man baffled.

The State government has no control on price rise of essential commodities as the ruling party busy for upcoming assembly election.

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Guwahati gears up to celebrate Durga Puja

As the Durga Puja celebrations started on Monday, more than 500 pandals in Guwahati prepared to offer prayers and 'pushpanjali' to the Goddess. Puja organizers have completed their preparations to receive the hordes of devotees who started flocking to the pandals from Saptami onwards to offer pushpanjali.

Police asked Durga Puja committees to deploy women volunteers to check crime against women during the festival beginning on Monday.

The instruction, apart from mandatory installation of CCTVs and ensuring facilities to avoid any disaster during the celebrations were given to the committees.

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Woman gang-raped by nine persons in Rangia, three arrested, six still at large

A woman was allegedly gang raped by nine persons at Rangia in Kamrup district of Assam, police said today.

The woman was allegedly kidnapped and gang raped by the culprits when she was went to visit a friend’s home at the place, police added.

Three persons, identified as Pankaj Das, Nareswar Das and Trilok Das, were arrested by police. Other six culprits are currently absconding.

Police has formed several teams to nab the other six accused.

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Friday, 9 October 2015

Crackdown continues against errant city buses in Guwahati

The district transport office (DTO) of Kamrup (Metro) has again launched an operation against city buses that violate safety rules and other traffic guidelines. Temporary check-points were put up in Basistha road where all the vehicles passing thorough were examined.

"We have seized several city buses for various reasons. Some of them did not have proper first-aid boxes and some vehicles were unfit to be driven. We also booked drivers without valid driving licenses," DTO officials said.

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ACS officer Nandita Konwar arrested for accepting bribe in Guwahati

Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer Nandita Konwar was arrested by vigilance and anti-corruption (V&AC) wing of Assam police for allegedly accepting a bribe in Guwahati. She is the daughter of former Assam Congress minister and former governor of Bihar and Tripura Devananda Konwar.

Sleuths of vigilance and anti-corruption (V&AC) wing of Assam police arrested Konwar, project director of the District Rural Development Agency, Kamrup (metro), from her office at Chandmari in Guwahati after she allegedly received Rs 12,000 from Purna Chetry, adviser to Durga Sarovar Unnayan Samity, an NGO.

Chetry had earlier lodged a complaint with the V&AC against Konwar for allegedly demanding a bribe for releasing the second instalment of funds for construction of a road from the MP Local Area Development fund of BJP MP from Guwahati, Bijoya Chakravarty. On the basis of his complaint, a team of V&AC officials today laid a trap and arrested her as soon as she accepted chemical-coated notes from Chetry at her office.

After receiving the notes coated with an invisible chemical, she was made to wash her hands with water and her hand turned red because of the presence of the chemical on her palm, which "proved" that she had accepted the money from Chetry.

Konwar, however, claimed that it was a "political conspiracy" against her by Chakravarty. She implied that she was framed because she is the daughter of a veteran Congress leader.

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Sheena Bora murder case: Don’t keep me in isolated cell, Indrani Mukerjea tells police

Sheena Bora murder case’s prime accused Indrani Mukerjea has requested the jail authorities not to keep her in an isolated cell as it could depress her further. The jail authorities have accepted the request, after her recent health scare.

Dr Vijay Satbir Singh, principal secretary, home (prisons), met Mukerjea at the jail in Byculla on Wednesday. During the interaction, Mukerjea, who was discharged from JJ hospital two days ago, requested the authorities not to leave her alone as it could add to her depression.

The high-profile accused has the tendency to faint because of depression and so wanted to be kept in the company of other inmates. Mukerjea has also told the jail authorities that she was satisfied with the facilities inside the jail.

Bipin Kumar Singh, inspector general of police (prisons), who has been probing her sudden collapse, is expected to submit his report to the home department by Friday.

According to sources in the home department, the investigating officer has not found drug overdose as the reason behind the deterioration of her health. The investigation has also ruled out foul play or suicide attempt by the accused.

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Dispur okays Reorganisation of Division of Assam proposals

The Assam cabinet approved the proposal for Reorganisation of Division of Assam for smooth functioning of administration.

Chaired by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, the Cabinet approved the reorganization of four divisions of Upper Assam Division, Lower Assam Division, North Assam Division and Hills & Barak Valley Division, a government release said tonight.

The territorial area of Upper Assam Division remains unchanged, while the districts of Darrang and Udalguri are included in the North Assam Division from where Nagaon and Morigaon districts are excluded and its headquarters will be based in Tezpur, the release said.

Darrang and Udalguri districts are excluded from the Lower Assam Division, it said, adding, the Barak Valley Division includes Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts with headquarters in Silchar.

The territorial jurisdiction of Central Assam Division includes the districts of Nagaon, Morigaon and two hills districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao with headquarters in Nagaon.

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Monday, 5 October 2015

Beef ban in Jammu and Kashmir suspended for 2 months by Supreme Court

An order enforcing a decades-old ban on the sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir, which had sparked protests in the state, has been suspended by the Supreme Court for two months.

The Jammu bench of the state High Court had last month directed the police to enforce an old law banning the slaughter and sale of beef in the state. A week later, the high court's Srinagar bench issued notice to the state on a petition that asked for the ban to be cancelled.

The Supreme Court today asked the Chief Justice of the high court to set up a three-judge bench to go through the issue and find a solution at the earliest.

"We have two conflicting orders and it is required to be solved by the Chief Justice of high court by constituting a three judge bench," said the Chief Justice of India.

The state government had moved the Supreme Court seeking clarity. "The high court's two conflicting orders have grave ramifications for the law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir as the orders are being misused and interpreted in a manner so as to disturb peace in the state," the government said.

The order asking the police to enforce the beef ban led to fierce protests in the state and forced a three-day internet shutdown during the Eid festival.

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Four army personnel, militant killed in gun battles in Kashmir

Four soldiers and a militant were killed in two gun battles in Kupwara district of north Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, a day after two terrorists were killed in in Tral area of Pulwama district of the state.

An operation was launched in Haphruda forest in Handwara, following information about the presence of militants. Officials said the army and the state police’s Special Operation Group carried out the operation.

Four soldiers were killed in the gun battle with the militants, the army said.

The gunfight, which erupted on Sunday night, was still on, said an army spokesperson in Srinagar.

In a separate incident, a skirmish broke out during an operation in Lolab area in which a militant was killed, an army spokesperson said.

On Sunday, two militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) -- believed to be Pakistani nationals -- were killed and a soldier was injured in an encounter in Pulwama.

The slain militants were identified as Salim, alias Adil Pathan, and Rehman, alias Burmi, police sources said, adding they were suspected to be Pakistani nationals.

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India looks to bounce back in second T20 against SA

Handed a defeat in the first T20, a determined India will look to plug the loopholes in bowling and bounce back in a must-win second T20 of the three-match series against South Africa.

It's an unfamiliar situation for India to start a home series on a losing note, and the manner of the defeat in Dharamsala would put the hosts under tremendous pressure, especially the bowlers.

Back after a break of three months, the onus would be on limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to bring the team out of the rut and ensure India get back to winning ways. Unlike Dharamsala, the conditions are expected to be ideal for Dhoni's men and the third T20 in Kolkata as the surface is likely to be low and slow in nature with rains and thundershowers in past few days.

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Assam girl Proneeta Swargiary shines in Dance India Dance

Dance India Dance (DID) Season-5 contestant Proneeta Swargiary as brought glory to Assam by entering top five in the ongoing reality show programme ‘Dance India Dance’ telecast by Zee TV. She has immense potential in dancing.

Proneeta, who hails from Baksa district, is the first girl from the NE to be among the top five positions in Zee TV’s DID reality show.

Proneeta is a trained dancer in Kathak and dreams of becoming a famous choreographer some day. She works as a freelancer in the Kingdom of Dreams and idolizes Madhuri Dixit. She wants to be a part of Dance India Dance as she feels the show can pave her path towards fame.

The Delhi Bodo Association has appealed to the people and fans to cast SMS votes in favour of Proneeta till the last day of voting on October 9. The finale is on October 10. To vote through SMS, one will have to type DID5PRO and send to 57575 or can also log on to www.zeetv.com/PRO.

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Thursday, 1 October 2015

Gandhi can never be divided among the game of politics: Mahika Sharma

On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, young well known social worker and aspiring actress Mahika Sharma from Tinsukia, Assam laments RBI for not using Gandhi's portrait on Indian currency.

"Mahatma Gandhi is the father of our nation. The man will be the symbol of freedom to nation. No one else can take his place, either Kisan Baburao Hazare or respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Walking over the foot step of Gandhiji is a kind of Fundamental Duties of Citizens of India. No doubt Hazare and Modi are also one among the figure who leaves moral for us. But reaching at Gandhi's place is not easy for anyone," Mahika told Pratidin Time.

"I feel Gandhi can never be divided among the game of politics. And the one who tries pulling him into the game can never be a well wisher for our country. And Indian Government should take it as a crime and it should be a criminal offence and such activities should be forbidden and punishable by law," she added.

"The portrait of Mahatma Gandhi is been seen at every government office and each Indian institutions. It is just for to make us remember that we are living independently only for him. It is very clear that money makes life more independent and free the same way Gandhi did. Therefore his portrait should be living till ages everywhere. But according to media reports, some Rs 10 notes were printed and issued by the Reserve Bank of India in the recent past do not have Mahatma Gandhi's portrait on them. What does it means? Someone is dreaming or planing to replace Gandhi by his/her portrait? One should think about it," She concludes.

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Timber smuggler killed by forest guards at Behali reserve forest in Sonitpur

One timber smuggler was killed in an encounter with forest guards at Behali reserve forest in Sonitpur district, a senior Forest Department official said today.

During routine patrolling in Rongagorah block of Behali reserve forest, a group of forest guards were attacked by timber smugglers and they retaliated, said Divisional Forest Officer (East), Sonitpur, Suvasis Das.

Later, the forest guards found an unidentified body with bullet wounds and a country-made muzzle loading rifle near it.

The body was sent for post mortem and identification, Das said adding all forest camps in Behali reserve forest area were alerted and a search operation launched for the smugglers.

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ULFA-I chief Paresh Baruah’s mother Miliki Baruah passes away

Miliki Baruah, the mother of United Liberation Front of Asom’s militant ‘commander’ Paresh Baruah, passed away at their residence in Jeraigaon Panitola in Dibrugarh district of Assam today.

The social activist was suffering from low blood pressure and chronic cough, family sources said.

Miliki Baruah (88) was admitted to a private hospital in Dibrugarh after she complained of palpitation and breathing trouble, but later she was discharged. She lived with one of her sons at her home.

The mother a few days back told media there that she wants her son to fight for justice and lamented that she knows that she is not going to see her son soon but she wishes him all the success.

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