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N E W S

CAPSULE

JOCOSERIOUS

How strange! The

Sahitya Sabha lamenting

our inability to speak in

Ass-mese!

gress Committee accused the

Narendra Modi-led BJP gov-

ernment of trying to convert

Arunachal Pradesh into a Hin-

du state.

“Why is Congress making

such irresponsible statements?

People of Arunachal Pradesh

are unitedly living peacefully

with each other.

“Congress should not make

such provocative statements.

India is a secular country. All

religious groups enjoy free-

dom & living peacefully,” he

said in a series of tweets, re-

sponding to the APCC’s

charge.

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: Un-

ion Minister Kiren Rijiju to-

day said Hindu population was

reducing in India as they “nev-

er convert people”, while mi-

norities are flourishing unlike

some other countries, in re-

marks that can stoke a contro-

versy.

“Hindu population is reduc-

ing in India because Hindus

never convert people. Minor-

ities in India are flourishing un-

like some countries around

(sic),” he tweeted.

The Minister of State for

Home’s comment came after

the Arunachal Pradesh Con-

Hindu population inIndia declining: Rijiju

Rijiju hails from Arunachal

Pradesh and is a practising

Buddhist.

Reacting to his statement,

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul

Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief

Asaduddin Owaisi said he

should remember that he is a

“minister of India for all Indi-

ans not for Hindus only”.

“Remember your oath as

minister,” the Hyderabad MP

said.

“What have the minorities

India got to do with minorities

of ‘other’ countries. It is Con-

stitution which guarantees

rights,” he tweeted. – PTI

Assam Tribune that free

movement of militants from

their bases in Myanmar was a

matter of serious concern for

India and a committee headed

by the chairman of the Joint

Intelligence Committee (JIC),

RN Ravi was set up to exam-

ine the problems in guarding

the border and to suggest

measures in this regard. The

Committee also recommend-

ed replacement of the Assam

Rifles with the ITBP as the

force has the experience of

R DUTTA CHOUDHURY

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: The

Ministry of Home Affairs

(MHA) has forwarded a pro-

posal to replace the Assam

Rifles with the Indo-Ti-

betan Border Police

(ITBP) along the inter-

national border with Myanmar

to the Cabinet Committee on

Security, while, efforts are also

on to streamline the free

movement regime of people

from both sides of the interna-

tional border.

Highly placed sources in the

Government of India told The

MHA proposal to replaceAssam Rifles with ITBP

guarding the international bor-

der with China.

Sources said that as imple-

mentation of the proposal

would mean taking a major

policy decision with involve-

ment of substantial

amount of funds, the

MHA has forwarded it to

the Cabinet Committee on

Security to take the final deci-

sion in this regard. The Cabi-

net Committee on Security,

headed by the Prime Minis-

ter, is the highest policy mak-

ing body of the country on se-

curity affairs.

Myanmar border

New BillsGUWAHATI, Feb 13:

The State Governmenttoday introduced six Billsin the LegislativeAssembly. They are – TheAssam Value Added Tax(Amendment) Bill, 2017,The Assam ElectricityDuty (Amendment andValildation) Bill, 2017,The Assam AgriculturalIncome Tax(Amendment) Bill, 2017,The Assam Taxation(Liquidation of ArrearDues) (Amendment) Bill,2017, The Assam MotorVehicles Taxation(Amendment) Bill, 2017,and The Assam Repealing(No. 1) Bill, 2017. – StaffReporter

Police vacancyGUWAHATI, Feb 13: A

total of 10,700 posts arevacant in Assam Policewhich has a sanctionedstrength of 67,372personnel. In all, 4,871posts of constables (AB),3,052 constables (UB),804 SIs, 146 inspectorsand 49 DSPs are vacantin lower ranks, theAssembly was informedtoday. – Staff Reporter

Vehicle theftGUWAHATI, Feb 13:

Between 2011 and 2016,22,103 cases of vehiclethefts were reported inthe State and in theperiod 2,460 stolenvehicles were recoveredand 2,552 criminals werearrested, while car-liftershave killed 139 drivers.Guwahati accounted forthe maximum number ofcases, the Assembly wastold today. – StaffReporter

Cabinet panelGUWAHATI, Feb 13: A

Cabinet subcommitteehas been formed toexamine the demands fornew subdivisions anddistricts, ParliamentaryAffairs Minister ChandraMohan Patowary told theAssembly today. – StaffReporter

HC benchGUWAHATI, Feb 13:

The Gauhati High Courtrecently viewed thatsetting up of a bench ofthe high court in BarakValley is neither practicalnor feasible, thegovernment informed theAssembly today. – StaffReporter

RITURAJ BORTHAKUR

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: The Assam Public Service Com-

mission (APSC) has witnessed a huge rush of candidates for

the upcoming Combined Competitive Examination (CCE)

even as it set in motion a series of reforms to restore the

lost faith of the people in the recruitment system.

The rush of candidates for the CCE (2016) for 205 posts,

which also includes Assam Revenue Service, has prompted

the commission to extend the date of filing applications by

one week up to February 18.

“Initially, we had thought we won’t be getting much can-

didates, given the controversies. But already, we have re-

ceived around 16,000 applications. We feel by the end of the

last date we should get around 25,000 applications. I have

personally interacted with some applicants and they were

confident that the examinations will be free and fair. They

have reposed faith in the commission,” APSC acting chair-

man Brig (retd) Ranjit Borthakur told The Assam Tribune.

The rush is despite the fact that this time applications are

not being taken online as the commission’s server and oth-

er technical equipment are in custody of police probing the

cash-for-jobs scam.

Some 1,200 applications have been received via post.

In the last CCE (2015) held for 140 posts, a total of 17,856

candidates had appeared.

The answerscripts (1,152 candidates) of the mains exam-

ination of the last CCE was with police, but now the com-

mission has been allowed to evaluate them. The commis-

sion is roping in experts for the purpose and it hopes to

declare the results by April.

Brig Borthakur said the commission is planning to conduct

APSC reformsprocess attracts

candidates

(See page 7)

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: Man-

agements of altogether 227 tea

gardens have not cleared the

provident funds and 119 gar-

dens have not cleared the gra-

tuity amounts to workers, La-

bour & Tea Tribes Welfare

Minister Pallab Lochan Das

said today.

Replying to a question by

MLA Ashok Singhal in the

Assembly today, Das said in

many cases the workers have

not claimed the gratuity out of

ignorance of the procedure.

“The workers are entitled

Tea gardens defaultingon PF, gratuity

for gratuity on completion of

five years at a garden and they

are required to be paid the

amount within one month.

Workers do not even know

they have to apply to get the

gratuity,” the minister said.

He said the government is

mulling setting up of welfare

committees in the tea gardens

to address such issues.

He also said he has asked the

district administration to pro-

vide details of land encroached

by tea gardens before the gov-

ernment decides on ways to

release those plots for use by

the government. “A meeting

of the circle officers has been

called on February 15 next. We

will take up the issue then,”

he said.

Informing that the Central

Government is preparing to

amend the Plantation Labour

Act, the minister said once the

proposed amendments are ef-

fected, the government will

not have to seek permission

from the garden managements

to carry out developmental ac-

tivities within the tea estates.

Replying to another ques-

tion, the minister informed

that the government is unable(See page 7)

KALYAN BAROOAH

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: Non-

submission of utilisation cer-

tificates (UCs) by the north-

eastern states leading to slash-

ing of central funds has

emerged as a major headache

for the Central Government,

as UCs worth Rs 961 crore are

still pending.

A parliamentary committee

has found that the Ministry for

Development of North East-

ern Region (DoNER) had

asked for around Rs 3,850

crore as grants but was given

only Rs 2,400 crore. The de-

Concern over non-submissionof utilisation certificates

duction was done because the

ministry could not spend the

money allotted in the last fi-

nancial year.

In case of the northeastern

states, the method of fund al-

location is different, as UCs

remain pending with the

states. According DoNER

Secretary’s testimony, the de-

lay in submission of the UCs is

affecting the budget allocation

and in turn, it is hampering the

growth and development in

the northeastern region, a re-

port of the Department Relat-

ed Parliamentary Standing

Committee attached to the

Ministry of DoNER said.

The committee headed by

P Chidambaram in its 186th

Report on the Demands for

Grants (2015-16) has suggest-

ed that the DoNER Ministry

in consultation with the north-

eastern states, NITI Aayog and

Ministry of Finance may ex-

plore a different mechanism

like considering a different

time period (when there was

normal weather in the north-

eastern region) for assessment

NE States

(See page 7)

Governor callson GadkariSTAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: Assam

Governor Banwarilal Purohit

called on Union Road Trans-

port, Highways and Shipping

Minister Nitin Gadkari at his

residence in New Delhi today

and took up issues related to

ongoing and pending road

projects in the State.

Following a detailed discus-

sion, Gadkari told Purohit that

he would be visiting Assam af-

ter the assembly elections in

five states. He also assured the

Governor that all the ongoing

projects in the State would be

completed soon.

The Governor has covered

at least 24 of the total 33 dis-

tricts by road during the last

six months after assuming the

charge in the State. Purohit

said that much more is re-

quired to be done, given the

present situation of roads and

highways in Assam.

(See page 7)

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: Finance Min-ister Himanta Biswa Sarma today saidthat the budget presented at the Leg-islative Assembly on February 7 is anall-inclusive document that has triedto address the needs and concernsof all sections of Assam’s populationand also lays down a roadmap for thelong-term structural changes neces-sary for growth and development ofthe State.

Replying to the General Discussion on

the Budget at the Assam Legislative As-

sembly today, Sarma said that creating

economic buoyancy is a major strategy of

the government and the idea is to reach a

Budget tuned to needsof everyone, says Sarma

stage by 2021 so that Dispur is financially

in a position to pay the salaries of the

State Government employees with its

own revenues without having to rely on

Central assistance.

He said the budget has talked about

policy change and infrastructural change

and there will be no problem with regard

to financing of the projects and schemes

announced in it.

“By 2021, we want to reach a stage

where the State Government is able to

at least pay salary of 10 months, if not all

12 months, by our own revenue to our

employees as against five months now.

We can confidently say that we are on

track,” said the Finance Minister.

Sarma said that the years between 2001

and 2005 saw the State moving towards

an era of development but it got halted

and the track changed after 2005. He said(See page 7)

Youths carrying firewood on bicycles for selling in the market in Karbi Anglong district on

Monday. – UB Photos

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

RURAL DEVELOPMENT &PANCHAYATI RAJ (NIRDPR)

NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL

CENTRE (NERC)(An organization of the Ministry ofRural Development, Govt. of India)

Jawaharnagar, Khanapara,

Guwahati – 781022

No.32/RC/2003-04/Pt-VI/

Date: 13.02.2017

NOTICE INVITING TENDERS

FOR CATERING,

HOUSEKEEPING AND

MAINTENANCE SERVICES

NIRDPR is a premier instituteengaged in training, research,action research and consultancyactivities in the field of RuralDevelopment. Its North EasternRegional Centre invites sealedquotations in two-bid system(technical and financial bids) fromreputed and experienced firmsfor catering, housekeeping andmaintenance services. Fordetails visitwww.nirdnerc.nic.in. Last dateof submission of tender is 1stMarch, 2017 upto 3.00 P.M.

Sd/- Administrative Officer

CD/TN/.../1

IN THE GAUHATI

HIGH COURT(THE HIGH COURT OF

ASSAM, NAGALAND,

MIZORAM &

ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

R.F.A. No. 11 of 2014Housing and UrbanDevelopment CorporationLimited (HUDCO)....

.... Appellant-versus-

Abu Bakkar Siddique & anr.... Respondents

To1. Abu Bakkar Siddique sonof Jaha Boksa, Officialaddress: Lower DivisionAssistant, office of theAssistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Nagaon,Assam, Pin- 782001,Residential address: VillageGehuwa Chalchali, P.O.Gehuwa Chalchali, P.S.Rupahihat, District Nagaon,Assam, Pin - 782124.2. Shri Phulendra Das father’sname not known to theplaintiff, Official address:Senior Inspector, AssistantRegistrar of Co-operativeSocieties, Morigaon, Assam,Pin- 782105, Residentialaddress: NizaraparChandmari Colony, Guwahati- 3, Kamrup MetropolitanDistrict, Assam

.... RespondentTake notice that abovenamed appellant haspreferred an appeal againstJudgment and decreepassed by Civil Judge No.3,Kamrup, Guwahati in TitleSuit No.137 of 2012 on 7 dayof November, 2013 andnotice was issued in the saidappeal and that 6th day ofMarch 2017 has been fixedfor hearing/appearance.If no appearance is made onyour behalf by yourself oryour pleader on the date sofixed, the matter be heard anddecided in your absence.Given under my hand andseal of this court on this 30th

day of January, 2017.

Sd/- Sri Haren Kalita

Deputy Registrar (J-II)

Gauhati High Court,

Guwahati

CD/LN/....../1

Executive Engineer, Agartala

Division No-V, PWD(R&B),

Agartala, West Tripura,

invites sealed tender(s)

against press NIT NO : 16 /

R/EE-V/AGT/PWD/2016-17.

Dated 09.02.2017

For

Maintenance of road from

Dakshin Badharghat

Nabadiganta via

Karaimura to Kartik

Chaumuhani ward no. 47 /

SH : Mettaling, Carpetting

, Drain RCCwork etc.

D N I T N o . 5 3 / A C E ( P ) /

PWD(R&B)/RDQP/2016-17

With

Estimated cost: Rs.

1,40,45,049.00, Earnest

Money : Rs. 1,40,450.00,

Time of Completion :

06(six) Months

Note:

• Issue of Tender Form :

From 13.02.2017 to

02.03.2017

• Date of Receipt of

application for issue of tender

Form : From 09.02.2017 to

28.02.2017 upto 4.00 PM

• Last Date of Dropping of

Tender : 06.03.2017 upto

3.00 PM

For details please visit:

www.tripura.nic.in

or www.tripurainfo.com

or www.tenders.gov.in or

www.tsu.trp.nic.in/tender

Sd/- (Er. B. R. Saha)

Executive Engineer,

Agartala Division No. V,

PWD (R&B),

Agartala, Tripura (W)

ICA-C/2193/17

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MLA of rape.

BJP has claimed that the UP

government led by Yadav was

working to save the accused

lawmaker.

Heinous crimes saw a sharp

rise in the SP’s five-year rule

with the accused going scot-

free in many of the cases, as

police remained busier in hid-

ing evidence than uncovering

it, BJP national secretary

Shrikant Sharma alleged.

“The murder of a woman

after she accused the MLA of

raping her is shameful. What

is more shameful is the silence

of Akhilesh Yadav and his ally

Rahul Gandhi. The state gov-

ernment has been trying to

save the accused,” he told re-

porters here.

Calling the two rival leaders

as “tragedy tourists”, Sharma

accused them of using deaths

for politics. He said Yadav and

Gandhi have chosen to be si-

lent as the accused (Arun

Verma) is a sitting MLA and

now a SP candidate in the on-

going assembly polls.

Uttar Pradesh has recorded

over 6.80 lakh crimes since the

SP government came to

power almost five years ago

with incidents of sexual crimes

against women especially see-

ing a sharp rise, he claimed.

The body of the 22-year-old

woman, who was missing since

Saturday, was found yesterday

near a primary school in

Jaisinghpur area of Sultanpur,

police said. It added that the

injury mark around her neck

suggested that she was stran-

gulated to death. – PTI

BJP slams SP-Cong forsilence on woman’s death

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: The

BJP today attacked Chief Min-

ister Akhilesh Yadav and Con-

gress vice president Rahul

Gandhi for their “silence” on

the murder of a woman, who

had accused a Samajwadi Party

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 20174 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI

I have lost HS Registration

Certificate Roll-253 No.-145/

1992. Surendra Basumatary.

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I, Srawan Kumar Beria, S/o Late

Bhagatram Beria, lost my land

document Dag No. 536, Patta

No. 20 in the name of Beria

Enterprises which was registered

before Tinsukia Sub-registrar,

vide Sale Deed No. 102 of

January 1988. Lost on 09.02.17.

Anybody found please contact:

Srawan Kumar Beria,

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Hijuguri, Tinsukia.

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I, Rahmat Ullah hereby declared

that I have changed my name to

Rahmat Ullah from Md. Rahmat

Ullah through an affidavit

before the Notary Magistrate at

Morigaon (Assam) dated

17.01.2017.

PN/P/3078/1

I have corrected my name from

Ritu Mani Das to Ritu Das by an

affidavit before the Notary of

Public Kamrup (M) at Guwahati

on 07. Feb 2017. From today

onwards I will be known as Ritu

Das for all purposes.

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MILITARY ENGINEER SERVICESNOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS(for Newspaper publication purpose)

Chief Engineer Shillong Zone, Military Engineer Services, SEFalls, Shillong, Meghalaya-793011, on behalf of President ofIndia invites online Lump Sum bids on Two Stage Two Cover Bidsystem for the following work:-1. Name of work: Provn of Dificient DSC and Civilian MD ACCNat Misamari. 2. Estimated Cost: 565.00 Lakhs. 3. Period ofCompletion: 550 days (18 Months). 4. Tender ID:2017_MES_104429_1.For further details refer website eprocuremes.gov.in/eprocure.gov.in.Note:- 1. Notice inviting Bid as published in newspapers shall notform part of Notice of Tender/Bid document.2. Type of tender (Lump sum/item rate etc) shall be as applicableand bid system shall be specifically mentioned as decided byAccepting Officers. davp 10102/11/3891/1617

No. Dir.WSSO/PHED/Assam/26/2016-17/

Dt. 08.02.2017

NIQ No. 8 : Notice Inviting for

Empanelment of NGOs to carry

out various activities on Water

and Sanitation Sector for

WSSO, PHED, AssamWater and Sanitation Support

Organisation (WSSO), PHED, Assam invitesapplications from Non-Government Organizations(NGOs) and other Civil Society Organizations(CSOs) to be involved in the implementation ofprojects & activities (sensitize community & capacitybuilding of various stakeholders) in the filed ofWater and Sanitation sector.

Applications (affixed with court fee stampof Rs. 8.25 only) giving complete details ofexperience and credentials are invited from NGOsand CSOs fulfilling the eligibility criterion specifiedin the “Empanelment of NGOs to carry out variousactivities on Water and Sanitation sector forWSSO, PHED, Assam”. Interested NGOs/ CSOsmay obtained the Detailed Notice and theApplication Formats from the address given belowon payment of Rs. 100/- by way of IPO, on anyworking day between 08.02.2017 to15.02.2017. The completed/ filled in ApplicationForm along with the required documents shouldbe submitted on or before 15.02.2017 (before3.00 PM). NGOs’ CSOs who have executedorders of WSSO in the past are also requestedto apply for empanelment.

Sd/- Director, WSSOPHED, Assam

Betkuchi, Guwahati- 781035

Janasanyog/4661/16

NO.DIPR/PF.1/12/pt/170

NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERThe Director of Information and PublicRelations, Assam invites e-tender fromthe reputed Producer/Director havingexperience in producing/ DirectingDocumentary, Quickie and Audio-Spot.The bid documents can be downloadedfrom the website https://assamtenders.gov.in. The bidderwho has downloaded the tenderdocuments containing the tenderdetails and terms and conditions shallupload their tender on-line on the abovementioned website with proof ofpayment of non-refundable tender feeof non-refundable tender fee of Rs.1000.00 ( Rupees one thousand ) onlyby case. The tender should be uploadedon-line as per prescribed schedule.

Sd/- Director of Information and

Public Relations

Assam, Dispur, Guwahati-6

Janasanyog/4671/16

CANCELLATION NOTICE

Due to technical reason the E-

Tender Notice No. DCBL 041617MLG

dated 24-01-2017 of Deputy Chief

Engineer/ Bridge-Line is cancelled.

Dy.CE/Bridge-Line/

Maligaon

“SERVING CUSTOMER’S WITH A SMILE”

NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY

CANCELLATION NOTICE

Due to technical reason the E-

Tender Notice No. DCBL 051617MLG

dated 31-01-2017 of Deputy Chief

Engineer/ Bridge-Line is cancelled.

Dy.CE/Bridge-Line/

Maligaon

“SERVING CUSTOMER’S WITH A SMILE”

NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY

TENDER NOTICESealed tender affixing non-refundable

Court Fee Stamp of Rs. 8.25 (Eight and TwentyFive) is hereby invited within 27.02.2017 upto 3.00 P.M. from interested Co-OperativeSociety. Selp-Help Group and NGO’scomprising SC (Fishermen) members forsettlement of 60% Revenue Fishery, namelyUpper part Brahmaputra (Kamrup-Guwahati)Fishery under Kamrup (Metro) District.

For terms and conditions and otherdetails, the intending tenderer may contactRevenue Fishery Branch of the Office of theDeputy Commissioner, Kamrup (Metro)during office hours.

Sd/- (Dr. M Angamuthu, IAS)Deputy Commissioner

Kamrup Metropolitan DistrictGuwahati

Janasanyog/4665/16

No. DRC XIII/16/98/NIT/TSK/46

Dated : 07.02.2017

PRESS NOTICE

INVITING TENDERSSuperintending Engineer, PWD,

Dibrugarh Road Circle, Dibrugarh, Assam

on behalf of Governor of Assam invites bid

for “Construction & maintenance of rural

roads and cross drainage works under

PMGSY (Regular Ph-X) for the year 2012-

13 (Balance work) in Tinsukia district of

Assam amounting to Rs. 47.60 Lakh

(Approx).

Details NIB and other details may be

seen at the office of the undersigned from

09.02.2017 to 15.02.2017 during office

hours.

Sd/- Superintending Engineer, PWD

Dibrugarh Road Circle, Dibrugarh

Janasanyog/2015/16

French National Front leader Marine Le Pen and presidential election candidate (C) talks to the media on the

Promenade des Anglais, in Nice on Monday. – UNI

HRW slams Pak for forcingexodus of Afghan refugees

ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Hundreds

of thousands of Afghan refugees were

forced to leave Pakistan last year due

to the country’s high-handed policies

and harassment, a leading rights

group said today terming it as the

world’s largest unlawful forced exo-

dus of refugees in recent times.

In a damning report, the Human

Rights Watch (HRW) asked Pakistan

government to end police abuse and

other measures against refugees.

In the report titled “Pakistan Co-

ercion, UN Complicity: The Mass

Forced Return of Afghan Refugees”,

the HRW called on the government

to avoid recreating conditions in 2017

that coerced the involuntary return

of refugees to Afghanistan last year.

The HRW conducted 115 inter-

views with refugee returnees in Af-

ghanistan and refugees and undocu-

mented Afghans in Pakistan. The find-

ings suggested that Pakistani pres-

sure on Afghan refugees left many

of them with no choice but to leave

Pakistan last year.

The rights group also holds the

United Nations High Commissioner

for Refugees (UNHCR) complicit in

the “coerced return” of Afghan refu-

gees, and calls on it to “speak out as

necessary and challenge any repeat

in 2017 of the appalling and unlawful

pressure Pakistan placed on Afghans

in 2016, that coerced many to re-

turn to danger and destitution in Af-

ghanistan in such massive numbers.”

In the second half of the last year,

365,000 of the 1.5 million registered

refugees were “pushed out by a toxic

combination of deportation threats

and police abuses.”

About 200,000 of the one million

undocumented Afghan refugees in

Pakistan returned to their country

over the same period.

According to the report, Pakistan

has hosted over a million Afghan

refugees for most of the last 40

years. – PTI

UK hit bylabour shortages

‘post-Brexit’LONDON, Feb 13: The UK is being hit by labour shortage

from the European Union (EU) in the wake of the historic

Brexit referendum last June, according to a new survey re-

leased today.

British businesses that rely heavily on EU nationals are

finding it difficult to hire the right candidates as such workers

decide to stay home, according to a survey by the UK’s Char-

tered Institute of Personnel (CIPD) and the Adecco Group.

The survey shows that almost half of all the vacancies are in

the retail and wholesale, manufacturing, health and accom-

modation and food services industries.

Fears of a so-called employee “Brexodus” are particu-

larly high in the education and health care sectors, the sur-

vey indicates.

“Whilst the outcome of Brexit negotiations is still uncer-

tain, employers’ access to EU migrant workers is likely to

change. Investing in young people is a solid long-term strat-

egy, but employers also need to face the facts and prepare for

a situation where they might lose access to significant num-

bers of skilled EU workers in the near future,” said John

Marshall, chief executive at the Adecco Group for the UK and

Ireland.

The report, which was based on data from over 1,000 em-

ployers, also shows that more than a quarter of employers

believe that the EU nationals they employ are considering

leaving their jobs and possibly the country in 2017.

“This is creating significant recruitment challenges in sec-

tors that have historically relied on non-UK labour to fill roles,”

said Gerwyn Davies, labour market adviser for the CIPD.

The number of non-UK nationals from the EU living in the

UK almost halved from an average of more than 60,000 per

quarter in the nine months leading up to the June 2016 refer-

endum to just 30,000 in the three months to September 2016,

according to the most recent labour data from the Office of

National Statistics (ONS).

While Britain’s labour market remains strong, the decision

by voters to leave the European Union was likely to force

companies to rethink their training strategies as they ad-

justed to having fewer EU workers in future.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is on track to invoke

Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to begin the official process to

leave the EU by the end of next month.

She has said the government wants to guarantee the rights

of EU nationals already living in the UK but there is no clarity

on that yet until the EU guarantees the rights of British na-

tionals based in European countries. – PTI

Former Pak envoy to US questionsIslamabad’s Kashmir policy

WASHINGTON, Feb 13: Question-

ing Pakistan’s decades- old Kashmir

policy, a former top envoy of the coun-

try has said even resolving the issue

would unlikely address the challenge

of terrorism, sectarian conflict or the

Taliban abandoning its goal of estab-

lishing an “old Islamic order” in Af-

ghanistan.

“Even if Kashmir is resolved how

would that end sectarian terrorism,

because sectarian terrorism is about

killing people who do not have same

religious sect as you have. How would

resolving Kashmir stop the Taliban,

who are aimed at creating their old

Islamic order in Afghanistan,” former

Pakistani ambassador to the US Husain

Haqqani told a Washington audience

on Friday.

“So sometimes ... Making this a

hyper nationalistic argument on the

side of Pakistan and a very simplistic

(one) that we have no choice in Paki-

stan’s approach in America ... We want

both sides to actually rethink their

positions,” he said.

He said this during a discussion on a

report, released by nearly a dozen top

American thinktanks, that urges the

Trump administration for a tougher

line against Pakistan, involving both

pragmatic engagement and conse-

quences for uncooperative behaviour.

‘A New US Approach to Pakistan:

Enforcing Aid Conditions without Cut-

ting Ties’- co-authored by Lis Curtis

of The Heritage Foundation and

Haqqani of the Hudson Institute- stops

short of recommending declaring Pa-

kistan a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’.

Authored by a group of eminent US-

based Pakistan experts, it calls for a

sharper, clear-eyed US policy ap-

proach towards Pakistan.

“Pakistan needs to do a little intro-

spection that can we continue this for

ever and ever and still have credibil-

ity,” Haqqani said about Islamabad’s

continued support to terrorist activi-

ties against its neighbours. – PTI

Hamas namestop militant as

new leaderGAZA CITY, Feb 13: A sen-

ior Hamas official says a top

member of the group’s armed

wing has been chosen as its

new leader in the Gaza Strip.

Yehiyeh Sinwar, a senior

commander who was freed by

Israel in a 2011 prisoner swap,

is considered one of the most

hardline figures in the Islamic

militant group.

The Hamas official, speak-

ing on condition of anonymity

because he was discussing the

group’s secretive election

process, confirmed the ap-

pointment.

Sinwar replaces Ismail

Haniyeh, who was prime min-

ister of Hamas’ government in

Gaza after the militant group

overran the territory in 2007.

Since his release by Israel,

Sinwar has built up his power

in the secretive military wing

and is believed to have or-

dered the execution of a top

rival last year in a power

struggle. – AP

La La Land dominates Baftas,Dev Patel wins for Lion

LONDON, Feb 13: Director

Damien Chazelle’s musical La La Land

continued its award dominance by tak-

ing five trophies, including the best film

and best actress for Emma Stone, at

the 70th British Academy Film

Awards, which also recognised Brit-

ish-Indian star Dev Patel in the best

supporting actor category for Lion.

La La Land, which also won

Chazelle a best director Bafta, is ex-

pected to sustain its momentum at the

Oscars on February 26 where it has

scored a record 14 nominations.

Veteran director Ken Loach’s I,

Daniel Blake was named outstanding

British film at the ceremony on Sun-

day night.

Casey Affleck was named best ac-

tor for Manchester by the Sea while its

director Kenneth Lonergan won the

award for best original screenplay.

Viola Davis won the best support-

ing actress prize for Fences. Having

won the other major awards this sea-

son as well, Davis is a strong contender

at the Oscars too.

While the Golden Globes were

dominated by Meryl Streep’s moving

speech criticising US President Donald

Trump, he was not mentioned that

much at the Baftas though Stone re-

ferred to him indirectly while accept-

ing her best actress trophy.

“This country – and the US, and the

world – seems to be going through a

bit of a time, just a bit.

“In a time that’s so divisive, I think

it’s so special we were able to come

together tonight thanks to Bafta, to

celebrate the positive gift of creativity

and how it can transcend borders and

how it can help people to feel a little

less alone,” Stone said.

Patel, 26, was greeted with a round

of applause as he accepted the prize

for best supporting actor for Lion,

about a man who was adopted as a

child and is trying to find his family

in India through the help of Google

maps. – PTI

The leadingrights grouptermed it asthe world’slargestunlawfulforcedexodus ofrefugees inrecent times

INTERNATIONAL

Image of ‘hatredof our times’ wins

World PressPhoto award

THE HAGUE, Feb 13: Bran-

dishing a gun, his face contorted

with rage, the shocking image

of a Turkish policeman assassi-

nating the Russian envoy to Tur-

key today won the prestigious

World Press Photo Award.

Judges praised the courage

and bravery of Burhan Ozbilici,

a photographer for Associated

Press, who stood his ground as

22-year-old policeman Mevlut

Mert Altintas pumped nine bul-

lets into ambassador Andrei

Karlov at the opening of an An-

kara exhibition. “From the mo-

ment I heard the shots I knew

this was a historic moment, very

serious,” Ozbilici told AFP.

“I knew I had to do my job.

As a journalist, I couldn’t just

run away to save my skin.” The

vivid photo was to go viral

around the world, and has been

viewed some 18 million times.

The judges from the World

Press Photo Foundation in

Amsterdam acknowledged

they had had a tough job to

choose the 2017 winner from

more than 80,400 images sub-

mitted by 5,034 photogra-

phers from 125 countries.

“It was a very, very difficult

decision, but in the end we felt

that the picture of the year was

an explosive image that really

spoke to the hatred of our

times,” said jury member

Mary Calvert.

Agence France-Presse also

scooped three awards. Manila-

based photographer Noel

Celis took third place in the

General News category for his

photo of inmates trying to

sleep in an over-populated

prison in the city. – AFP

World Press Photo award

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5

CITY

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WEATHER

GUWAHATILOCAL FORECAST :

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Members of the All Assam Trained Home Guard Association staging a sit-in demonstration over their various demands, at

Last Gate in Guwahati on Monday. – UB Photos

A college student looks at Valentine gifts on the eve of

Valentine’s Day, at a stall in Guwahati on Monday.

Valentine’s Day is on February 14. – UB Photos

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: The AIUDF petition, alleging that

Additional Advocate General Devajit Lon Saikia had taken

selfies inside the House while witnessing the Assembly pro-

ceedings and had uploaded them in social networking sites,

has been referred to the Committee of Privileges for exami-

nation, Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami said today. “The com-

mittee has been directed to submit its report within two

weeks. Till action on the report is taken, Saikia is advised not

to attend the Assembly proceedings,” the Speaker said.

Selfie case referred toprivilege committee

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: A 13-year-old girl

was rescued by Childline today from the

city’s Bhaskar Nagar area.

Parents of the girl, hailing from Bilasip-

ara in Dhubri, were allegedly preparing for

her marriage, prompting

Childline to intervene and

rescue her.

“We got information at

our helpline 1098. Child

Friendly, a local NGO work-

ing in the area, gave us the

tip-off and we acted imme-

diately with the assistance

of Geetanagar police,” Nir-

mal Deka of Childline told The Assam Tribune.

The girl was rescued from her paternal

uncle’s house, where she had come with

her mother.

Childline has taken custody of the girl and

Childline rescuesminor girl

PRADIP KAKATI

Nabagraha Temple is the only astro-

logical and astronomical centre not only

in Assam, but in the entire North-East-

ern region of India. It is situated in the

south-eastern part of Guwahati city over

the Chitrachal hill. Built by King Rajeswar

Singha, the temple collapsed during the

Great Earthquake of 1897. The King

brought a priest named Achyutananda

Deb Sarma from Ujjayani. Presently,

there are around 60 priests who are the

descendents of Achyutananda Deb Sar-

ma. They perform day to day work in the

temple by rotation, besides looking af-

ter astrological assignments.

It may be recalled that originally there

were two narrow roads – one by the side

of the veterinary hospital and another by

the side of the war cemetery at Silpukhu-

ri, via which to reach the temple. The

PWD subsequently widened and rebuilt

the road from MC Road to the temple

during 2010, which is around 1.5 km.

However, women visitors face immense

problem due to non-availability of urinals

along the entire stretch, which we feel

would be addressed by the district ad-

ministration and the Guwahati Munici-

pal Corporation at an early date. Neces-

sary steps to construct at least 3/4 uri-

nals along with 2/3 drinking water booths

for the visitors would go a long way in

ameliorating their collective plight. The

authority may consider taking the help

of Nabagraha Path-Chenikuthi Hillside

Nagarik Samiti in this regard.

Though the number of devotees to

Nabagraha Temple from outside the State

and also from foreign countries, in addi-

tion to devotees from outside Guwahati

has been increasing every day, unfortu-

nately the State Government has not tak-

en any positive steps to develop the tem-

ple complex with the required infrastruc-

ture for visiting tourists. The present

temple was constructed during 1975-78

with financial help from the State Gov-

ernment and donations from well-wish-

ers. The newly constructed temple was

inaugurated on June 27, 1979.

It may be pertinent to add here that

the then Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia

and Priya Nath Sarmadoloi, including

Late Satis Chandra Kakati, Harendra

Nath Barua and Sarat Chandra Goswa-

mi, among others, extended their guid-

ance and help to rebuild the temple. The

management of the Nabagraha Temple

was constituted in 1931. Following grad-

ual increase in the number of devotees to

the temple, the post of ‘Doloi’ was insti-

tuted to supervise day-to-day worship at

the temple.

The first ‘Doloi’ of the temple was Lax-

mi Kanta Deb Sarma, while Kamini Mo-

han Sarma was the first elected ‘Doloi’.

Consequent upon resignation by Kamini

Mohan Sarma, Priya Nath Sarmadoloi

was entrusted with the responsibility of

‘Doloi’. During the tenure of Priya Nath

Sarma, there was manifold developmen-

tal works in the temple. After the de-

mise of Priya Nath Sarmadoloi , Pratap

Sarmadoloi was elected as ‘Doloi’ and af-

ter him, Bimal Sarmadoloi was elected

‘Doloi’. Bimal Sarmadoloi is still contin-

uing as ‘Doloi’ of the temple.

At present, the management of the tem-

ple is looked after by the Nabagraha Tem-

ple management committee under the

chairmanship of the Kamrup (Metro) Dep-

uty Commissioner. However, due to lack

of proper functioning by the committee,

the temple is not running smoothly. There

are complaints galore from a section of

devotees that the priests often charge ex-

orbitant rates for various offerings as there

is no fixed rate as such. It would therefore

be in the fitness of things for the Nabagra-

ha Temple management committee to

consider fixing rates for various offerings

in the interest of the devotees.

Further, it may perhaps be suggested

to include 2/3 senior citizens of the lo-

cality and also representatives of Nabag-

raha Path-Chenikuthi Hillside Nagarik

Samiti members for smooth functioning

of the temple. The condition of the tem-

ple has deteriorated due to lack of time-

ly maintenance.

It may be recalled that in 2014, the

then Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had an-

nounced sanction of Rs one crore for re-

pair and maintenance of the temple

through PWD. But it is not known

whether the PWD had taken any steps to

repair or maintain the temple. Not sur-

prisingly, the temple requires immediate

upkeep.

It is indeed unfortunate that due to ap-

athy of the concerned State Government

department, the burnt brick pieces, stone

etc used for construction of the original

temple, are lying scattered here and there.

They may soon disappear. We therefore

urge the State’s Department of Archae-

ology to take necessary action to preserve

these material and the stone plate (silali-

pi) fixed on the walls of the temple in the

interest of the future generations.

To the right side of the main entrance

to the temple, idols of Lord Ganesha, Lord

Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Laxmi Devi are

installed. On the entire outer wall of the

temple, 10 avatars of Lord Vishnu along

with other idols are beautifully engraved.

In the main sanctum of the temple, there

are nine Nabagraha lingas (nine planets)

arranged in a circle. They are Surya, Chan-

dra, Mangal, Budha, Guru, Sukra, Shani,

Rahu and Ketu. Each graha is covered

with different coloured cloth in accordance

with the requirement of the lingas. As the

roof of the temple is dome shaped, hence

during chanting of mantras in the sanc-

tum, it resonates and gives a feeling as if

the chanting of mantras are coming from

every corner of the temple.

Every year, the annual Mahayajna of

Nabagraha Temple begins on the Sankran-

ti of Magh-Phagun with a three-day pro-

gramme. The sacrificial fire-pit is situat-

ed on the northern side of the main tem-

ple, wherein offerings of sacrifice are per-

formed on the first day of the Mahayajna

after obtaining fire from the Sun by vir-

tue of chanting mantras. Each of the nine

planets are offered sacrifice every day with

cow ghee mixed with paddy, mustard, ses-

ame seeds etc. On the last and final obla-

tion of the Mahayajna, the priest offers

sacrifice with the aforementioned items

with the chanting of ten thousands slokas.

The “Doloi’ on behalf of all the priests of

the temple and devotees offers first obla-

tion with the help of the main priest, who

performs the yajna.

It may be mentioned that thousands

of devotees from outside Guwahati as

well as from outside the State throng the

temple during this annual Mahayajna

performed at the Nabagraha Temple.

May we therefore request Chief Min-

ister Sarbananda Sonowal along with the

State’s Minister for Tourism to consid-

er taking urgent steps to convert Naba-

graha Temple into an important tourist

destination under the religious tourism

category.

Nabagraha Temple: its history and annual yajna

she will be kept tonight at Kalyani Nivas of

the Indian Council for Child Welfare, As-

sam State Branch at Rupnagar here.

Childline has informed the matter to

the district Child Welfare Committee and

the District Child Protection Officer and

they are likely to decide on the matter

tomorrow.

“Some locals have said

the girl has been already

married. But in her state-

ment, she told us that her

parents were preparing

for the marriage. The boy

is a pandal worker. The

girl’s father and the boy’s

father came to know each

other recently, after which the proposal for

the marriage was made,” Deka said.

It was not clear whether the boy too was

a minor. Police are investigating the mat-

ter. No one has been detained so far.

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: A team led by

Ravneet Kaur, Joint Secretary,

Department of Industrial Policy and

Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and

Industry, Government of India,

conducted a training programme for

implementation of the Direct Benefit

Transfer (DBT) mechanism for

disbursement of subsidy under

schemes of NEIIPP, 2007.

The training programme was organ-

ised by the Commissionerate of Indus-

tries and Commerce, Assam at Udyog

Bhawan, Bamunimaidam here today.

Industry department officials from

Prog on Direct Benefit Transferstates like Assam, Meghalaya,

Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal

Pradesh and Sikkim participated in the

training programme.

The programme was conducted in

view of the Government of India’s

decision to disburse subsidy under

NEIIPP, 2007 to eligible industrial units

only through DBT mechanism which

would be credited to the bank accounts

of the beneficiary industrial units.

“DBT mechanism is an effective

system as it is fast, transparent and

accountable,” Kaur said calling upon

the officials to upload all data of

industrial units in their respective

states in the software so that the

subsidies can be disbursed soon after

the commencement of the next

financial year.

Joint Secretary Kaur was also

accompanied by Ashish Dutta, Deputy

Secretary of the department and JK

Yadav, Senior Technical Director, NIC,

New Delhi. Issues and concerns

regarding Aadhar and software labels/

categories were also discussed at the

meeting, an official statement said.

Commissioner, Industries and

Commerce Dr KK Dwivedi said the

training programme benefited all the

officials and assured of extending all

cooperation to successfully complete

the data compilation.

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: The

Assam government has or-

dered a thorough investigation

into the incidents of children fall-

ing ill after taking deworming

pills in several places of the

State, Parliamentary Affairs

Minister Chandra Mohan

Patowary informed the Assem-

bly today.

Hundreds of schoolchildren

had taken ill after being admin-

istered medication during

drives under the National De-

worming Programme at vari-

ous places in the State during

the last few days.

Raising the issue in the

House during Zero Hour, Op-

position legislators alleged that

the children were administered

the medicine on empty stom-

ach and the doctors and teach-

ers were not “prepared” to

carry out the drive. The Min-

ister said action would be tak-

en against the erring officials.

“We will ensure that such

incidents do not recur in fu-

ture. If the inquiry committee

suggests payment of compen-

sation, the government will

comply,” Patowary said, reply-

ing on behalf of the Health

Minister. – Staff Reporter

Probe into children falling illafter taking deworming pills

Pyrokinesisfrom tomorrow

JALUKBARI, Feb 13: The

15th edition of Pyrokinesis 2017

will be held from February 15 to

18 in the Assam Engineering

College playground. Pyrokinesis,

one of the biggest events of NE

India, provides a unique oppor-

tunity to connect with the peo-

ple of the entire region.

The four-day annual national

level technical fest Udbhavanam

and cultural fest Pyrokinesis is

an endeavour to bring the di-

verse cultures and technicians on

one platform and showcase the

unity in diversity. The festival is

being organised since 2003.

On February 16 noted singer

Aditi Singh Sharma will be the

star performer. Incipit, a Rock

band from Nagaland will per-

form at the event. ‘Mars and Ve-

nus’, a fashion show and body

building competition will also be

held. A lecture cum interactive

programme is also scheduled,

where the guest lecture will be

delivered by Jayanta Narayan

Choudhary, former DGP, Assam.

– Correspondent

6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017

MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Live today as though it’s the last day of your life

on earth. For all you know, it could well be.

– SCOTT CURRAN

hen one reads any

budget speech of

the post-economic

reform era in India,

one is forced to swim into a sea of

contradictions. No certain trends

emerge in the policy orientations

and priorities of the government

in the budgets. Governments

across parties indulge in competi-

tive populism. Bound by the dicta-

tion of the IMF, World Bank and

other financial institutions, the

Government is forced to withdraw

from its welfare responsibilities,

but, ironically, all governments end

up with new populist policies and

schemes. If for Prime Minister

Narendra Modi, just after he had

assumed power, MGNREGA was

a ‘monumental failure’ of his arch

rival Indian National Congress, for

his Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

it was the only scheme which is

capable of generating the legitima-

cy for the Government at the grass-

roots at a critical juncture when the

Government is encircled by the

tidal waves of popular discontent.

Jaitley glorifies his own success by

allocating the highest amount for

MGNERGA till date in his budget

proposals for 2017-18. Dr Manmo-

han Singh, whose 1991 budget

speech as the monarch of econom-

ic reforms was all about speculat-

ed glorifications of the might of the

market, however, also ended up

with a series of populist schemes

during 2004-14 under his tenure

as the Prime Minister. It was, how-

ever, accompanied by transferring

common resources to the corpo-

rate, even by diluting all existing

norms concerning the environ-

ment and also the acknowledged

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EDITOR

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Tamil Nadu politicsPolitical uncertainty continues in the southern State

of Tamil Nadu. What had only a few days back seemed

to be almost certain has now turned totally uncertain

and left all experts and pundits baffled, not to mention

the common people of the State as well as the country

as a whole. Days after he rebelled against the party

leadership, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O

Panneerselvam (who had resigned from his post be-

fore suddenly revolting against the party’s general

secretary VK Sasikala who was looking set to become

the next leader of the State) has seen a steady rise in

his support base among the legislators, MPs and cad-

res of the ruling AIADMK. Sasikala, who still seems to

be enjoying the support of the majority of the AIADMK

legislators, has suddenly started displaying signs of

panic and has also threatened agitation against Tamil

Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao if there is any further

delay in her swearing in as the next Chief Minister. All

this is happening even as the Governor shows no sign

of hastening the process to facilitate the formation of

the next government in Chennai and, what can be con-

sidered only a remote possibility, of asking

Panneerselvam to continue in his post and prove his

majority in the floor of the Legislative Assembly.

Sasikala, who had earlier taken over as the general

secretary of the AIADMK following the demise of J

Jayalalithaa, has asked the Governor to “act immedi-

ately” and call her to form the new government in Tamil

Nadu. Chinnamma or Little Mother, as she is called by

the party cadres (Jayalalithaa was known as Amma),

has said that she has already handed over to the Gov-

ernor both the resolutions of the AIADMK Legislature

Party electing her as its leader and that she enjoys the

support of the majority of MLAs in the Assembly.

Even as the Central Government watches from the

sidelines, many experts are of the opinion that the BJP-

led NDA regime would be more comfortable doing busi-

ness with a dispensation headed by Panneerselvam

rather than one by Sasikala. The Congress, which has a

small presence in Tamil Nadu, has also not made its

official position on the matter clear and seems to be wait-

ing for a conclusion to the internal squabbling within the

AIADMK to come to a conclusion before making any

formal announcements. DMK, the State’s main Opposi-

tion party, sees an opportunity due to the crisis in the

AIADMK and has been making all efforts to ensure that

it benefits from such a situation. Even as more and more

party leaders join Panneerselvam, and as Sasikala tries

to ensure that her loyalists do not defect to the other

camp, the political uncertainty looks set to continue at

least for a few more days. There is also the chance that

the State may witness political violence and that should

be averted at all cost.

Emergency numbersThe concept of emergency numbers has emerged

as a major game changer in tackling crisis situation. In

emergency situations, every passing second counts;

whether it is an accident, critical illness, burglary, theft,

road rage, or a fire, the first few minutes are crucial. It

is likely that this crucial time may be lost in figuring out

what number to dial. And it is not at all easy to remem-

ber a 10-digit number. To do away with it, different

departments in India have launched their own indi-

vidual three-digit numbers – 100 for police, 101 for

fire, 102 for medical, 108 for ambulance service, etc.

These numbers have now become very popular and

have been helping the people in times of distress.

However, it was seen that during times of emergency,

it can be very confusing in dialling the appropriate

number. The need was felt that an integrated one-point

Crisis Response Helpline Number will help the public

by providing timely response to the affected people at

the time of exigencies. Integration of different helpline

numbers into a single universal number (108) was

launched in Assam in the month of October, 2012. The

effectiveness of the emergency numbers in the State

can be gauged from the fact that Dial 100 in Guwahati

received 10,11,104 calls last year in comparison to

7,37,158 calls the preceding year.

However, it’s very sad to note that the emergency

numbers, which have been helping the people in dis-

tress on 24x7 basis, are being misused by a section of

pranksters in the State. Apart from pranksters, calls of

non-serious nature have caused a lot of problem for

the dedicated staff who rush within a very short notice

to the spot of emergency. Among the emergency num-

bers, Dial 108 is facing the brunt of non-emergency

calls. While nothing can be done if someone dials the

emergency number either by mistake or due to igno-

rance, but if such calls are made to play a dirty joke,

then it calls for serious action. For long, the pranksters

had the vicarious pleasure at the expense of the staff

attending such fake calls. But, finally, the Assam Po-

lice had the last laugh. After going through the call

records, the law-enforcing agency has identified over

400 telephone numbers of the prank callers. The po-

lice have initiated the right step of blocking the num-

bers of these prank callers so that they won’t be in a

position to cry wolf over and over again. The law-en-

forcing agency is also contemplating legal action to

punish the prank callers if they keep repeating their

nefarious act. A strong deterrent action is a must to

keep the prank callers at bay as well as for the smooth

functioning of the emergency service concerned.

rights of the tribals. More impor-

tantly, the regime under Dr Singh

was encircled by endless corrup-

tion for which many have been

shown the doors to the prison, but

not Dr Singh; for which Prime

Minister Modi called him the only

safe rider in the bathroom with a

raincoat. There is no guarantee

what awaits Modi, whose demon-

etization in his ambitious mission

of striking out the black

money has pushed the

commoners to endless

miseries while facilitating

multiplication of fortunes

by the select big business

houses. The ‘benevolent

feudal lordship’ that

Prime Minister Modi in-

dulges in to define the

destiny of the nation may

invite more spectacular

adjectives for him by his

opponents in future.

All these are reflective

of the state’s dilemma

under which it is not sure

about to which direction

it has to move, and there-

fore indulges in the spec-

tacular but ends up with

being surrounded by

spectres. When one reads the end-

lessly long budget speeches of Dr

Himanta Biswa Sarma of 2016 and

2017, these issues appear to be the

reality of our time. In his second

consecutive budget speech deliv-

ered on February 7, 2017, Dr Sar-

ma indulged in bringing in a lot of

poetry and literature to substanti-

ate his and his Government’s com-

mitment to the people of Assam.

That he loves his motherland and

has an uncompromising loyalty to

her had to be asserted by quoting

Nalinibala Devi, the celebrated poet

of the last century. The budget is

not a literary piece to play with

emotion and sensitivity of the peo-

ple and communities but a well-de-

fined and well-articulated policy

document to deal with hard reality.

Every single word and expression

is very important, and one really

has to be economic in his/her words

in preparing the budget speech.

This was missing in both the budg-

et speeches presented by Dr Sar-

ma, for which the former Chief Min-

ister and Finance Minister Tarun

Gogoi described the budget speech

of Dr Sarma as an amalgamation of

glorified promises. But the irony is

that all budgets presented by Go-

goi for 15 years were also the amal-

gamation of glorified promises

which his Government failed to ful-

fil at many instances.

Why does it happen so? It prima-

rily happens because the State Gov-

ernment or the local people do not

control the nerves and the hearts of

the State’s economy. Guwahati, the

finance capital of the State, is a glar-

ing example. The expanding busi-

ness of the Guwahati city is not con-

trolled either by the State Govern-

ment or the local people. The ex-

traordinarily spectacular buildings,

which are coming up in the city and

wherein the big businesses are grad-

ually getting concentrated into, are

not in the hands of the local people.

The endless flats mush-

rooming in the city are not

constructed by local build-

ers and companies. The

big school networks are

not owned by the local

people. Local people are

confined to petty business-

es like small publishing

houses, groceries, pan

shops, etc. A few private

hospitals, which are built

and owned by local people,

are also gradually going

out of their hands as the

health industry is expand-

ing. The land around the

city, prices for which are

increasing in the fastest

way, cannot be bought by

the local people.

All these have enor-

mous negative bearing on the ca-

pacity of the State Government to

prepare a budget with long-term

vision of inclusive transformation.

Therefore, governments have be-

come desperate to generate and

sustain its legitimacy through short-

term schemes, which are mostly

populist in nature. This can be read

from the budgetary allocations,

which have two components, capi-

tal and revenue. Capital expenditure

is meant for long-term investment,

which aims to bring structural trans-

formation. Revenue expenditure is

meant for meeting the recurring and

the contingencies including salary

and pension, etc. The successive

budgets over the years have been

marked by negligible allocations for

capital expenditure, which has been

lesser than 20% of the total alloca-

tions. The trend continues in the

Budget 2017-18. Against the total

outlay of Rs 85,922.69 crore, reve-

nue expenditure for the year is fixed

at Rs 68,319.45 crore leaving only

Rs 17,603.23 crore for capital ex-

penditure. In all major departments,

the capital expenditure has been

low, at points negligible. For exam-

ple, in Agriculture, allocation against

capital expenditure has been fixed

at Rs 354.36 crore as against the

revenue expenditure of Rs 1,020.93

crore. In Medical and Public Health,

as against the revenue expenditure

of Rs 4,188.52 crore, capital expend-

iture is fixed at Rs 446.11 crore. In

Higher Education too, as against Rs

2,165.01 crore for revenue expend-

iture, the capital expenditure has

been earmarked at a meagre Rs

72.62 crore.

All these indicate that the Gov-

ernment has been pushed to a situ-

ation where its primary concern is

to meet the day-to-day require-

ments and the contingencies. Its

primary concern gets confined to

payment of salary and other dues

to its employees and to create and

sustain millions of individual bene-

ficiaries under different schemes.

These are the primary means of

sustaining the legitimacy of the

Government. The government at

large is devoid of any long-term

vision. As a result, temporary has

become the permanent engage-

ment of the Government.

Sir, – The organizers of FIFA

U-17 World Cup to be held in

India made an appropriate choice

presenting ‘Kheleo’, a clouded

leopard, as the official mascot for

the tournament. Given that

clouded leopard is a vulnerable

wild cat and faces challenges like

habitat loss, ‘Kheleo’ is a perfect

representation for the tourna-

ment as well as a symbol for

conservation. As ‘Kheleo’ will

participate in numerous activi-

ties across the country in the

run-up to the tournament, the

message for conservation should

also be propagated to the masses

as well. With just over 200 days

to go until the start of the first

ever FIFA tournament in India,

the organizers and the authori-

ties concerned should leave no

stone unturned for the success-

ful completion of the tourna-

ment. Yours etc., HIMANGKA

KAUSHIK, Hatigarh Chariali,

Guwahati.

All these have enormous

negative bearing on the

capacity of the State

Government to prepare a

budget with long-term vision of

inclusive transformation.

Therefore, governments have

become desperate to generate

and sustain its legitimacy

through short-term schemes,

which are mostly populist in

nature.

W Dr Akhil Ranjan Dutta

CBCS: a new dimension to higher educationhe University Grants

Commission (UGC) has

decided to implement

the choice-based credit

system (CBCS) in the higher edu-

cational institutions for all pro-

grammes irrespective of graduate,

postgraduate, diploma and certifi-

cate courses and brought out guide-

lines for this. It has already been

introduced in the PG programmes

in Assam. Now it is expected to be

introduced in the undergraduate

courses too from the next year. The

topic of CBCS has surfaced as a

major issue for the stakeholders –

students, teachers, parents and so-

ciety as a whole. The CBCS is treat-

ed as a cafeteria approach to educa-

tion. The purposes of the introduc-

tion of the scheme are mainly to

provide opportunity for students to

have a choice of courses or subjects

within a programme resembling a

menu. It is also expected to pro-

vide mobility to and create com-

petitiveness among the students

within the country and, eventually,

even internationally, as the credits

earned at one institution can be ex-

pected to be transferred freely by

preparing a uniform course at the

national level. To ensure it, a sys-

tem of classification of courses or

subjects within the programme is

made. The UGC recommends

adoption of nine-letter grades in-

cluding one-letter grade for the ab-

sence of the student in the exami-

nation that may be relative or abso-

lute. The switch-over to the grad-

ing system is based on the process

of simple mapping of percentage of

marks to grades. The credit sys-

tem can pose no challenge as the

weight of the credit can be suitably

factored into maximum marks

awarded for a particular subject.

The entire course can be divided

as Core, Elective and Ability En-

hancement Courses. Core means

the course which should compulso-

rily be studied by a candidate as a

core requirement. For enhancing the

knowledge horizon, elective subjects

are categorized into General and

Discipline Specific Elective (DSE).

The courses is chosen generally

from an unrelated discipline/subject,

with an intention to seek exposure

to different subject area, called a

General Elective. For example, a

student of economics can study film

study, fine arts or anything pre-

scribed by the respective university.

The DSE is the elective subject of-

fered by department or university

concerned. For example, a student

of economics can select few courses

of economics such as industrial eco-

nomics, agricultural economics, bank-

ing, international trade, etc., from a

set of optional subjects excluding the

core subjects of economics. Similar-

ly, a student of chemistry needs to

select three or four special papers of

chemistry like physical chemistry,

organic chemistry, etc., prescribed

by university, apart from the core

subject of chemistry. Moreover, dis-

sertation or project work has to be

submitted as proof of having acquired

special/advanced knowledge. Abili-

ty Enhancement Compulsory

Courses (AECC) and Skill Enhance-

ment Courses (SEC) are also part of

CBCS. The content of AECCs is

expected to lead to knowledge en-

hancement such as environmental

science, English communication and

MIL. These are mandatory for all

disciplines. The SEC courses are

value-based and/or skill-based and are

aimed at providing hands-on train-

ing, competencies, skills, etc. An

undergraduate degree with Honours

in a discipline may be awarded if a

student completes 14 core papers in

that discipline, two AECC, minimum

two SECs and four papers each from

a list of Discipline Specific Elective

and General Elective papers respec-

tively. The total number of credit is

140. It means, to be a graduate, a

student must appear for minimum

140 credits in three years. Credit in

the present context implies success-

ful completion of a course of study

measured in terms of classroom in-

struction hours/weeks in the cours-

es being studied in that semester.

One credit is equivalent to one work-

ing hour.

The CBCS shifts in focus from

the teacher-centric to student-cen-

tric education and students may un-

dertake as many credits as they can

cope with (without repeating all

courses in a given semester if they

fail in one/more courses). The

CBCS allows students to choose

interdisciplinary and intra-discipli-

nary courses, skill-oriented papers

(even from other disciplines ac-

cording to their learning needs, in-

terests and aptitude) and more flex-

ibility for students. It also makes

education broad-based and at par

with global standards. One can take

credits by combining unique com-

binations. For example, physics

with economics, microbiology with

chemistry or environment science,

etc. The CBCS offers flexibility for

students to study at different times

and at different institutions to com-

plete one course (easy mobility of

students). Credits earned at one

institution can be transferred un-

der this system. Of course, the

CBCS may create difficulty to es-

timate the exact marks and the

workload of teachers may fluctu-

ate. It requires a good infrastruc-

tural support including adequate

human resources for dissemination

of quality education.

To ensure quality and enhanced

Romen Kalita

Tcompetitiveness, revision of curric-

ulum, introduction of course credit

system and other issues are highly

desired. Utmost care needs to be

taken in this context. The universi-

ties/colleges are empowered to

modify or redesign up to 20% of

the syllabus designed by the UGC.

In this context, market survey for

employment opportunities in the

relevant sectors can be designed by

them in collaboration with industry

partners. In a State like Assam,

there is the possibility of incorpo-

rating some specific projects which

can be included in the skill-based

courses. Some relaxation is also

required in some subjects due to

the feasibility of the course, like in-

clusion of too much mathematics in

economics may create some issues

in some Arts colleges. For practical

works in literature and survey in

social sciences, more orientation

will be required. Likewise, well-

equipped infrastructure for the sci-

ence stream also needs to be pro-

vided. The Government of Assam

has, however, already taken sever-

al steps for the development of high-

er education, and this needs to be a

continuous process. In Assam, we

can expect a deliberate effort from

all the stakeholders in implement-

ing the CBCS in the undergraduate

courses with a holistic approach and

optimism in order to keep pace with

the modern and dynamic world.

Translators’ dueSir, – Srimanta Sankaradeva

Kalakshetra Society has done a

commendable job publishing

Srimanta Sankaradeva’s Parijat

Haran Naat, the illustrated

Kirtan Ghosha and Madhabdeva’s

illustrated Bhakti-Ratnavalli. The

last two books were written on

Sanchi bark. The Parijat Haran

Naat is translated into English by

Dr Dayananda Pathak. The other

two books have been translated

into English by Prof Narendra

Nath Sarma. The translators’ aims

and objectives are praiseworthy

because the non-Assamese people

will be able to read the classical

and unique writings of Srimanta

Sankaradeva and Madhavdeva

through English. Surya Hazarika

deserves praise for editing the

three books, reportedly prepared

and published at government cost.

However, the very attempt to

introduce the writings to the non-

Assamese readers appears

frustrating as the cover pages of

none of the three books bear any

information about the English

translation, not to speak of bearing

the names of the translators who

have done no less labour than the

editor. Opening the books, one

finds the Assamese preface only.

As face is the index of the mind,

so is the cover page of a book.

Will no one at the helm of affairs

of the Kalakshetra Society see into

the matter and take corrective

measure so that the English

translation of the books get due

publicity which will help in taking

the works of the two saints to the

world, for a whole of which English

is now the lingua franca? Yours

etc., ANJALI SHARMA, Guwahati.

Baffling conditionSir, – We live in a world of

countless realities and truths, yet

it is baffling how we the Homo

sapiens try and hide them in dark,

nerve-racking digs. While

watching the tsar of the jungle

killing his own comrade in

television, we all pass remarks of

empathy. On the other hand, we

become the combatants for the

‘protection’ of our sect slaughter-

ing heaps who are different from

us just because they don’t speak

the same way as we do. I don’t

know much about religions but I

do know the difference between

right and wrong. That is what

matters and there is a thin line

between them. I do believe in

God but in my own ways, I

believe in him because he is the

keeper of karma, I believe in him

because I want to, not because I

was born in a certain sect that

urges me to do so. No person, no

sect, no organization can impose

what I ought to wear or do. Yours

etc., RAJITA HANDIQUE,

Durgapur, West Bengal.

Deadly arsenicosisSir, – It has become an issue of

immediate concern that most of

our districts are now affected by

arsenicosis and fluorosis and the

majority of the people are still

unaware of its consequences (‘19

State districts hit by arsenic:

Centre’, AT, Feb 10). It was

revealed by the Minister of State

for Water Resources, Dr Sanjeev

Kumar Balyan, in a Lok sabha

reply. As we know that consump-

tion of arsenic-rich water for a long

period results in disastrous health

effects including skin cancer,

cancers of the bladder, kidney and

lung, and diseases of the blood

vessels of the legs and feet.

Millions of people living in the

domain of affected districts are

likely to suffer from these

diseases. It’s time that the

Government took fast and effective

action to solve such problems.

Yours etc., HARENDRA BASUM-

ATARY, Tezpur University.

Assam cricketSir, – Apropos the article

written by Kausav Barua regarding

Assam cricket (AT, Feb 9), I would

like to say that the writer has

rightly pointed out that instead of

rewarding 2015 coach Sanath

Kumar for Assam’s splendid

performance in that year, he was

sacked and Sunil Joshi was made

the coach in 2016. This whimsical

decision of the Assam Cricket

Association seems to be a major

reason for Assam’s poor perform-

ance in 2016. Yours etc., SUDIPTA

GOSWAMI, Rehabari, Guwahati.

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GUWAHATI, Feb 13: Con-

tinuing its ceaseless endeav-

our to deliver ‘Health for All,

Smiles for All’, GNRC Hospi-

tal at Sixmile here on the oc-

casion of International Epilep-

sy Day, announced a free epi-

lepsy OPD – a Swasthya Yat-

ra initiative. A painting com-

petition among children with

epilepsy was also organised,

a press release stated.

Inadequate awareness that

Epilepsy not a curse, as most cases can be treatedepilepsy can be treated or pre-

vented is adversely affecting

the State. A large number of

epilepsy cases remain unde-

tected due to lack of aware-

ness of parents, teachers,

peers, etc., about the symp-

toms and treatment of epilep-

sy. Epilepsy is the 4th most

common neurological condi-

tion and affects over 65 mil-

lion people worldwide.

According to a study by

GNRC in 2014, over 99% of

epilepsy cases go untreated in

Assam. The results of the

study, formulated by analysing

data from records of the last

17 years maintained by

GNRC, and various other pub-

licly available sources, was

presented to the media today.

Dr Prasenjit Deka, Con-

sultant, Department of Neu-

rology at GNRC Hospitals

said: “Commonly known by

the name Mirgee, epilepsy is

often understood as a syno-

nym for seizure. In reality,

epilepsy is more than sei-

zures. Every year, approxi-

mately 50 new cases are add-

ed to one lakh population and

Assam has the debilitating

burden of three lakh epilep-

sy patients. The point which

needs to be focused is that a

majority of these cases are

unrecognised, under-report-

ed and hence untreated. The

corollary is that lack of health

adversely affects not only the

population’s physical wellbe-

ing, but also its mental, so-

cial and economic wellbeing.

A healthy population is also

one that is energetic, one that

contributes to and drives the

economy. Economic impact of

untreated epilepsy is alarm-

ing in Assam as individuals

suffering from epilepsy re-

main unemployable.”

Satabdee Borah, CEO of

GNRC Sixmile detailed the

initiative. She said, “The per-

nicious consequences of non-

detection of epilepsy impacts

is not only physical wellbeing,

but also mental and social

wellbeing of an individual. So,

as responsible members of so-

ciety, it is our duty to relent-

lessly endeavour to progress

in the direction of ‘Health for

All, Smiles for All’. We, at

GNRC, have adopted this as

our guiding principle. Hence,

we are organising a free epi-

lepsy detection and counsel-

ling session in Sixmile cam-

pus of GNRC Hospitals from

February 14 to 18. There will

be no doctor’s consultation

charges. We will also make

some medicines available free

of cost. Moreover, now epilep-

sy surgery is also available at

GNRC Sixmile. Two patients

have already availed this serv-

ice and are leading normal life.

Some cases difficult-to-treat

with conventional treatment

can be treated by surgery and

there are very few institutions

in India where this procedure

is performed.”

The main reason for signif-

icant percentage of untreated

epilepsy cases is due to lack

of treatment or inadequate

awareness to prevention, Dr

Deka said.

‘

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: Min-

ister of State for Power Pallab

Lochan Das today said the As-

sam Power Distribution Com-

pany Limited (APDCL) is in-

curring a loss of Rs 55 crore

monthly, mostly due to lack of

proper infrastructure and

modern equipment that has

led to power thefts and the

government is now planning

to introduce prepaid meters to

minimise the revenue loss.

“The State’s produces about

270 MW and 75 per cent of the

power requirement is bought

from outside. The APDCL

purchases power to the tune

Rs 30 cr monthly loss due to power theftof Rs 330 crore every month.

Of these, Rs 40 crore goes to-

wards payment of salaries, Rs

20 crore on pension and Rs 10

crore on other expenses.

“While the total expendi-

ture is around Rs 400 crore,

revenue collected from pow-

er charges is around Rs 315

crore. We get subsidies worth

Rs 30 crore and hence there

is a net loss of Rs 55 crore

every month,” Das told the

House during the Zero Hour,

after AIUDF MLA Aminul Is-

lam raised the issue of an al-

leged scam in installation of

digital meters in the State.

The minister said that of

the 19 power circles in the

State, only four were profit-

making – Guwahati I & II, Di-

brugarh and Tinsukia. “The

department is incurring a loss

of Rs 30 crore due to power

thefts alone,” he said.

Das said the APDCL will

initially install prepaid meters

in five towns as part of a pilot

project. The prepaid meters,

he said, will ensure transpar-

ency as there will be no scope

for tampering. “We also won’t

need extra manpower. Con-

sumers will be able to re-

charge the meters just as they

do in case of mobiles,” he said.

The minister also said the

State will soon launch the Urja

Mitra app, an initiative of the

Union Ministry of Power,

which provides outage man-

agement and notifications

platform for dissipating the

outage information to power

distribution consumers across

India through SMS/calls/push

notifications.

“Consumers will be able to

get information regarding

shutdowns or usage of power

through it,” he added.

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of utilisation of funds and consequent increase or decrease in

allocation. The committee had also advised that the ministry

must continually exhort States to ensure timely submission

of UC for timely release of funds for the projects.

The Ministry of DoNER said a two-pronged action has been

taken. One, as a part of business process re-engineering

(BPR), the guidelines have been revised, which incentivise

faster completion of the projects taken up under the scheme.

Second, the entire process starting from conceptualisation of

the project till its completion has been automated.

Due to all these efforts made by the ministry, the pending

UCs under the NLCPR scheme have come down drastically

to the level of Rs 322.30 crore by the end of October, 2016

from its earlier figure of Rs 1,158.95 crore as on April 1 last.

The number of completed projects has risen from 30 in 2015-

16 to 76 so far in this financial year. The fund utilisation has

risen by almost 90 per cent this year compared to corre-

sponding period last year, an action taken report of the min-

istry said.

The committee has further noted that out of the total

projects sanctioned worth Rs 14,287.82 crore, 56.87 per cent

have been completed and the remaining 43.13 per cent are

going on. But in the ongoing projects, 36.04 per cent projects

have got delayed.

The ministry in its action taken report said procedures for

sanction of projects have been revamped, so that detailed

project reports would henceforth get approved by the State-

level empowered committee chaired by the Chief Secretary.

With the operationalisation of the NLCPR project portal, doc-

uments are being received and processed much faster. The

status of ongoing projects is reviewed regularly with con-

cerned State government officers. To expedite completion of

ongoing delayed projects, the ministry has been utilising 80

per cent of Budget provision for ongoing projects since last

financial year 2015-16.

Tea gardens...(Contd from page 1)

to realise a due revenue of Rs 1.55 crore from land under

occupation of people in 18 districts of the State.

He said the Deputy Commissioners have been asked to sur-

vey the lands and the occupation pattern in their districts and

come up with a detailed report so that the government can

chalk out its future course of action.

The mouzadari system is being introduced in seven dis-

tricts where the tehsildari system was in practice, the minis-

ter said. “Also, all the works relating to land revenue is being

computerised to augment revenue and streamline the func-

tioning,” Das added.

Budget tuned to...(Contd from page 1)

the BJP-led government in Dispur has now tried to bring back

the growth story.

The minister said that for the Mid-Day Meal scheme and for

transportation of subsidised rice the State government will re-

lease the Centre’s share of funds from its own coffers without

waiting for the funds to be released by New Delhi. He said in

August the government will give ‘details and accountability’ of

what has been achieved regarding the 2016-17 Budget pre-

sented last year. The schemes and projects announced during

the last Budget will be implemented till March this year.

Sarma said while the report of the latest pay commission

will be implemented from April 1 this year, it had taken 39

months before the last pay commission’s report in 2006 to be

implemented. He said the Budget has tried to reduce bureau-

cratisation and henceforth, the tender process of all depart-

ments are to be ready at the start of the fiscal by April-May

and departments will only be allowed to spend 30 per cent of

the allotted funds during the last quarter (January-March).

Regarding criticism made by Opposition MLAs during the

General Discussion on the Budget that not much attention has

been given for schemes to uplift the minorities, Sarma said that

definition of the term ‘minority’ has changed in Assam during

the last 60 years. The Muslims already constitute a majority in

12 districts of Assam and the community should not regard itself

as ‘minority’,” he said, adding, “We have to serve everyone...

The time has come to move beyond identity politics.”

(Contd from page 1)

the process of evaluation and

setting of questions in-house

to prevent any leakage or foul

play. Roping in experts for the

exercise will have financial im-

plications and the Commission

feels that the government will

address the issue.

“We are also contemplating

on holding the CCE in the

UPSC model. We still have two

optional papers, while UPSC

has one. For the purpose, we

are planning to hold a brain-

storming session next month

to come at a consensus,” the

acting chairman, whose tenure

ends in April, said.

He said the interviews are

EncroachmentGUWAHATI, Feb 13: Over

63,58,620 bighas of land in the

State are under encroach-

ment, the Assembly was told

today. – Staff Reporter

APSC reforms ...being conducted through lot-

tery to ensure there is no

scope of favouritism.

“We are also planning to

give more say to the experts

by abolishing the grade sys-

tem and allowing the experts

to give marks instead. We will

divide the viva voce marks

equally among the board and

experts. Earlier, the experts

used to give grades and were

allotted lesser marks than the

board,” Brig Borthakur said.

MHA proposal...(Contd from page 1)

The MHA proposal also in-

clude streamlining of the free

movement regime under

which people of both India and

Myanmar can move into each

other’s country up to 16 km.

Sources said that as per the

new proposal, the free move-

ment regime would be

streamlined with marked

points to cross over. The cross

over points will be properly

manned by security personnel

and computerized records of

all the persons who cross over

would be kept so that it can

be ensured that anyone cross-

ing the international border

returned within the stipulat-

ed time frame. The photo-

graphs of all the persons

crossing over will also be kept

properly for identification.

Sources said that the MHA

proposal further stressed the

need for streamlining the func-

tioning of the Assam Rifles. At

present, the force is under the

administrative control of the

MHA and operational control

of the Defence Ministry. This

is creating problems in func-

tioning of the force and the

MHA is of the view that the

force should be brought under

a single ministry.

India has 1,643 km of bor-

der with Myanmar, of which,

520 km is in Arunachal

Pradesh, 215 km in Nagaland,

398 km in Manipur and 510

km is in Mizoram. The terrain

along the border makes it easy

for militants to cross over

from their bases in the neigh-

bouring country. Most of the

active militant outfits of the

region have strong bases in

Myanmar. Though the Assam

Rifles was deployed to guard

the international border, the

movement of ultras and

smugglers has not been

stopped. Most of the posts of

the force are not located along

the international border, but

deep inside Indian territory.

8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017STATE

CORRESPONDENT

BISWANATH CHARIALI, Feb 13: A

major project called ‘Protection of Biswa-

nath-Panpur, including areas of upstream

Silamari and far downstream Bhumuragu-

ri to Boragaon against erosion of the river

Brahmaputra’ to protect the lives and prop-

erties of a huge area of Biswanath Chariali

is being implemented at the southern part

of the district headquarters of the Biswa-

nath district.

However, the local people alleged that

the progress of the work is not satisfac-

tory at all, though the work was started

in February, 2015. The project involved

protection works for a reach length of

6,000 metres in between Bortilla to

Sholmari village and execution of earth

work for strengthening of existing em-

bankment for a length of 7,280 metres

with erection of PSC porcupine at

Aruna Saikia, a noted per-

sonality of Chachal Path,

Sixmile, Guwahati passed

away on January 16, 2017 at

the age of 81.

Married to Late Dr Tarun

Ch Saikia, former Prof and

Head of the Department of

Dermatology, Assam Medical

College, Dibrugarh at a very

tender age of 19 years and born

to Late Dinanath Saikia a lead-

ing citizen of Teok, she was

brought up in a very remote

village of Teok of the undivid-

ed Sibsagar district. She was

the eldest child of a big joint

family. After compleing all

household chores, she had to

walk two miles to reach her

Biswanath locals raise eyebrows over ‘delay’ in geo-bag dyke workBiswanath Ghat.

The contract for protection work was

distributed among two contractors – M/s

SM Spinning Mills Pvt Ltd of Maharastra

for a length of 3,960 metres and JV Flex-

ituff and Javed Ahmed, LLP, Biswanath

Chariali for a length of 3640 metres. How-

ever, the progress of the work is very poor,

the locals alleged.

At the west side, no protection work

has been taken up till and there is high

possibility of danger during the flood sea-

son. Moreover, the contractor has not start-

ed any work at Silamari and Bhojmari are-

as till now where they have to carry out

another protection work for a length of 800

metres each.

In addition to the above, supply of por-

cupine is not satisfactory and only a few

contractors have allegedly supplied 50 per

cent of their allotted work. On the other

hand, the geo-bags were told to be made in

China, but the relevant papers show that it

is country-made.

Several social organisations, including

AAMSU, Biswanath Chariali Nagarik

Santha and Senior Citizens’ Forum, have

urged the State Government to take

necessary action for early completion of

the work.

The Biswanath LAC MLA had also writ-

ten to the State Minister of Water Resourc-

es in this respect. The Biswanath Deputy

Commissioner, Asitaksha Chakravarty, ac-

companied by engineer Prabin Bhuyan of

Tezpur division of Department of Water

Resource and Executive Engineer Lochan

Choudhury of Biswanath visited the site

on Thursday last and instructed the con-

cerned officers to complete the work at

the earliest.

Local people alleged that such type of

works have become an earning source for

some employees.

Four-laning of NH-15: The recent

work of the construction company engaged

in the four-laning process of the National

Highway-15 from bypass end of Biswanath

Chariali to Gohpur has brought threat to

the lives of the passerby along the high-

way, local people alleged.

The company already dug out a huge

portion of the edge of the existing highway

with a view to widening it which has caused

much inconvenience to the travellers. The

digging of the road has made it very nar-

row in most of the places.

It’s worth mentioning that TK Engineer-

ing Consortium Private Limited of Aru-

nachal Pradesh was entrusted the job of

four-laning the highway. A good number of

road accidents took place and it has be-

come a common issue on the highway in

the recent months that cost several lives,

including minors.

The slow pace of work is the main rea-

son behind these accidents, local organisa-

tions alleged. Several organisations, includ-

ing AJYCP, AAGSU, AAMSU, AATSA etc.,

undertook series of agitational pro-

grammes recently in protest of the alleged

apathy of the concerned company and ad-

ministration.

The said company came to limelight last

year too, when they had tried to construct

a dyke along the heavily flowing river Bor-

gang during the rainy season to construct a

bridge (a part of the ongoing four-laning

project) over the river. However, bowing

to public pressure, the company had to

abandon the construction at that time.

On the other hand, the preliminary ac-

tivities have been undertaken by the said

company for the four-laning of the high-

way from Sadharu point to Chatiya.

However, the locals alleged that a good

number of irregularities have been made

by the concerned authorities, such as

non-payment of compensation in a prop-

er manner to the affected people whose

lands were requisitioned, frequent

change of policies in case of requisition of

land, refusal of compensation to the road-

side small shopkeepers and etc.

The affected people also alleged that

very low amount of money has been pro-

posed to pay to the affected people by the

administration in the undivided Sonitpur

district whereas in some districts like

Dibrugarh, the amount is very high. They

demanded government intervention in

this respect.

Houses gutted: In a major fire that

broke out at number-2 Bortamuli village

under Gohpur police station in Biswanath

district on Sunday, eight houses belonging

to six families were completely gutted.

Properties worth Rs 30 lakh were burnt

to ashes in the fire. The cause of the fire is

yet to be ascertained.

school daily. As a student she

was extremely brilliant and

never stood second in her class

examinations. She secured

higher first division in her

matriculation examination in

1955 and brought glory to the

school. She was the only stu-

dent who secured 1st division

in that year from the school

and became the first girl stu-

dent to secured first division

from the school as well as from

Teok region. But her academ-

ic career was cut short due to

her marriage the same year.

She never gave up reading

books of her interest. She

wrote many articles in various

magazines published from Di-

brugarh and Guwahati.

While staying in AMC cam-

pus she was associated with

Indian Council for Child Wel-

fare Dibrugarh branch, Dibru-

garh Mahila Sahitya Kanan,

Madhumita Sangha and many

other organisations. Though

she considered Mahapurush

Sankaradeva and Madhavade-

va as her spiritual gurus, yet

she was very much inclined to

Buddhism since her childhood.

She left behind three sons

and one daughter and a host of

relatives and friends. Today on

the day of her shraddha, I pray

to the Almighty to grant eter-

nal peace to her departed soul.

– Bhabendra Nath Saikia

Aruna Saikia: a tribute

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: A

meeting was held at Tarajan

Sanmilan Hall here to chart out

plans to organise one-day ‘Kris-

timukhi Bihutoli’ event at

Jorhat on the occasion of ‘Goru

Bihu’, stated a press release.

The meeting was attend-

ed by about 100 leading citi-

zens of Jorhat and anchored

by Bihu singer Rubul Bora

and script writer Jina Bora.

It was presided over by Dr

Golap Deka.

At the outset, noted writer

and researcher Dr Pradip

Neog explained purpose of the

meeting and elaborated the

Meet held to chart out plans forKristimukhi Bihutoli at Jorhat

distinguishing features of Kris-

timukhi Bihutoli. He also high-

lighted the need and relevance

of organising such event in the

present day context.

Several artists and distin-

guished personalities of

Jorhat, including Promod

Boruah, Narayan Bhunya,

Jayanta Nath, Prashenjit La-

hon, Indreswar Das, Bhaben

Tamuli, Prabir Dutta, Jibon

Chakraborty and Jogen Bora

put forwarded their views,

and expressed their deter-

mination to make it a grand

success.

The meeting decided to

demonstrate the traditional

folklores as well as tradition-

al events of Rongali Bihu,

and to create a festive-like

situation so that all can par-

ticipate in the event.

An organising committee

has also been formed in the

meeting with Dr Golap Deka

as president, Sewali Boruah

as working president, Dr Prad-

ip Neog as chief advisor, Babul

Borah as secretary, Rubul

Borah and Anjali Borbora as

cultural secretaries. Several

distinguished citizens were

selected as patrons and advis-

ers of the event.

People attending a meeting of Lokhimon Sangha at Bharali Juli in Biswanath district on Sunday. – UB Photos

Lakhimpur Deputy Commissioner Barun Bhuyan (C) taking part in a cleanliness drive on the occasion of Swachh Bharat

Abhiyan organised by local district administration, in Lakhimpur on Sunday. – UB Photos

4 truck driversheld at Katigorah

CORRESPONDENT

SILCHAR, Feb 13: Cachar

police arrested four truck driv-

ers who attempted to cross the

MVI checkpoint at Katigorah.

Cachar SP Rakesh Roushan

on Sunday said that some ve-

hicles which had excess load

of coal crossed the MVI check-

point on Saturday without pay-

ing fine. “We have arrested

four persons and a case has also

been registered against the

truck owners. A police officer

was also suspended for irreg-

ularities in duty. The SP said

that action will be taken against

the police officer after proper

investigation.

CORRESPONDENT

NALBARI, Feb 13: The

three-day workshop on art

‘Chitrapotot Rangar Mela’

was concluded at Nalbari

IMA Bhawan on Sunday.

The workshop organised

by Nalbari branch of Indian

Medical Association (IMA)

and Nalbari Rotary Club

was attended by 17 artists

from different age groups.

Addressing the closing

ceremony, renowned artist

Nani Barpujari said that the

State is rich in art since the

time of Mahapurush

Srimanta Sankaradeva. He

added that when the

Three-day workshop on art ends at Nalbariworld-famous artist

Leonardo Da Vinci created

Mona Lisa, in Assam

Mahapurush Srimanta

Sankaradeva created the

famous Brindabani Bastra.

The new generation is

not interested towards the

art, Barpujari lamented,

adding that when he visited

10 leading colleges repre-

senting an organisation of

Jahnu Baruah, the students

were found unaware about

the artists like Nilpawan

Baruah, Adya Sharma,

Sobha Brahma, etc.

He laid stress on the

need of involvement of the

new generation in such

type of workshops on art.

The meeting was ad-

dressed by Geeta Devi, Dr

Kameswar Lahkar, Dr

Pranab Kumara Sarma,

among others and it was

conducted by Dr Rajumani

Sarma.

Tributes paid: Rich

tributes were paid to

renowned stage artiste

Sangeet Natak Akademi

Award winner Dharani

Barman in a function held at

Chamata HS School

playground here on Sunday.

The widow, Abala Barman,

lit the earthen lamp before

the portrait of Late Dharani

Barman at 9.30 am.

Various organisations and

leading persons of that

locality paid rich tributes to

the legendary artist. The

memorial meeting,

presided over by Bipin

Baishya, was addressed by

Kanak Sen Deka, former

president of Asam Sahitya

Sabha, renowned film

actors Nipon Goswami and

Dinesh Das.

Addressing the meeting

Sen Deka said that Dharani

Barman was an actor who

won the hearts of the

society. The new genera-

tion should follow the ideals

of this legendary artist.

Nipon Goswami in his

speech said that the artists

make the society beautiful.

He also lamented that the

Government has miserably

failed to help the artists

who are reeling under

financial crisis to run their

families.

Speaking in the meeting,

artist Dinesh Das said that

three legendary artists –

Ratan Lahkar, Achyut

Lahkar and Dharani Barman

– led the mobile theatre

movement in lower Assam.

A total of 23 organisations

and the students from 10

schools offered garlands on

the portrait of Dharani

Barman.

Cottonians shineA CORRESPONDENT

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: Cotton College students made a name

for their college by winning many trophies at the recently held

Spring Fest at IIT, Kharagpur.

A 45-member team, 12 among which were from the drama

team, participated in the festival. The drama, Aur Ek Shakuntala,

directed by Rituparna Kalita got the best drama award. The best

actor trophy was won by Debapratim Baruah from the Depart-

ment of Mass Communication and Journalism, Barsha Borah of

the Department of History won the best actress award.

The drama troupe also won two more trophies – one for

best stage decoration and the other for best lighting. “Long and

extensive rehearsals were fruitful for us,” said Debapratim

Baruah, the best actor of the fest.

The drama was again performed at the District Library here

on February 9 and got a lot of appreciation by the audience. In the

Group Song competition, ‘Swargam’ group got the best group

song performance trophy, while the best dancer trophy was won

by Hriday Poran Kalita of the Physics Department.

MA degree at 78SANJOY KR. HAZARIKA

DERGAON, Feb 13: “There can be no obstacle to success if he

one puts in his best efforts. Similarly, age is not a hindrance for

success if positive efforts are made.” This was

stated by Jatindra Nath Neog, a retired Project

Officer of Non-formal Education who passed

MA degree examination at the age of 78.

On being contacted, Neog expressed his

satisfaction over his success at this age. He

opined that if one has a goal then he must try

to get it. The retired officer who is had passed

BSc, BA and BT earlier, has completed his Master’s degree in

Assamese Literature from Dibrugarh University under Dis-

tance Education, the examination of which was held in January

this year and the result was declared last week. Neog passed

the degree in second class even though he was suffering a lot

from eye trouble before the examination.

Neog is associated with several organisations in the locality

and has served in different capacities in organisations like the

Govt Pensioner Association, Dergaon Senior Citizen Associa-

tion etc. He is also associated with Proficient Career Counsel-

ling, Dergaon as a senior Academic Counsellor. A father of four

children, two of whom are serving as lecturers at the Golaghat

BEd College and one as a teacher at a private school, he was

inspired by several others to complete his post graduate degree.

Rail crossing demandcommittee brings out rally

CORRESPONDENT

GAURIPUR, Feb 13: Under

the initiative of newly formed

Gauripur Rail Crossing De-

mand committee, North Tia-

mari brought out a big proces-

sion comprising all sections of

people numbering more than

10,000 recently from the rail-

way level crossing at North

Tiamari area demanding reten-

tion of the level crossing as be-

fore and paraded more than 3

km shouting slogans against the

railway authority. The proces-

sion was led by Mahibul Haque,

ex-minister and chief adviser;

and Ranjan Ali, president of the

demand committee.

The demand committee al-

leged that in the name of turn-

ing the Gauripur Railway Sta-

tion as yard, the Railway au-

thority decided to close the

level crossing forever. Mean-

while, the committee submit-

ted a memorandum to the

Deputy Commissioner of

Dhubri and the Chief Engineer

of the NF Railway October last

demanding not to close the

level crossing, but in vain.

The aggrieved people of the

area brought out the proces-

sion and demanded not to close

the level crossing, as it has

been functioning since 1904.

Biennial conference: Syn-

chronising with the birth anni-

versary of Naranarayan on Feb-

ruary 7, the first biennial con-

ference of Rajbongshi Mahila

Academy, a newly formed so-

cio-literary organisation of

Dhubri, was held on February

12 last on the premises of Gau-

ripur Girls’ High School with a

daylong programme.

Dr Labanya Bhakat, president

of the organisation, hoisted the

flag of the academy, which was

followed by swahid tarpan by

Jyotish Chandra Ray. Ratneswar

Ray garlanded the portrait of the

famous Koch King Naranaray-

an. The open session was

chaired by Dr Labanya Bhakat

and the objectives were ex-

plained by Dr Gita Sarkar. This

session was addressed by sev-

eral dignitaries, including Dr

Dwijendra Nath Bhakat, presi-

dent of Rajbongshi Sahitya Sab-

ha; Anjali Brahma, vice-presi-

dent of Sadou Asam Lekhika Sa-

maroh Samiti, Prof GS Pandey,

retd principal of PB College,

among others.

OIL URJAproject

inauguratedSTAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: Oil

India Limited, under its CSR

initiative, inaugurated project

‘OIL URJA’ – a Clean Energy

Programme with a focus on

reducing carbon emissions by

distributing fuel-efficient

‘chullahs’ in tea gardens of

OIL’s operational areas.

“The project will benefit 3,000

households of six tea garden

villages of upper Assam. The

programme was formally

inaugurated at Balijan Tea Estate,

Panitola, Dibrugarh, on Friday

which was attended by the

garden officials and stakeholders

of the tea community, officials

from OIL India Ltd, Indian

Institute of Entrepreneurship

(IIE) and ICCO, Guwahati,” an

OIL release said.

OIL launched this one-year

programme with another eight

months of follow-up and

monitoring at a total project

cost of Rs 1,34,72,000 with the

objective of conservation of

firewood and other biomass;

removal of smoke from

kitchen, etc.

The inaugural ceremony was

attended by the chief guest,

Dipak Bhutan (Circle Officer-

Chabua), Manoj Kumar Das

(Director-IIE), Satyendra

Narain Singh (GM-Technical

Audit)-OIL; Rakesh Kumar

(DGM-Technical Audit), Dilip

Kumar Bhuyan (DGM-Public

Affairs-OIL), Dr Sriparna B

Baruah (Head-CIE-IIE) besides

senior officers from OIL and IIE.

IIE is the implementing agency

for the programme.

48th akhandanaam yajna

ends atKalaigaon

CORRESPONDENT

KALAIGAON, Feb 13: The

48th akhanda naam yajna

concluded at Sri Sri Bhaga-

wat Mandir premises here on

Saturday.

The three-day event was

organised by Sankari Kalakris-

ti Bikash Kendra, Kalaigaon.

The programme started on

February 9 at 8 am with reci-

tation of Sri Madbhagawat Gita

followed by Lokgeet competi-

tion. On February 10, golden

jubilee flag of Sri Sri Bhaga-

wat Mandir was hoisted by

Jibananda Bora, president,

Sankari Kalakristi Bikash

Kendra, Kalaigaon. Arup Ku-

mar Bora, SDO (Electricity),

Kalaigaon inaugurated the

cultural rally with Bhagawat

Gita. Several hundred people,

mostly women and children

took part in the rally. Nagara

naam demonstration and

Satriya kristi were performed

in the evening which was in-

augurated by police officer

Mahadeb Nath.

On the concluding day, diha

naam and thiya naam were

performed by women of Ka-

laigaon area at 10 am fol-

lowed by open religious ses-

sion at 1 pm. Retired Labour

officer Bhaben Deka inaugu-

rated it while Purandar Baru-

ah presided over it. Deben

Das attended the open ses-

sion as an appointed speaker.

A spectacular cultural evening

was held in the evening at 6

pm which was inaugurated by

DN Hazarika, ADC, Udalguri

district. Lohit Chandra Nath,

secretary, Sankari Kalakristi

Bikash Kendra, Kalaigaon

thanked all the participants

and well-wishers for all kinds

of help and cooperation for the

success of the event.

Maghi Purnimaobserved

at KaliaborANN Service

KALIABOR, Feb 13: Maghi

Purnima was observed at

Bharali Namghar under Kalia-

bor subdivision on February

10. Like in previous years, ap-

proximately one lakh pilgrims

came from different parts of

Assam. The pilgrims offered

sarais and archanas at the

naamghar. The Bhagawat

paath was followed by naam

prasanga.

In the evening, ankiya bhao-

na was performed by the local

artistes.

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No. XXVIII/691/

PRESS NOTICE INVITING TENDERThe Superintending Engineer, P.W.D. Jorhat Road Circle, Jorhat, Assam on behalf of the Government of Assam invites bids in the district

of Golaghat under “Assam Road Maintenance Fund (PBMC)” for the year 2016-17. The bids should be delivered to this office on or before

14.00 hours of 27/02/2017. Detail may be seen in the office of the undersigned during office hours from 17.02.2017 to 21.02.2017. Tender papers

will be sold on 20.02.2017 to 21.02.2017.

SI Name of Work Approx. value of Time of Cost of Tender Bid Security

No. work (in Rs.) completion Papers (in Rs.) 2% (Two)

percent

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 improvement of Road including Construction Rs.67,20,662.00 6 (Six) Rs.2,000.00 Rs.1,34,400.00

of RCC Covered Drain. and HP Culvert leading Months

to ancestral house of the Martyr Kushal

Konwar, L= 200.00m under Assam Road

Maintenance Fund for the year 2016-17

(PBMC) in PWD, Sarupathar Rural Road

Division, Sarupathar.

Sd/- Superintending Engineer, P.W.D.

Jorhat Road Circle, Jorhat.Janasanyog/2020/16

NOTICE FOR SALEIn exercise of powers conferred U/S – 29 of SFCs Act, 1951, The Assam Financial Corporation hereby announces PUBLIC AUCTION of the

following taken over properties on “As-is-where-is basis” within 1 P.M. to 3 P.M. on 24th February, 2017 as below :-

Sl. Name & address of the Particulars of Minimum Venue of Name of the Sale

No. Units mortgaged assets price Public Auction Officer with

Mobile No.

1 M/S. J.K: Steel Furniture Land – 3B-3K-8L. Rs. 5.70 lacs GBO,AFC, Sri F.Azad,DGM,I/c.

House, Agehia, Gumerbori, Land value. Md. Shah Road, GBO,

Mouza Dahkani Rani Paltanbazar, Ph. 2739839

(Land in Tribal belt Area) Guwahati – 8. M. No. 9859916509

2 M/s. Aastha Packaging Assam Type Factory Building– GBO,AFC, Sri F.Azad,DGM,I/c.

Vill- 1 No. Dalibari Building & Machinery, Rs. 66.91 lacs Md. Shah Road, GBO,

P.O.- Dadara Misc., fixed assets Machinery – Paltanbazar, Ph. 2739839

Dist. Kamrup (R) including 125 KVA Rs. 81.61 lacs. Guwahati -8. M. No. 9859916509.

(Phase silent cylinder) DG

Set & 250 KVA Capacity

Electrical Sub-station

with all accessories

3 M/S Evon Studies Land – 0B-1K-3L Land value AFC, Borpara, Sri H. Saikia, Sr.

Asha Tower, Near Central Rs. 5.29 lacs Main Road, Branch Manager,

Bank of India, J.D. Road, Bongaigaon - Ph. No. 03664-

Ward No. 4.Kokrajhar 783380(Assam) 230478 Mobile

BTAD(Assam). No.9859916502.

4 M/S. Swad Bakery, Land – 4K-2L and As-is-where- AFC, RKB Sri S.K. Sarma,

Kapahera, Assam Type Building. is basis to sale Road, Christian Branch Manager,

Morigaon(Assam) the highest Patty, Nagaon. Nagaon.

bidder on the Ph. 03672-233830

date of auction. M. 9859916512.

5 M/S. Phukan Mechanised Land – 2B-1K-17L As-is-where- AFC, K.B. Sri U. Barpatra

Carpentry, Narayanpur, is basis to the Road, Ward No. Gohain, Branch

Lakhimpur. highest bidder 11, Lakhimpur. Manager, Lakhimpur.

on the date of Ph. 03752-2230940

auction. M.No. 9859916519

6 M/S Kumar Rice Mill Land – 1B-2K As-is-where is AFC, K.B. Road Sri U. Barpatra

Chutiakari, Moidomia basis to the Ward no. 11, Gohain, Branch

Lakhimpur highest bidder Lakhimpur Manager,

on the date of N. Lakhimpur

auction Ph. 0375-2230940

M. 9859916519

7 M/S. Bee & Dee Industry Land – 1Bigha, Land- Rs. 5.04 AFC, Hajo Road Sri P. Ahmed

Bindaban, Hati, Baksa Dag No. 436, 437, Lacs, Building Nalbari, Branch Manager

Patta No. 60, 64 Rs. 1.54 lacs Dist - Nalbari Nalbari,

Anandabazar, Baksa Total Rs. 6.58 Ph. No. 03624-220593

lacs M No. 9435129213

For any clarification, the intending bidders are requested to contact the respective Sale Officers as mentioned above.

Any outstanding dues to any other authority shall be the sole responsibility of the bidder. The interested person can bid in the Auction only

after deposit of an earnest money equal to minimum 25% of the offset price by D.D./Pay order/Bankers Cheque in favour of Assam Financial

Corporation payable at the place of the respective Branch Offices or in cash except SI.No. 4, 5 & 6 of the list. The 25% of the earnest money

of the highest bidders shall be adjusted against the amount offered by the highs A bidder after acceptance of the offer by the Corporation. The

balance 75% of the offered amount shall have to be paid by the highest bidder within 7 days from the date of intimation of the acceptance

of this offer. Failing which, the offer of the highest bidder shall be deemed to have been rejected and the earnest money deposited shall be

forfeited. The earnest money of the bidders, other than the highest bidder, shall be returned on the spot. No interest shall be paid on the earnest

money. The decision of the Corporation shall be final and binding on all concerned.

Sd/- MANAGING DIRECTORJanasanyog/2009/16

GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

HOME (B) DEPARTMENT

CORRIGENDUM

No.HMB.369/2015/303

Please read as “there is no upper Age limit for

Departmental Candidates to apply for any of the 22 nos. of

posts as Advertised by A.P.S.C. in the Assam Tribune dated

17.01.2017 as per Forensic Service Rule 1985, as amended

in 2003”.

Sd/- Secretary

Home & Political Department.Janasanyog/9217/16

GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM

ASSAM STATE ROADS PROJECT (ASRP)

e-PROCUREMENT NOTICE /INVITATIONS FOR BIDS (IFB)

NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDINGBid No.: CE/ASRP/23/2017/12 Date: February 9, 2017

1. The Government of Assam through Government of India has received a loan from the International Bank forReconstruction & Development towards the cost of Assam State Roads Project and intends to apply a part ofthe funds to cover eligible payments under the contracts for Improvement /Upgradation of State Highways asdetailed below. Bidding is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the IBRD Guidelines forProcurement. Bidders from India should, however, be registered with the Government of Assam or other StateGovernments/Government of India, or State/Central Government Undertakings. Bidders are advised to note theminimum qualification criteria specified in Clause 4 of the Instructions to Bidders to qualify for the award of thecontract.

2. The Chief Engineer, (ARIASP & RIDF) PWD (Roads) Assam, invites item rates bids in electronic tenderingsystem for the construction of works detailed in the table.

3. The bid documents are available online and bids are to be submitted online through the e-tendering portalhttp://pmgsytendersasm.gov.in only. Bids submitted manually will not be accepted. The bidders would berequired to register in the web-site which is free of cost. For submission of the bids, the bidders are required tohave Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) from one of the authorized Certifying Authorities.

“Aspiring bidders who have not obtained the User ID and Password for participating in e-tendering may obtainthe same by registering in the website: http://pmgsytendersasm.gov.in. Additionally, bidders are required tobe registered with the PWRD, Assam. Bidders not registered with Assam PWRD may submit bids, but thesuccessful bidder must get registered in appropriate class with PWRD, Assam before signing the contract.

4. The bidders are required to submit (a) original demand draft towards the cost of bid document (b) originalbid security. in approved form and (c) original affidavit regarding correctness of information furnished with the biddocument as per provisions of Clause 4.5 B.(d) of ITB along with all other documents as mentioned at Clauseno 12.2 of the ITB to the Office of the Chief Engineer, (ARIASP & RIDF) PWD (Roads), Assam, ARR&TI Campus,Fatasil .Ambari, Guwahati-781025, * on or before the date and time of opening of Bids, either by registered post,courier, speed post or by hand, failing which the bids shall be declared nonresponsive.

(i) The above documents may be submitted in one envelope. The bidders shall not write their names oraddresses on this envelope.

(ii) The number mentioned on acknowledgement of online submission of the bid by the bidder shall bementioned on envelope containing the documents as detailed above.

(iii) Cost of Bid Document: Rs. 10,000 per package (non-refundable) only in the form of demand draft infavour of Assam State Road Board payable at Guwahati.

5. A pre bid meeting will be held on February 24, 2017 at 1200 hours at the office of the Chief Engineer,(ARIASP & RIDF), PWD (Roads), Assam, ARR&TI Campus, Fatasil Ambari, Guwahati-781025 to clarify theissues and to answer questions on any matter that may be raised at that stage as stated in Clause 9.2 ofInstructions to Bidders’ of the bidding document.

6. The last Date and time for receipt of bids through the e-tendering portal http://pmgsytendersasm.gov.inis March 14, 2017 up to 1400 hours and will be opened on the same day at 1430 hours. If the office happens tobe closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bids will be opened on the next working day at thesame time and venue.

7. Other details can be seen in the bidding documents.

The Employer shall not be held liable for any delays due to system failure beyond its control. Even though thesystem will attempt to notify the bidders of any bid updates, The Employer shall not be liable for any informationnot received by the bidder. It is the bidders” responsibility to verify the website for the latest information relatedto the tender.

TABLE

Approximate value Bid Cost of Period ofPackage Name of work of work (Rs.) in security document completion

No million (Rs.) in (Rs.) of workmillion

1 2 3 4 5 6

ASRP/P1S1/NCB/SH-46/1A Improvement & Upgradation 297.03 [Rupees Two Hundred 5.94 10,000/- 12 monthsof SH-46/1A from Dudhnoi Ninety Seven million and

(0.00 km) to Matia Junction three hundred thousand] only(8.90 km) including RCC Bridge

ASRP/P1S1/NCB/SH-46/113 Improvement and 291.88 [Rupees Two 5.84 10,000/- 12 monthsUpgradation of SH-46/113 Hundred Ninety Onefrom (Matia Junction(8.90 million and Eight hundred

km) to Dubapara(21.150 km) Eighty thousand] only

ASRP/P1S1/NCB/SH-46/1C Improvement and 306.56 [Rupees Three 6.13 10,000/- 12 monthsUpgradation of SH-46/1C Hundred and Six millionfrom Dubapara(21.150km) and Five hundred sixty

to Goalpara BOC(31.400km) thousand] only

ASRP/P1S1/NCB/SH-46/11) Improvement and Upgradation 374.77 [Rupees Three 7.49 10,000/- 12 monthsof SH-46/11) from Goalpara Hundred and

ASTC Bus stand(31.850 km) seventy four million .to Pancharatna (41.67 km) and Seven hundred

including RCC Bridge seventy thousand] only

Sd/- Chief Engineer, (ARIASP & RIDF) PWD (Roads) Assam,ARR&TI Campus, Fatasil Ambari, Guwahati-781025.Janasanyog/2007/16

KISHORE SARKAR

J A N G K H R I T H A T

FWTHAR (KOKRAJHAR),

Feb 13: The All Bodo Students’

Union (ABSU) has accom-

plished a glorious revolution-

ary journey of 50 years and

come a long way since its in-

ception on February 15, 1967,

marked by intense struggle,

commitment, dedication and

voluntarism for contributing its

bit towards emancipation of

downtrodden indigenous Bodo

people. And the ABSU would

continue its non-violence mass

movement until they achieve

its goal, said ABSU president

Promod Boro while unfurling

the organisational flag this

morning at Jangkhrithai Fwthar

here on the occasion of golden

jubilee celebration and 49th an-

nual conference of ABSU.

Speaking on the occasion,

Promod Boro further said that

“our vision is to live, work and

prosper and the motto of

ABSU is unity, survival and

prosperity”.

It may be mentioned here

that the historic golden jubi-

lee celebration and 49th ses-

sion of the All Bodo Students’

Union (ABSU) entered the

second day today at Jangkrith-

ai Fwthar, Kokrajhar with a

huge rush of people. The stu-

dents’ conclave and seminars

on various topics were the

prime attractions of the day.

Around 6000 delegates partic-

ipated in the historic golden ju-

Students’ conclave, seminars held on 2nd day

ABSU golden jubilee celebrations

lent spectator over the unabat-

ed external aggression”, he

said adding that the govern-

ment of India was going ahead

with its decision to give citi-

zenship rights to Hindu Bang-

ladeshis which cannot be ac-

ceptable at any cost.

AASU advisor said that the

session of the ABSU has al-

ways been the most disciplined

and every organisation has

lesson to learn from them. He

bilee session.

Chief advisor of the AASU

Samujjal Bhattacharya while

inaugurating the students’

conclave this evening said that

the ABSU has

been working

tirelessly for

reformation of

its community

and to estab-

lish a strong

race in the

world and as

such, the Bodo

student body

should play a

leading role for

the issues of

i n d i g e n o u s

communities

of Assam.

Bhattachar-

ya said Assam

has been facing

internal pre-

dicaments due

to external ag-

gression of

Bangladeshis.

He said the in-

digenous peo-

ple of Assam

were going to

be marginal-

ised and they

would be

treated as sec-

ond citizens in

their own land

due to Bangla-

deshi influx if

the issue is not dealt with unit-

ed efforts. “We cannot be a si-

said that it was the ABSU

which organised 32 different

seminars in eight different halls

in the ongoing golden jubilee

celebration and no student or-

ganisation has organised such

large seminars. He hailed the

role of the ABSU for improv-

ing Bodo medium education

and blamed the State govern-

ment for its failure to distrib-

ute Bodo medium textbooks

in time. He also said that high-

er educational institutions in-

cluding technical institutions

should have all required facili-

ties for students.

The AASU advisor felicitat-

ed the president

of the ABSU

Promod Boro

with a sorai and

books on the oc-

casion of golden

jubilee as a token

of love and re-

spect in their 50

years of journey.

The student

conclave which

was chaired by

the Vice Chan-

cellor of Bod-

oland University

Prof Hemanta

Kr Baruah was

also addressed

by the president

of AKRSU

Hiteswar Bar-

man, president

of AAGSU

Prem Tamang,

president of

AASSU Simon

Kishku and was

attended by the

principals of var-

ious colleges and

technical institu-

tions.

A souvenir

Sonathi Agan

was also re-

leased today by

Brajendra Kumar Brahma,

Sahitya Akademy and Tagor

Literary Awardee and former

president of Bodo Sahitya

Sabha.

In the evening, former vice

president of the ABSU

Sonaram Baglary inaugurated

the candle light in commem-

oration of great Bodo mar-

tyrs. Besides, there were 16

seminars were held on vari-

ous topics. There were also

competitions on volleyball,

kabaddi and demonstration on

Bodo traditional games like

Khomlainai, Gila and Dahal

Thungri Sibnai.

AASU chief advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya felicitating ABSU president Promod Boro

during the golden jubilee celebration of ABSU at Kokrajhar on Monday. – UB Photos

ANN Service

PATACHARKUCHI, Feb

13: “The use of technology in

education process has brought

about very exciting perspec-

tive and the remote places are

going to be knowledge hubs.

The day is not far off, when

people from urban areas will

rush towards remote places.

The extreme level of pollution

will force them to do so. Now

new things are coming and ed-

ucation is going to become so

exciting,” said Dr Amarjyoti

Choudhury, former Vice Chan-

cellor of Gauhati University

while delivering the keynote

address in a UGC-sponsored

national seminar held with a

two-day programme on Feb-

ruary 10 and 11 at Bhawanipur

Anchalik College.

In his valuable speech, he fur-

ther added that due to develop-

ment of technology and its ap-

plication in the education proc-

ess, things have changed gradu-

ally. The purpose of education is

Seminar on role of technologyin education process organised

to collect information first and

then analyse and take a decision,

he said. He also emphasised on

disseminating information on

software and hardware by IIT

or university experts to colleg-

es so that they can procure the

correct technology. He also laid

stress on disseminating up-to-

date information to students

about what is happening in the

world today.

The national seminar on the

topic, ‘Role and Importance of

Educational Technology in the

Field of Teaching and Learn-

ing’ was organised under the

department of Education of

Bhabanipur Anchalik College

in collaboration with BHB Col-

lege, Sarupeta. More than 160

papers were submitted and

more than hundred partici-

pants took part in the seminar.

Earlier the flag was hoisted

by Dr Mukunda Sarma, prin-

cipal of the college. The guests

were accorded a warm wel-

come in the opening session

of the seminar. President of

GB Binod Ch Pathak lit the

ceremonial lamp and delivered

an encouraging speech. Dr

Mukunda Sarma, principal of

the college, delivered the wel-

come address.

Raju Kumar Das, secretary

of coordinating committee an-

chored the programme. Dr

Arup Jyoti Choudhury, Dean,

KKHSOU; Dr Limpon Bo-

rah, Registrar, KKHSOU;

Kishor Kumar, Education Of-

ficer of UGC; Dr Manoj Ku-

mar Mahanta, Principal of Ba-

jali College; Dr Phunu Das

Sarma, Associate Professor of

Cotton College also graced

the inaugural session of the

seminar.

Dr Birendra Deka, retired

principal of the college also

took part as a chairperson in a

session. A number of resource

persons from various institu-

tions took part in the seminar.

During the valedictory func-

tion on February 11, certifi-

cates were distributed among

the participants.

Jorhat eve-teasing incident‘unfortunate’: Speaker

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: The

recent incident of eve-teasing in

Jorhat was raised in the Assem-

bly today, with Speaker Hiten-

dra Nath Goswami, who is an

MLA from the constituency,

terming it as “unfortunate”.

“In fact, I am ashamed. The

police has given me a report. I

have spoken to the family

members. I am also meeting

all concerned this week,” Gos-

wami said.

Earlier, after MLA Kamali

Basumatary raised the issue

during the Zero Hour, Parlia-

mentary Affairs minister Chan-

dra Mohan Patowary said in-

vestigation is on into the inci-

dent even as he outlined the

steps taken by the police in the

aftermath of the incident.

“Patrolling is being carried

out near the girls’ hostels so

that such incidents do not re-

cur. Women personnel have

been deployed in vulnerable

areas. Police in civvies also have

been deployed. Street lights are

being installed and a helpline

number circulated. Awareness

drives are also being conduct-

ed,” he said, replying on behalf

of the Home Minister.

Safai workers threaten stirSTAFF CORRESPONDENT

DIBRUGARH, Feb 13: The

safai workers of the municipal-

ity here have threatened to

launch a non co-operation

movement from February 16

in the event of non-fulfilment

of their demands.

In a letter to the Chairper-

son of Dibrugarh Municipal

Board here, the Harijan Maz-

door Union has said that the

problems of the safai work-

ers have been overlooked

despite numerous pleas and

reminders to the concerned

authorities.

The union leaders have de-

manded the appointment and

confirmation letters of some

69 labourers who were regu-

larised and have been drawing

a monthly salary of Rs 10,000

as advance as per order no.

DM/ESTT/14-15 dated Au-

gust 30, 2014. They have de-

manded that the workers be

given their full pay in the first

week of every month along

with their arrears.

The Municipal Board must

also ensure that the salary of

the senior temporary labour-

ers is increased from Rs 7,200

to Rs 10,500 per month as per

the hike in the minimum wage

declared by the Centre, the

Harijan Mazdoor Union de-

manded.

Further, the safai workers

have also urged upon the

Chairperson of the Municipal

Board to order repair of the

quarters of the workers in

Graham Bazar and New Mar-

ket Harijan Colony immedi-

ately.

10 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017NORTH EAST

ARIAS SOCIETY(An autonomous body under the Government of Assam)

Proposed World Bank aided Assam Agribusiness and RuralTransformation Project (APART)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI)For Hiring an Executive Engineer and two Assistant Civil Engineer

No. ARIASS/APART/CE/148/2016/13 Dated, Guwahati the 91h February, 2017The ARIAS Society intends to hire an Executive Engineer (Civil) and twoAssistant Civil Engineers purely on contractual basis for the proposedWorld Bank aided ‘Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project’(APART). The draft Terms of Reference (TOR) for the positions may beseen in the website of the ARIAS Society viz. (http://www.arias.in/notification ). Depending on the qualifications, experience, competencies,etc. of the candidate, the consolidated remuneration will be fixed betweenthe range of Rs.11.40 lakh to Rs.19.20 lakh per year for the ExecutiveEngineer and for the Assistant Civil Engineer it will be within the range ofRs.6.60 lakh to Rs.10.80 lakh per year. The minimum required qualificationsand experience for the positions in-short are given below. However, thedetailed required qualification & experience shall be as given in therespective draft TOR provided in the website of ARIAS Society.

Position Educational Qualifications & Age not No. ofProfessional Experience more than Position

Executive Qualification: Degree in Civil 50 years 1Engineer Engineering from a recognized

institute/University.Experience: Atleast 10 years ofprofessional experience.

Assistant Civil Qualification: Degree in Civil 40 years 2Engineer Engineering from a recognized

institute/University.Experience: At least 5 years ofprofessional experience.

Potential candidates having the requisite qualification and experiencemay apply in English language strictly as per the prescribed format of CVgiven along with the TOR provided in the website of ARIAS society, in asealed envelope clearly indicating ‘Application for the position of........‘,so as to reach the address given below on or before 04.00 PM of 28thFebruary, 2017 along with a soft copy through email to - spd@arias.inbefore the deadline mentioned. Only the short-listed candidates will becalled for an Interview/ test. Canvassing any form will lead to disqualificationand rejection.

The State Project Director, ARIAS Society, Project Coordination Unit,Agriculture Complex, Khanapara, G.S. Road, Guwahati- 781022 (Assam, India);

Tel: 0361-2332125; Tele-Fax: 0361-2332564; email: spd@arias.in

Janasanyog/2029/16

ADVERTISEMENTIn pursuance of Govt. letter No. GAG(B)-476/2016/11, dated 10.01.2017, applications

are invited in the standard form from the intending candidates for engagement of 2 (two) Nos.

DATA Entry Operator in connection with MIS, E-safar, HRMS etc. for a period of 4 (four) months

only in the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Darrang, Mangaldai.

Terms and Conditions :

1. Qualification Criteria : Minimum Graduate with 6 (six) months diploma in

Computer application with proficiency in MS office.

2. Age : The candidates should have completed 25 years as on

1st January/ 2017 and shall not more than 32 years on that

day.

3. Remuneration : Rs. 6500/- (Rupees six thousand five hundred) only per

month

4. Duties and Responsibilities : Data Entry operation in connection with MIS, e-safar,

HRMS etc. in the district administration of Darrang.

5. Date of interview : 24.02.2017 from 10.00 A.M. (The interview will include

test of proficiency in computer application and Vivavoce).

6. Venue of interview : Meering Hall (2nd floor) of D.C’s Office, Darrang.

Application may be submitted in the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Darrang,

Mangaldai (Personnel Branch) during the office hours of working days on or before 20.02.2017

along with photo copies of testimonials and 2 (two) copies self attested passport size photo

graph and mobie No. The Deputy Commissioner Darrang is the competent authority to reject

any incomplete application.

No TA/DA will admissible for the journey perform in this connection.

Sd/- Deputy Commissioner

Janasanyog/9203/16 Darrang, Mangaldai

Government of Assam

Assam Inland Water Transport Development Society

(AIWTDS)

Proposed World Bank aided Assam Inland Water

Transport Development Project (AIWTDP)No. DWT-AIWTDS/13/2017/13

Advertisement for hiring of Specialist & Support Staff for Assam

Inland Water Transport Development Society (AIWTDS)

AIWTD Society intends to hire the following Specialists and Support Staffs for AIWTD

Project, viz. (1) Financial Specialist (2) Procurement Specialist (3) Financial Management

Assistant (4) Procurement Management Assistant (5) OSD to State Project Director (6)

Executive Assistant to Additional State Project Director and (7) Office Management

Assistant. The Additional State Project Director, AIWTD Society now invites applications

from the eligible candidates for providing the Services in AIWTDS.

The Job Descriptions for the positions are given in the website http://

www.iwt.assam.gov.in. Depending on the qualifications, experience, competencies, etc.

of the candidate, the Consolidated Remunerations are shown against respective positions.

Candidates not meeting the minimum requirement need not apply.

Candidates having the requisite qualification, age and experience may apply in

English language as per the prescribed CV format given in the website in a sealed envelope

clearly marking as “Application for --------- (Name of the position applied for)” so as to reach

the address given below on or before 05.00 PM of 27th February, 2017 along with a soft copy

through email to dir.iwtds-as@gov.in before the deadline cited. Only the short-listed

candidates will be called for an Interview/test. -Canvassing in any form will lead to

disqualification and rejection.

Sd/- (B.B. Dev Choudhury)

Additional State Project Director, AIWTD Society

cum Director, IWT, Assam.

Ulubari, Guwahati-781007, (Assam, India),

Tel: 0361-2526421; Tele-Fax: 0361-2526421;

email: dir.iwtds-as@gov.inJanasanyog/1566/16

NOTICE

The applicants who applied for the post of Data Entry Operator

(contractual) in connection with updation works of MIS/e-Safar/HRMSetc. for Goalpara district against the advertisement published videNo.GPE.03/2017/05 dated 01/02/2017 are requested to appear for writtentest / computer test as per following schedule mentioned below:1. Date of Written Test: 15/02/2017 (Wednesday)

Time: 10:00 am to 11:00 amVenue: Govt. BT College, Goalpara

2. Date of Computer Test: 15/02/2017 (Wednesday)Time: 03:00 pm onwardsVenue: NIC, Goalpara (DC Office 2nd floor)

N. B.1. Only Shortlisted Candidates from Written Examination will be allowed

to appear in Computer Test.2. No TA and DA will be entertained from this office for appearing the

above test.3. Candidates are requested to appear in the examination venue at

09:30 am sharp on the day of examination.4. The applicants are requested to visit Goalpara District Website :

“goalpara.nic.in” for further information. The list of candidates whowill be allowed to appear in the written test may also be seen in thedistrict website and accordingly the candidates are requested tocollect the Admit Card on 14/02/2017 from Personnel Branch, DCOffice, Goalpara. Candidates may also collect Admit Card at Govt.BT College, Goalpara on 15/02/2017 from 09:00 am to 09:30 am.

Janasanyog/1564/16

ASSAM PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

NOTIFICATION

It is for information to all concerned that the

interview for the post of Registrar/Demonstrator

(Microbiology) scheduled to be held on 18th Feb’

2017 has been shifted to 03-03-2017. All other terms

& conditions will remain unchanged.

Sd/- Deputy Secretary,

Assam Public Service Commission,

Jawaharnagar, Khanapara,

Guwahati-22Janasanyog/9222/16

WEATHER

NORTHEASTForecast for NE: Light rain/thundershower is very likelyto occur at isolated placesover Arunachal Pradesh andweather is most likely to re-main dry over Assam, Megha-laya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mi-zoram & Tripura. No largechange in minimum tempera-tures at most places over theregion during next 48 hrs.

Temperatures :

Max (°C) Min (°C)

Dibrugarh 28.5 10.4

Tezpur 28.3 14.2

Silchar 30.3 13.5

Dhubri 26.9 15.4

Jorhat 27.9 10.7

N Lakhimpur 30.4 9.9

Shillong 19.3 6.0

Imphal 26.7 7.4

Itanagar 29.7 11.8

Aizawl 28.7 8.9

Agartala 29.8 14.9

Kohima 22.2 8.2

Pasighat 28.1 16.5

Cherrapunjee 21.5 8.8

CORRESPONDENT

DIMAPUR, Feb 13: The

second phase of indefinite to-

tal bandh in Nagaland that be-

gan today crippled normal life

in the State.

Business establishments, ed-

ucational institutions and gov-

ernment offices remained closed

while vehicles were off the road

during the bandh. The bandh was

imposed from 6 am to 6 pm in

Kohima and Mokokchung and 8

am to 5 pm in Dimapur.

The Joint Coordination

Committee (JCC) and Naga-

land Tribes Action Committee

(NTAC) along with various

tribe organisations called for

the indefinite bandh across the

State to demand resignation of

Chief Minister TR Zeliang fol-

Bandh cripples life in Nagalandlowing the killing of two youths

in police firing in Dimapur on

January 31.

The NTAC stated that the

bandh was renewed since Ze-

liang refused to step down. It

also informed that activities of

all educational institutions in-

cluding Nagaland Board of

Secondary Education (NBSE)

and SCERT has been exempt-

ed. The HSSLC exams under

NBSE are scheduled to be held

from tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the ruling NPF

said it is seriously concerned

over the career of thousands

of students who are scheduled

to appear in HSLC and HSSLC

examination from February

14, and the adamant stance of

the agitators in going ahead

with the bandh. In a statement,

the party accused the agitators

of “holding innocent civilians

to ransom for political mileage

of a few vested interests.”

Even after ULB polls and 33

per cent reservations issue

was already addressed by nul-

lifying the elections, as desired

by the protesting organisa-

tions, the NPF said it was dis-

heartening to see that “some

of the leaders still refused to

see reason and continue to hi-

jack the movement to meet

their pre-planned, personal

political agenda.”

It pointed out that the NPF

Government was restraining

itself to avoid unwanted col-

lateral damages. However, it

said agitators were hell-bent

to cripple normal life and to

paralyse the government ma-

chineries with the sole aim of

projecting to the Centre that

President’s rule would be the

only answer.

The NPF expressed hope

that sanity and reason would

prevail amongst the leaders,

since time, energy and re-

sources were lost over the

days where the innocent pub-

lic and students were at the

receiving end.

In another development, Lok

Sabha MP Neiphiu Rio was

summoned to Delhi for urgent

consultations with Central lead-

ers. The NPF quoting a report

in The Asian Age newspaper

today said the Union Home

Ministry has informed Rio that

the fate of the government will

be decided only on the strength

of legislators.

DIMAPUR, Feb 13: Nagaland

Chief Minister TR Zeliang has

appealed to all agitating groups

in Nagaland to rise above the

immediate present and consid-

er “our future and the future of

the younger generation”.

Also, considering that thou-

sands of students are scheduled

to appear in their examinations,

the CM fervently appealed to the

agitating groups to lift the bandh

and to let the tens of thousands

of government employees at-

tend offices to work and draw

their salaries, and at the same

time, to allow the business com-

munity to carry out their normal

trade to sustain themselves.

Addressing the people of Na-

galand in a broadcast by AIR in

Kohima today, Zeliang said what

has happened is a great shock to

Zeliang appeal to lift bandhnot only to the Nagas but also to

people all over the world. He was

referring to the public upheaval

arising out of holding of urban

local body elections and killing of

three persons and injury to many

others in police firing in Dimapur

and Longleng on January 31.

“We cannot allow such a situa-

tion to prevail. We should resolve

the situation through mature ap-

preciation and dialogue. Let us

put our heads together to build

Nagaland of our dreams instead

of mindless confrontations,” he

stated. – Correspondent

Hundreds of college students staged a demonstration protesting against the Mizoram Government for sending 32 students to a fake

institution in Kolkata and demanding compensation for them, in Aizawl on Monday. – Newmai News

Mobile internetremain blocked

in NagalandCORRESPONDENT

DIMAPUR, Feb 13: Mobile

internet services and SMS in

Nagaland remained suspend-

ed for the 15th day today. In

order to thwart rumour mon-

gers, Nagaland Government

snapped the services on Janu-

ary 30 after the public upheav-

al arising out of holding of ur-

ban local body elections.

There seem to be no res-

pite for people who depend on

cellular data networks and

SMS for communication and

other works.

Among the Northeastern

States, Manipur witnessed

two shutdowns since 2015

while Meghalaya and Arunach-

al have both witnessed a sin-

gle shutdown.

A group of singers under the

aegis of ‘The Amazing Voice

of Nagaland’, has appealed to

the State Government to re-

store internet (mobile) facili-

ties so as to enable the public

to vote for them.

The group is participating in

a reality show called “Rising

Star” which will be aired in

national channel Colors TV.

AAI to extend Agartala airport runwayCORRESPONDENT

AGARTALA, Feb 13: Air-

ports Authority of India (AAI)

is planning to increase the

length of Agartala airport’s

runway to facilitate landing of

big size aircrafts.

The length of the North-

east’s second busiest Agarta-

la airport stands at 2,285 me-

tres which is sufficient for

small aircrafts having capaci-

ty of 180 passengers.

AAI authority favours in-

creasing the length of runway

to 2,525 metres along with modernisation of the airport. If

the runway is extended, big aircrafts like Boeing 747 will be

able to land here raising the passenger cap upto 250/300.

“Around 13 acres of land will be needed to increase the

runway at an estimated cost of Rs 60/70 crore. We have

approached the Tripura Gov-

ernment about the requirement

of additional land”, said an offi-

cial of AAI here on Monday.

He said AAI is ready to spend

the money to increase the run-

way by 240 metres. “The cost

will be less if the plan is includ-

ed in the ongoing Rs 250 crore

face-lift plan for Agartala air-

port”, he said.

When contacted, Transport

Secretary Samarjit Bhowmik

said the State Government is

not aware about the additional

requirement of land for exten-

sion of the runway. “We have already handed over 73 acres

of land to undertake facelift of the airport long time back but

works have not started yet. Let AAI start the modernisa-

tion plan at the earliest and this case could be considered

later”, he said.

CORRESPONDENT

AIZAWL, Feb 13: Two Aiza-

wl-based anti-corruption activ-

ists were today arrested and

were later released on bail.

Corruption watchdog

PRISM (People’s Right to In-

formation and Development

Implementing Society of Mi-

zoram) president Vanlalruata

and general secretary RL Li-

antluanga were arrested for

failing to appear before the anti-

corruption court here as pros-

ecution witness, PRISM

PRISM leaders arrested; released on bailspokesman Eddie Colney said.

Today’s arrest was in con-

nection with an FIR submit-

ted by PRISM on January 7,

2010 with the State Anti-Cor-

ruption Bureau against sus-

pected embezzlement of pub-

lic money amounting to Rs

162.40 lakh in State Health de-

partment in 2009. PRISM, in

its FIR, said the Health depart-

ment claimed to have spent Rs

162.40 lakh for different pur-

poses which PRISM “proved”

to be fake.

A meeting of PRISM on

November 1, 2016 decided to

abstain from acting as prose-

cution witnesses in court as

none of the over 300 officials

found to be involved in corrup-

tion cases filed by PRISM dur-

ing the last 15 years had been

prosecuted.

“In most of the cases in

which PRISM activists ap-

peared before the court as

prosecution witnesses, ses-

sion was adjourned as if the

court was trying to dilly-dally

the case,” PRISM president

Vanlalruata alleged.

In the said case, the ACB

conducted an investigation and

found the then Health direc-

tor Dr N Palai involved. “The

main accused in the corruption

case was never arrested, nor

were other 300 officials in-

volved in different corruption

cases,” he said.

The PRISM activists were

told to appear before the spe-

cial court (Prevention of Cor-

ruption) on February 16. “We

will decide (whether or not to

appear) on February 15,” Van-

lalruata said.

Gold biscuitsworth over

Rs 3 cr seizedSHILLONG, Feb 13: A My-

anmarese national was arrest-

ed by Mizoram Customs offi-

cials with gold biscuits worth

over Rs 3 crore.

According to officials, the

Myanmarese man, Ginlam-

mang (48) concealed 64 gold

biscuits inside a false cavity of

his trolley bag. However, the

Customs received inputs of

the illegal consignment and

arrested the person from a

Guwahati-bound bus at Pun-

chawng village near Aizwal.

The arrest was made by the

anti-smuggling unit of Customs

division, Aizwal last Wednes-

day after intercepting the bus

(Network Travels AR-01F-

6570). The cost of the seized

gold biscuits is Rs 3.12 crore.

A case has been registered

against the arrested person

and further investigation is on,

the Customs officials added. –

Staff Correspondent

Workshop onproject planningSTAFF CORRESPONDENT

SHILLONG, Feb 13: Meg-

halaya Planning Secretary

BDR Tiwari today said the

State, despite constraints, has

done considerably well in im-

plementing the various

schemes of the Government.

Addressing the inaugural

session of the three-day work-

shop on “Project Planning and

Management” here, Tiwari

said, the problems related to

implementation of schemes is

an issue not just of Meghalaya,

but the entire North East.

The aim of the workshop is

to sensitise the State govern-

ment officials about different

areas of project implementa-

tion, to enhance their skill and

efficiency and to expose them

in making decisive role in

properly managing the

projects.

The workshop would cover

topics like pre-project activity

and concept of project cycle,

preparation of feasibility re-

port, project management

tools and techniques, project

risk management, project fi-

nancing management and

project monitoring.

CORRESPONDENT

ITANAGAR, Feb 13: Aimed

at preparing an “inclusive and

comprehensive” Budget for the

year 2017-18, Arunachal

Pradesh Chief Minister Pema

Khandu along with Deputy CM

Chowna Mein, who also holds

the Finance portfolio, held a pre-

Budget consultation meeting

with representatives of various

Community Based Organisa-

tions (CBOs) here on Monday.

The Budget will be presented

during the Assembly session

scheduled from March 6.

“CBOs representing their tribes

would be in a better position to

suggest ways and means to the

government for the development

and welfare of their own com-

munities,” said the Chief Minis-

ter. “This year’s Budget will be

based on a pan-Arunachal con-

cept,” he assured the CBOs.

Giving a background on the

new concept, Chowna Mein

informed that the Budget will

be prepared in an altogether

different mode from this year.

“Our focus will be to take up

genuine, necessary and utmost

important proposals under

SADA that would benefit each

and every section of the socie-

ty,” he said while asserting that

sectors like education, health,

agriculture, horticulture and

tourism will be given priority.

Khandu holdspre-Budget consultations

CORRESPONDENT

IMPHAL, Feb 13: BJP Ma-

nipur Pradesh has sought clar-

ification from Irom Chanu

Sharmila over the allegation

that the party had offered Rs

36 crore to her for campaign

purposes in the ensuing Ma-

nipur assembly polls

next month.

BJP general secretary Th

BJP seeks clarification fromSharmila over money offer

Biswajit Singh said on Sat-

urday that the BJP State unit

was surprised to hear the al-

legation which is totally base-

less. BJP wants a clarifica-

tion from her, failing which

the BJP will take legal ac-

tions, he added.

In a media interview, Sharm-

ila reportedly alleged that she

was approached by BJP which

offered her a sum of Rs 36

crore to campaign for the par-

ty in the upcoming polls.

People know that the party

does not have that much of

money, said Biswajit, a BJP

MLA. BJP functionaries have

not interacted with her since

the then Union Water Re-

sources Minister Bijaya

Chakraborty visited her dur-

ing the BJP-led National Dem-

ocratic Alliance regime,

he claimed.

The BJP leader alleged

that the ruling Congress could

have instigated Sharmila to

make the charges against the

BJP. Sharmila is campaigning

for her party People’s Resur-

gence and Justice Alliance and

she herself will be contest-

ing the Assembly election

against CM O Ibobi in Thou-

bal constituency.

CORRESPONDENT

ITANAGAR, Feb 13: Aru-

nachal Pradesh Government has

decided to make the ‘much-

awaited’ 21st district of the

State, Lower Siang, functional

shortly with its temporary head-

quarters at Likabali.

“The Lower Siang district

Lower Siang dist to be made functional soonwill be made functional soon

by posting of Deputy Commis-

sioner and Superintendent of

Police.” This was decided by

the State Cabinet in its meet-

ing on February 7 last, accord-

ing to a communiqué from

CMO here.

The Cabinet also decided

Garu as the district headquar-

ters of Lower Siang district. Till

such time infrastructure is built

up, the temporary headquarter

will function from Likabali.

The decision on the demand

for another new district – Lepa

Rada – will be taken on a later

date after consultation with all

stakeholders, the communique

said. The Arunachal Assembly

had in March 2013 passed the

‘Arunachal Pradesh (Re-organi-

sation of Districts) (Amend-

ment) Bill, 2013’ paving the way

for creation of four new districts,

including Lower Siang. Three

districts namely, Namsai, Kra-

Daadi and Siang have already

started functioning with their in-

auguration two years back.

Pynursla to beupgraded intosub-division

SHILLONG, Feb 13: “The

30-year-old dream of the people

have been finally realised with

the decision to upgrade Pynursla

Block to a civil sub-division”, lo-

cal MLA and Border Area De-

velopment Minister Prestone

Tynsong said on Friday.

Tynsong said that the peo-

ple of the area have been de-

manding from successive

Governments that the Block

be upgraded to a civil sub-di-

vision for the past 30 years.

“Now on February 15, the

Block would finally be upgraded

to a civil sub-division,” he said,

adding, Chief Minister Mukul

Sangma has agreed to inaugurate

the new civil sub-division.

Tynsong said not less than Rs

20 crore would be required for

the upgrade. The Minister par-

ried a question if the decision was

political in nature as Assembly

elections are due in 2018. How-

ever, months before the 2012

Assembly elections, four new

districts were created by the

Congress-led Government. The

move paid rich dividend, as the

Congress came back to power

with a decisive mandate.

The State now has 11 districts,

four sub-divisions and 39 Blocks.

However, poor infrastructure

and lack of skilled manpower

has hampered development.

– Staff Correspondent

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11BUSINESS & ECONOMY

CAPSULE

Tata CommunicationNEW DELHI, Feb 13: Tata

Communications Ltd will invest$300 million into expansion ofnetwork, platform and softwareduring 2017-18, and is also lookingat acquisitions in new service areassuch as Internet of Things, mobilityand cloud. “In telecom, networksneed to expand in terms of scale andreach to create infrastructure closerto customers. So, ...We will bespending $150 million on network,and $150 million into platform,software and other capabilities,”Vinod Kumar, MD and Group CEO,Tata Communications Ltd told PTI.

Jeep WranglerNEW DELHI, Feb 13: Fiat

Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) todaylaunched the petrol version of itspopular SUV Jeep WranglerUnlimited priced at Rs 56 lakh(ex-showroom, New Delhi). Thispetrol version powered by a 3.6-litre V6 engine expands the JeepWrangler Unlimited range in Indiaalong with the 200 PS 2.8-litreTurboDiesel, which was alreadylaunched in August 2016, FCAIndia said in a statement. – PTI

R-Infra Q3 net risesNEW DELHI, Feb 13: Reliance

Infrastructure (R-Infra) today sawits consolidated net profit jump by49 per cent to Rs 375 crore for thequarter to December 2016. TheAnil Ambani-led infrastructuremajor had clocked a net profit of Rs251.50 crore in the same quarter of2015-16. – PTI

Allahabad BankNEW DELHI, Feb 13: State-

owned Allahabad Bank todayreported a net profit of Rs 75.26crore in the third quarter of thecurrent fiscal ended December 31,mainly due to significant reductionin provisioning for bad loans. Thebank had registered a net loss ofRs 486.14 crore in the correspond-ing quarter of previous fiscal. – PTI

LIC MDMUMBAI, Feb 13: Hemant

Bhargava today took over as aManaging Director of LifeInsurance Corporation, to fill thevacancy created by the retirementof Sushobhan Sarkar in 2014. Withthis appointment, LIC will havetwo MDs as Usha Sangwan wasthe only Managing Director sinceVK Sharma was elevated asChairman last December. – PTI

NBCC Q3 net upNEW DELHI, Feb 13: State-

owned construction firm NBCC Ltdtoday reported 16 per centincrease in its net profit at Rs64.42 crore for the quarter endedDecember. Its net profit stood atRs 55.55 crore in the year-agoperiod, the company said in aregulatory filing. – PTI

Britannia IndustriesNEW DELHI, Feb 13: Bakery

and dairy product maker BritanniaIndustries today reported 4.59 percent increase in consolidated netprofit at Rs 220.49 crore for thethird quarter ended December 31,2016. The company had posted anet profit of Rs 210.81 crore inOctober-December period a yearago, Britannia Industries said in aBSE filing. – PTI

Max IndiaNEW DELHI, Feb 13: Max India

today reported a net loss of Rs 55lakh during the third quarterended December 31, 2016. Thecompany had posted a net profit ofRs 2.97 crore in correspondingOctober-December period of 2015-16. – PTI

SnapdealMUMBAI, Feb 13: E-commerce

major Snapdeal today announcedthat it has received the ISO/IEC27001:2013 certification making itamong the few e-commercecompanies in the country to do so.The ISO 27001 is the onlyauditable international standardwhich defines the requirements foran Information Security Manage-ment System to ensure thatsufficient security controls areinstituted within the certifiedorganization, Snapdeal said in astatement here.

FabergeMUMBAI, Feb 13: Faberge, an

iconic global jewellery brand, hasdebuted in India where it isshowcasing latest creations andcollections as the company seeksto tap a market expanding on theback of growth in economy andwealth. “With growing economyand wealth, India has become animportant market for us... We havecome to the country for the firsttime to showcase a few of ourexquisite pieces, includingjewellery, timepieces and objetd’art for the Indian connoisseur,”Faberge CEO Sean Gilbertson toldPTI here.

Bajaj Allianz GIMUMBAI, Feb 13: Private

sector non-life insurer, BajajAllianz General Insurance todaysaid it has launched its redesignedcomprehensive health insurancepolicy ‘Health Guard’ with thepolicy period extending to amaximum of three years. – PTI

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: Govern-ment has allocated Rs 500 crore toIndia Post Payments Bank for the fi-nancial year 2017-18 as it gears up toset up 650 branches across countryby September 2017.

Government has allocated Rs 125crore as “capital infusion into corporateentity for India Post Payments Bank”and Rs 375 crore as “grant-in-aid to In-dia Post Payments Bank (IPPB),” as perOutput-Outcome Framework forSchemes 2017-18 for the Departmentof Posts, released today.

India Posts is the second entity toroll out payments bank – though on apilot basis – in Raipur and Ranchi, af-ter Airtel that has earmarked Rs 3,000crore as initial investment for pan-In-dia operations with an interest rate of7.25 per cent on deposits.

Besides, Airtel is offering free

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: Smartphone shipment in thecountry remained almost flat at 25.8 million units in theOctober-December 2016 quarter compared to the year-ago period, impacted by demonetisationand seasonal slowdown after festive sales,research firm IDC said.

Compared to the July-September 2016period, shipment in the said quarter declinedsharply by 20.3 per cent.

“In CY Q42016, smartphone shipmentsclocked 25.8 million units, registering similarvolumes as that of CY Q42015... This is mainlydue to a seasonal decline after an all-time high fes-tival quarter and demonetisation in the month ofNovember, which led to relatively lower consumersales in November and December,” IDC said.

Samsung led the tally in the said quarter with 25.1 percent share, followed by Xiaomi (10.7 per cent), Lenovo (9.9per cent), Oppo (8.6 per cent) and Vivo (7.6 per cent). Onlinesales of smartphones was at 31.2 per cent in the fourth quar-ter with Xiaomi and Lenovo accounting for more than half thechannel’s volume.

MUMBAI, Feb 13: The astronomicalseverance pay given to Infosys’ formerChief Financial Officer (CFO) Rajiv Bansalwas a “judgement” error made by thecompany board due to a subjective ele-ment that guided the drawing up of sever-ance packages, Infosys Chairman R Ses-hasayee said on Monday.

“In determining the severance packageof Bansal when he left the company in Oc-tober 2015, there was a business judge-ment by the Board and this amount wasagreed to be paid,” Seshasayee told re-porters here.

“In retrospect, I have no hesitation insaying that this compensation would havebeen different, had the judgement, made

NEW DELHI, Feb 13:Government’s premier think-tank Niti Aayog is preparing amodel contract farming law toconnect farmers with the foodprocessing industry.

“Niti Aayog is preparing amodel contract farming law. Thatwould connect farmers to thefood processing industry,” NitiAayog Vice-Chairman ArvindPanagariya said in a Q&A onBudget 2017-18 on Facebook.

Finance Minister Arun Jait-ley in his Budget speech hadsaid: “We also propose to inte-grate farmers who grow fruitsand vegetables with agro-processing units for betterprice realisation and reductionof post-harvest losses. A mod-el law on contract farmingwould, therefore, be preparedand circulated among the Statesfor adoption.”

To a separate query, Pana-

NEW DELHI, Feb 13 : Over4.19 crore income tax returns(ITRs) have been processed andover 1.62 crore refunds issuedduring the current financial yearup to February 10, CentralBoard of Direct Taxes (CBDT)said on Monday.

“The Centralised ProcessingCentre (CPC) of the IncomeTax department at Bengaluruhas already processed over4.19 crore ITRs and issued over1.62 crore refunds during thecurrent financial year up to Feb-ruary 10,” CBDT said in a state-ment here.

“The amount of refunds is-sued at Rs 1.42 lakh crore is 41.5per cent higher than the corre-sponding period last year,” thestatement said.

As a result of emphasis onexpeditious issue of refunds, 92per cent of all income tax re-turns were processed within 60days, demonstrating CBDT’scommitment to faster and moreefficient taxpayer service, it said.

“Of the refunds issued, 92 percent are below Rs 50,000 dueto the high priority given to ex-peditious issue of refunds to

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: The four-tierGST rate structure will open up flood-gates of classification disputes withtendency among businesses to de-mand lower rate for their goods orservices, says a research paper.

Four tax rates have been proposedunder the Goods and Services Taxregime that is to introduced later thisyear.

“Present discussion on two stand-ard GST rates (12 per cent and 18 percent), a lower rate (5 per cent) and ahigher rate (28 per cent), in addition toexemptions, will make the design ofGST complicated and increase the costof compliance as well as cost of tax ad-ministration,” said NIPFP associateprofessor Sacchidananda Mukherjee.

“It is expected that, if accepted, theproposal will open up floodgates of clas-sification disputes and there will bealways be a tendency among business-es to demand lower rate for their good

NEW DELHI, Feb 13:Overall hiring activity report-ed a modest decline of 2 percent in January as certain keysectors like banking, financialservices showed negativegrowth amid uncertaintyacross the board and the trendis likely to continue for nextfew months, says a report.

The Naukri.com’s JobspeakIndex stood at 1,707 in Januarythis year, down 2 per cent overJanuary 2016, when it stood at1,748. However, on a month-on-month basis, the index re-corded a an increase of 3 percent from 1,659 in December2016 to 1,707 in January 2017.

“The Jobspeak Index hasshown a small annual decreaseof 2 per cent in January 2017.Due to uncertainty across theboard, some of the key sec-tors have shown negativegrowth and while there are afew positive signals, this trendmay continue for a few moremonths,” Naukri.com ChiefSales Officer V Suresh said.

Sectorwise, telecom/ISPindustry saw a 23 per cent

Govt allocates Rs 500 cr toIndia Post Payments Bank

money transfer from Airtel to Airtelnumbers within Airtel Bank, andmoney transfer to any bank accountin the country.

The IPPB will offer an interest rateof 4.5 per cent on deposits up to Rs25,000; 5 per cent on deposits of Rs25,000-50,000 and 5.5 per cent on Rs50,000-1,00,000.

The total paid-up equity of the newbank IPPB is Rs 800 crore, of whichthe government has already infusedRs 275 crore.

Payments banks can accept depos-its up to Rs 1 lakh per account fromindividuals and small businesses.

The new model of banking allowsmobile firms, supermarket chainsand others to cater to banking re-quirements of individuals and smallbusinesses.

The allocation to IPPB is part of the

Rs 1,034.13-crore allocation earmarkedfor the Department of Posts. The sec-ond big chunk of the total allocation, Rs279.6 crore, has been allocated for pro-viding IT hardware and software inidentified rural areas for improved ac-cess to services and customer satisfac-tion, resulting in increase in customertransactions, traffic and revenue.

The DoP has been allocated Rs110.83 crore for establishing e-com-merce, parcel booking, internationalbusiness centres, Rs 73.5 crore forestates management, Rs 32 crore formail operations and Rs 17.7 crore forequipment and IT infrastructure inrural post offices.

Government has allocated Rs 3.8crore for setting up 246 offices and200 outlets for providing better ac-cess to communication and financialservices. – PTI

Niti Aayog readying modelcontract farming law

gariya pointed out that part ofthe 15-year vision documentshares sets of issues that “con-cern us immediately, i.e., whatwe should be doing in 2017-18 and 2018-19”.

“And there is a generalagreement on what we needto do immediately and in thissense, what Budget 2017-18is doing would contribute tothe 15-year vision document,which we would be putting outsoon,” he said.

The Aayog has been en-trusted with preparing a 15-year vision document begin-ning 2017-18, which will replacethe Nehruvian 5-year planningfollowed for over six decades.

Besides the vision docu-ment, the Aayog will be readywith 7-year strategy and 3-year action plan on the basis ofwhich funds will be allocatedin the Budget. – PTI

CFO severance package waswrong judgement: Infosys chief

in the circumstances, been different. Wehad some subjectivity in making this judge-ment,” he said.

“It would serve everyone concernedmuch better, if that subjectivity elementis taken away from severance packages,”the chairman added, describing in euphe-mism what was clearly a major error inbusiness judgement.

In fact, Seshasayee said that on the re-view of severance packages globally con-ducted with the help of a consultant, Info-sys has removed this “subjective ele-ment” from the severance package con-tracts being applied since 2016.

“Business judgements can be wrong,perceptions can be different,” he said in de-fence of the decision to do away with theearlier practice that has led to the contro-versy over Bansal’s compensation package.

Seshasayee also told reporters that thougha sum of Rs 17.30 crore, or equivalent to 24months’ salary was agreed to be paid toBansal on his departure, he has “actually beenpaid Rs 5 crore something because the pay-ment was suspended in April 2016”.

In this connection, Infosys founder-chairman NR Narayana Murthy said lastweek that the company had previouslynever paid such high compensation toany other executive in possession of“highly competitive (corporate) infor-mation”.– IANS

Over 1.62 cr refundsissued till Feb 10: CBDT

small taxpayers. Only 2 percent of refunds less than Rs50,000 are remaining to be is-sued,” it added.

Majority of these cases re-late to recently filed ITRs orwhere the taxpayer’s responseto the department is awaited,CBDT said.

“Taxpayers electronicallyfiled a whopping 4.01 croreITRs till February 10 repre-senting an increase of 20 percent over the previous year.Also, more than 60 lakh otheronline forms were filed withan increase of nearly 41 percent compared to the previ-ous year,” it said.

Taxpayers are advised toverify and update their e-mailaddress and mobile numberon the e-filing website to re-ceive electronic communica-tion, it added.

“CBDT is committed to en-suring best possible taxpayerservices through its e-govern-ance programs and increasingthe coverage and scope of elec-tronic filing and processing ofvarious forms and applications,”the statement said. – IANS

4-tier GST rate may lead toclassification disputes: Study

or service,” he said in the paper post-ed on NIPFP website.

Voices are being raised already toput plantation crops, labour-intensivemanufacturing, infrastructure inputsand air fares under lower tax bracket,he said.

“It is expected that the higher thedifferences among the tax rates, thelarger will be the scope for litigation.The benefits of removal of cascadingof taxes will be balanced by higher costof compliance, as a result the expect-ed benefits of introduction of GST maynot be achieved,” Mukherjee noted.

The National Institute of Public Fi-nance and Policy (NIPFP) economistpointed out there is discussion in theGST Council that there will be a sep-arate cess on demerit goods and envi-ronmentally harmful goods.

“The objective behind imposition ofcess is to generate revenue to com-pensate the States on account of any

revenue loss due to introduction ofGST during first five years of imple-mentation of GST. It is not clear wheth-er the cess will be imposed with a sun-set clause or it will continue as an addi-tional source of revenue for the Cen-tral Government,” Mukherjee said.

The imposition of cess without pro-vision for input tax credit (like SwachhBharat Cess) will result in cascadingof taxes and it will go against the fun-damental advantage of introducingGST, he added.

“Earlier, the Opposition parties inthe Parliament opposed imposition of1 per cent additional CST-type tax oninter-state movement of goods, as itwould have resulted in substantial cas-cading of taxes.

“It is expected that the proposal tolevy cess will receive similar oppositionin the Parliament when the recommen-dations of the Council are taken up forapproval,” Mukherjee said. – PTI

Smartphone market remains flatat 25.8 mn units in Q4: IDC

Hiring activity down2% in Jan: Naukri.com

slump in January this yearover the year-ago period,while jobs in the oil & gas andpower, infrastructure industrysaw a 28 per cent fall.

Construction and engineer-ing jobs decreased by 10 percent in January 2017 when com-pared to year-ago period where-as banking and financial servic-es jobs saw 1 per cent fall.

The maximum number ofnew jobs continued to be inthe 0-3 years category. Seniormanagement hiring fell, withjobs for 13-16 years of experi-ence witnessing a decrease of3 per cent when comparedwith December 2016.

Within the top metros, Delhi/NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluruwitnessed a decline in hiring ac-tivity of 11 per cent, 8 per centand 6 per cent, respectively.

Among other metros, thejobs index recorded a growthof 3 per cent in Hyderabad andChennai, 15 per cent in Puneand 24 per cent in Ahmedabad.

The index has been calculat-ed based on job listings added tothe site month on month. – PTI

Audi launchesA4 dieselvariant

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: Ger-man luxury car-maker Audi to-day launched the diesel variantof its A4 sedan priced at Rs 40.2lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

The model is powered by a2.0 litre four-cylinder enginewith a maximum power of190hp and is mated with 7-speed transmission.

Commenting on the launch,Audi India Head Rahil Ansarisaid: “With a tremendous re-sponse received on A4 30TFSI (petrol), we are now in-troducing the A4 with a dieselengine which is even morepowerful than the previousgeneration A4.”

He said the technologyavailable on the earlier AudiA4 has been redeveloped tooffer on the new version of thecompany’s best selling modelin India. – PTI

For the full year of 2016, smartphone shipment stoodat 109.1 million units, up by 5.2 per cent over the previ-ous year.

“This is relatively lower than expected smartphone ship-ments for India owing to sluggish first half and demone-

tisation at the end of year,” IDC senior market analyst,client devices, Karthik J said.

IDC expects 2017 to be a test of survival formany vendors as they struggle to survive in this

extremely competitive smartphone market,possibly leading to consolidation. “The feature

phone segment is likely to contribute themajority of mobile phone shipments in 2017;

the migration to smartphones is expectedto further slow down due to the intro-duction of low-cost 4G feature phonesand its continued relevance to its sizea-ble target consumer,” IDC senior re-

search manager, client devices, NavkendarSingh said.

However, replacement demand would drive most ofthe smartphone shipments in 2017, he added.– PTI

Larsen & Toubro Ltd Group Executive Chairman AM Naik shaking hands with Chief Executive

Officer, MBDA, after signing a joint venture agreement for development of missile systems

during a press conference in New Delhi on Monday. – UNI

Union MoS for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (i/c) Piyush Goyal

inaugurating the Indian Power Stations - 2017 (International O&M Conference), organised by

NTPC, in New Delhi on Monday. – UNI

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NEW DELHI, Feb 13: President

Pranab Mukherjee today exhorted

students to take up more research

at higher education institutions, as

he questioned if “lack of conducive

atmosphere” in academia was push-

ing the best talent towards regular

jobs instead of critical research.

Mukherjee also urged them to

foster a spirit of inquiry, saying,

“Knowledge is going to be the or-

der of this age.”

“We have excellent IITs, NITs,

management development institu-

tions, where campus recruitment

is very high, almost 100 per cent.

And, many of the graduates from

these top colleges are heading

world-class institutions around the

world. That is the bright side of it,

and it makes me happy.

“But I am equally unhappy that

no Indian scholar working in an In-

dian university, has won a Nobel

Pranab exhorts studentsto take up more research

LUCKNOW, Feb 13: Blazing guns fell si-

lent as campaigning drew to a close this

evening in 67 constituencies of western Ut-

tar Pradesh figuring in the second phase of

the seven-phase Assembly election in the

state on February 15.

The constituencies are spread across 11 dis-

tricts – Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sam-

bhal, Rampur, Bareilly, Amroha, Pilibhit,

Kheri, Shahjahanpur and Badaun.

Of the 67 seats at stake, ruling Samajwadi

Party (SP) had won 34 in 2012, followed by

BSP 18, BJP 10, Congress 3 and others 2.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

BJP president Amit Shah championed the

Campaign ends for 2nd phase UP pollscause of the saffron party during the cam-

paigning, the SP-Congress alliance’s charge

was spearheaded by Chief Minister Akhilesh

Yadav and Congress vice-president Rahul

Gandhi, besides other leaders of the respec-

tive parties.

BSP supremo Mayawati wooed the voters

addressing one rally after another all by her-

self, with senior party leader SC Misra chip-

ping in at certain places.

Both Modi and Shah slammed the Congress

and SP, saying Rahul ran a campaign against

the SP government and wondered what change

of heart made them embrace each other now.

Akhilesh and Rahul harped on demonetisa-

tion, alleging that Modi’s note ban decision

had caused immense hardship to those living

in the rural areas.

Keeping in mind that western Uttar Pradesh

had vast tracts of agricultural land, Modi played

the pro-poor and pro-farmers card and reiter-

ated BJP’s promise of waiving loans of small

and marginal farmers and paying the dues of

sugarcane growers within 14 days of coming

to power.

Interestingly, political bigwigs, including SP

patron Mulayam Singh Yadav and Congress

president Sonia Gandhi were conspicuous by

their absence from the campaign trail in the

first two phases of polling. – PTI

President Pranab Mukherjee with staff members of Ramjas College, pose for a group photograph on the occasion

of the Centenary celebrations of Ramjas College, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday. – UNI

Prize since 1930, when C V Ram-

an, did it over 80 years ago. There-

fore, the question is, perhaps we

have not been able to create the

kind of atmosphere conducive to do

research,” he said.

The President was addressing a

select gathering at the iconic Yel-

low Drawing Room of the Rash-

trpati Bhavan, to mark the closing

of the centenary celebrations of

Ramjas College. He also released a

centenary commemorative stamp

and a special volume on the history

of the college, set up in 1917.

“Surely, it is a good job to pro-

mote the production of a market-

ing company but surely promotion

of sale of a detergent (brand) does

not require the skill of an IIT grad-

uate,” Mukherjee said.

“If they had given time and ener-

gy to do research, the country

would have benefited much more.

But, we should not put the onus

squarely on these students and grad-

uates... There is no dearth of talent

in our country, but perhaps we need

to build that atmosphere conducive

for doing research, if we need to

retain the bright minds,” he said.

“We need to create the atmos-

phere and the students and faculty

and administrators all would have

to work collectively,” he added.

The President also made a refer-

ence to a global ranking of top 200

universities, in which till two years

ago, no Indian university had fig-

ured. “Later, only, two universities

made the cut, at lower positions in

the subsequent ranking.”

Mukherjee also recalled the life

of famed mathematician Vashishtha

Narayan Singh, hailing from a small

town in Bihar, accomplished in the

field of research at University of

California. – PTI

PATNA, Feb 13: Publicly acknowledging his good

relationship with BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, Chief

Minister Nitish Kumar today said Sinha’s proposal

of setting up a film city at Rajgir is “very much

alive” and being processed.

“I had 1-2 rounds of talks with him (Sinha) also

on film city proposal. Officials have also deliberat-

ed on the project,” Kumar told reporters in reply

to a question. “The film city project is very much

alive,” he said.

Sinha, the BJP Lok Sabha member from Patna

Sahib, who of late has been seen sulking in his

party, had met Kumar and also RJD President Lalu

Prasad several times which had left his party em-

barrassed.

The Bihar CM, who had last year launched the

book Anything but Khamosh, a biography of Sinha

Film city project very much alive: Nitishpopularly known as Bihari Babu, has also on many

occasions showered praise on him describing the

actor-turned politician as ‘pride of Bihar’.

Reacting to Kumar’s warm response to the film

city project, the Bollywood actor, said “I highly

appreciate warm response of ‘friend and CM’ Nit-

ish Kumar.”

Sinha, who has acted in over 200 Hindi movies

and also done a number of movies in Bengali and

Punjabi languages, said the “film city project was

submitted to Bihar government by me directly

(in 2006).”

“The proposed film city will not only promote

art and culture of Bihar but also boost employment

through tourism,” he said.

The film city would greatly benefit not only Bi-

har but the entire Northern region, the actor of

many a hit movies like Kalicharan, Vishwanath,

Dostana, Kala Pathar and Shaan among others,

said. “The project is slowly but surely going in the

right direction,” Sinha said.

Born in Patna, the 70 year old actor-politician

said, “the project would be my humble contribu-

tion to my home state.” – PTI

RAMPUR (UP), Feb 13:

Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh

Yadav are a “pair of swans”

who will have to go their sep-

arate ways post elections as

their alliance is shortlived,

Union Minister

Mukhtar Abbas

Naqvi has said.

The minister,

who was here for

a series of poll ral-

lies in Tanda and

Kemri villages,

said people now

believe that ex-

ploitation of farm-

ers, small and me-

dium businessman and the

problems of the poor will be

resolved once the BJP comes

to power.

Trashing the prospects of

the SP-Cong alliance, Naqvi

quoted from a Bollywood song

“do hanson ka joda bichad gayo

re” (A pair of swans have been

separated) to say that Akhilesh

SP-Cong ‘pair of swans’to be separated post polls

and Rahul will go their own

ways after the poll results.

“Rahul and Akhilesh had

been hurling allegations at each

other in the harshest language

but later joined hands to take

on the BJP, which

is on a winning

spree and can nev-

er be defeated by

any alliance”, he

said here, adding,

the duo will need

blessings of Mu-

layam Singh Yadav

and Sonia Gandhi

after the results

are declared “as

they are going to taste defeat

at the hands of the BJP”.

This is the first time that the

Samajwadi Party has entered

an alliance with any national

party for elections in the state.

While SP will is contesting on

298 seats, Congress has field-

ed candidates on the remain-

ing 105 seats. – PTI

Modi hitsback at

AkhileshLAKHIMPUR KHERI

(UP), Feb 13: A day after

Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘kaam ki

baat’ jibe at him, Prime Min-

ister Narendra Modi today

hit back, saying the Uttar

Pradesh Chief Minister could

not see the work done by the

Centre as he is “blinded by

absolute power”.

Addressing an election rally

here, he asked Akhilesh-led

Samajwadi Party government

to give its account of work

done in the past five years.

Urging voters of Uttar

Pradesh to give BJP a chance,

Modi said if his party is voted

to power, all anti-social ele-

ments would be behing bars

within six months.

The Prime Minister, while

speaking about initiatives of his

government at the Centre,

said, “He (Akhilesh) cannot

see the work as he is blinded

with absolute power.”

His attack on Akhilesh came

a day after the Chief Minister

took a swipe at him in the con-

text of his ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio

programme, saying “I want to

ask him as to when will he do

‘kaam ki baat’ (talk of some-

thing worthwhile)”.

Modi found faults in various

works undertaken by

Akhilesh and attacked him

over law and order situation,

saying incidents of rape and

murder were on the rise and

gangs were operating from

inside the prisons.

Contending that the cases of

“abduction and riots have in-

creased”, Modi asked

Akhilesh, “Is this your ‘kaam

(work) or karname (bad

deeds)’ which is speaking?”.

In an appeal to the voters,

the Prime Minister said, “Give

us a chance. All those using ‘kat-

ta, chaku and churi’ (country-

made pistol and knives) will be

behind bars.” – PTI

EC orders FIRs againstdaily over ‘exit polls’

NEW DELHI, Feb 13: The Election Com-

mission today ordered lodging of FIRs against

a Hindi daily and an agency in 15 districts in

Uttar Pradesh in connection with publication

of “exit polls” in violation of its directions.

Taking a serious view of the violation of its

directions, the EC shot off a letter to the Chief

Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh in which it

reminded the CEO that the “offence under

Section 126A is punishable by imprisonment

for a term upto 2 years or with fine or both.”

The EC said that it has been brought to its

notice that “the Dainik Jagran newspaper has

published result of exit polls conducted by a

company by the name of Resource Develop-

ment International (I) Pvt Ltd on the first phase

of elections in UP, through their website.”

The poll watchdog pointed out that Sec-

tion 126A(1) of Representation of the People

Act, 1951 provides that no person shall con-

duct any exit poll and publish or publicise by

means of print or electronic media, the re-

sult of any exit poll during such period as

may be notified by the Commission.

As per the Commission’s directions, exit polls

cannot be conducted and publicised by means of

print and electronic media or dissemination in

any other manner starting from February 4, 2017

at 7 am to March 8, 2017 at 5.30 pm. – PTI

A monkey playing with a pair of spectacles

snatched from a devotee at Bankey Bihari

temple in Vrindavan on Monday. – UNI

Yakshagana, a popular dance-drama of

Karnataka, being performed at the Guru

Gopinath National dance festival at

Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. – UNI

Kambala bill passedBENGALURU, Feb 13: Bowing to pub-

lic pressure, a bill to legalise traditional

buffalo race ‘Kambala’ and bullock cart rac-

es in Karnataka was passed by the state

Assembly with all parties backing the

move. – PTI

Anti-militancy bidSRINAGAR, Feb 13: In a bid to wean

away local youths from militancy, Jammu

and Kashmir police is trying to convince

parents of those who are believed to have

joined various militant groups to take a

lenient view if their kins decide to sur-

render. – PTI

Sasikala aide bookedCHENNAI, Feb 13: A senior AIAD-

MK leader, owing allegiance to party

General Secretary VK Sasikala, was

booked on the charge of issuing ‘death

threat’ to Chief Minister O Panneersel-

vam recently. – PTI

Curfew in S KashmirSRINAGAR, Feb 13: Curfew was im-

posed in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district

and Shopian town after two civilians were

killed yesterday, one in an encounter be-

tween militants and security forces and

another in the protests that followed. – PTI

US culprit arrestedNEW DELHI, Feb 13: The culprit re-

sponsible for the killing of a 26-year-old

Indian man in Santa Clara County of Cali-

fornia last week has been arrested, Ex-

ternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj

said, assuring all help to the family. – PTI

Stabbed to deathTHRISSUR, Feb 13: A BJP worker

was stabbed to death and another injured

after being attacked by some persons dur-

ing local temple festivities at Mukkattu-

kara in Thrissur district, police said. – PTI

Shiv Sena claimMUMBAI, Feb 13: Claiming that Shiv

Sena ministers are only waiting for Ud-

dhav Thackeray’s direction to submit

their resignations from the Fadnavis gov-

ernment, the Sena said people “unhap-

py” with the BJP rule are ready for mid-

term polls. – PTI

Naqvi

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 13LEISURE & LIFESTYLE

LOCKHORNS

THE PHANTOM ® By Lee Falk

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

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JUMBLED WORDSHEALTH CAPSULES®

by Bron Smith

SOLUTION TO TRIBUNE CROSSWORD – 5903

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CROSSWORD - 5903Know your DAYBy JACQUELINE BIGAR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017:This year you have a tendency to give way to others’ wishes.

You often might find that you see a situation differently from how

others do. Support yourself in your beliefs. If you are single, youmight meet someone through an interaction in your daily life. Youdon’t need to go to extremes, because someone of significance is

likely to enter your life in the next nine months. If you are attached,the two of you benefit from frequent getaways together. You alsoadd another dimension to your bond. LIBRA helps you to see the

big picture.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)

HHHH Communication flourishes during the daylight hours. Fatigue

or a low-level grumpiness could take over when you least expect it,

whether it be from you or someone else. Choose your words with care, as you

might want to say something a bit hostile. Tonight: Play it cool, please.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

HHHH Your mellowness and stability will be on call, whether you

have a valentine or not. You might want to duck if someone near

you is throwing a tantrum. Refuse to take what is happening personally.

Remove yourself from this situation ASAP. Tonight: Keep the peace.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

HHHHH Caring and communication flourish in an unprecedented

way throughout most of the day. Later in the day, someone is likely

to express his or her aggravation. Try to be responsive; otherwise, you might

witness an explosion. Tonight: Make plans with a potential valentine.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

HHH You are happiest at home, whether you are making calls or

doing work. A parent or some other authority figure seems to be a

bit off-kilter. Instead of looking within for a solution, this person might be

projecting his or her discontent onto others. Tonight: Happiest at home.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

HHHH Assess your finances while you can. You are able to com-

municate what you need in order to make a situation work. Investi-

gate your options, especially if you are dealing with a last-minute Valentine’s

Day gift. Schedule meetings for later in the day. Tonight: Speak up.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

HHHH Your vision of what today should be like might be very

different from reality. A partner or dear friend appears to be on the

warpath. Your reaction to this person’s mood could make or break the remain-

der of the day. Use insight and care. Tonight: Make it OK to go overboard.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

HHH You’ll want to take the day off for personal reasons. You also

might be up to some hush-hush activity that you’ll choose not to

share, or perhaps you simply want some downtime. Know that someone might

become reactive and difficult. Tonight: Deal with another person’s bad mood.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

HHHH Friends and associates alike approach the day with smiles

and lightness. Good vibes surround you wherever you turn. Use

the daylight hours to carry a project to the finish line. You have reason to

smile, as you have the support to fulfill a key goal. Tonight: Play it low-key.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

HHH Others take their cues from you. Be willing to do what is

necessary to work through a problem. Others like your style. A

friend might feel as if he or she is not getting enough attention. Try to

understand where this person is coming from. Tonight: Where the action is.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

HHHH Keep reaching out to a friend or loved one at a distance

who could be difficult to get in touch with. You might feel misunder-

stood. Someone who wants more of your time is likely to feel frustrated, or

even a bit angry. Remain sure of yourself. Tonight: In the limelight.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

HHHH Attempt to understand where someone else is coming

from. Understand your limits, and know what needs to happen in

order to complete the project at hand. Note what is happening behind the

scenes with a loved one. Tonight: Make sure that music surrounds you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

HHHH You seem to be more emotional than you realize. Feelings

might be intense between you and someone else. Your temper

could be triggered if this person becomes too demanding or does not give

you the space you need. Tonight: Proceed with care in order to avoid a

disagreement.

H H H

Thought for the day

Wine maketh merry; but money answereth all things.– ECCLESIASTES

SOLUTION

He who attempts to resist the wave is ______, but he who bends before it abides. (5,4)

Words: Abeam, smith, openly, willow.

Answer: He who attempts to resist the wave isswept away, but he who bends before it abides.

Across

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already-

rented

premises

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outbreak

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the new ball

on the

cricket field

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pain (5)

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Mop, 22 Ali, 23 Makeup, 25 Viz, 28 Guess, 30 Madly, 31 Ready, 32

Trot, 33 Byte.

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14:00 Ishqbaaaz

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17:30 Jaana Na Dil Se Door

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19:00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya

19:30 Ye Hai Mohabbatein

20:00 Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil

20:30 Chandra Nandni

21:00 Naamkarann

21:30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai

22:00 Ishqbaaaz

22:30 P.O.W - Bandi Yuddh Ke

23:00 Ye Hai Mohabbatein

23:30 Chandra Nandni

13:00 Shakti

13:30 Udann

14:00 Dil Se Dil Tak

14:30 Ek Shringaar – Swabhimaan

15:00 Kasam

15:30 Karmafal Daata Shani

16:00 Devanshi

16:30 Thapki Pyar Ki

17:00 Udann

17:30 Shakti

18:00 Dil Se Dil Tak

18:30 Thapki Pyar Ki

19:00 Devanshi

19:30 Sasural Simar Ka

20:00 Shakti

20:30 Udann

21:00 Karmafal Daata Shani

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An election day in the world’s largest

democracy. With this story shot in the

jungles of Chhattisgarh in central In-

dia, Newton couldn’t be more Indian in

its taste for movie aficionados at a gala as prestig-

ious as the 67th Berlin International Film Festi-

val, says the film’s lead actor Rajkummar Rao.

The movie had its world premiere at the film

jamboree last week, and ended with a standing

ovation from the audience.

Overwhelmed at the reception at the Berlinale,

one of the most important events on the film cal-

endar of the world, Rajkummar told IANS: “India

is the biggest democracy in the world, and I am

sure people are always curious to know how it

functions. In that way, Newton is a very Indian film.”

The political black comedy, directed by Amit V

Masurkar, features Rajkummar as Newton, a

rookie clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden

jungle of Chhattisgarh. The character tries his

best to conduct free and fair voting despite the

apathy of security forces, and the looming fear of

an attack by Maoist rebels.

What happens in this pursuit, forms the crux of

the story.

“When I read the script of the film and when I

saw some real people acting in it, it took me back

to the days of the golden age of Indian cinema,

when names like Shyam babu (Shyam Benegal)

and Govind Nihalani Sir used to make films... You

can get the taste of real India,” said the actor, who

has attended a film fest as big as the Berlinale for

the first time.

“I could not go to Cannes when Gangs Of

Wasseypur was there, I couldn’t come to Berlin

when Kai Po Che! was here, and I couldn’t even

go to Toronto when Shahid was screened there.

So, Berlinale was my first big film festival,” said

the 32-year-old with a child-like excitement to

meet like-minded people and to see cinema from

all over the world.

Steering the conversation back to Newton, he

said the film portrays “the power of democracy

that we live in and the power of voting that so

many people don’t understand the value and im-

portance of”.

Is he a regular voter himself?

“Oh yes,” said Rajkummar, who feels whoever

the leader of the country may be, the aim should

be “to do well and progress”.

What’s the Newton connect in the film – any-

thing to do with Isaac Newton?

“Well, there’s a subtle refernce to the actual New-

ton as like the scientist, this character is also always

in search of something,” explained the actor, who

says shooting for the movie in dense forests of

Chhattisgarh was a unique experience in itself.

“There were all real locations with indigenous

people. It was a very thrilling experience. There

was no network in mobiles and no connect with

the outside world, just our group of people who

wanted to tell this story. It was a lot of fun making

this film,” he said, even as he turned nostalgic

that it was when he was shooting for Newton that

his mother had passed away in Delhi last year.

“It’s still tough for me (to overcome it), but

she has given me that strength,” said Rajkummar,

a Film and Television Institute of India alumnus,

who got his first break in Bollywood with Love

Sex Aur Dhokha. – IANS

Davis with Sunny.

Reel realism

Newton

provides a

real taste of

India, actor

Rajkummar

Rao tells

Radhika

Bhirani in an

interview

Rajkummar Rao in Newton.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 201714 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI INTERNATIONAL

59th AnnualGrammy Awards

Bobby Rush accepts the Grammy for Tra-

ditional Blues Album for ‘Porcupine Meat’

at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in

Los Angeles, California on Sunday. – UNI

Sarah Jarosz holds her awards for Best Folk Album and

Best American Roots Performance at the 59th Annual

Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California on

Sunday. – UNI

Adele holds the five Grammys she won including Record of the Year for ‘Hello’ and Album of the Year

for ‘25’ during the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California on Sunday. – UNI

Adele sweeps Grammys,Beyonce wins hearts

LOS ANGELES, Feb 13: British star Adele

emerged as a big winner at the 59th annual

Grammys taking home major prizes – Album

of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the

Year, in suprise win over Beyonce, whose

power-packed performance was the highlight

of the ceremony.

Adele’s comeback track “Hello” and album

‘25’ helped her win in all the five categories

that she was nominated for including Best Pop

Solo Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album,

She triumphed over Beyonce, who was the

front-runner in the race with nine nods for

“Lemonade” but could only win in the two cat-

egories of Best Urban Contemporary Album

and Best Music Video.

In her acceptance speech, Adele, who opened

the James Corden-hosted award ceremony

with an epic performance of her hit song “Hello”,

paid tribute to Queen Bey, as Beyonce is popu-

larly known among fans.

“All us artists adore you. You are our light. My

queen and my idol is Queen B. I adore you. The

way you make my friends feel, the way you make

my black friends feel is empowering,” Adele said

while accepting Album of the Year.

However, it was not a smooth evening for

the singer as her George Michael tribute per-

formance was marred by technical issues, simi-

lar to what she faced during last year’s cer-

emony while performing “All I Ask”.

After letting slip an expletive, which produc-

ers managed to censor in time for the live broad-

cast, Adele said, “I’m sorry for swearing, and

I’m sorry for starting again... I’m sorry, I can’t

mess this up for him.”

Despite the glitch, she gave a beautiful rendi-

tion of Michael’s “Fast Love.”

Beyonce may have lost out the top trophy

to Adele, but her performance on “Love

Drought” and “Sandcastles” brought the house

down. – PTI

Legend, Erivoperform ‘God Only

Knows’ at GrammysLOS ANGELES, Feb 13: John Leg-

end and singer-actress Cynthia Erivo

delivered a moving rendition of the

Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” at the

59th annual Grammys In Memoriam

segment to honour the artistes who died

over the last year.

Legend opened the act with spare

piano playing, while Erivo joined the

singer after few moments into per-

formance.

A video montage then paid tribute

to Prince, Merle Haggard, Leonard

Cohen, George Michael, Debbie

Reynolds, Phife Dawg, George Mar-

tin, Sharon Jones, as well as multiple

other artistes.

The three-minute tribute featured

over 50 artistes in the clip. However,

the Recording Academy had submit-

ted a list of over 500 names to be con-

sidered for the segment.

Bruno mars, Morris Day and The

Time also paid tribute to Prince at the

ceremony by belting the music icon’s

greatest hits.

The Time, who were the close col-

laborators of Prince in 1980s, kicked

off the tribute with “Jungle Love” from

their 1984 album ‘Ice Cream Castle’,

which had also been written and pro-

duced by the late star.

It was a perfect illusion of the

Prince’s funk sound- screaming guitars,

popping bass and stabbing synthesiz-

ers all uniting in merciless groove.

As the famous Prince symbol glowed

in the background, Mars took the

center stage in a Purple regalia of the

musician for a rendition of “Let’s Go

Crazy.” Prince died last April at the age

of 57. – PTI

Donald Trump dominatesGrammys speeches

LOS ANGELES, Feb 13: Taking the trend of anti-

Donald Trump speeches at award ceremonies forward

this season, the Grammys saw many celebrities getting

political and slamming the American President.

During his opening monologue, host James Corden

rapped about what to expect from the night and encour-

aged musicians to live it up, saying, “With President

Trump, we don’t know what comes next.”

Corden, who’s already called out Trump’s travel ban,

seemed to reference its divisiveness again, saying, “We

sit here tonight, no matter our race or where we were

born or colour or face. Music is art, remember forever.

We can survive by sticking together.”

Following Corden, Jennifer Lopez, while presenting

the award for Best New Artist, came on stage echoed

Corden’s sentiments saying, “At this particular point in

history our voices are needed more than ever.”

She then quoted Toni Morrison: “This is precisely

the time when artists go to work. There is no time for

despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no

room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language.

That is how civilizations heal.”

“When things like this happen, it impacts us directly

because a lot of us come from a lot of those countries,”

Indian tabla player Sandeep Das told reporters after his

collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma’s “Sing Me Home” won in

the World Music category.

Paris Jackson then took the stage to introduce The

Weeknd, and she started by saying, “We could really use

this kind of excitement at a pipeline protest,” in reference

to the protests against the construction of the Dakota Ac-

cess Pipeline. Beyonce concluded her highly anticipated

performance with a reference to women’s rights.

“1,000 girls raise their arms,” she said. “If we’re

going to heal, let it be glorious.” – PTI

China opposes US backingJapan over disputed islandsBEIJING, Feb 13: China on Mon-

day firmly opposed the affirmation

made by the US and Japanese lead-

ers that the US-Japan security

treaty covered China's disputed is-

lands in the East China Sea.

“China expressed grave concern

at and firm opposition to the state-

ments made by Japan and the United

States,” Foreign Ministry spokes-

person Geng Shuang was quoted as

saying by Xinhua news agency.

“We firmly oppose that Japan

asked for the endorsement of the

United States on its illegal terri-

torial claim in the name of the US-

Japan security treaty.” he added.

China and Japan lay claims to

the disputed islands in the East

China Sea. While China calls them

as Diaoyu, the Japanese have

named them Senkaku.

A joint US-Japan statement is-

sued over the weekend after Japa-

nese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s

meeting with US President Donald

Trump in Washington affirmed that

a clause of the US-Japan security

treaty covered the Diaoyu islands.

“Diaoyu island and its affiliated

islets are China's inherent terri-

tory. No matter what anyone says

or does, the fact that the Diaoyu

islands belong to China cannot be

changed,” Geng said.

“China will never waver in its

determination and will to safe-

guard national sovereignty and

territorial integrity,” he added.

He said Japan and the United

States should speak and stop mak-

ing false statements so as to avoid

complicating relevant issues and cast-

ing a shadow on regional peace and

stability. The joint US-Japan state-

ment also mentioned China's reef

construction in the South China Sea.

Geng said that China's construc-

tion on its own islands was “to-

tally within China’s sovereignty

and has nothing to do with

militarisation”. – IANS

Palestine slams Israel forcurbs on loudspeaker use

RAMALLAH/GAZA, Feb 13:

Palestinians have reacted angrily

to an Israeli draft bill that bans

mosques from using loudspeak-

ers for the call to prayer at night

in Jerusalem and Israel.

A new version of the Muezzin

bill approved on Sunday prohib-

its the use of loudspeakers for

religious purposes from 11 pm

to 7 am, Xinhua news agency re-

ported.

Palestinian President Mahmoud

Abbas condemned the Bill, saying it

“would drag the area to disaster”.

Abbas called for an immediate

Arab and Muslim move to pres-

sure Israel to annul the Bill, ac-

cording to a Palestinian National

Authority (PNA) statement.

Palestinian Minister of Waqf and

Religious Affairs Yousif Idais said

the Bill was an attempt to make

the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a

religious one.

“It expresses racism that goes

beyond politics and delves into

religion,” Idais said.

The bill “is pushing the entire

region into a religious war”, he

warned.

In Israel and the Palestinian ter-

ritories, there are hundreds of

mosques where the call to prayer

takes place five times a day – the

first of which happens at dawn.

The Bill was sponsored by two

members of the Israeli parlia-

ment, or Knesset, representing

the right-wing parties of Habayit

Hayehudi and Likud, saying the

calls to prayer early morning dis-

turb the sleep of hundreds of thou-

sands of Jews and Arabs.

Israeli Prime Minister Ben-

jamin Netanyahu approved the

bill, saying people “of all religions

have complained countless times

about noise from the muezzin”.

PNA spokesman Yousif al-Mah-

moud said the Bill “was a viola-

tion of freedom to worship in Je-

rusalem”.

“It is unbelievable the long

religious and cultural history of

the city is being destroyed with

the stroke of a pen,” al-Mah-

moud said.

“The holy city in particular and

Palestine in general had a history

of respect and harmony between

all residents regardless of their

religious beliefs,” the spokes-

man said.

Mahmoud al-Habbash, an advi-

sor to Abbas on religious affairs,

said the bill clearly shows that Is-

rael is going ahead with its aggres-

sion on the Palestinian people and

keeps challenging the world’s will

and the international law which

allows free worshipping.

In Gaza, Islamic Hamas move-

ment spokesman Hazem Qassem

said the approval of the bill to pro-

hibit mosques from calling to

prayers “is a continuation of the

Israeli policy to wipe our people’s

identity by preventing them from

practicing their religious rituals”.

“All laws all over the world are

allowing all religions to practice

their rituals freely with no restric-

tions,” the spokesman said.

The Islamic Hamas movement

has been ruling the Gaza Strip

since 2007. – IANS

Mass evacuationin California asdam weakened

by rainSAN FRANCISCO, Feb 13:

Almost 200,000 people were un-

der evacuation orders today after

damage to the auxiliary spillway

of a dam in northern California

raised fears the structure could

fail and unleash torrential waters.

The reservoir of the Oroville

Dam, located 120 kilometers north

of the state capital Sacramento, had

been completely full after several

weeks of heavy rain.

The 770-foot dam itself was not in

danger of collapse, according to offi-

cials, but the emergency spillway was

causing major concern due to ero-

sion damage on its concrete top, the

Sacramento Bee newspaper said.

Authorities were releasing

100,000 cubic feet (2,830 cubic me-

ters) of water per second from the

main spillway, which dropped the

reservoir Sunday to a level where

there was no more flow into the aux-

iliary spillway, the Bee cited Depart-

ment of Water Resources spokes-

man Doug Carlson as saying.

About 188,000 people in down-

stream communities had been or-

dered to flee on Sunday afternoon.

“Yes, an evacuation has been

ordered,” the Yuba County Office

of Emergency Services said in a

Facebook post.

“All Yuba County on the valley

floor. The auxiliary spillway is

close to failing... Take only routes

to the east, south, or west. DO

NOT TRAVEL NORTH TO-

WARD OROVILLE!!!!!” – AFP

Cold spell inTaiwan linked toover 150 deathsTAIPEI, Feb 13: Taiwanese of-

ficials and media reports are blam-

ing a cold spell for the deaths of

more than 150 people, most of

them elderly and sick, over the

past several days.

Temperatures fell as low as 6.7

degrees Celsius (44 degrees Fahr-

enheit) on Thursday evening along

the coast north of the capital, Taipei.

Taiwan’s Liberty Times news-

paper and United Daily News said

the deaths of 154 people since then

were likely related to the cold.

Wang Yao-chen, emergency re-

lief chief with the city of Taipei,

said it was possible that the cold

particularly affected those with

heart problems, high blood pres-

sure and diabetes. – AP

‘Humans causing climate change170 times faster than nature’

MELBOURNE, Feb 13: Hu-

mans are causing the climate to

change 170 times faster than

natural forces, warn researchers

who have for the first time come

up with a mathematical equation

to describe the impact of human

activity on Earth.

Researchers at The Australian

National University (ANU) exam-

ined the Earth system as a single

complex system and assessed the

impact of human activities on the

system’s trajectory.

They have for the first time

come up with a mathematical

equation – known as the

Anthropocene equation – to de-

scribe the impact of human ac-

tivity on the Earth system.

“Over the past 7,000 years the

primary forces driving change

have been astronomical - changes

in solar intensity and subtle

changes in orbital parameters,

along with a few volcanoes,” said

Will Steffen ANU.

“They have driven a rate of

change of 0.01 degrees Celsius

per century,” said Steffen.

“Human-caused greenhouse

gas emissions over the past 45

years have increased the rate of

temperature rise to 1.7 degrees

Celsius per century, dwarfing the

natural background rate,” Steffen

added.

“We are not saying the astro-

nomical forces of our solar sys-

tem or geological processes have

disappeared, but in terms of their

impact in such a short period of

time they are now negligible

compared with our own influ-

ence,” he said.

“Crystallising this evidence in

the form of a simple equation

gives the current situation a clar-

ity that the wealth of data often

dilutes,” he added.

Steffen said humanity still had

a chance to prevent catastrophic

climate change, but time was rap-

idly running out.

“The global economy can func-

tion equally well with zero emis-

sions. Research shows we can feed

nine billion people – the projected

world population by 2050 – and

reduce greenhouse gas emissions

at the same time,” he said.

The study was published in the

journal The Anthropocene Re-

view. – PTI

A man holds up a placard with an image of US President Donald Trump during a march to protest

against Trump’s proposed border wall and to call for unity, in Mexico City on Sunday. – UNI

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 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

digi ts 1 to 9 without

repeating any.

Solution of last problem

SU DO KU

HYDERABAD, Feb 13: A believer of the old ad-

age that a captain is only as good as his team, Indian

skipper Virat Kohli today lauded his bowlers for their

lion-hearted effort on a flat track against a spirited

Bangladesh side.

India defeated Bangladesh by 208 runs in the

one-off Test which lasted five days, beating ex-

pectations of an early finish owing to the visitors’

minnow status. The win also took India’s unbeat-

en streak to 19 Tests.

Asked how much has he improved over the 19

Tests that he has captained, Kohli said: “Honestly it

is the players that make you the captain that you

become. To be very honest, anyone knows how to

set fields in the ground, it’s just that you have to

make sure that you take up the responsibility of

keeping the energy of the team up.”

“I look to push myself, throw myself around in

the field so that other guys know that they also have

to push for a wicket.”

“The bowlers know what they need to do but the

fielders within the ring need to support the bowl-

ers. I need to do that first, for the guys to show that

energy. I have been able to maintain that and that

has been a takeaway from the games that I have

been captain so far. Lot of times, you know that there

is only so much that you can do as a captain,” Kohli

said in the post-match press conference.

Talk about the performance of the fast bowlers,

Kohli seemed satisfied.

“Very good. Credit to our bowlers, they were able

to get result on this kind of a track. Considering that

the wicket was very good to bat on, it took a bit of

patience for us to get wickets during Bangladesh

first innings. I thought Umesh (Yadav), Bhuvi (Bhu-

vneshwar Kumar) and Ishant Sharma were brilliant

It’s players who make me the captain I am: Kohliin the first innings but Umesh stood out,” he said.

“In the second innings, all three bowled really

well but Ishant stood out. I have said in the post-

match that quality of our spinners allows our fast

bowlers to attack because of the way spinners bowl

and contain runs, the pacers can really attack as soon

as it starts reverse swinging.

“I thought today Ishant’s spell was really good,

he bowled with pace and had to put in effort to take

wickets at that stage and he took both the set bats-

men out. That was really good for us,” he added.

Talking about his 19-match unbeaten streak as a

captain, Kohli said: “I don’t think it’s because of me.

I mean everyone at the international level wants to

do well.

“We are playing as a team and that’s been the

difference in this team, if you see, you can say prob-

ably 2016, I scored a lot of runs but before that in

2015 as well, we won a lot of matches. I didn’t score

many runs but the other guys stepped up and scored

runs.

“Ajinkya’s two tons in Delhi (vs South Africa) and

second innings hundred in Sri Lanka, so there are

quite a few instances, where all the members of the

team have stepped up at some stage or the other.

And that’s why we stand where we are and having

that streak is not down to 2-3 people, it is a com-

bined effort of all the guys.”

India have had exponents of reverse swing like

Zaheer Khan but never have they had four fast bowl-

ers, including the injured Mohammed Shami, who

can all reverse the ball consistently.

“See Shami, Ishant and Umesh we all know that

they have done it with the old ball, lot of times. I

think with way Bhuvi has bowled all because of his

fitness levels having increased, having more strength

in body is being able to put more pace behind the

ball which is key for reverse swing,” Kohli said.

“The other three guys have naturally more pace

than him but I think he has really stepped up his

game with the old ball as well,” he added.

Kohli said the variety of options is a positive for

the team. “Again as I said that gives us a lot of op-

tions, you wouldn’t hesitate playing Bhuvi on any

sort of wickets if he keeps bowling like that with

reverse swinging ball as well. Credit goes to Bhuvi,

he has been working on that aspect as well.

“Shami, Umesh and Ishant have been outstand-

ing with the old ball and provided us with crucial

match-winning breakthroughs. It’s a great thing to

have as a captain, with these players bowling well

with new ball as well as old ball,” he said.

Kohli hinted that the Pune Stadium wicket for

the first Test against Australia may be low and

slow in nature.

“We will have to go and see what the Pune wicket

is like. It is low and slow usually at this time of the

year. That’s what I have faced in IPL. It’s been dry,

low and slow. This was a really good batting wicket,

didn’t offer anything to the bowlers in the first cou-

ple of innings of the Test match. We have to see how

the Pune wicket is but this was a decent enough

wicket,” he explained. – PTI

HYDERABAD, Feb 13: India captain Virat

Kohli, after a job well done against Bangladesh,

said the players’ hearts and minds are already

on the big series against Australia, beginning

with the first Test in Pune on February 23.

Kohli said the side wants to build on the good

work done so far this season, in the four Test

series against Australia.

“I thought England was the biggest series for

us this season, but having won that 4-0, we want

to consolidate on that against Australia. Every-

one’s minds and hearts are already on it,” said

Kohli after India completed a 208-run win against

Bangladesh in the one-off Test here today.

India had to work hard to dismiss the opposi-

tion twice with the match ending at stroke of

tea on day five.

Kohli, who became the first batsman to smash

four double hundreds in successive Test series,

was especially pleased about the performance

of his bowlers on a good batting track.

“Definitely, it was a good wicket to bat on,

‘Our minds are already on Australia series’good toss to win, putting massive runs on the

board helps. Bangladesh batted well in the first

innings, the plan was to get into good habits

and we have a big series coming up as well and

the bowlers got into their rhythm and all in all a

good game for us.

“The bowlers found ways to get batsmen out,

that’s been the characteristic of our team. We

didn’t get overexcited. Ishant’s spell was out-

standing, coming with a soft ball, reversing it

at pace. If we have two world-class spinners in

the side, you can tell the fast bowlers to come

in and attack and the partnership between them

and the spinners is great. Umesh was a revela-

tion really,” said Kohli.

On his sensational run, the skipper added:

“It’s been coming off nicely, last year was some-

thing that I didn’t expect to happen. I just go

into each game with a fresh mind, try to be ag-

gressive, but not over-attack. I’m very comfort-

able with where my batting is.”

Bangladesh fought well against the number

one Test team but it would have been a differ-

ent story had they taken their opportunities.

“We created a lot of opportunities with the

bowling. If we had restricted India to 550 or

600, we could have had a chance. It’s quite tough

out there in the second innings, India have a

lot of options, not only among the spinners but

the fast bowlers as well. Hopefully we learn

from this and come up with better perform-

ance,” said captain Mushfiqur Rahim.

Overall, he felt there were lots of positives

to take out of the game.

“I’m really proud of the boys, even the tail-

enders showed really good character. Little

things are what we need to improve on. Cou-

ple of matches coming up in Sri Lanka. Hope-

fully we capitalise there. We batted more than

100 overs each innings, and Mehedi Hasan bat-

ted and bowled well. Taijul (Islam) bowled well.

But I think our fielding let us down. If we can

compete for five days, we can push the big

boys,” he added. – PTI

PARIS, Feb 13: Paris Saint-Germainwinger Lucas jokes that the only way tostop Lionel Messi is “to tie him up.”

The Brazilian can afford to laugh forhe doesn’t have to defend against Mes-si tomorrow night, when Barcelona ar-rives for the first leg of their Champi-ons League match.

With a quarterfinal place at stake,PSG have only themselves to blame forlanding Barcelona after finishing secondin their group behind Arsenal.

PSG’s quest for European successhas developed a frustrating pattern,ending at the quarterfinals in the pastfour seasons.

That led to coach Laurent Blanc be-ing fired and replaced by Unai Emery.

Yet PSG still face the prospect of do-ing worse than last year unless they finda way past Barcelona. It feels like nowor never for a PSG side enjoying mas-sive investment from Qatari backers,QSI, since their takeover in June 2011.

“That’s what is missing for us,” Lu-cas told The Associated Press in a re-cent interview. “We need to win some-thing in Europe.”

Last season’s elimination against

PSG’s Lucas jokes that only way to stop Messi is ‘tie him up’Manchester City cost Blanc his job de-spite back-to-back domestic trebles anda hefty new contract signed just monthsbefore. It showed just how ruthlessPSG’s owners are in their desire to joinEurope’s elite.

“(Losing to City) wasdifficult to take becausewe knew we could win,”Lucas told the AP. “I don’tknow what was missing.”

Losing to Barcelona inthe 2013 and 2015 quar-terfinals was less unex-pected. Knocking out theCatalan giant this timewould send out a strongmessage.

Easier said than doneagainst Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez– a dream attack mixing skill, subtlety,cunning, speed, power, aggression anddevastating finishing.

“No team is unbeatable, but of coursefor me they are the favorites,” Lucassaid. “They are the best team in theworld, you have to respect them.”

Messi is playing some of the best foot-ball of his career, though that seems to

happen most seasons.If it is possible for a five-time Golden

Ball winner to get even better, thenMessi is finding a way at the age of 29.

The Argentine magician is conjur-

ing up brilliant free kicks, either curl-ing them into top corner with hisunique casual brilliance or with pow-er and precision.

Another weapon in an already hugearmory that has produced nearly 500goals for club and 57 for country.

Messi is the Champions League’s topscorer this season with 10 goals in fivegames, having missed one.

Asked how to stop Messi, Lucaslaughs. “Legally?” he asks. “For meit’s impossible to stop him. You haveto tie him up.”

More seriously, Lucas says, there isno point trying to man-mark a player whose mindworks even faster than hisfeet, and who is as elusiveas a ghost.

“The tactic is prevent-ing the ball getting tohim,” Lucas said. “Youmust be very, very organ-ised.”

Then there’s Suarez,who has scored in each ofhis last six games, andNeymar.

The 24-year-old Lucas, who has 34caps for Brazil, fills with pride whenspeaking about his countryman Neymar.

“It’s great for our country to see himdoing well there, and me doing wellhere,” said Lucas, who is enjoying hisfifth - and best - season with PSG. “He’sa great example. I’m happy for him, foreverything he’s doing there and in thenational team as well.”

Neymar, who already has 50 goals forBrazil, is touted as Messi’s eventual suc-cessor by many observers.

“I don’t think he can be like Messi,because every player has their own styleand their own history,” Lucas said. “ButI think that, after Messi, he can becomea great, great player as well and write agreat history for Barcelona.”

Asked if Barcelona has weakness-es, Lucas agrees but doesn’t say whatthey are.

The solution for PSG against Bar-celona could be attack as a best formof defense.

Neither of Barcelona’s goalkeepers –Dutchman Jasper Cillessen and GermanMarc-Andre ter Stegen – is command-ing in the air. Some defenders are vul-nerable, which puts too much pressureon reliable stalwarts Gerard Pique andJavier Mascherano.

France center half Samuel Umtiti andinternational teammate Lucas Digne(left back) are in their first seasons withBarcelona. Veteran Jeremy Mathieu hasexperience – five seasons with Valenciaand this is his third with Barca – but heis easy to turn and error-prone. – AP

Messi Lucas

Medal winning players of various Assam roll ball teams in national championships pose for photograph with officials after being felicitated by the Assam Roll Ball

Association in Guwahati on Sunday.

HO CHI MINH, Feb 13: India

will be without the services of

ace women’s singles shuttlers

Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu

and the onus will be on the men’s

singles and doubles pairs to lead

the country’s challenge at the

inaugural Asia Mixed Team

Championship, starting here to-

morrow.

Initially named in the squad,

Saina and Sindhu decided to skip

the tournament to prepare for

the upcoming hectic internation-

al schedule which includes next

month’s All England Champion-

ship. In the absence of Saina and

Sindhu, Tanvi Lad and newly-

crowned National champion and

Polish open winner Rituparna

Das will spearhead the chal-

lenge in the women’s singles,

while the onus in men’s singles

will be on H S Prannoy and Syed

Modi Grand Prix Gold winner

Sameer Verma.

Indian squad for Asianmeet sans Saina, Sindhu

“The absence of Saina and

Sindhu will obviously effect

our chances but I think it’s a

great chance for the young-

sters to prove themselves,”

Prannoy, the Swiss Open

champion, told PTI.

“I have been doing pretty

okay, I guess. Nothing new as

in preparation but I think I

should be good when matches

starts,” said the World No. 24

Indian, who made early exits at

Syed Modi International and Na-

tional Championship.

With the ties including three

doubles matches, India’s fate

will depend on the mixed pair

of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N

Sikki Reddy, who won the

Syed Modi title last month,

men’s combination of B

Sumeeth Reddy and Manu At-

tri as well as the newly-formed

women’s pair of Ashwini Pon-

nappa and Sikki. – PTI

KARACHI, Feb 13: Pakistan

Cricket Board Chairman Shaha-

ryar Khan today disclosed that

the PCB had incurred losses

amounting to USD 200 million

because of the Indian team not

playing bilateral cricket series in

Pakistan.

“I informed the BCCI repre-

sentative at the International

Cricket Council (ICC) meeting

recently that PCB had incurred

losses of around USD 200 mil-

lion because of India’s refusal to

play us and these losses were

mounting as the BCCI was not

even honouring a legal agree-

ment to play bilateral series be-

tween 2015 and 2023,” he said.

Khan said that Pakistan was

now awaiting the confirmation

of the new draft constitution of

the ICC, which is expected to

be approved in April, to start le-

gal process against the BCCI.

“The new draft constitution

We lost USD 200 million dueto India not touring Pak: PCB

has a clause for a disputes reso-

lution committee and once the

constitution is final we intend to

take our case against the BCCI

first to this committee,” he told

reporters in Lahore.

Khan said the BCCI repre-

sentative had told him in the ICC

meeting that the Indian Board

was willing to play with Pakistan

but could not do this without first

getting government clearance.

Khan said the BCCI official

had said that because of govern-

ment non clearance they saw

the MoU not applicable as ‘Force

Majeure’. “I told him that they

should have thought about their

government before signing the

MoU which is a legal agreement

as per our lawyers,” he said.

“I told him that India had de-

nied us two home series the

losses of which were around

USD 200 million,” Khan added.

India has not played any bi-

lateral cricket with Pakistan

since 2007 although in the

winter of 2012/13, Pakistan

made a short goodwill tour to

India to play a couple of limit-

ed over games.

India, which plays Pakistan in

ICC and Asian Cricket Council

events, last toured Pakistan in

2015/16 for a full Test series.

The PCB chief also said that

even after the termination of the

‘Big Three’ system of govern-

ance and financial model, India

would end up getting the big-

gest share from ICC earnings.

“Even under the new draft

constitution India gets around 16

percent share of all ICC earn-

ings which is higher compared

to other boards. Under the Big

Three formula India, Australia

and England were taking home

more than 50 percent of the rev-

enues with other boards getting

far less,” Khan said. – PTI

LONDON, Feb 13: Joe Root

has been named as new Test

captain of England, the Eng-

land and Wales Cricket Board

(ECB) announced today.

Yorkshire batsman Root,

previously England’s vice-

captain, had been the over-

whelming favourite to replace

Alastair Cook ever since the

Essex opener resigned as

Test skipper after a national

record 59 matches in charge

last week.

Root, who made his Eng-

land debut under Cook, is now

widely regarded as England’s

leading batsman.

“It is a huge honour to be

given the England Test cap-

taincy,” the 26-year-old Root

said in an ECB statement. “I

feel privileged, humbled and

very excited.”

The ECB added all-round-

er Ben Stokes would succeed

Root named newEngland Test captain

Root as vice-captain of the

Test side.

Cook, England’s all-time

leading Test run-scorer, is set

to continue his career in the

five-day game, with Root also

able to call upon the experi-

ence of senior fast bowlers

James Anderson and Stuart

Broad, as well as coach

Trevor Bayliss and assistant

Paul Farbrace.

“We have a very good group

of players, and I’m looking for-

ward to leading them out in

the summer – building on

Alastair’s achievements and

making the most of our talents

in the years ahead,” said Root.

“The senior guys in the

changing room play a very in-

fluential role - and while

there’s a natural progression

for me, it’s a huge support to

know that they are there to

help and advise.” – AFP

West, East winT20 matches

MUMBAI, Feb 13: Seasoned

pace bowler Irfan Pathan and

up and coming swashbuckling

batsman Ishan Kishan played

stellar roles in West and East

Zone’s comprehensive wins

over North and Central Zone

respectively in the Syed Mush-

taq Ali Trophy T20 Inter Zonal

tournament here today.

Pathan grabbed 3 for 10 in

four overs as West stopped

North, in spite of captain Gau-

tam Gambhir’s second fifty

(60) in as many days, at 107

for 8, and then romped home

by eight wickets in just 12.4

overs by making 108 for 2 at

the Wankhede Stadium.

Captain Parthiv Patel led

from the front with a 35-ball

56 with nine fours and also

added 80 for the first wicket

with Shreyas Iyer (30) in nine

overs to pave the way for

West’s first win after the loss

to Central yesterday.

North, who had beaten

South yesterday, were reduced

to 39 for five after the burst

from the 32-year-old Pathan

whose victims included

Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant

and Yuvraj Singh. They recov-

ered later but the total was not

enough to trouble West.

In the second game of the day,

Bihar-born Jharkhand wicket

keeper batsman Kishan, who

led India to the finals of the Jun-

ior World Cup in Bangladesh

last year, lashed seven sixes and

a four in his 36-ball 67 as East

easily overtook Central’s 151

for 7 by making 154 for 3 and

won by seven wickets with 17

balls to spare.Brief scores: North Zone 107

for 8 (G Gambhir 60; I Pathan 3 for10) lost to West Zone 108 for 2 in12.4 overs (S Iyer 30, P Patel 56).

Central Zone 151 for 7 (N Ojha51, Harpreet Singh 48; A Dinda 2 for24, S Ghosh 2 for 38) lost to EastZone 154 for 3 in 17.1 overs (I Kis-han 67, I Jaggi not out 51; M Lamlor2 for 31). – PTI

KARACHI, Feb 13: Flamboy-

ant allrounder Shahid Afridi be-

lieves that until the PCB sets a

proper example, the menace of

players being linked to spot-fix-

ing and corruption cannot be

stopped in Pakistan cricket.

Afridi told the Geo Super

channel in Dubai during the Pa-

kistan Super League that he was

very sad and disappointed after

the latest scandal in which Pa-

kistani batsmen Sharjeel Khan

and Khalid Latif were flown back

under the PCB’s Anti-Corrup-

tion Code.

The PCB said that the ICC’s

ACU and its own ACU were car-

rying out more investigations

against the two players who

‘Corruption will continuetill PCB sets an example’

were in the Islamabad United

franchise. “What can I say I have

been saying in the past also that

until the PCB sets or makes an

example of such players it will

be difficult to stop this menace,”

Afridi said.

“To me it is the same situa-

tion because you are allowing

tainted players back into crick-

et,” he said.

Afridi said he would want to

see the PCB bar such tainted

players from all cricket includ-

ing domestic.

“What is the use if after five

years the same players are com-

ing back. I don’t think this can

be stopped until the right exam-

ple is set,” he added. – PTI

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HYDERABAD, Feb 13: Indian

bowlers showed tremendous per-

severance on an unresponsive pitch

to crush Bangladesh by 208 runs in

the one-off Test and stretch the

team’s unbeaten streak to 19

matches, here today.

Chasing a daunting target of 459,

Bangladesh were all out for 250 in

100.3 overs but put up a stiffer re-

sistance than what the final outcome

of the match would suggest.

The win was the Indian team’s

eighth victory in nine home Tests

this season with the only draw com-

ing against England at Rajkot.

This was India’s sixth successive

series victory under Virat Kohli

starting from Sri Lanka series in

2015. India’s unbeaten streak in

Test matches is now 19 with the

last defeat coming against Sri Lan-

ka in Galle back in August, 2015.

For a team ranked world No.9

in ICC rankings, Bangladesh hung

on for four days and two sessions

– something that nobody had ex-

pected from the minnows. They

Bowlers turn on heat as India beat Bangla by 208 runs

Virat Kohli leads India off the field after their big win in the one-off Test against Bangladesh in Hyderabad,

on Monday.

played close to 230 overs, both

innings included.

The Indian bowlers should be

lauded for their collective effort as

they had to show much more pa-

tience on a pitch that remained good

for batting throughout the entire

duration of the match.

Spin twins Ravindra Jadeja (4/

78 in 37 overs) and Ravichandran

Ashwin (4/73 in 30.3 overs)

shared the bulk of the spoils with

Ishant Sharma (2/40 in 13 overs)

– all of whom worked tirelessly

in pursuit of victory.

Bangladesh needed to bat out

58 overs in the last two sessions

to save the match but Ishant’s bril-

liant post-lunch spell put paid to

any hopes that the visitors had

harboured.

It was as controlled an effort one

would see with an old ball. He hit

his conventional back of the length

with an occasional fuller delivery

and some good short stuff.

With little help from the pitch

his spell was a laudable effort. One

such well-disguised short ball aimed

at Shabbir Rahaman’s (22) body

forced him to play a pull-shot which

he top-edged to the only fielder,

Bhuvneshwar Kumar standing at

fine leg boundary.

He then bowled an in-swinger

that looked like reverse to find

Mahmudullah Riyadh (64) plumb

in-front. With Mahmudullah’s de-

parture the writing was clearly on

the wall for the visitors.

Mehedi Hasan Miraz again

played 60 balls for his 23, was the

eighth batsman out with Jadeja’s

delivery kicking up sharply to in-

duce an outside edge snapped by

Wriddhiman Saha.

Jadeja got his fourth when Taijul

Islam (6) mistimed a pull-shot and

was caught by KL Rahul.

Ashwin finished the match trap-

ping Taskin Ahmed leg-before af-

ter Virat Kohli appealed for a DRS.

There was no celebration

from the Indian players apart

from customary handshakes as

a few players collected the

stumps as souvenirs.

The fifth day pitch was still good

to bat on even though the turn on

offer was comparatively more than

the last four days.

But Bangladesh batsmen, who

play more limited-overs cricket,

are not adept at saving Test match-

es, which is an art in itself.

In between, glorious shots and

dead defence, there were moments

of madness that became their un-

doing which showed why they need

more experience at this level.

A better team on this flat track

could have saved the Test match

going in with seven wickets on the

final day. – PTI

India 1st innings: 687/6 decl

Bangladesh 1st innings: 388 all out

India 2nd innings: 159/4 decl

Bangladesh 2nd innings (target: 459

runs)

Tamim Iqbal c Kohli b Ashwin 3

Soumya Sarkar c Rahane b Jadeja 42

Mominul Haque c Rahane b Ashwin 27

Mahmudullah c Kumar b Sharma 64

Shakib Al Hasan c Pujara b Jadeja 22

Mushfiqur Rahim c Jadeja b Ashwin 23

Sabbir Rahman lbw b Sharma 22

Mehedi Hasan Miraz c Saha b Jadeja 23

Kamrul Islam Rabbi not out 3

Taijul Islam c Rahul b Jadeja 6

Taskin Ahmed lbw b Ashwin 1

Extras: (B-4, LB-7, NB-3) 14

Total: (all out in 100.3 overs) 250

Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-71, 3-75, 4-106, 5-

162, 6-213, 7-225, 8-242, 9-249, 10-250.

Bowling: B Kumar 8-4-15-0, R Ashwin 30.3-

10-73-4, I Sharma 13-3-40-2, U Yadav 12-2-

33-0, R Jadeja 37-15-78-4.

SCORECARD

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: Guwa-

hati clinched the best team ti-

tle winning 158 medals includ-

ing 40 gold, 44 silver 74 bronze

in the TG Baruah Memorial

6th Youth and U-21 State Ka-

rate Championship which con-

cluded last night at the Deshb-

hakta Tarun Ram Phookan In-

door Stadium, RG Baruah

Sports Complex here.

The Jorhat team become sec-

ond with 33 medals including 14

gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze.

Barpeta stood third bagging 5

gold and one bronze medal.

Akashdeep Deka of Jorhat

and Kasturika Narzary of Gu-

wahati received the best chil-

dren player award in boys and

girls sections respectively.

Guwahati bags best team titlein TG Baruah karate meet

Nishad Ali of Barpeta and En-

jebee Chakma of Guwahat

were named best youth play-

ers in the male and female cat-

egories.

Director, Assam Tribune

Group of Publications Surajit

Govinda Baruah and Ritu Baru-

ah the daughter in law of late

TG Baruah were present in the

medal presentation ceremony

yesterday evening and handed

over the medals to the players.

United Karate-Do Association

Assam (UKAA) working pres-

ident Bhuban Lahkar, advisers

Bhupen Deka, Amitabh Choud-

hury and other office bearers

of the organising committee

gave away the prizes.

Prior to the championship

the UKAA has organised two-

day training camp for all partic-

ipant on February 10 and 11

which was conducted by KAI

general secretary Shihan Bharat

Sharma and referee commis-

sion chairman Shihan Paramjeet

S Singh, stated a release.The gold medal winners are:

Children (8-13 years, boys) AdwikMazumdar, Irfan Habib, Bitupan Das,Rib Kalita, Hemphu Bongjang, AryanRaj Saikia, Sarhan Rasul, HansrajDutta, Ashotosh Das, Mriganka Ra-jkhowa, Rishab Kalita, AkashdeedDeka, Gaurav Hajong, Punit Jahkw-al, Ayushman Pachani, AbhigyanMohan, Hritom Das, Tanishq PrinceRongpi, Nihar Hazarika and AnantaTanti. (Girls) Ankita Timungpi, DimpiDas, Maya Das, Mugdha Baruah,Kasturika Narzary, Shyamontika Bo-rah, Himaqmoni Teronpi, Hanee Ali,Ishita Kashyap, Riju Borbhuyan,Bandana Das, Bandita Daimary, An-ubhuti Lohia, Utkarsha Mazumdar.

GuwahatiChallenge cricket

SPORTS REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: Satgaon Club

defeated Chandmari Sports Club by 11

runs while Mahaveer Club trounced

Eleven Star Club by 47 runs in today’s

group league matches of the Servo

24th Guwahati Challenge Trophy All

Assam Prize-money Cricket Tourna-

ment at the Judges’ Field here.Brief scores: SG Club 127/9 (Raj Hussain

44, Sanjay Ram 32, Surender Singh 19, AnupBarman 3/14, Amit Sirola 3/29). ChandmariSC 116 (Anup Barman 37, Diganta Thakuria32, Surender Singh 5/24, Raj Hussain 2/15).

Mahaveer CC 115/5 (Dhritiman Sarma 50,Imdadul Salvia 45, Chandan Sarma 2/25). Elev-en Star 108 (Abhinandan Prasad 32, AmitKumar 2/9). Today’s matches: BrahmaputraBoys vs TACC; Cane CC vs Sijubari RYC.

ASEB SC clinchvolleyball title

CORRESPONDENT

TINSUKIA, Feb 13: ASEB SportsClub of Guwahati emerged championsin the Satyen Borphukan MemorialVolleyball Tournament defeating As-sam Police 25-14, 22-15, 18-25, 25-20,16-14 in the gruelling final played hereon Saturday night.

The tournament was organised by theSripuria Club where teams from Sar-bhog, Dhemaji, Laipuli, Panitola, Jerai,Bhadoi, Betoni and 2nd AP Bn took part.

In the semifinals ASEB beat Tinsu-kia Railway 2-1 while Assam Police got

the better of Sarbhog SA 2-0.

The winning team was awarded Rs

20,000 while the runners up team be-

came richer by Rs 10,000 and received

the Bapuram Baruah Memorial Tro-

phy. Abdul Baten of the winning team

was adjudged best player and he re-

ceiver the Rina Baruah Memorial Tro-

phy along with Rs 2000.

Barak valley prize moneybadminton from Feb 19

CORRESPONDENT

SILCHAR, Feb 13: As a part of its ongoing Golden Jubilee

celebrations, Itkhola Athletic Club will host an barak valley

prize money badminton championship from February 19 to 26.

This was informed by Bijendra Prasad Singh, secretary of the

Club on Monday.

Talking to reporters at the Club premises, Singh said that

the championship is dedicated in the memory of noted physi-

cian Dr Rahul Gupta, a resident of Itkhola who was an avid

sportsperson. “Dr Gupta spent his boyhood days at his Itkhola

residence before shifting to Ambikapatty. He took part in var-

ious sports events like football and swimming in his life time

and always encouraged clubs and associations to organize sports

competitions as well. It is unfortunate that we have lost such a

personality in 2016. It is our humble tribute to Dr Gupta,”

Singh maintained.

Singh further said that badminton matches will be played

at the filed of the club and under lights. The competition

has been categorized under men’s singles, men’s doubles

and mixed doubles. Also there is a special award for the

emerging player, aimed to encourage young players of the

valley, Singh added.

NE ranking tennistourney concludes

CORRESPONDENT

SILCHAR, Feb 13: The first ever North East Ranking Ten-

nis Tournament, organised by The Tennis Club of Silchar con-

cluded on Sunday.

Over 150 players from various parts of North East took part

in the competition played in the U-12, U-14, U-18 and veterans

categories.

The pair of Andy Thousen and Sahil Farhaz won the U-18

boys doubles title while Ojas Hazarika defeated Nirav Jain to

clinch the boys’ singles crown. In the above 45 veterans’ final

the pair of Suresh Sarda and Ranjit Paul defeated Ashish Jain

and Siva Shish Dutta Gupta. The winners were given cash

prizes and trophies at the end of the tournament.

Sharing his views about the tournament, Cachar Deputy

Commissioner S Vishwanathan, who also took part in the cham-

pionship in the veterans category said “ the facilities here are

of very high standard and such competitions shall help the play-

ers a great deal in lifting their game.”

Senior citizen of the locality Lalit

Borphukan was the chief guest in the

closing function.

Karate trainingunder wayCORRESPONDENT

BISWANATH CHARIALI, Feb 13: A

three-day long Karate training camp com-

menced today at the Chariali HS and MP

School premises here under the aegis of

Tenshinkan Shotokan Association, Assam

in association with the Biswanath District

Karate-Do Association.

Shihan Hasrat Khan, a 8th Dan Black-

belt holder from Delhi will impart train-

ing to the students coming from the

different parts of the State. The train-

ing programme was inaugurated by

Apurba Kumar Das, president, Biswa-

nath Sports Association and Ravindra

Singh, Senior Manager, Sakomatha Tea

Estate by lighting the lamp while the

programme was conducted by Anjan

Borah, president of Biswanath District

Karate-Do Association.

Bodybuildingchampionship

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: IFA Classic, the

Pro-Am Championship for Bodybuild-

ing and Fitness Championship was suc-

cessfully staged at the District Library

Auditorium here on February 11 night.

Narender Yadav of Delhi has been de-

clared as the IFA Classic Champion in

Men Bodybuilding category while Ach-

yut Kalita of Assam was declared as the

champion in Men Fitness category.

In women section Assam girl Queen

Buragohain has been declared as the

champion in the Women Fitness event,

where as Priya Majumder was declared

champion in Women Bodybuilding.

This championship was conducted by

NABBA/WFF India as per the rules

and regulations of NABBA & WFF In-

ternational, stated a release.

Young chessplayers felicitatedGUWAHATI, Feb 13: Nine promis-

ing young chess players of Guwahati,

who brought laurel to Guwahati Chess

Association by winning medals in the

40th All Assam Inter District Chess

Championship held in Jorhat were fe-

licitated by the Guwahati Chess Asso-

ciation on yesterday at the Rajbari Ath-

letic Club here.

The felicitation function was organ-

ised during the prize distribution cer-

emony of 40th All Assam Inter Dis-

trict Veteran Chess Championship.

Arunabh Gohain of Maria’s Public

School, Himashree Deka of Gurukul

Graamar School, Manthan Kashyap

Dutta of Delhi Public School, Ashvin

Sharma of Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti

School, Adreeja Sinha of Narengi Army

Public School, Rishita Sinha of St

Mary’s English School, Medha Baru-

ah of SFS School, Baibhabi Baruah of

SFS School, and Fahim NH Borah of

Don Bosco School were felicitated on

the occasion, a release said.

Friendship Cupboxing

SPORTS REPORTER

GUWAHATI, Feb 13: The maiden

Friendship Cup Boxing Championship

will be held on February 14 and 15 at

the SAI complex here.

The championship, organised by the

Assam Amateur Boxing Association

(AABA) will be held between the youth

and women boxers of Mery Kom Box-

ing Academy of Manipur and Assam box-

ing team in 13 weight categories of youth

and women.

The opening ceremony will be held

at 4 pm tomorrow.The ASEB Sports Club team with the Satyen Borphukan Memorial Trophy

(From left) Akaashdeep Deka, Kasturika Narzary (best children players), Enjebee Chakma, Nishad

Ali (best youth players) in the TG Baruah Memorial Youth and U-21 State Karate Championship.

MUMBAI, Feb 13: The

Australian cricket squad, led

by Steve Smith, landed here

today ahead of engaging

hosts India in a four-Test

series for the Border-

Gavaskar Trophy commenc-

ing at Pune on February 23.

The Aussies reached this

metropolis from Dubai

where they had a training

camp and drove down to a

South Mumbai hotel where

they will stay till they depart

for Pune after playing a

warm-up game against India

A at the Cricket Club of

India’s Brabourne Stadium.

The team is scheduled to

have its first practice session at

the Stadium on February 15.

Australia are touring India

for a full Test series for the

first time since they were

blanked 4-0 by the hosts in

the 2012-13 season.

Australia later defeated

India 2-0 in a four-Test

rubber played Down Under

in the 2014-15 season.

Australia squad: Steve

Smith (Capt), David Warner,

Matthew Renshaw, Shaun

Marsh, Peter Handscomb,

Mitchell Marsh, Matthew

Wade (WK), Steve O’Keefe,

Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon,

Josh Hazlewood, Ashton

Agar, Usman Khawaja,

Jackson Bird, Mitchell

Swepson, Glenn Maxwell.

Tour schedule:

Feb 17-19: Practice

match v India A in CCI,

Mumbai.

Feb 23-27: 1st Test,

Pune.

March 4-8: 2nd Test,

Bengaluru.

March 16-20: 3rd Test,

Ranchi.

March 25-29: 4th and

final Test, Dharamshala.

– PTI

Australian team arrivesfor four-Test series

Indian team forAussie series

todayMUMBAI, Feb 13: Barring

any surprises, the selectors

are likely to retain the same

16-member squad that figured

in the 208-run victory over

Bangladesh when they meet

here tomorrow to choose the

team for the upcoming four-

Test series against Australia.

With there being no word

on the availability or otherwise

of Bengal speedster Moham-

med Shami, who got injured

during the five-Test rubber

against England and subse-

quently lost his father, the four-

member pace attack chosen

for the Test against Bangladesh

is expected to be retained.

Leggie Amit Mishra, chosen

originally in the squad, got in-

jured and made way for Chi-

naman bowler Kuldeep Yadav

who, thus, is also expected to

be retained in the squad. – PTI

England coltspile up 311/1NAGPUR, Feb 13: England

U-19 opener Max Hodlen and

one down George Bartlett

struck unbeaten tons as the

visitors piled up 311-1 on the

first day of the Youth Test

match here against their Indi-

an counterparts.

Electing to bat at the VCA

stadium, England openers

stuck a 57 runs stand before

pacer Kanishk Seth removed

Henry Brook (21).Brief scores: England U-19 first

innings 311 for 1 (Max Holden 135not out, George Bartlett 132 not out.K Seth 1 for 50). – PTI

CR7 injury scarefor Napoli clash

MADRID, Feb 13: Cristiano

Ronaldo trained apart from the

team today just two days ahead

of Real Madrid’s Champions

League last 16 home leg against

Napoli.

The Portuguese goal ma-

chine with a record 96 Cham-

pions League strikes to his

name suffered a heavy tackle

in a 3-1 win over Osasuna at

the weekend.

And as the rest of the Real

Madrid squad trained on ball

skills today “Cristiano Ronal-

do and Fabio Coentrao trained

inside the facilities’ the Real

website reported. Ronaldo

suffered a knock to his right

leg, according to press re-

ports, adding he was expect-

ed to shake off the injury in

time to play Wednesday. – AFP