BJP gears up for panchayat polls in Barak Valley From our Correspondent Sentinel Assam SILCHAR, Dec 15: Releasing the final list of candidates for 56 Zila Parishad member in the Barak Valley (Cachar-27, Karimganj-18 and Hailakandi-11), the State selection committee of the BJP has taken an edge ever its main rivals—the Congress and the AUDF. While Congress is grappling with the scramble from ticket seekers, AUDF is faced with dearth of suitable candidates. Kabindra Purkayastha and Bimelangshu Roy, BJP leaders looking after selection of candidates, told mediapersons in the party office here today: “With the job of selection being over, our party will go all out to win and dominate over its rivals.” Both the leaders denied any factionalism within the party. Kabindra Purkayastha said that absence of any rift among the party workers for tickets indicated growing support from the grass root level. He averred that Barak Valley “is the basti of BJP” and hence expected good performance by his party in the panchayat polls. The selection process for the 163 Gaon panchayat and Anchalik panchayat members in Cachar, 96 in Karimganj and 62 in Hailakandi would be finalised soon, he pointed out. The hassle-free selection of candidates, Bimolangshu Roy pointed out, “reveals cohesiveness in the party” and this would to be a major factor to take the challenge on the poll turf. He rubbished media reports on differences between Patharkandi MLA Kartick Sena Singh and Karimganj North MLA Mission Ranjan Das, a member of the state selection committee, over distribution of tickets. Roy ruled out consolidation of Muslim and tea tribe votes in favour of AUDF in view of the Beltola incident. He said: “Our party will not play any card on the basis of caste and creed.” He did however think tea tribes this time would exercise their franchise discreetly. Bimolangshu Roy spelt out the issues of their poll campaign to woo the voters. Rampant corruption in the implementation of DRDA schemes and at the panchayat level, sky-rocketing prices of essential commodities, deteriorating law and order situation, misuse and misappropriation of public money, soft-pedalling on Bangladeshi issue will be articulated before the masses in order to expose the glaring misrule and misgovernance of the Congress, he stated. The rout of Congress in North Cachar Hills has come as a boost for party leaders and workers, he said. He did not think AUDF would be able to pose any challenge to BJP. AUDF won 3 seats in the valley in the last Assembly polls.
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Hailakandi,
Dec. 16: Moonlight Club,
Karimganj, defeated Hindustan Club by four wickets
to clinch the B-division Twenty20 cricket league
title organised by the District Sports Association
of Karimganj yesterday.
Electing to bat first,
Hindustan were all out for 120 runs in 19 overs.
Suman Rakshit of
Moonlight took four wickets conceding just 13
runs. Suman Das took two wickets for 25 runs.
In reply, Moonlight
reached the target with four wickets in hand in
the 18th over. While Sujay Das topscored for
Moonlight with 34, Subhajit Roy (25) and Rakesh
Singh (13) were the other top scorers. Arup Das of
Hindustan took two wickets.
In the first semifinal
of the league, Hindustan defeated Club Lubdwak by
six wickets while in the second semifinal,
Moonlight defeated Raktimava Club by 10 wickets.
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Central team visits flood-hit Barak dists
From Our Correspondent
GOLAGHAT, Dec 13 – A Central team visited Cachar,
Karimganj and Hailakandi districts on Thursday to assess
the damage caused by flood in September last in Barak
Valley, informs an official press release.
The team comprised of Shri Gulser Ali from Planning
Commissioner and D Biswas from the Agriculture Ministry.
On arrival, the team was briefed by Gautam Ganguly,
Deputy Commissioner, Cachar about the extent of damage
caused in Cachar district.
The team visited Durganagar Part IV and Angarjur village
under Udharbond circle, where human habitation have been
eroded by river Madhura. Ajit Singh, Parliamentary
Secretary Finance briefed about the damages caused by
erosion.
Rongmei Nagas flay Silchar civic body
From Our Correspondent, Assam Tribune
KARIMGANJ, Dec 12 – Various Rongmei Naga organisations of Silchar have alleged high-handedness of Silchar Municipal Board (SMB) in damaging the property of Silchar Rongmei Naga graveyard at Meherpur. The allegation has been made in connection with the action taken by the SMB on November 28 last when the municipality officials with the help of local land acquisition officer NK Debnath and police force evacuated the land occupied by Rongmei Nagas at Meherpur dumping ground. The Rongmei Nagas of Silchar claimed that their community had been using this land as graveyard since long time and had also been burying their beloved forefathers in the site. Silchar Rongmei Naga Samadhi Unnayan Samiti has been looking after the graveyard since 1983, they also claimed.
In a statement leaders of the Silchar Rongmei Naga Students Union and All Assam Tribal Sangha Cachar district unit also alleged that the municipality officials and workers had totally damaged some graves, coffin shelter shed and the entrance gate of the graveyard.
This illegal activity has infringed the sentiment of the Rongmei Naga people and the tribal people as a whole. Condemning the illegal action and highhandedness of the SMB the leaders of the organisation demanded compensation to the tune of Rs 5 lakh for the loss of the property of the graveyard. The office bearers of the Rongmei Naga Organations in a separate memorandum to the Cachar deputy commissioner have requested to take necessary action in the matter so that such illegal activity is not repeated in future.
The memorandum also pointed out that in the year 2000 the Silchar land advisory committee in its meeting held on August, 2000 in deputy commissioner’s office had approved the allotment of three bighas of land for the Rongmei Naga graveyard pertaining to Dag No 462, Ambikapur part-X mouza Barkatpur. Accordingly three bighas of land was allotted by the State government on February 23, 2006 which was communicated by the ADC, Cachar on June 21, 2006 and subsequently this much land was handed over to Silchar Rongmei Naga Tarao Unnayan Parishad on July 21, 2006. So, how the SMB with the help of LAO and executive magistrate could cause damage to the property of the graveyard they questioned. It also said the Rongmei Naga people regard their graveyard as a holy spiritual place yet the SMB totally disrespecting the culture and custom of the Rongmei Nagas went on to dump garbage at the graveyard which hurt the sentiments of the Rongmei Nagas. The leaders also requested the DC to allot another 12 bighas of land at the same site for the Rongmei graveyard as the present three bighas of land was not sufficient.
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‘I am a great fan of
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Voice of
India Debojit Saha is all set to rock cricket
fans...
Like most in the
country, I am also a big fan of cricket. And among
all Indian cricketers, I have been a great admirer
of the legendary Kapil Dev. I have followed his game
since my childhood and was over the moon when
India won the World Cup in 1983 under Kapil.
To me, like many others,
it was the ultimate glory for Indian cricket.
India winning the Twenty20 World Cup recently
no doubt was a great achievement, but the ’83
triumph will always remain special. My admiration
for Kapil Dev and his fighting spirit went up a
thousand times after the victory at Lord’s over the
mighty West Indies.
Imagine my surprise and
delight when I was approached to perform at the
ongoing Indian Cricket League, floated by the Zee
Group. I accepted the offer immediately, hoping that
I would be able to meet Kapil Dev in person and,
perhaps, interact with him.
My performance at
Panchkula where the ICL matches are being
played, is slated for December 14, before the first
semi-final. One of Bollywood’s top singer-composers,
Himesh Reshammiya, will also perform the same day, I
have been told.
I understand that the
ICL has been branded as the rival tournament and
does not have the backing of the cricket
establishment. But I am not bothered about the
intricacies of cricket politics. As a singer, my
role is to entertain. It is a coincidence that I
happen to be a cricket fan and will sing at a major
tournament. I am quite excited about performing at
Panchkula as it will be a completely different
setting for me. I have heard that Bollywood actor
Kareena Kapoor did the opening act of the
tournament.
I am looking forward to
the show. If you are following the tournament, you
may be able to catch me live on the telly.
This winter, I am also
looking forward to the release of a new film
Jimmy, which will also launch our very own
“disco dancer”
Mithun Chakraborty’s son Mimoh in Bollywood.
I have sung the title
track of the film, which is, in filmi parlance,
hatke (different). It is a hard rock number,
something very alien to Bollywood music. I think
people will like it. Like Mithunda’s Disco Dancer
heralded a new style in Hindi film music, this
song is also expected to be a trendsetter.
I know you will be quite
keen to listen to the song. Just a few more weeks
and the audio album will be with you.
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Silchar:
A transporters’ union in Cachar
district has threatened to launch a chhaka bandh
between January 5 and 10 if the district administration does
not pay arrears, amounting to over Rs 1 crore. The
administration had hired their vehicles during the panchayat
elections since 2001.
The general secretary of the Barak Valley Transport Owners’
Coordination Committee, Kishore Bhattacharjee, said on
Sunday if after the payment the administration wants their
cars, they should first deposit 50 per cent of the hiring
charges.
Silchar:: A 14-year-old student, Debi Thapa, was seriously injured after being hit by an army truck, while she was crossing the NH 54 at Lailapore village, 35km south of Silchar town, in Cachar district on Saturday evening. Daughter of a hotel owner, Debi was rushed to Silchar Medical College and Hospital.
Legal awareness camp at Karimganj
From A
Correspondent Assam Tribune
NILAMBAZAR, Dec 8 – A legal awareness camp was organised by
Sapnil Bahumuki Vidyalaya at Karimganj near Tillah Bazar
recently.
R Bhattacharjee, judicial magistrate spoke about various
latest Acts and legal aspects applicable in day-to-day life
of the common people.
Jyotish Purkayastha, senior advocate, Karimganj civil court
was the guest of honour.
Shikha Das Gupta, a prominent social worker of Karimganj,
spoke about the upliftment of women in society.
Local people from Tillah Bazar, Laxmibazar, Sadarashi and
several adjoining places were present in the meeting.
The camp was presided by managing director, Sapril Bahumukhi
Muzbur Rahman Choudhury.
World AIDS Day: Basil International Ltd, a
non-government financial establishment observed
World AIDS Day on December 1 at Kaliganj under
Nilambazar revenue circle.
In this connection, a public meeting was held at Kaliganj
Bazar, under the presidentship of Muhibur Rahman,
ex-principal of Kaliganj Public HS School. More than 300
people attended the meeting. Dr Pradip Dey, medical and
health officer, delivered his speech on the theme and
requested the people to follow medical guidance to
protection from
AIDS.
 Zubeen
melody hits Bangla music worldBy Sanjoy Ray Assam Tribune GUWAHATI, Dec 8 – The soulful voice of the new-age sensation of the Indian music industry, Zubeen Garg, is breaking geographical boundaries, with the latest obsession being witnessed in neighbouring Bangladesh. Zubeen’s poignant voice, of late, has penetrated a promising market in the Bangladesh music industry, more so because of his recent Bengali chartbusters, which have already caught the fancy of music buffs in West Bengal and other parts of the Bengali-dominated areas.
Jamiat to support
Adivasis
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Silchar, Dec. 8:
In a significant shift in its political strategy,
the All
India Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Hind has decided to
extend support to the backward and deprived
sections of the Northeast, especially the Adivasis.
Announcing the party’s
decision here last night, a leader of the Jamiat,
Siddikulla Choudhury, said his party was ready to
take up the cause of the Adivasis. The Jamiat’s
Assam unit has been asked to open units in a few
gardens of the state for a joint political
movement with the tea population, he added.
Choudhury, who is also
the convenor of the People’s Democratic Conference
of
India, said Jharkand Sangharsha Morcha has
been roped into the organisation.
Expressing his shock
over the mayhem of the Adivasis in
Guwahati on November 24, he said the time
had come for all the deprived communities of the
state to forge unity for wresting their demands.
Choudhury said the
Jamiat would soon tie up with the AUDF under the
garb of People’s Democratic Conference of
India to take part in the forthcoming
panchayat elections.
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Silchar in qualifying rounds
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U-15 soccer
Hailakandi,
Dec. 7: A 16-member team
from the Silchar Football Academy will represent
Assam in the qualifying rounds of the under-15
Manchester United Premier Cup, to be held in
Chandigarh from December 12 to 17.
The team left for
Chandigarh yesterday after a brief send-off
function where officials of the academy handed
over tracksuits, boots and equipment to the
players.
The team comprises
James Rongmei (GK), Lalditum Hmar, Hemen Singha,
Mamate Gangmei, Paikhuna Kabui, Hrulairong Rongmei,
Gaicham Remei, Gailing Rongmei, Ronny Rongmei,
Santi Kumar Singha, Moses Rongmei, Pouchun Rongmei,
Languang Kamei.
Coach Subir Dey,
assistant coach Joy Kumar Singha and manager
Rajkumar Singha will accompany the team.
Another zonal
qualifying round will be held in
Chennai.
The main qualifying
round matches will be held in
Goa from January 15 between the top teams
of both the qualifying zonal meets.
One team from
India will play in the Asian qualifying
round, the winners of which will play in the
Manchester United Premier Cup.
Karimganj
cricket
The final of the
Twenty20 cricket tournament of the Karimganj
District Sports Association (DSA) will be held
tomorrow between Youth Corner and Cosmopolitan
Club will clash for the title at Karimganj ground.
In the first
semifinal, Youth Corner defeated Maijdihi Sports
Club by four wickets.
In the second
semifinal, Cosmopolitan Club defeated Pioneer Club
by 44 runs.
Assam University
sits on crores
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Dec. 6: There is a
problem of plenty at
Assam Central University — it does not know
what to do with the crores of rupees in its kitty.
The vice-chancellor of
the university, Tapodhir Bhattacharjee, was left
squirming when the
University Grants Commission blamed the
institution for its “persistent failure” in
ensuring complete utilisation of the central funds
granted to it during the past three financial
years for academic and infrastructural
development.
Bhattacharjee admitted
today that he was stumped for an answer when UGC
officials asked him that question during a recent
meeting of the country’s vice-chancellors and
academic dons in
New Delhi. Bhattacharjee said he assured
the UGC of necessary steps to rectify the lapses.
Assam Central
University, spread over 560 acres at Dargakona,
25km south of Silchar town, has over 1,800
students in 28 departments.
The vice-chancellor
blamed the “lackadaisical attitude” of his
predecessors for the “slow utilisation” of central
funds. The UGC granted Rs 33 crore during 2004-05,
but the university spent only Rs 22 crore. Apart
from the UGC, the Union ministry of human resource
development took note of the university
management’s failure to put the funds in hand to
good use.
The UGC sanctioned Rs
11.93 crore and Rs 10.33 crore in 2005-06 and
2006-07, but the university again utilised only
half of these amounts .
Bhattacharjee said
Delhi earmarked another Rs 11 crore for the
university in the first part of the 11th five-year
plan. “We are drawing up a blueprint for proper
utilisation of these funds.”
The proposed schemes
for the university include online networking among
different departments and branches of the
university and extensive use of Edusat.
The vice-chancellor
said a team of information technology specialists
would arrive at the university from
Calcutta and
New Delhi this week to implement the Edusat
project.
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Two UCO bank branches opened at Silchar
From Our Correspondent, Assam Tribune
SILCHAR, Dec 5 – UCO Bank recently opened two new branches at Silchar on December 3. Among the two branches one is in Silchar Polytechnic and the other is in Assam University. Earlier both the branches were extension branches which were not full fledged.
The Silchar Polytechnic branch was opened by Prof NR Roy of Silchar Polytechnic. As a chief guest and guest of honour CR Ghose, the general manager of UCO bank and deputy general manager, HR Satpati were present. They delivered lectures about the future planning of the branch.
Prof Tapodhir Bhattacharjee, vice chancellor, Assam University, Silchar inaugurated the UCO Bank branch of Assam University by lighting the lamp. The manager of branches are Ahindra Kr Roy and Sitanshu Chakraborty. On that particular day, Assam University debited one crore to the UCO branch.
LPG crisis hits Silchar
From Our Correspondent Assam Tribune
SILCHAR, Dec 4 – Scarcity of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders has become a regular problem for the people of Silchar town. The main problem lies at the distribution level. Recently, due to blackmarketing, a gas agency named Roshni was temporarily suspended by the district administration. This has created panic among the consumers of Roshni Gas Agency.
NK Dey, divisional assistant manager, Assam Oil Limited, in a press meet said 17,000 consumers of Roshni Gas Agency was get cylinders from Sunbeam Gas Agency. for this a separate counter will be opened. But it is said that 100% home delivery is not possible at this moment.
After receiving several complain from consumers about Roshni Gas Agency, deputy commissioner was compelled suspend the agency. NK Dey agreed that Roshni Gas Agency was involved in some malpractices. But he directly blamed brokers who are involvee in this racket. Dey further denied that hotels are using domestic cylinder. According to him, hotels using commercial cylinder. Dey requested consumers to keep away from brokers.
Meanwhile, sources said service of Sunbeam Gas Agency is well organized. consumers complain that this agency is not able to provide cylinder over after one month of booking. Rather, the agency doesn’t pick up the telephone. But this extra pressure of the consumer of Roshni Gas agency definitely hampers its regular services.
Silchar consumer protection committee is concerned about the matter. The committee said consumers should not harassed for getting a cylinder. If it happens, the committee definitely will go for agitation. In the meantime, Silchar Wholesale Cooperative Society has agreed to distribute cylinders. The people from Malugram area are in favour of the society.
Sources revealed that the divisional Office of Assam Oil Limited is not situated in heart of the town. Rather it is situated on a lane which is far away from the main road. It is unknown for why it is situated in a remote area despite having huge funds.
After the suspension of Roshni Gas Agency, there is likely of a crisis of cylinders among the people of Silchar town.
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Section 144
in Karimganj From Our Correspondent KARIMGANJ, Dec 4 – The district magistrate of Karimganj issued an order on Saturday under Section 144 of IPC prohibiting assembly of four or more people in open public place, movement of people or a group of people with stick, lathi, bow and arrow, etc, or with any other lethal weapons. The district magistrate’s order has also imposed restriction on any public meeting, procession, dharna and demonstration without prior permission of the civil administration. The prohibitory order comes to effect from today, according to a DIPR release.
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Dec. 3:
When she first heard about some entrepreneurs planning
to set up a cement factory in her village, 27-year-old
Pramila Bauri greeted the news with as much cynicism
as one would expect from a villager fearful of losing
her plot of land and the pollution-free atmosphere.
Today, Pramila is one of the many happy
faces in a group of villagers tasting the fruits of
development after decades of neglect. Devendranagar, a
few kilometres from Badarpur town of Karimganj
district, now not only has a factory that produces 460
tonnes of cement everyday but a jatropha plantation,
too.
Pramila works in the jatropha
plantation, located on a hill slope near the cement
plant, and earns a decent amount every month. “I did
not know until the plantation started that jatropha
was a source of bio-diesel. I get paid on a
monthly basis and am able to bring smiles to my
children’s faces with the additional income,” she
said.
Barak Valley Cement Ltd, which owns the
cement plant, financed the jatropha plantation as part
of its social development programme. Apart from
working at the plantation, villagers do sundry jobs in
the cement plant to supplement their regular earnings.
Some of them have undergone on-site training.
“Right from the day the plant was set
up in this backward district in 2002, the management
of Barak Valley Cement Ltd has been trying to preserve
the environment and improve the economic condition of
the villagers. It is a win-win situation for
everyone,” a senior official of the district
administration said.
The senior general manager
(administration) of Barak Valley Cement Ltd, Mukesh
Agarwal, said the company had removed the
apprehensions of villagers about emissions from the
plant polluting their environment. “We have always
taken care to prevent pollution and installed
machinery designed to minimise emission of smoke and
ash.”
The company uses biomass as raw
material to generate thermal electricity in the 6mw
captive power plant near the cement factory.
Barak Valley Cement Ltd recently went
public by floating an initial public offer (IPO) of
56,60,000 shares. The capital will be used to increase
the cement factory’s output from 460 to 750 tonnes a
day.
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reservation for panchayats in Karimganj completed From A Correspondent Assam Tribune NILAMBAZAR, Dec 2 – Along with the other districts of the State, the Karimganj district administration has recently completed the procedure of seat reservation of Zila Parishad (ZP), Anchalik Panchayat (AP) and Gaon Panchayats (GPs). As per a decision taken during a high-level meeting held at the Circuit House here, out of the 20 Zilla Parishads, the Ramkrishnanagar and Vairabnagar seats have been reserved for SC candidates while the Lowairpua seat has been reserved for SC woman. The Asimganj, Maizgram-Sutarkandi , Nilambazar, Baraigram, Kankatash and Dattapur seats have been reserved for general female candidates. Out of the 96 GP seats, election for the posts of president for the Gandhinagari Harinagar, Dullavchara, Faridkuna-Duhalia, Hatikhira, Kukital, Purahuri and Guhuramara seats have been reserved for SC candidates. Nayatilla, Lowairpua, Jharjare and Keutkuna seats have been reserved for SC woman candidates while general female candidates can fight the Gamaria, Kalinagar, Varmibond, Chargulla, Kanaibazar, Patarkandi, Busunga, Kalkalighat, Dangarbond, Medli-Putni, Bazarichara, Uttar Karimganj, Panighat, Laxmibazar, Sutarkandi-Kurikhal a, Latusajpur, Brahmanshashan, Panchalyan, Angura, Faramposha, Ilashpur, Masli, Kanakbash, Malua, Hashanpur, Dakshin Badarpur and Subashnagar seats. For the elections to AP member seats of 96 GPs in the district, the Nayatillah, Harinagar, and Baruala, Gandhi-nagar (F), Charagi, Dullavchara (F), Faridkuna-Duhalia, Jharjare, Kukitol (F), Laxmibazar, Kanishail-Sharifnag ar, Bagbari, Chargula-Guhuramara have been reserved for SC candidates. While Vaisabnagar, Ramkrishnagar, Negendranagar, Anipur, Patiala, Dargarbond, Ratabari, Kanaibazar, Asimganj, Patarkandi Ilashpur, Chandkhira, Medli, Putni, Panight, Purahuri, Sutarkandi-Kurikala , Brahmansashan, Bazarghat, Bakarshal-Nairgram, Janakalyan, Farampash, Srimanta Kanishail, Subash Nagar, Umarpur, Bundashil, Hashanpur and Dakshin Badarpur seats have been reserved for general female candidate. Reservation for ward members of Gaon Panchayats have also been completed.
Rebels free forest
officer
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Silchar, Dec. 2:
The beat officer of Assam forest department, Narayan
Kumar Nandy, who was abducted by the United Liberation
Front of Barak Valley militants on November 13, was
released last night. A joint team of the police and
CRPF picked him up from a forest along the
Assam-Mizoram border around 8pm.
In a separate incident,
armed men kidnapped the two teenaged sons of Congress
leader and contractor Tazzuddin Laskar, Afzal Hossain
and Imran Hossain, from his house at Jalalpur, 40km
from here.
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