Class 12 re-exam on April 25

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1 80 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE NATION PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH RN-1127/57 TECH/GH 104/ , VOL. 80, NO. 86, GUWAHATI, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018, Pages 16 Price Rs N E W S CAPSULE Rail roko GUWAHATI, March 30: Train services in the State were severely affected today on account of a rail roko protest called the All Koch Rajbonshi Students Union, NFR PRO Nripen Bhattacharya said. The agitation, which commenced at 5 am, was withdrawn at pm. Train services were restored after the withdrawal of the agitation. Staff Reporter Lightning kills 1 KOKRAJHAR, March 30: One child was killed and three others, including a 2- year-old baby, were seriously injured when lightning struck them in Lakriguri village under Serfanguri PS in Kokrajhar district today. Correspondent ADF cadre held KOKRAJHAR, March 30: Kokrajhar Police last night nabbed an Adivasi Dragon Force (ADF) cadre Bhola Soren from Pochim Mainaguri village in Kokrajhar district. A revolver was recovered from him. Correspondent Indo-Pak talks India and Pakistan today announced they have agreed to mutually resolve all issues about the treatment of diplomats. The agreement follows claims and counter-claims by the two countries about harassment of each other s diplomats. PTI The Assam Tribune on Internet & Class 12 re-exam on April 25 Class 10 only in Delhi, Haryana The re-examination of CB- SE s Class 12 economics paper will be held on April 25, while the Class 10 mathematics re-test, if required, would be conducted only for Delhi-NCR and Haryana in July, the government said today amid widespread outrage over the paper-leak issue. Ruling out a nationwide retests for Class 10 mathematics, the HRD ministry said that a final decision on the re-examination for Delhi-NCR and Haryana would be taken in the Police seek Google, WhatsApp help in CBSE leak probe The Delhi Police has sought help from WhatsApp to know who all had received and forwarded the leaked CBSE question papers and is still tracking an ID from where the education board had received a tip-off about the leak, an officer said on Friday. The officer said 35 more people, including students, parents and coaching centre owners, were questioned in connection with the probe into the leak of Class 10 maths and Class 12 economics question papers next 15 days following a detailed inquiry. The details of the re-test were announced by the HRD ministry amid continuing widespread outrage over the issue. The outrage over the paper CBSE paper leak that has affected lakhs of students across India. He said police received information that leaked papers were circulated on WhatsApp groups of students, parents, tutors at coaching institutes and their owners from Delhi-NCR. They have played a key role in sharing these question papers. Group members and admins are being questioned by the team of Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Crime Branch of Delhi Police, the police officer said, requesting anonymity because he was not leaks spread across the country. In Delhi, students and Congress youth leaders held protests on the issue, accusing the CBSE of negligence and demanding immediate action against the guilty. A delegation of the RSSbacked ABVP also met the Union minister raising similar demands, including necessary procedural changes to ensure leak-proof exams. Meanwhile, six students were detained in Chatra district of Jharkhand in connection with the leak. The police also questioned 10 more people and interacted with the CBSE controller of examinations over the leak. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, in a series of tweets, said, In the larger interest of (See page 4) authorised to give probe details. He said the SIT has already written to WhatsApp headquarters in California, seeking its help to revive the deleted chats and messages shared on these groups. Information has also been sought on the source from where the leaked papers were first forwarded and who all were the beneficiaries, the officer said. Police said its probe has found that the leaked papers were shared on 10 WhatsApp groups (See page 4) Devouts re-enact the Crucification of Christ on the occasion of Good Friday in Guwahati on Friday. UB Photos Fake encounter deaths CBI files 3 more FIRs in Manipur The CBI has registered three cases in connection with four alleged staged shootout deaths in Manipur in which personnel of the State police, Assam Rifles and CRPF are accused, an official said on Friday. The FIRs were filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday following the Supreme Court s March 12 order on writ petitions filed by the families of the deceased. In the first FIR, the CBI named five Manipur Police personnel and some unidentified policemen for taking Manipur resident RK Laksana in custody on February 15, 1999, and later allegedly killing him in a staged shootout. The named accused are Sub- Inspector Pebam John Singh and constables Longjam Rokhon Singh, Thangmang Kipgen, K Bijoy Tarao and Fajur Rahman. In the second case, the CBI booked unidentified personnel of 20 Assam Rifles on the charge of killing Ramaso Shingnaisui on July 17, 1997, in custody. As per Shingnaisui s post-mortem report, he died of shock and haemorrhage as a result of multiple blunt force injuries, which were homicidal in nature, the FIR said. In another FIR, the CBI booked unidentified personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force s 121 and 134 Battalions for killing Asem Romajit and Yumnam Robita Devi in a staged shootout in It was alleged that on April 9, 2002, some personnel of CRPF s 121 and 134 Battalions were attacked by unidentified armed insurgents in Pangei Bazar, which resulted in the killing of four CRPF troopers and injuries to many more. The CRPF personnel subsequently carried out searches (See page 4) Nepal PM to visit India from April 6-8 KATHMANDU, March 30: Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will visit India from April 6 to 8 on his maiden foreign trip after assuming office, in line with the tradition of a Nepali PM visiting India on his first overseas trip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today. Oli s visit comes following an invitation from his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Accompanied by his wife Radhika Shakya, Oli will lead a government delegation comprising ministers, Members of Parliament, Secretaries and other high-ranking officials of the Nepali government, the Ministry said. His visit aims to revisit the century-old ties between the two countries. Oli will pay courtesy calls on Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. Some senior Cabinet members of the Indian government will call on the Nepali leader. IANS JOCOSERIOUS Our party has decided to appoint our leaders as chowkidars of various government departments, a la the PM.

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3 SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 3 Students, Cong stir outside CBSE headquarters Students and Congress activists on Friday protested outside the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) headquarters here over the leakage of Class 10 and Class 12 question papers. Some of the protesters tried climbing over the police barricades outside the office in Preet Vihar but were rebuffed. The affected students and their parents say the leakage of maths and economics question papers for Class 10 and 12 respectively has hit them badly. Many who had been looking forward to holidays would now have to cancel their plans until the tests are held again. IANS Boycott CBSE re-exams: Raj Thackeray MUMBAI, March 30: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray on Friday asked students and parents to boycott the re-examinations proposed by the government over the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) question paper leak. Addressing parents and students, Thackeray said it was the responsibility of the government, but instead of owning up its mistake, it was again burdening the students with a re-examination of the leaked papers. The government is incapable of safeguarding the question papers and yet it is the students who have to bear the anguish of a re-exam. Why should they (students) be made to undergo this ordeal for no fault of theirs? Thackeray demanded. I appeal to all the parents of CBSE students in Maharashtra and rest of the country, that under no circumstances should you permit your children to sit for the reexaminations, he said. IANS PATNA, March 30: Communal tension gripped Bihar s Nawada town on Friday after a religious idol was found damaged, police said. Nawada District Magistrate Kaushal Kumar said that as soon as the news spread, a protest erupted, leading to violent clashes between two communities. Angry mobs damaged vehicles, torched shops and NSUI activists and 10th and 12th CBSE class students raising slogans against Union HRD Minister Prakash Javedkar regarding CBSE paper leak, in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Rahul taunts PM over Exam Warriors Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday taunted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him if he was now penning a book for students on how to de-stress after their lives were destroyed following the leak of CBSE question papers. Gandhi said Modi wrote Exam Warriors, a book to teach students stress relief during exams. Next up: Exam Warriors 2, a book to teach students and parents stress relief, once In wake of the CBSE paper leak, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday asked engineering students to devise solutions for making exams leak-proof. Launching the final round of the Smart India Hackathon-2018 (software edition) here at New Delhi Institute of Management, he appealed to the students to their lives are destroyed due to leaked exam papers. Ahead of the exam season, Modi came out with a book Exam Warriors released in February that advises students how to fight exam stress. The Prime Minister has extensively spoken about exam stress in his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio address for four exam cycles since he came to power in May He also held a televised interactive session with students all over the country, giving them a pep talk on how not to fear exams. But the government has came under huge criticism after question papers for Class 10 maths and Class 12 economics were circulated on WhatsApp days before examinations were held on Monday and Wednesday, respectively. The Central Board of School Education acknowledged that the question papers were leaked. On Wednesday, the board ordered that students will have to re-write the exams for the two subjects, triggering outrage. IANS come out with the solution for making examinations leak proof, an official statement said. Javadekar said though the problem was not a subject of this year s competition, he asked the students to work on the solution of full proof examination after the competition gets over. The two-day final of the Hackathon is being held at 28 nodal centres across the NSUI meets Javadekar, wants CBSE chief sacked Protesting against the CBSE question paper leak, the NSUI on Friday met Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar and demanded the sacking of CBSE chief Anita Karwal. Leaders of the Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India also demanded that the affected students be given the option to re-appear in the Class 10 and 12 exams which will be re-taken by the Central Board of Secondary Education. We asked him to sack the CBSE chief... Another alternative we suggested was to accord average marks of previous papers in place of the cancelled papers, Delhi University Students Union president and NSUI member Rocky Tuseed said. Tuseed said Javadekar promised to consider their demands. The leak of economics question paper of Class 12 and mathematics paper of Class 10 was reported on Wednesday. The CBSE has announced a re-examination in the two papers though fresh dates are yet to be announced. IANS Build leak-proof mechanism for exams Communal tension grips Bihar town pelted stones at the police. However, the situation was soon brought under control, Kumar added. Additional security forces have been deployed in the town to maintain law and order. The Nawada parliamentary constituency is represented by Union Minister Giriraj Singh, who is known to be a vocal champion of Hinduvta politics. Communal tension had erupted in Nawada last year and also in In the past week, communal tension that first started in Aurangabad district during Ram Navami processions, spread to Samastipur, Munger, Nalanda, Sheikhpura and Gaya districts. The opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has attacked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for failing to handle the situation. IANS Over 2.1 cr candidates apply for 1 lakh railway jobs The Indian Railways has received over 2.12 crore applications for about one lakh jobs, an official said on Friday. The Railway Recruitment Board advertised for the positions last month. Since then over 2.12 crore aspirants have filed online applications from across the country, the official told IANS. The last date for applying for the jobs is March 31. The railways currently employs over 13.5 lakh people and is one of the biggest government employers. The Ministry had invited online applications for one lakh posts in Group C Level 1 (erstwhile Group D) like track maintainer, points man, helper, gate- NATIONAL country. There are 1,296 entries selected for the finals out of more than 17,400 teams with participation of around one lakh students of Engineering, Management and MCA. Addressing the participants, Javadekar said, More than one lakh students of more than 1,200 colleges are participating in this second edition of the Smart India Hackathon 2018, which is a record. IANS Govt committed to Ram Rajya: UP CM GHAZIABAD, March 30: The Uttar Pradesh government is committed to Ram Rajya, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath declared on Friday while inaugurating 20 projects worth Rs 1,800 crore here. Defining Ram Rajya, he said it amounted to providing homes for the homeless, electricity to to the poor, ration card to those below poverty line and security to everyone. Before addressing a public meeting at Kavi Nagar, Adityanath inaugurated a 10.3-km elevated road connecting newly developed Raj Nagar Extension township with UP Gate on Delhi border. He said his government was committed to providing homes for 3.5 lakh families under the Prime Minister s housing schemes. During last 15 years, he accused the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party of dividing the society. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, eight districts of western Uttar Pradesh would be declared open defecation free (ODF) on October 2, Only true nationals will survive in the State, the Chief Minister thundered. Criminals will either leave the State or will remain in jails. IANS Four Keralites who joined IS killed in Afghanistan KASARGODE (Kerala), March 30: A family of three and another man from Kerala s Kasargode, who had joined terror group IS in Afghanistan, are reported to have been killed in a bomb attack, police said on Friday. A police intelligence officer here said that they have heard the news but there is no official confirmation from the National Investigation Agency (NIA). What we have come to know is that the dead include Shihaz, his wife and their child besides another man. We are awaiting more details, said the official who did not wish to be identified. With this, the total number of Keralites, killed after joining IS in Afghanistan, has gone up to eight after the NIA last year confirmed the death of four. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in 2016 said that 21 people, including children, were missing 17 persons from Kasargode district and four from Palakkad. IANS man and porter and Group C Level 2 categories like assistant loco pilots and technicians through Railway Recruitment Boards websites. On February 19, the Ministry relaxed the upper age limit by two years for all categories. The railways will invite applications for over 9,100 posts in Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) between May 19 and 25 this year, the official said. These jobs in the RPF would be mainly for the women. Currently there are about 2,400 women RPF personnel. After the recruitment, the strength of women personnel would go up to 6,900, the official added. IANS Gang of flying robbers from B desh busted in Maharashtra THANE, March 30: In a major swoop, the Maharastra Police s Crime Branch here has busted a five-member gang of international robbers, some of whom used to fly down from Dhaka, to carry out robberies, officials said here on Friday. The matter came to light after members of the gang were arrested for committing a robbery at gunpoint in a house in Kashimira where they looted cash and jewellery worth around Rs 898,000 on March 22, said Senior Police Inspector Mahesh Patil. Pointing to a well-planned operation, taking advantage of the early hours, the gang, carrying various equipment, struck at the home of Gokul Wagh at around 3 am, cut through the grilles, tied up the entire family and escaped. Following an uproar, the Thane Rural police and Kashimira s Crime Branch Unit set up special squads to investigate and nab the culprits. After tracking several leads, CCTV footage and tips from informers, police learnt that the gang was travelling in a car towards Vasai town, in adjoining Palghar district, on Wednesday. A police team managed to intercept the vehicle and arrested the occupants who admitted that they were Bangladeshi nationals and staying here illegally. The shocking revelation was that three among the arrested, holding valid passports with Indian visas, used to regularly fly to and from Dhaka to Mumbai to commit the robberies and return undetected. Police are now tracking their visa and immigration records to ascertain how many times they entered the country. IANS

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PN/P/3971/1 Form No INC-26 [Pursuant to Rule 30 the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014] Before the Central Government Regional Director, North Eastern Region In the matter of the Companies Act, 2013, Section 13(4) of Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 30(6) (a) of the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, AND - In the matter of M/ PARSVNATH TRADE LINK PRIVATE LIMITED having its registered office at GALI NO. 13, N.H. 37, BELTOLA, GUWAHATI , ASSAM, Petitioner. Notice is hereby given to the General Public that the Company proposes to make application to the Central Government under Section 13 of the Companies Act, 2013 seeking confirmation of alteration of the Memorandum of Association of the Company in terms of the special resolution passed at the Extra Ordinary General Meeting held on 19/03/2018 to enable the company to change its Registered office from the State of Assam to the Union Territory of Delhi. Any person whose interest is likely to be affected by the proposed change of the registered office of the company may deliver or cause to be delivered or send by registered post his/her objections supported by an affidavit stating the nature of his/her interest and grounds of opposition to the Regional Director (NER), Morellow Building, Ground Floor, Shillong , Meghalaya, within Fourteen days from the date of publication of this notice with a copy to the applicant company at its registered office at the address mentioned above. For and on behalf of For, PARSVNATH TRADE LINK PRIVATE LIMITED Sd/- ARUN KUMAR JAIN, Director Date: Place: Guwahati CD/PN/P/3970/1 STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, March 30: A protracted dispute concerning a bank loan has landed owners of a city-based smallscale industrial unit in serious trouble. The owners of the unit have been alleging that their assets worth a crore of rupees have been misappropriated while in the bank custody. But, the Gauhati High Court has quashed the first information report (FIR) filed by the owners of the unit with the Azara Police Station. The Court has directed the police to conduct a preliminary enquiry for the purpose of ascertaining whether any cognizable offence has been committed by the bank authorities in For sale brand new Thrademill 3 nos. Contact: S&P/P/M0224/1 Passersby feeding an elephant on a street in Guwahati on Friday. UB Photos Owners of small-scale unit in trouble over bank loan dispute view of the allegations levelled by the owners. It needs mention here that the industrial unit the Goenka Woollen Mills Ltd had taken a loan from the State Bank of India (SBI), AT Road Branch in the city. But, in the name of recovering the dues, the bank allegedly took over the possession of the assets of the Mills through an arranged and one-party auction. Significantly, this auction was nullified by the Kolkata-based Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal on February 20, The SBI authorities have informed the Mills authorities that the Mills assets worth Rs 1.20 crore were not there in its custody. The Goenka Woollen Mills Ltd lodged an FIR against this alleged misappropriation of its stock worth Rs 1.20 crore from the custody of the State Bank of India, Guwahati, with the Azara Police Station. Police have registered a case (No.352/16) under Section 409 of the IPC in this regard. The Mills authorities alleged in their FIR that the possession of the assets of the Woollen Mills, a small scale industrial unit located at Dharapur area of the city, was taken over by the SBI, AT Road Branch, Guwahati on November 23, 2006, along with the assets of its guarantor the Maligaon-based M/s Calico Woollen Industry. Repeated pleas from the Mills authorities to ensure security of their assets failed to evoke any positive response from the SBI authorities as New album of Kamrupi-Goalpariya fusion released STAFF REPORTER Book released STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, March 30: A book titled Dr Himanta Biswa Mukyomontri Nohol Kio by journalist Pankaj Sarma was released at a city hotel here today. The book published by Moromland Publications chronicles the political developments and turnarounds surrounding Himanta Biswa Sarma, who as a Congress minister, had once led the dissident campaign, which many believe was directed to replace the then Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. Later, however, Sarma left Congress and joined the BJP. The book was released by senior journalists Syed Zareer Hussain, Atanu Bhuyan, Dhruba Mahanta, Paragmoni Aditya and Anupam Chakrabarty. The writer said he, in his book, has tried to interpret developments in his own way leaving the ball in the court of the readers to draw conclusion from the facts he has provided. The book is a result of my perspective and interpretation backed by the political hullabaloo of a specific period of time, which will go down as one of the most happening periods in the State s political history, Sarma said. GUWAHATI, March 30: Kamrupi and Goalpariya lokageet two of the most popular folk music forms of Assam would now reach an international audience through the latest endeavour of singer Mrinmoyee Goswami. A melodious fusion of folk and contemporary songs, with powerful messages on women s empowerment, the collection Mukoli Mon had a global launch through Sony Music and was also released in CD format in Guwahati today. The folk fusion part of the album has songs of legendary Assamese singers Dr Bhupen Hazarika and Pratima Barua Pandey. Mrinmoyee Goswami, who has carved a niche for herself in western music, changed her genre to traditional folk after being inspired by her aunt, celebrated writer late Mamoni Raisom Goswami. She once asked me to explore the vast world of Assamese folk music and take it to the global arena. After initial inhibition due to my convent school background and my interest in western music, I gradually realised the need to go deeper into my roots and explore the beauty of Assamese folk music, Mrinmoyee told the media here. Moromi Golap, a soulful song of the collection, has been clubbed with a video film with women s empowerment as the theme. Directed by filmmaker Prerana Barbarooah, the video is based on a woman s struggle that starts as a girl child. Class (Contd from page 1) academics & students the sensitive govt has taken a decision not to have nationwide retest in Maths for class 10th. The test will be held in Delhi, Haryana after final inputs from police and that too, if needed, will be held in July. In the interest of students of 12th class, so that they will not be hampered in their future career, their economic retest will happen on 25th April. So now no confusion. All the best, he said. PTI Police seek... (Contd from page 1) and each group has over 50 members. Many of these groups have either been deleted or messages cleared from the chat box. A team of cyber cell is also examining personal laptops and s of these WhatsApp group admins and other suspects, said the officer, adding Facebook chats were also being scrutinized. He said the probe and questioning of some 60 people since Thursday have revealed nothing concrete. We have not given clean chit to anyone, the officer said. He said police have written to Google headquarters in California to know about the address dev0532@gmail.com which had alerted CBSE Chairman Anita Karwal on March 28 regarding the leak of Class 10 mathematics paper. The mail also contained 12 JPG files of hand written copies of mathematics question paper. If the sender of the mail is tracked, he can lead us to crack the entire nexus and chain behind the paper leak, the officer said. IANS CBI files... (Contd from page 1) of all houses in the area and started firing indiscriminately, during which Romajit was shot dead from close range. Similarly, Robita, who was waiting for a passenger bus, lay down on the ground to save herself but was shot dead by CRPF personnel, the FIR said. The CBI had registered on Wednesday an FIR against unidentified personnel of 19 Assam Rifles to probe the alleged arrest, torture and murder of Manipur college student Khundrakpam Tejkumar Singh in IANS the bank authorities paid no heed to the request of the Mills authorities to renew the mandatory insurance policy for the subsequent period after the expiry of the insurance policy of the Mills on December 30, 2006, alleged the Mills authorities. On September 1, 2014, the Mills authorities received a letter (dated August 28, 2014, No-SAMB/BR/1755) from the Kolkata-based Deputy General Manager, SBI s Stressed Assets Management Branch, conveying As per the audited balance sheet as on March 31, 2009, out of the current assets worth Rs 3.14 crore, stocks constitutes Rs 1.20 crore, presently there are no stock. The Mills authorities alleged in the FIR that it could be construed that stock or assets worth Rs 1.20 crore has been misappropriated from the custody of the Bank.

5 CITY SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5 WEATHER GUWAHATI LOCAL FORECAST: Mainly cloudy sky. Rain/ thundershower is very likely to occur. Maximum and Minimum temperature are most likely to be 26 C & 19 C respectively on Saturday. Phone-in prog GUWAHATI, March 30: The Regional News Unit of All India Radio (AIR) will hold a phone-in programme tomorrow in which Shantanu Bharali, Legal Adviser to the Chief Minister, will take part as guest. Staff Reporter Assertions made by Himanta far from being true: Congress leader ASSAM WOMEN S UNIVERSITY ISSUE Bankers condemn no holiday on STAFF REPORTER Good Friday GUWAHATI, March 30: The Assam Provincial Bank Employees Association (APBEA) today criticised the Assam government for STAFF REPORTER cancelling the national holiday for bank employees on greater interest of the public. Commission had on December 2, 2014, authorised the After the new government the occasion of Good Friday. GUWAHATI, March 30: led by the Bharatiya Janata AWU to award degrees. The In a press release, the Leader of the Assam Congress Party (BJP) assumed power mentor and others made an TEMPERATURE: APBEA said it has sent a Legislature Party (ACLP) in the State, the AWU Court appeal to the UGC in this regard and the Commission has Max 26.2 C Debabrata Saikia has alleged had its first meeting held in Min 18.2 C memorandum to the Chief Lions annual Minister, where it expressed great shock and indignation over the cancellation of the holiday by the government by invoking the Negotiable Instruments Act. The bankers said Good Friday is a sacred day not only for the Christians but is also observed by other people. that the assertions made by Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on the Assam Women s University (AWU) are far from being true. In a statement issued here, Saikia said the Technical wing of the State s Higher Education Department had, on October 21, 2013, notified the Vice Chancellor of Assam Agricultural University (AAU) as the mentor of the AWU until its Vice Chancellor is appointed. A copy of this notification was sent to the personal secretary of the then Education Minister. But the then Education Minister did not write any note dissenting this decision on the issue of the mentor, said Saikia. The Education Minister had forwarded the AWU Bill for the consideration of the State Cabinet and said in public that the Chief Minister was made its Chancellor for the the Chief Minister s Conference Hall at the Janata Bhawan here on June 24, The second meeting the AWU Court was also held under the chairmanship of the present Chief Minister and Chancellor of the University on September 6, In that meeting, the Chief Minister praised the functioning of the University and attributed the progress made by the University to its mentor, officers and employees. The Chief Minister announced his resolve to develop AWU as a stand alone university. Like in the first meeting of the AWU Court, here also the Chief Minister apprised all those present that out of the 565 posts of the University, required steps were being taken to approve around 105 posts, including that of its Vice Chancellor. The University Grants accepted the plea slapping certain conditions. Moreover, the Executive Council of the AWU appointed several personalities as the members of the University Court through a decision in its July 26, 2016 meeting. These personalities include, among others, renowned Sattradhikar Dr Pitambar Dev Goswami and educationist Dr Dayananda Bargohain. The AWU Executive Council comprises social worker Dr Hemaprabha Barthakur, educationist Ranjit Narayan Deka and Speaker of the State Assembly Hitendra Nath Goswami. Later, a committee constituted by the Education Department suggested that the AWU should be strengthened. This committee had a former Vice Chancellor of Tezpur University as one of its members, Saikia said. Youth conclave concludes STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, March 30: A two-day youth conclave organised by B Borooah College concluded on Thursday. The meet was held across ten competitive and two noncompetitive categories which were open to students from class VIII to PG level of any institution within India. The conclave began with the competitive category seminar paper presentation the focal theme of which was Act East Policy: Opportunities and Challenges. This was followed by different competitive events which were held simultaneously at multiple venues. A new event Ink Your Idea: Live Painting was introduced in this year s conclave in which participants were required to paint while an instrumental was being played in the background. Thirty artists from across institutions participated in it. The maximum number of participants in this year s event was in the Vocals: Solo Song Competition, with over 50 contestants from across institutions lending their voice to timeless Assamese, Hindi and English numbers. On the second day, the paintings of the first day were exhibited. Also, the photographs submitted as part of Shutter: The Photography Competition were put on for public display. Another highlight of the programme was Teaser: The Quiz. Personally monitor cases: DGP to SPs GUWAHATI, March 30: Director General of Assam Police (Law and Order) Kula Saikia today said he has asked all the Superintendents of Police (SPs) of the districts to personally supervise the cases of crime against women to improve on the conviction conference STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, March 30: The 39th Lions Annual District Conference will be held here on March 31 and April 1. The event will be attended by about 1,500 dignitaries and members. Lions international president Dr Naresh Agarwal, international director VK Luthra and past international director and board appointee Vinod Khanna, among others will also take part in the event. Apart from the scheduled deliberations, a colourful parade will be held on April 1. Lions international providing service globally in the fields of sight conservation, diabetes detection and many others. CRIME AGAINST WOMEN rate, which is one of the lowest in the country. Saikia also said efforts are on to improve the existing women representation in the police force to at least 30 per cent, which would help detect more cases of crime involving the fairer sex. Talking to media persons after a meeting with representatives from cross sections of people including police, village defence parties, social activists, women groups and senior citizens, Saikia said setting up of fast track courts will increase the rate of disposal of cases in the State. He also said pending cases of crime against women will be relooked.

6 6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 MESSAGE FOR TODAY It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Ahead CBSE question paper leak The leak of Class 10 and Class 12 examination papers of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has not only come as a shock for citizens across India but it has also put the Central Government in a very tight spot. For us, the people of Assam, where leak of board exam papers of the SEBA and the AHSEC have turned out to be a sort of annual affair, the latest incident involving the CBSE has no doubts put parents and children, who used to think the central board above such bizarre happenings, in a mode of worry. After all, the CBSE has been gaining strength substantially in our State in recent time with more and more parents opting to put their wards in a Kendriya Vidyalaya or other schools affiliated with the board. For the Central Government, already facing huge backlash in recent times due to various lapses and incidents of mismanagement, the latest scandal is something it would have been happy to avoid. As the CBSE admitted reports about the leaks and announced its decision to hold re-examination of Class 10 Mathematics and Class 12 Economics papers, the Congress and other Opposition parties have stepped up the attack and demanded that Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar and the chairperson of CBSE be sacked. Incidentally, the CBSE had only days ago denied reports about exam papers leak. Prime Minister Narendra Modi s assertion in the run-up to the 2014 general elections that, if elected to power he would act as a chowkidar, has taken one more beating, after all the backlash faced by the Centre over demonetization, mismanagement in the roll-out of GST, Nirav Modi episode and other such affairs. Congress president Rahul Gandhi even went to the extent of going into rhyme to target the Prime Minister by saying, In everything there is leak, the chowkidar is weak. Students in Delhi have taken to the streets to protest the leak. The Government, as expected, has swung into a damage control mode. The Union HRD Minister has termed the issue as unfortunate and asserted that the culprits responsible for the paper leak will not go scot free. A special investigation team has been formed to look into the matter. Delhi Police is also questioning a number of people, including the owner of a coaching centre, who had access to the handwritten question papers. The CBSE is expected to soon announce the next dates of re-examination for Class 10 Mathematics and Class 12 Economics subjects. However, these things are not enough. The CBSE, one of the most trusted brands in the field of education, has suffered a serious dent to its prestige. The Government and the board must expose the entire incident and put in place a system so that what happened is never repeated again. When it comes to the future of our kids, no compromise can be allowed. Glimmer of hope North Korea s supreme leader Kim Jong-un has a youthful quality to his appearance which can be both beguiling and deceptive. That he is a dangerous manipulator has been revealed in his recent actions and the manner in which he has been able to pull the strings. He began by creating an unprecedentedly destabilizing situation in the Korean Peninsula by embarking on a nuclearization programme which put the world on a razor s edge. That he chose to engage in a verbal spat with US President Donald Trump had heightened tensions and roused consternation amongst his immediate neighbours including China, Japan and South Korea. Then he suddenly became diplomatically proactive, choosing to reach out to rival South Korea, well aware that its newly elected leadership sought rapprochement. With the latter eagerly accepting the offer of the North s participation in the Winter Olympics and welcoming with open arms a delegation sent by him, China, a long-time and sole ally of North Korea, which had made no secret of her displeasure with him, was suddenly dispatched to the sidelines. Equally redundant had been made the role of the US despite Trump s claims that it was his forceful actions which coerced Kim to come to the negotiating table. But now, all of a sudden, China is back in favour again, with Kim making a secret trip to that nation, and rendering her a major player again! One can only hope that such craftily orchestrated moves by Kim results in erasure of tensions in the Korean Peninsula and, in extension, in the rest of the world. This would be made possible only if he finally agrees to dismantle his nuclear arsenal and allows in international observers to oversee the process as Iran had done. The positive to have emerged from the Beijing visit is the possibility that China would play the honest broker in arranging a face to face meeting between the US President and the North Korean leader. However, it is yet unclear whether the latter would be willing to start the process of denuclearization, given the reality that it is the only card he has to play. On the other hand, there is no denying that prolonged international sanctions have begun to bite in North Korea. Surely its leader is aware that brainwashing through propaganda would not be enough to keep a hungry population under control and that his nation direly needs the lifting of international sanctions if it is to recover economically. Whether this compulsion is enough to make him yield concessions on the nuclear issue is anybody s guess, and the world would be forgiven for doubting where exactly the current diplomatic initiatives would lead to. Yet there is no gainsaying the fact that prospects of talks do provide a glimmer of hope in what indubitably is a pessimistic scenario. by ten fingers Scientists tell us that about 3.2 million years ago, human ancestors began walking on two legs. This is an old story, and the clinching evidence for this, as many of us will remember, came with the discovery and piecing together of fragments of the skeletal remains of a female Australopithecus in Ethiopia in 1974 by a team of scientists. These scientists reconstructed 40% of this particular hominid s skeletal frame from the hundreds of fossilized pieces of bones they dug up, and when it became known the hominid was a female, they christened it Lucy, taking the name from the famous Beatles number, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, which these scientists were fond of listening during the long excavation expedition. The story of Lucy is now well known and documented, how she was found, who found them and how the bones were dated first to about 2.8 million years and then revised to 3.2 million years after more advanced tests and so on. We also now know there were controversies over its ownership and protests over its planned exhibition tours all over the world. We even know the exact number of plastic replicas of Lucy as she would have looked in flesh and blood, and which museums around the world these are on display. Lucy s story is fascinating and intriguing in equal measures. However for now, let us leave the scientific matters of how and why the discovery is important in the study of Letters to the EDITOR Sir, The desecration of statues seems to be the latest (mis)adventure in India. Like a huge section of society, one cannot help but feel raged at the sight of such wrongdoing. In the mundane matters of life, one manages to maintain silence until it becomes unbearable. Such a horrible incident was the uprooting of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad s statue in Kakinara, West Bengal. Azad s role in the emancipation of the country from foreign rule and later shaping the educational policy of India is second to none. Why uproot his statue? What was his crime? Does vehemently opposing the divide and rule policy of the British, fighting tooth and nail with Jinnah against partition of the country make him vulnerable for such treatment? Or bringing reforms as the first education minister of independent India in the esteemed Nehru Cabinet makes him credible for such treatment? It was Azad, a secular person, who fought throughout his life for Hindu-Muslim unity. He never minced words in criticizing the evolution of the human species. I have brought up this topic for something else very interesting with profound bearing on how humans have come to be what they are today not just in body, but also in spirit. Why exactly is it considered revolutionary from the evolutionary point of view that Lucy and other hominids of that era began walking on two legs? Wouldn t humans have been still humans, towering above all other creatures of creation because of their superior intelligence, even if they were to continue to walk on four legs? After all, is it not the human brain with its immense capacity for creative thinking, which has made all the difference? Had it not been for the great evolutionary leaps taken by the human brain, would there have been something as the mind as well? If still on four legs, would the pursuit of knowledge in diverse fields of science, technology and humanities that the human species have come to distinguish themselves for, been any different? Why then is this epoch when human ancestors felt the need to straighten up their spines and walk on two legs considered as the wondrous event triggering off the beginning of their evolutionary journey on a separate path than the rest of the animal world? As I have said before, we will leave the more technical question of what possibly may have been the pressures on these hominids to begin wanting to walk on two legs, for the scientists to speculate on. We will instead try and imagine the consequences of this decision to change The lesson is for every one of us. Never despair, for we have the gift of our hands, and our hands are a miracle. Thank Lucy and her hominid generation then for that revolutionary decision to begin the effort to walk on two legs. physical posture, and what miraculous differences the decision made. Let me then return to the original question as to what it is about walking on two legs that made the phenomenon superior to walking on all four limbs, considering especially that animals on four legs are generally faster runners, faster swimmers, stronger, climb with more ease, and perform many more physical feats much more efficiently? Should not these physical advantages have put them on a better stead in the fight for survival, the primary law of which is the Darwinian survival of the fittest? Quite surprisingly, the answer that has generally escaped the imagination of most through the ages is, Lucy s generation of human ancestors, freed their fore limbs from the burden of locomotion. These freed limbs, in the course of evolutionary time, grew in movement agility, dexterity, sensitivity, etc., until they came to be the human hands that we know today, capable of accomplishing unimaginably intricate tasks, although we tend to take our hands so much for granted that we often fail to see its importance in making humans what they are today. Indeed, if an evaluation of all the different parts of the human body were to be done and graded on a scale of importance in humans coming to dominate the living world, the hand may be the primary instrument that shaped this present. Come to think of it, what is it that the human hands cannot do? Would all the progress that modern humans have inherited or made been possible at all? Would all the grand scientific inventions been a reality? Would the magnificent architectural creations happened or great works of art and music ever created? Indeed, would whatever else that have distinguished human achievements from those rest of the animal world, been possible? If Lucy s generation of human ancestors, for whatever their challenges of the era, not freed the upper limbs by straining to straighten their spines and walk on their hind legs, probably nothing that we know of today s human reality would have materialized. Although the idea of evolution is relatively a modern notion contingent upon Charles Darwin s groundbreaking work in the 19th Century, quite intuitively though not scientifically, the importance of the human hands was acknowledged much earlier. This is evident even in the Panchantantra tales told in comic books that were so popular amongst the pre-television generations who did not grow up with the multiplicity of modern cartoon characters flooding their drawing rooms as today s children. Vedic education and today s realities Badan Sarma A ncient Indian education has primarily been evolved strictly on the foundation of Indian philosophical tradition. The futility of the mundane world and the concept of the ultimate spiritual unity of the soul with God or the Divine had provided a special angle of vision. Accordingly, the mundane world appeared to them quite illusory and the state of oneness of the soul with divine being was regarded as the supreme reality. In order to attain this highest aim of life, the pupils were kept far away from the din and bustles of life, at the residence of the guru to learn the practical realities of life by the learning by doing method, and thus a pupil moulded his career at the feet of the guru besides gaining experiences through manual labour and social contact. Certain fundamental factors for bringing quality education were being evolved during those Vedic and monastic era. First, the home of the preceptor served as the institution where the preceptor was the friend, philosopher and guide to the pupil. Secondly, the pupil was declared eligible for admission only on the basis of his moral fitness and unimpeachable conduct. Thirdly, the ethical discipline of celibacy or Brahmacharya was compulsory. Fourthly, one of the sacred duties of the pupil was to serve, with humility and amiability, the preceptor for his comfort. Fifthly, pupils who neglected their duties or inattentive and disobedient to their preceptors were debarred from education and expelled from the institutions. Thus we observe that the ideal of the Vedic education was indeed lofty. Ample opportunities were provided to the pupil for the all-round progress and development of the personality. During those ancient days the pupil after successful completion of his studies at the feet of the guru had to pay three kinds of debt debt to Rishis, debt to gods and debt to ancestors. By way of his long stay at the preceptor s house and by offering his devotional services, the pupil was taught to endeavour to develop his personality physically, mentally and morally. Emphasis was being laid on character building, development of personality, and contribution to knowledge in all branches of learning and social Desecration of Azad s statue Jinnah and Muslim League policies so much so that leading newspapers run by the then Muslim League called him names like Hindu puppet and made ridiculous caricatures of him. He was an apostle of Hindu-Muslim unity. He once quoted, A thousand years of our joint life has moulded us into a common nationality. This cannot be done artificially. Nature does her fashioning through her hidden processes in course of centuries, whether we like it or not, we have now become one nation, united and indivisible. No fantasy or artificial scheming can separate and divide this country. Who could have ever thought that the statue of such a person could be razed in India and that too in Tagore s Bengal? It is imperative for us to understand, who are these people and what is their agenda who openly take pride in vandalism? Yours etc., ANURUPA DAS CHOUDHURY, Dhaligaon. Teacher education Sir, The article Teacher education: quest for corrective measures by Prof Nilima Bhagawati (AT, March 27) has presented a panoramic view of the exact condition of teacher education in Assam, categorically suggesting the remedies to the authorities concerned. The article carries the sentiments and observations of all academicians and the education-loving people of Assam. The author has highlighted almost all issues related to the existing condition of the teacher education programme. We need not go through the NCFTE 2010 report to understand the condition of it. Just an empirical study might explore every pros and cons of the matter. Virtually, the Government is aware of the fact which is indicative even in the latest budget presented by the Assam Finance Minister, who is also the Education Minister of our State. We the people of this domain highly expected that more emphasis would be given to this area of teachers training or education. Whichever is given is feeble. The article praises the initiatives of planning new BEd colleges. But we would like to make an addendum to the entire content of the article. The mere coordination between the SCERT and the affiliating well being besides material prosperity. Although the Vedic education was essentially spiritual and religious in character, it did not ignore the practical realities of life. The real aim of education was to achieve the consummate development of life in all its aspects. Modern education, in a way, leads towards material progress and divides mankind into heterogeneous groups while Vedic education, on the contrary, establishes the unity and concord of humanity through its teachings. The National Policy of Education 1986 highlights the urgent need for value-based education in view of the growing erosion of basic moral values in society in general and student community in particular. In its review on the National Policy of Education, the Acharya Ramamurti Committee reiterated that with a well-designed system of curriculum, education should be made a forceful tool for the cultivation of desirable ethical, spiritual and social values. Education should foster universal and eternal values in order to develop balanced individuals. Factors for bringing quality education such as democracy, secularism, socialism, scientific outlook, equality of sexes, honesty, integrity, courage and justice, respect for all life forms, different cultures and languages, etc., constitute the mosaic of values which is vital to the unity and integrity of the community, nation and the country as a whole. The disposal of modern society must, therefore, be combined with the strengthening and deepening of the sense of social responsibility and a keener appreciation of moral and spiritual values. Inculcation of desirable values in the pupils is felt essential for meeting out the crisis of character. As a matter of fact, education in ancient Vedic Indian society was a classic example of an ideal sort of quality education. Although much has been said and talked about quality or value-based education, very little has been spelt out as to its effective implementation. Certain suggestions on this score include 1) There must be a proper identification of values; 2) Quality education must ensure the development of the affective aspect of learning and the realization of what is truly excellent in human nature. This factor for bringing quality education must help the blooming of excellence in every mutually related sphere of the human personality such as the physi- universities might not work to bring paradigmatic changes to this abominable condition of teacher education. There should have a separate administrative office under the aegis of the SCERT and the universities in every district. As a matter of fact, the teacher training institutes are almost abandoned in respect of infrastructure, competent faculty members, contingencies and modernization. Moreover, those faculties are under-salaried, not refreshed with national standard training and sometimes improperly utilized with other government activities. The article is very much loud about the matter of DElEd course conducted by NIOS how a considerable number of prospective teachers are participating in the weekly contact programme without any satisfactory environment though its cost comes from their own pockets in the hope of getting jobs in near future. Even they are not getting their Self-Learning Materials (SLM) along with a clear syllabus. In fact, it is just like a community proselytizing ceremony. This kind of conduct of teacher education obviously One of these stories, those from that pre-television generation will remember, was about a suicidal Brahmin, who was dejected that he was so poor as his profession did not give him the means to be rich, while all around him that he knew had grown wealthy and prosperous. One day the brooding man was knocked down by a horse carriage of a rich man and lay half conscious on the road with no will to wake up and live. A fox saw him and took pity. The animal approached the half-conscious man on the ground and woke him up asking him why he was giving up so easily. The Brahmin then told the fox of his misery. The fox was amazed at the man s despair and asked in bewilderment: Why are you so defeated? Don t you have hands? With your hands you can do practically anything? Unlike us, if a thorn enters your sole, you can use your hands to remove it. Unlike us, if your skin is itchy, wherever the itch is, you can scratch and end the irritation. With your hands, you can gather food, cook, stitch clothes, lift things, make tools and do so much more? What is it that you cannot do with your hands? So why despair when you are blessed with them? The story goes that the fox made the Brahmin see hope and decide to live. The lesson is for every one of us. Never despair, for we have the gift of our hands, and our hands are a miracle. Thank Lucy and her hominid generation then for that revolutionary decision to begin the effort to walk on two legs. It is said there is a half joke amongst evolutionists that mankind exceeded evolution by 10 fingers? How delightfully true this is indeed. (phanjoubam@gmail.com) cal, intellectual, emotive and spiritual; 3) A foundation course is to be introduced in Indian culture; 4) All the extracurricular activities should be value based and directed towards the inculcation of character; 5) A value-based approach should be brought to bear not on the teaching of languages and cultures alone but all branches of sciences and technology, philosophy and moral science as well. The committee appointed by the Central Government to review the National Policy on Education 1986 viewed with grave concern that in the total crisis of the nation, education has its full share and the prevailing system of education in the country has failed miserably to find a solution to that crisis. The reasons are not far to seek. Our education is hitherto confined to the four walls of the academic institutions. It is tied down to unreadable textbooks and examination. Moreover, our education neither succeeds in equipping our students with any productive skill nor does it inspire them for national reconstruction or any higher endeavour. What the nation at this juncture needs is a new education, i.e., education for life. The nation needs education not for a chosen few but for all. might bring two-fold despair to the participants in respect of quality and the job orientation instead of aspiring hope. Yours etc., RAJESH KAKATI, Chamata, Nalbari. Harsh punishment Sir, After reading Plabita Baruah s letter No mercy for rapists (AT, March 27), I am also of the same opinion that such monsters should be exterminated like vermin. Such a zero tolerance approach by the law should act as a deterrent to future perpetrators. If the judiciary feels that such punishment is too extreme, then there should be provision for forced labour camps like in Siberia, where such offenders can be productively put to work for life, far from society and in harsh conditions. Another alternative would be to use them as cannon fodder to bear the first brunt of enemy or terrorist attacks which are regularly claiming the precious lives of our brave soldiers. Yours etc., PARAMITA SARMA, Guwahati. Articles (within words) and Letters to the Editor for publication in the editorial page may be sent to the ID: editor@assamtribune.com.

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8 STATE 8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 Karimganj Police traces missing woman to Dhaka ANN Service NILAMBAZAR, March 30: Karimganj Police has traced out a missing female student of Rabindra Sadan Girls College, namely Mausumi Das (21) who had remained traceless since March 12. Now she is staying at her new address at Dhaka in Bangladesh with her husband and she refuses to return in India, said Gaurav Upadyaya, SP Karimganj. While addressing mediapersons, the SP said that after receiving the missing report from the family of Mausumi Das, Karimganj Police Seat reservation for ensuing Panchayat poll at Dhemaji finalised DHEMAJI, March 30: The seat reservation for the ensuing Panchayat election at Dhemaji district have been finalised. An all-party meeting was held in this connection on March 22 at Dhemaji Deputy Commissioner s Conference Hall with Utpal Bora, ADC and Deputy Commissioner-in-Charge, Dhemaji with participation of presidents and secretaries of all political parties including Congress, AGP, CPI(M), Sanmilit Ganasakti etc. The meeting after threadbare discussion finalised seat reservation for different portfolios in seven zila parishads, 65 gaon panchayats STAFF SILCHAR, March 30: Ahead of the Panchayat and Lok Sabha elections, the Cachar district Congress committee took a potshot at the BJP-led government in the State alleging that the government has failed to fulfil even 20 per cent of the schemes it promised in the last two Budget sessions. Addressing a preparatory meeting on the Panchayat elections and NRC at the Indira Bhawan on Thursday, the lone Professor Trilochan Dev Goswami, Former Professor and Head, Department of Physics, Gauhati University breathed his last at his own residence at Guwahati on March 21, It was more than 40 years ago, during , Dr VS Venkatavardhan, the then Director of Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai and a noted science communicator introduced Professor Goswami to me as an emerging experimental nuclear physicist from Assam, while I was working then at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. The first meeting with him itself was a memorable experience for me: I found in him all the qualities of a perfect human being: kind, modest and devoted to physics with an attitude to encourage others to do the good work. Fortunately, I joined the same department (Department of Physics, GU) of his as one of his junior colleagues by the end of the year From then onwards, my academic and personal searched everywhere and issued a look-out notice throughout Assam as well as neighbouring States. The SP mentioned that the residence of Mausumi Das is in Dharakuna village under Karimganj district and she loved one Jafar Badsah of Dhaka in Bangladesh. They crossed the Indian territory through the Tripura international border without any valid passports. Actually, Jafar Badsah had come to Karimganj Expo Mela held in the month of February with Bangladeshi products with valid visa and where they met and fell in love with each other. Karimganj Police and 65 anchalik panchayats. As per the report received from the district administration, the portfolio of ZPM (Zila Parishad Member) of Machkhowa Zila Parishad Constituency has been reserved for woman while the two seats of Sissitangani and Chimen Chapari Zila Parishad constituencies have been reserved for women of Schedule Tribes and the Pub Jonai JPC has been reserved for ST candidate. On the other hand, the seats of Dhemaji, Sissiborgaon and Bordalani Zila Parishad constituencies have been kept open for all. In that way, the seat for portfolio of president of Dhemaji Anchalik Panchayat has been reserved for woman and Congress MLA from Cachar district Rajdeep Goala said, While the government sanctioned 942 schemes in , only 29 schemes were completed. Moreover, out of the 1,500 MGNREGA schemes sanctioned in , a total of only 18 schemes have been completed so far. He added to say that the government must submit a report card of its performances in front of the voters. Silchar MP Susmita Dev lashed out hard at the BJP saying searched the last one month call list of Mausumi and Badsah and it was noticed that they had spoken 919 times to each other. SP Gaurav Upadyaya further informed that the Indian embassy of Bangladesh has taken the matter seriously and they informed Bangladesh police of the recovery of the victim girl. But Mousumi refused to return back to India. The Foreign embassy has also send a video recorded statement of Mousumi to Karimganj police. It is to be mentioned that Mausumi has changed her name to Fatima after marriage with Badsah. Former Chief Minister of Assam Prafulla Kumar Mahanta in presence of AGP president Atul Bora and others distributing membership tickets during the AGP joining meeting, organised by the central committee of Mankachar AGP on Thursday. UB Photos the seat for vice-president for the same has been reserved for ST candidate. The post of president of Machkhowa Anchalik Panchayat has been reserved for woman and the vice-president for ST candidate, the president of Bordalani Anchalik Panchayat for ST woman while the portfolio of the vice-president of the same has been kept open. Likewise, the portfolio of president of Sissiborgaon Anchalik Panchayat has been kept open while the vice-president for the same has been reserved for woman. The presidentship of Murkongchelek AP has been fixed for ST candidates while the portfolio of its vice-president has been finalised for woman. BJP failed to fulfil 20 per cent of promises in last two years: Cong that instead of the loud cry for expressing concerns for the Hindus, the allies of the ruling party should visit the NSKs where the Hindus are facing lot of hardship. Meanwhile, reacting against the comments made by Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary on the issue of the language martyrs of the Barak Valley in the floor of the Assembly, the Congress leaders and cadres burnt his effigy outside the Indira Bhawan. Prof TD Goswami: a tribute association with him continued. The years were periods of frequent disruptions of academic activities with frequent closures of institutions in Assam due to the Assam Agitation. Even then, some of us continued research in Gauhati University with the encouragement of senior faculty members like Professor Goswami. Our efforts paid heavy dividends in later years. Professor Goswami Triennial meet of small tea growers body from April 6 STAFF DIBRUGARH, March 30: The 10th triennial conference of the All Assam Small Tea Growers Association (AASTGA) will be held on April 6, 7 and 8, 2018 in Golaghat town s public ground under the aegis of Golaghat district committee and with the support from the local public and other organizations. The central executive body meeting of the small tea growers body will be held a day before the start of the conference, a release stated. On April 6, the huge marquee named as Soneshwar Borah Somadhi Kshetra will be inaugurated at 9 am followed by registration of delegates. The other events include sapling plantations, workshops, opening of the exhibition and delegates meeting. The second delegates meeting will be held the next day. International seminars, various competitions and cultural programmes are also lined up for the three-day event. On the last day, a colourful cultural programme has been planned followed by an open session, in which Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Agricultural Minister Atul ` are expected to attend, the release added. Three detained DHUBRI, March 30: In connection with the sensational suicide case of Mariani s TET teacher Ribul Phulmali, who allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving goods train on Monday, the Dhubri Police has apprehended three persons. Najimuddin Shekhar, Soyel Ahmed and Soyel Nawaz Khandakar were apprehended by Dhubri Police on Thursday in connection with the case that was registered as Mariani GR PS case No: 5/18 under Section 306 of IPC for abetment of suicide. Police in this connection also arrested another accused named Rizaul Shiekh from Nalbari. The accused persons were detained on Thursday night for interrogation and on Friday they were taken under transit remand. It may be mentioned that the TET teacher before his alleged suicide, posted about his condition addressing it to his son, wife and the Education Minister, which went viral on the social media. Correspondent Awareness meet on cancer held GUWAHATI, March 30: A cancer awareness meet was organized in the Silgosani Thaan Lakshmi temple premises, Nalbari, under the joint auspices of the North East Cancer Hospital and Research Institute (NECHRI), Guwahati, and Natun Dehar Jyestha Nagarik Sabha recently. Dr Tushar Kanti Chakravorty, cancer specialist, talked about various issues related to cancer detection and precautions. Lamenting the fact that 75,000 cancer patients are identified in Assam annually, Dr Chakravorty appealed to the people to keep away from tobacco products. Sanjib Kumar Das, Deputy Commissioner, Nalbari, while inaugurating the meeting, appealed to the different organizations to organize more such awareness programmes. Ganesh Tamuly, chairman, NECHRI, attending the meet also emphasized the need to organize more and more cancer awareness programs among the rural masses so that cancer can be detected at an early stage. Dr Jumi Borgohain discussed various issues related to the dreaded disease in the meet. Jyotish Ch Deka, Priyo Nath Deka and others of the senior citizens body attended the meet. This was stated in a press release. too deserves our gratitude for it. Born at Puranigudam near Nagaon in the 1934, Professor Goswami had his early education at Nagaon Government High School where his father was the Head Master. Later, he moved to Guwahati and Joined Cotton College for under graduate and Gauhati University for post graduate studies. He then started research in experimental nuclear physics under the guidance of Professor GC Deka of Cotton College. After PhD, he joined as lecturer and retired as the Professor and Head of the Physics Department in Under his guidance, several young scholars qualified for PhD. He was felicitated for his life-long contribution to Physics Education and Research in the year 2007 by the Physics Academy of North East (PANE). It is heartening for a person like me to see the continuation of the legacy of Professor Goswami still in the Physics Department as the new leaders created by him have brought to his research group global recognition by being a part of international collaborations with CERN, Geneva Switzerland and GSI, Germany. Professor Goswami is survived by one son, one daughter and a host of relatives, well-wishers and students. Today on the day of his adyashraddha, we all remember him fondly and with deep gratitude and reverence. Dilip Kumar Choudhary Small newspapers seek govt attention ANN Service BADARPUR, March 30: The All Assam Small Newspapers Association (AASNA) has sought the intervention of the State Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, for an immediate solution to its various problems. The association s chief demands include removing the discriminatory conduct of the DIPR, Govt of Assam, which is not allegedly distributing government advertisements equally among all small newspapers of the State for the last four months. Recently, senior AASNA executive members met Chief Minister Sonowal and submitted a memorandum to him, to draw his attention towards the demands and problems of AASNA. In the memorandum, the AAS- NA earnestly appealed and requested the Chief Minister to solve their problems immediately. Submitting the memorandum, the All Assam Small Newspapers Association (AASNA) general secretary Arup Kumar Sharma, the president Bibinchi Kumar Sharma, the Barak Valley representative as well as the organizing secretary of the AA- SNA Ainul Haque Mazumder and others explained in detail their grievances to Sonowal. They also said that due to the discriminatory attitude of the DIPR Department, many small newspapers of Assam including of the Barak valley are not getting any sort of government advertisements for the last four months. The Assam Small Newspapers Association Sources said that the State DIPR department authority is intentionally creating a discriminatory conduct among the Annual conference of Kamrup dist AASU unit at Balisatra on April 1-2 RANGIYA, March 30: The 15th annual conference of Kamrup district AASU will be held under the aegis of the Rangiya subdivision unit of AASU in support of Rangiya anchalik unit of AASU with a two-day long programme at Balisatra of Rangiya on April 1-2 next. On the inaugural day, the programme will start with flag hoisting by president of Kamrup district AASU Dhiraj Rajbongshi, followed by swahid tarpan, plantation etc. Later, a colourful cultural procession will be taken out, which will be inaugurated by popular Assamese actress Barsharani Bisoya ANN Service PATACHARKUCHI, March 30: Due to the dilapidated condition of Bamakhata-Kordoiguri PWD road, people of the adjoining areas are facing untold problem in communication. The said road is one of the important roads of Bajali subdivision connecting a large number of revenue villages with the headquarter town of Bajali subdivision i.e., Pathsala. The road also connects both Patacharkuchi LAC and Bhabanipur LAC as one portion falls in Bhabanipur LAC and another portion falls under Patacharkuchi LAC. A large number of people including daily passengers recently spontaneously Brahmaputra and Barak valleys. In this connection, the AASNA members also earnestly requested the Chief Minister to immediately find out exactly the reason behind the non-distribution of government advertisements equally among the small newspapers of Assam, especially of Barak Valley areas. The AASNA earnestly appealed to the State Chief Minister Sonowal to immediate release all pending Bills, which were submitted in due time at the Office of the Director of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Department, Govt of Assam, by the concerned papers. The chief demands of the association are: there should not be any discrimination in the distribution of government advertisements among all small newspapers of Assam, all necessary arrangements must be taken for distributing all government advertisements at equal rates to all small newspapers of Assam, to form a Rate Structure Committee exactly like Central Government to distribute the classified and display advertisements, to release the advertisement bill regularly, along with the release of all pending bills of the same, to make necessary arrangements to distribute Press Accreditation Cards to the editors, staff reporters and photographers of small newspapers of Assam, to include the representatives of small newspapers in the Accredited and Medical welfare Committees and to distribute media pensions to all editors of the small newspapers, immediately, etc. Association sources informed that Chief Minister Sonowal listened to their demands attentively and assured them of solving them sympathetically. and actor Bipul Rabha. Thereafter, AASU delegates and executive meetings will be held where chief adviser of AASU Dr Samujjal Kr Bhattacharyya, vice-president Bipul Rabha, assistant general secretary Prakash Das and office secretary Dharmeswar Das of the student body will be present. A cultural programme will also be held in the evening. On April 2, the second delegates meet and selection of office bearers will be held at 11 am, followed by an open session in the afternoon. The open session will be attended by distinguished and invited gusts including GU VC Dr Mridul Hazarika, Srimanta Sankardev Saugha Padadhikaar Bhabendranath Deka, noted Assamese film actress Chetana Das, Kamrup DC Kamal Kr Baishya, Kamrup SP Partha Sarathi Mahanta, AASU president Pramod Boro, Rabha students union president Ramen Singh Rabha, Tribal Sangha chief Aditya Khakalari, Sarania Kachari Students Union secretary Dipjyoti Sarania, besides many others. Coinciding with the conference, a souvenir titled Kamrupa will be released by KKHSOU VC Dr Hitesh Deka. Later, the cultural show will be inaugurated by SDO (civil) of Rangiya Munindra Bordoloi. Organisers have solicited the presence and participation of all concerned to make the event a success. Students taking out a silent protest rally against atrocities on women, at Bajali on Thursday. UB Photos Repair of Bamakhata-Kardoiguri Road demanded came out on the road to register their protest at Bamakhat-Kordoiguri PWD Road. The protest was organized by Hastinapur Anchalik committee of AASU unit, AJYCP and KMSS when all their appeals to repair the road ended in smoke. The protestors blocked the road to register their protest. The protesters alleged that the MLA of both the constituencies have failed to initiate needful action in proper time and hence the people have no alternative but are compelled to use the road. The road has eroded badly and has potholes. Besides the approach roads to the bridge are more eroded. People say that the road has presently turned into a death trap as accidents have National seminar on Bishnu Prasad Rabha held GUWAHATI, March 30: A national seminar was held on March 22-23, 2018 at Cinnamara College with the financial backup of Indian Council of Social Science Research on the topic entitled Bishnu Prasad Rabha s Writings and their Social, cultural and historical Nuances. Ananda Saikia, founder Principal of the College presided over the inaugural session, was followed by the lightening on the portrait of Bishnu Prasad Rabha by Dr. Tapan Dutta, ex-professor, Assam Agricultural University of Jorhat. Dr. Anjan Saikia, Principal of the college delivered the welcome address in which Indrajit Kr Barua, president, Governing Body of the College and Dr Debobrata Sarmah, Principal, Jorhat College gave the inaugural and keynote speech of the seminar respectively. More than hundred research scholars and college teachers of the region presented papers. Dr Bolin Hazarika, ex-hod of Political Science of JB College and ex-president, North-East India Political Science Association, Dr Kusumbar Barua of Assam University, Diphu Campus, Dr Sonaram Kalita of OPD College, Dr Binapani Devi, ex-vice Principal of JB College and Dr Apurba Bora of Jorhat Kendriya College were the chairpersons of this two-days ICSSRsponsored national seminar. become the order of the day. Various types of commuters including school students and office goers have to face the hard reality. The road which was constructed many years ago got damaged after a few years of construction and due to lack of proper maintenance. The road connects 127 NH at Kenduguri and is one of the busiest roads of the area. At present the road needs expansion as the plying of vehicles has increased astronomically. The starting portion of the road from Kenduguri to Gahinpara is comparatively at a low level and as a result every summer the surging waters of Pahumara river inundates this portion. The people have also demanded increase in the height of the road.

9 SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 Forest Dept s complicity pushes Simolu trees to extinction in NL FARHANA AHMED NORTH LAKHIMPUR, March 30: The exotic Simolu (bombax) trees in Lakhimpur district are fast facing near extinction, thanks to complicity by the State Forest Department. These majestic trees which contribute immensely to maintain balance of the biodiversity mostly housing the greater adjutant stork (leptoptilos dubius) has been felled indiscriminately by timber merchants despite growing public awareness. A recent incident of seizure by the public of a vehicle carrying planks of simalu trees near North Lakhimpur and subsequent insincere role by the concerned Forest Department officials shows the increased threat of extinction of this tree in Lakhimpur district. On the night of March 24, villagers of No. 2 Haridaspur village in Bodhakora on the eastern suburb of North Lakhimpur detained a tractor carrying logs of illegally felled Simolu trees. 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Another timber-loaded vehicle which had crossed the seized tractor on that night were also allowed by the forest personnel to enter the saw mill at Charaimoria, alleged the villagers of No.2 Haridaspur village. Indiscriminate felling of Simolu trees and its spurious trade has been on in Lakhimpur district despite a ban on the felling of this exotic tree. A serious allegation against the Lakhimpur district Forest Department is that its personnel cut halfway through Simolu and other big trees inside the reserve forests in order to let them fall. This has been done in a bid to show their natural fall and be sold to timber dealers. There has been a spurt in illegal felling of Simolu trees in the riverine areas off Subansiri in Lakhimpur and their supply to North Lakhimpur, Majuli and Jorhat in various forms and sizes. The river islands of Subansiri have witnessed mushrooming of illegal saw mills in recent times, where Simolu trees felled in nearby areas are sawn into different forms and size before being transported nocturnally to various timber depots in Lakhimpur and other adjoining areas. The trees are felled with the help of chain saw and then transported to illegal saw mills in tractors to be cut into pieces before being supplied to various places under the cover of darkness. Such incidents are happening in Lohit-Khabolu, East Telahi, Ghunasuti and Daflakata areas off Subansiri river in Lakhimpur district. Inland waterways ghats like Esarikata, Khabolu, Borghat, Na-Ali and Somdirimukh are witness to transportation of thousands of cubic feet of Simolu timber in Lakhimpur district almost every night. This is taking place despite the presence of district Forest Department personnel and other law-enforcing agencies. Not surprisingly, the Forest Department as a matter of routine allows encroachers to settle in reserve forests and later threaten them of eviction, demanding money. Estimation detects 2,413 rhinos in KNP KAZIRANGA, March 30: The total population of onehorned Indian rhinos in Kaziranga National Park has been estimated to be 2,413. This was disclosed by NK Vasu, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF), Assam (Wildlife) during a press meet at Heritage Forest IB at Kohora today. With this, the process of Rhino Estimation 2018 came to an end. However, Vasu termed this result of Rhino Estimation as a figure of rhino monitoring exercise only. Field enumeration started from March 26 to 28, including random sampling covering 74 compartments. Addressing mediapersons, Vasu said that this time a technical committee was formed and headed by Utpal Bora, Chief Conservator of Forest to analyse data collected during the field enumeration of rhinos in Kaziranga National Park. The technical committee estimated that in case of adult (6 years and above) there are 642 male rhinos and 793 female rhinos. There are 206 unsexed rhinos under this category (adults). In case of sub-adult rhinos (from 4 to 6 years), there are 116 male rhinos and 149 female rhinos and 122 unsexed rhinos. Similarly in case of calves ( upto 1 year), there are 155 calves and above one year there are 230 calves in Kaziranga National Park. The total number of rhinos is 2,413. The technical committee after analysis of the data collected claimed that there were 758 male and 942 STAFF JORHAT, March 30: RTI activists-cum-lawyers Rintu Goswami, Gautom Borah and Indrajit Kakati - while training their guns yet again on the Sarbananda Sonowal Government for going slow in probing the scam relating to the District Untied Fund of Jorhat during the period of the previous regime, alleged that the incumbent Government is its bid to shield a senior bureaucrat allegedly involved in the scam allowed him to leave Assam on deputation. Goswami alleged that the Government allowed former Jorhat Deputy Commissioner Solanki Vishal Vasant, who was the Secretary in the Chief Minister s Office since June 2016 till a month back after the BJPled Government came to power, to go on deputation to Maharashtra (his home State), to keep him away from the ambit of the CID wing of Assam Police probing the cases of misappropriation of funds in the scam. Solanki was the DC during whose tenure the scam allegedly took place. Goswami said that in July last year when Jorhat police was probing the five scam-related cases which was progressing in the right female rhinos and their sex ratio is 1:1.2, which is an encouraging sign. The female and calf ratio had been analysed as 1:0.49, which is considered to be good. Significantly, the technical committee recommended another round of Rhino Estimation in 2019 as head counting of rhinos could not be done in several areas due to presence of tall grasses. This year burning of tall grasses could be completed in only 25% of Kaziranga National Park against the actual recommendation of 50 to 60% tall grass areas. When asked by this Correspondent about incomplete burning of tall grasses, Vasu said that due to heavy presence of moisture in most areas, burning could not be completed, for which enumerators elephants could not negotiate the areas covered with tall grasses. Obviously, rhinos hidden by tall grasses could not be counted. Most of the areas were left out from enumeration due to the presence of tall grasses, said Vasu. He added that the sex ratio indicated that the breeding status of rhinos in Kaziranga National Park was healthy. However, incomplete rhino counting was due to presence of tall grasses like Ekora, Kohua, Khagori, etc. Secondly, the elephants and mahouts were hired from private parties outside the park which were not familiar with the terrain of KNP. Thirdly, due to ongoing construction of highlands inside KNP by using heavy machinery led to skewed distribution of rhinos inside the Park. STATE Safe passage to Solanki in untied fund scam flayed direction and had led to the arrest of several persons, including two former additional deputy commissioners of Jorhat (later promoted to joint secretaries), besides an employee of the DC s office and two contractors, the Government transferred the cases to the CID to protect Solanki, whose name is among the accused in one of the cases. The lawyer said with no progress in the CID probe till date, Solanki has been granted permission to go on deputation to Maharashtra without probing his role nor questioning or recording his statement. He (Solanki) has been provided safe passage by the Sonowal-led Government which has been making tall claims of following zero tolerance policy, Goswami observed. Alleging that the Government had given in to the pressure mounted by the IAS lobby of the bureaucracy to shield Solanki, Goswami said the Government had even adopted a soft approach towards two arrested former ADCs now joint secretaries as no departmental action was initiated against them. The RTI activist said that as the two officers were sent to judicial custody last year, they STAFF SILCHAR, March 30: Padma Shri Jadav Payeng, the Forest Man of India from Jorhat district reiterated the need for planting trees on a regular basis to save the ecosystem which is faced with serious crisis of depletion. Addressing the students and faculty members at the two-day 12th COMFEST, the annual inter-university communication festival organised by the Department of Mass Communication of Assam University Silchar in association with the students union of the varsity, Payeng recollected memories of his pursuit against the oddities and said, my efforts were intertwined with hardship. But I felt that it is the plants and trees which can save Mother Earth from imminent danger. Hence, trees must be planted on a regular basis to save the third plant from the Sun, he pleaded. Payeng also planted a sandalwood sapling in memory of former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam outside the Department of Mass Communication along with the Vice Chancellor of the university Prof Dilip Chandra Nath, Head and Dean of the Department of Mass Communication Prof GP Pandey, coordinators of the communication festival Dr SM were suspended from service as per Government rules, but not due to any findings or inquiry report. After the two officials were released on bail by the court, the Government rewarded them by revoking their suspension and reinstated them as joint secretaries in different departments, the lawyer observed, adding that if the Government was genuinely interested in adopting a hard stand against corruption, should have expedited investigation and got the chargesheets filed in the court by now. Goswami and his two associate lawyers castigated Jorhat Lok Sabha MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa and Jorhat MLA Hitendra Nath Goswami, who is the Speaker of the State Assembly, for not prevailing upon the Government to take speedy and appropriate action to bring those who have siphoned off precious funds to book. Both the leaders (Tasa and Goswami) had made big promises of cleaning up the Government machinery and punish the guilty if their Government came to power while campaigning before the parliamentary and Assembly polls, but have forgotten everything after getting elected, Goswami charged. Janasanyog/D/14950/17 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 9 Plant trees to save the third planet from the Sun: Payeng Padma Shri Jadav Payeng addresing students of the Department of Mass Communication at Assam University Silchar, on Friday. Photo: Arindam Gupta Alfarid Hussain and Dr Paromita Das and president of Assam University Students Union Milon Das. Sharing his thoughts, the Vice Chancellor said, for our own survival, we must plant at least 8-9 saplings frequently. He congratulated the department for the commendable journey of 20 years and the festival is a reflection of the illustrious legacy of the department, he observed. Prof GP Pandey also expressed happiness on the occasion saying that Payeng is an asset not just for the North Bajali College lecture prog GUWAHATI, March 30: The Department of Physics of Bajali College has resolved to organise a talk in association with the Physics Academy of North East (PANE) on March 31 at the college premises from 1 pm, a press release received here stated. The talk will be delivered by Dr Debasish Borah, Assistant Professor of IIT-Guwahati on the topic, Discovery of Gravitational Waves - New Window to the Universe. PANE is an umbrella organisation of all leading institutions of the North East for dissemination of Physics knowledge and for promoting research work on physics. Nagaon Police rescues four trafficked girls NAGAON, March 30: In a major success, Nagaon Police rescued four girls who were allegedly forced into prostitution by traffickers in Haryana. We have also arrested a trafficker in this connection, said Nagaon Superintendant of Police Shankar Raimedhi while talking to The Assam Tribune. Raimedhi also said that a police team was rushed to Panipat in Haryana a few days back. All the rescued girls hail from Nagaon district. The arrested trafficker has been identified as one Rinky Kumar. The rescue operation was led by Nagaon Police Sub-Inspector Eyan Sinha who was assisted by Haryana Police. The rescued girls would be produced before the local court tomorrow after which they would be brought to Assam. Rishi Kant of Shakti Vahini, which is working for the victims of human trafficking in the country said, Nagaon Police deserves credit. This is a disturbing trend. It is now being proven that girls from Assam are not only brought for marriage, but for sex trade as well. East, but for the entire country. He has been a symbol of resilience and courage for the past three decades. Forest Man, a popular film on Payeng s journey into turning a barren land into a vibrant forest was screened before the audience. On the other hand, students of the department and also from other universities, including North Eastern Hill University, Cotton University and Manipur University took part in various competitive events with great enthusiasm. Also, members of Assam University Students Union interacted with the students from the visiting varsities and exchanged ideas and suggestions in an interactive session. Ref No.CE/BLD/ELECT/41/2010/6 INVITING FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST The Additional Chief Engineer, P.W.D. Electrical, Assam, Chandmari, Guwahati-3 Invites sealed Expression of Interest from Original Manufacturing Company/Company Authorized dealer/original Equipment manufacturer (OEM) for Supplying, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Passenger Elevator of different capacities at different locations of JANATA BHAWAN and Govt. residential Buildings/apartments. 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10 10 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 NORTH EAST WEATHER NORTHEAST Forecast for NE: Moderate rain/ thundershower is very likely to occur at many places over Arunachal Pradesh; light to moderate rain/thundershower is very likely to occur at a few places over Assam and Meghalaya; light rain/thundershower is very likely to occur at isolated places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. Temperatures : Max ( C) Min ( C) Dibrugarh Tezpur Silchar Dhubri Jorhat N Lakhimpur Shillong Imphal Itanagar Aizawl Agartala Kohima Pasighat Cherrapunjee Former Manipur CM passes away IMPHAL, March 30: Former Manipur Chief Minister RK Dorendro Singh passed away at State-run JN- IMS hospital at 7 pm on Friday, sources said. Dorendro was in the hospital for sometime for undergoing treatment. He is survived by his wife and sons. He was the Chief Minister of Manipur for three stints from December 6, 1974 to May 16, 1977; from January 14, 1980 to November 27, 1980 and from April 8, 1992 to April 11, He was the Speaker of Manipur Assembly in He was also elected to Rajya Sabha from Manipur during September 20, 1988 till March 12, 1990 from Congress. Before retiring from active politics, he had joined BJP for sometime. Correspondent OUGRI 2018 begins at NIT Manipur IMPHAL, March 30: The 6th edition of OUGRI 2018, an annual talent hunt extravaganza of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Manipur was inaugurated at its Langol Campus near here on Thursday. Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh, NIT Manipur Director Dr S Birendra Singh and students attended the inaugural function. Speaking on the occasion, the Deputy CM lauded the efforts made by the organisers to expose talent of the students. In the next three days of the institute s mega event, a number of competitions and musical shows will be organised at the NIT campus. Corespondent Mizoram sent 50 students to Japan for employment: Minister AIZAWL, March 30: Mizoram Government has sent a total of 50 students to Japan under Learn and Earn programme for training and employment in the last two years, a State Minister said. Speaking in the Mizoram Assembly recently, Minister for Labour, Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said that 16 students were sent to Japan in the first batch in December 2015, and were imparted training at Nagasaki and Sasebo. The second batch of students, numbering 34, were sent to Nagasaki in 2016, he said. Of the first batch, four have returned while the rest remained in Japan, he said. The State Government has paid Rs 165 lakh for the first batch and Rs 442 lakh for the second batch. PTI Mizoram Govt, Hmar outfit to sign peace pact on April 2 ZODIN SANGA AIZAWL, March 30: Mizoram Government and Hmar People s Convention-Democratic (HPC-D) are all set to sign a peace agreement on Easter Monday, April 2. This was stated by Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on the last day of the State Assembly budget session on Thursday. This is a follow-up to the terms of agreement signed between Mizoram Government and the low-profile Zosangbera faction of HPC-D. The other faction led by HPC-D founder president Lalhmingthang Sanate refused to talk with the government, sticking to its demands for autonomous district council for the Hmars in Mizoram. HPC (D) is a faction of HPC which had signed a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) with Mizoram Government in Dissatisfied with the peace agreement, some leaders had formed HPC DIMAPUR, March 30: At a time when it is holding talks with the Centre to find a solution to the decades-old Naga problem, the Working Committee (WC) of six Naga national political groups (NNPGs) has taken serious note of defection of members of various Naga groups. It has warned that civil and military authorities of respective political groups would be empowered to identify and deal with unprincipled (D), which later launched an armed struggle for Hmar autonomy in the north and north-eastern parts of Mizoram. A few years back, HPC (D) had split into two factions one led by Zosangbera and the other presided over by Sanate. Sanate was arrested by Assam Police last month on murder charges. It may be mentioned here that the parent organisation, the erstwhile Hmar People s Convention (HPC), was formed in 1986 soon after Mizo National Front led by Laldenga and Indian Government signed the Mizo Accord. Some Hmar leaders felt that the Accord did not address the creation of a greater Mizoram comprising Hmar-inhabited areas in Mizoram, Assam and Manipur. The HPC laid down arms in 1994 following a peace accord signed with Mizoram Government to establish the Sinlung Hills Development Council. Dissatisfied with the accord, a section of the outfit took up arms again a year later and Nagaland, Meghalaya observe Good Friday DIMAPUR, March 30: Christians in Nagaland observed Good Friday today under the theme Christ the atoning sacrifice with hundreds of believers attending services in their respective churches in the State. Parishioners from St Francisde-Sales (SFS) Parish, Kohima held a procession in the morning, remembering the hours when Jesus hung on the cross. For Catholics, Good Friday is also a day of fast and abstinence. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. On the occasion of Good Friday let us spread love AGARTALA, March 30: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Friday declared to provide one lakh LPG connections to poor women under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) by next 100 days. Currently, of the total families only 53 per cent have LPG connections in the State. I have already requested Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) authority to provide one LPG connection to poor women under the Prime Minister s special initiative PMUY by next 100 days, he said shortly before flagging off an awareness campaign of the scheme here. and forgiveness. Have a Blessed #GoodFriday, Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio tweeted. Leader of Opposition in Nagaland House TR Zeliang appealed to learn to live our lives in the best way that our Almighty God wants of us while reflecting and remembering the love of Christ for all mankind. The former Chief Minister wished that this Good Friday bring about better change in our Naga society in particular and the world in general. Shillong Staff Correspondent adds: Good Friday was also observed in Meghalaya today by the Christians here to commemorate the formed the HPC (D). Besides more autonomy to Sinlung Hills District Council, HPC-D demands proper rehabilitation package for its cadres after they give up arms. Newmai News adds: The HPC-D which has been pressing for an autonomous district council in Mizoram decided to end over two decades of hostilities with the government by agreeing to settle for a watereddown version of local self-governance in the form of Sinlung Hills Council. The CM said that the rebels had earlier laid down some arms at Sesawng. However, in that event, not a single sophisticated weapons were included. Some were as rudimentary as pipe guns. This time both sides seriously worked for peace and everything has been worked out. Mizoram government will be represented by the Chief Secretary, he added. According to sources, the arms laying down ceremony will be held on April 12 at Sesawng, about 39 km from Aizawl. Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh inaugurating OUGRI 2018, an annual event of National Institute of Technology Manipur, in Imphal on Thursday. Photo: Correspondent Khandu opens new Cabinet hall at Arunachal Civil Secretariat ITANAGAR, March 30: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated the new-look Cabinet hall in the State Civil Secretariat here today in presence of his Ministerial colleagues including his Deputy Chowna Mein and Chief Secretary Satya Gopal. The new hall is completely automated, which is controlled using touch on an ipad interface that makes the system come to life, lights dim, audio on and projector on. It is also equipped with nine video screens. Each sitting arrangement has the facility of individual ipad with keypads and table top mike so that it provides no hindrance to the user. The hall is equipped with oval shaped seating arrangement for making it more interactive, according to an official communiqué here. Earlier, the Chief Minister launched the on-boarding of scholarship schemes of Government of Arunachal Pradesh onto the National Scholarship Portal (NSP), which is first in the country customised exclusively for Arunachal. He congratulated the IT department for the initiative, Naga political group members warned against defection suffering, crucifixion and death of Lord Jesus Christ. The Christians of the State belonging to Catholic denomination are observing Good Friday, as a day of penance, fasting and prayer. On this occasion, the Catholic Church is holding special services. Catholic Church of Shillong Archdiocese yesterday observed the Holy Thursday which marked the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with his apostles prior to his betrayal, trial and crucifixion. Meanwhile, other Christian denominations observed Good Friday with special prayer services and sermons. Tripura CM promises 1 lakh free gas connections to women Prime Minister Narendra Modi had introduced the scheme for millions of poor women after realising the trouble being faced by his mother. It was the Prime Minister who had pushed the project in the entire nation to ease the problems of women especially poor rural womanfolk, he said. The Chief Minister flayed the erstwhile Left Front Government for delay in launching PMUY. The scheme was launched in 2016 while it was implemented in Tripura on September 1, Why the then Left Government has delayed the implementation? It should have been kickstarted much earlier, he said. Recalling his recent Delhi visit, Deb said he had met Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and urged him to let poor women to get PMUY free of cost considering the socio-economic condition of the State. He had readily agreed to my demand and it will have a positive impact on the life of poor women living in rural areas, he said. A total of 50 vehicles have been pressed into service to create awareness of PMUY. Food and Civil Supplies Minister Manoj Kanti Deb, Revenue Minister NC Debbarma and CGM of IOC Uttiya Bhattacharyya were present in the flagging off programme. Meghalaya cop arrested for firing in public JORABAT, March 30: Four persons were arrested by Sonapur police this afternoon in connection with an open firing in Morogdola area of Sonapur. Sources said, an officer Sanjeev R Marak of Special Force- 10 of Meghalaya Police and three others Terang Amver, Tengsan Sangma and Fiu Marak were caught by the public and handed over to Sonapur police for firing one round in public. The reason of the firing is not yet known. A 9mm pistol and 10 rounds of live bullets were recovered from their possession and an auto-ricksaw (ML 10B 0813) was also seized by police. ANN Service RGU signs pact with NIRDPR ITANAGAR, March 30: Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) and National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) have inked a pact to promote mutual cooperation in educational and research activities, a press release said. The pact would also look at establishing a framework for programmes of exchange and collaboration in areas of rural development, tourism and other areas of common interest. The pact was signed on Wednesday at the two-day national seminar on Role of CBOs and NGOs in emerging rural transformation scenario. RGU Registrar Prof Tomo Riba signed the MoU on behalf of the Central varsity while NIRDPR director Prof RM Pant was the signatory for the institute. PTI members before they disturb, destabilise and destroy the unity and integrity of Naga political groups and derail the ongoing political dialogue with Government of India. The committee also asked the defectors within the six NNPGs to rejoin the parent organisations at the earliest. Holding an emergency meeting in Delhi to discuss the issue on Friday, the WC appealed to these restless and unsettled national workers to recommit and rededicate themselves to whichever Naga political group they were affiliated and owed allegiance to, according to a release issued by WC convener N Kitovi Zhimom, and four co-conveners, Wangtin Naga, Zhopra Vero, Kiumukum and Z Hozheto Chophy. The six NNPGs comprising GPRN/NSCN, FGN, NNC (parent body), NPGN/NNC (NA), NSCN (R) and NNC/GDRN (NA) came together by forming an interim platform christened Working Group on December 13, 2016 and agreed to DIMAPUR, March 30: Opposition Naga People s Front (NPF) has accused ruling People s Democratic Alliance (PDA) Government led by Chief Minister Nephiu Rio in Nagaland of diverting funds earmarked for projects most of which have been completed while others are nearing completion. In a statement on Thursday, the NPF Central Headquarters termed the PDA Government s announcement to bring funds from Centre to develop the State as hollow and devoid of any basis. To substantiate its point, the opposition party said going by the government s decision taken on March 14, funds sanctioned by the earlier government for maintenance and repair of roads in various parts Cyclonic storm, heavy rain batter Itanagar ITANAGAR, March 30: A severe cyclonic storm with heavy rain lashed Itanagar last evening, causing heavy damage to both private and public properties, including power lines, by felling trees that led to power outage in the State capital. The intensity of the storm was so strong that it blew away CGI sheets from several houses, downed the power lines and caused road blockade at several locations due to felling of big trees. However, the roads were cleared by the local administration as well as locals. There was, however, no report of any human casualty. Following the storm, Itana- work together in the interest of the Naga people. The NSCN (IM) and NSCN (K) are not part of the group. The NSCN (IM) and NNPGs are holding separate talks with Government of India to hammer out a solution to the Indo-Naga political problem. NSCN (IM) had signed a framework agreement with Centre on August 3, Both Centre and NSCN (IM) claim they are inching towards a final solution to the Naga issue. The WC of NNPGs said it signed of the State have been redirected at the whims and fancies of the Chief Minister to benefit his areas and cronies. The NPF said it is in no way against any developmental activity anywhere in the State and wholeheartedly welcomes the PDA Government s decision to develop areas where the Chief Minister has his interests. But it is most distressing that instead of bringing additional funds from Centre, the State Government of the day has stooped so low as to divert funds earmarked for projects most of which have been completed and others nearing completion, the statement alleged. It added that diversion of funds already sanctioned and approved by the department and duly cleared by the departments of Planning and Finance for projects in various districts and concentration of gar Capital Complex Deputy Commissioner Prince Dhawan has directed all concerned to restore the broken power lines, clear the road blocks and asked the officers concerned to verify the actual damage and submit report to his office. Meanwhile, the DC has urged the denizens of Capital Complex to be prepared for any kind of disaster in view of the approaching monsoon season. He also warned the city dwellers to refrain from illegal earthcutting and said, if anyone is found carrying out the same, legal action would be taken against them. He also asked the people residing nearby riversides and landslide prone areas to move to safer places. joint declarations on May 13, September 19, and October 6, 2017 and reaffirmed the same in January this year upholding the principle of reconciliation and unity in letter and spirit so as not to entertain any defection among the NNPGs. It added it knew well that there would be restless, selfish and immature individuals within NNPGs who would seek higher ranks and plump assignments through defection with little regard for the progress and status of the Indo-Naga political dialogue. which will benefit thousands of Arunachali students studying all over India by e-enabling the scholarship process. It s another feather in the cap for the IT department to achieve excellence in digital governance, said the Chief Minister. Major benefit of the NSP exercise has been de-duplication and elimination of multiple scholarships by an individual saving Govt fund to the tune of Rs 3 crore, said the Chief Minister and requested all departments and Govt organisations to adopt IT for transparency, accountability and efficiency. Nagaland Government diverting funds: NPF these funds for projects in one or two districts is totally unjustified, most despicable and in a very bad taste. Maintaining that the earlier government had accorded sanction for development/repair/maintainenance of 17 road projects in the State under Special Road Development Programme amounting to Rs 150 crore, the NPF said much to the chagrin of the public and the contractors, the PDA Government had, on March 14, revised the projects and administrative approval for withdrawal of funds and reissued those for other works. The party demanded the PDA Government, in all fairness, fair play and decency, ensure that contractors of the projects completed and initiated by the earlier DAN Government are paid in full without any delay. BG rail tank wagon facility launched in Tripura AGARTALA, March 30: A new dawn was ushered in Tripura as the State took a major step towards ensuring energy security with the launch of BG Rail Tank Wagon facilities at IOC s Dharmanagar depot in North Tripura district. The facility, inaugurated by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday, has been designed to receive 25 BTPN Wagons, thus ensuring a supply of 1,675 KL of oil. The siding has been built at an investment of Rs 2.5 crore. Inaugurating the facility, the Chief Minister lauded the efforts of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for commissioning the BG siding that would contribute to the development of NE States and Tripura in particular. He recounted how even a small breach in road connectivity during the monsoon would cause panic in the minds of the people of the State and asserted that this new facility brings an end to those fears and long queues. Revenue Minister NC Debbarma, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Manoj Kanti De and Chief General Manager of IOC Uttiya Bhattachryya were present in the programme. Correspondent

11 BUSINESS & ECONOMY SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11 CAPSULE Coal India Coal India Ltd (CIL) is expected to carry out a record offtake of 581 million tonne coal in (April-March) due to improved cooperation between the mining company and Indian Railways, the Ministry of Coal said on Friday. IANS Reliance Capital Reliance Capital said its wholly-owned subsidiary has sold per cent stake in wine producer Sula Vineyards Private Ltd for Rs 256 crore. PTI NTPC unit BHAGALPUR, March 30: Breaking all previous records, the National Thermal Power Corporation s Kahalgaon power plant has generated more than 16,000 million units of power in the current financial year, a top official has said. PTI Cox & Kings Tour and travel firm Cox & Kings today said it has sold additional 3 per cent stake in Prometheon Holdings UK to SSG Capital Management for Rs 110 crore after transaction expense and tax. PTI CEC centre GUWAHATI, March 30: Former Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University Prof Hiralal Duara inaugurated the CEC Gorchuk Centre in the city today. Duara also hailed the initiative of CEC for expanding its footprint in every nook and corner of the North-east. The CEC group has now 175 centres across the region through which it offers affordable courses. Forex reserves rise $1.19 bn MUMBAI, March 30: India s foreign exchange (Forex) reserves increased by $1.19 billion as on March 23, official data showed on Friday. According to the Reserve Bank of India s (RBI) weekly statistical supplement, the overall Forex reserves rose to $ billion from $ billion reported for the week ended March 16. Segment-wise, FCAs the largest component of the Forex reserves increased by $1.13 billion to $ billion during the week under review. Besides the US dollar, FCAs consist of nearly per cent of major global currencies. It also includes investments in US Treasury bonds, bonds of other selected governments and deposits with foreign central and commercial banks. In addition, the country s gold reserves value rose by $52.7 million to $21.61 billion. Similarly, the SDRs value increased. It inched up by $3 million to $1.54 billion, while the country s reserve position with the IMF edged up by $4 million to $2.08 billion. IANS IFC to invest Rs 150 crore IFC, the investment arm of World Bank, will invest Rs 150 crore in the residential housing projects of developer Ashiana Housing. Ashiana Housing Ltd (AHL) and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a part of the World Bank Group, have entered into an agreement to co-invest in upcoming affordable and middle income residential projects including in senior living projects, the realty firm said in a BSE filing. The agreement envisages a total investment of Rs 150 crore on a project to project basis by IFC, representing 40 per cent of the capital required by a project. The remaining 60 per cent of the capital required, Rs 225 crore, will be contributed by AHL, it said. PTI A delegation of TEXPROCIL led by Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Irani during a discussion with Union Minister for Commerce & Industry Suresh Prabhu, in New Delhi on Wednesday. PIB Indian banks credibility at all-time low: Congress BENGALURU, March 30: With several fraud cases worth thousands of crores of rupees surfacing in Indian banks, the banking sector gone into a deep crisis with credibility at all- time low due to failure of regulatory oversight, Congress said on Friday. Unimaginable sums of thousands of crores have been looted by select few by faking letters of undertaking (LoUs), not paying loans and fraudulent means under a complicit banking system, party spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala told media persons here. About Rs 61,000 crore were swindled through the 11 banking fraud cases that were uncovered over the past few SEBI looking into ICICI Bank matter With ICICI Bank embroiled in a controversy over alleged conflict of interest involving its CEO Chanda Kochhar, market regulator SEBI has begun looking into the matter for any possible disclosure and corporate governance-related lapses. Besides, Videocon Industries and its promoters have come under the regulator s scanner as the matter relates to alleged quid pro quo involving loans to the company by a group of lenders, including ICICI Bank and some public sector banks. The markets watchdog has begun a preliminary enquiry into various disclosures made by the top private sector bank over the last few years while the stock exchanges may seek additional clarifications regarding recent reports in this re- gard that relate to dealings that took place way back in 2012, a senior official said. ICICI Bank is India s fourth most valued bank with a market capitalisation of about Rs 1.8 lakh crore and its shares are also part of the benchmark stock market index Sensex. ICICI Bank s board has reposed full faith in Kochhar, while sources close to them said that regulatory queries were satisfactorily answered in 2016 as no conflict of interest was found at that time about the loans given to Videocon, that too as part of a consortium. I would like to clearly state that we always satisfactorily reply to questions of regulators, ICICI Bank Chairman M K Sharma said on Thursday but did not specifically name any regulator. PTI India s realty sector on recovery path RAJKOT, March 30: The Indian real estate market is on a recovery path and is witnessing investments by HNIs with further improvement in the sector likely in 2020, said a report by IKON Marketing Consultants. The key sector, which has been sluggish in the last few years, will get a boost in 2020, while demand will grow in the luxury segment after 2020, it said. The Indian real estate market, which was at its lowest level in the past four to five years, has witnessed a recovery in 2018 with more transparency and greater consolidation, said the report released today. The report is based on a pan-india study conducted by the Ahmedabad-based marketing consulting firm. The study revealed HNIs (High Networth Individuals) have already started investing in the realty sector at current prices, expecting returns of 20 per cent to 30 per cent within the next two years. More foreign investments are likely due to the government s decision to allow 100 per cent FDI (foreign direct investment) in the sector, the report said. However, the residential sector can become more about space than size going forward, the firm said. Home buyers in leading 10 cities like Ahmedabad, Surat, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Patna, Vijaywada, Kanpur and Jamshedpur are now looking for more livable space than overall area, it said. In the commercial and hospitality segments, no major changes can be expected in the near future, but demand may pick up gradually for ready to move properties from The report said tough sectoral reforms such as demonetisation, RERA (Real Estate Regulatory Authority) and GST have already been factored in and the market will see their positive impact in the coming years. Azaz Motiwala, founder and CMD, IKON Marketing, said, 2020 will be the year of boom for the real estate market in India and (the trend) it is likely to stay for the next three to four years. FDI flow and demand from actual buyers may increase at the beginning of the coming decade. Today, buyers have become very choosy and real estate companies will have to change their approach to attract them, Motiwala added. PTI months, he said. India s banking sector is in deep crisis due to the undermining of integrity of regulatory institutions and the failure of regulatory oversight. Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being on an indefinite vow of silence, Surjewala said under his direct watch, the duping, loot, cheating and swindling of banks were taking place. People s money was allowed to be brazenly looted by the likes of (liquor baron) Vijay Mallya, (former Indian Premier League Chairman) Lalit Modi and (Punjab National Bank fraud accused diamantaire) Nirav Modi, who were all allowed to flee the country, the Congress leader said. As a result of the scams, the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of the banking sector in the country have tripled, he alleged, adding that there is not any bank in the country that is unaffected by the scams. Attacking the Modi government, he said it has been in deep slumber and has also refused to acknowledge publicly the looting and duping of common man s money by Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi through Ponzi gold schemes. Even as the frauds were piling up, the PM and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley were maintaining their deafening silence, Surjewala added. IANS Toyota, Suzuki tie-up for supply of hybrid vehicles in India MUMBAI, March 30 : Toyota Motor Corporation said that it has concluded a basic agreement with Suzuki Motor Corporation towards the mutual supply of hybrid and other vehicles between the two companies for the Indian market. Specifically, Suzuki will supply the Baleno and Vitara Brezza vehicle models to Toyota, while Toyota will supply the Corolla vehicle model to Suzuki, the company said in a statement. Details on each model, such as the schedule of the start of supply, number of supplied units, vehicle specifica- tions, and supply pricing, will be considered at a later stage. According to the statement, the vehicles will be sold by respective subsidiaries of Toyota and Suzuki based in India through their sales networks. By challenging and competing with each other with the Indian Council of Philosophical Research Darshan Bhawan, 36 Tughlakabad Institutional Area M. B. Road, New Delhi Applications are invited for ICPR Fellowship The Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) invites online application for Fellowships from eligible scholars for Research in Philosophy or its allied disciplines for the fellowships for the Batch / Year Details of the fellowship, eligibility criteria, instructions, and online application procedure, etc., may be seen on Last date of receiving application is one month from the date of publication of this advt., in the Employment News. Applicants are required to submit online fees Rs. 500 in the case of General/OBC category whereas SC/ST category candidates are required to pay the fee of Rs. 200 only. The Council reserves the right to consider award of fellowship even if one has not applied for the same. davp 21202/11/0011/1718 All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal (An Autonomous Body under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India) Saket Nagar, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) Advt.No. AIIMS BPL/Rectt. Cell/Gr. B/Non- Faculty/ 2018 /03 Dated: 17/03/2018 AlIMS Bhopal invites applications from eligible candidates to fill 44 Group B Non-Faculty posts on direct recruitment basis. Last date for applying online application would be 30 days from the date of publication of said adver tisement in Employment News/Rojgar Samachar. Detailed information regarding eligibility and online application shall be only available at website of AlIMS Bhopal Sd/- Deputy Director (Admin.) davp 17170/11/0040/1718 AIIMS Bhopal GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE 41 VEHICLE COMPANY, C/O 99 APO RECRUITMENT NOTICE FOR THE POST OF FIREMAN 1. Applications are invited from Male candidates of Indian Nationality by 41 Vehicle Company PIN , C/o 99 APO for the following posts of Gp C. Designation of No of Total Pay Scale Post vacancies UR FIREMAN Rs 19,900/- in level-2 (19,900-63,200) plus other allowances as admissible to Central Government Employees. 2. The last date of receipt of application is 21 days from the date of publication of the advertisement in the Employment News Paper. 3. Detailed Eligibility Criteria and application form is available at Indian Army Website ( and National Career Service (NCS) Website ( Portal of Ministry of Labour and Employment. 4. Application NOT conforming to the format given in the website will NOT be accepted. Unit : 41 Veh Coy Sd/- (Rishi Sharma) Station : C/o 99 APO Lt. Col. Dated : 14 Mar 2018 Officer Commanding davp 10202/11/0085/1718 India to reap benefits of reforms in next two years: Kant India will reap benefits of the structural and institutional reforms in the next couple of years and the clearance for amendments to the new Medical Council Bill will create a large number of jobs, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said. The government has taken huge amount of structural reforms such as the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Kant said. We have pushed for a lot of institutional reforms like yesterday the Cabinet passed a new Medical Council Bill. I believe this is going to create a large number of jobs in education and health, he said. The results of these institutional and structural reforms will be seen in the next couple of years, he said, adding that the government has an agenda for a big push for this kind of changes in the economy. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had approved amendments to the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, including removing of the contentious provision of bridge course, which would have allowed practitioners of alternative medicines to pursue allopathy. It also approved that the final MBBS examination will be held as a common exam throughout the country and will serve as an exit test to be called the National Exit Test (NEXT). PTI goal of mutual improvement, Toyota and Suzuki aim to invigorate the Indian automotive market to further enhance their respective products and services to be offered to customers, the statement said. Since February 6, 2017, when Toyota and Suzuki concluded a memorandum for this business partnership, the two companies have been exploring concrete projects for collaboration in areas, including environmental technology, safety technology, information technology, and the mutual supply of products and components. IANS Private entry into coal mining an opportunity: CIL KOLKATA, March 30: Coal India Limited (CIL), the single largest producer in the world enjoying a monopolistic status, today said the recent government announcement of opening up of the coal mining sector to private players was an opportunity and not a threat. This was not the first time that the coal sector was being thrown open to the private sector, as 200 captive blocks were offered earlier to them but the exercise had been a failure, the PSU said. We see the opening up of the coal mining sector as a challenge and an opportunity for CIL which had been always sneered at for being a monopoly. It is not a threat for CIL, its CMD Gopal Singh said here today. He said the CIL had been selling the cheapest coal in the world if prices of ex-mine (for the PSU) and ex-port (for imports) were compared. The prices are 42 per cent to 64 per cent lower for various grades of coal for CIL, Singh said. To retain its market leadership status, the priority of the CIL would be to sell coal at a lower price than the private players which could be only attained by increasing productivity and efficiency which would lead to falling cost of production, he said. Also there was ample scope for controlling expenditure, he said. The various labour unions opposed the government decision saying the move would gradually ruin Coal India as private players would not do mining ethically. PTI IOC to buy 4% stake in LanzaTech State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) today said it will buy a 4 per cent stake in biobased gas fermentation technology firm LanzaTech New Zealand for USD 20 million. Besides approving the stake buying, the board of the company also approved projects worth Rs 7,871 crore. The Board has approved acquisition of minority stake (4 per cent) in the LanzaTech New Zealand Ltd amounting to USD 20 million through its wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore, IOC Singapore Pte Ltd, the company said in a regulatory filing. Registered in New Zealand LanzaTech is a global leader in bio-based gas fermentation technology and provides novel and economic technologies for production of ethanol and oth- Eyeing the growth-driven Cloud, Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G markets, Shenzhenbased Huawei on Friday reported a net profit of 47.5 billion yuan ($7.3 billion) for 2017, an increase of 28.1 per cent year-on-year, and registered revenue of billion yuan ($92.5 billion) a rise of 15.7 per cent over In 2017, Huawei s annual investment in research and development reached 89.7 billion yuan ($13.8 billion), up 17.4 per cent compared with The company s total R&D er value chemicals from industrial off-gases of steel mills and petroleum refineries. Among the projects approved included a Rs 3,380 crore project to produce Euro-VI grade petrol and diesel at IOC s Gujarat refinery at an estimated cost of Rs 3,380 crore. It also approved raising capacity of Kandla LPG import terminal in Gujarat from 0.6 million tonnes per annum to 2.5 million tonnes at a cost of Rs 588 crore. The augmentation would help in bridging the gap in supply-demand of LPG in northern and western India, it said. Also, a crude oil pipeline from Haldia in West Bengal to Barauni in Bihar would be laid at Rs 3,217 crore. The project would enable to meet the increased crude oil requirement of Barauni refinery, IOC said. PTI Huawei s profit up spend over the past decade has exceeded 394 billion yuan ($60.4 billion). We are on a new journey. Over the next 10 years, Huawei will continue to increase investment in technological innovation, investing more than $10 billion back into R&D every year, Ken Hu, Huawei s Rotating Chairman, said in a statement. We will actively pursue open collaboration, attract and cultivate top talent, and step up efforts in exploratory research. We want to better enable all industries to go digital and intelligent, Hu added. IANS

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13 SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 13 LEISURE & LIFESTYLE Love it or loathe it, knuckle cracking is very common. It has puzzled scientists for over 100 years but now they appear to have cracked it: what, exactly, is it that causes that wince-inducing sound when you pop your knuckles? Cracked it! Experts have found an answer to the knuckle-popping puzzle Earlier studies have established that not all joints can be cracked, and that for that those that can the act can t be repeated for another 20 minutes. But the source of the sound remained a mystery. And popping, it turns out, is exactly what it is, researchers said on Thursday after finding that the distinctive cracking sound was caused by the collapse of microscopic bubbles of joint fluid in the hand. Using a mathematical model alongside a geometrical representation of the joint, experts from Paris Ecole Polytechnique and Stanford University in the United States simulated the events leading up to the crack. The sound that is generated when one cracks his or her knuckles is due to the partial collapse of a cavitation bubble that s in the fluid in the joint, explained Abdul Barakat, a professor at the Ecole Polytechnique. It could be multiple bubbles, but we showed that the collapse of a single bubble is Know your DAY By JACQUELINE BIGAR HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, March 31, 2018: This year you could witness a new beginning in at least one area of your life. Your job or career will demand attention. You might feel a need to spend more time with your parents and/or loved ones. You value these people more the older you get. If you are single, you will meet someone in the second half of the year who could be significant to your life. If you are attached, the two of you might get along even better than usual. You understand where your sweetie comes from. Your interest in LIBRA grows, partially because he or she presents a different point of view from yours. 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) Many of you get a kick out of April Fools Day; however, there might be too much uproar happening now for you to focus on it. Your temper could flare, which will encourage someone you love to back off. Relax with this Full Moon, as it could be wacky. Tonight: Out and about. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Venus, your ruling planet, moves into your sign, which makes you more attractive and desirable. The amount of conflict around you could be disparaging, but not serious. You will be able to clear up a misunderstanding soon enough. Tonight: Let bygones be bygones. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Mischief suits you fine, but be careful about getting caught in the crossfire of an argument between friends. Lie low for now, and look for the positive energy around the issue at hand. You could be more upset about a problem than you realize. Tonight: Let off some steam. 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ALGERNON SIDNEY sufficient to give you the signature sound you get, he said. Although experts had initially linked the sound to the collapse of knuckle bubbles back in 1971, their findings were thrown into question after further studies showed there were still bubbles left in the fluid after the knuckles had been cracked. But the mathematical model appears to resolve this apparent contradiction by showing the sound can be produced by partial collapse, the researchers said. Earlier studies using ultrasound had reached a similar conclusion linking the sound to changes in pressure in the joint fluid. A 2015 paper had suggested it was actually the formation of a bubble rather than its collapse which caused the distinctive crack. We wanted to look at it mathematically because all the previous work was based on observation or imaging, so we tried to build a mathematical model that described the physical phenomena that governed this, Barakat said. We showed that the collapse gave you the right signature sound. Although it may not settle the debate once and for all, the research is sure to trigger a spontaneous bout of knuckle-popping. After publishing this paper, my daughter tried it out and now she cracks her knuckles, said Barakat, himself a knuckle-cracker. So far, knuckle-cracking has not been shown to be beneficial or harmful. Contrary to popular belief, medics say it does not cause arthritis. 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14 14 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI Sushma calls on Japanese PM TOKYO, March 30: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe here today on the third and concluding day of her visit to the country. According to External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, Swaraj conveyed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi s greetings to Abe. PM Abe said that IndiaJapan traditional friendship is characterised by heart-toheart bonds and blessed with a huge potential for growth, Kumar tweeted. On Thursday, Sushma Swaraj and Japa- nese Foreign Minister Taro Kono co-chaired the Ninth India-Japan Strategic Dialogue after which the two sides called for a peaceful, stable, free and prosperous IndoPacific region. Addressing the media, the Indian minister said that the Strategic Dialogue has laid a sound foundation for the annual bilateral summit between Modi and Abe to be held later this year. Following her meeting with Abe on Friday, Sushma Swaraj departed for India. This was her first visit to Japan as the External Affairs Minister. IANS 3 killed in Afghan suicide attack KABUL, March 30: An Afghan provincial council member, along with a local pro-government leader and an attacker, was killed when the latter blew himself up in the country s Kunar province today, a government spokesman said. The explosion occurred in the afternoon after the arrival of Shah Wali Hemat, a provincial council member, to attend a local funeral ceremony, government spokesman Ghani Musamim told Xinhua news agency. A local tribesman named Abdul Rahman also died on the spot. A security guard was injured in the explosion, the latest targeted attack against government officials and local leaders. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. IANS INTERNATIONAL Russia decides to expel 60 US diplomats in tit-for-tat move SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 Pope Francis washes the feet of inmates during his visit to the Regina Coeli detention centre in Rome on Thursday. His visit to a prison on Holy Thursday stresses a pre-easter ritual that a Pope must serve the society s marginalised and give them hope. AP/PTI MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, March 30: Russia has decided to expel 60 US diplomats and close the American Consulate in St Petersburg in retaliation to a similar move by Washington against Moscow over the former spy poisoning incident in Britain, media reports said. The 60 diplomats 58 from the US Mission in Moscow and two from Yekaterinburg were declared persona non grata for activities incompatible with diplomatic status, Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Thursday. The diplomats have been ordered to leave the country by April 5. US Ambassador Jon Huntsman had been summoned to the Foreign Ministry, Lavrov said. More than 20 nations, including major European Union economies and most NATO states, have backed Britain by together expelling more than 100 Russian diplomats. On Monday, the US expelled 60 Russian diplomats and also shut down the consulate in Seattle. Russia had already been engaged in a tit-for-tat with Britain, with both countries expelling 23 diplomats each, and Moscow closing some British institutions in the country. Russia has firmly denied responsibility for the poisoning and President Vladimir Putin has dismissed accusations his country was involved as delirium. Lavrov echoed those sentiments on Thursday and slammed the global expulsions of Russian diplomats as absolutely unacceptable, warning that Russia would retaliate. He said those countries had been put under the greatest pressure of the US and the Great Britain. IANS Decision regrettable: US WASHINGTON, March 30: The United States on Thursday described Russia s decision to expel 60 US diplomats, over the White House s response to the former spy poisoning incident in Britain, as regrettable. It appears that Russia has chosen a regrettable, unwarranted action to respond to our entirely justified action, said State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert during a press conference in Washington, Efe reported. According to Nauert, there was no justification for the Kremlin s response, as the US move was motivated by Russia itself, which is the one who carried out an irresponsible attack with a chemical weapon on its former spy, Sergei Skripal. Russia should not be acting like a victim, Nauert said, adding the only victims in this situation are the two victims in the hospital in the UK right now. In the assassination attempt, which took place on March 5 in a park in Salisbury, southern England, former spy Skripal, his daughter and a policeman who was involved in locating the source of the poison were affected. IANS Facebook users data still out in the wild: Report LONDON, March 30: Despite British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica s claim that it has deleted data of over 50 million Facebook users, portions of the data are still out in the wild, the media reported. According to a report in the UK s Channel 4 News, the cache of campaign data from a Cambridge Analytica source details 136,000 individuals in the US state of Colorado, along with each person s personality and psychological profile. The data, which dates from 2014, was used by Cambridge Analytica to target specific messages at residents who would be most susceptible to them, the report said. Cambridge Analytica had earlier claimed that it has erased the data from the public domain. 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15 SPORTS SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 15 Bairstow guides England to safety CHRISTCHURCH, March 30: Jonny Bairstow was in sight of his fifth Test century after a late run spree with Mark Wood lifted England to 290 for eight at stumps on day one of the second Test here today. England had been in trouble at 164 for seven before Bairstow (not out 97) and Wood (52) put on 95 for the eighth wicket. Tim Southee and Trent Boult did all the damage for New Zealand with Southee taking five for 60, his seventh five-wicket haul while Trent Boult had three for 79 after New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first. England were in danger of not reaching 200 until Wood joined Bairstow and the pair put on 95 for the eighth wicket before Wood fell to Southee for 52, his maiden Test half century. After being comprehensively beaten in the first Test, England strengthened their batting line up for Christchurch with the addition of James Vince while Wood and Jack Leach came in for bowlers Chris Woakes, Craig Overton and Moeen Ali. But apart from Wood and Bairstow there was little to enthuse about with the England batting as Boult and Southee swung and seamed the ball with precision. Bairstow s 97 off 154 balls included partnerships of 56 with Ben Stokes, 13 with Stuart Broad, the sparkling 95 with Wood and 41 with Jack Leach who was not out on 10 at the end of the day. On 58, Bairstow suffered a fearful blow to the side of the head from Colin de Grandhomme which knocked his helmet from his head but did nothing to slow his run flow. Boult and Southee took their wickets in clumps starting with Alastair Cook (two) and James Vince (18) to have England at two for 38. When play resumed after lunch they accounted for Joe Root (37), Dawid Malan (duck) and Mark Stoneman (35) in a nine-ball burst. Following the tea break, Stokes went for 25 and Broad for five before the Bairstow and Wood partnership. SCORECARD England 1st innings: A Cook b Boult 2, M Stoneman c Latham b Southee 35, J Vince lbw Southee 18, J Root b Southee 37, D Malan lbw Boult 0, B Stokes c Watling b Boult 25, J Bairstow not out 97, S Broad c Sodhi b Southee 5, M Wood b Southee 52, M Leach not out 10. Extras: (b2, lb5, w1, nb1) 9. Total: (For 8 wickets, 90 overs) 290. Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-38, 3-93, 4-94, 5-94, 6-151, 7-164, Bowling: Boult , Southee , de Grandhomme , Wagner , Sodhi AFP England s Jonny Bairstow plays a straight drive during the first day of the 2nd Test against New Zealand at Christchurch, on Friday. Ostapenko ends Collins fairytale run MIAMI, March 30: The Miami Open women s final will witness two reigning Grand Slam champions after Sloane Stephens and Jelena Ostapenko won their respective semifinals in Florida on Thursday. US Open champion Stephens again ended former world number one Victoria Azarenka s hopes of a fairytale comeback by beating her 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 in an afternoon encounter. French Open champion Ostapenko got the better of unseeded American Danielle Collins in the nightcap, staving off a set point en route to a 7-6 (1), 6-3 triumph. American 13th seed Stephens has five career titles, while sixth seed Ostapenko has two heading into Saturday s final. I m feeling amazing now, said Latvian Ostapenko, who wore down Collins with a series of powerful groundstrokes. She hit 33 winners and ended the match in style with a running forehand winner down the line. The unheralded Collins, 24, who stunned Venus Williams in the quarterfinals, once again showed her talent and poise for the big occasion as she gave the Latvian a serious test. A break for 6-5 in the first set gave her the chance to serve it out but it wasn t taken allowing Ostapenko to force a tie-break which she dominated 7-1. I was fine until the end, Ostapenko said. I was just trying to play my game and I m really happy with the way I finished. Ostapenko was delighted to reach her first WTA premier mandatory final and just like Stephens, she is yet to win one having lost in the semi s in Beijing last year. She said she had been working this year on her mental approach. Agencies England face dominant Australia in women s tri-series MUMBAI, March 30: Entering the final on the back of some dominating performances, Australia will fancy their chances when they take on England in the title clash of the women s T20 tri-series here tomorrow. The task gets even more difficult for England as they are coming off back-to-back reverses. England had started their campaign with two successive wins, which also included the highest chase in T20 internationals against India, but their batters have miserably failed in the previous two matches. England were outclassed by both Australia and India in their last two league games. Their players need to erase those memories as they get ready to take the field tomorrow. If England are to do well in batting, then their in-form opener Danielle Wyatt will have to again score heavily. But she will also need support from other batters like Natalie Sciver, Tamsim Beaumont and skipper Heather Knight on a track where the ball is expected to come nicely on to the bat. Sciver and Beaumont have been among the runs and they will have to see that they don t play reckless shots and throw their wickets away. Others such as Amy Jones, Peaty lines up for Gold Coast gold GOLD COAST, March 30: England s powerhouse Adam Peaty will expect to extend his winning streak and could even test his breaststroke world records when he stars alongside a strong Australian team at the Commonwealth Games. Peaty, 23, the Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth champion, headlines the swimming programme in the outdoor Southport Aquatic Centre, where he will put his near four-year unbeaten record on the line. The 50m and 100m breaststroke world record-holder will be the hot favourite to add to the two gold medals he won in Glasgow four years ago in his first major success. Peaty will also be attempting to become the first to go under the 57-second mark in the 100m after shattering his own world record with too, need to chip in and her role will also be crucial. Yesterday, the English batters struggled to play against the Indian spinners and they will have to be cautious in their approach against the Australian tweakers, especially Jess Jonassen. On the bowling front, leftarm pacer Katie George, Tash Farrant and the experienced Jenny Gunn will have to keep the Australian batters at bay. On the other hand, most of the Aussie batswomen Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy, skipper Meg Lanning, Ellyse Villani, Ellyse Perry have been among the runs and if they fire in unison they can dismantle any bowling attack. Lanning, who struggled earlier, got some runs under her belt against England in their league game, and would like to continue from where she had left. TEAMS England: Heather Knight (C), Tamsin Beaumont, Kate Cross, Alice Davidson-Richards, Sophie Ecclestone, Tash Farrant, Katie George, Jenny Gunn, Alex Hartley, Daniellie Hazell, Amy Jones, Anya Shrubsole, Natlie Sciver, Fran Wilson, Danni Wyatt. Australia: Meg Lanning (C), Rachael Haynes, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Naomi Stalenberg, Elyse Villani, Amanda- Jade Wellington. Match starts at 10 AM. PTI 57.13sec in winning Olympic gold at Rio two years ago. Hopefully I will get near my world records but I won t be at a loss if I don t because the Europeans (championships) are around the corner as well, he said. This will hopefully be my fourth year undefeated so it is something to celebrate, added Peaty, who was last beaten before the 2014 Games. I am looking forward to the competition and seeing who is popping out there. But at the same time it is a bit of fun. While eyes will be on Peaty s performances, the Australians are looking to continue their dominance in the pool at their home Commonwealth Games. The Australians have topped the swimming medals table at every Games since they lost to hosts Canada at Edmonton in 1978, and are primed to continue All eyes on Ibrahimovic as Los Angeles prepares for derby Zlatan Ibrahimovic is greeted by fans after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport to begin his new contract with local club LA Galaxy in Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES, March 30: Los Angeles Galaxy fans could get their first glimpse of Zlatan Ibrahimovic tomorrow as the Major League Soccer side gears up for a city derby with expansion team Los Angeles FC. Tomorrow s clash dubbed El Trafico in a nod to the California metropolis s eternally gridlocked streets has been given an added edge by the Galaxy s capture of Ibrahimovic. The 36-year-old Swedish striker s move to MLS from that run at Gold Coast. Australia will be spearheaded by Rio Olympic champions Kyle Chalmers and Mack Horton, along with rejuvenated former world champion Cate Campbell. Chalmers, who missed last year s world championships in Budapest to have surgery to correct a heart problem, claimed the 100m-200m freestyle double at this month s selection trials in the Games pool. He won the 100m final in secs his fastest time since Rio, where he swam secs to win gold while he also swam a personal best to claim the 200m national title. It was the fastest I ve been since the Olympics so now it s get prepared for the Games and fingers crossed I can go a bit faster, Chalmers said. Campbell, who took a year off swimming last year after a disappointing Rio Olympics, set a national record in winning the 50m freestyle at the trials, and beat her sister Bronte in the 100m event. It continued her strong form since returning to the pool after crashing out in Rio, where she was the 100m gold medal favourite but faded to sixth in the final. She gets her chance at some redemption with a crack at Canada s reigning Olympic champion Penny Oleksiak in front of her home fans. It s great to go in knowing that you ve been in really good form only a month earlier so it s definitely a good confidence booster, Campbell said. Horton will be aiming for the 400m and 1500m freestyle double at the Gold Coast, and will also try to win back the Commonwealth Games 1500m crown for Australia. AFP Manchester United was confirmed last week, with Ibrahimovic swiftly vowing to reignite the Galaxy s fortunes after they finished bottom of the league last season. Ibrahimovic, who has not played since appearing for United in a 2-2 draw with Burnley in December, was only due to arrive in Los Angeles yesterday, giving him little time to acclimatise to his new surroundings. However the Galaxy have pointedly stated that Ibrahimovic is available for tomorrow s game at the Stubhub Center. Galaxy manager Sigi Schmid hinted that Ibrahimovic may well feature, fuelling the hype about the striker by stating this week that he is not a normal, mortal human. You re talking about Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Schmid said. You re not talking about a normal, mortal human. I m sure he ll tell you the same. He s a competitor. He loves to compete and he loves challenges. If you ask Adam Peaty me is he 90 minutes fit for Saturday, no. But will he play a role in the game? Quite possibly. Ibrahimovic is the latest in a long line of European stars to head to MLS at the tailend of their careers, following in the footsteps of David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Thierry Henry and Frank Lampard. However Ibrahimovic, who is taking a massive pay cut to play in the US, insists he is determined to help the most successful team in MLS history return to their former glory. I decided to sign with Galaxy because I think it s the right place for me, he said on the club s website. I think I have a lot to give, I can help them a lot. It s the best team in the US. There were no doubts. However it remains to be seen what version of the striker, who accumulated 31 winners medals during a glittering career in Europe, will arrive in California. Ibrahimovic has played only seven times since a serious knee injury cut short his Manchester United career. While the broad technical level of MLS is a notch below what Ibrahimovic has been accustomed to, the league remains a physically demanding arena. AFP Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia celebrates after defeating Danielle Collins of the United States in the semifinal match of the Miami Open in Key Biscayne, Florida. Zverev to face Carreno Busta in semis MIAMI, March 30: Fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany overcame a slow start on Thursday to wear down Croatia s Borna Coric 6-4, 6-4 and set up a Miami Open semifinal clash against Pablo Carreno Busta, who earlier defeated Kevin Anderson. After a power failure delayed the start of the match by more than an hour, Zverev faced two break points in the second game but then settled down and took command. One break in each set was enough for the German to clinch his first win in three career attempts against the Croat. Zverev advances to a Friday semifinal against Spanish 16th seed Carreno Busta, who survived a match point to upset South African sixth seed Anderson 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6). The other semifinal pits Originating from Japan, su do ku is a mind game and a puzzle that can be solved with proper reasoning and logic. Fill the grid with digits in such a manner that every row, every column and every 3 x 3 box accommodates the digits 1 to 9 without repeating any. SU DO KU Solution of last problem Argentine fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro against American 14th seed John Isner. Zverev did not use the power failure as an excuse for his slow start. I didn t particularly care, he said, adding that he spent the time watching an NBA game on a locker room television. I think I lost the first six points of the match. It wasn t the best start. I m just happy to get through. Zverev remains on target for his third ATP Masters title after producing a supremely solid display against Coric. Zverev, who enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2017 after winning the Italian Open in Rome and the Canada Masters by beating Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer respectively, is keen for more of the same at Key Biscayne. Agencies

16 16 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SPORTS SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2018 Referee warned about Smith, Warner in 2016: Report Warner Inter district cricket SPORTS REPORTER GUWAHATI, March 30: Guwahati secured a first innings lead against Jorhat while Silchar walked away with three points owing to their first innings lead against Nagaon in their respective matches of the Nuruddin Ahmed Trophy Senior Inter District Cricket Tournament here today. At the ACA Stadium in Barsapara, Guwahati were 133 for four when the stumps were drawn for the end of the first day s play. Earlier, put in to bat, Jorhat were bundled out for 81 in 37.1 overs. In the other match, Silchar secured three points by virtue of their first innings lead. Resuming at an overnight score of 32 for six in reply to Silchar s 269, Nagaon were all out for 46 in 20.1 overs. Forced to follow on, Nagaon were 160 for the loss of seven at the end of the second day s play. Brief scores: Jorhat 1st innings 81/10 (Md Kaif 20, Prabal Borkotoky 20; Chandradeep Das 5/21, Riyan Parag 5/28). Guwahati 1st innings 133/ 4 (Riyan Parag 55 n.o., Rahul Hazarika 23, Gokul Sharma 16 n.o.; Imtaz Hussain 3/66, Dasarath Kumar 1/35). Silchar 1st innings 269/10. Nagaon 1st innings 46/10 (Overnight 32/ 6) (Rahul Singh 5/10, Samik Das 3/10, Sudharshan Sinha 2/12). Nagaon 2nd innings 160/7 (Anupam Hazarika 51, Ashok Kr Saini 46, Arpan Kashyap 20; Rahul Singh 2/25, Arunabha Sarma 2/26, Sudharshan Sinha 2/46). Don Bosco tennis c ship GUWAHATI, March 30: Kaushik Bora, Debabhusan Saikia, Jeet Dutta and Shahir Farhaz stormed into the semifinals of the 2nd Don Bosco All Assam Ranking Inter School and Open Tennis Championship being organised by Don Bosco School, Panbazar at the SAI Complex. The finals will be held tomorrow while the inter-school team championship semifinals were going on at the time of filing this report. Results: (Boys U-18 quarterfinals) Kaushik Bora bt Harsh Adlab Bora 6-1, 6-1; Debabhusan Saikia bt Varun Aditya Kalita 7-6, 6-1; Jeet Dutta bt Siddhant Deka 6-2,6-2; Shahir Farhaz bt Uday Jyoti Das 6-1,6-2. (Boys U- 14 quarterfinals) Varun Aditya Kalita bt Pritam Baruah 4-1, 4-2; Aman Buragohain bt Vedanta Aditya Kalita 4-2, 4-2; Siddhant Deka bt Adhiraj K Bhuyan 4-0, 4-1; Antariksh Tamuli bt Harshad Bora 4-2, 4-1. (Girls U-18 quarterfinals) Justina Borgohain bt Kalpita Rajkhowa 4-0, 3-5, 10-4; Janashree Jumana bt Devicha Dutta 4-0, 4-1; Breshna Khan bt Anuksha Debnath 4-1, 4-1; Shakshi Barooah bt Meghna Bharadwaj 4-2, 4-0. Smith Kerala beat Mizoram, will meet Bengal in final KOLKATA, March 30: Fivetime champions Kerala edged out Mizoram 1-0 in the semifinal to book their berth in the final of the 72nd edition of the national championship for the Santosh Trophy at the Mohun Bagan Ground here on Friday. Kerala will face 32-time winners and hosts Bengal in the summit clash on Sunday. Bengal beat Karnataka in the other semis clash. Substitute Afdal VK netted the winner in the 54th minute thus causing an upset of sorts with Mizoram playing the better football on the day. Kerala, riding the slender victory, reached their first final since the 2012/13 edition. Satheevan Balan made four changes. Goalkeeper Midhun V and striker Sajith Poulose made a comeback alongside Jithin MS and Jithin Gopalan. Mizoram, without coach Lalsangzuala Hmar, who was sent off to the stands in the last game and was serving a one-game suspension, altered their formation to play a IANS SYDNEY, March 30: A match referee warned of disgraced Australian cricketers Steve Smith and David Warner being involved in a ball-tampering incident in the domestic Sheffield Shield in 2016, a media report said today. The report came after Smith and Warner were stripped of the captaincy and vice-captaincy and banned for a year from the sport after being caught up in a plot to alter the condition of the ball during the third Test against South Africa. Daryl Harper said the pair were not engaging in fair play while representing New South Wales in a match against Victoria in November 2016, according to an he sent to Cricket Australia s match referee and umpire selection manager Simon Taufel, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. When David Warner repeatedly bounced his returns in to (NSW wicketkeeper) Peter Nevill on the first day, the umpires appealed to Smith to support their calls for fair play, the former Australian Test umpire reportedly wrote in the . They weren t encouraged by his response. I assisted the umpires on the second morning by suggesting to (NSW coach) Trent Johnston that CA didn t need an issue with the national captain being involved in a ball-tampering incident. Harper, who is Australian, said Smith had complained about the state of the Sydney Cricket Ground pitch after his team lost, and also gave the Woods favoured, but history against Augusta victory AUGUSTA, March 30: Tiger Woods s odds of winning the Masters have shrunk with every birdie of his 2018 comeback campaign, but in reality the 42-year-old superstar faces a daunting task in his bid to add a 15th major title to his resume a decade after his last Grand Slam victory. Since his 2008 US Open triumph at Torrey Pines took his tally of majors titles to 14, injuries and well-publicised personal woes have taken a toll, raising doubts that he would ever surpass Jack Nicklaus s record of 18 major titles. Woods won Masters titles in 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005, but his last top-10 finish at Augusta National was a tie for fourth in Woods says he missed the rush of competing for a Green Jacket as back trouble sidelined him in 2016 and Now playing without pain after spinal fusion surgery in last April, Woods is relishing Woods a return to the storied Georgia course. Just being out there on those greens, hitting putts and being creative, there s no other golf course like it in the world and there s no other golf tournament like it, Woods said. It s a players heaven. Woods won his first Masters title in 1997 in historic style. His 18-under total put him 12 shots ahead of runner-up Tom Kite and made him the youngest player and first African-American to win the Masters. Another dominant win in 2001 gave Woods the Tiger Slam making him the first golfer to hold all four of golf s major titles simultaneously. He successfully defended his Masters title 2002, and in 2005 won in dramatic style his birdie chip at the 16th on Sunday clinging to the lip before dropping to help him force a playoff in which he beat Chris DiMarco. AFP impression that he wasn t happy to be playing the Sheffield Shield match. This was at the same time that the South African captain (Faf du Plessis) was under scrutiny (for ball tampering) and before he had been charged, Harper added. As it transpired, there were no further errant throws for the final three days of the game from either team. Steve s participation in the postmatch meeting was quite limp, and not as I would expect from our national captain. Cricket Australia has announced a review into team culture in the wake of the South Africa balltampering scandal. Smith and Bancroft held emotional press conferences in Australia yesterday after returning from South Africa, while coach Darren Lehmann said he would quit after the fourth and final Test which starts on Friday, despite being cleared of any involvement in the affair. David Warner is due to address the media in Sydney tomorrow. AFP Printed and published by Ganesh Ch. Das on behalf of Assam Tribune Pvt. Ltd. at the Tribune Press, Tribune Buildings, P.O.- Assam Tribune, M.R.D. Road, Chandmari, Guwahati Tel (EPABX), , (News Desk), FAX advt@assamtribune.com; news@assamtribune.com; atribunenews@gmail.com. Editor: Prafulla Govinda Baruah