79 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE NATION

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1 79 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE NATION PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH RN-1127/57 TECH/GH 104/ , VOL. 79, NO. 8, GUWAHATI, SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017, Pages 24 Price Rs N E W S CAPSULE Tripartite talks on Bodo issues GUWAHATI, Jan 7: A tripartite meeting involving the Central and State governments and All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) will be held on January 9 to discuss various demands of the students organisation. The meeting will be chaired by Satyendra Garg, Joint Secretary (North East) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, official sources said. Staff Reporter The Assam Tribune on Internet & Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Costa with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday. UNI India, Portugal sign 7 pacts NEW DELHI, Jan 7: India and Portugal today inked seven pacts to expand bilateral engagement in a wide range of areas including defence and security, IT and renewable energy even as they took a veiled dig at China for blocking New Delhi s move at the UN to list JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. In wide-ranging talks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa, while agreeing to deepen the ties, called for tough global action against terror networks and states harbouring them stressing that there should not be any double standards in combating terrorism. Modi said he and Costa discussed the need for the global community to take strong and urgent action against the rapidly growing and widely spreading threats of violence and terror. PTI Deportation SILCHAR, Jan 7: Following deportation of 10 Bangladeshi nationals in October 2016, preparations are being made to deport through the Karimganj border 17 more Bangladeshi nationals on January 19. They are now detained in Silchar Central Jail. Correspondent Budget Session from Jan 31 NEW DELHI, Jan 7: The Budget Session of Parliament was today convened to start from January 31, a day before the Union Budget is likely to be presented. President Pranab Mukherjee has summoned the Rajya Sabha to meet on January 31, an official notification said. A similar notification is also expected from the Lok Sabha secretariat. While the session will begin with the President s address to the joint sitting of the two Houses, the same day the prebudget economic survey will be tabled. The practice of separate railway budget presentation is being scrapped from this year. The railway estimates will be part of the Union Budget. The announcement comes even as opposition parties have raised objections to the pres- NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Playing the pro-poor card, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said they are the focus of his government and projected demonetisation as a long-term tool to fight black money and corruption to improve their lives. Serving the poor is serving the god, he said in his concluding address at the two-day BJP national executive meeting in which he invoked a Sanskrit shloka to say that he does not covet power, heaven or second life but longs to end the people s sufferings. Modi again pitched for electoral reforms and sought a consensus among political parties, asserting that the BJP will play a lead role in making political funding transparent as demon- entation of the budget on February 1 before Assembly polls in five states on the ground that it will tilt the balance in government s favour because it can woo voters with sops. The opposition parties, including the Congress, TMC, BSP and SP, have petitioned the Election Commission, which has asked the Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha to give the government s response. The Cabinet Secretary has been asked to respond by January 10. Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi has written to the Cabinet Secretary who is likely to consult the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry before framing his response on the government s plans to advance the budget presentation to February 1, sources said. The poll panel had yesterday forwarded a letter of the opposition parties asking the government to postpone the presentation of the budget to at least till March 8, when the last of the votes will be cast for the polls to UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs had recently recommended that the Budget Session will commence on January 31 and the Union Budget will be presented the next day so that the new financial provisions come into force from April 1, the beginning of the new fiscal. (See page 13) BJP national executive concludes Note ban to improve life of poor: Modi STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Jan 7: A senior bureaucrat of the Assam government has found himself in trouble after depositing more than Rs 4 crore in his bank accounts and a detailed probe against him is likely to start soon. Highly placed official sources told The Assam Tribune that a senior Indian Forest Service officer deposited more than Rs 4.20crore in his three bank accounts within a span of three financial years. The fact came to light during routine checking by the Income Tax etisation and digital economy have ushered in a more transparent era. BJP will be at the forefront of pushing transparency in political funding. People have a right to know where our funds are coming from, he said. With opposition parties levelling corruption charges at BJP leadership following the note ban, he asked party leaders to welcome criticism but they should remain unfazed by accusations even as he underlined his humble origins and had lived poverty. Referring to coming Assembly elections in five states, including the crucial Uttar Pradesh polls, Modi expressed confidence that the party will win there. He referred to the Sonowal outlines State s digital push SPL NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi s digitalisation initiative, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that the decision has added to the BJP government s drive against corruption in Assam. Addressing the national executive of the BJP that concluded here this afternoon, Sonowal, who confined himself mostly to the digitalisation and cashless initiatives of the NDA Government, said they are committed to make this vision of Digital India and Opp against budget presentation before polls in 5 states less-cash economy of the Prime Minister a reality in shortest possible time. Referring to his government s experience of handling payments to tea garden labourers, Sonowal said digital payment is a means of economic empowerment of poor people. The demonetisation decision has been welcomed by a vast majority of people of Assam, although like other parts of the country, it was surprise news for them, the Chief Minister said. Assam has around eight lakh organised labourers in (See page 13) Disproportionate asset Probe against IFS officer Department of accounts which recorded high deposits. As the officer did not pay tax for the amount and was much more than his known sources of income, the Income Tax Department has started a probe. During the course of investigations, the officer reportedly claimed that it was his agriculture income. But as his claim was not satisfactory, the matter was referred to the Government of India. On the other hand, income tax assessment of the amount is also on and the officer may have to pay the income tax on (See page 13) impressive Lucknow rally he had addressed a few days ago and his interactions with workers in his constituency Varanasi to make the point. It was the poor and his government s initiative to empower them, which was the central theme of his 50- minute-long speech. The poor of our poor country have accepted this historic decision (demonetisation). They have accepted that it is an effective step to end social ills including corruption... they have welcomed this historic step toward a great change, Modi said, adding that the country has seen society s strength in the last two months. Later, briefing the reporters, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Prime Minister asserted that the poor and poverty are not a tool for winning elections. The BJP does not look at them through votebank glasses, he added. 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2 2 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 ADMISSION OPEN AT KINDERGARDEN PRE SCHOOL (CLASS: PLAY GROUP UP TO KG) WITH PICK DROP VAN FACILITY. JONALI PATH ZOO ROAD. CONTACT: / Edu/P/358/5 CD/Edu/3811/1 ALL TECHNICAL/NON- TECHNICAL CANDIDATES ARE INVITED. JOIN O N T O G E N E S Y S AUTOMATION S TRAINING PROGRAM. GRAB PLACEMENT OPPORTUNI- TIES IN INDUSTRIES. ADMISSION OPEN FOR BOTH , Edu/P/411/8 CD/Edu/3807/1 Biswaanima Coaching Centre : New admission going on SEBA (Course) Class : (VI-X) Contact : , , A.T. Road, Bharalumukh, Guwahati-9. Edu/P/412/2 CD/Edu/P/8087/1 Become Stock/Commodity Analyst, Digital Marketing expert. Bizario Institute of Digital Skills. # Edu/P/29323/8 CD/Edu/3812/1 Intensive Training for Airhostess Interviews by Ex-Airhostess. Contact: SIAT Edu/3800/1 Admission open for Play School & Nursery Creche facility also available above 24 hrs. near K.V. Khanapara # Edu/P/7748/5 CD/Edu/3814/1 CD/Edu/3767/1 CD/Edu/3772/29 Urgently required for a reputed company in Guwahati. Housewife, Retired person, Businessman, can apply. # SV/P/8042/2 Sasa Academy an English Medium Residential High School, Khumulwng, Agartala looking for B. Sc., B. Ed. Teachers. Mobile: , CD/SV/3776/2 Reputed Coaching Centre requires Science/Mathematics teachers for Class VI to X. Time- 10 am to 7 pm/3 pm to 7.30 pm. For experienced teachers Weekly- 3 days/2 days/1 day 3pm to 7.30 pm. Sunday 9 am to 1 pm. Send your resume to debusir100@gmail.com and SMS at SV/P/413/3 Elite Hair Studio ( a part of Transitions International, leader in Hair Treatments, Centers in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Vizag needs Hair Stylists with minimum 1 year experience. Must know Hindi. Accommodation provided. Call jobs@elitehairstudio.in SV/3779/3 Required smart fresh graduate girls ready to work in Metro Cities as Retail Executives under Future Group. Salary 16,400+incentives. Contact No , Address: Behind Down Town Hospital, Dr Zakir Hussain Path, House No. 47. SV/P/8128/2 CD/SV/.../1 Wanted one qualified Pharmacist (Minimum 5 years experience) for a Tea Garden in Tinsukia District on ATPA scale. Box No. DB-260, The Assam Tribune, Convoy Road, Chiring Chapori, Dibrugarh-01. CD/SV/3816/1 Required Specialist Doctors in Guwahati (minimum 5 years experience). 1. Medicine 1, 2. Urology 1, 3. Cardiologist 1, 4. Neurology 1, 5. Diobotologist 1, 6. Gastrology 1. (Salary Rs. 75,000/- to 100,000/- per month), 7. Radiology 1 (Salary Rs. 2.50/- lakh per month), 8. Pharmacist 1, 9. Nurse 4, 10. ECG Technician 2, 11. Lab Technician (Female) 4. Send Resume at: lifelinedoct@gmail.com, Phone: (+91) SV/P/386/2 CANDIDATE REQUIRED FOR THE POST OF SPARE PARTS MANAGER, STORE KEEPER, SERVICE ADVISOR, SALES, TELECALLER, SERVICE MANAGER, AT HONDA DEALER, GORCHUK, GUWAHATI. (HONDA TWO WHEELER) FRESHER MAY ALSO APPLY. (MALE/ FEMALE). INTERVIEW ON 10 JAN 2017 FROM AM TO 2.00 PM. CONTACT: SV/P/392/2 CD/SV/3813/1 Urgent required for reputed Company. HS & Graduate. Income 40+. Ph: SV/P/8027/3 A leading Printing Company looking for dynamic Male/ Female for the post of : 1) Manager/Accountant 2) Marketing Staff 3) Counter Sales person 4) Graphic Designer 5) Peon/Helper. Right salary for right candidate. Pls. send your indrajeetmaitei@ gmail.com. SV/P/233/3 Wanted by a leading construction company of Road and Bridge based at Guwahati the following personnel for immediate appointment to be posted at head office and work sites. Project Manager: B.E. Civil having 7 years experience and capable of handling road and bridge construction projects independently. Site Supervisor: Diploma in Civil Engineering with 7 years experience. Junior Engineer: Diploma in Civil Engineering with 5 years experience. Cashier (Gents/ Ladies): Any stream with 2 years experience in the relevant field. Person with qualification and experience less than those mentioned above need not apply. Apply with recent passport size photograph, bio data and xerox copies of all testimonials within 15 days of publication of this advertisement to Box No. 3267, C/o. The Assam Tribune, Chandmari, Guwahati-3. SV/P/3267/1B Wanted Science Graduate (PCM) with experience in Chemistry Laboratory works with proficiency in Computer. Send resume with recent passport rajeevcfs@gmail.com. SV/P/8094/1 URGENTLY REQUIRED CANDIDATES AS SALESMAN (2 NOS), INTERIOR DESIGNER (2 NOS), MANAGER (1 NO.) WITH MINIMUM EXPERIENCE OF 2 YEARS. CONT. NO canecraftindia@ gmail.com. SV/P/8095/1 Eastern Technology Group, Chandmari a reputed IT firm dealing with Government Sector & PSU s requires Female Senior Office Executive (Sales) & Marketing Executive. Experience candidates will be preferred, Salary negotiable. Please mail resumes at anzguwahati@gmail.com till SV/P/8097/1 CD/SV/3791/1 Guwahati based diversified Reputed Social Sector Organization is looking for following profiles HR Manager min 5 yrs experience in the similar position to be able to ensure adherence to all applicable compliances legal and Govt statutory requirements experienced in MIS EPF Gratuity & Payroll management Finance Manager CA/M.Com min 8 yrs experience in the similar position to ensure preparation of budgets analysis and consolidation of financial data also coordination with Auditors and Compliance requirements Package is not a constrain for appropriate candidates. For further details visit career Contact CMLAdmin@tatatrusts. org. SV/3802/1 Applications along with attested copies of all testimonials from TET qualified candidates (having Assamese as MIL in H.S.L.C) are invited to fill up 1 Hindi (Reserved for OBC/ MOBC) Post at Palasbari Girls High School, Palasbari, Kamrup Assam. (1) Qualification: Pravin/ Ratna in Hindi with 50% marks having degree qualification from any recognized university or B.A. with Hindi as one of the subjects with 50% marks and B.T/B.Ed. degree from any recognized university (Parangat to be treated as B.Ed degree only for the purpose of Hindi teaching). 2. Age: Maximum 38 years. 3. Last date: Interview date: at am in the School campus. Sd/- Headmaster (i/c), Palasbari Girls H.S. SV/P/539/1 REQUIRED MARKETING EXECUTIVE IN GUWAHATI FOR HINDWARE KITCHEN APPLIANCES. SALARY 8500/- + INCENTIVES debajittalukdar@ gmail.com. SV/P/501/1 CD/SV/3804/1 CD/SV/.../1 Reqd. Receptionist (male/ female) in a Coaching Institute in Ghy. namannedu@yahoo.com. Ph SV/P/8107/1 Vasp Technologies Private Limited required Android/IOS Developer, ASP Net, VB C# Developer, php Developer & Marketing Executive with minimum 1 year experience. For details and apply visit jobs or mail your resume at hr@vasptechnologies.com. SV/P/8106/1 Require experienced DTP, Corel, Photoshop Operator (M/F) giftloveu51@gmail.com. SV/P/8105/1 Reqd. (i) English/S.Sc. Teacher, (ii) Science Teacher (part-time/ full time) for class 8 to 10 in a Coaching Institute in Ghy. Ph namannedu@yahoo.com SV/P/8127/1 Urgently required Manager, Marketing Executive, Front Office Executives & Accountant for a star category Service Apartment with good salary package. your resume with photo to etravellersguide@gmail.com SV/3796/1 GROUP OF PUBLICATION We are pleased to inform all our esteemed Advertisers, Newspaper Agents and Readers that facility for payments by Debit or Credit Cards are available from 1st January, Required urgently Engineer, B.E. with minimum 6 years experience in Building Construction in reputed company/firm. Drop CV at theroyalgroup.guwahati@gmail. com or call SV/P/542/1 SBOA PUBLIC SCHOOL NH 37 GORCHUK, GUWAHATI PH. NO: / , Wanted a TGT (Mathematics) Teacher. Candidate must have teaching experience in CBSE School and minimum qualification should be B.Sc. in Mathematics with B.Ed. Salary: Pay band Grade D.A. as admissible from time to time. The Statutory Provision under EPFO & ESIC is also available. Interested candidates may appear in walk-in-interview on 16th January 2017 at 10 AM at school premises with all original certificates, a set of photocopies of those certificates & 2 PP size photographs. None need, to apply without requisite qualifications. Candidates should submit their resume at sboacareer@gmail.com CD/SV/3792/1 Required for Live Counters of a restaurant at Guwahati, Main Cooks along with assistants for South Indian, Chinese, Tandoor, Chaat and Sandwich/Juice Counters. Interested candidates are requested to attend walk-in interview between 2.00 pm and 5.00 pm on at Anuradha Cinema Complex, Bamunimaidam, Guwahati. Contact Ganesh or SV/P/537/1 Required urgently one Sales Person (Shoes Showroom), one Cashier, one Management Staff (female only) for a reputed show room at Ganeshguri. Contact SV/P/601/1 Required experienced Counsellor for CEC Head Office, Silpukhuri, Guwahati. Contact within 7 days. # , assamjobs@gmail.com SV/P/602/1 Urgently male & female 16 Marketing & Telecom Officers. Salary: 7000 HS/Graduate in a Institute Guwahati. Call: SV/P/609/1 Required fresh candidate for Service Engineer cum Technician having I.T.I. or Diploma in Electronics/ Computer Hardware/ I n s t r u m e n t a t i o n / B o i l e r - Refrigerator/TV Engineer for maintenance of medical equipments. The Assam Tribune, Box No SV/P/3268/1B Urgently required (1) Accountant (Tally Compulsory with 3 years experience), (ii) Peon, Mail your resume at jobselection17@gmail.com. SV/P/8091/1 CD/SV/8103/1 Urgently required Financial Advisors for a reputed Insurance Company in Guwahati. Age preferably 30 yrs. # / SV/P/8092/1 A leading Auto Dealership of Guwahati is looking for a dynamic sales head. Candidate with 10 years of experience in auto sales industry may apply through Box No. 3269, Assam Tribune, Ghy-3. SV/P/3269/1B Wanted Sales Executive with 2 wheeler for Telecom. Walk in 9th & 10th Jan. 17. Aircel Express Opp. Nemcare Hospital, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-5. SV/P/617/1 WANTED M/F PROJECT OFFICER (GRADUATE, 10,000/-) FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. SUBMIT RESUME AT ncseducation@yahoo.in SV/P/618/1 Required Montessori trained female Teacher for Kindergarten School in Rehabari. Qualification: Graduate from English Medium. Contact : / SV/P/559/1 Required Sales Executive for Diesel Generator Company in Assam. Contact : SV/P/560/1 An expert Computer Typist with good speed and accuracy required. Typing experience minimum 2 (two) years. Salary 6000/-. Contact: SV/P/619/1 Mahindra First Choice is looking for male/female candidates for its dealership in Jorhat. 1. Service Manager-1, 2. Service Advisor- 1, 3. Marketing-1, 4. CRO-1, 5. Accounts-1, 6. Mechanic-4. Interview on 9th & 10th January 17. Interested candidates with experience may apply at mail: sanjibborah345@gmail.com or call SV/3805/1 Applications with Certificates and Testimonials are invited from the candidates for the following posts having qualifications as mentioned below. The Applications must reach the undersigned on or before 14th January, 2017 (Saturday). 1. One English Teacher (Minimum B.A in English, B.Ed preferred) 2. One Hindi Teacher (Minimum B.A in Hindi with Prabin / Ratna, B.Ed preferred ) 3. One Assamese Teacher (Minimum B.A in Assamese, B.Ed preferred) 4. One Computer Teacher (B.C.A/B.Sc (IT)/GNIIT) experience preferred) 5. One Librarian (Bachelor in Library Science). Sd/- Principal, Nichols Higher Secondary School Satribari, Guwahati CD/SV/642/1 CD/SV/3806/1 FACULTY/CO-ORDINATOR ENGINEERING DEGREE & DIPLOMA HOLDER IN M E C H A N I C A L / AUTOMOBILE & COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING, FRESH CANDIDATE PREFERRED. INTERVIEW DATE: TIME- 10 AM TO 4 PM. CONTACT- ASSAM PROFESSIONAL ACADEMY (APA), ULUBARI, BORA SERVICE, GUWAHATI-7. APA AN ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED INSTITUTION. SV/P/551/3 EDUCATION, CHEMISTRY & ENGLISH LECTURERS REQUIRED FOR ST. XAVIER S COLLEGE, GUWAHATI (43 RAJGARH MAIN ROAD, GUWAHATI- 3). CANDIDATES WITH MASTER S DEGREE WITH GOOD ACADEMIC CAREER & KNACK FOR TEACHING MAY THEIR BIODATA URGENTLY TO: xavierguwahati@gmail.com. SV/P/8154/1 An established Tea Organisation seeks Executives to man their field offices in Assam and West Bengal. Applicants should be a Graduate with Professional qualification having considerable Tea experience and be preferably within 45 years. Age and qualification relaxable for exceptional candidates. Salary shall not be constraint for deserving candidates. Apply within 10 days of the Advertisement. Box No. 3266, Assam Tribune, Ghy-3. SV/P/3266/1B TEACHERS WANTED: B.SC. (PCM) REQUIRED FOR GOVT. RECOG. SCHOOL IN WOKHA TOWN, (DIST. HQS AND 80 KMS FROM GOLAGHAT) NAGALAND. SALARY IS RS PM (NEGOTIABLE FOR EXPERIENCED TEACHER). CONTACT MOBILE / SV/P/511/2 JIS Institute of Skill Development, an initiative of India s one of the largest Educational Conglomerates JIS Group, is looking for competent professionals for the following positions: 1. Centre Manager for Guwahati Location 2. Placement Manager / Executive 3. Executive MIS 4. Executive Student Mobilization 5. Student Counselor 6. Trainer Hospitality / BPO / Soft Skills/IT Candidates having Graduation / MBA/BBA / Relevant Technical Qualification & at least 2-3 years of experience in DDU-GKY / NULM / other Skill Development Projects may apply in confidence with current CV via to jisd.ghy@jisgroup.org within the next 7 days. Salaries and perquisites as per industry standards. Fresher may also apply. Contact No / CD/SV/P/641/1 Wanted smart service boys and girls for a restaurant in Guwahati. Trained and experienced candidates preferred. Call cafeguwahati@gmail.com. SV/P/638/1 Required English/Maths/ Computer Teacher for Assam Valley School Birubari Guwahati. Ph SV/P/647/1 REQUIRE CONSULTANTS WITH STRONG NETWORK & COUNSELLING SKILLS TO MOBILIZE CANDIDATES FROM NORTHEAST FOR J O B S / P L A C E M E N T S ACROSS INDIA. EARNING: MIN 40,000/- MONTHLY. CONTACT SV/P/664/3 WANTED SALES MANAGER AND DEALERS OF AGARBATTI BEING THE PRODUCT OF A REPUTED COMPANY FOR SALE IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF ASSAM. FOR DETAILS CONTACT: / / SV/P/666/1 Required 12 Male M.E. for various H.Q. in N.E. Region under Leeford Healthcare Ltd. Candidate must be fluent in English, Hindi, Assamese and Bengali. Contact leefordomarketing@ gmail.com SV/P/667/1 URGENTLY REQUIRED FEMALE ACCOUNTANT HAVING MINIMUM 4 TO 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ACCOUNTANT. WALK IN INTERVIEW ON 10TH JANUARY, TIME 10 AM, ADDRESS- MAA KAMAKHYA ART. GNB ROAD, PANBAZAR, NEAR HOTEL PRESIDENT. FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT: SV/P/668/1 Applications are invited for the post of Assistant Professor of Law having minimum LL.M degree with 55% marks with net or Ph.D. degree within seven days of publication of this advertisement with all necessary documents. Preference will be given to those who will hold specialisation in commercial Law or M.Com with commercial background. Initial scale pay will be Rs. 15,600+ grade pay Rs. 6000/-. Only short listed candidate will be called for interview. Sd/- Dr. Mukul Goswami Principal, Nowgong Law College, P.O. - Haibargaon Dist -Nagaon (Assam). PIN CD/SV/3809/2 Walk-in interview post of Service Engineer with minimum qualification of B.Tech/B.E/ MCA/M.Sc. IT degree, CCNA or CCNP Certification (Global). Having 1 to 2 years of experience in Network. Contact details Hue Service Pvt. Ltd, Uzan Bazar, Ghy-01 Contact No / Interview date & time- 9th & 10th Jan 2017 at am. SV/P/670/1 CD/SV/3754/2 Urgently required Co-ordinator from all the District of Assam for BCI SKILLS. Eligibility: H.S. passed onwards. Contact: SV/P/8129/2 URGENTLY REQUIRED A C C O U N T A N T, KNOWLEDGE WITH TALLY, SALETAX & INDUSTRIAL SUBSIDY WORK. PH SV/P/8145/1 Bengaluru based educational assesment organisation requires Marketing Officers at Guwahati, Dimapur, Itanagar. Send your CV within 18th Jan 2017 at minervaa.guwahati@gmail.com Salary no bar for right candidates. SV/P/468/1 Required Laboratory Technician for Blood Collection Centre. Scooty required. Fatashil (Guwahati) SV/P/8150/1 Free joining for Tezpur & Guwahati. Delivery boy for Snapdeal. # , # SV/P/8155/1 PANDU COLLEGE PANDU :: GHY-12 Reference our advertisement for the post of Laboratory Assistant (sanctioned) in the Assam Tribune vide Ref. No. CD/SV/3746/1 dtd , the educational qualification of the candidate for the post of Laboratory Assistant must be Bachelor degree from a recognized University or any examination declared equivalent by the Government and must posses computer skills for handling data and text on computer. Upper age limit of the candidate is 43 years as on The last date of the receiving applications is Other terms and condition will be same mentioned in earlier advertisement. Sd/- Jogesh Kakati, Principal, Pandu College, Pandu. CD/Addendum/SV/3810/1 (CLASSIFIED ON PAGE 4, 12 & 13)

3 SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 3 Sex racket busted in Patna PATNA, Jan 7: With the arrest of six persons, Patna police has busted a sex racket which was being run in a rented flat. Acting on a tip-off received by SSP Manu Maharaj, a team from Shastri Nagar police station raided the flat in the Sheikhpura locality late last night and arrested six persons. PTI ATTARI (AMRITSAR) Jan 7: Pakistan government today repatriated 218 Indian fishermen through the border here, two days after their release from jails as a goodwill gesture. All the prisoners crossed over to India around 1 AM through the land transit route of Attari (Indian side) - Wagah (Pakistan side) border on the basis of Emergency Travel Certificates issued by the Indian High Commission at Islamabad, a BSF spokesman said. Pakistan had announced their release on Thursday bringing NATIONAL 218 fishermen freed from Pak prison arrive in India NEW DELHI, Jan 7: A memorial for Sikhs killed during the 1984 riots has been constructed by the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSG- MC) here as a reminder of injustice towards the victims. the total number of Indian fishermen freed from Pakistani jails as goodwill gesture in the last 12 days to 439, despite the chill in bilateral ties. They were arrested a year ago when their boats slipped into Pakistan through territorial waters in Arabian Sea. They were caught by the Pakistani coast guards on the charge of illegal fishing while violating its territorial waters. Immediately after the repatriation, the medical examination of all the prisoners was conducted by a team of doctors. The moment, fishermen crossed over to India, they humbly bowed down their forehead and kissed the motherland with passion. At that time many fishermen were seen with moist eyes. The fishermen were also worried about their future as they would not be able to join their profession once again as their boats were seized by the Pakistani coast guards. This is the second batch of Indian fishermen released from Pakistan jails since relations between the two countries became tense after the terror attack on an Indian army base in Uri in September last for which India has blamed Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit. On December 25, the Pakistan government had freed 220 Indian fishermen who were in jail for more than a year as goodwill gesture after Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his birthday. Last March, the Pakistan government had released 87 Indian fishermen who had been languishing in jail in Karachi for the last two-and-half years. PTI Memorial to remember Sikhs killed in 1984 riots Called The Wall of Truth, the structure has been built in an area of 2500 sq mt and at a cost of Rs 2.25 crore at the Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib Complex near Parliament. It will be thrown open to the public on January 15. The Wall of Truth, which had courted controversy in 2013 with the Congress-backed SAD (Delhi) opposing the choice of venue, is finally completed. It will be thrown open to the public on January 15. The widows of the victims will lead the event that will be attended by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, General Secretary, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, Manjinder Singh Sirsa said. The memorial has names of thousands of Sikhs killed in the carnage and people from other communities who laid down their lives trying to save them etched on its walls. We have also given space to the observations of different panels which were set up by the Government to probe the riots, he said. The decision to build the memorial had come in 2013, close on the heels of acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was facing allegations of perpetrating the riots, by a Karkardooma court in April that year. The construction work had begun in November Sirsa, who is also the national spokesperson of Shiromani Akali Dal, said the DSGMC fought a long battle against the previous UPA government for making the memorial a reality. Congress was dead set against the construction of the memorial. It even moved court against it. Also, the Sheila Dikshit government had in November 2012 scuttled our efforts to name a park in Punjabi Bagh to commemorate the killing of innocent Sikhs, he said. PTI Sakshi Maharaj booked for population control remarks MEERUT, Jan 7: An FIR was today lodged here against BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj for his remark on population control. 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Contact immediately , TL/P/613/1 10 rooms with attach toilet & well furnished for rent near IWT, Office G.S. Road, Ulubari TL/P/8090/1 2, 3 rooms Chandmari, Silpukhuri, Uzanbazar, Bamunimaidam, Bhangagarh, Ulubari, Ganeshguri, Sixmile, Bharlumukh. Ph: TL/P/620/1 Second floor (one part) three room, kitchen, toilet. Rent 12000/- (fixed) no water logging running water, Rupnagar. Contact: , TL/P/558/1 Independent House 1600 sq.ft. for rent at Mazgaon, Tezpur. Cont: , TL/P/552/1 2 BHK full tiles, car parking, IInd floor double bath at Survey TL/P/549/1 RCC ground floor three bedroom at Jonalipath Zoo Road, H.No TL/P/548/1 2 BHK, 2 toilets, 1 drawing cum dining, 1 kitchen, 1250 sq.ft. (Approx) location Subhash Nagar, Satgaon Guwahati, expected Rent Rs Ph: TL/P/8100/1 2 BHK fully furnished flat in Ananda Nagar, byelane 3, G.S. Road, Opp. Anil Plaza available for rent. Contact: TL/3793/1 3 BHK, 1500 sq.ft. semi furnished/car parking /24 hr backup flat for rent near Beltola Tinali. 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M: , TL/P/632/1 Independent 1/2/3/4 bedroom Hatigarh/Zooroad/Bhangagarh/ Ulubari/Silpukhuri/Rajgarh/ Bamunimaidam/ , TL/P/634/1 2 BHK, 3rd floor, no water logging, Rajgarh Road, 11 Bye lane. Rent 9500/ TL/P/372/2 RCC G. floor, 2400 sq.ft. with fully furnished at in front of Hanuman Mandir, Lachit Nagar, Ulubari, G.S. Road, Guwahati. Only for guest house and office are preferred. Contact: , TL/P/635/1 RCC 2nd floor, 3 bed rooms with D/D, M/kitchen with fully furnished and rent Rs / pm, at Rukminigaon, near G.S. Road, Guwahati-22. Only Doctors, Bank employees and service holders are preferred. Contact: , TL/P/636/1 3 BHK flat for immediate rent at Ambari. Bank officials preferred. Rent Rs. 20,000/ TL/P/637/1 Furnished bedrooms available for rent in Luv-Kush Apartment, Jonali, preferably working professional. For details contact: TL/P/643/1 Accommodation available in the second floor having 1700 sq.ft. area near Downtown Hospital. 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Ph: TL/P/482/1 Two rooms, attached bathroom, kitchen, running water Shilpukhuri. Ph: TL/P/671/1 Singleroom attached bathkitchen runningwater Rs. 3300/-, doublerooms Rs. 4500/-, Juricomplex, Kalakshetra. Ph: TL/P/676/3 RCC two rooms toilet kitchen running water Rs. 7500/- Geetanagar Bihu field. Ph: TL/P/677/1 2 BHK semi-furnished flat at Manik Nagar, Ganeshguri, executives preferred. Contact: TL/P/8143/ sq.ft. house available for rent for hostel, P.G. etc. Contact: , TL/P/8148/1 750 SQ.FT. 4 ROOM HOUSE AT CHRISTIANBASTI NEAR G.S. ROAD, 1ST FLOOR TL/P/646/1 3 BHK apartment at Jayanagar, Beltola for rent. Amenities include Swimming Pool, Gymnasium and reserved car parking. Expected rent : Rs. 18,500/- pm. Contact No TL/P/8037/2 Area approx 2000 sq.ft. Suitable for Showroom/ Bank/ Office/ Shop on ground floor. Situated at V.I.P. Road, Sixmile. Contact : , TL/P/258/2 Three (3) bedroom house at Sundarpur Family/Corporate preferred TL/P/236/2 Fully furnished 1000/2000/3000 sq.ft. office space for rent Prime Property A.T. Road/Paltan Bazar/Panbazar with all amenities, Ph TL/P/7816/8 1 BHK flat in Beltola Wireless rent Rs. 8500/-. Ph: , TL/P/032/2 3 BHK new flat Ghoramara (near Bhetapara). Rent. 12,000/-. (Family, Bank employee preferred). Ph: TL/P/29458/3 One room vacant near Wireless Dispur for Girl Student/ Employee TL/P/517/1 Furnished delux single/double seats for boys/men with attached L/B at Zoo Rd PG/P/7974/8 PG for Boys with quality food at Dispur, Lastgate, 24 hrs. Inverter, Ph PG/P/8013/10 PG facility available for Males, near K.V. Khanapara. Contact : PG/P/7747/5 Girls PG rent Rs Beltola, Survey. Contact: , PG/P/8140/1 Boon s Girls PG near Bus Stop Ghy Club. All facilities available. C/N: , PG/P/624/1 G. S. Boys PG at Zoo Road Tinali for Students & working Men. Con. No.: PG/P/556/1 Boys PG at Bora Service Ulubari. Accommodation for Tourist Group PG/P/554/1 Gharana Paying Guest for working men at a very resonable price with accommodation like, AC, TV, Fridge, Washing Machine etc. Address: Zoo Road Tiniali, Byelane 1, House No. 1. Contact No.: , , PG/P/608/1 PG for boy & working men R/ Water at Ulubari 3/4 seats remaining for booking PG/P/8088/1 Agarwal Homely P.G. (Boys) Students & working. Free Wifi, Zoo Road, G. S. Road , PG/P/8104/1 Single room attached Bath for Gents at Rukmini Nagar, Guwahati-6. Contact: PG/P/8144/1 PG for Girls Sundarpur (Zoo Road) H/No. 93, Talatal PG/P/675/2 Lalit Boys PG, Ganeshguri 24 Hrs Water, quality Food, Inverter , PG/P/673/1 PG for Girls at Zoo Road with all facilities at Zoo Road, Ambikgiri. Ph: , PG/P/478/3 Shankardev Boys Hostel, suitable for Cotton, Akash, Scholars, Panbazar, Guwahati , Hostel/P/409/3 Upasana Girls Hostel. Zoo road Tiniali. Inverter, Aquaguard, 24 hrs. running water. Ph. : Hostel/P/240/3 Boy s Hostel at Ranibari, Panbazar near Cotton, Akash, Sankar, Scholars. Phone: Hostel/P/492/1 Hostel for Boys (Only students) Ph , Area - Narikalbari. Hostel/P/674/1 Boys Hostel Bamunimaidam Ghy. Single/Double rooms including fooding, running water. Ph: Hostel/P/546/1 IDEAL LOCATION FOR WEEKEND PICNIC RESORTS, HOTELS, LOCATION 40 KMS FROM GUWAHATI TOWARDS KAZIRANGA, 20 BIGHAS LAND WELL CONNECTED TO MAIN ROAD,BROKERS AND AGENTS NOT REQUIRED, ONLY GENUINE BUYERS CAN CONTACT : L&P/P/8039/8 Myadi land for sale 15 Bigha 1st plot NH-52 Doomdooma, Dist. Tinsukia. Contact : L&P/P/8038/3 16 Lessa Myadi land with new building for sale at Panjabari, Bagharbari Chaneki Path. Contact: L&P/P/683/1 For sale : Land with 2 storeyed building at Milanpur, Rehabari. Contact : , L&P/.../1 Land for sale. 1.5 Katha Myadi land near Golaghat Commerce College, Purbanchal Path, 1st Byelane. Ph: & L&P/P/543/1 Land for sale at Gassbari, Bordangerikuchi (Baihata to Goreswar Road) 1½ Bigha Myadi Patta Road side. Contact: , L&P/P/535/1 1 Bigha 2 Katha High land at Heart of Sonari Town Sibsagar for sale as a lot (.) prime location for Business and Residential purpose (.) only for genuine Buyers (.). Contact: (0361) / L&P/P/614/1 10 Lessa Myadi land sale at Kundle Nagar, Basistha Chairiali. Ph: L&P/P/610/1 Land (Approx. 3.5 Katha) for sale with Assm Type house near Jorhat Bypass. Mobile: L&P/3794/ Katha residential plot for sale in Christian Basti, G. S. Road, Guwahati. Interested buyers can call on: L&P/3799/2 Myadi land sale 8 Katha in Garchuk (Deochatal) owner. Contact: L&P/P/8135/1 30, 70 Bigha Agricultural Myadi land for Farm at Baihatachariali. # L&P/P/8141/1 1¼ Katha Myadi land at Hill side of Colony Bazar, Kalapahar. Contact: L&P/P/503/2 1 Katha 10 Lessa Myadi land & 2 Katha land with 3 storied RCC building for sale near Ramkrishna Mission, Birubari. 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5 CITY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5 WEATHER GUWAHATI LOCAL FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. Fog/mist is very likely to occur. Minimum temperature is most likely to be 9 C on Sunday. TEMPERATURE: Max 26.5 C Min 9.2 C Sensitisation programme on city hazards launched STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Jan 7: The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) of Kamrup Metro, in association with the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) today started conducting a sensitisation programme on various hazards in all municipal wards of Guwahati as well as earthquake mock drills in collaboration with the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), NDRF, Fire and Emergency Services, SDRF, civil defence and NGOs and civil society organisations. The aim of the exercise is to harness the strengths and capabilities of the local com- AJYCP to press for full autonomy STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Jan 7: The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) has said that it will keep on mounting pressure on the government demanding full autonomy for the State, dual citizenship and Inner Line Permit system in the State. In a press statement issued here, AJYCP president Biraj Kumar Talukdar said the Parishad would be more aggressive this year to ensure that the demands are properly discussed both in Delhi and Dispur to act accordingly. Never will we budge an inch from our decade-old demands under any circumstances. We have fought in 2016 outlining the three demands and we would not halt in 2017 and instead we will intensify the struggle to mount more pressure on Dispur and Delhi. Strongly advocating full autonomy in Assam, Talukdar said that once autonomy is put in place, sustainable development would start percolating Visitors at the 6th edition of Metropolis, The Urban Winter Festival, in Guwahati on Saturday. UB Photos benefits to the State and its people. Since inception, we have been demanding full autonomy to help us grow on all fronts. We are fully prepared to negotiate with the government. The Centre and the State government are, however, not bothered. We won t allow the major demand to be a thing of the past, said the AJYCP president. He observed that dual citizenship and Inner Line Permit are the need of the hour for the people of the State. munity and NGOs to meet any hypothetical urban catastrophe in Guwahati, said an official statement. Guwahati is the most important and dense urban centre of North East India. Guwahati city is located in Zone V, that is, the most seismically active region of the country. Lack of adequate open spaces and high density of urban population will make response very challenging in case of any major disaster in the city, it said. The statement added that elected representatives of various municipal wards of Guwahati are among the important stakeholders of the entire exercise and ASDMA and DDMA had held a meeting with the Mayor and other elected representatives in this regard earlier this week. The proposed plan was shared with them for successful conduct of the exercise in their municipal wards concerned and their cooperation was sought in making it a success. The ward councillors are providing full support and cooperation in making the programme a great success. For effective implementation of the programme, all the wards of Guwahati have been divided into three zones Central, Eastern and Western zones. Three composite teams of NDRF, SDRF, fire and civil defence have also been constituted to conduct three table top exercises and three mock drills in the three zones, it said. State scribes body decries media house decision GUWAHATI, Jan 7: The Journalists Forum Assam (JFA) today expressed serious concern over the decision of leading media house in the country, HT Media Ltd to shut down four editions of its English daily Hindustan Times. It may be mentioned that various bodies of journalists across the country expressed serious concern over the HT Media s decision to shut down Hindustan Times four editions. Leading scribe body Brihanmumbai Union of Journalists (BUJ) while condemning the HT Media Ltd s decision, said that for this development, hundreds of journalist would lose their job. The JFA asserted that the development shows the lack of goodwill of the newspaper managements to offer due benefits to their own employees. It may be mentioned that HT Media Ltd has decided to shut down four editions of the Hindustan Times (HT) in Kolkata, Bhopal, Indore and Ranchi and three bureaus of Kanpur, Allahabad and Varanasi with effect from January 9, The BUJ demanded immediate revocation of the decisions, failing which Puppet drama GUWAHATI, Jan 7: Surojit Academy staged a puppet drama Folk tale of Tejimola in collaboration with Sangeet Natak Academy at the District Library a few days back, a press release stated. The drama was inaugurated by Chabin Rajkhowa, exsecretary, Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra. Tilottama Bhuyan has written the script of the play, that was directed by Binita Devi. Musical evening GUWAHATI, Jan 7: The students and teachers of Jyotika Sangeet Academy, Silpukhuri, organised an annual musical evening at the District Library on Saturday, a press release stated. it would draw the attention of the Supreme Court to these developments in the hearing slated for January 10. The closing down of four editions and three bureaus at one go is an unprecedented event in the history of Indian print media and has clearly been done to circumvent the implementation of the Majithia Wage Board Award, which was upheld by the Supreme Court by its judgement dated February 7, 2014, said the BUJ in a statement. It also added that apart from closing down four editions, the HT authority was pruning staff in various departments as well as in The Mint, a sister publication from the New Delhi-based group and shut down the business bureaus in Mumbai and Delhi, besides the bureau in Kolkata. Hundreds of journalists and other media employees are likely to lose their jobs as a consequence of these malicious and illegal decisions. A BSE-listed entity, HT Media Ltd with an annual turnover of over Rs 2000 crore has not implemented the recommendations of the Majithia Wage Board in any of its units and forced employees to submit undertakings under clause 20(j) of the award to renounce the benefits under it. The company also failed to implement clause 9(b) that entitles even those working on contract basis to receive variable pay at the rate of 30 per cent of basic scale. We, in Assam, witnessed the sudden closure of a mainstream Assamese daily in November last year, where the management (proprietor being a former Congress minister) maintained silence over the matter. Many journalist friends, engaged with Janasadharan, preferred to quit the job with three months cumulative salaries, but the rest are still on the warpath against the management, said JFA president Rupam Barua and secretary Nava Thakuria. Even though The Assam Tribune Group of Publications set the example in implementing the Majithia Wage Board recommendations years back, it has not inspired the other Guwahati-based newspaper managements to take similar initiatives for offering legal dues to their employees, asserted the JFA statement. Governor Banwarilal Purohit felicitating a winner during the Art Mission Celebration at Pragjyotish ITA Centre in Guwahati on Friday evening. UB Photos MVM Panikhaiti annual day GUWAHATI, Jan 7: Maharishi Vidya Mandir Public School, Panikhaiti off the city, celebrated its annual day at the District Library on Friday, a press release stated today. Invited guests including Dispur MLA Atul Bora, former Principal of Cotton College Prof Dilip Baruah, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Dr Abhijit Rabha, and senior paediatrician Dr Jnanendra Nath Sarma were felicitated on the occasion. Residents from Mothers Old Age Home were given an opportunity to spend some time with the students during the celebration. The function comprised a variety of programmes depicting the rich culture of India and highlighting some burning issues of modern society. Another event will be held in the GMCH auditorium on March 8 as part of the birth centenary celebration of His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the release added.

6 6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 MESSAGE FOR TODAY Communication works for those who work at it. JOHN POWELL Nothing new Reportedly, while participating in a meeting of the Council for Trade Development and Promotion in New Delhi, Assam s Industries Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary underscored the need to revive the traditional trade and commerce routes between the North-East and the ASEAN countries, and proposed construction of an industrial corridor between Guwahati and Mandalay in Myanmar. Such assertions and proposals are merely old wine in new bottles! In the past the North-East had been open to trade and cultural exchanges both west and east, the Ganges-Brahmaputra link in former East Bengal and land trade-routes linking Sadiya in Assam to Yunan Province in China facilitating this. The region, therefore, enjoyed a centric geopolitical position and concomitant prosperity, something destroyed after annexation by the British and its reduction to a remote outpost of the Indian subcontinent. Delhi had belatedly realised such a change was at the root of the alienation which had gripped the North-East and the last Congress Government framed the Look East Policy to counter it. The process of connectivity between the North-East and ASEAN nations began and the Trilateral Highway Project to link the region to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam is almost being completed. A pact to upgrade the Tamu- Kalewa section connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand has been signed and the North-East is set to become a corridor between markets in mainland India and those of ASEAN countries. The NDA Government has merely renamed it as the Act East Policy, but so far there has been little effort to prepare the North-East to reap the full benefits of connectivity through upgrading infrastructure, developing human resources, putting in measures designed to attract investments and facilitate trade, initiate skill-development programmes etc. Not much progress too has been made towards implementing the Make in North-East policy; for instance, so far it has been merely talks and academic discussions on making this region a bio-technological hub, but there have been few concrete steps taken towards such a goal. One has to acknowledge that handicaps of location render industrial transformation of the North-East a Herculean task, lacunae in transportation modes, ability to acquire raw material, absence of a market where Make in North-East products can viably compete, being some of the numerous constraints. Equally important is the reluctance of major players of the Indian corporate sector to venture into this region for obvious reasons despite the concessions being offered; yet public-private partnership is an intrinsic component towards building up industries in the region which would provide jobs as well as give a boost to regional economy. One positive aspect is that the State Government, despite being in office for less than a year, has approached the problems with determination. One certainly hopes that such an attitude will enable it to overcome the constraints and truly implement new measures beneficial to this region. PWD roads The absence of adequate surface connectivity is still a stumbling block in the State s progress. Matters stand worsened by the dilapidated condition of many of the roads across the State. The State PWD s move to fast-track road projects and prepare timely detailed projects reports (DPRs) is a welcome development. The department should also be equally concerned about the persistent poor quality of our roads. Indeed, it has been a recurring phenomenon, with the mandated quality control norms not strictly adhered to during construction. Delayed execution of road projects is also having an adverse impact on transparency besides causing steep cost escalation. The State Government needs to accord top priority on expanding the road network, especially in bringing the interior areas under all-weather surface connectivity. Alongside expansion, stress has to be given on repairing the bad roads, which include rural roads, State highways and national highways. While the Centre has in recent years been liberal in releasing funds for road connectivity in the North-east, smooth execution of the projects warrants the State governments to be proactive. Rural road connectivity in the region has been dismal to say the least, and the same holds true for the abysmally poor border road network. Quality control is another area of concern that demands proper attention of both the Centre and the State Government. As the State PWD will be the overall implementing and supervising agency under which big firms would execute physical work, the onus is more with the State Government to ensure scientific and transparent implementation. Demonetisation: impact and implication Geetima Das Krishna I t has been over fifty days since the sudden move of demonetisation. For India, primarily a cash driven economy with the informal sector accounting for about 80% of employment and 45% of GDP, the disruption was, as expected, huge. Jury is still out on whether this move will fulfil the intended objective of flushing out black money held in cash or on contrary, inflict unintended costs to the economy. Despite the good intention of the scheme, the execution left much to be desired. Politically, it was a master-stroke. Unlike any other political campaign, the scheme touched every one of the country. There was popular support as people believed in the importance and seriousness of the brave move. Moreover, the Jan Dhan Accounts opened for financial inclusion, saw substantial increase in deposits since demonetisation a rise of 60% in first two weeks as these were misused to launder unaccounted money. Even Prime Minister mentioned that he will find a way of ensuring that the money remains with the poor account holder. In the words of eminent economist Jagdish Bhagawati, this will result in redistribution of wealth and the poor will be better off. This will definitely help PM s claim of fulfilling his election promise of unearthing black money and depositing it in every poor man s account. The economic impact, in the short run, will be negative with slow growth and job losses in next couple of quarters. Lower economic activities are already seen in G od hath not created in the earth or in the lofty heaven anything more occult than the spirit of Man. (Rumi) Padmashree Dr N Zaman was born on December 31, 1929 at Morigaon, where his father Dr Bakrub was posted as a medical doctor. His mother was Areban Nessa and the family hailed from Jorhat. He did his secondary education at Jorhat Government Boys High School from where he passed Matriculation in 1947 securing 9th position under Calcutta University. In 1948 he passed ISc examination in first division securing highest mark in Biology under Calcutta University from Cotton College. The same year he joined MBBS course in the 1st batch of Assam Medical College, from where in 1952 he passed out as the best graduate under Gauhati University. He left for UK in 1955 and qualified for FRCS from Royal College of Edinburgh in He returned back to India in 1958 and joined Assam Medical College. He was the first Director of Medical Education of Assam. Dr Zaman was best known to people as a surgeon and a gentleman. To the students he was the ideal teacher and a guide. The students and the college staff would need him for every academic and social activities where Dr Zaman had to lead them. To the general population outside the academic arena, Dr Zaman was a must for them in all social activities, where Dr Zaman had to extend his hand. As a surgeon Dr Zaman had great individuality. Others used to say that he catches RBC. The meaning is his surgeries were almost bloodless. Extremely meticulous in dissection, very slow in act, as if an artisan engaged in his act of art. some tier II cities with reduced traffic and retail sales. The exact impact is difficult to predict as in economics, the rear-view mirror is always clearer than the windshield. Even RBI has decided to wait and watch. The RBI, which came under lot of criticism in recent months, signalled its independence by holding the policy rates steady as against the market expectation of a rate cut. The mathematics of demonetisation is interesting. According to 2010 World Bank estimates, black money in India in the form of cash or physical assets is about one-fifth of the country s GDP (around Rs 34 lakh crore). Considering that about 12% of this black money is held in cash, this amounts to a mere Rs 4 lakh crore out of 15.4 lakh crore pulled out of the system. Fighting black money is a commendable move as it increases inequality, deprives government of tax revenues that could be spent on education, health or infrastructure. But the question was whether it was necessary to put the economy that was slowly recovering, at risk for such a small amount. According to media reports, till December 3 rd, Rs 12.6 lakh crore had been deposited into the banking system. The SBI research report estimated that only Rs 1.5 lakh crore may not return as Remembering Dr N Zaman Dr Zakir Hussain From THE PAST India To Enter New Era Of Satellite Communications NEW DELHI, January 7: India will enter the new era of satellite communication by the end of 1968, according to Sri LC Jain, Secretary of the Union Ministry of Communications. Broadcasting over All India Radio today, Sri Jain said that India s ground station, being set up by the Indian Overseas Communications service at Arvl, about 60 miles north of Poona would be ready by the end of By that time, the satellite relay station over the Indian Ocean at an altitude of about 22,000 miles also would be ready. Sri Jain said the satellite communication would provide a reliable media for telephone and telegraphic communications with the whole of Europe and Africa on the west as well as all countries upto Japan and Australia in the east. It would also be possible to exchange commercial radio and television broadcasts between India and other countries. PTI JANUARY 8, 1967 Since he used to do all the pre-operative check up in detail before taking a patient for surgery, his operative complication and post operative morbidity were minimal. He had special affinity for the plastic and cosmetic surgeries. He was a great teacher, as if a divine one. Teaching is considered as a divinity in the scriptures, whether Upanishad or Quran. In Holy Quran, Allah is the teacher of mankind which He teaches via the prophet. Quran say Read! And the Lord is the most bounteous, who teacheth by the pen, teacheth man that which he knew not. (Q.xcvi 3-5); And He taught Adam all the names... (Q ); We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shall not forget, save that which Allah Willeth, Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden; And We shall ease thy way unto the state of case (LXXVII 6-8). Such vocal is the Holy Quran regarding teaching and teacher-ship for making human beings know what they did not know. That s how the unknown become known to human beings. Ofcourse, it is not of mind and sense, but beyond these which are only perceived. It is the faculty of human beings which gets transformed at the receipt of the divine words. Unless and until the faculty inside the human soul does not get transformed to the quality of the faculty of the divine spirit the message is not received. People think that simply by reading a few words from a book or hearing from someone he becomes a recipient or a reader or a learned. That s a false thought. Divinity is concerned with the transformation of the soul of man at least from his animal soul to the human soul. The spiritualist takes the same ascension to the higher stages, reaching upto the Orgiastic feasting, wining and dining over, all s quiet on the home front. I had won a Coresus-like fiver in the Nagaland Olympic lottery and the steady stream of callers began early in the morning. My next-door neighbour, my friend in health, sickness and bus strikes said wanly, Now that you re a multi-billionaire, I don t suppose I ve any standing with you. Me? Just a Second Division clerk on the verge of superannuation. I patted him affectionately, Don t worry, my boy, I said, except that I might buy myself a fleet of BMWs against Rs 4 lakh crore expected. This just shows that Indians are adapt at finding loopholes in the system. Most of the black money got converted into white in some ways. Recent discovery of large stacks of new notes at various locations all over India could not have happened without the connivance of some unscrupulous bank officials. Moreover, there can Demonetisation revealed that we Indians do not like to pay income taxes and are willing to go to any extent to avoid it. Be it the tuition teacher or doctor, everybody wants to be paid in cash without receipts. Only 1% of our population pay income tax compared to 40% in USA. In India, income tax is considered a burden and not the price for civilisation. divine arena. All these are nonphysical, even over and above the sensual and mental knowledge. Completion of this journey happens when human soul is annihilated in the divine spirit. The real teaching is this. Such was the teaching of Dr Zaman in the field of medicine. Every student who came out of his class got a feeling as if he himself was Dr Zaman. Every passed out completed surgeon whom Dr Zaman had trained continues to hold the knife and put the incision as did by Dr Zaman. In dealing with patients and their relatives everyone of the outgoing students remember and try to deal as per Dr Zaman s method. That is the success of a teacher in transforming his disciple to the perfection. As a teacher Dr Zaman had that achievement and success. That s why his disciples chant, as Kabir says I took the knowledgeable one with me/who showed me the real thing/ What would have taken me million lives/ In moments I saw the supreme being. (Kabir) The human inside Dr Zaman can be known from an incident. One day, at Assam Medical College, lots of people were seen crowding outside the casualty. There were rumours that Dr Zaman had committed some accident and the patient has been brought for medical aid. The patient was a minor and was with his mother walking down the street. Suddenly, it fell in front of Dr Zaman s car and met with the accident. The small one s leg was broken for which plaster was needed. Dr Zaman instead of doing his shopping, lifted the victim inside his car and hurried back to casualty and did the plaster himself and after that sent him back. Finally the identity of the victim was known to all. It was a small calf. (Published on the occasion of his 21st death anniversary.) Striking it rich and Rolls Royces, it s going to be business as usual for me. The roving correspondent of the local Doordarshan Kendra thrust a microphone in front of me insisting I say a few words, the footage to be screened during the 9 O clock prime time slot. I cleared my throat rather self consciously. I never expected to come into this colossal windfall, I said, but there it is. It s all HIS will and I feel humble. I ve always been deeply moved by the plight of the poor and The last word S RAGHUNATH be some harassment or further corruption as IT officials start hounding the tax evaders. Does it mean that the whole exercise was in vain? Not completely. First, not all the money that came into the banking system will automatically turn white. Many have already come under the scanner of Income Tax office who had never paid tax before. Second, the tax base will increase as some portion of the informal sector comes into the formal economy. In addition, government s tax revenues will soar as taxes on these previously undisclosed amounts get paid. Third, many received money from black money hoarders either in their bank accounts or in cash with a commission for accepting old notes. Tribal accounts in North-East are overflowing with deposits. There will a section of people who benefitted by working as a middle man helping launder money. This wealth effect will push consumption. Fourth, digital transaction got a forced push that will help bring in more transparency although it is not practical to expect a cash-less society in India in immediate future. Fifth, utility companies recovered unpaid bills from defaulters. Sixth, lower lending rates will help revive investment cycle in medium term. Seventh, fall in interest rate will increase banking sector profit that can be used to recapitalise the banks that is badly needed. Eighth, there is a feel-good factor among middleclass that status-quo on corruption is no longer an option. Demonetisation revealed that we Indians do not like to pay income taxes and are willing to go to any extent to avoid it. Be it the tuition teacher or doctor, everybody wants to be paid in cash without receipts. Only 1% of our population pay income tax compared to 40% in USA. In India, income tax is considered a burden and not the price for civilisation. The salaried middleclass has already rejected government schools or hospitals which are in deplorable conditions without accountability. They do not perceive any benefits of paying taxes. There is no social security system like the Developed economies. So, we just hate to pay income tax. However, we do not have such revulsion towards indirect taxes which are more-or-less invisible. We have no problem with increase in excise duty on petroleum products. There are a plethora of indirect taxes we pay from excise, VAT, service tax, securities transaction tax, stamp duty to the new ones like Swachch Bharat cess, Krishi Kalyan cess. Total indirect tax collection in the period April- October 2017 has grown at healthy 26% compared to budgeted 10% while income tax growth is undershooting the budgeted estimate. Basic economics tell us that indirect tax is bad as it is levied on every person equally, rich or poor, while income tax is good as it is progressive and is levied in accordance with paying capacity. However, Indians are conditioned to avoid income tax. So, it may be better to concentrate more on indirect taxes. The GST will be an efficient way to collect indirect taxes. In the next budget, Mr Jaitley should bring down income tax in steps in order to incentivise people to pay taxes. Further reforms to unearth black money should continue with much more strategic thinking instead of muddled improvisation. (The author is a research scholar at IIFT and adviser at Policy Monks.) Voices of the WEEK Courtesy: THE HINDU Any kind of mission is successful when there is mass participation of people. Keeping this in mind, we have decided to form Swachh Bharat Clubs in residential areas and in schools. M ANGAMUTHU, Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup(M) If judges feel BCCI could do better under retired judges, I wish them all the best.i am sure Indian cricket will do well under their guidance. ANURAG THAKUR, ex-president, BCCI This was to happen. It s a victory for the game of cricket. Administrators come and go, and I am sure the game will flourish. Justice RM LODHA There is a plan to celebrate the Sabha s centenary at Jerenga Pathar in Sivasagar under the four former presidents. You will be surprised to know the person who will lead the four. PARAMANANDA RAJBONGSHI, general secretary, Asam Sahitya Sabha You know, if you have something really important... delivered by courier, the old fashioned way. Because I will tell you what: No computer is safe. DONALD TRUMP, US President-elect Immunity for Sahara or immunity for Modiji? If your conscience is clear Modiji why fear probe. RAHUL GANDHI, vice-president, Congress on demanding an inquiry into Sahara diaries Naxals have weakened post-demonetisation... Their strength has reduced. RAJNATH SINGH, Home Minister If he (MS Dhoni) had quit as a player, then I would have been the first one outside his house, having a dharna asking him to make a comeback... I am happy that he has decided to stay on as a player. SUNIL GAVASKAR, former Indian cricketer It is through construction of proper roads that the overall development of the State could be ensured... We are fasttracking all projects of the department. PARIMAL SUKLABAIDYA, PWD Minister, Assam the exploited in our country and for their benefit, I shall utilise my prize winning for the construction of a 100- bed super speciality hospital in my native village. As a multi-billionaire, this is the least I can do to my suffering brethren. A man in the crowd heckled me. Now that you ve come into undreamt of wealth, I suppose you ll quit travelling on the footboard of city buses and instead you ll swank about the town in a chauffeur-driven Cadillac. Nothing will change my lifestyle, I said, I m feeling humbled at having won Rs 5. Except that my commute between my residence and my office in a helicopter, it s going to be business as usual for me. My future plans? Well, I plan to purchase 10 Mizoram state lottery tickets in the series GKY and who knows, I might win another mind boggling Rs 5 and I shall use it to buy a private business jet and if any amount is leftover, I shall splurge it on purchasing a beachfront villa in Nice or Monte Carlo.

7 CITY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 7 Goriya Moriya students oppose Citizenship Bill GUWAHATI, Jan 7: The All Assam Goriya Moriya Yuva Chatra Parishad has vehemently opposed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 prepared by the Union government, advocating the identification and expulsion of illegal migrants as per the provisions of the Assam Accord. In a statement issued here, the joint secretary of the Parishad, Sahnur Ali said that at a time when implementation of the Assam Accord should be a priority of the Government of India, the ground being prepared to allow Hindu Bangladeshis to get settled in Assam is a matter of great concern. Apart from harming the interests of the State, this religion-based politics would greatly damage the country s reputation as the largest secular democracy of the world, the statement added. Asking both the Union and the State governments to stick to the cut-off date as mentioned in the Assam Accord, the organisation said that any Hindu or Muslim entering Assam after March 24, 1971 should be identified and expelled. It also took a resolution to start a democratic movement against the proposed amendments in the days to come. Staff Reporter Congress workers taking out a protest rally against demonetisation in Guwahati on Saturday. AT photo Food & Civil Supplies Dept initiates steps for farmers STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Jan 7: The Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department has initiated a series of measures for the benefit of farmers. The Minister of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department Rihon Daimari has issued directives to the Food Corporation of India (FCI), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India Limited (NCCF), Assam State Agriculture Marketing Board (ASAMB) to procure the State s local produce from the farmers at government rates so that the same can subsequently be distributed to the consumers through PDS. STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Jan 7: Draped in exquisite khadi creations, a host of models from across the North East walked the ramp at the State level khadi-gramodyog exhibition here on Thursday evening. Models walked the ramp wearing traditional Assam silk and Benarasi silk. Designed and choreographed by The Minister has also laid stress on increasing the consumption of locally produced rice instead of importing it, so that farmers can benefit. The department has directed FCI, NAFED, NCCF and ASAMB to collect paddy from the notified Paddy Procurement Centres (PPCs) set up in different districts. Daimari informed that an amount of Rs 4 crore has already been granted to ASAMB as loan by the department for procurement of paddy like previous years, and, as per requirement, more fund will be provided in future. The total targets of paddy procurement by the FCI, ASAMB, NAFED and National Federation of Farmer s Procurement, Processing and Retailing Cooperatives of India Ltd (NACOF) through the notified PCCs are 62,000 MT, 31,900 MT, 20,000 MT and 20,000 MT respectively. The revenue district-wise list of PPCs for FCI are: Hojai, Morigaon and Roha (under Hojai revenue district); Dokmoka (under Karbi Anglong); Dhing, Nagaon and Dimoruguri (under Nagaon); Dhekiajuli and Thelamara (under Sonitpur); Kaligaon (under Udalguri); Kharupetia and Dhula (under Darrang); Changsari (under Kamrup Rural); Banekuchi and Tihu (under Nalbari); FSD, Golaghat PVT and ASWC, Golaghat (under Golaghat); Chinnamara and Dergaon (under Jorhat); Sivasagar (under Sivasagar); Narayanpur, North Lakhimpur and Laluk (under Lakhimpur); Dhemaji and Gogamukh (under Dhemaji); Ramnagar (under Cachar); Lalabazar (under Hailakandi); Nilambazar (under Karimganj); Haflong (under Dima Hasao); Chaulkhowa (under Dibrugarh); Tinsukia (under Tinsukia); Jogighopa (under Bongaigaon); Sorbhog (under Barpeta); Goalpara (under Goalpara); Gossaigaon (under Kokrajhar) and Balajan (under Dhubri Revenue District). The revenue district-wise list of Paddy Procurement Centres for Assam State Agriculture Marketing Board (ASAMB) are: Pathsala, under Barpeta revenue district; Kharupetia and Sipajhar under Darrang; Kalaigaon under Udalguri; Gogamukh and Silapathar under Dhemaji; Gauripur under Dhubri; Matia and Krishnai under Goalpara; Furkating and Sarupathar under Golaghat; Borhola and Madhopur under Jorhat; Pacharia Models walk the ramp at khadi fair Prasantt Ghosh (who has been involved in doing khadi design and fashion shows for more than a decade) along with Moonme Baruah and Kanchan Sabarwal, the fashion show covered all aspects of khadi. The khadi fashion parade was inaugurated by AP Modak, State Director KVIC, Guwahati. Speaking on the occasion, Modak said khadi is Health camp GUWAHATI, Jan 7: Physicians from Hayat Hospital conducted the Saturday evening OPD at Guwahati Press Club today. Dr Anjan Saikia (gastroenterology), Dr Daboo Patowari (internal medicine) and Dr Abhisek Lohia (dermatology) offered free consultations after checking their blood pressure and sugar levels. Over 35 participants attended. The hospital has also announced various concessions in treatment for Press Club members along with their families. Paragjyoti Dutta, Assistant General Manager of the hospital, informed that they would get special discount on OPD/doctor consultation charges, room rent, lab investigation, CT/USG/X- Ray, MRI/MR Angiography and also on some other facilities. The next evening OPD will be conducted by Sankaradeva Nethralaya on January 21 from 4 pm. The camp on January 14 has been cancelled due to Magh Bihu celebrations, a statement said. Staff Reporter very comfortable for all occasions and is chosen by all sections of people nowadays. Organised by the Uttar Purvanchal Khadi Gramodyog Maha Sangha, the exhibition at Rukmininagar Bihu Field, Housing Complex, Survey, has been going on from December 28 and will conclude on January 11, a press release said. Among the models in action at the show were Indrani Sarma, Divya Rasmi Devi, Punam Das, Jia Sarma, Tina Das, Puja Das, Suvam Das, Chandan Das and Kripesh. Singer Abhijit Ghosh and a dance group also performed in between the rounds. The entire show was managed by Kreative People. Beautiful khadi products from all over the country are on display at the fair. These include sarees, balucharis from West Bengal, sambalpuris from President of Boro Women s Justice Forum Dr Anjali Daimary speaking at the Guwahati Zila Bodo Sahitya Sabha annual meet in Guwahati on Saturday. UB Photos (Singimari), Uparhali and Boko under Kamrup; Maloibari, under Kamrup Metro; Joima under Kokrajhar; Simaluguri, Bongalmara and North Lakhimpur under Lakhimpur; Kushtoli, Jagibhakat Gaon and Oujari (Dalbari) under Morigaon; Dhing, Roha, Kampur, Nilbagan, Lanka, Dabaka and Hojai under Nagaon; Kumarikata, Banekuchi, Singra and Solmara under Nalbari; Amguri and Moran under Sivasagar; Dhekiajuli, Barchala and Gohpur under Sonitpur and Makum under Tinsukia Revenue District. The revenue district-wise list of PPCs for National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd are: Devsthan and Kampur under Nagaon rvenue district; Telebasti and Golaghatiabasti under Hojai; Howraghat under Karbi Anglong; Mayong Odisha and pochampuris from Andhra Pradesh. The number of stalls is around 50. Traditional medicine stalls from Maharashtra and Assam s world class cane and bamboo furniture are also on display at the fair. The whole exhibition is sponsored by Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Ministry of MSME, Govt of India), Guwahati. Discussion on Sahitya Sabha GUWAHATI, Jan 7: A discussion on the topic The role of Asam Sahitya Sabha in the social life of Assam would be held at the Guwahati Press Club, Ambari, from 2.30 pm on January 10, a press release issued here stated. The discussion is being organised by Pragjyotishpur Sahitya Sabha in collaboration with Rupalim Sahitya Samaj, in conformity with the centenary celebration of the State s premier literary body and also as part of the golden jubilee year of Pragjyotishpur Sahit- ya Sabha. The meeting will be inaugurated by Dr Purno Bhattacharyya, Vice Principal, Gauhati Commerce College, as the chief guest. Dr Kanak Chandra Saharia, professor, Department of Assamese, Gauhati University (GU), and Liladhar Hazarika, assistant headmaster, Gauhati University Adarsha High School, have consented to attend the programme as the guests of honour. Pragjyotishpur Sahitya Sabha is the GU branch of Asam Sahitya Sabha. GNRC honours 4 social icons GUWAHATI, Jan 7: The GNRC Hospitals observed its 30th anniversary in its Dispur campus on Thursday, according to a press release issued here today. To commemorate the occasion, the GNRC Hospitals honoured four noted personalities of Assam, including senior journalist and former editor of Dainik Asam DN Chakravartty, noted litterateur and consulting editor of Niyomia Barta Homen Borgohain, senior journalist and writer Dhirendra Nath Bezboruah and veteran journalist and editor of Dainik Asam Radhika Mohan Bhagawati. Speaking on the occasion, CMD of GNRC Dr Nomal Chandra Borah said, It is our honour to recognise these icons and express our gratitude to them for their significant contributions to the society. As a token of gratitude for their contributions to the society, the GNRC will take care of their healthcare expenses for their lifetime. under Morigaon; Udalguri under Udalguri and Doomnichuki under Darrang revenue district. The revenue district-wise list of Paddy Procurement Centres for National Federation of Farmer s Procurement, Processing and Retailing Cooperatives of India Ltd are: Sonai and Lakhipur under Cachar revenue district; Katlichera under Hailakandi; Jamunamukh under Hojai; Udalguri, Tangla and Rowta under Udalguri; Kumrikatta and Musalpur under Baksa; Goroimari, Bijaynagar and Chaygaon under Kamrup Rural; Khetri under Kamrup Metro; Agomoni under Dhubri; Bogoribari under Kokrajhar; Bohori under Barpeta; and Gormur and Jengraimukh under Majuli revenue district, stated an official release issued here today. 15th foundation day of Nilachal Jatiya Vidyalaya celebrated GUWAHATI, Jan 7: Nilachal Jatiya Vidyalaya celebrated its 15th foundation day on January 6 with much zeal, enthusiasm and frolic. In occasion of this auspicious event, an exhibition of art and craft was also organised where the students of the school showcase their artistic skills and creative potential. Eminent artist and filmmaker Pulak Gogoi inaugurated the exhibition and graced the occasion with his memorable speech. Teachers performed the school song Ajir Ei Xubhokhyon. The artist has been facilitated for his unitiring work and achievements. A wish-giving ceremony to the outgoing student called Ekanjali Xubhashish was also organised. Principal of Railway Higher Secondary School, Maligaon and Probin Sharma, retired teacher of the same school attended the function and give wishes to the students. Principal Rajib Kalita spoke about his experience in the fifteen years of long journey of the school. The programme was came to an end with the Axom Sangeet. BSNL awards GUWAHATI, Jan 7: Noted educationist Prof Deven Dutta, actors Nipon Goswami, Biju Phukan, singer Mitali Dey, actor Upakul Bordoloi, Lipika Bora Medhi, mime artiste Moinul Haque and senior journalist Dr Sanjoy Paul were presented the BSNL Roll of Honour 2017 Awards at a function here today. The awards were handed over to the recipients by MK Seth, CGM, BSNL. Notification No.SEBA/EO/Godown/1/14/26 Dtd. Guwahati, 6th Jan, 17 NOTICE INVITING TENDER The Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) invites sealed Tender in two bid system (Technical & Financial) from reputed, experienced and financially sound Companies/Firms/ Agencies and for Renovation of Internal Electrification of Godown of the office. Estimated value of the contract is Rs. 4 (four) lacs. Tender will be accepted up to 2 p.m. on or before and will be opened at 3 p.m. on same day. For details please visit SEBA s website, Sd/- Secretary,SEBA GAUHATI UNIVERSITY Adv No: IDOL/NTS/1/2017 Applications in prescribed format with attested copies of testimonials are invited from eligible candidates for the following posts in the Gauhati University Institute of Distance and Open Learning. 1. Assistant Professor in Economics 1 (one) Post. Educational qualification and Experience: As per latest UGC norms for appointment of Assistant Professor at University level (for details please visit the following link of G.U. website). Mere fulfilment of qualification will not entitle an applicant for inviting to the interview. Link for Educational Qualification: form/recuitment/ QUALIFICATION % 20 (Direct% 20 Recruitment). pdf Scale of Pay: Pay Band Rs. 15,600-39,100 with Grade pay of Rs. 6000/- (UGC) Age: Should not be above 38 years on Category of Post: Unreserved 2. Academic Consultants 4 (four) posts. (History-1, Mathematics-1, Philosophy-1, Bodo-1) Pay: Consolidated Pay of Rs. 21,600/- p.m. Qualification & Experience: Master degree in concern subject with latest UGC norms from a recognized Indian or foreign University having uniformly good academic record. Apart from having good academic record candidate having good communication skill, knowledge of ICT, exposure to the ODL mode of education in higher educational University/institute and NET/SLET will be given preference. The incumbent will be responsible for preparation of Self Learning Material for distance learner, conducting personal contact programme/counselling session or any other job assigned by the Director GUIDOL. The post is purely temporary and initially for a period of 5 (five) years which may be extended. N.B. Candidates who have applied earlier for the Post. No.2 against the Advertisement No IDOL/AC-NTS/1/2014, dated need not apply. Their applications will be considered. 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8 8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 STATE Ganja seized, two held DHUBRI, Jan 7: Dhubri Police on Saturday seized 84 kgs of ganja and arrested two persons in this regard from Bhasanichar area. Pradip Kumar Das, OC, Dhubri informed that they have arrested Nur Hussain and Johar Ali from the area, who were planting ganja at the garden inside the four walls of their home. We have come to know from the accused that these plants were not meant for the local market but for export to other States, particularly UP, said Das, who also added that they have uprooted all the plants in their home and from nearby places while conducting the seizure. Police have registered a case (No. 22/17) at Dhubri Police Station under Section 20 (A) (B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Illegal timber seized BONGAIGAON, Jan 7: A joint team of SSB and special protection force of Bongaigaon forest department seized a Tata mobile vehicle bearing registration number AS-26 C 0830, loaded with illegal timber and arrested its driver Jakir Hussain (24) on Thursday night from Palengbari in Bongaigaon district. OBITUARY Ira Kataky GUWAHATI, Jan 7: Ira Kataky, a prominent resident of Krishnanagar, Chandmari here passed away on January 5 due to old-age ailments. Wife of Late Nagendra Nath Kataky, retired ACS officer, she leaves behind three sons, two daughters, three grandchildren and a host of relatives and well-wishers. MU Ahmed GUWAHATI, Jan 7: Minar Uddin Ahmed, a resident of Ward No. 4 of Dhubri town breathed his last at 5.20 am on January 6 morning. He was 77. He served the State Forest Department of Assam for 57 years and retired from the office of the Divisional Forest Officer, NC Hills, Haflong in A veteran singer and actor of the undivided Dhubri district, Minar Uddin Ahmed was associated with many socio-cultural organisations. His demise was widely mourned. Sarojini Devi BONGAIGAON, Jan 7: Sarojini Devi, widow of Late Devendra Narayan Trata, passed away at her residence at Mamugaon in the district this morning due to old-age ailments. She was over 90. Her husband, who was a freedom fighter, had expired in She left behind six sons, two married daughters and grand children in her family. Her demise was deeply mourned. DIPHU, Jan 7: The Joint Action Committee for Autonomous State (JACAS) has expressed its resentment over the role of the Central and State Governments over its long-pending demand. The JACAS clarified that the hill people voted the BJP to power not exactly for the Achhe Din and Parivartan that it promised to the nation in general, but for its poll promise on implementation of Article 244(A) of the Constitution. Regional autonomy in the form of Autonomous State has been the aspiration of hill people since long and it is equivalent to the BJP s Achhe Din and Parivartan for the people of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao. In the last three decades in Karbi Anglong politics, elections have been fought ANN Service PATACHARKUCHI, Jan 7: Lal Bahadur Shastri Balika Bidyalaya, one of the premier educational institutions of Nityananda locality, has completed 50 glorious years of its establishment. In order to recall the memories and contributions made by this institute in uplifting the status of girl students of the locality and sacrifice of the people of the area, the golden jubilee will be celebrated with a two-day programmes on January 28 and 29. A strong celebration committee has already been formed in this regard with Karuna Kanta Barman as president, Janarddan Medhi as executive president and Himangshu Choudhury and Anita Patgiri as joint secretaries. The committee has already started preparations for making the celebration a success. As per the itinerary prepared by the celebration committee, the programme will begin on January 28 with the open- Annual sports week MANGALDAI, Jan 7: The annual sports week of Mangaldai Maharishi Vidya Mandir (MVM) ended recently. Many sporting events were organised among the students. Exhibition of science models, paintings, presentation of songs and dance also marked the occasion. Narnrayan Nath and Kalpana Deka, both ADCs graced the science exhibition as the guests. Science models of Lakhinandan Bora and Jyotismita Talukdar were adjudged as the best in senior and junior category respectively. The limelight of the sports week was the inaugural colourful cultural rally taken out by the students and teachers. Cleanliness drive at Garamur A JACAS sore over Govt role on autonomous State demand on the Autonomous State issue. Parties have been voted to and out of power on their commitment to the demand for Autonomous Statehood. For its lack of sincerity towards the demand for Autonomous Statehood as provided under Article 244 (A) of the Constitution, the Congress, the longest ruling party in Karbi Anglong, was voted out of power and the ASDC, a regional force, was voted to power in Likewise, the ASDC, which appeared to be an invincible regional force at the time, was also voted out of power by the disillusioned and disgruntled hill people which voted the Congress back to power in After a year of its coming to power, on April 9, 2015, the BJP-led NDA Government resumed talks on the Autonomous State issue, which had been initiated by the UPA Government with the Golden jubilee of LB Shastri Balika Bidyalaya Young Assamese of Dallas ring in 2017 by helping children s cause GUWAHATI, Jan 7: Celebrating and ushering in the New Year of 2017, the young Assamese people of Dallas made an appeal to the audience gathered for the community celebration to support the various charitable causes of Assam Foundation of North America (AFNA), a press release stated. Urvi, Anuska, Nistha, Diya, Shanku, Anvi, Riddhi and Hiya spoke on various projects including educational institute Parijat Academy, the school which started with eight chil- DR ABU KAUSHAR HAZARIKA It is indeed a proud occasion for the entire North Lakhimpur district that the North Lakhimpur Girls Higher Secondary School has completed the 75th year of its establishment. The journey of girls education in North Lakhimpur began more than 100 years ago. At the initiative of Bisheshwar Changkakoti, the sojourn began with Lilaboti Bordoloi and her husband Anantaram Bordoloi as teachers, and the first girls primary school started functioning in It was a period when most parts of Assam were oblivious of girls education. North Lakhimpur broke the shackles. Later on Mujibon Nesa, Jayanti Hazarika, Goneswari Gogoi and Fazaltun Nesa (known more as Togor Baidew) took up the reins of running the school. dren, many of whom were rescued from working as day labourers at stone quarries today, is a thriving stronghold of 500 children. They also spoke about Snehalaya dozens of children lost in Guwahati Railway station are provided a home-like atmosphere at Snehalaya. There was also a mention about AKADAMIC an AFNA programme which awards educational scholarships and also mentors needy students from poor family ing of the gate by Bhubaneswar Barman, ex-mla and ex-president of the school management committee in the morning followed by lighting of the ceremonial lamp by Phulen Chandra Das, retired employee of the school. While school flag will be hoisted by Anita Patgiri, in-charge headmistress of the school, flag of the golden jubilee celebration will be hoisted by Karuna Barman, president of the celebration committee. Fifty flags will also be hoisted to mark the celebration. Floral tributes at the portrait of Lal Bahadur Shastri will be laid by Janardan Medhi, executive president of the celebration committee and Dimbeswar Das, retired teacher respectively. Smriti tarpan programme will be initiated by Homeswar Talukdar and teachers, staff and social workers of the locality will take part in the programme. A plantation programme will be performed by Green Mission, Bajali, swahid tarpan will be performed by Sanjib Talukdar, member of the central executive committee AASU, Samudra Patgiri, general secretary, Barpeta district AASU and Jintu Das, president of Nityananda Anchalik Committee of AASU. A cultural procession will be taken out at the beginning. A seminar on Role of education system in moulding real human resource in the middle level will be declared open by Dr Rabindra Nath Medhi, ex-president, school management committee while MM Dutta, retd Principal of MNC College will conduct the seminar. A number of experts will take part in the seminar. In the evening, after lighting of the ceremonial lamp, a temporary stage in memory of Kali Nath Dev Choudhury will be declared open by Labanya Devi. A cultural programme will follow thereafter. On the concluding day, a cleanliness and plantation drive will be initiated by Nagen Choudhury, director, Seuji Dhara Bajali. A felicitation programme for the Nalbari to become open defecation-free dist soon N Lakhimpur Girls HSS: saga of 75 years JACAS and held on September 2, But it appears that the talks were nothing but farcical, the JACAS said. In April 2015, the JACAS negotiating team had a discussion with Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs for furtherance of talks, but the proposed discussion is yet to be scheduled. Further, Arun Terang, president of BJP s Karbi Anglong district committee led a joint delegation of the JACAS, the KLNLF and the KAN- CHASDCOM to New Delhi on December 22, The Union Minister mooted joint discussion and advised the delegation to meet Union Joint Secretary Satyendra Garg. Accordingly, the delegation met the latter the same evening, though no communication has been received in this regard till date, the JACAS stated. With the arrival of Magh Bihu, housewives busy preparing different kinds of pithas, in Baksa district, on Friday. UB Photos MAJULI, Jan 7: The Majuli district administration has decided to begin a cleanliness drive on December 9 at the district capital of Majuli, Garamur, with the purpose of increase the awareness among people about Swachh Bharat Mission. On that day, the programme will be begin at the Garamur market area at 6.30 am under the leadership of the DC of this island district Pallab Gopal Jha. Officials of all the departments under the district administration, district police department, and members of various social organisations will participate in this programme and try to increase awareness among the people about the necessity of a clean and healthy environment. Jha has requested the officials of all the departments, the officials and members of the businessmen s union and the common people to participate in this programme. On the other hand, the district administration has also organised a five-day yoga programme at Garamur, in association with Patanjali Yoga Pith, from January 9. On that day, the programme will begin after a cleanliness programme but from January 10, it will start from 5.30 am. backgrounds. The young Assamese urged the audience to buy the yearly AFNA calendar the profits of which will go to the common cause of giving, empowering and creating opportunities for needy children back home. The appeal was well received as participants donated generously. The children in Dallas with their heartfelt appeal on New Year s Eve helped in making a small difference with a strong message which was felt and appreciated by many. NALBARI, Jan 7: The Nalbari district administration has resolved to construct 48,000 new sanitary latrines among the below poverty line (BPL) families with an aim to make Nalbari an open defecationfree (ODF) district by March 31 next. The Deputy Commissioner of Nalbari, Anant Lal Gyani told this correspondent that the administration has already retired teachers will he held and Leela Dutta, retired teacher will declare it open. An interaction meet between exstudents and present students will be held and Himangshu Choudhury, retired in-charge headmaster will declare it open. An open meeting in the evening will be declared open by Dr Ranjit Deka, Rector, Anundoram Borooah Academy where Ranjit Kumar Dass, ex-speaker of Assam Assembly will take part as chief guest and Thaneswar Malakar, Deputy Commissioner, Barpeta will release the souvenir. Pabindra Deka will attend as special guest. Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury, former Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University and Haidar Hussain, senior journalist will attend as appointed speakers besides a host of guests. The entire programme will wind up with a cultural programme, which will be declared open by Dr Subhra Kingkar Goswami. The expedition to reach the pinnacle continued. This primary school was subsequently upgraded to Middle English (ME) School. Advocate Yusuf Ali Hazarika acted as the Head Master and taught English. In , three girls passed ME as the first batch students and Golap Chandra Goswami was the Head Master. In the absence of a girls high school not only in North Lakhimpur but all over the north bank of the Brahmaputra, the aspirations for girls higher education ended there. The girls and parents faced many constraints in travelling, accommodation and finance in pursuing higher education in towns like Dibrugarh, Jorhat or Guwahati. Guardians who dared and ventured to send their daughters outside for higher education were the visionaries of a girls high school at North Lakhimpur. The concept of a girls high school was so close to their heart that they had no time to wait for Government patronisation. Their obsession took physical shape in August, 1939 when North Lakhimpur Girls High School formally began with Rohiteswar Dutta Saikia as the first Head Master. In 1943, the first batch of four girls from this school appeared in matriculation examination from Calcutta University. But the school was closed temporarily during the final thrust of the freedom movement in Head Master Dutta Saikia arranged a makeshift classroom in a shop owned by Mihir Lal Baruah after it closed in the evenings. The four girls came to attend classes with kerosene lanterns in their hands. Such was their plight and zeal to overcome it. They passed the matriculation in first and second divisions with letter marks As political transition in this particular hill area now is in favour of the BJP, the Karbi Anglong leadership of the party, it seems, has forgotten their commitment to the demand. Implementation of Article 224 (A) of the Constitution was one of the major poll promises made by the BJP to the hill people of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao. To reach out to the hill people for their support, the BJP s Karbi Anglong district committee circulated national general secretary Tapir Gao s letter wherein it was stated that The BJP will still stick to its commitment on creation of smaller States, including implementation of Article 224(A) of Indian Constitution for the two hill districts of Assam, the JACAS added. On the other hand, on March 30, 2014, in an election rally at Dokmoka in Karbi TINSUKIA, Jan 7: Alleging total failure of the demonetisation move of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to achieve its goal like flushing out of black money etc., the Tinsukia District Congress Committee (TDCC) took out a protest rally in Tinsukia town on Saturday. The rally was taken out from the Congress Bhawan and came back after going through the main streets of the town. The rallyists raised slogans against the demonetisation drive and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister for giving unnecessary trouble to the people of the country. Anglong, Rajnath Singh, the then BJP president made a public announcement that the demand for implementation of Article 224(A) would be seriously considered, in the event of BJP s coming into power at the Centre. Rajnath Singh s reassuring announcement, besides the open support of the JACAS helped the party in securing power in a traditional Congress bastion of three autonomous districts where at that point of time the BJP s presence was marginal. The success has firmed the BJP s hold in Karbi Anglong as an alternative to the Congress and helped it wrest all the five ST seats but one in the Assembly election of Interestingly, the one seat that was lost to the Congress was subsequently won by the BJP in the by-election held on November, 19, 2016, the JACAS said. completed construction of 16,000 new low-cost latrines under the aforementioned project. The rest will be completed soon, he said. He further informed that a total of 39,000 existing latrines have been lying defunct within the district. In order to restore the defunct latrines, the district administration has taken up a special drive with the help of NGOs, individual contributions and donations. According to him, the district administration is also trying to motivate the above poverty line (APL) families to avoid the habit of defecation in open places. The motivational effort, it may be mentioned, has been responsible for the construction of 9,000 more sanitary latrines by APL families themselves. The Deputy Commissioner added that the administration will cover all the 1.60 lakh families of the district by March 31 next. PM s resignation demanded Torch rally: Smelling conspiracy on the part of the Central Government by introducing the Citizenship Act ( Amendment) bill for giving citizenship to the Hindu Bangladeshis, the Tinsukia town committee of Brihattar Asomiya Yuba Manch (BAYM) took out a torch rally on Friday evening. The protest torch rally that started from Tinkunia made its way through the main streets of the town and ended at Tinkunia again. The protesters warned that they would continue their protests more stringently to thwart such evil designs of the Union Government which would hamper the interest of the indigenous people of the State. Young girls of Tai-Khamyang community preparing traditional food at a stall of Tai-Khamyang Khadya Sambhar during Assam Mahotsav at Jorhat, on Friday. UB Photos in different subjects. Their success in the matriculation decided the future course of this nascent school and it never looked back. In course of time, the alumni of the school became the teachers of their alma mater. In the whole process of conceptualising to materialising the North Lakhimpur Girls High School a reality, the wisdom, endeavour and sacrifices of so many persons cannot be measured by any means or words. In 1943 at the initiative of the Inspectress of Girls Schools, Assam, Mrs Bassie Laise nee Thomas, the Girls ME school was merged with the North Lakhimpur Girls High School and made it a full-fledged high school. A remarkable feature of the school was that the mission of the governing body was to improve the infrastructure and facilitate the educational activities, leaving the academic part to the discretion of the Head Mistress. In the formative years, the focus of the governing body to appoint the alumni as teachers reinforced the academic foundation of the school. The great earthquake of 1950 ravaged the school building to the ground. But like the phoenix it rose from the rumbles and is standing where it is today. The sponsors for reconstruction of the school will be always remembered by time for their magnanimity. With the passage of time, the North Lakhimpur Girls High School became a Higher Secondary School in 1995 and continued to script its own history wearing its own aura and carrying the legacy of a successful 75 years. The celebration of platinum jubilee will come to an end on January 10-12, But the saga will continue.

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UB Photos KOKRAJHAR, Jan 7: Close on the heels of negative public complaints doing the rounds, BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary conducted a surprise visit today morning to see the ground reality of work culture in 21 different director & CHD offices in Kokrajhar. The sudden visit brought to light the sorry state of affairs there, with half of the staff being absent and filed lying scattered around tables. The BTC chief also checked the attendance registers and brought the same to the secretariat for necessary legal action. Talking to mediapersons at the Bodoland Guest House here soon after the surprise visit, Mohilary said that legal action would be taken against the officers and employees who were found missing present controversial principàl secretary continues to hold on to his post. Through another resolution, the meeting stressed on organising a State-level convention of Asam Sahitya Sabha workers,writers and exoffice bearers in Sivasagar to sort out the issues for rejuvenating and reorganising the Sabha prior to holding the centenary session. Gajen Rajkonwar, vice president of the Zilla Parishad, Muhi Borua, district secretary of All India Trade Union Congress and Hemanta Changmai, president of Tai Ahom Yuva Parishad said that Dr Paramananda Rajbongshi should Hagrama pays surprise visit to offices in Kokrajhar dist THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 9 Specially-abled to be provided aid in Jorhat, Sivasagar & Charaideo be demoted from the post of principal secretary owning moral responsibility for the present impasse. Partha P Bora, Rajan Bharali, Madhov Das, Dibakar Sensuwa, Ansaruddin Borah and Somesh Deka, president of Sivasagar District Journalists Association, besides Manoj Borthakur said that Sivasagar should once again set an example by showing Asam Sahitya Sabha the right direction. However, Dr Upen Gogoi said that Dr Paramananda Rajbongshi has been holding on to power by virtue of the Asam Sahitya Sabha guidelines, and can be challenged only on that front. Rail line demand committee welcomes Sonowal s move BARPETA, Jan 7: The people of Barpeta in particular and Jogighopa-Abhayapuri-Barpeta- Sarthebari-Hajo- Sualkuchi Rail Line Demand Committee has expressed satisfaction over the recent move of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal for requesting the Union Railway Minister to take prompt measures to connect Majuli and Barpeta with the railway network. In a statement, the demand committee welcomed the move and thanked the Chief Minister for his active and positive role in the issue. The statement, signed by Pulin Kumar Pathak, vice president of the demand committee stated that they had submitted memoranda to successive Central governments demanding the rail line since a long time. Responding to their demand, the then Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav had initiated a survey of the line in But the concerned file gathered dust after the survey was completed. Further, the UPA Government at the Centre did not sanctioned adequate funds for the project. The committee led by its president Kumar Dipak Das, former MP and secretaries Gunindra Nath Das, MLA of Barpeta and Bhuoendra Nath Roy met the Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain on August 3, 2016 last and requested him to sanction the project and earmark required funds in the forthcoming Budget for They argued that it will not only improve the condition of Satra Nagari Barpeta, bell metal industry of Sarthebari, brass metal industry of Hajo and the silk industry of Sualkuchi, but also promote these places as important tourist destinations. The Railway Minister assured the delegation that their demand will be considered positively and will be reflected in the next Budget. Amidst these developments, the required push by the Chief Minister has given a new dimension to the issue. The concerned people hope that the proposal for this rail line survey will be included in the next Budget, thereby ending all negative speculation on the long-standing demand. during working hours today, that too without submitting leave application. He also announced that biometric attendance machines would be installed in all the offices in Kokrajhar within this month to check work culture. Negative work culture has taken a heavy toll on all-round development in the entire region, he said. He also said that stern action would be taken against the Junior Engineers of DRDA, Industry, Irrigation, PWD, etc. departments who indulge in corrupt practices. I have a lot of complaints against almost all the JEs of different departments under the BTC. If they do not change their mindset, then the corrupt JEs would face serious punitive action in the coming days, Hagrama warned. Correspondent of Upper Assam where people with various kinds of disabilities were detected. In undivided Sivasagar district, including Charaideo, we found 1,633 challenged persons. In all, 1,562 persons with disabilities were detected in Jorhat. But the number will in all probability increase as we are yet to complete the process of selection here, said Rajesh Kumar Das, Officer (P&O) of ALIMCO. He informed that seeking assistance for the speciallyabled persons of Jorhat, Sivasagar and Charaideo districts, Jorhat MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa had dashed off a letter to the Union Ministry of Social RANGIYA, Jan 7: Nearly 700 aggrieved workers, both casual and regular, of Assam Polyester Operative Limited (APOL) mill located at Tulsibari here raised their collective protest before the mill administration here today due to non-release of their monthly salaries since the last six months, including the current month. The deprived workers vented their agony before the media and flayed the APOL authority for its lackadaisical attitude over non-release of their monthly salaries despite assurance given to the former by the later. Justice and Empowerment, which has been providing such facilities through ALIMCO across the country. In Majuli district, the selection of beneficiaries will be conducted at Ratanpur Miri Gaon Panchayat, Fuloni, Luit Gaon Panchayat and Uttar Kamalabari Satra from Jaunry 8 to 12 next. Different kinds of free aids and appliances will be given to the orthopaedically-impaired, visually-impaired, hearing-impaired and mentally-impaired people of all the aforementioned districts within February, informed the officer. However, Jorhat MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa will have to provide Rs12,000 against each APOL workers demand release of pending dues BARPETA, Jan 7: Preparations are on in full swing in recent days to prepare the annual almanac of Barpeta Satra for the third consecutive year. A preparation committee for this purpose with Basistha Dev Sarma Burha Satriya of the Satra as president, Nabajit Das Deka Satriya of the Satra as working president and Mahananda Pathak of the Satra Management Committee as secretary has since been constituted. A release issued by Mahananda Pathak in- We were assured about release our last five months salaries by December 31 last, but in vain. With Magh Bihu approaching, the authority continues to lend a deaf ear to our sufferings and pains, lamented office-bearers of the APOL workers union. It sought prompt intervention of the concerned State Government department to expedite necessary action for release of their pending salaries at the earliest. Following closing down of the weaving and processing units of the APOL mill for the last 13 years, presently only the spinning section is functional, where nearly 700 workers are rendering regular service. Barpeta Satra almanac to be published soon formed that the almanac will be published before the forthcoming Doul Utsav. He stated that efforts are under way not only to incorporate all the functions and rituals of all the satras and thaans within the district, but also beyond. Besides, the committee has solicited photographs of religious institutions from experienced photographers with minimum 300 DPI with 5 MB specification, which may be addressed to the secretary of the preparation committee, Barpeta Satra on or before January 31 next. motorized tricycle from his local area development fund for the physically challenged people of his Lok Sabha constituency, which includes Sivasagar, Jorhat and Charaideo districts. However, the cost of all other aids and appliances will be provided free of cost by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, the mediapersons were told. Attending the press conference, BJP district president Santanu Pujari said that the BJP-led Government in the State is going to launch several welfare schemes during the current year for the benefit of the poor and needy population in memory of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. Office ransacked at Biswanath Ghat KAZIRANGA, Jan 7: A tense situation prevailed near the office of the Northern Range of Kaziranga National Park today at Biswanath Ghat following massive public protest over highhandedness of some forest staff who reportedly harassed local villagers without any provocation, alleged the residents. The protesters subsequently ransacked the office furniture and damaged a vehicle, sources said. Later, police brought the situation under control. Woman stabbed, husband arrested ANN Service SONARI, Jan 7: One Ruhit Mishra of Suffry Tea Estate was arrested after he stabbed to death his pregnant wife named Sarumai Mishra last night. OBITUARY Dhiren Ch Das GUWAHATI, Jan 7: Dhiren Chandra Das, general secretary of UCO Bank Pensioners Association, NER passed away on January 1 following a stroke at a local hospital here. He was 70. He was associated with various socio-cultural organisations. He leaves behind his wife and a daughter, besides two grandchildren. His death was widely mourned.

10 10 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 District wise-treasury wise list of Pension cases finalised through Directorate of Pension, Assam SI. District Treasury PPO Code Pensioner Name No. 1 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2015/ ABDUL LATIF MULLAH 2 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2015/ MOTIOR RAHMAN 3 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2015/ FAIZUDDIN SIKDAR 4 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MD. ABDUR SHAMIR UDDIN AHMED 5 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MOTALEB ALI 6 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MOSLEM UDDIN 7 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ INDU CHAKRABORTY 8 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ABDUS SAMAD CHOUDHURY 9 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ JAGADISH TAMULI 10 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ FAZLUR RAHMAN 11 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ DINESH CH DAS 12 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SMTI RAMBHA BHUYAN / LATE DUGDHA RAM BHUYAN 13 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MD. LIAQUAT ALI AHMED 14 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ JATINDRA NATH TALUKDAR 15 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SHYAM LAL SARKAR 16 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SAYED ALI 17 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ RUBINA BEGUM / LATE SAIF UDDIN AHMED 18 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SAHATAN NESSA / LATE ABDUR KADDUS AHMED 19 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MD. WAZED ALI 20 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MD AZAHAR ALI 21 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ABALA BARO / LATE TARUN CH BARO 22 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ALIMA BEGUM 23 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MAJIBAR RAHMAN 24 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ KUNJARAM DEKA 25 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MINAKSHI GOSWAMI / LATE MAHESHWAR GOSWAMI 26 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ADHAR CH DAS 27 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ANIRUDDHA KR DAS 28 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MD. JAIDUL ISLAM 29 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MD. SHAHIDUL ISLAM 30 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ GAURISANKAR DAS 31 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ RAJENDRA CH DAS 32 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ CHINTA SIL / LATE MANORANJAN SIL 33 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ABDUS SATTAR AHMED 34 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ JAYNAL ABEDIN AHMED 35 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MD. BILLAL HOSSAIN 36 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SAHABUDDIN AHMED 37 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ HARENDRA NATH BAYAN 38 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ BINU SAIKIA / LATE NRIPEN SAIKIA 39 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SAMARENDRA NATH BASAK 40 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MD. AZHAR ALI 41 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ HAJIN CH DAS 42 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ NIZAM UDDIN MIRZA 43 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ KERAMAT ALI 44 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MD. ANOWAR HOSSAIN 45 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ NRIPESH CH. ROY 46 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SARADA DAS 47 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PRI/PPO/GPO/2016/ SONESWAR ROY 48 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PRI/PPO/GPO/2016/ SMTI. LATIFAN NESSA / LATE ABDIN ALI AHMED 49 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PRI/PPO/GPO/2016/ MASRAF ALI 50 Barpeta Barpeta ADP/PRI/PPO/GPO/2016/ MRS.BEGUM FATEHA/ LATE MAZIBAR ROHMAN 51 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2012/ MAHENDRA TALUKDAR 52 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2014/ MD.AKKASH ALI 53 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2015/ AFAZUDDIN AHMED 54 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2015/ SATISH CH. SARMA 55 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ HARIHAR KALITA 56 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ HIRAMANI DEVI / LATE PRABIN CH. SARMA 57 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MALATI BALA DEVI 58 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ GIRIJA SEN / LATE RUBI SEN 59 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ PRABIN CH. DAS 60 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ HAREKRISHNA KALITA 61 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ HIMMAT ALI 62 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ PRATIMA DEVI 63 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ HOMESWAR DAS 64 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ DWIJENDRA NATH TALUKDAR 65 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MANJULA BARO / LATE MATILAL BARO 66 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SANESWAR BARO 67 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ GAYATRI CHOUDHURY 68 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ KASIM UDDIN 69 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SUBHASH CH DAS 70 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ GIRINDRA MOHAN SARMA 71 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ KIRAN BARMAN MEDHI 72 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ PHULENDRA KR NATH 73 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ HIRENDRA NATH TALUKDAR 74 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ AKAN CH DAS 75 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ABUL KALAM TALUKDAR 76 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SHARAT CH DAS 77 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SAMBHU RAM DAS 78 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ PHANINDRA NATH SARKAR 79 Barpeta Pathsala ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ DASARATH DAS 80 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2012/ SMT KIRAN SINGHA RAY / LATE MRIGENDRA SINGHA ROY 81 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2013/ BHAJAN CHANDRA ROY 82 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2015/ NIRUPAMA TALUKDAR DEKA 83 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2015/ ABDUL KADER JILANI 84 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2015/ MOZIBAR RAHMAN 85 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SIDDIQUE ABDUL RAHIM 86 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SWAPAN KR. CHAKRABORTY 87 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ PRASANNA CHAKRABORTY 88 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ BASIRUDDIN 89 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ABUL HUSSAIN TALUKDAR 90 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MAINUDDIN AHMED 91 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MD. SHAMSUL ALOM 92 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ NILIMA DAS 93 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ DAMBARUDHAR NATH 94 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ALI HUSSAIN MIAH 95 Bongaigaon Abhayapuri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ DINESH CH. NATH 96 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ JAMAL UDDIN AHMED 97 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SANAT KUMAR PAUL 98 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ABILAL ALEH 99 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MANJULA BALA ROY 100 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ BIR MOHAN BASUMATARY 101 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ARINDRA DAS 102 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ DWIJENDRA SARKAR 103 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ DINESH CH ROY 104 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ BHUBANESWAR ROY SI. District Treasury PPO Code Pensioner Name No. 105 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ KALI PADA DAS 106 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MONOWARA BEGUM / LATE ABUL KALAM 107 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ARUN KUMAR RAY 108 Bongaigaon Bijni ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ DHABALABALA BARMAN 109 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ DAKSHINA RANJAN DAS 110 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ FAZAL HOQUE 111 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ JHANTU LODH ROY 112 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ AKHER ALI KHANDAKAR 113 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ JAGABANDHU TALUKDAR 114 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ABUL HOSSAIN SIKDER 115 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MUKUT CH. SINGHA 116 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SMTI THUNESWARI BASUMATARY / 117 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ BIJEN ISWARY 118 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ REKHA SINGHA LATE DAMBARUDHAR BASUMATARY 119 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ DEBESH CH BISWAS 120 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SIRAJUL HAQUE 121 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ NARAPATI BRAHMA 122 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SMTI KANAKLATA SUTRADHAR/ LATE SANTOSH KR. SUTRADHAR 123 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ KSHIRENDRA CH NATH 124 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon ADP/PRI/PPO/GPO/2016/ DHARANI DHAR BASUMATARY 125 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MAKADDAS ALI MAZUMDAR 126 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ KAMALINI SARMA 127 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ TAPAS BHATTACHARJEE 128 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ LAKSHYA MONI SINHA 129 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SAKHI AKTAR CHOUDHURY / 130 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ AHLAD CH DAS LATE NAIM UDDIN CHOUDHURY 131 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ BIRENDRA CHANDRA BARMAN 132 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ BRAJABASHI SINGHA 133 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SURENDRA SARMA 134 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MAHMOOD UDDIN 135 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SUCHISMITA DAS 136 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ABUL KHAYAR LASKAR 137 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ NIBHA NANI PAUL 138 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MOHANJOY BARMAN 139 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MANISHA DAS ROY 140 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ DIBA RANI DEB ROY 141 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SUBIMOL CHOUDHURY 142 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ REKHA GANGULI 143 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ BASANTA KUMAR SINGHA 144 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ BUDDHA CHANDRA SINGHA 145 Cachar Cachar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ BASIR UDDIN 146 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ REKHA RANI DAS / LATE HARENDRA DAS 147 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MRS GUL BAHAR RAJ BARBHUIYA 148 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ TAJ UDDIN MAZUMDER 149 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ANANDA MOHAN SINHA 150 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ TULASI RANI SINGHA 151 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MANMATH KUMAR SHIKDAR 152 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ PRADIP KR RAY 153 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ NILIMA RAHA 154 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ABHIMANYA SINGHA 155 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SMTI SHYMALI DAS / LATE SAJAL KANTI DAS 156 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ RAM DIHAL GOALA 157 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ NARAYAN CH.GHOSE 158 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MIHIRLAL DEY 159 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ NANDA BHATTACHARJEE 160 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ DILIP RANJAN PAUL 161 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ DINESH KR YADAV 162 Cachar New-Silchar ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SHIBANI BHATTACHARJEE 163 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2012/ SAMSER ALI 164 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2014/ HIMANI DUTTA DEVI 165 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2014/ TORAP ALI 166 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2015/ ARUN CH SAIKIA 167 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ BANESWAR NATH 168 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ CHAKINA BEGUM 169 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ GHANA KT SARMA 170 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ KHAGENDRA NATH DEKA 171 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ JATINDRA NATH KEOT 172 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ PANKAJ KUMARI DEVI 173 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ PAKHILA KALITA 174 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ TILAK CH DEKA 175 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ AJIT KR SARMA 176 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ CHANDRADHAR SARMA 177 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ KANAK CH KALITA 178 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ LAKSHI KANTA KALITA 179 Darrang Darrang ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ LANKESWAR SAHARIA 180 Darrang Darrang ADP/PRI/PPO/2017/ LAKSHMI RAJBANGSHI / LATE SABHA RAM RAJBANGSHI 181 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2010/ SMT. BENDANI HAZONG / LATE SURJYA KT. HAJONG 182 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2014/ DEBAJYOTI BORUAH 183 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2014/ PADMA KUMARI DUTTA BARUAH / LATE LT.NILA KANTA BORAH 184 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ BISWABATI PEGU 185 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ NAVA KR GOGOI 186 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ BIREN SAIKIA 187 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MRS SUMITRA TAYENG/ LATE PRASANNA KR. TAYENG 188 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ PRADIP KUMAR GOGOI 189 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MRS. CHAMPAWATI DALEY / LATE JOGESH KR. DOLEY 190 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ AMRIT KUMAR DIHINGIA 191 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ LILY CHETIA 192 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ JYOTI KAMAL HAZARIKA 193 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MULAN CH. KONWAR / LATE NIRU PROVA GOHAIN 194 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MAHENDRA RAMCHIARY 195 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ANIMA DUTTA 196 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ RONGPUR SAIKIA 197 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ INDRESWAR DAS 198 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ CHANDRA KT. SAIKIA 199 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SMTI RUNU HAZARIKA DAS / LATE PRAMOD DAS 200 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ CHAMPAWATI NARAH 201 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ BATUM CH PAYENG 202 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ LACHATI BALA GOGOI 203 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SAILYADHAR GOGOI 204 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MAKHANI DIHINGIA 205 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ RAHIMA DUTTA 206 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ PRESANTI MILI / LATE PRASHANNA KR MILI SI. District Treasury PPO Code Pensioner Name No. 207 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ UMESH CH. PEGU 208 Dhemaji Dhemaji ADP/PRI/PPO/GPO/2016/ BIDYADHAR GOGOI 209 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ RABINDRA CH. NATH 210 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ AZOM ALI SARKAR 211 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SAJIDA KHATUN / LATE KHAYRUL AMIN 212 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ RINA BARMAN 213 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ KALYAN CHAKRABORTY 214 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ALOBIKA ROY 215 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MOKBUL HUSSAIN 216 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ TRIPTI GOSWAMI / LATE RATNA KANTA GOSWAMI 217 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MEHBUBA BEGUM 218 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ BINOD BIHARI DAS 219 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ALTAF HUSSAIN 220 Dhubri Bilasipara ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MD. 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ABDUL KADER MIAH 261 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ANOWAR HOSSAIN SARKAR 262 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ ABDUS SALAM 263 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ OMAR UDDIN AHMED 264 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MASARUDDIN AHMED 265 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ NASIR UDDIN 266 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ASWINI KR FOUZDAR 267 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ MONTAJ ALI KHAN 268 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SMTI SAJEDA RAHMAN / 269 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ JABED ALI SK LATE HAMIDUR RAHMAN MONDAL 270 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ABDUL HAMID SARKAR 271 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ KUSHUM BALA ROY / LATE NRIPENDRA NATH ROY 272 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ AMZAD HUSSAIN 273 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ KARENDRA NATH RAY 274 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ADITYA CH RAY 275 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ ANANTA MOHAN ADHIKARY 276 Dhubri Dhubri ADP/PPO/GPO/2017/ SUBHASH CH. 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GOGOI 289 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2015/ INDIBAR PATRA 290 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ KANAK CH SONOWAL 291 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ TILURAM SAIKIA 292 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ NABAB PRASAD RAUT 293 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ NIZARA BARUAH 294 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ NANDESWAR GAYAN 295 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ NAWAL KISHORE ROY 296 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ TUKHESWER DUTTA 297 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ BINTI MAJHI / LATE ANIL MAJHI 298 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ GHANA KANTA BARUAH 299 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ KAIKHALYA MOHAN / LATE TAPAN MOHAN 300 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ REKHA GOGOI 301 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ JATIN CH BARUAH / LATE NIRU BARUAH 302 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ HEMONTI GOGOI CHANGMAI / LATE PUNANANDA CHANGMAI 303 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ MUKHYADA KONWAR 304 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ LIKHA NATH DUTTA 305 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh ADP/PPO/GPO/2016/ SUFAL KUMAR Janasanyog/8200/16 Sd/- Director of Pension, Assam Housefed Complex, Dispur, Guwahati-6 To be continued

11 SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11 NORTH EAST WEATHER NORTHEAST Forecast for North Eastern States: Weather is most likely to remain dry over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura. Shallow to moderate fog is very likely to occur at isolated pockets over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura during next 72hrs. No large change in minimum temperatures at most places over the region during next 48 hrs. Warning: Dense fog is very likely to occur at isolated pockets over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura with very dense fog at isolated pockets over west Assam, west Meghalaya & Tripura on January 8. Temperatures : Max ( C) Min ( C) Dibrugarh Tezpur Silchar Dhubri Jorhat N Lakhimpur Shillong Imphal Itanagar Aizawl Agartala Kohima N/A N/A Pasighat Cherrapunjee NGO imposes Kohima bandh KOHIMA, Jan 7: The Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) has announced a total bandh today from 7 am to 3.30 pm in Kohima, Medziphema and Chumukedima municipalities. According to AYO, the bandh has been imposed so as to avoid any unfortunate event on the final day of filing of nominations to the municipal elections. Upholding the majority of the Naga public view and sentiment, and also reiterating the resolution of APO, any person/ persons attempting to file nomination shall be ostracised as outcast from society by way of excommunication, the AYO said. Newmai News Absconding MLA nabbed from hideout in Guwahati RAJU DAS SHILLONG, Jan 7: A joint Meghalaya-Assam police team on Friday night arrested Mawhati MLA, Julius Dorphang from Guwahati. He was later remanded to five days police custody by a Court here today in an alleged sexual assault case. The MLA managed to give Meghalaya police the slip for the past eleven days and looked attempting to flee from Guwahati, but was nabbed from the Inter State Bus Terminus at Gorchuck at about pm last night. After getting specific intelligence inputs, a team from here went to Guwahati and together with the assistance of Guwahati police, we managed to nab him (Dorphang) at the ISBT at Gorchuck, Vivek Syiem, (City) Superintendent of Police, said. He was brought to the State Capital here and later this afternoon, Dorphang was produced in the Court of the Additional District Magistrate, B Kharumnuid under heavy security cover. The former militant was remanded to police custody for five days as prayed by the police investigating team. Dorphang did not speak to the waiting media personnel as he was rushed to the Court by the security personnel with his face covered with a shawl. After being produced in the Court he was again rushed into a police vehicle. The case against the militantturned MLA (2013), who floated the HNLC as its chairman in 1993, was registered at the Laitumkhrah police station. The FIR was filed by the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) on December 24. He was booked under section 366 (A) of the Indian Penal Code read with section 3 (a)/9 of Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and under section 5 of Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act (ITPA). The police searched for the MLA at his residence and all the probable locations, but couldn t find him. The search was widened to Guwahati and other Northeastern States. As the former HNLC chairman A tale of NE, tea-garden life of Assam from Jewish land NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Daughter of an army officer who was in NEFA during the war with China and having worked as an airhostess who flew into Assam umpteen times, Israel-based author Sophie Judah is no stranger to what life in tea gardens is and now her new novel has the tea plantations of eastern India as its backdrop. Victory Tea Estate brings alive the smell, colours and sounds from these tea gardens along with their complicated rules and taboos. Judah describes Victory Tea Estate, published by Palimpsest, as a celebration of life as it really is. The novel, intricately woven around tea-garden life in the eastern Himalayas in the 20th century, is about a gutsy young woman, Chanda, who moves into uncertainties and risks obloquy to be with the man she loves. She suffers, bears a heavy cross for challenging social inhibition, but at the end, earns admiration for being steadfast in her commitment. Pune-born Judah was 13 years old when she heard about the tea gardens and wanted to write about this particular story. However, I did not believe I could be a published writer. I did a creative writing course when I was in my 50s. I wrote a short story about this. My professor said that it was material for a novel not a short story. That is when I decided to research it. I wrote it seven times from seven different points of view and under seven different titles, she says. I had named this one Chanda. Victory Tea Estate was a different version but the editors preferred this title. I was not satisfied with my depiction of English men and women s speech. I therefore used an Indian narrator who tells the story in her own words, Judah said. She worked as an airhostess and flew the eastern sector before immigrating to Israel after marrying the man she had first loved as a schoolgirl. Asked if Victory Tea Estate is based on her recollection or some solid research as she left India about 40 years ago, she says, This story was inspired by a story my father told me. He was an Meghalaya legislator, Julius Dorphang (inset) being produced before the court after he was arrested from Guwahati on Friday, in connection with a sexual assault case in Shillong, on Saturday. UB photos Khandu welcomed into BJP Parivar ITANAGAR, Jan 7: Days after he along with 32 MLAs switched loyalty to BJP to give the Saffron party its second government in the Northeastern region, the BJP National Executive in Delhi has formally welcomed the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu into the BJP Parivar. The political resolution passed and adopted by the National Executive meeting held on January 6 and 7, said: The year (2016) has ended on another happy note with 33 MLAs from PPA in Arunachal Pradesh, including the Chief Minister, opting to join BJP. The National Executive welcomes the new BJP Chief Minister Pema Khandu into the BJP parivar. On the first day of the twoday meet, BJP national president Amit Shah officially welcomed Khandu and his team of legislators from PPA into the party fold. While extending support and cooper- ation from the National Executive in strengthening the party in the State as well as in the overall growth of Arunachal Pradesh, Shah expressed confidence on Khandu s leadership to lead the party and the State from the front. The Chief Minister along with 32 other legislators had on December 31 defected from the regional party PPA to join BJP after Khandu and 10 other MLAs were suspended for their alleged involvement in anti-party activities. The BJP noted that 2016 has been a very successful year. In the electoral arena, the year began with the BJP entering the North East with a bang by winning Assam Assembly elections with two-thirds majority in alliance with its partners. At the year-end, Arunachal Pradesh became the 10th State to be ruled by BJP. Members at the meet gave a standing ovation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the unprecedented crossborder surgical strikes and the demonetisation success. The national executive also praised the armed forces and came down heavily on Pakistan. The party on the second day also adopted an economic resolution hailing the government s demonetisation move. PM Modi also addressed the party workers today. Foundation of Regional Labour Institute laid STAFF SHILLONG, Jan 7: Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Bandaru Dattatreya on Friday laid the foundation stone of the country s sixth Regional Labour Institute (RLI) here. The new RLI being established by Directorate General, Factory Advice Service and Labour Institute (DG- FASLI) under the Ministry of Labour and Employment would have its jurisdiction over the States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. This would be the sixth Labour Institute while other five Institutes are located at Mumbai, Chennai, Kanpur, Kolkata and Faridabad. RLI, Shillong s Bandaru Dattatreya objective would be to strengthen the industrial safety and health in the North- eastern States. The Institute which aims to impart training and consultancy services in the area of occupational safety and health, will run long-term educational courses and professional programmes. Dattatreya said, without safe, clean environment as well as a healthy working condition, social justice and economic growth cannot be achieved. Safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental human right, the Minister said. Expressing hope that RLI, Shillong would be a new milestone, he said, the new Institute would help in strengthening the safety and health movement in the Northeastern region by creating more and more skilled manpower. Dattatreya, moreover, said the Central Government is committed to the growth and overall development of the region by way of setting up of industries, which will boost the employment opportunities for the local populace. The Institute will be equipped with modern classrooms, a library-cuminformation centre and a webinar centre. The construction of the Institute building has been entrusted to CPWD, Shillong at a cost of Rs crore. RLI, Shillong will have industrial safety, industrial hygiene, industrial medicine, industrial physiology, ergonomics, major hazard control and chemical safety and health and environment exhibition centre divisions. The land for the Institute has been made available by Government of Meghalaya. It is expected to function by army officer who was in NEFA during the war we had with China. During this time the tea planters opened their clubs to the officers in the military. My dad met an Anglo-Indian school teacher who refused to go into the club with him. She told him her father was there. Then she explained the custom of the English planters keeping an Indian mistress until the time they married. These children could not meet their fathers anymore. If by New notes worth Rs crore arrive in Aizawl AIZAWL, Jan 7: New currency notes worth Rs crore have arrived in Aizawl on Friday. It was the first consignment of new currency notes to arrive in Mizoram in the new year. Officials of State Bank of India said that new currency of Rs 2000 worth Rs 80 crore, Rs 500 note worth Rs 45 crore, Rs 100 note worth Rs 2 crore and Rs 50 note worth Rs 5.50 crore arrived in the consignment. With this, Mizoram has received seven consignments of new currency since demonitisation on November 8 last year. During last year Mizoram received consignment of new currency notes worth Rs 1,239 crore and with the new consignment the State has received a total of Rs crore of new currency notes so far. Newmai News Agartala book fair to begin on Feb 11 AGARTALA, Jan 7: Agartala Book Fair will be inaugurated on February 11 by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. Prominent writer of neighbouring Bangladesh, Abul Memon would grace the Fair as honoured guest, State Culture and Information Minister Bhanulal Saha told reporters. Publishers from Bangladesh, Kolkata, Delhi and Guwahati and all publishers of the State would participate in the Fair. He said, like previous years, seminars, cultural programmes and assembly of poets would be organised by the steering committee of the Fair. PTI some mischance they did they had to address him as Mr whatever his name was. Judah recalls further, I went to Calcutta and went to the head office of Goodricke Tea. Mr David Kuppa gave me many books to read. Another planter gave me old correspondence between the gardens and the head office in London. I learned a lot from these. She says her story is supported by the research she did. My dad was also posted at Kohima and he brought back a lot of photographs from the military cemetery. I put in the words on the memorial and those around the tennis court of the district commissioner into the computer and got a heap of material. Half-remembered stories of the Second World War, read about and heard from my father, came to life again. I incorporated them into the story, she says. Asked about the children out of the relationship between the planter and tea picker who carry many races, ethnicities, cultures, bloods in them, she says The tea gardens imported workers from all over India. I have merely been faithful to the life there. PTI has ties with other militant outfits in Assam, like the ULFA, sources said, the police went to look for him at Anup Chetia s office at Hatigaon and also inquired from Chetia about Dorphang. The sources added, although Dorphang was not found at Chetia s office nor could Chetia throw any light on the MLA s whereabouts, the police, nonetheless, got inputs that he was trying to get out of the region. So, possible exit routes of escape, from Railway station, Airport and Bus Terminus were put under surveillance. He (Dorphang) did not resist arrest nor was there anyone with him. We did not find anything in his possession, Syiem added. The police, meanwhile, have prayed before the Court that section 5(c)/6 of POCSO be additionally slapped against Dorphang. Section 5(c)/6 relates to aggravated sexual assault of a minor by a public servant. 52-year-old Dorphang was booked for his alleged role in the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl on at least two occasions. The victim has recorded her statement before the police that she was exploited by the MLA at a guest house at Motinagar and at Umiam. The victim s statement that she was also taken to a guest house run by Home Minister, HDR Lyngdoh s family has also turned the spotlight on the Home Minister. Several women s organisations are demanding that Lyngdoh resign from his post to ensure a free and fair probe into the case. Meanwhile, Syiem said that more arrests would be made in the coming days as the police have evidence of the involvement of others in the case. He also said the chargesheet against Dorphang would be filed soon. Bandh cripples life in 2 Manipur districts NEWMAI NEWS IMPHAL, Jan 7: Normal life was affected in Chandel and Tengnoupal districts today due to a 48-hour bandh called by Kuki Students Organisation (KSO) against alleged failure of the Manipur Government to rein in Kuki National Liberation Front (KNLF) currently under suspension of operation. Commercial activities at border town Moreh under Tengnoupal district came to a halt. The commercial town bordering Myanmar wore a deserted look. There was no movement of vehicles on Imphal-Moreh road, a section of National Highway 2 which falls under the twin districts, during the bandh that started from midnight of January 6. The bandh was largely peaceful on its first day and near total. KNLF is alleged to have carried out the January 1 gun attack on KSO Gunpi Block president Jangkholam Guite and another leader of the student body named Jamchinthang Manchong at Phouchakhai. The student body has called the bandh in protest over government s inability to book the culprits involved in the attack. Taking serious note of the incident, KSO alleged that the government has let loose KNLF cadres who have been allowed to venture outside their designated camps to commit crimes against innocent civilians. Last rites of Prof Kamei held IMPHAL, Jan 7: The last rites of former Manipur Minister and member of North Eastern Council (NEC) Professor Gangmumei Kamei was held at Namching in Bishnupur district on Friday. Earlier, a condolence service was held at his residence at Majorkhul here. Prof Gangmumei, who was the founder president of erstwhile Federal Party of Manipur, died from a terminal illness at the age of 77 on Thursday. Chief Minister Okram Ibobi, former CM Radhabinod Koijam, former MLA M Bhorot and NEC secretary Ram Muivah were among the hundreds of people who came to bid farewell to Prof Gangmumei. He is survived by his wife, three sons and one daughter. Union DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has condoled the passing away of Prof Gangmumei Kamei. A condolence meeting in his honour was held at NEC Secretariat in Shillong. In his condolence message, Dr Singh said that Prof Gangmumei Kamei s contribution to the Northeastern region will always be remembered. Discussion on Manipur today and tomorrow held IMPHAL, Jan 7: A discussion on Manipur Today and Tomorrow was held here today with the objective of working collectively to bring peace in the State. The programme was organised jointly by United NGOs Mission Manipur, Women Action for development, North East Dialogue Forum, Women Empowerment for Justice, Youth Forum for Protection of Human Rights, Centre for Social Development, etc. The programme was chaired by former Professor and Dean, School of Social Science, Manipur University, Ksh Bimola. Around 300 participants participated in the programme including youth, Meirapaibi and women leaders from different ethnic groups. The women leaders discussed the current issues of Manipur, mainly the economic blockade. The speakers highlighted the need of a joint committee or forum especially of women to bring a change. The speakers highlighted the impact on women and children due to the ongoing blockade and the conflict in the State. They also appealed to all political parties and civil societies to resolve the conflict once and for all.

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Mat/G/P/465/1 Age 29, OBC, LLM (Jodhpur), MNC, Delhi (2) 31, Kalita, MBA, MNC, Bangalore (3) 26, SC, Engineer, MNC, Delhi (4) 30, Kalita, MBA, MNC, Delhi (5) 27, Kalita, B.Tech/ MBA, MNC, Mumbai (6) 27, Koch, MBA, MNC, Delhi (7) 28, Kalita, Master (Architecture), IIT, MNC, Bangalore (8) 30, Ahom, Tourism, MNC, Delhi (9) 27, Kalita, LLM, MNC, Pune. SANDHANI, Mat/G/P/571/1A Age 28, Brahmin, B.Tech, MNC, Bangalore (2) 29, Brahmin, MBA, MNC, Ghy (3) 26, Brahmin, MA (English), MNC, Delhi (4) 29, Brahmin, LLM, Service, Ghy. SANDHANI, Mat/G/P/570/1A Age 35, Koch, MA (English), MNC, Bangalore, Divorcee (2) 32, Kalita, Masscom, Central job, Ghy, divorcee (3) 32, General, Graduate, Actress, Ghy, divorcee (4) 31, Brahmin, Graduate, Teacher, Ghy, divorcee. SANDHANI, Mat/G/P/569/1A 32, Assamese, OBC, MA (Eng)/ B.Ed (GU), Govt Teacher in Guwahati, Caste no bar Mat/G/P/580/1A Beautiful Muslim, Sunni, 33, M.Sc/ B.Ed (GU), Govt Teacher in Guwahati Mat/G/P/581/1A Punjabi, 40, LLB (GU)/M.Sc (Geology), Govt employee (Guwahati High Court), Caste & community no bar Mat/G/P/583/1A Age 27, ST (Mising), Graduate, establish business, Ghy (2) 31, ST (Mising), MA (English), Dhemaji (3) 33, ST (Mising), Masters, Govt. Officer, Ghy. SANDHANI, Mat/G/P/568/1A Age 32, Kalita, B.Tech, Deputy Manager, Networking, Ghy (2) 28, Ahom, MBA, SBI employee, Ghy (3) 30, Kalita, MBA, Bank (PO), Ghy. SANDHANI, Mat/G/P/567/1A Age 38, Bengali, Graduate, Medical Representative, Ghy (2) 26, Bengali, Masters, Ghy (3) 30, Bengali, MBA, MNC, Ghy. SANDHANI, Mat/G/P/566/1A Beautiful/ Assamese/ Kalita 23/ 5'5''/ B.Tech, MBA, service at Metro, Ghy residency. # Mat/G/P/8068/1A Good looking/ Bengali/ Kayastha 25/ 5'5'', Convent Educated, B.Tech, MBA, working in MNC, Caste no Mat/G/P/8069/1A Assamese/ Brahmin/ fair/ slim 28/ 5'4'', B.Tech (Chemical) working Central Govt Mat/G/P/8070/1A Assamese/ General/ beautiful/ slim, fair/ divorcee 26/ 5'6''/ M.Com (Accountancy/ Finance), Asstt Mat/G/P/8071/1A Bengali/ Brahmin/ beautiful/ fair 25+/ 5'5'', M.Sc/ B.Ed, Asstt. Professor at Guwahati. Residence Mat/G/P/8072/1A Bengali, Kayastha Kolkata based only child of Assam origin parents, 27 yrs, fair, beautiful, ht 5'2'', B.Tech Comp, AE in TCS Rajarhat need suitable Hindu Assam based/ Assamese groom. Ph. : Mat/G/P/3798/1 Kalita/ Assamese/ 27/ 5'4''/ B.Com, MBA/ Nationalised Bank. # Mat/G/P/8085/1A Slim & beautiful/ Brahmin/ Assamese/ 28/ 5'5''/ MA English/ Central Govt. employee. # (Whatsapp), Mat/G/P/8086/1A Beautiful/ Assamese Brahmin/ 33/ M.Sc/ Lecturer, Assam Mat/G/P/8123/1A Assamese Hindu issueless divorcee 37/ MBBS/ Doctor Assam Mat/G/P/8125/1A Beautiful Assamese, OBC, 25, B.Tech (SMIT), Engineer in (MNC) Pune, Caste no bar Mat/G/P/572/1A 26, Assamese, Brahmin, BE (Nagpur University), Engineer in (MNC), Mumbai Mat/G/P/573/1A 31, Assamese, Muslim Sunni, issueless divorcee, M.Sc (Botany) J.B. College, (Lecturer) Pvt. College Assam Mat/G/P/574/1A Beautiful Assamese, General, 35, issueless divorcee, M.Sc/B.Ed (GU), Govt Teacher in Guwahati Mat/G/P/575/1A 27, Bengali, General, B.Sc/MBA (Tezpur University), Banker in (SBI) Assam Mat/G/P/576/1A Beautiful Assamese, Kalita, 30, MBA (GU)/PO (Pass out), Banker in (Nationalised Bank) Assam Mat/G/P/577/1A Assamese, General, 30, MBBS(SRM/Chennai)/MD (Mumbai), Doctor in reputed Hospital (Mumbai) Mat/G/P/578/1A Beautiful Assamese, 40, issueless divorcee, MBA (SMU), State Govt employee in Assam Mat/G/P/579/1A Bengali, General, 29, issueless divorcee, BA (Eco), State Govt employee in Assam Mat/G/P/582/1A Bride DoB , Advocate, Bengali, Nagaon. Cont. : Mat/G/P/679/1 31 Assamese Kalita girl M.Sc/ Teacher, Assam Mat/G/P/8124/1A BRIDE WANTED Graduate working girl, for Graduate boy, 37, 5'2'', own residence at Guwahati, for early marriage. Contact directly : Mat/B/P/083/2 Wanted bride yrs for Assamese Kalita/ Mesh Rashi/ 34/ 5'9''/ BE Mech AEC/ PGDM M&F New Delhi/ working MNC New Delhi/ residence Guwahati- 17. Contact directly father : Mat/B/P/474/1 Wanted bride for one Assamese Hindu Kalita boy, 1st class in PG (Mass.Com), Age 34 years, height 5'6'', presently working in a reputed Newspaper in New Delhi, bride should be below 30 years. Contact Prof AK Majumder. Ph. No. : , Mat/B/P/455/1 Assamese Kalita 32, 5'8'', handsome BE from Assam Engineering College, Engineer working MNC in Bangalore. Father Rtd. Sr. Engineer. *ADAMS (M) Mat/B/P/526/1 Match invited for Hindu General Caste 30 yrs, handsome, B.Tech (IIT- Kharagpur) MS from USA Engineer working MNC. *ADAMS (M) Mat/B/P/527/1 Assamese Hindu General Caste 30, 5'9'', B.Tech, MBA, Engineer working MNC seeks suitable match working in any Indian Metrocity. Caste no bar. (M) Mat/B/P/528/1 (1) Keot 32, BE Engineer MNC Bangalore (2) Kalita 33, B.Tech (NIT) MS Engineer Pune (3) Assamese Hindu 36+, B.Tech, MBA working MNC in Metrocity. *ADAMS (M) Mat/B/P/529/1 (1) Ahom 32, MBBS, DNB, Doctor Guwahati (2) Ahom 33, BE Engineer Oil Sector (3) Ahom, 32+, BE Govt. Engineer (4) Ahom 35+, BE, MBA, Engineer outside Assam. *ADAMS (M) Mat/B/P/530/1 (1) Kalita 30, BE, MBA, working Guwahati (2) Kalita 32, BE, ACS Officer (3) Kalita 36, BE from AEC Engineer Guwahati (4) Assamese Hindu 39, BE, Govt. Engineer. *ADAMS (M) Mat/B/P/531/1 (1) Brahmin 30+, MBBS, MD (Medicine) (2) Brahmin 33, M.Sc, Clinical Research working MNC Bangalore (3) Brahmin 37, Govt. Engineer (4) Brahmin 31, B.Tech, MB Metrocity. *ADAMS (M) Mat/B/P/532/1 Assamese/ Brahmin/ 34/ 5'9''/ BE, MBA, Engineer at OIL, Ghy residency. # / Mat/B/P/8055/1A Assamese/ Kalita/ 32/ 5'8''/ BE (ECE), Engineer at NF Railway, only child, Ghy residency. # Mat/B/P/8056/1A Assamese/ Kalita 29/ 5'7'', BE (Civil), Govt. service, Own residence Ghy. Early Mat/B/P/8057/1A Bengali/ Kayastha/ 28/ 5'10''/ BE from AEC. Scale 1 Officer (Govt. sector), Caste no bar, residence Ghy / Mat/B/P/8058/1A Bengali/ Kayastha 35/ 5'7''/ B.Tech, Officer in Govt. sector Ghy, early Mat/B/P/8059/1A Assamese/ Brahmin 32/ 5'7'', Graduate (English), MBA, working Govt. service. Residency Mat/B/P/8060/1A Assamese/ Kalita 40/ 5'8'', MA (Pol. Science), working Govt. Sector. Own residence Mat/B/P/8061/1A Bengali/ Kulin 33/ 5'6''/ B.Tech. Working Govt. sector. Own residence Guwahati. Only Mat/B/P/8062/1A Bengali/ Kayastha/ 36/ 6'0''/ M.Sc. Working Central Govt. Service. Early Mat/B/P/8063/1A Bengali/ Brahmin 42/ 5'6''/ B.Com/ MBA/ Asstt. Manager a reputed company at Guwahati. Residency Mat/B/P/8064/1 Bengali/ General 43/ 5'7''/ working as a Gazetted Officer, Caste no bar. Early Mat/B/P/8065/1A Assamese/ OBC 35/ 5'8''/ Degree/ ITI course. Working Oil sector. Upper base family. Early Mat/B/P/8066/1A Assamese/ Kalita 34/ 5'9''/ B.Tech (NIT), MBA (IMI), working Asstt. Professor at Mat/B/P/8067/1A Age 31, Brahmin, NRL, Engineer, Ghy (2) 31, Brahmin, B.Tech/ MBA, MNC, Bangalore (3) 30, Brahmin, B.Tech/ MBA, MNC, Delhi (4) 32, Brahmin, MBBS, Govt. Doctor, Ghy (5) 35, Brahmin, Masters, Govt. Officer, Ghy (6) 38, Brahmin, MBA, service, Ghy. SANDHANI, Mat/B/P/562/1A Age 31, Kalita, BE/ MBA, MNC, Bangalore (2) 33, Kalita, BE/ MBA, MNC, USA (3) 33, OBC, B.Tech, MNC, Bangalore (4) 30, Ahom, B.Tech/ MBA, MNC, Abroad (4) 33, Kalita, LLM (Singapore), Service, Mumbai. SANDHANI, Mat/B/P/563/1A Age 33, OBC, MBA, MNC, Ghy (2) 35, Kalita, Graduate, Govt. job, Ghy (3) 45, Kalita, MBBS, MD, Govt. Doctor, Ghy (4) 31, Ahom, MBBS/ MD, Service, Ghy. SANDHANI, Mat/B/P/564/1A Age 33, Bengali, MBA, Service, Ghy (2) 35, Bengali, B.Com, Service, Ghy (3) 38, Bengali, Graduate, Service, Ghy, divorcee. SANDHANI, Mat/B/P/565/1A Hindu/ Assamese/ Brahmin/ 31/ 5'7''/ B.Tech/ working as an Engineer in Metro/ earning handsomely Mat/B/P/8074/1A Hindu/ Assamese/ 31/ 5'7''/ PGDM/ working as Officer in NABARD/ own property in Guwahati Mat/B/P/8075/1A Hindu/ Assamese/ 31/ 5'7''/ M.Tech/ working as Engineer in Abroad/ own property in Guwahati Mat/B/P/8076/1A Hindu/ Assamese/ 30/ 5'7''/ B.Tech (NIT)/ working as an Engineer under PSU (BHEL) Mat/B/P/8077/1A Hindu/ Ahom/ 36/ 5'8''/ MBBS, MD/ working as a Doctor/ looking for suitable match Mat/B/P/8078/1A Kalita/ Assamese/ 32/ 5'8''/ BE AEC (Chemical Engineer) Central Govt. # Mat/B/P/8079/1A Bengali/ Kayastha/ Assamese/ 33/ 5'8''/ M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D/ Asstt. Professor at Govt. College. # Mat/B/P/8080/1A Kalita/ Assamese/ 36/ 5'7''/ BE (Chemical) AEC, MBA/ Deputy Manager at NRL/ Caste no bar. # , Mat/B/P/8081/1A Kalita/ Assamese/ 31/ 5'9''/ BE NIT, M.Tech, Ph.D/ Sr. Scientist/ Caste no bar. # , Mat/B/P/8082/1A Kalita/ Assamese/ 43/ 5'9''/ Master Degree/ Civil Service Office. # , Mat/B/P/8083/1A Kayastha/ Assamese/ 28/ 5'9''/ BE NIT Trichy/ Electronic Engineer. # , Mat/B/P/8084/1A Ahom/ Hindu/ Assamese/ 32 yrs/ M.Tech/ now working as a very good position under Central Govt. Department/ Caste no bar. Contact No Mat/B/P/8108/1A Bengali/ Brahmin/ 32 yrs/ M.Sc/ working with IOCL/ own residency in Guwahati. Call : Mat/B/P/8109/1A 41, Assamese, OBC, Divorcee, BE (JEC), Engineer in (ONGC) Assam, Caste no bar Mat/B/P/593/1A Brahmin/ Hindu/ Assamese/ 35 yrs/ Doctorate in Arts/ presently working as a Lecturer in Government/ Public Sector/ at Guwahati. Mobile No Mat/B/P/8110/1A Bengali/ Kayastha/ 32 yrs/ 5'11''/ M.Sc/ working with Central Govt. Department/ own residency in Guwahati/ small family/ only son. Call : Mat/B/P/8111/1A Assamese Brahmin/ 32/ M.Tech/ Mechancial Engineer, Thailand Mat/B/P/8112/1A Bengali/ Baishya/ 31 yrs/ M.Com/ working with SBI as an Officer/ own residency in Guwahati/ good family. Call : Mat/B/P/8113/1A Hindu/ Assamese/ 36 yrs/ Doctorate in Education/ now working as a Professor in Govt. sector at Metrocity (Delhi)/ well culture family from Assam/ Caste no bar. You can contact : Mat/B/P/8114/1A Assamese Hindu issueless divorcee, B.Tech/ Mechanical Engineer in ONGC Assam Mat/B/P/8116/1A Issueless divorcee/ Assamese/ Kalita/ 36 yrs/ PG in Gynaecology/ Doctor with Assam Govt./ originally from Guwahati/ good family background. Call : Mat/B/P/8117/1A Assamese/ Kalita/ 30 yrs/ 5'8''/ MBBS, MD/ Doctor with Govt. Sector/ own residency in Guwahati. Call : Mat/B/P/8118/1A Brahmin/ Hindu/ Assamese/ 34 yrs/ M.Tech/ now working as a Engineering reputed MNC at Metrocity. Call : Mat/B/P/8119/1A Assamese Hindu Kalita 34/ Doctorate/ Science, Lecturer Assam Mat/B/P/8120/1A 32 Assamese Hindu Kalita MCA/ Software Developer, USA Mat/B/P/8121/1A Assamese Brahmin 35/ MBBS/ Doctor, Assam Mat/B/P/8122/1A 38, Assamese General, Kalita, M.Sc (Physics) Delhi University, Assistant Professor in (Govt College) Assam Mat/B/P/548/1A Hindu General, issueless divorcee, 37, ME/BE (Aligarh University), Central Govt employee (Airforce) Assam Mat/B/P/585/1A Smart Assamese OBC, 31, BE (AEC), Engineer in (Irrigation Department) Guwahati Mat/B/P/586/1A Muslim Sunni, 30, BE (Electrical), Senior Engineer in (MNC) Guwahati Mat/B/P/587/1A Smart, Assamese, Brahmin, 45, JE (JEC), Central Govt employee in (PWD) Assam Mat/B/P/588/1A Smart Assamese, General, 28, M.Tech (IIT/Guwahati), Central Govt employee in Guwahati Mat/B/P/589/1A Smart Assamese, Brahmin, 30, BE (Nagpur University), Engineer in (MNC) Pune Mat/B/P/590/1A Assamese General, 34, MBBS (AMC)/ MD (Kanpur), Doctor in (AIIMS) Delhi, Caste no bar Mat/B/P/591/1A Muslim Sunni, 40, M.Sc/B.Sc (Chemistry), Class1 Govt employee in (ONGC) Assam Mat/B/P/592/1A Bengali General, 38, issueless divorcee, BE (Mumbai University), Bank (PO) Nationalised Bank Assam Mat/B/P/594/1A Smart, Muslim Sunni, 37, divorcee, B.Com (Dibrugarh University), Manager in (MNC) Assam Mat/B/P/595/1A Punjabi, Sikh, 48, B.Sc/MCA, Softwere Engineer in (MNC) Assam, Caste/Community no bar Mat/B/P/596/1A Smart & handsome Assamese, Kalita, 30, B.Tech (Hyderabad)/ MBA (IIM), Senior Manager in (MNC) Bangalore Mat/B/P/597/1A Bengali General, 37, Ph.D/MCA (GU), Engineer in (Indian Railway) Guwahati Mat/B/P/598/1A Bengali, handsome boy 35 yrs, 5'9'', well educated & well establish working as a Central Govt. emp. Handsome salary own residence in Assam. Seeks a girl from good family for early marriage Mat/B/P/8153/1A Bengali handsome boy 30 years, 5'11'', B.Sc, MBA, working as a Govt. Bank employee. Handsome salary own residence in Assam seeks a girl from a good family for early marriage Mat/B/P/8152/1A Bengali handsome boy 33 years, 5'9'', M.Sc, Ph.D, working as a Government College Professor. Handsome salary own residence in Assam seeks a girl from a good family for early marriage Mat/B/P/8151/1A Groom DoB , Tata company job, Kolkata, Engineering/ MBA, Bengali beautiful girl. Cont. : Mat/B/P/678/1 Bengali/ Kashyap/ 27 yrs/ 5'9''/ M.Com, M.Phil/ working with Govt. College as an Assistant Professor/ Assam/ good family. Call : Mat/B/P/8115/1A 2/3 BHK flat under construction at Radhanagar, VIP Rs. 3000/- per sq. ft. Ph: H&F/P/312/10 20% completed 3 BHK 1400 sq.ft. at Dilip Huzuri Path, Sarumotoria Nr. 4100/- per sq.ft. with parking. Ph: H&F/P/29587/ sq. ft 3 BHK deluxe flat for sale at 1st byelane, Ajanta Path, Survey, Guwahati , H&F/P/357/10 Almost ready 3 BHK 1400 sq. ft flat Hatigaon, Bishnujyoti Path near Little Flower 3100/- per sq. ft with parking. Ph: H&F/P/356/3 Only few numbers of 3 BHK premium flat available for booking at Rajgarh Guwahati. Contact: BNS Realtors H&F/P/153/12 FEW 3 BHK LUXURY FLATS READY IN 6 MONTHS, AVAILABLE IN IMPERIAL MEMONZ, JANAPATH, KHANAPARA, GUWAHATI. PH H&F/P/7306/16 Ready to move 2/3 BHK flat 60% complete in Birubari & Booking open for 2/3 BHK flat at Lalganesh, Greenwood Lane. Contact : H&F/P/29104/8 100% READY 3 BHK NEW FLAT FOR SALE BEHIND PRATIDIN NEWS OFF. PL. CONTACT ARYAN BUILDERS , H&F/P/29585/8 Ready to move brand new super deluxe 5 BHK flat along with open Terrace facilities flat & 2 BHK flat at Jaya Nagar, Six Mile * H&F/P/7681/10 Ready to move super deluxe 3 BHK 1500 sq.ft. flat at Guwahati Club, near Police 5000/- per sq.ft. on 3rd floor, G+3 Bldg. * H&F/P/7682/10 Ready to move 3/2 BHK flat at Beltola Wireless and Survey Ajanta Path * H&F/P/7688/10 Ready to move Deluxe 2 BHK flat at Odalbakra, near Hayat Hosital, Lal Ganesh * H&F/P/7689/10 Booking 1/2/3 BHK 3000/ sq. ft with parking near ISBT/ DPS School, Guwahati. # H&F/P/8046/8 Booking open 3 and 2 bed room flat at Chandmari. Contact : , H&F/P/407/2 Booking open 2/3 BHK flat with all amenities, Radhanagar, price H&F/P/398/9 Immediate sale of 2 BHK Apartment 1209 sq. ft with car parking in Mainaak Greens, G. S. Road, Guwahati. Ph: , H&F/P/8019/2 Saraswatiniwas, Ganapatiniwas, Laxminiwas, North Jalukbari. Gunjiheight-Khanamukh. 2 & 3 BHK on going & ready flats. Special festive offer. Flexible options. SRD Groups. Sankardev Real Estate & Development Pvt. Ltd , , , H&F/P/7156/14 The developers of Harmony project proudly launches Casa Limitado home for selected few, all 3 BHK premium apartment with no common well & all side openners for maximum light, air privacy at Raj Path Opposite Hotel D Sapphire Hatigaon. Just 1.5 km from Ganeshguri (approx.) Contact SKRE Group. # H&F/P/7905/3 GSK REAL ESTATE, PROPERTIES & DEVELOPERS. (BUILDER & PROPERTY DEALER) D E V E L O P / S A L E / PURCHASE/RENT, LAND & FLATS /555/222. H&F/P/8126/8 2 BHK flat Hatigaon, L.N.B. Path. Ph: , H&F/P/622/1 4 BHK deplex flat & 2 BHK flat with Private terrace. Ready to occupy near Beltola Tiniali. Huge discount if purchased immediately. Call: , H&F/P/623/1 3 BHK sale, 1400 sq. ft ground floor near G. S. Road, Sixmile , H&F/P/625/1 Booking 3 BHK (1355, 1490) sq. ft at Chandmari. Rate including parking. Ph. No.: H&F/P/550/1 Live on the luxury nest of Beautiful Deepor Beel in 3 BHK flat with ready for Lankeshwar, 40 Lakhs only. Conditions Apply. Call: H&F/P/553/ sq. feet flat ready for sale at Zoo Tiniali H&F/P/604/1 Ready to move in sq. ft flat avialable in August Kranti Path, Beltola Tinali Bazar. For details call H&F/P/8098/1 Ready 3 BHK flat 1084 sq. ft Rs. 35 Lakhs including car parking & all other amenities in Basistha, Patarkuchi Road. Call: H&F/P/8099/1 For sale one 3 BHK flat of Dec 2015 with car parking at Shankardev Housing Complex North Jalukbari. Interested person may please contact at Cell No.: Broker excuse. H&F/P/456/1 3 BHK deluxe flats for sale near Downtown. Contact: , H&F/P/485/1 Immediate sale: ready to move 3 BHK and 5 BHK flats in A G + 4 residential buidling at Lachit Nagar. Contact: H&F/P/488/1 Ready for possession 1 (one) BHK flat at Chandmari (Pub- Sarania) Byelane-6. Contact: H&F/P/514/1 Almost 90% work completed 3 BHK flat at Bamunimaidam near Ashirwad Apartment and ASEB Office. Contact: H&F/P/513/1 Book 3 BHK flat at Rehabari P.B. Road near Maghmallar Apartment. Contact: H&F/P/512/1 FOR IMMEDIATE SALE PART HOUSE GROUND FLOOR, 1800 SQ. FT SURVEY. CONTACT NO.: H&F/P/8146/1 2/ Lakhs. Greehaprabesh / H&F/P/8142/1 1/2/3 BHK flat 18 L at Pator Kuchi, 1 KM from Beltola Highway, Guwahati-22. M: H&F/P/662/1 1 Two BHK flat Rs. 32,00000/-, 2/3 BHK 38,00000/- including parking G+2 residential Building, Walking Distance 6 Min from G. S. Road near Downtown. Cont: (M) , , H&F/P/650/1 BOOKING OPEN FOR FEW 2 & 3 BHK FLATS AVAILABLE AT PATARKUCHI, BASISTHA CHARIALI, RS. 2650/- PER SQ. FT. BUYERS CONTACT: JUPITER CONSTRUCTION, BELTOLA TINIALI. CONTACT: , H&F/P/652/1 BOOKING OPEN FOR 2/3 BHK RS PER SQ. FT AT UDAYAN PATH, DWARKA NAGAR, SIXMILE, GUWAHATI-2. CONTACT: M.P. CONSTRUCTION, , , H&F/P/653/1 Used 3 BHK flat (1550 sq. ft 5 years old, 3 Toilet & 3 48 Lakh (including all) at Geetanagar. Indus Properties. # H&F/P/654/1 2/3 BHK GREENTECH PARK, JUST 5 MIN. DRIVE FROM JALUKBARI NH-37, GUWAHATI. MODEL FLAT AVAILABLE. CALL: H&F/P/655/8 3 BHK semi furnished apartment at Games Village, Guwahati. Contact : H&F/P/390/2 Ready 4 BHK flat with 4 at Kahilipara. Ph. : H&F/P/7991/8 SYPSY Hard Top in good running condition PH: , Bike Hero Honda Amibition. M&S/P/640/1 Owner driven 97 Maruti-800 in Tiptop condition. Rs. 38, negotiable. Broker excuse M&S/P/8147/1 Sale Indigo Manza Quadrajet 2011 Tip Top running condition M&S/P/538/ model Biros car for sale. Price- 3,50,000/-. Cont: M&S/P/555/1 (1) I-20 Sports, ,00,000/ - (2) Polo T/L (D) ,50,000/- (3) Santiro G.L ,00,000/- (4) Indigo L.S ,45,000/- (5) I-10, Sports ,40,000/-. Contact: M&S/P/603/1 WagonR 2014, P. Red Run Km. Showroom condition. Contact: , M&S/P/483/1 P&C Packers & Movers. 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There were restrictions on withdrawal of cash from bank accounts of individuals and companies. Therefore, we asked the tea garden managements to transfer fund to government accounts maintained by deputy commissioners of districts and cash was withdrawn from these accounts for payment to workers, he said. In fact, priority was given for cash supply to tea workers. This cash came in circulation for rest of the population in a day or two. As a result, we did not have any social unrest in the State, he added. Simultaneously, we started a campaign to open bank accounts for all tea labourers. I held meetings with banks, tea garden managements, labour union leaders and MPs and MLAs belonging to the tea tribe community to garner support for this campaign. Till date, bank accounts have been opened for 6.40 lakh tea workers and many gardens have started paying wages through bank accounts, he appraised the national executive members. The wages in gardens are being distributed through customer service providers (CSPs). The banks have started installing ATMs in tea gardens and appointing more CSPs. There are issues of internet connectivity and distance from bank branches but we are confident that we will be able to cover almost all workers under digital payment of wages, he asserted. The situation arising out of demonetisation has been utilised to open bank accounts and digital transfer of wages to tea workers, who have been paid wages in cash for almost last 200 years. The tea garden workers have welcomed this initiative because it gives control over the money to the worker. Many illiterate workers now feel that their savings are safe in the bank account and nobody else can touch this money because it can only be withdrawn by the worker through his or her thumb impression, Sonowal explained. Although, Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangh (ACMS), the main labour union of tea gardens affiliated to the Congress party tried to oppose opening of bank accounts, they could not do much in view of overwhelming support of the tea Sonowal... drama, as at least three protesters interrupted Biden s tally announcements before being removed from the chamber. One of them shouted one person, one vote from the visitor s gallery, an apparent reference to the US election system in which citizens vote indirectly for their choice for president through the Electoral College. When US voters cast ballots on November 8, they did not directly elect the president but rather 538 electors charged with translating voters wishes into reality. Trump won a clear majority of those electors: 306. Two Republican electors bucked their state tally and voted for someone other than Trump, although the result was not in doubt. garden labourers, the Chief Minister said. We have created awareness about digital payments through panchayat and municipal ward members. We have engaged 20,000 NSS volunteers and government employees for popularising digital payments. I have held frequent video conferences with the deputy commissioners to push digital payments, he said, giving full account of his government s initiative. We have motivated people to pay taxes and other government dues through digital mode. Our government has offered 0.75 per cent discount on the price of diesel and petrol if payment is made electronically in addition to 0.75 per cent discount offered by the Central Government. We have given 10 per cent discount on user charges in government hospitals and payment of taxes to urban local bodies. Similar incentives have been announced for fair price shops and cinema halls. We have announced awards for rural bank branches which promote digital transactions. Similarly, we have announced awards for digital villages and farmers who purchase fertilisers and seeds through cashless mechanism. Similar incentives have been announced for payment of fees in government colleges and land revenue collection, he said. Meanwhile, the political resolution adopted at the National Executive welcoming the new BJP Chief Minister Pema Khandu into the party said Arunachal Pradesh became the 10th state ruled by the BJP and the 14th ruled by BJP alliance. The BJP has registered convincing victories in the by-elections held to the Lok Sabha and different Vidhan Sabhas in states like Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh. Its performance in the Left-dominated Tripura, where it is slowly but surely emerging as the credible alternative to the Left Front pushing back parties like the Congress and TMC, can t be overlooked, the resolution said. Earlier, party president Amit Shah in his address listed the benefits of the demonetisation move and said that it would help the country get rid of corruption. The national executive meet also recounted BJP s successes in 2016, including the party s win in Assam and formation of government in Arunachal Pradesh. House Democrats interrupted the count multiple times, objecting to electoral vote tallies in different states for several reasons, including massive voter suppression and election-related cyber attacks. Such objections are required by House rules to be made in writing, signed by a House member and a Senate member. Biden, banging the gavel and calling for order, asked each interrupting lawmaker whether the objections were signed by a senator. When one congresswoman said her objection had not yet been signed by a senator, Biden stood firm. Well, it is over, the vice president said, to loud cheers and applause from Republican lawmakers. AFP 9 terrorists killed as army foils attack in Egypt CAIRO, Jan 7: At least nine terrorists were killed and 16 others injured as Egypt s army foiled an attack on a number of security checkpoints in North Sinai, military officials said. The attack, which took place yesterday, targeted different army checkpoints at the same time. The attackers used cars carrying explosives, motorcycles and electronic weapons, military spokesperson colonel Tamer el-refa e said in a statement. The armed forces exchanged fire with the attackers killing nine and injuring 16 others. They also destroyed six of their vehicles, he added. North Sinai has been the stage for many terrorists attacks since the January 2011 revolution that toppled the expresident Hosni Mubarak. The attacks mainly targeting police and military increased after the ouster of Islamist ex-president Mohamed Morsi in 2013 by military following massive protests against his rule. Over 700 security personnel have been reported killed since then. The military has launched security campaigns in the area, arrested suspects and demolished houses that belong to terrorists, including those facilitating tunnels leading to the Gaza Strip. PTI Budget... (Contd from page 1) When the opposition had objected in 2012 during the Assembly polls to these five states, the Congress had accepted their stand and postponed presentation of the Union Budget from February 28 to March 16. We want that there should be no presentation of the budget till the elections are over, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad had said after meeting EC on January 5. Azad said electoral laws make it clear that the ruling party should have no advantage during elections and both the opposition and the ruling side should be on an equal footing. He said the budget on February 1 will tilt the balance in favour of the BJP as it would use the exercise to influence voters by doling out sops. PTI Probe against... (Contd from page 1) the deposited amount. Sources said that after the issue came to light, the Central Vigilance Commission has written to the State Chief Secretary and the Additional Director General of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, calling for a thorough probe against the officer. Meanwhile, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption wing of the Assam Police is preparing to start the probe as directed by the Central Vigilance Commission and police sources said that the probe would start within the next few days. 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Meteorologists yesterday said the storms, set to drench Northern California early today and continue through part of next week, could be the heaviest in a decade. The stormy weather, described as a type of system called atmospheric rivers, come as the parched Golden State is experiencing its wettest winter in years. We ve seen a very wet start this winter, really putting a hurt on the drought, said Andy Morin, meteorologist at the National Weather Service. From a water supply standpoint, it s a banner year. Morin, however, said it was too early in the season to cry victory and warned that the storms could also wreak havoc, especially in areas stripped of vegetation by massive wildfires in recent years. ADVERTISEMENT In pursuance of Govt. letter No. RGR/83/2012/Pt-II/16 dt applications are hereby invited in Standard Form (Assam Gazette Part IX) from the Indian citizen and permanent resident of Assam. 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Authorities said up to 12 inches of rain, mainly in the northern part of the state, is expected at lower altitudes while up to six feet of snow is forecast at higher altitudes. The atmospheric river, a narrow plume of moisture emanating from the tropics or subtropics, is packing the same strength as a series of storms that hit the state a decade ago, causing an estimated USD 300 million in damages, according to the US Geological Survey. Authorities said heavy rain and snow could force the shutdown of Yosemite National Park, which turned into a flood zone 20 years ago when the Merced River overflowed. At the time, what was called the flood of the century, washed away campgrounds and bridges and forced the shutdown of the park for more than two months. AFP Sd/- Deputy Commissioner & Chairman, DDMA, Dhubri PRESS NOTICE The Chief Engineer, P.W.D. 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14 14 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, dead as torrential rains submerge south Thailand NAKHON SI THAMMA- RAT, Jan 7: Heavy rains continued to hammer Thailand s flood-ravaged south today, bringing the death toll up to 18 and leaving thousands of villages partially submerged, authorities said. The flooding, which was roof-high in some areas, has affected nearly one million people in ten southern provinces since it started a week ago, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. At least 18 people have died and one is missing, it added, with the rains turning roads into rivers, inundating farmland and damaging more than 1,500 schools in the region. The downpour is expected to persist for at least two more days, according to Thailand s Meteorological Department, which warned of flash floods. The situation is very bad today and tomorrow. It s still raining heavily, said Junjuda Pornsri, a meterological official. Military bases across the region have been mobilised to help evacuate flood victims, provide temporary shelters and distribute emergency aid, the government said today. In hard-hit Nakhon Si Thammarat province, two army helicopters were deployed to airlift food to families trapped inside their homes in Cha-uat district. AFP Tibet set to get world s highest altitude telescopes BEIJING, Jan 7: China is setting up the world s highest altitude gravitational wave telescopes in a Tibet prefecture close to Line of Actual Control with India with a budget of USD 18.8 million to detect faintest echoes resonating from universe which may reveal more about the Big Bang theory. Construction has started for the first telescope, codenamed Ngari No 1, 30 km south of Shiquanhe Town in Ngari Prefecture, said Yao Yongqiang chief researcher with the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Parts of Nagri is last Tibetan prefecture at China s border with India. The telescope, located 5,250 meters above sea level, will detect and gather precise data on primordial gravitational waves in the Northern Hemisphere. It is expected to be operational by 2021, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. PTI INTERNATIONAL Bulgarian men jump to catch a wooden crucifix during Epiphany day celebrations in Sofia, Bulgaria on Friday. UNI Massive tanker bomb kills 43 in Syria border town BEIRUT, Jan 7: A massive tanker truck bomb ripped through a market by a courthouse in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz today, killing 43 people and wounding dozens near the Turkish border. The attack appeared to be the deadliest yet in the town in northern Aleppo province, which has been regularly hit by bombing targeting rebels and civilians. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least six rebels were among the dead, but most of those killed were civilians. Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said identification of the dead was being hampered by the fact that some bodies were completely burned in the blast. Video from the scene showed huge clouds of smoke rising from a street filled with debris and twisted metal, which bulldozers were working to clear. Raging fires were burning in several vehicles, and the fire brigade was battling to put them out with a giant water tanker and hoses. Civil defence workers, rebels and civilians picked through the rubble of a building, half of which had tumbled into the street. Azaz has been repeatedly struck by bomb attacks, including in November when rebels said 25 people civilians and opposition fighters were killed in a car bombing of a rebel headquarters. The rebels accused the Islamic State group of being behind that attack. The jihadist group is present elsewhere in Aleppo province and has sought to advance on Azaz in the past. In October, at least 17 people were killed in a car bomb attack on a rebel checkpoint, the Observatory said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for today s attack, but Osama al-merhi, a lawyer at the scene of the blast, pointed the finger at ISIS. These kinds of crimes are only committed by the terrorist group Daesh, he said, using an Arabic acronym for ISIS. They are the ones who target civilians and the cadres who are building this country, he said. AFP Turkish PM visits Iraq amid spat over unauthorised troops BAGHDAD, Jan 7: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim arrived in Baghdad today for a two-day visit, according to a report on Iraqi state TV. It s the first such visit since the two governments quarreled over the presence of unauthorised Turkish troops in northern Iraq, straining relations between the two neighbours fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. The TV didn t give details on Yildirim s schedule. On his Twitter account, the Turkish Ambassador to Baghdad, Faruk Kaymakci, said that We hope that his visit will open a new chapter in Turkey-Iraq relations. The presence of some 500 Turkish troops in the Bashiqa region, northeast of the ISISheld city of Mosul, has stirred tension with Baghdad since late last year. Iraq has demanded their withdrawal, saying they are there without permission and are in blatant violation of Iraqi sovereignty. Turkey says the troops were invited by local Iraqi authorities and has ignored the calls. The issue has led to a war of words between the two country s leaders as Iraqi government troops launched a massive military operation to recapture Mosul on October 17. Ankara has insisted that its forces should take part in retaking the city, but Baghdad has refused. The issue of the Turkish forces in Bashiqa grew into a rare and bitter public feud last year between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-abadi. At one point, Erdogan gave a speech telling al-abadi to know his place, and adding, you are not at my level, you are not my equivalent, you are not of the same quality as me. Al-Abadi responded by mocking Erdogan s use of a video messaging app during Turkey s failed coup last year. An Iraqi court later issued an arrest warrant against the former governor of Ninevah province, of which Mosul is the capital, Atheel al-nujaifi, accusing him of facilitating the entry of the Turkish forces. AP Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) talks to Russian Navy officials during his tour at the Russian Navy vessel Admiral Tributs, a large anti-submarine ship, docked at the south harbour port area in metro Manila, Philippines on Friday. UNI Huge Antarctic ice block set to break off: scientists PARIS, Jan 7: A massive ice block nearly 100 times the area of Manhattan is poised to break off Antarctica s Larsen C ice shelf, scientists reported on Friday. A slow-progressing rift suddenly grew by 18 kilometres (11 miles) at the end of December, leaving the finger-shaped chunk 350 metres thick connected along only a small fraction of its length. The rift has also widened, from less than 50 metres (160 feet) in 2011 to nearly 500 metres today. If it doesn t go in the next few months, I ll be amazed, said Adrian Luckman, a professor at Swansea University in Wales, and leader of Britain s Project Midas, which tracks changes in West Antarctic ice formations. By itself, the soon-to-be iceberg will not add to sea levels, the likely consequence of ice sheet disintegration that most worries scientists. The real danger is from inland glaciers, held in place by the floating, cliff-like ice shelves that straddle land and sea. The fragile West Antarctic ice sheet where Larsen C is located holds enough frozen water to raise global oceans by at least four metres (13 feet). Recent studies have suggested that climate change may already have condemned large chunks of it to disintegration, though whether on a time scale of centuries or millennia is not known. The breaking off, or calving, of ice shelves is a natural process, but global warming is thought to have accelerated the process. Warming ocean water erodes their underbelly, while rising air temperatures weaken them from above. The nearby Larsen A ice shelf collapsed in 1995, and Larsen B dramatically broke up seven years later. AFP Pak s ex-army chief joins Saudi-led military coalition ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: General Raheel Sharif, the former Pakistani army chief, will now head the Saudi Arabia-led 39- nation military coalition formed to serve as a platform for security cooperation and combat terrorism. The decision to appoint Gen (retd) Raheel, who retired in November 2016, was taken after taking the incumbent government into confidence, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said yesterday. Speaking during a talk show on Geo TV, Asif admitted that an agreement in this regard was finalised a few days back. No, definitely our government s consent must have been part of this, he replied when asked if the decision was taken in Riyadh or Islamabad. Asif said that both the governments and army were on board regarding the decision to let Raheel take charge of the alliance. He, however, refused to share the details of agreement under which Raheel has been appointed the chief of the Saudi-led alliance. Raheel retired as the army chief in November and has been succeeded by General Qamar Javed Bajwa. According to Saudi Arabia, the alliance is formed to fight ISIS and other militant outfits. At the time of its constitution, there were 34 countries in the alliance which has raised to 39. The countries include Turkey, UAE, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Tunisia, Sudan, Malaysia, Egypt, Yemen and others. The Joint Command Centre, headquarters of the military alliance, is located in Riyadh. Pakistani leaders were initially taken aback when Saudi Arabia, without proper consultation with them, had announced in 2015 that Islamabad was also part of the new alliance to combat militancy. Iran was not included in the grouping which appeared as a vague attempt to forge a Sunni Muslim alliance against Shiite Iran to curtail its influence in No. HSFW / e-tender/183/2016/ CORRIGENDUM The following corrigendum is issued in respect of e-tender No. HSFW/etender/183/2016/30, dated 3rd Jan 2017 : 1. In package-1, item 2: Street Banner Poly Foam should be read as Street Banner Flex and thickness of 650 mm may be read 260 GSM 2. In package -10 in criteria column 7 at 9) certificate of Shop and establishment is deleted and will not be an essential requirement to be submitted by the tenderer Sd/- Director of Health Services (FW), Assam, Swasthya Bhawan, Hengrabari, Guwahati-36 Janasanyog/4055/16 ADDENDUM-I No. CE/APCP/100/2012/Pt-III/6 Ref: REOI No. CE/APCP/100/2012/ Pt-III/2 dated November 28, 2016 for Program Management Consultancy services for Scaling up of Assam PWRD Computerization Project (II) It is for information to all concerned that the last date of submission of Request for Expressions of Interest for Program Management Consultancy services for Scaling up of Assam PWRD Computerization Project (II) is extended up to January 30, 2017 due to technical reasons. All other terms and conditions shall remain the same. Sd/- Chief Engineer, PWD (ARIASP & RIDF) & Project Director, ASRP, PWRD Assam, Fatasil Ambari, Guwahati-25 Janasanyog/1650/16 TENDER NOTICE NO.: NGCD/PLG/Pillar Crane/RT/12/16-17 Dated: Open tender in sealed cover is invited from interested contractors for the following work: Name of work: Dismantling & Transportation of 03 (Three) Nos. of Pillar Crane from Diesel Loco Shed, Lumding and Installation of the same at Diesel Loco Shed, New Guwahati, Tender value: Rs. 1,98,000/-; Earnest Money: Rs. 3,960/-; Cost of Tender Paper: Rs. 1,000/- (Rs.500/-extra if required by post). Tender forms can be held from the office of the Sr. Divisional Mechanical Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, New Guwahati from to hrs. of Tender document will be received in the office of the Sr. Divisional Mechanical Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed, New Guwahati and CME/NFR/ Maligaon from to upto 15:30 lirs and will be opened at 15:30 hrs. on in the office of the Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer, Diesel Loco Shed New Guwahati. Detailed Tender notice is available at during the above mentioned period. Sr. DME(Diesel), New Guwahati NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY SERVING CUSTOMER S WITH A SMILE Iraq, Syria, Yemen and rest of the Middle East. Pakistan was in an unenviable position as it has good ties with both Iran and Saudi Arabia. It was also not ready to be No. TC/II/MSRD/ /5465 Date : PRESS NOTICE INVITING TENDER Executive Engineer PWD, Mangaldai State Road Division on behalf of Governor of Assam invites bid for Maintenance & Repairing of roads for the works under Assam Road Maintenance Fund(PBMC) for the Financial year for 3(Three) years duration of 3 Nos. works of Darrang District of Assam amounting to Rs Lakh(Approx). Details may be seen at the office of the undersigned from 13/01/17 to during office hours. Sd/- Executive Engineer PWD (Roads). Mangaldai State Roads Division Janasanyog/1647/16 EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST On behalf of the Government of Assam, the Directorate of Geology and Mining, Assam is willing for empanelment of Qualified Person under Rule 49 for preparation of Mining Plan under Rule 52(1) as per Assam Minor Mineral Concession (AMMC) Rules, Interested party/ personnel in this regards are hereby requested to apply with requisite qualification in the office of the Directorate of Geology and Mining, Assam. Dakhingaon, Kahilipara, Guwahati-19 at an earliest. Janasanyog/4050/16 No: DMC/SSA/L/Esstt. /Tender/TLM (ST)/2015/48/ Date: SHORT NOTICE INVITING QUOTATION Sealed quotation affixing court fee stamp of Rs (Rupees Eight &twenty five paisa) only are hereby invited from Shop/Business establishment/ Manufacturing unit for supply of Stationery materials/teaching Learning Materials for the learners of Special Training Center under the office of the District Mission Coordinator, SSA, Lakhimpur. The details of bid document along with terms & conditions may be obtained on payment of Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred) only, (non refundable) in cash or by demand draft in favour of Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission, Lakhimpur payable at North Lakhimpur from the Olo the undersigned from 9th January, 2017 to 20th January 2017 during office hours in all working days. The sealed bid will be received up to 21st.January 2017 at District Mission Office, SSA, Lakhimpur till 1.00 PM. The same will be opened on same day at 2:00 PM at the office of the ADC & DMC, Lakhimpur. The District level purchases Committee, Lakhimpur has reserved the right to accept or reject any bid without assigning any reason thereof. Sd/- Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Lakhimpur & District Mission Coordinator, SSA, Lakhimpur Janasanyog/1659/16 No. DW.NIT.66/2015/16 EXPRESSION OF INTEREST The Directorate of Welfare of Plain Tribes & Backward Classes, Assam is implementing various scholarship schemes for the students belonging to Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes communities of Assam. From the year , the scheme is being implemented through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP 2.0) through which the students apply for scholarship online and the same is being verified by the institutes using their institute login credentials of the portal. The workflow now requires the verification of the applications verified by institutes at the State Nodal Office level i.e. the office of the undersigned based on the guidelines provided by the Govt. of India. This requires the engagement of additional manpower in the form of Computer operators and trainers due to the shortage of manpower in the office of the undersigned. In the light of the above, intending representatives from Govt. registered Agencies/Companies/Consultancies etc. having solutions on providing additional manpower for the above said work are invited for a Pre-bid discussion on 10th of January/2017 at 11:30 A.M. at the office of the undersigned on the aforesaid work. Sd/- Director, W.P.T. & B.C., Janasanyog/4059/16 Assam dragged into the politics of Middle East. PTI TENDER NOTICE NO. MD/03 of Open Tender in sealed cover is invited for the following work: Description of work: Hand washing and ironing of Hospital Linen of Central Hospital, Maligaon for one year. Approximate cost: Rs.4,49,069/ Earnest money: Rs.8,981/-; Tender paper cost: Rs.1,000/- (Rs.500/- by post): Completion period: 12 months; Validity of offer: 90 days. Tender forms can be had from the office of the Medical Director, Central Hospital, N.F. Rly, Maligaon, Guwahati during the office working hours except Sunday/ Holiday w.e.f (10.00 hrs. to hrs.) to hrs. of Tender can be dropped from to hra. of In the Tender Box kept in the office of the Medical Director, Central Hospital, N. F. Railway, Maligaon, Guwahati Tender will be opened at hrs. of Tender documents will.also be available in during the above mentioned period and the same can be downloaded and used as tender documents for submitting the offer. Medical Director Central Hospital, Maligaon NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY SERVING CUSTOMER S WITH A SMILE TENDER NOTICE NO.: Mech-19/ Dated: Open tenders in sealed covers are invited for the following work : Name of Work: Carrying of driver s boxes from box room to locomotives and locomatives to box room at NGC & GHY crew lobby for a period of 570 days. Tender Value: Rs.19,95,000/-; Earnest Money: Rs.39,900/-; Cost of Tender document Rs.2,000/- (Rs.500/ extra by post). Tender form can be obtained from the office of the Sr. Divisional Mechanical Engineer/P/ Lumding, Assistant Divisional Mechanical Engineer,ONGC from hrs. of upto hrs. of during office hours. Tender box will be available for dropping of tender in the office of the Sr. Divisional Mechanical Engineer/ P/Lumding, Chief Mechanical Engineer/Maligaon and Assistant Divisional Mechanical Engineer/ New Guwahati during office working hours from hrs. of up to hrs. of and will be opened at hrs. on in the office of the Sr. DME/P/Lumding. Tender Notice and documents will also be available in indianrailways.gov.in and notice board of the office of DRM(M)/KIR, APDJ, RNY, TSK, LMG, Sr. DEN/C/ LMG, Sr.DEE/LMG, Sr.DCM/LMG, Sr.DOM/LMG, Sr.DME/P/LMG, CMS/ LMG Sr.CDO/GHY, Sr.DSTE/ LMG, Sr.DFM/LMG, Sr. DSC/LMG, Dy CME (ONF)/MLG & ADME/NGC. Sr. Divisional Mach. 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Contractor submitting bids online have to submit the copy of the documents of technical bid manually along with cost of Bid documents before expiry of the sequence! Online Bid Submission date and time as mentioned in the Bid schedule. The details of tender will be available through the link assamtenders.gov.in from The last date & time for receipt of bids through the portal assamtenders.gov.in is up to 2.00 P.M. and will be opened on the same day at 3.00 P.M.. If the office happens to be closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bid will be opened on the rext working day at the same time and venue. All the interested bidders are requested to read the bid document carefully before submission of their bid. For any e-tendering queries please mail to cmdlacada@gmail.com Sd/- Chairman cum Managing Director Lower Assam CAD Authority Irrigation Department Chandmari, Ghy-3 Janasanyog/1652/16 NO. 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15 SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 15 BUSINESS & ECONOMY Demonetisation a historic decision for welfare of poor: Jaitley NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today termed the November 8 demonetisation as a historic and bold move towards the welfare of the poor, while dealing a crippling blow to terror, fake currency note racket and insurgency. Jaitley, who presented the party s economic resolution in the BJP national executive meet, also said that the demonetisation decision was taken because the Narendra Modi Government is visionary and committed about its promises made before coming to power, according to Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The demonetisation move of the Government on November 8 closed the lifeline of terror funding and fake currency. Demonetisation was a crippling blow to terror, fake currency note racket, and insurgency, she quoted Jaitley as saying. The economic resolution was focused primarily on demonetisation. Jaitley also hailed a number of government initiatives that were taken in the last two years to curb black money and fake currency. He (Jaitley) informed the party leaders how and why this demonetisation was different than the earlier ones. The entire executive unanimously agreed that it is a historic step, Sitharaman told media persons, adding that such a decision required visionary leadership, which the BJP had now provided. Sitharaman said that measures an- Special scheme for women entrepreneurs HYDERABAD, Jan 7: The Centre will shortly launch an exclusive scheme for women entrepreneurs, a senior official in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) said today. It will be an exclusive scheme for women entrepreneurs. We have not yet finalised the contours (of the scheme). Hopefully, we will launch it before the end of the financial year, BH Anil Kumar, a Joint Secretary in the Ministry, told reporters here. Earlier, Kumar launched myloanassocham.com, a portal of industry body ASSOCHAM that provides MSMEs online access to funds at an affordable rate from a mix of banks and financial institutions. The Ministry is in the process of creating an MSME data bank based on which it can project the actual requirements of the sector, he said and asked these enterprises to register themselves. The Reserve Bank of India, Kumar said, has issued guidelines for creation of committees for revival and rehabilitation of MSMEs which are facing stress. Banks are in the process of setting them up at the State levels. PTI MUMBAI, Jan 7: With a view to promoting khadi among the masses, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is set to open modern high-end khadi outlets named Khadi Lounge at Delhi, Jaipur and Lucknow. After Mumbai, the khadi lounges will be opened at Delhi, Jaipur and Lucknow, which will stock premium varieties of elegant, stylish khadi silk and newly designed readymades which will satisfy the quest of khadi lovers, KVIC chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena told reporters here today. The KVIC will also renovate its 178-odd outlets with the help of a Rs 80-crore grant, Saxena said. The KVIC today opened its first high-end Khadi outlet named Khadi Lounge in Mumbai, which will nounced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi post demonetisation were due to the fact that he fully recognised the hardships faced by the Dalits, tribals and women and took the steps accordingly to allay them. Being a sensitive Government, it reached to the people who were affected due to the demonetisation steps, she said, adding: Prime Minister on December 31 in his address to the nation mentioned about the number of steps for the senior citizens, farmers, pregnant women and many more. She also cited Jaitley as saying how the Government set up a Special Investigation Team to probe accounts holding black money, and rewrote treaties with many nations and signed them all over showcase a designer line of garments and exclusive fabrics for men and women in major metropolitan cities. The designer wear includes high fashion garments including ready-to-wear garments designed by Ritu Beri, acclaimed fashion designer. This store will provide khadi a niche among the fashion conscious Mumbaikaars and trend-conscious youth with modern hand-spun fabric and garments, an official release said. The idea of the Lounge series of khadi outlets is to showcase the again, for exchange of information as to who's holding how much. Sitharaman said: Jaitleyji informed the party leaders that the income and revenue of most of the big States in the country has increased after the November 8 decision of demonetisation, except West Bengal. The minister spoke of a Benami Properties Confiscation Act, 1988 which was never notified by the previous governments as well as explaining the difference between the 1997 Amnesty scheme by the then Government and the recent Income Declaration Scheme during the meet. The old amnesty scheme was not an effective one, thus we brought the Benaami Properties Confiscation Act, in which there are provisions of punishment and penalty and it is more stricter than the earlier one. We brought that Bill before a Parliamentary Standing Committee in 2014 and notified it...so that the Government can confiscate benami properties, he said, according to Sitharaman. Sitharaman also said that Jaitley informed the party here that the formal economy of the country is growing. The Finance Minister also said that with the huge amounts returning to banks now, the Government can take several developmental measures and the same amount can be used by the banks too, she said. IANS 73 pc businesses unable to pay daily wages: Survey NEW DELHI, Jan 7: As many as 73 per cent businesses said they were unable to meet the daily cash requirements to pay wages to the contractual workforce due to the severe cash crunch prevailing after demonetisation, according to a survey conducted by PHD Chamber. In the business segment, 73 per cent respondents are facing a huge cash crunch due to demonetisation as they are unable to fulfil their daily cash requirements to pay wages to daily wagers and contractual workforce, said the survey based on responses from more than 50 economists and analysts, 700 business firms and 2,000 people during the month of December. In response, PHD Chamber president Gopal Jiwarajka urged that cash-driven sectors such as construction and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should be facilitated by increased cash limits for the payment of salaries of their daily wage and contractual workers. While assessing the impact on the people, 92 per cent respondents in the survey said that the major impact of currency crunch is seen on the daily needs of the people such as purchase of eatables, dairy products and other necessities. As many as 58 per cent respondents said they were facing a high level of difficulty in fulfilling their day-to-day activities, while 89 per cent respondents reported unavailability of cash at banks and ATMs as a major hurdle in withdrawing cash from the banks or ATMs, the survey said. Jiwarajka said that the immediate effect would probably be short-lived and the long term effect would drive the Indian economy to new areas of growth. Though the contraction in the GDP cannot be ruled out due to fall in economic activity, the growth in demand will start gaining momentum once the economy moves out of the transition stage of demonetisation to remonetisation, he said. It is expected that the removal of black money from the system would create a good scope for reduction in interest rates via-a-vis lower inflationary expectations and reduce the incidence of direct taxation, he said. There is a need of setting up of digital literacy booths outside banks majorly in rural regions for spreading digital literacy across all sections, Jiwarajka added. The Government should incentivise RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) and NEFT (National Electronic Funds Transfer) under the ambit of digital transfers so that more and more people adopt the available facility and are less dependent on cash transactions, he said. The Government had demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on November 8 and has allowed a limited withdrawal of cash since then. IANS NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant at the Plenary Session II of the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017, in Bengaluru on Saturday. UNI High-end khadi outlets coming up across cities country s best handcrafted fabrics and products in the modern outlet, it added. While inaugurating the khadi lounge, Minister of State for MSME Haribhai Choudhary said buying one piece of khadi cloth (L-R) BK Anil Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Jiji Mammen, CEO, MUDRA, and KK Jalan, Secretary, Ministry of MSME, releasing ASSOCHAM Resurgent India Report in Hyderabad on Saturday. UNI NEW DELHI, Jan 7: The advance estimate of 7.1 per cent GDP released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) will have major errors as it does not include the data for the months after demonetisation, domestic rating agency ICRA has said. The agency on Friday pegged the expected growth for lower at 6.8 per cent. Given the impact of demonetisation on actual activity from mid-november 2016 onwards, projecting the GDP growth for the full year by extrapolating the trends up to October 2016 for several sectors, may introduce more errors than in earlier years. This would be particularly apt for cash-intensive sectors such as construction, the ICRA said in a statement. The advance estimates released by the CSO of the growth in FY2017 are unsurprising, as they draw heavily from the available data for the first half of this 7.1 pc GDP estimate erroneous HYDERABAD, Jan 7: The State Bank of India (SBI) is leaving no stone unturned to kick-start the credit offtake, and last week s steep 0.90 bps lending rate cut has resulted in a huge number of enquiries, especially for home loans, a top bank official said here today. Credit growth has been very, very subdued so far. In fact, our loan book has not grown at all after the note ban announcement on November 8. Now the focus is on growing the loan book, Rajnish Kumar, managing director in charge of national banking, told reporters. He said already there is a visible pick-up in loan enquiries, especially for home loans with online queries alone jumping over three times since the rate cut on Sunday last. Already there is a lot of excitement in the housing loan market since the rate cut announcement, wherein we steeply cut our lending rates. We are seeing lots would generate employment for one artisan. The MSME is generating 94 per cent employment and only 4 per cent is done by the public sector. The MSME sector also contributes 65 per cent of the GDP growth, he said. The minister informed that entrepreneurs ZED (zero defects, zero effect) movement is being taken up by the MSME, and that at least 10 lakh units should come forward. We have set 50 parameters to meet ZED certification standards. The banks are instructed for generating one entrepreneur from SC/ST and women from each branch, he added. Creating a healthy completion for quality production is another agenda of the MSME. For this, five types of awards will be given to encourage the best performer from the MSME sector, Choudhary said. Saxena said the KVIC reconfirms its commitment towards the Make in India initiative and has aligned with the Prime Minister s vision for khadi. He also informed about launching of cashless digital payment systems like Paytm. Usha Suresh, CEO, KVIC, said: The company has taken this initiative to implement the mission of our Prime Minister for making khadi a fashionable garment. PTI fiscal, it said. However, the ICRA expects the GDP (gross domestic product) and GVA (gross value added, which excludes taxes and subsidies) growth for the FY2017 at 6.8 per cent and 6.6 per cent respectively, appreciably lower than the advance estimates, it said. The CSO pegged the country s GDP at 7.1 per cent in compared with 7.6 per cent in The anticipated growth of the real GVA in is 7 per cent against 7.2 per cent in , according to the CSO estimates. The growth in deposits is an outlier, hence the November data was not used for the financials, India s chief statistician TCA Anant had said, implying that demonetisation is not a normal factor in the calculation of the annual national income. The ICRA said: Given the unfolding trends, we expect actual FY2017 growth to be lower than the advance estimates for sub-sectors such as manufacturing, agriculture, electricity and construction. In contrast, the recent uptick in commodity prices may well result in a somewhat improved GVA performance of the mining sector in H2 FY2017 as compared to the year-on-year decline in the first six months of FY2017, the agency added. Moreover, the unavailability of corporate filings for the third quarter of FY2017 and the second advance estimates of rabi output (as opposed to the available data on sowing), are likely to constrain the accuracy of the advance estimates, the statement said. While rabi sowing has grown by a healthy 7 per cent on a subdued base, activity and incomes related to non-crop agricultural sectors, including horticulture and livestock, may have been adversely impacted by the liquidity crunch, it added. IANS SBI rate cut leads to surge in customer queries on home loans of interest. In fact, traffic on our portal has grown by almost three times since the rate cut announcement, Kumar said, adding that if the home loan marker revives, it will be good for the economy. Announcing a steep 0.90 bps reduction in its MCLR- based lending rate, bank chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya had said that since demonetisation, the bank saw a contraction in lending and expressed the hope that offering the HYDERABAD, Jan 7: Loan disbursals by the Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA) slowed down in the third quarter of the current financial year following the demonetisation of high-value currencies, an official said today. We have disbursed Rs 80,000 crore (from April 1 to December 31, 2016). There has been some lull during the last two months because of currency exchanges and those kind of things, Jiji Mammen, CEO of MUDRA, said. Otherwise, we would have reached much more than this (disbursal figure), he added. Mammen was talking to reporters here on the sidelines of a function, where a portal of industry body ASSOCHAM to provide online lowest rate in the industry would help it resume lending activities. It can be noted that the system as a whole has seen the worst contraction in credit growth since 1997 in December due to the note ban impact. As per the latest RBI data, bank credit grew at the slowest pace in the past 19 years in December at 5.1 per cent against 10.6 per cent a year ago. The RBI data indicates lack of credit demand across all segments and not just companies, including retail, wherein the only segment where a growth is registered is in auto loans. Kumar said after demonetisation, the bank has seen over three-and-a-half times rise in debit cards use at merchant terminals and on e-commerce sites. Similarly, the wallets and other methods of payment through mobile have also seen a healthy increase in both volume and value. PTI Note ban hits MUDRA loan disbursals access of funds to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) was launched. Asked if he is confident of reaching the disbursal target of Rs 1.8 lakh crore for FY17, Mammen replied in the positive. We are hopeful. We will wait and watch how things shape up, he said and noted that loan sanction is generally extremely well in the last quarter. The agency was established by the Modi Government with an initial corpus of Rs 5,000 crore to provide capital to all banks seeking refinancing of small business loans under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY). PMMY loans fall into three categories Shishu (up to Rs 50,000), Kishore (Rs 50,000- Rs 5 lakh) and Tarun (Rs 5-10 lakh). PTI Ajmal & Sons eyes Indian perfume market GUWAHATI, Jan 7: Perfume maker Ajmal and Sons is now focusing on establishing its prime brand, Perfumes, in the Indian market after carving a niche in several Middle- East countries. We are now focusing on India and we are happy that the first major store is being finally opened in our home State Assam, Ajmal Group of Companies managing director Sirajuddin Ajmal told reporters today during the launch of its first perfume store here. Ajmal, who is the AIUDF Lok Sabha member from Barpeta, pointed out that the Indian market had remained stable during the global recession. The recession will continue in the global market for another year and things are expected to look up in 2018, but the Indian market has remained unaffected and the buying power of the people has increased. The group is, therefore, now focusing more on India and is planning business strategies with long-term goals. The group is continuously engaged in introducing a wide range of perfumes ranging from oriental/exotic concentrates, oriental sprays and French sprays along with cosmetic products like talcum powder, lotions, hair oil, fairness creams and essential oils. The group plans to have more than 150 exclusive outlets in India by PTI

16 16 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI NATIONAL SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 Family feud in Samajwadi Party music to Mayawati s ears LUCKNOW, Jan 7: With the sound and fury in Samajwadi Party catching the fancy of its archrival BSP, its supremo Mayawati today told senior leaders and party candidates to make voters aware of the family feud in the ruling party and not fritter away their ballots to indirectly help BJP. Mayawati convened a meeting of senior BSP leaders and party candidates for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to issue necessary directives for going to polls. The BSP supremo, who has been highlighting the sharp divide in SP at her public meetings and rallies, asked senior leaders to make the electorate aware of the feud which did not augur well for the state s development. If the ruling party cannot put its own house in order, what can it do for the welfare of the state, she was quoted as saying by a leader who attended the meeting but requested anonymity. Mayawati has been cautioning Muslim voters not to waste their ballots by backing the faction-ridden SP as split in their votes would ultimately help BJP. Terming BJP as the friendly party of Samajwadi Party, she told party workers today that in order to divert peoples attention from BJP s unfulfilled poll promises, Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought note ban without any preparation and now he is indulging in gimmicks and issuing statements toward off any adverse impact in the elections. As Muslims are a force to reckon with, accounting for 20 per cent of the state s population, a Vice President M Hamid Ansari inspecting the guard of honour at the inauguration of the NCC Republic Day Camp-2017, in New Delhi on Friday. UNI VVIP chopper deal: Court issues fresh summons against accused NEW DELHI, Jan 7: A special court today issued fresh summons against three accused in a money laundering case related to the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal in which it had earlier issued an open-ended non-bailable warrant (NBW) against British national and alleged middleman Christian Michel James. Special Judge Arvind Kumar re-issued the summons against India-based firm M/s Media Exim Private Limited and its directors RK Nanda and JB Subramaniyam while asking them to be present in court on February 22. The firm was set up by James, Nanda and Subramaniyam. The court passed the order after advocate NK Matta, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate, informed it that NEW DELHI, Jan 7: The 25th edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair themed Manushi - writings on and by women began here today, with over 800 participating publishers from across the country and abroad. Touted as Asia s largest, the nine-day fair was inaugurated today by Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development. Jnanpith awardee and Odia writer Pratibha Ray and Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to India Tomasz Kozlowski the summons issued against the three accused on the last date of hearing could not be executed. It had on November 31 last year issued an open-ended NBW against James and summons against other three accused in the case, saying, There is prima facie evidence against the accused. The NBW was issued against James after ED had told the court that the alleged middleman was out of India and pressed for an arrest warrant against him to bring him here to face the trial. An open-ended NBW (arrest warrant) does not carry a time limit for its execution. In June last year, ED had filed a 1,300-page prosecution complaint (equivalent for charge sheet) in connection with its money laundering 25th New Delhi World Book Fair begins probe in the case. It had said the agency s investigation into the case had found that James allegedly received Euro 30 million (about Rs 225 crore) from M/s AgustaWestland which was nothing but kickbacks paid by the firm to execute the deal for sale of 12 helicopters to India in favour of the firm in guise of genuine transactions for performing multiple work contracts in the country. James is one of the three alleged middlemen being probed in the case, apart from Guido Haschke and Carlo Gerosa, by ED and CBI. Both the agencies have also notified an Interpol Red Corner Notice (RCN) or the global arrest warrant against James after a court had earlier also issued an NBW against him. were also present as Guest of Honour and Special guest respectively. Talking about the Theme Pavilion at the fair, Ray said that literature is beyond gender and geography, and that the section on women writing is in fact focussed on human writing. I am happy that this year focus is on human writing. But, let me tell you literature is beyond gender and geography. So, all writers are feminists, she said. Dismissing the popular belief that women are late comers in the profession of writing, which is largely believed to male-driven, Ray asserted that all writers were different in their creative expressions as each experience is subjective. As the view of writers are different, naturally their writings will be different. It should be different, because if they are not, then why write the same things, she said. The Theme Pavilion on Manushi has on display books from different genres, posters and panels of some of the eminent women scholars of ancient and medieval India as well as women pioneers of The present complaint delved into the alleged detailed role of James in the deal, his multiple visits to India and his transactions. The first complaint in the case was filed in November According to sources, ED has already sought James extradition from the UK. In the this complaint, the agency has also claimed that the three middlemen managed to make inroads into the Indian Air Force in order to influence and subvert the stand of the force regarding reducing the service ceiling the altitude at which a helicopter can fly from 6,000 metres to 4,500 metres in 2005 after which AgustaWestland became eligible to supply the choppers for VVIP flying duties. PTI Mamata incapable of maintaining law and order NEW DELHI, Jan 7: In the wake of violent protests in West Bengal following the arrest of Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Saturday lashed out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for failing to maintain law and order in the state. With the CBI arresting two of her party MPs Tapas Paul and Sudip Bandyopadhyay in a chit fund scam, Banerjee has been attacking the Centre for being vindictive and has de- manded the removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Banerjee, who has locked horns with the Central government over demonetisation, even proposed establishing a national government and replacing Modi with BJP veteran LK Advani or Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley or Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Reacting to her remarks Rijiju accused Banerjee of trying to destroy the constitution. She is incapable of maintaining law and order in West Bengal. Being the Chief Minister when she makes such provocative statements, it appears she herself wants to destroy the constitution, he said. BJP activists are being attacked, her party workers are indulging in goondaism (hooliganism). And to top that she keeps on making provocative statements. We haven t seen such a Chief Minister before, said Rijiju referring to the attack on the Bengal BJP headquarter, allegedly by Trinmaool activists, post Bandyopadhyay s arrest. During one of the protests, the Kolkata residence of Union Minister Babul Supriyo was also attacked allegedly by Trinamool activists. She should work within the limits of the constitution. We all hold constitutional posts and it is our responsibility to preserve and protect the constitution. If the Chief Minister cannot ensure law and order, what answers will she give to the people of her state. The Bengal Chief Minister needs to realise this, added Rijiju. PTI modern Indian literature. Both Pandey and Kozlowski highlighted the importance of books in the current technology-driven era. The EU ambassador said that the seeming contrast between traditional books and the Internet, is spacious and insisted that technology must not be perceived as a threat. There is a perception that the role of traditional books in our social lives will be diminshed with the advent of the Internet and other technologies. Some people might even think that books and technology are at contrast. PTI lion s share of BSP candidates belong to that community. The party has announced its decision to give 97 Muslim candidates tickets to wean them away from SP, which considers the community as its major votebank. In its first list of 100 candidates, there were 36 Muslim candidates, while the second one had 22 nominees from that community. The third list of 100 more candidates released today carries names of 24 Muslims. Before chairing today s meeting, Mayawati told reporters that its purpose was to apprise party leaders of pressing issues and to give necessary instructions to ensure that BSP comes to power with a majority. This meeting has been convened to issue necessary directives to the partymen on Model Code of Conduct which has come into force and instruct them to adhere to it in a disciplined manner which is also in the interest of democratic norms, the poor and deprived sections, she said. They will also be told about LUCKNOW, Jan 7: The deadlock in Samajwadi Party today showed no signs of easing with warring factions led by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav failing to reach any agreement despite fresh confabulations. Mulayam stayed put in his 5-Vikramaditya Marg residence where he met his younger brother Shivpal Yadav, senior party leaders Azam Khan and Ambika Chowdhury, Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey and some others but nothing concrete came out. For the record, Chowdhury, while emerging from Mulayam s residence, said, All will be well. SP will remain one. President condoles death of veteran actor Om Puri NEW DELHI, Jan 7: President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday expressed his condolences on the demise of veteran Bollywood actor Om Puri. In a video message to the deceased actor s son, Ishaan Puri, Mukherjee said, I am sad to learn about the passing away of your father, Om Puri. Please accept my heartfelt condolences and convey them to all members of your family. I pray to the Almighty to give you and your family the strength and courage to bear this irreparable loss, the President said. Bollywood actor Om Puri died in Mumbai early on Friday after a heart attack. Mukherjee also said that Om Puri was an iconic actor who delighted fans all over the world with his masterful screen presence and performance. For his contribution to Indian Cinema, Om Puri was honoured with numerous awards including the Padma Shri in Puri will always be remembered for his powerful and versatile acting, which brought life into the celluloid characters he played in films. His sad demise has left a huge void in the field of Indian film industry, which will be difficult to fill, Mukherjee added. IANS the ongoing family feud in the ruling Samajwadi Party as well as the bad shape of law and order, jungle raj and caste-based discrimination and regionalism in development, she said. The BSP supremo said that due to the family feud and crisis in SP, the ruling party has seen the writing on the wall that it would not come back to power. It is, therefore, favouring alliance with Congress which is on oxygen in UP, she said, adding that by even talking about a tieup with Congress, SP had conceded defeat. BENGALURU, Jan 7: Government would soon come out with a policy for setting up 20 world-class universities in the country, ten each in private and public sector, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said today. "We have finalised guidelines and soon will implement the policy to set up 20 world class universities in India, ten from private and ten from public institutions," Javadekar said addressing the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017 here. India had a legacy of having world-class universities like Vikramshila and Nalanda universities, which were razed down by invaders, for they understood that the power of the country lay in its education, Javadekar said. "Earlier, we had the best NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Moderate to heavy snowfall and rain on Saturday brought much-needed relief for people from an otherwise largely dry winter but caused disruption to normal life, especially in the hill states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. Met department officials said on Saturday that cold wave conditions could prevail over hills and plains of north India over the next few days with heavy snowfall being re- She said that even if the factionalism in the SP comes to an end due to political and electoral compulsions, it will not be in the interest of the state or is people. Party candidates will also be made aware of BJP going back on poll promises, the illplanned demonetisation measure, and tricks adopted by the saffron party to mislead people, Mayawati said. She also directed her partymen to hold a series of small meetings in all the constituencies and formulate an effective strategy to win the elections. Mayawati, who has so far declared candidates for 300 of the 403 assembly seats, expressed apprehensions that Prime Minister Narendra Modi might dole out sops in the Union Budget to woo voters and asked her partymen to remain alert on this count. She said it was necessary that all party workers up to the grassroot level and candidates should know the new directives of the Election Commission and added that they need to be followed strictly. PTI SP deadlock continues as fresh reconciliation efforts fail CBI arrests 7 with 427 kg of cannabis NEW DELHI, Jan 7: CBI has arrested seven persons in Ghaziabad with 427 kilograms of cannabis which was being brought in a train from Odisha. CBI sources said agency teams received an input that the consignment of cannabis was coming from Puri in Odisha on the Purushottam express. They said the gang was planning to get down in Ghaziabad as it considered it safe to escape police in Delhi. When the agency got the input, they searched the train and the consignment was seized. The gang was planning to take this consignment to Haryana, they said. Seven persons Balwan Bawariya, Kartar, Vyas Bawaria, Indal, Suresh, Lil Singh and Surajbhan have been arrested, CBI sources said. PTI SP treasurer and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Seth also met Akhilesh as his residence. The parleys had gained momentum yesterday with the Election Commission setting January 9 deadline for the two sides to stake claim to the cycle symbol. Malayam s cousin Ramgopal Yadav claimed the Akhilesh camp has collected signatures of 212 of the 229 MLAs, 56 of the 68 MLCs, 15 of the 24 MPs and a majority of the 5,000 delegates, making it crystal clear as to which was the real SP. In Etawah, Mulayam s brother Abhayram Yadav hailed Shivpal and blamed stubborn Akhilesh for the ongoing crisis within the family and party. Akhilesh is stubborn. Shivpal used to take him to school and take care of him, he said when reporters asked him about the issue. As part of reconciliation efforts in the Yadav clan, Shivpal had met Akhilesh yesterday for the first one-on-one since the split in SP on Sunday sending a ray of hope that some positive development could be on the cards. At one stage, it appeared that a breakthrough has been achieved when a message was sent to the media that Mulayam will hold an emergeny press conference to make a big announcement. But, minutes later it was called off without assigning any reason. SP MP Amar Singh, whose return to the party recently after six years was one of the reasons for discord between Mulayam and son Akhilesh, has said he was in favour of a patch-up between the father and the son and that he was not a hurdle in the path of the Chief Minister. Sources privy to the fastpaced developments did not rule out the possibility of resignation of Amar Singh, the outsider under a compromise formula. Another possibility could be resignation of Shivpal from the post of state SP chief, a charge held by the Chief Minister before the current family feud broke out. PTI Policy soon for setting up 20 world-class varsities: Javadekar universities - Nalanda, Takshashila and Vikramsila. In those days, almost all the ten world class universities were from India. This was destroyed by invaders because they knew the power of India lay in education," he said. Javadekar also said the cabinet has approved the creation of the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) to give a major push for creation of high quality infrastructure in premier educational institutions. The HEFA would be jointly promoted by an identified promoter and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) with an authorised capital of Rs 2,000 crore. "The Government equity would be Rs 1,000 crore," he added. HEFA would leverage the equity to raise up to Rs 20,000 crore for funding projects for infrastructure and development of world class labs in professional institutions. He also said the government will be launching Global Research Interactive Network programme, which will provide scholarship and opportunity to students to work with reputed foreign laboratories and enjoy the liberty of returning to India to continue with research. The Minister said the government was facilitating students to go abroad for a term and work in best of the laboratories. Good education was key to any country's sustainable progress and the government was launching several initiatives to reverse the brain drain, he stressed. PTI Snow, rain bring relief, disruption in north India ported on higher reaches of the Himalayas. Normal life was affected in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand following snowfall and rain, while moderate to heavy rainfall was reported from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Kashmir Valley came to a standstill as land and air links with the rest of the country, as well as inter-district road connectivity, remained suspended on Saturday. All flights to Srinagar international airport were cancelled on Friday itself. The Jammu-Srinagar national highway, which is the lifeline to the Kashmir Valley, was closed for traffic following heavy snowfall near the Jawahar Tunnel at Banihal. Hundreds of trucks, buses, cars and other vehicles were stranded on the highway, waiting for the road to be cleared. Vehicles were stranded on several other state highways in the Valley. IANS Kanchi Mutt Pontiff Sri Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, visiting the Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala on Friday. UNI

17 SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 17 LEISURE & LIFESTYLE From picking the fanciest pair of sunglasses on offer to not caring about the UV protection index of the accessory are some of the several myths and misconceptions that prevent people from purchasing healthy sunglasses and wearing them in the right way, says an expert. I Rahumathullah, Managing Director, Maui Jim India, debunks some myths. Sunglasses are just a fashion accessory: For your eyes only! This is the most common myth associated with sunglasses. Most people look at sunglasses as a way of adding a dash of style and raw element into their appearance. This cannot be farther from the truth. Sunglasses might have the benefit of adding a fashion statement to your overall appearance but their primary role remains protecting your eyes against glare and harmful radiation of the sun. You can t use sunglasses if you wear spectacles: A number of people who need to wear spectacles to correct their vision tend to believe that sunglasses may not be available in prescription. However, today sunglasses can Know your DAY By JACQUELINE BIGAR HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017: This year you move forward with a tried and tested plan. Your creativity emerges in the process. Allow others to participate in making an idea even stronger through some criticism. Listen and try to understand their logic. If you are single, you might meet someone who could become much more than just an acquaintance. Get to know each other well before committing. If you are attached, fall 2017 will be meaningful for both you and your sweetie. Your relationship could become much warmer than in the recent past. GEMINI can be witty. 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) You might have planned this day to get certain projects done, but you could wake up with a sense of concern. Whether or not it is justified, only time can tell. If you feel uneasy or awkward, make choices that will help you get past any insecurities. Tonight: Tell it like it is. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Nothing is written in stone. Have a long-overdue talk with someone about your priorities, and listen to what is important to him or her. Though you might feel as if the conversation is complete, this person is likely to feel otherwise. Tonight: Invite a friend over for dinner. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) The possibility of handling a personal issue becomes higher as the day goes on. If you feel the need to sleep in, by all means, do. You know what works for you, and you understand what will help you feel better. Afterward, tackle anything you want. Tonight: All smiles. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Use the daylight hours to the max. Reach out to a loved one and plan a long-overdue visit. You could feel caught in a weird interaction with this person. Communication is not likely to be as clear as you d like. Tonight: Roll with the moment. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Stay on top of your work. Don t cancel a get-together, as it could cause a problem. By evening time, an invitation from a friend heads in your direction. Know that you can t say no to this person. Squeeze in as much socializing as possible. Tonight: Where the action is. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Reach out to a partner who has strong opinions. You will hear a lot that you might not agree with, but know that listening carefully will open your mind. Touch base with a loved one at a distance. Get together with this person in the near future. Tonight: Out late. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You might want to get a better sense of where a loved one is coming from. The best way to determine this person s position is through spending time with him or her. Understand that he or she worries about your judgment. Tonight: Catch a favorite TV show or head to the movies. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Others have been very controlling as of late, and although you might be somewhat annoyed, you ll opt to let it go. Put in your two cents, and have a discussion about the possibility of developing a better situation. Ask a loved one for feedback. Tonight: With a favorite person. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Complete what you must in the morning. You will feel much better in the afternoon, and you ll be more open to getting together with friends. You might find yourself in the middle of a party. Get into the moment. Spontaneity makes you smile more. Tonight: Accept an offer. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Use the daylight hours to the max. Someone you see on a regular basis clearly seems to be very opinionated. What you hear could confuse you, as you are likely to learn of some facts and ideas that were not disclosed up until this point. Tonight: Make it an early bedtime. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Stay close to home, and relax in the daytime. How you feel and the choices you make could change radically once you have rested. You also might become more detached from an issue. Try to slow down the hectic pace. Tonight: Act as if you don t have a care in the world. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You can t help but express your feelings now, even if you have decided to say very little in the recent past. One provocative statement could cause the gates to open and opinions to be aired. You might have to take a step back as a result. Tonight: Listen to someone else s ideas. Thought for the day There s a time for all things. easily be tailored to correct your refractive index while offering the benefits of sun protection. All you need to do is visit an optometrist and get a suitable pair. You don t need sunglasses in winters: Even some of the most ardent users of sunglasses tend to give up wearing their eyewear during winters because they believe that the winter sun does not pose any threat to eye health. The truth is that while the sun s warmth becomes relatively moderate during winters, there is absolutely no change to the UV radiation emitted by it. Summer or winter, you need sunglasses to prevent the negative health consequences of UV radiation on the eyes and the skin An expert busts some common surrounding them. myths about sunglasses All sunglasses can protect against UV radiation: Sunglasses do not automatically mean protection from UV radiation. Though glass and polycarbonate do absorb some amount of UV radiation, complete protection is achieved by adding a coating to the lens. Uncoated sunglasses will not offer UV protection even if they provide good optical quality and cost on the higher side. Look for sunglasses that block percent of UV radiation both on the front and back side of the lenses! Wearing some sunglasses is better than wearing no sunglasses: In their bid to add at least some protection to their eyes, many people pick any random sunglasses. But it is important to underline that wearing cheap sunglasses is actually worse than going without them. If sunglasses offer shade, but don t offer UVA and UVB protection, they ll cause your eyes to dilate (pupils get larger) which allows more of those harmful rays in. Quality sunglasses serve the desired purpose, not any sunglasses! 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18 18 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI INTERNATIONAL Around the WORLD Anaemia may protect children against malaria WASHINGTON, Jan 7: Parents, take note! Anaemia may protect your children against blood-stage malaria infection, according to a new study which claims that iron supplements removes this protective effect. Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world and causes long-term adverse consequences in children. However, concerns remain about the safety of iron supplements, particularly for children in malaria-endemic countries lacking adequate access to health services. PTI Justin Bieber s plagiarism case dismissed LOS ANGELES, Jan 7: Pop sensation Justin Bieber and Usher are in the clear after a judge dismissed a plagiarism case filed against them over the song Somebody to Love. Devin Copeland, aka De Rico, and Mareio Overton accused the pop star and his mentor of ripping off their 2008 song of the same name, but lost their argument in court. The duo appealed the verdict, urging a new judge to listen to the two songs, reported TMZ. He did and sent the matter back to the trial judge, who insisted the similarities were modest at best. PTI Frank Sinatra would not have performed for Trump LOS ANGELES, Jan 7: Legendary American singer Frank Sinatra s daughter, Nancy has said if he was invited to perform at Donald Trump s inauguration ceremony he would have refused. According to The Hollywood Reporter, in a Twitter conversation with her fans, Nancy was asked if Frank would have performed for the US President-elect. To which Nancy replied, He would never support a bigot. Lately, many performers have made the headlines both for their acceptance and refusal to perform at Trumps inauguration day. PTI NASA astronauts complete power upgrade spacewalk WASHINGTON, Jan 7: Two NASA astronauts have successfully completed a spacewalk lasting over six hours to install power upgrades on the International Space Station (ISS). During the spacewalk, Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson installed three new adapter plates and hooked up electrical connections for three of the six new lithium-ion batteries on the International Space Station. They also accomplished several get-ahead tasks, including a photo survey of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer during the six-hour and 32- minute spacewalk. The new lithium-ion batteries and adapter plates replace the nickel-hydrogen batteries currently used on the station to store electrical energy generated by the station s solar arrays. Robotic work to update the batteries began in January. This was the first of two spacewalks planned to finalise the installation. Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of European Space Agency will conduct the second spacewalk on January 13. Kimbrough will be designated extravehicular crew member 1, wearing a suit bearing red stripes for the fourth spacewalk of his career. Pesquet, who will be making the first spacewalk of his career, will be extravehicular crew member 2, and will wear a suit with no stripes. Space station crew members have conducted 196 spacewalks in support of assembly and maintenance of the orbiting laboratory. Spacewalkers have now spent a total of 1,224 hours and 6 minutes working outside the station. PTI Putin ordered campaign to influence Prez election: US intel WASHINGTON, Jan 7: The US today accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering an influence campaign to help Donald Trump win the White House and denigrate his rival Hillary Clinton in a bid to undermine her electability and public faith in the American democratic process. However, President-elect Trump was quick to refute the conclusion, saying hacking did not impact the November 8 presidential polls outcome. We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election, said a report by the Director of National Intelligence. The 31-page report alleges that Russia s goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Clinton and harm her electability and potential presidency in the high-voltage polls against Republican Trump. We further assess Putin and the Russian government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. We have high confidence in these judgements, the US intelligence community said in the report which was submitted to outgoing President Barack Obama on Thursday. Obama had ordered a comprehensive probe into allegations of Russian hacking the Democratic party s system. A team of intelligence officials briefed Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence on the report in New York. While Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses and organisations including the Democrat National Committee, there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election including the fact that there was no tampering whatsoever with voting machines, Trump said in a statement after the meeting. A priest receives the sacraments from Macedonian Archbishop Stefan during Christmas liturgy in St Clement Cathedral in Macedonia s capital Skopje, on Saturday. UNI S Korean protesters demand Prez s removal, ferry salvage SEOUL, Jan 7: Hundreds of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Seoul today, demanding impeached President Park Geun-Hye s immediate removal and the salvaging of a sunken ferry which left more than 300 dead. Park was impeached by parliament last month over an influence-peddling scandal and the Constitutional Court now has to decide whether to confirm the impeachment. The corruption scandal has brought huge numbers of protesters onto the streets every week demanding Park s removal and she is also under fire over her response to the Sewol ferry accident in Park step down, salvage the Sewol, the protesters, estimated to number half a million by organisers, chanted as they marched toward the presidential Blue House, the prime minister s office and the Constitutional Court. At 7 pm (local time) hundreds of yellow balloons were released and the protesters blew out the candles they were carrying as a symbolic gesture asking that Park clarify the mystery surrounding her seven-hour absence at the time of the ferry sinking. Unconfirmed media reports have suggested a wide range of theories regarding Park s whereabouts, including a romantic liaison, participation in a shamanistic ritual, cosmetic surgery or a 90- minute haircut. The protesters also urged the government to speed up its efforts to salvage the ship to determine the exact cause of the disaster. Regarding the corruption case, Park has repeatedly denied accusations she colluded with a longtime friend, Choi Soon-Il, to strong-arm donations worth tens of millions of dollars from top firms which were then funnelled to dubious foundations. AFP Devotees parade with replica of a Black Nazarene two days before the annual procession of the Black Nazarene in metro Manila, Philippines on Saturday. UNI WASHINGTON, Jan 7: NASA s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered comets plunging into a 23-millionyears old star located 95 lightyears from Earth. The exocomets were not directly seen around the star, but their presence was inferred by detecting gas that is likely the vaporised remnants of their icy nuclei. The star, HD represents the third extrasolar system where astronomers have detected doomed, wayward comets. All of the systems are young, under 40 million years old. The presence of these doomed comets provides circumstantial evidence for gravitational stirring by an unseen Jupiter-size planet, where comets deflected by its gravity are catapulted into the star. These events also provide new insights into the past and present activity of comets in our solar system. It is a mechanism where infalling comets could have transported water to Earth and the other inner planets of our solar system. Astronomers have found similar plunges in our own solar system. Sun-grazing comets routinely fall into our sun. Seeing these sun-grazing comets in our solar system and in three extrasolar systems means that this activity may be common in young star systems, said Carol Grady from Fresh gunfire in Ivory Coast as officials seek end to mutiny ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast), Jan 7: Gunfire could be heard for a second day in a row in Bouake, Ivory Coast s second-largest city, as top security officials prepared to meet disgruntled soldiers who staged a mutiny over pay and other conditions, witnesses and officials said today. Shooting in Bouake, a city of about 500,000 in central Ivory Coast, began at 3 am and continued for several hours before dying down, said Moussa Fofana, a taxi driver. He said it appeared the soldiers were firing into the air. They are in vehicles and they are circulating everywhere, he said. Soldiers launched their mutiny early yesterday by opening fire at a military camp and in the streets of Bouake. Similar unrest has been reported in Daloa in the west and Korhogo in the north. Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi said Friday that the towns of Daoukro and Odienne were also affected, though he did not provide details. In a statement yesterday, Donwahi said the soldiers demands include salary increases and a quicker promotion schedule. Appearing on state television last night, Donwahi said security officials would meet today with soldiers to try to end what he called a deplorable situation. We are convinced the situation will be settled quickly, he said, noting that no deaths had been reported. AP Hubble spots exocomets plunging into young star Artist's impression of comets plunging into the star HD , which was observed using the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: hubblesite.org NASA s Goddard Spaceflight Centre in the US. These star-grazing comets may make life possible, because they carry water and other lifeforming elements, such as carbon, to terrestrial planets, said Grady. The star is part of the Beta Pictoris Moving Group, a collection of stars born from the same stellar nursery. It is the second group member found to harbour such comets. Beta Pictoris, the group s namesake, also is feasting on exocomets travelling too close. A young gas-giant planet has been observed in that star s vast debris disk. The stellar group is important to study because it is the closest collection of young stars to Earth. PTI SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, dead as army veteran opens fire at airport in Florida in US HOUSTON, Jan 7: An Army veteran, who had told FBI that he was being forced to fight for ISIS, opened fire in the baggage area of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, killing five people and wounding eight others, the latest mass shooting incident to rock the US. The 26-year-old suspect, identified as Esteban Santiago who had been treated for mental health issues, drew a gun from his checked luggage on arrival at the busy airport and opened fire in the baggage claim area Friday, authorities said. Santiago, who was wearing a Star Wars t-shirt, was taken into custody. His motive was not immediately known. Florida s Broward County Sheriff s office said five people were dead and eight had been taken to a nearby hospital. The shooting took place yesterday in Terminal 2 in the baggage claim area, outside the TSA checkpoint, police said. Air Canada and Delta Airlines operate out of Terminal 2. People were corralled onto the tarmac and paramedics were at the scene, police said. All services at the airport have been temporarily suspended, the airport tweeted. A Iraq war veteran, Santiago was discharged from the Alaska Army National Guard last year due to unsatisfactory performance. In November, Santiago paid a visit to the FBI office in Anchorage, telling agents he was being directed by a US intelligence agency to fight for ISIS, CNN reported, citing law enforcement sources. George Piro, the special agent in charge in Miami, told reporters that Santiago was turned over to local authorities and he voluntarily submitted to a mental health evaluation. The military said Santiago s nine years of service in the guard included one 10-month tour of Iraq, where he was awarded a combat action badge. PTI Iraqi forces near Tigris river in Mosul BARTALLA (Iraq), Jan 7: Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State group in Mosul are approaching the Tigris River, which runs through the centre of the city, the spokesman for the Counter-Terrorism Service said today. Iraq launched a massive operation on October 17 to retake Mosul from the jihadists, who seized the city more than two and a half years ago, and its forces have recaptured a number of neighbourhoods on the east side of the river. The smaller but more densely populated west side of Iraq s second city remains completely under IS control. Counter-Terrorism Service forces are about 500 metres (yards) from the fourth bridge, spokesman Sabah al- Noman said, referring to the southernmost bridge across the Tigris in Mosul. In the early hours of yesterday, CTS forces advanced using night-vision equipment in Al-Muthannah and retook the district, Noman told reporters in the Bartalla area east of Mosul. This operation was precisely planned; in fact we have been working on it for almost a week, he said, adding that it surprised the enemy. The CTS and the Rapid Response Division are the two elite units leading the advance against IS in Mosul. A commander said that Rapid Response forces had recaptured the Al-Salam hospital, where troops were cut off and mauled by the jihadists early last month. Rapid Response forces... Are in control of Al-Salam Hospital and the medical college and Al-Shifa Hospital, Staff Lieutenant General Abdulamir Yarallah said in a statement. The 9th Armoured Division reached Al-Salam Hospital in a rapid drive deep into Mosul in December, but quickly found itself surrounded by jihadists and needed support from special forces to withdraw. IS overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces have since recaptured much of the territory they lost, and Mosul is now the country s last major city in which the jihadists hold significant ground. AFP Model Daisy Lowe (L) walks with designer Katie Eary at her catwalk show during London Fashion Week Men s 2017 in London, on Saturday. UNI

19 SPORTS SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 19 Aussie crush Pak, sweep Test series SYDNEY, Jan 7: Australia clinched a series clean sweep with an emphatic 220-run win over Pakistan in the third Test in Sydney on Saturday. The tourists were all out shortly before tea on the final day for 244 chasing 465 runs with paceman Josh Hazlewood and spinner Steve O Keefe both snaring three wickets. Pakistan s hopes of holding out for a draw evaporated with the dismissals of leading series runscorer Azhar Ali and veteran Younis Khan before lunch. Wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed topscored with a fighting unbeaten 72 off 70 balls. Australia completed a series clean sweep after a 39-run win at the Gabba and an innings and 18-run victory in Melbourne. It was Pakistan s 12th straight defeat since their last Test win in Australia in Sydney 22 years ago. David Warner was named man of the match for his scintillating hundred before lunch on the opening day, while skipper Steve Smith was announced as the official player of the series. The tourists lost four wickets in the first session after resuming at 55 for one. The highest target successfully chased down in the fourth innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground was Australia s 288 for two against South Africa in Azhar Ali lasted just six balls into the final day before he was out in a soft dismissal on his overnight score of 11. He tried to work Josh Hazlewood to the leg-side only to bunt the ball back to the bowler for an easy return catch. Azhar finished as the highest Pakistan runscorer in a series in Australia with 406 at Babar Azam followed in Hazlewood s next over, trapped leg before wicket for nine to end a disappointing series with a to- Djoko, Murray to face off in Qatar Open final DOHA, Jan 7: The year s first clash between World No. 1 Andy Murray and second-ranked Novak Djokovic will take place in the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open tennis tournament. The top two seeds in the tournament at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex advanced after winning their respective semi-finals on Friday, reports Efe. While Murray cruised to a 6-3, 6-4 victory over third-seed Tomas Berdych, Djokovic had to battle back to defeat Spain s Fernando Verdasco. The Serb saved five match points to best Verdasco 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-3 in a contest that lasted two hours and 23 minutes. Djokovic has won 10 of his 18 finals against Murray, but the Scotsman came out ahead the last time the two men met, at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in November. That victory vaulted Murray into the No.1 spot in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings. IANS Chetan Sharma hits out at HCA NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Former India cricketer Chetan Sharma today called the Haryana Cricket Association (HCA) a family-run private limited and said he was ready to administer the sport in the northern state. The former Haryana seamer, who is the first Indian to take a hat-trick in international cricket, has been at loggerheads with the Haryana Cricket Association s top officials, including secretary Anirudh Chaudhary, and accused the body of financial irregularities in the past. Chaudhary is the son of former BCCI president Ranbir Singh Mahendra and grandson of ex-haryana chief minister Bansi Lal. It is called Haryana Cricket Private Limited. I am ready to enter administration but will Ranbir Mahendra let me enter. They have been running it like a fiefdom for years. Players like Kapil Dev and myself are not even members of HCA, Sharma told PTI here. tal of just 68 runs from six innings. Younis Khan missed out on becoming the first Pakistan batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs when he was caught in the deep off spinner Nathan Lyon for 13. Younis, who scored an unbeaten 175 for his 34th Test hundred in the first innings, did not get enough on a Lyon delivery and lobbed to Hazlewood at mid-on. It was a significant wicket for Australia following on from the first-over dismissal of Azhar to have Pakistan plunging towards defeat. Nightwatchman Yasir Shah s 93-ball defiance ended a half-hour before Dhoni saved me many times from getting dropped: Kohli NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Paying rich tributes to his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni, newly-appointed skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday revealed that the Ranchi wicketkeeper-batsman saved him on numerous occasions from getting dropped from the national cricket team. The 28-year-old, who took over the mantle of the Indian side, said the 35- year-old Dhoni guided him during his initial phase in international cricket, while conceding that he has big shoes to fill. Dhoni, had on Wednesday stumped everyone by stepping down as India s One-Day International (ODI) and T20 International (T20I) captain, bringing down the curtains on a trophy-filled era. He will always be the person who guided me initially and gave me opportunities. He gave me ample time and space to grow as a cricketer, saved me from getting dropped from the team many a times and that is why we have a great amount of mutual respect, lunch when he was snapped up the slips by fielding substitute Jackson Bird off left-arm spinner Steve O Keefe for 13. Asad Shafiq went soon after lunch bowled by Mitchell Starc off a thick inside edge for 30. Skipper Misbah-ul- Kohli was quoted as saying by bcci.tv. Obviously, these are massive shoes to fill. You think of MS Dhoni and the first word that comes to mind is captain! Haq resisted for 98 balls before he went after O Keefe and skied to the safe hands of Lyon at mid-off for 38 - his highest score of a struggling series. Misbah, at 42 playing his probable last innings in Australia, was given a generous ovation as he left the SCG. AFP Australian players pose with the winners trophy after victory during day five of the third Test match against Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground, on Saturday. SCOREBOARD Australia 1st innings 538/8 decl Pakistan 1st innings 315 Australia 2nd innings 241/2 decl Pakistan 2nd innings (55/1 overnight): A Ali c and b Hazlewood 11, S Khan c Warner b Lyon 40, Y Shah c Bird (sub) b O Keefe 13, B Azam lbw b Hazlewood 9, Y Khan c Hazlewood b Lyon 13, M ul-haq c Lyon b O Keefe 38, A Shafiq b Starc 30, S Ahmed not out 72, W Riaz c Wade b O Keefe 12, M Amir run out (O Keefe) 5, I Khan c Bird (sub) b Hazlewood 0, Extras: (nb-1) 1. Total: (All out, 80.2 overs) 244. Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-55, 3-67, 4-82, 5-96, 6-136, 7-188, 8-202, Bowling: Starc , Hazlewood , Lyon , O Keefe , Smith Serena, Venus forced out of ASB Classic AUCKLAND, Jan 7: Serena Williams was knocked out of the ASB Tennis Classic on Wednesday, reducing her match practice for the upcoming Australian Open, while sister Venus withdrew due to injury. Top-seeded Serena was frustrated by a swirling wind, her inability to find her A-game, and a tenacious opponent as she went down 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4 to 72nd-ranked American compatriot Madison Brengle. Older sister Venus withdrew from the tournament with an arm injury ahead of her scheduled second-round match. Both players will now Unseeded Siniakova wins Shenzhen Open SHENZHEN (China), Jan 7: Czech Republic s budding tennis star Katernia Siniakova savoured her success at the $750,000 Shenzhen Open here on Saturday as she overcame eighth seed Alison Riske of the United States in the final 6-3, 6-4 to claim her first-ever WTA title. The feelings are so good, I m just so happy that I won my first title. This match today was really hard for me, I think I didn t show my best, but anyway I played quite well to win the title, said the unseeded Siniakova, the youngest in the tournament, who will celebrate her 21st birthday on May 10, reports Xinhua news agency. The fifth game of the opening set became the turning point of the final, where Siniakova rallied from being 0-40 down to score six points in a row and keep her own game. She broke Riske in the following one and held her game again for a 4-2 lead before rushing forward in a hurry to collect the set 6-3. She was the better player today for sure, so she deserves the title. It was a learning experience for me. I m very pleased with my week however, even though I lost today, I look forward to my next tournament, said Riske. IANS head to Melbourne to prepare for the first Grand Slam tournament of the season with less match play than they would have hoped. Serena had shown signs of rustiness in her 6-3, 6-4 first round win over Pauline Parmentier of France, and her power-hitting game was again affected by gusting wind on the open-air centre court. She struggled with her ball toss in the windy conditions and made 88 unforced errors, including the double fault that ended the match and caused Brengle to clap her hand over her mouth in surprise. Brengle, a 26-year-old Delaware native, had played Serena only once before, in 2015, losing 6-0, 6-1. Williams, a 22-time Grand Slam tournament winner, played only eight events in 2016 the most recent at the U.S. Open in August but still got off to a good start, taking a 4-1 lead before faltering. Brengle rattled off four straight games to lead 5-4, and then served out the set. Williams was down a break in the second set before breaking Brengle and then powering through her service game to lead 5-4. She had four set points in Brengle s next service game but again her accuracy deserted her and she squandered every one. It finally took a fifth set point in the tiebreak for Williams to close out the set in 60 minutes. Games went on serve in the third set, and Brengle s plan of taking the pace off the ball with her returns paid off as she broke Williams in the final game. I just tried to concentrate on every point and run down every ball, Brengle said. It was difficult conditions with the wind and I just tried to right for every point. I tried to use the slice and get as many balls back as I could and it ended up working out. AP Czech Republic s Karolina Pliskova kisses the trophy after winning the women s singles final against France s Alize Cornet in Brisbane International tennis tournament at Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Australia, on Saturday. UNI You don t relate MS Dhoni in any other way. For me, he is always going to be my captain because I started my career under him, he added. Now that the stumper has relieved himself of the baggage of captaincy, Kohli wanted Dhoni to bat higher up the order in his trademark aggressive style. I know the kind of person he is. If I will ask him that where do you want to bat he will tell me where ever you will want me to bat but I would love to see him bat higher up usually then what he has been playing for the last few years, he said. I want that he totally enjoys his cricket, if he enjoys his cricket and Smith warns his team of difficult series in India SYDNEY, Jan 7: After successfully completing the clean-sweep against Pakistan today, Australia skipper Steve Smith has urged his new revamped team to switch focus to the upcoming tough tour of India. Having beaten Pakistan 3-0, Australia are now gearing up for a gruelling four-test series against India in India, starting next month, and the captain said unless his boys adapt quickly to the sub-continent conditions, it would be difficult. It s a completely different place to play, playing on those wickets is nothing like playing here in Australia. Guys will have to adapt quickly and find a way to be successful in those conditions, Smith said. With the inclusion of young batsmen like Matthew Renshaw and Peter Handscomb, Cristiano returns for Real s match against Granada MADRID, Jan 7: Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the Real Madrid list to play Granada in its first La Liga football game of the year on Saturday, while Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Gareth Bale, Lucas Vazquez and Mateo Kovacic will be absent because of injury. Ronaldo returns after coach Zinedine Zidane gave him a rest from last Wednesday s Copa del Rey match against Sevilla, which Real Madrid won 3-0, reports Efe. The team is made up of: Keylor Navas, Kiko Casilla, Ruben Yanez, Dani Carvajal, Danilo, Varane, Nacho, Marcelo, Coentrao, Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, Isco, Marco Asensio, James, Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Morata and Mariano. IANS Olympic champ Rudisha named Mumbai Marathon ambassador MUMBAI, Jan 7: Reigning Olympic and World 800m champion David Rudisha was on Saturday named the international event Ambassador of the 14th edition of the Mumbai Marathon, to be held on January 15. The 28-year-old Kenyan middle-distance runner retained his Olympic 800m title with an imperious display at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with a run of 1:42.15, the fastest time in the world since he took the gold in London four years before in a world record 1: Having visited the country in 2012, as the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon event ambassador, Rudisha has fond memories from his first visit to India and is excited to be returning here. I am delighted to be a part of the prestigious Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon. After experiencing first-hand the warm hospitality and talent at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, I look forward to my visit in Mumbai, Rudisha said in a statement. IANS play the way he has in his initial years then the team is going be in very solid space, he added. Kohli, who took over the reins of the Test team midway through the Australia tour in December 2014, said he believed in leading by example and the added responsibility of captaining the side worked for him in any format of the game. Added responsibility has always worked for me in the sense that you have no room to be complacent or relax at any stage. Even in the Indian Premier League (IPL), it s very easy to throw my wicket away after crossing 60 or 70 runs. But I push after that because I realise that as captain I have to set an example and I have to firstly make that kind of effort before asking my team-mates to do it, Kohli said. India are scheduled to take on England in three One-Day Internationals (ODI) and three T20s, starting from January 15. IANS Australia did well against Pakistan and Smith feels a new set of players may help deal with the mental scars of past tours to India. The Aussies have not won a Test match in India since 2004 and have lost the last seven. It helps in a way (with the new guys), but the guys also haven t experienced the conditions as well which is going to be a tough one too, Smith BRISBANE, Jan 7: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza picked up her first title of the season, combining with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands to lift the Brisbane International women s doubles title, but ended up losing the World No.1 crown to her partner. The top-seeded Indo- American duo triumphed against the second-seeded Russian team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final here. The trophy, however, ended Sania s 91-week reign as the world No.1 doubles player in the WTA rankings. That position was taken over by Bethanie. I feel like I m handing over Miss World No.1 crown, Sania said in her post-match speech. The Indian had come into the tournament as a defending champion, having won it with Swiss ace martina Hingis last year. We always have good matches (against Vesnina/ Makarova). It s great to come Solution of last problem 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 4 box accommodates the digits 1 to 12 without repeating any. SU DO KU told reporters here. Smith was a member of the Australian team that was hammered 4-0 in India in It s going to be a very difficult series going over there. We re under no illusions it s going to be tough. We re going to have to play some very good cricket if we want to compete over there. It s going to be a great challenge and learning curve for this group, said Smith. Smith said the Aussies would have to play out their skin to win a series A few of us have been there before and we know it s difficult to play in their own backyard. They re a very good team, he said. There s obviously going to be a few people added to the squad. We re going to have to play incredibly well over there. PTI Sania wins Brisbane women s doubles title BRISBANE, Jan 7: Kei Nishikori says a Grand Slam title is within reach following his impressive straight sets win over US Open champion Stan Wawrinka in the semifinals of the Brisbane International today. Nishikori, 27, beat the Swiss world number four 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 in one hour, 40 minutes at the Pat Rafter Arena. He will now take on Grigor Dimitrov in the decider after the Bulgarian stunned top seed and defending champion Milos Raonic 7-6 (9/7), 6-2 in the second semi-final. Nishikori, one of the best current players not to have won a Grand Slam singles title, got close in 2014 when he finished runner-up to Marin Cilic at the US Open. But the world number five back as defending champion. Thank you to my partner and best friend. We go a long way, we play once a year, the last time we played, we won in Sydney, Sania said. I think we should play a lot more. Thanks for playing with me. I was No.1 in the world but congratulations to her for becoming No.1 now. If not me, than her, she has had an amazing year, she added. Sania will go back to pairing with Czech Republic s Barbora Strycova in Sydney next week and the Australian Open, which starts on January 16. PTI Nishikori sets sights on Slam title said after beating Wawrinka, a three-time Slam winner, that he has the ability to become the first male Asian player to win a Major. This one will give me a lot of confidence, and hopefully tomorrow too, he said. The Grand Slam is going to be a big goal for me to play well. After an even first set with no breaks of serve Nishikori stepped up a gear to race away with the tiebreak. He then began to outplay Wawrinka and dominated the second set. It was a really tough first set, he said. But I really stayed tough until the tiebreak, and I got one or two chance in the tiebreak. After that, I think I was playing better in the second. AFP

20 20 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SPORTS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2017 Better prepared for limited overs captaincy: Kohli NEW DELHI, Jan 7: The Test captaincy left him surprised but Virat Kohli says he is better-prepared to lead India in the limitedovers format as he has already picked up some tricks of the trade. Kohli was the obvious choice for captain in the limited overs format after Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to step down days before the England series, beginning January 15. Kohli wasn t such an obvious choice in Tests after Dhoni announced his shock retirement midway into the Australia series in Test captaincy I think I was told a day before the Adelaide Test that MS is not going to play the game and I was going to be captaining. It was quite surprising. I didn t expect it at all. In my head I was still finding my feet in Test cricket as a batsman. But the responsibility worked beautifully for me, said Kohli comparing the scenarios in which he was appointed captain. Kohli has had a dream run since that Australia tour and is now considered among the top batsmen playing the game. He feels just like it has worked for him in Tests, captaincy across formats will push him even more. It (captaincy in Tests) took a bit of time to process and understand how it is done. Yes I would say the ODI and T20 captaincy has been something that I have tried to learn along the lines a lot more. At the same time I feel a lot more confident taking it up and starting it up straightaway because of the kind of cricket I have played in the shorter formats and what I have learnt, he was quoted as saying by bcci.tv. I have been preparing in my own head, MS has been speaking to me about strategies, about how situations need to be approached. Because I think he also understood it is very important to guide me, teach me, knowing the legacy he has set up. It is very important for the person who is coming to take it forward and not be in a state of confusion. Added responsibility has always worked for me in a sense that there is no room left to be complacent. You have no room to relax. That is why even in IPL, it is very easy to throw my wicket after 60 and 70s but the fact that I push myself after that is because I understand as a captain of the team, I need to set an example and need to first make that kind of effort before asking the team members to do it, Kohli added. He knows captaincy in limited overs format is a different ball game and hailed the contribution of Dhoni. Captaincy in Test cricket still gives you the opportunity to comeback into the game. I saw an Allan Border interview where he spoke about the leadership of Ricky Ponting. He mentioned that Ponting was able to maintain that consistency rate over such a long period time in a format that doesn t allow you to comeback very often. So to stay on top was a remarkable achievement. That is what MS has done for India as well. Has got all the major trophies. Captaining in shortest format is very difficult, and to keep coming back in that requires different set of thinking, requires you to think out of the box, which MS has done wonderfully for so many years. Responsibility makes me better player, better person, makes my understand the game much more. I think I would be able to execute the plans with much more conviction than the time I started off with Test captaincy, said Kohli. How did he react to the captaincy news? The first reaction is obviously it is a very special moment in my life. It s a lot of responsibility and something I am really looking forward to. I didn t realise when this transition happened in my own head. Starting off as a player just wanting to play for India and now having the responsibility to be captain in all three formats. I feel very grateful that I have been given this opportunity, said Kohli. When I was informed by the selectors and the BCCI, all the emotions and feelings of me playing club games as a child. Those are the first things that came to mind because for every child it is a dream to play for the country and then this probably is the biggest day in my life, he said. Showering rich praise on Dhoni, under whom he flourished as a cricketer, Kohli said: I am thankful to MS Dhoni as well for giving me this opportunity. For thinking that I am worthy of taking the responsibility forward. I am very grateful to his contribution in the whole process as well. I have learnt a lot from him, in terms of leadership, in terms of conducting myself how to take the team together. So it couldn t have been done in a better way, in such a respectful and humble way by him. At the same time, me understanding what the situation is like and having that respect and regard for him. PTI Kaliyani Open finals today GUWAHATI, Jan 7: The final line-up in the 10th Kaliyani Open All Assam Ranking Tennis Tournament has been drawn today as almost all the seeded players cruised into the finals in different categories. All the finals of the championship will be played tomorrow at the NRL Township, Numaligarh tomorrow, stated a press release. Today s semifinal results: (Boys U-12) Andy Thaosen bt Jigyasman Hazarika (6-1, 6-0), Manan Nath bt Adhiraj Krishna Bhuyan (6-2, 6-0). (Boys U-14) Jeet Dutta bt Siddhant P Dutta (6-3, 3-6, 6-3), Debanga P Hazarika bt Anurag Konwar (6-2, 6-3). (Boys U-18) Satyam Goswami bt Arnab P Das (6-2, 6-2) Rishav Brahma bt Hrykpb Borah (6-3, 6-4). (Girls U-14) Harshita Borah bt Nishtha R Borphukan (6-3, 7-5), Justina Borgohain bt Pratiksha Saikia (2-6, 7-6, 6-0). (Girls U-18) Harshita Borah bt Baishali B Bora (6-1, 4-6, 6-0), Debangana Borkataki bt Pratiksha Saikia (6-1, 6-1). (Boys U-14 doubles) Jeet Dutta/Sahir Farhaz bt Andy Thaosen/Udbhas Kr Gogoi (6-1, 6-2), Anurag Konwar/Tushar Paul bt Raktim Gogoi/Sidddhant P Dutta (6-3, 6-2). (Girls U-18 doubles) Debangana Barkataki/Baishali B Borah bt Shakshi Baruah/Justina Borgohain (6-3, 6-4), Harshita Borah/Pratiksha Saikia bt Nishtha Rani Borphukan/Aayushree J Sarma (6-0, 6-1). Baksa Bisons lift BTC-Army Goodwill Football PL Trophy The players of the Baksa Bisons team pose for photograph with the champions trophy in Kokrajhar on Saturday. KOKRAJHAR, Jan 7: Baksa Bisons defeated Royal FC Chirang by 4-2 in tie breaker to annex the BTC-Army Goodwill Football Premier League Trophy at Kathalguri SAI complex here today. During the regulation time no team could break the dead lock. The final match was event of rare sporting frenzy and nail biting moments, which started with the unveiling of the championship trophy. The event was also witnessed the performance by cultural group of Kokrajhar, dance by Sony TV s one of the super dancer finalists Masoom Narzary and band display by the Army. During the event, the Indian Army also organized a weapon display and medical camp. BTC Deputy Chief Kampa Borgoyari presented the champions trophy and a cheque of Rs 2 lakh to the winners team while Maj Gen Ravi Prasad, VSM, Officiating GOC, Gajraj Corps of the Indian Army handed over the runner-up trophy along with a cheque of Rs 1 lakh. Maj Gen Rajeev Sirohi, VSM, GOC, Red Horns Division presented the third prize Rs. Fifty thousand to Kokrajhar Binco Sporting Club. Sri Hemanta Narzary, Principal Secretary, Govt of Assam, Dr LR Bishnoi IGP, BTAD and ADGP (Railway) among others attended the prize distribution ceremony. Correspondent National sub jr soccer BOKAKHAT, Jan 7: Meghalaya defeated Tripura by a margin of 4-1 goal in the on going National Sub Junior Football Tournament (NE region) held here at Bokakhat Stadium here today. Badanleng Rapsang scored two goals while Fragrant Mailang and Benjamin Diengdoh netted one each in favour of Meghalaya while Rubar Jamatia of Tripura scored the solitary goal. Assam will play against Meghalaya on January 9 in the group league match. Earlier On January 5 Assam defeated Tripura 2-1 in the inaugural encounter. The tournament has been organised by the Golaghat District Sports Association under the aegis of the Assam Football Association. ANN Service Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain plays a shot against Benoit Paire of France during the Chennai Open semifinal, in Chennai, on Saturday. Mumbai, Kolkata bag double crowns in RFYS Football Nationals MUMBAI, Jan 7: Father Agnel School and Junior College, Mumbai bagged double title in the Senior Girls and Boys categories finals in the inaugural Reliance Foundation Youth Sports National Football Championship at the Cooperage ground here. Chowbagha High School and Charuchandra College once again regained supreme over arch rivals from Kochi to bag home twin titles in the Junior and College Boys category, a media release issued here said. It was a disappointing day for the Kochi boys. Despite having made it to the finals in three categories, the boys fell short at the last hurdle only to finish as runners up. Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar along with Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham joined Nita Ambani, Founder & Chairperson Reliance Foundation Youth Sports to grace the occasion on the final day. In the College Boys category, Charuchandra College (Kolkata) defeated Nirmala College (Kochi) 2-1. In the Senior Girls category, Fr Agnel School & Junior College won against Rosary Higher Secondary School (Goa) 1-0. In the Junior Boys category, Chowbagha HS (Kolkata) comprehensively defeated Sacred Heart HSSS (Kochi) 7-0. Finally in the Senior Boys section Fr Agnel School & Junior College (Mumbai) won on penalties 4-2 against Govt. HSS, Panampally Nagar (Kochi) after the two team were tied at 1-1. PTI Agut to clash with Medvedev for Chennai Open trophy CHENNAI, Jan 7: Second seed and world number 14 Roberto Bautista Agut outclassed Benoit Paire in a lopsided semifinal to set up the singles title clash of the ATP Chennai Open with young Daniil Medvedev, who rallied to reach his maiden ATP final, here today. Agut served extremely well to register an easy 6-3, 6-3 win over Paire, who paid the price for his unending unforced errors in the second semifinal. Agut kept tightening the grip over the match with each game while Paire slid fast. Agut will now take on Russia s 20-year-old Medvedev for his fifth career title. Medvedev came from behind to beat seasoned Dudi Sela 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 in the first match of the day in two hours and six minutes. The Spaniard had more control over his strokes as he lost only 13 points when he served. Out of those 14 points, four he lost only in one game. After walking away with the opening set and leading 4-1 in the second he perhaps got complacent and lost his serve to hand Paire little opening for a comeback but recovered quickly to move into the final. The two players mostly stayed at the baseline even as the Spaniard was more consistent with his service games. It was Paire who first tried to approach the net, looking to change the strategy but was not successful. But Agut succeeded with the same strategy as he came forward and dropped a volley to earn two breakpoints in the fourth game. He found Paire stuck at the baseline. However, Paire served an ace to save the first and found a breath-taking backhand winner on the second after a long rally. With consecutive aces, he held the game, denying the Spaniard advantage. Agut had given away only three points on his serve while Paire s service was always under pressure. A volley which he could have put away, Paire hit on the net to again face breakpoint and hit a forehand wide on the next point to hand Agut first break and a 5-3 lead. Serving for the set, Agut lost four points, while he had lost only three in the previous four games combined. Paire continued to struggle with unforced errors and hit a forehand error on set point number three. Out of frustration, he kicked the water bottles and received a warning from the chair umpire. There was no end to errors of the Frenchman, winner of a single title on the Tour, and he lost first game of the second set to trail early. A marginal error with a forehand near the baseline put him down by a breakpoint and followed that with a double fault. PTI Paranjpe, Khoda to be removed from India selection panel NEW DELHI, Jan 7: Jatin Paranjpe and Gagan Khoda are set to be removed from the BCCI senior selection panel after the Board was clearly told to trim to the panel to three members in place of five, as recommended by the Supreme Courtappointed Lodha Committee. As per the Lodha recommendations that have been approved by the apex court, senior selection committee was supposed to be a three-member team comprising Test players. However, amid the administrative crisis, the BCCI went ahead with the selection com- mittee meet for the England series yesterday with five members including Paranjpe and Khoda, who have not played Test cricket. As it turns out, the Lodha committee had made an exception in the current circumstances and from next time onwards, the Indian team will be picked by a three-member panel. The panel will next meet to pick the squad for the one-off Test against Bangladesh, scheduled from February The present Committee is permitted as an exception to make the selections indicated. Going forward, it will have to be strictly in terms of the Supreme Court judgement, Lodha Committee secretary Gopal Sankaranarayanan state in an reply to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri ahead of the team selection yesterday. With all office-bearers disqualified to convene the meeting, Johri was allowed to do that in a one-off case. The BCCI had announced the new panel in September, with its now sacked president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke defying the court s diktat. PTI Ivan s strike gives East Bengal one point in I-League opener BARASAT (West Bengal), Jan 7: Super sub Ivan Bukenya s strike a minute before the regulation time saved East Bengal the blushes as they managed to hold minnows Aizawl FC to a 1-1 draw in the opening match of the 10th I-League football tournament here today. Following a sloppy first-half where their defence was wayward and midfield looked disoriented, East Bengal conceded a goal in the 45+1st minute when Gurwinder ended up smashing into his own net trying to clear the ball. As it turned out the Ugandan defender Bukenya replaced Gurwinder in the 67th minute before lodging the ball in from close range to bring East Bengal on par, in what was a lacklustre start for the red and gold brigade, eyeing to win their first I-League title. A comedy of errors brought an end to the first half as Gurwinder brought doom when Jayesh Rane found Stephane Bayi and the Ivorian had three men surrounding him but his shot was only cleared by the Punjab born defender straight into his own net. IN MEMORIAM The Northeastern outfit almost doubled the lead three minutes after the changeover with a thundering header from Alfred Jaryan but the crosspiece came in their way. Substitute Brandon Vanlalremdika further missed back to back goals in space of three minutes, first from a freekick as he tried to hit it on the volley that missed narrowly. Brandon s surge in the 68th minute squared it perfectly to Alfred who went past another but had no space to shoot and instead picked out the sub but only to put it away. He went down the right this time and tried to shoot towards the near post. The ball took a deflection off Bukenya and East Bengal goalkeeper TP Rehenesh had to adjust to pull out a last minute save. Rehenesh once again made a fine save in the 79th minute when Albert Zohmingmawia s shot came from the right. East Bengal had their best chance in the 50th minute from a freekick. Narayan Das got it down the left and set it up delightfully for Willis Plaza with plenty of room. PTI Kerala win Santosh Trophy tie KOZHIKODE, Jan 7: With today s 3-0 win against Andhra Pradesh, hosts Kerala registered their second victory in group A of the South Zone qualifying rounds of Santosh trophy football championship being played at the corporation stadium here. All the goals were scored in the first half with Kerala captain Usman netting the first goal at the third minute of play, followed by Shahal Abdul Samad at the 24th min and Lijo S at the 30th minute. In the second half Kerala missed a chance to increase their ally as Joby Justin failed to convert a penalty shot into goal at the 74th minute. Earlier in the first match, Karnataka defeated Pondicherry with a similar margin (3-0) with the help of a brace by Anto Xavior. Anto Xavior (13th and 50th min) and Amoush (23rd) scored for the winners. Karnataka led 2-0 during the half time. Tamil Nadu will play against Telangana and Services takes on Lakshadweep in tomorrow s group B matches. PTI PADMASHREE DR. N. 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21 GUWAHATI JANUARY 8, 2017 MY SPACE The magic of Uruka FICTION A pot of gold THIRD EYE Get going, girl! UP CLOSE The Assam Valley Literary Award winner of 2016 Arupa Patangia Kalita speaks her mind before INDRANI RAIMEDHI. Arupa Patangia Kalita has been recognised as one of the most powerful and authentic voices in contemporary Assamese literature. She boldly and accurately chronicles the complex reality of contemporary Assamese society in a way that leaves a visceral impact on the reader. A teacher of English at Tangla College, she has translated Toni Morrison s The Bluest Eye into Assamese. Besides 15 books, she has to her credit a substantial body of works in vernacular magazines and many of them have been translated into several Indian languages and into English. The English translation of her novel Felanee was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award. She has received the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award (1995), Katha Award (1998), Sahitya Sanskriti Award (2009), Lekhika Samaroh Award (2011) and the Sahitya Akademi Award (2014); she will shortly be presented with the Assam Valley Literary Award. During a telephonic conversation this week, the distinguished author spoke candidly about a life devoted to writing. What were the challenges she has had to face in being a woman writer? She replies, There have definitely been several daunting challenges. A woman cannot put her writing in the centre of her existence. She has to rear her children, manage a household, tend to her husband. A woman author creates when the world sleeps. This is the way even authors like Ashapurna Devi made compromises. Again, as women authors, we tend to be starved of first-hand experience. Think of Hemingway going off to the ocean and then producing Old Man and the Sea, or Jack London venturing into the desolate wilderness to pen Call of the Wild. But times are changing. Women writers are venturing into new realms of experience that were once closed to them. I am inspired by Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 2015 Svetlana Alexievich, who used her years of experience as a journalist to pen powerful works of literature. Another problem that dogs us is that, due to fear of social disapproval, we resort Penning the real to self-censorship and conceal the unvarnished truth. People also have a lot of curiosity about how autobiographical our work is. A male writer is somehow able to avoid such scrutiny. How much of herself does she use in her characters? She replies, I only write what I see around me and don t try to manipulate any character according to my wish. I have a lot of faith in first-hand experience and the imagination can take off only from there. I am curious to know about her writing process. Techniques vary between short stories and novels. An author is able to arrive at a certain level of matured output after a long period of experience and experimentation. Being a teacher of English at Tangla College, the workload was very heavy and I took my work seriously. I am an early riser and after a cup of coffee, with milk, I am at my desk for one concentrated hour of writing. During my early years, I made a lot of drafts and wasted a lot of paper, but now, I have managed to narrow it down to one draft, though I still edit very carefully. I am very happy to say that I have never experienced a writer s block. Some character is always yearning to be let out and will not let me rest till I have put him/her into paper. When I was writing Felanee, I did not know how to end the book. Then my husband took me to see the kohuwa bloom by a river bank. As I took in the sight, I saw the characters of Felanee chop the kohuwa, carry them on their shoulders and walk away along the railway tracks. In that moment, the ending of Felanee fell into place. She had once refused to accept the Basanti Devi award of the Sahitya Sabha as she did not want to be slotted merely as a women writer. Does she still feel strongly about that? Oh absolutely, she says. We women authors do not need any reservation quota, thank you. We read Doris Lessing, Alice Munro, Nadine Gordimer not because they are women writers. It is an insult to herd us like that. How does she react to the present state of affairs of the State s premier literary body? The Asam Sahitya Sabha is a powerful institution capable of preserving our culture and identity. Now it is negatively impacted by power politics and no productive and significant work is being done. I am very concerned about this state of affairs. Among Patangia Kalita s works are remarkable novels like Mriganabhi, Ayananta and Felanee. Short story authologies include Mariam Austin Othoba Hira Barcia. Her translated book Written in Tears (by Ranjita Biswas), is a heartrending portrayal of the scale of human suffering as terror casts its shadow over the land. One story has a half-burnt bus rolling along a road past a village and charring everyone in its wake. Women are shown to be doubly jeopardised in these times of brutality. As she says, I am a woman and hence, I write about women in my society. Women are thrown away like garbage, oppressed, marginalised, rejected, but even in the midst of this are vibrantly asserting life. And I glorify their existence. Facebook etiquette Bedanta Choudhury bedanta.choudhury@gmail.com Facebook (FB) has become ubiquitous in the context of today s social networking. The term social networking in itself has become synonymous to socialising online on FB. Thanks to availability and affordability of smartphones and the internet, FB is being widely adopted by people of all ages and social strata. This unprecedented phenomenon of convergence of different generations and multiple sections of society on a unified platform is throwing up questions about social networking etiquette. In the context of faceto-face communing, what is appropriate in one social setting may not be proper in another, but where does one draw the line on FB, which provides a shared social setting? Befriending protocol: FB is a great leveller, as the only connection it allows you to have is one of friendship. Through FB connections, an uncle becomes a friend, a boss becomes a friend and a granddaughter also becomes a friend. This virtual friendship is misunderstood by many as friendship in the traditional sense of the term. This often gives rise to questions, such as: Should I accept a friend request from the classmate of my son? May I send a friend request to my nephew s wife? It is absolutely okay to be FB friends with offline acquaintances, but the etiquette followed with someone on FB can still be the same as the one followed with him or her offline. Remember, the online does not replace the offline; the online only augments the offline. Status updates: FB gives people the freedom of self-expression on a relatively public forum by posting messages as status updates, photos or videos on one s FB timeline. While this is extremely empowering, it also summons tremendous responsibility and sensitivity. A joke that you crack in a club with your pals may not be the one you would like to crack with your relatives in a family wedding. You have to think twice before posting anything on FB, remembering people in your friend-list Tourism brochures have always projected India as a land of many cultures. The large number of ethnic groups, their costumes, rituals and customs, art and craft traditions, historic forts and palaces, have together contributed to this colourful imagery. What, however, escapes public perception is the association of festivals with the seasons, or as the Upanishads point out, the cycle of natural rhythms. For man is believed to be part of the larger cosmos and cannot distance himself from its influence. In a predominantly agrarian society, this belief finds expression in the celebration of many harvest festivals. The year begins with Makara Sankranti in January also celebrated as Pongal (literally meaning boiling over ) in Southern India, Lohri in North India and Bihu in Assam. Makara means Capricorn and Sankranti is the day when the sun passes from one sign of the zodiac to the next. According to the Hindu scriptures, this is the time when Surya or the Sun God rides His chariot, drawn by seven horses from the southern skies. Sankranti is celebrated all over South Asia, with some regional variations. It is known by several names and celebrated with different customs in different parts of the country. In India, it is known by different regional names: Makar Sankranti or Sankranti in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Uttarakhand. Uttarayan in Gujarat and Rajasthan. In other countries with Hindu influences, the day is celebrated, but under different names and in different ways. In Nepal, it is known as Maghi, in Thai- land, Songkran, in Laos, Pi Ma Lao, in Myanmar, Thingyan and in Cambodia, Moha Sangkran. For farmers, this day is of prime importance as it marks the end of winter. The Dravidian ritual of cooking freshly harvested rice till it boils over, known as Pongal, is significant. Pongal is celebrated in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh as a three-day festival and has survived the Aryan practice of ritual dips in a holy river. The Pongal is offered on a new banana Days of feasting ANANDA KRISHNAN sums up the spirit of the harvest festival. leaf along with other traditional delicacies like vadas and payasam to the Sun God in gratitude for bestowing His blessings on the land and the harvest. Sugarcane, grain, sweet potatoes, etc., are also offered. The third day is that of the cattle worship or Mattu Pongal. On this day, the cattle are caparisoned and paraded in the village after they have been offered the Pongal. The fourth and final day marks the Kanya Pongal, when birds are worshipped. Major attractions of this day are bull and bird fights. The Sankranti Rath or the chariot is a typical Pongal kolam. Earlier, the ropes of the rath were kept open till the day after Pongal, when all were joined from house to house symbolising a collective desire to realise an uninterrupted cosmic cycle. This festival is celebrated all over India on the same day, but has different names in each region. However, being a harvest festival, bonfires and feasts are the main element common to all the celebrations of this festival. In North India, Lohri is celebrated to denote the last of the coldest days of winter. This is due to linking Lohri to the Bikrami Calendar and the twinning of the festival with Makar Sankranti, which is celebrated in the Punjab region as Maghi Sangrand. Therefore, Lohri commemorates the passing of the winter solstice. Apart from Punjab, people from other northern Indian states of the Punjab region (Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh), Chandigarh and Jammu become busy making preparations for Lohri. The festival is observed as Lal Loi in the Sindhi community. Lohri is not only about reaping the fruits of labour, it also acknowledges the elemental forces, mainly fire. The fire is supposed to douse sadness and renew happiness in one s life. Thus, it is a favourable time to take a breather from farming and enjoy the rich crop of harvest. Around the same time, people of Assam celebrate Bhogali Bihu marking the end of the harvest season and the time to feast and enjoy the bounty postharvesting. The feasting continues for a week, starting on the eve of Bihu or Uruka. Young men build a makeshift cottage or bhelaghar with the hay of the harvest fields. They also build a meji, which is set alight the next morning. It is believed that the fire of the meji burns the winter out. Maharaja Features who may see it. Before posting anything, ask yourself whether you will be comfortable sharing the same face-to-face with the people in your friend-list. Tagging: FB allows one to tag one s FB friends in a post. Tagging is often misunderstood by many as acknowledging another person in a status update or a photograph. On the contrary, this can be quite intrusive as it in a way induces the person tagged to let your post appear in his/her own timeline without caring for his/her personal preference. As good etiquette, be absolutely sure that the person you tag will be comfortable to have the post in his/her timeline, or even better, do not tag anyone at all, and if a person really wants to be tagged in your post, he or she always has the option to request to be tagged. Check-in: FB provides a way to let people know where you are by checking in to a place that you are in. It could be a nation, a province, a city, a theatre, a restaurant, or any other place on the planet. People usually take pride in announcing their visits to places of prominence. The check-in etiquette is subjective, and it is, perhaps, prudent to refrain from overdoing it. Not only because it could be irrelevant for your friends, but also because by letting out information about your whereabouts, you could end up inviting trouble. Security and privacy settings: FB provides security and privacy settings that you can configure based on your preferences. You can choose who can see your posts, for example friends only, friends except acquaintances, or public. You can choose who can post on your timeline, and which kind of notifications you want to receive or not, among a host of other options. If you find any FB friend habituated to posting too frequently for your taste, you may choose to unfollow the person; by doing so he still remains in your friend list, but his posts stop appearing on your wall without him or her knowing about it. It is prudent to periodically review your FB settings and configure those the way they suit your taste. It is also prudent not to accept friend requests from strangers, as you can never be sure of their intentions.

22 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE GUWAHATI SUNDAY READING JANUARY 8, 2017 WOMEN PLUS Bidisha Singha Enough is enough! Anger, resentment, frustration, disgust, all these feelings are running riot in every Indian woman s mind these days. What happened in Bengaluru over the last weekend, on New Year Eve s, has once again left us numb with outrage. But I don t know why we seem surprised, for this has been happening all too often, in Delhi (Nirbhaya and so many more), in Guwahati (GS Road incident), in Mumbai (Reuben and Keenan murders), and in every nook and corner of every village, town and city. Women get raped, molested, harassed, beaten, teased, violated, and exploited every second of every day in this country of ours which is so proud of its prachin sabhayata (ancient civilisation or culture). Oh wait, why am I forgetting? It is this culture which apparently is at the root of the problem. Our culture, rather the moral guardians of our culture believe that since Indian women today have joined the Western bandwagon, these kinds of things are happening to us. We wear western clothes, we go to pubs, we smoke, we drink, and we hang out with boys. In short, we are asking for it. How dare we play the victim card? We, girls, are the ones to blame; we incite these louts, we provoke them with our so-called morally degrading behaviour. Isn t that what Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi meant when he compared women to petrol and sugar? You have to keep petrol away from fire. And if there is sugar, ants will automatically come to it, he said. Even the Karnataka Home Minister, who is duty RELATIONSHIP Trina Swenn Most people question, at one point or another, Am I in a healthy relationship? Is my partner right for me? Is our fighting normal? Are we really happy together? The answer is unique to the relationship, but one thing is almost always universally true: every couple goes through tough times. What is a toxic relationship? A toxic relationship is often characterised by repeated, mutually destructive modes of relating between a couple. These patterns can involve jealousy, possessiveness, dominance, manipulation, desperation, selfishness or rejection. How do you wind up in a toxic relationship? There are three major psychological manoeuvres that are toxic to an intimate relationship. The first manoeuvre involves selection, where a person picks a partner who is wrong from the start. When you do this, you choose someone who reminds you of figures from your past or with whom you can replay scenarios from your developmental years. When a person selects a partner who is different from early attachment figures, and establishes a close bound to protect the women of his State, got away with blaming the victims. But Bikram Vohra s article on Firstpost might actually throw a true light on this scenario. He writes, Time to get into a reality check. Indian men are crude. They are louts and loafers who see girls as prey The sexually frustrated male is not an exception, he is the rule. Having a massive lack of courtesy or grace or confidence in establishing a healthy relationship with women, Indian men learn early that crudeness, crassness and epithets set to the raucous music of wolf whistles and catcalls and roadside Romeo remarks are the best and most macho alternative to the stunting of their social skills. On speaking to some Bengaluru girls who have lived in this city over the years, most of them seem to agree with what Vohra says. Indians have a regressive mentality, accept it or not, says Debosree Paul. They are also of the opinion that the demographics of soon as the storm tides over, we, very conveniently, As brush the issue under the carpet. We forget the criminals, we forgive the motormouth politicians, we forgo the lessons that come out of it. most Indian cities have seen a huge change. Ninety-nine per cent of such crimes in Bengaluru are committed by people from outside the State, not locals, says Tultul Baishya. People from smaller, interior places land up in the cities and are taken aback by the cultural diversity, the openness. These men have not seen free women in the places where they come from, and they have always been told that such women are up for grabs, says Papori Banikya. Kanadigas are quite decent people. But it s not about communities anymore, it is about frustrated males. Someone dressed in a particular attire does not give any signal, that s the message males need to tune into their brains, says Bhaswati Kalita. True. It s not about communities or cities. Mumbai is apparently the safest city for girls. But a similar New Year s Eve incident in 2007, when we walked it out to Juhu Beach among a sea of bawdy, uncouth revellers, left me scarred for life. I have never since dared to go out into such public celebrations. But avoidance isn t the answer either. As soon as the storm tides over, we, very conveniently, brush the issue under the carpet. We forget the criminals, we forgive the motormouth politicians, we forgo the lessons that come out of it. As Dorodi Sharma puts it so succinctly, I think we react with outrage when such incidents happen, but then over the weekend we ll pay good money to go and watch movies that glorify stalking, and make a mockery out of consent. Our parties are never complete without songs that are misogynistic, sexist and objectify women. We are outraged when these incidents happen, but are complicit in encouraging a culture where we laugh at Kapil Sharma s jokes because they are apparently harmless. Respect for women, irrespective of how they dress and look, is not situational. We, as a society, either have it or we don t. And unless we are ready to acknowledge that, we can never raise men who respect women or raise daughters who stand up to this culture. The shadowed bond and meaningful relationship, there are other manoeuvres that can still turn their loving relationship toxic. The second manoeuvre is distortion, where a person distorts their partner to see him or her as being like a familiar figure from the past. When this is operating, you perceive your partner as having negative traits that are similar to those of people from your early life. When the first two manoeuvres fail, people often employ the third provocation, where they provoke their partner to treat them like they were treated in their formative relationships. You may act out qualities you don t like in yourself, such as jealousy or aloofness. Oddly enough, you do this to recreate an emotional environment that may be unpleasant, but is actually comfortable in its familiarity. So, why do you enter a toxic relationship? Whether someone is driven to be with a person who is bad for them or compelled to push away a person who is good for them, people enter into a toxic relationship in order to repeat patterns from their past that are unpleasant but familiar. Of course, this is a highly unconscious process. People often choose a partner who fits with their defences and are unaware that their partner s undesirable traits match up with their own. A toxic relationship exists when a person fails to recognise the destructive dynamics they re subconsciously looking to play out with a romantic partner. How do you get out of a toxic relationship? Getting to know one s self and one s patterns is the key to avoiding a toxic relationship. If you find yourself in a dramatic or complicated relationship, you have to first decipher whether you have chosen someone undesirable for negative reasons from your past or whether you are pushing away someone you really care for, because of your own limitations, fears or defences. If you identify the negative traits that have attracted you to your partner, you can consciously choose to look for someone different. If you realise that the person you have chosen has a lot of the positive qualities you desire, you can look for ways you are acting out in the relationship and aim to change your part of the dynamic that makes things turn sour. Once you understand yourself, you can clearly trace the paths that lead your relationship to unravel. You can take power over yourself and establish a healthier, more honest and fulfilling relationship. STYLEFILE Shankari Chaudhury shankz.ch@gmail.com Shades of grey Say hello to the new neutral in town! Grey is soon becoming the hottest neutral to be paired with different colours and textures to bring in different looks. It can be paired with natural textures to bring in the warmth in wintry evenings. It is also the perfect background to showcase bright and fun artwork and hence, inject a sense of quirk in any space. As the temperatures outside drop and skies are overcast with gloomy clouds, let us bring oodles of warmth and fun into our spaces exploring the various moods and hues of the colour grey! The Nordic vibe Bring in the Nordic vibe in your homes with the various moods and hues of grey. This style is aided with wooden flooring and wooden textures all through the house. Minimalistic décor with a monochromatic colour scheme helps bring in the zen-like vibe to your home. Bring in grey shades onto your linen, rugs and other furnishings. Cane, wicker and wooden elements perfectly complement the colour grey. Shades of grey to bring in warmth on a cold winter day The industrial style Grey is a strong background for any industrial décor. Be it a matt finish or a raw concrete finish on the walls, it poses as the perfect backdrop for a raw and industrial look. While styling this look, opt for reclaimed wood and rustic tiles to add more dimension to your space. Metal furniture and exposed industrial lighting tie this look together effortlessly. A synchronised space where the furniture blends into the grey background with punches of orange to lift it up A rustic and industrial setting with an assortment of metal chairs on a grey backdrop The colour grey also helps in making any other colour pop. It s the instant fix for any dull room. Give it a coat of grey and adorn the walls with bright and funky artwork and in minutes the space will be transformed. You can even have different shades of grey in your upholstery which will make the furniture blend into the background and give it the colour punch with a smattering of bright orange or red cushions. Do away with beiges and whites for the walls and try this new neutral which will definitely create a lot more drama than any other neutral shade. Fun vignettes The colour punch You can either go bold with accessories with a grey backdrop or you could go subtle and classy. The colour grey is very versatile when providing a base for you to experiment with different colours, textures and materials. Opt for interesting artwork with bright vibrant colours against a grey wall for a fun and punchy look. Team it with quirky figurines or artefacts to accentuate the zesty vibe. On the other hand, arrange your accessories against a grey painted wall in similar colours. Keep them in the same colour family to create a more restrained and chic look. The next time you are redoing your Accessorising with grey hues home, do not shy away from dark interiors. This winter, be bold and get out of your comfort zone and do away with the boring beiges. Once you have crossed over to the darker and more glamourous side, you will never want to go back. So, go ahead and explore the 50 shades and more of grey! Sticky rice puffs (Phulla pitha) Ingredients: Glutinous rice (Borasaul)... 1 cup Powdered sugar... 3 tbsps or to taste Boiling water tbsps Vegetable or mustard oil... for frying Salt... a pinch Method: Wash and soak the glutinous rice in cold water for half an hour. Drain the rice completely and leave it in a colander or spread over a clean cloth to dry. When the rice no longer feels wet, grind the rice to a fine powder. Place the ground sticky rice flour, sugar and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. Add the boiling water, a tablespoon at a time, and knead it into a stiff dough. Take care not to add too much water to the dough. Pinch off small pieces of dough and roll into small balls. Flatten the balls of dough with your hands and roll out into small discs. Heat oil in a wok or deep pan. Fry the disc on medium flame, until light brown in colour. Remove with a slotted spoon onto a paper towel. Serve fresh with tea.... CULINARY corner SHARMIN PASHA Sharmin Pasha is a food writer currently based in Dubai, UAE, where she teaches privately-organised cooking lessons on different techniques of cooking. She also hosts an informative page featuring Assamese recipes on Facebook, which was created to showcase the culinary treasures of Assam to the world and to preserve ethnic recipes for generations to come.... Rice flutes filled with coconut (Narikol or pitha) Ingredients: Glutinous rice (Borasaul)... 2 cups Coconut, grated... 1 cup Sugar... ½ cup Cardamom powder... ½ tsp Method: Wash and soak glutinous rice in cold water for four to six hours. Drain the rice completely and leave it in a colander or spread over a clean cloth to dry. Meanwhile, heat a pan and place the coconut, cardamom and sugar. Cook until the sugar melts and the mixture turns into a sticky mass. Transfer to a bowl and cool to room temperature. When the rice no longer feels wet, grind the rice to a damp powder. Keep the rice flour covered and away from draft. Heat an unseasoned iron girdle (tawa) over medium flame and take a ladle of rice powder and place it at the centre of the pan and spread to a small disc. Place some of the coconut mixture at the centre of the rice disc. When the rice batter begins to firm up, gently lift one of the edges and hand roll into a cylindrical shape. Allow it to cook over low heat until firm and crisp. Do not let it brown or change colour. Remove on to a paper lined tray, to cool. Continue in a similar way until all the rice flour and filling is used up. Serve at room temperature with tea.

23 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE GUWAHATI SUNDAY READING JANUARY 8, 2017 FICTION Ronjoy Bordoloi A pot of gold HEALTHWISE Dr. Pranab Kalpa Hazarika The old man lived alone in a small, dilapidated house, cornered by broken windows. There was a small hint of a garden in front of the house, which once used to bloom with flowers, but now had a barren look. The man himself had a battered past; his wife being long dead and his only son moving out of the house and living with his wife, who had a reputation of not being cordial and kind to anyone. Thereafter, he lived his days in isolation, being more dead than alive and his only source of income being a small shop of bicycle spare parts that gave him the cash to buy the day-to-day necessities of life. And since he had to fend for himself, he had accumulated a tiny amount of savings, from which he wished to repair the house and windows and re-grow the garden. His late wife was very fond of the garden and his only reason for enduring so long in his life was the memories he had of his wife and son (that son who was once small and innocent and playful). That day was an unusually rainy day, for it was not the season for rains to pour down from the heavens. As such, the people preferred to stay back in their homes and enjoy the unexpected weather. But our old man went to his shop, only to find out that the flow of customers were minimal that day. Therefore, he decided to return home early. After reaching his place, he drank a cup of coffee and rocking his favourite chair, did not remember when he fell asleep. It was early morning, around 2:00 a.m., when he suddenly woke up hearing some commotion and was pretty sure that he had heard something breaking into his house. And most probably, it had entered through one of the broken windows. Getting alarmed at the possibility of a burglar creeping into his house, he equipped himself with a long round baton that he used to keep to fend off urchins playing in his garden and destroying whatever flowers were left. As he slowly approached the window from where he believed the sound had come, he found that the window was slightly slanted, confirming his doubts. On hearing sounds coming from the kitchen, he slowly made his way to the place, with fear, anxiety and anger crowding his mind. He gathered enough courage to open Uncle Jolly Singh, the retired Colonel of our housing society, was the star attraction in all our parties, until this New Year s. Before any housing society dinner, you would find him in a hyperactive mode, with his khata and kalam taking care of the spirits, with his quota of supplies from the Narangi army canteen. When I asked Mrs. Singh the reason behind his sour mood, I came to know that his recent trip to the bank didn t go too well. Tell me, Puttar, when the interest rates of our deposits are going down, how can interest from the bonds go up? I have no trust left on these bankers anymore, said a disgusted retiree who heavily relies on the interest income from his deposits. But what the banker told him was 100 per cent correct. Although it seems somewhat impossible, the interest rate of bonds plays inversely to the interest rate of fixed deposits. Therefore, when the interest rate of your FD is going down, the interest that you earn from the bond is going up and vice-versa. So, what is a bond? Why is it different from other investing instruments? What are the advantages or disadvantages of it? the door and entered the kitchen with a force that was quite contrary to his age. Putting the lights on, he demanded the identity and motive of the person trespassing into his house. The figure seemed shocked at the entrance of the old man and bolted towards the nearest shelter, which was under a kitchen table. Finding no route of escape, as the kitchen windows were closed and the old man stood between the figure and the doorway, it decided to hide and stay beneath the table. On repeated demands by the old man, the figure, finding no other alternative, raised his head and stood in front of him, face down and hands behind his back. Our old man was stunned at the figure, as it was a poor old urchin, whose clothes were torn and his demeanour revealed that he had been starving for quite a while. Tears rolled down from the old man s cheeks and his whole existence cried out at the poor figure that lay in front of him, helpless and starving. His years of solitude had made him forget what emotions were and yet here was this small urchin, who had unlocked the doors to his soul, which he had kept hidden for so long. He saw his own son in the eyes of the urchin, his long lost son. He fell down on his knees and gestured the urchin to open the refrigerator and eat whatever was inside. The urchin devoured unhesitatingly the eatable contents of the refrigerator. Although there was not much to eat, but the contents were sufficient enough for his small tummy. After he was finished, the old man assured him of no harm and asked him his name. Gopal, Sir and I am very sorry... I was hungry, Sir, replied the urchin in a small shaky voice. It s okay, child... Where are your parents? asked the old man. They died a long time ago, Sir. Where do you live? Further down the street, Sir, in the slums. Hmmm... but stealing is not a good thing son, advised the old man. Yes, Sir, the urchin replied reluctantly. Something struck the old man and he asked the urchin to wait and he himself went to his room. He returned with a wooden pot that contained all his savings and gave it all to the urchin, who just looked on without any expression. The old man said, I am old now, my child. I had accumulated this money for my house and garden, but I don t need it now. My days are already numbered, so I give this money to you, son, so that you stop stealing and start earning. This money will help you start a new life. Stop stealing, Gopal, and I will come visit your slum house someday, okay. Now, off you go. The child vanished into the garden and onto the streets without a second s delay. As days passed by, the old man started growing more and more curious about the urchin and the emotional encounter they had. He planned to visit the slums one day and meet his friend, and therefore, on a Sunday, he made his way through the dusty, muddy lanes of the slums. The old man strengthened his resolve to find the urchin. He enquired about him all over the place. But no one seemed to remember any child named Gopal or the appearance described by him about the boy. His stamina diminished with every passing moment and unable to proceed further, he sat down below a Peepal tree at the outskirts of the slums, closed his eyes and fell asleep. Let us learn about it: A bond is an agreement between a borrower and a lender to return the money borrowed (by the borrower to the lender) within a limited time frame agreed upon. The borrower also agrees to pay a periodic interest until the return of the amount. Understanding bonds Dipankar Jakharia money.smart@assamtribune.com Bonds are issued by both companies and governments across the globe and also in India. Suppose, the Government of India is in need of money and decides to borrow it from the public, then the government will issue bonds to the public. Now to encourage lending, the government will promise to pay a periodical interest for any lender/ Thereafter, when he opened his eyes, he saw the boy looking at him with curious eyes and a divine smile. The man was delighted to have found the little boy, who seemed stronger and healthier than the day of the incident. He was wearing new clothes, a white shirt and half pants. Noon had begun and the sun was at its strongest and there were no people to be seen in the vicinity. The boy gestured to the old man to come inside a little house, and the old man being both thirsty and hungry, immediately made his way indoors. Inside the house, there was no furniture, except for a chair and a table. On the table, there was a glass of water and some apples. The little boy politely asked the old man to help himself. The old man did so heartily. The old man then saw a small trunk lying at the furthest corner of the room, which it seemed, had not been there when he had entered the house. He was quite amazed at the finding, and turned towards the boy. And, thereafter, the boy began his speech, which left the old man speechless. What he said made the old man understand that we all behold a pot of gold in our hearts and we should use it wisely, for God is always watching. The boy went on, This is your destiny. You have suffered long enough. It is now time to redeem yourself. For every good deed done with a spotless heart and without expectation of any reward, comes back a thousand-fold and yields its fruitful consequences. For this world is round. And the same applies for a bad deed also. This is karma. You fed me when I was hungry and needed it the most without expecting anything in return. In fact, you gave me all your savings and that wooden pot of gold. Therefore, I give you this golden pot in return. I am highly satisfied by your act of kindness. This world needs more people like you. Take that pot of gold, and liberate your soul. With these words, the child s whole form began to glow like a thousand suns. He gave his last divine smile, transformed into a bright white light and vanished into thin air, into another dimension! The old man was stunned. He bent his knees, prayed to Him and knew what he had to do with his life! investor willing to lend his or her money. Normally, the government will promise an interest at par with the prevailing market rate of the time. Say, a bond of Rs. 100 will fetch an interest rate of eight per cent per annum for a period of ten years. So, the government will pay the lender/investor Rs. eight per year, as interest for ten years and at the end of the tenth year, will return the principal amount of Rs Now this is plain and simple. There cannot be any ambiguity in it. But the government or companies regularly issue bonds and there is a secondary market to trade your bonds, in case you need your money before the maturity. Suppose, you have purchased a tenyear government bond with an interest rate of eight per cent. The very next year, the interest rate goes down and the government issues new bonds. Will it give the same high interest like the previous year? Certainly not. Say, that year, it gives an interest of seven per cent. In that scenario, if you sell your bond in the secondary market, won t your bond become a much attractive one than the current bond? This, in financier s language, is called the opportunity cost. Therefore, in the secondary market, bonds give you an immediate higher return on falling interest rates and lower in escalating interest rates. Needless to say, our New Year s Eve party was all joys after that. Happy New Year, Jolly Uncle, I said with a smile. That swooning feeling Vertigo is a feeling as if one s surroundings are spinning, tilting or moving around the person. This often causes dizziness, imbalance, nausea, vomiting and even blurred vision while walking, standing, sitting or lying down. The spinning sensation puts a person at risk for falling and can also affect one s quality of life if it interferes in the functioning of the daily activities. Some experts in this field explain that it is often a result of a condition known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, which is caused by blows to the head, inner ear problems of an intermediate origin. Symptoms are brief periods of vertigo with movement, that is, of a spinning sensation caused by changes in the position of the head. While most cases of vertigo can be difficult to deal with, one form of treatment involves exercises, which is known as Vestibular Rehabilitation. Exercises can help an affected person and safeguard her/his balance. Movements of the eyes, head and trunk in a seated position Eye movements: Look up and down. Look side to side. First slowly and then quickly. Head movements: Bend your head forward and then backward. First with your eyes open and then repeat with eyes closed. Turn your head from side to side. First with your eyes open and then repeat with eyes closed. Upper trunk exercises: Shrug your shoulders. Turn your shoulders from side to side. Bend forward bringing your head halfway to your knees and pick up objects from the ground. Standing sway exercise: Forward-to-back exercise: Stand with your feet-shoulder width apart and your arms at your side. Gently sway and lean forward and then backward so that your weight shifts to your toes and then to your heels. Do not lift your heels and toes. Repeat it. Right-to-left exercise: Stand with your feet-shoulder width apart and your arms at your side. Gently sway and lean to the right and left so that your weight shifts from the right foot to left foot. Do not lift your heels and toes. For both the exercises, first keep your eyes open and then closed. Balance increasing exercises First walk in a straight line with both hands on the side and then walk in a straight line with hands clutched together (crossing the midline of the body). Walking in circles in both directions, clockwise and anticlockwise. For both the exercises, first keep both your eyes open and then repeat with eyes closed. In a seated position, quickly lean to one side until your head rests in bed or sofa on which you are seating. Allow the dizziness to subside before returning to the upright position. If you also experience dizziness while returning to an upright position, allow the sensation to subside before leaning again. Remember, clinical advice is essential before undergoing the above exercise regime. MY SPACE Tejaswinee Barua Kakaty tejbarua@gmail.com When the ladies of the family would call us for dinner, our stomachs would miraculously create enough space for us to stuff maasor tenga, chicken, bengana bhaja, etc. The magic of Uruka Randomly scanning Facebook, I sit smugly in my home in Brisbane, Australia. Suddenly a picture catches my eye... a close-up of Bihu delicacies ghila pitha, til pitha, narikolor laru. Quite obviously, my mouth waters, but what surprises me is the sudden gush of emotions that engulf me when one thought hits me Magh Bihu is around the corner. Growing up in a close-knit family in Jorhat, I was blessed to have Magh Bihu celebrated in all the glory and opulence this festival deserves. Uruka preparations would start from the morning itself. A huge tent-like umbrella would be put up, presumably to protect the kids from the kuwoli; a big hole would be dug up, which would be our stove for frying kath aloo later, chairs would be laid out and a majestic meji would be built. We were a big troop of cousins who would be all excited and jumpy the whole day. Come evening and all of us, Koka-Aita, and our uncles and aunties would gather, the bonfire would be lit and we would all sit around it, with warm feet and hearts. Stories would be told, we would have a quiz contest, all the while devouring the constant flow of kath aloo, pithas and tea, till we could eat no more. But when the ladies of the family would call us for dinner, our stomachs would miraculously create enough space for us to stuff maasor tenga, chicken, bengana bhaja, etc. The magical evening will eventually pass, leaving us with contentment, happiness and knowledge that the next year will again bring back the same evening. Time passed, those kids grew up and today are scattered around the world, our elders left behind in Assam. They still celebrate Bihus, but not in the magnificent way they used to. Remnants of past Bihus must haunt them, as they haunt us. I have a happy life in a beautiful country, it is only when festivals knock at the door, that my heart flies back to Assam, to the beautiful moments of my glorious past. Seeing the way Christmas is celebrated here, seeing families together, I envy them, because they do not have to leave their cities and countries in search of better opportunities and a better life like I did. They can still do the same things they did as children. It pains me that I cannot, that I cannot go back to Jorhat, that I cannot always have dinner with my parents at the same table. Sporadic visits to Assam cannot bring back that constancy that one part of me yearns for. I made a choice and I live with it. I have a happy life in a beautiful country, it is only when festivals knock at the door, that my heart flies back to Assam, to the beautiful moments of my glorious past. But then, the meji of the past still has enough ardour to keep my heart warm I cannot ask for more.

24 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE GUWAHATI SUNDAY READING JANUARY 8, 2017 Even though I am no sports buff, not by a long shot, I was happy to catch a late night show of Dangal. Mahavir Singh Phogat driving his girls to international stardom from the dusty back of beyond is inspirational story-telling at its best. Together with Pink, Dangal pitches itself solidly on the side of women and makes us believe that change is possible. Even when the girls chafe against the harsh regimen enforced by their driven father, you realise their resistance is partly because they have not had even a glimpse of the glittering future awaiting them. Our culture is rich with images and idealisation of good mothering, but fatherhood is a vague territory at best. Somehow a father is rendered fixed, solid and immutable as a titular head, a dispenser of punishment, an earner of bread. And yet, there are so many kinds of fathers as there are human beings kind, enigmatic, overpowering, charming, ruthless. For daughters especially, a father is seen as a link to the great world outside with all its risks, challenges and uncertainties. To negotiate that passageway, she adores and pleases her father, understanding how he is the bridge that spans the home and the world. Whether it is Jawaharlal Nehru grooming the young Indira, or Zulfikar Ali Bhutto initiating Benazir to politics, Venus and Serena Williams triumphing in the tennis court, driven by an ambitious father, there are many instances of male parents mentoring across cultures. And its hard not to miss the status Ivanka Trump enjoys in her father s business and political life. However, we cannot forget that we are living in times when biologists and feminists are seriously contemplating a future in which the male will be considered obsolete, The roles of men and women are mutating into weird patterns. Marriage does not have its old seal of permanence. The internet has undermined the authority of adults. A young girl growing up today may not find an authority father figure to settle down with at all. For he has morphed into a pliable, politically correct, kitchen-chore sharing man who is far from the superman she wishes he was. Society is engineering androgynous dads who offer a mixed message. There have been many instances of daughters emerging from the shadow of their father s Get going, girl! fame and staking out their own territory. A young German woman translated the first English version of Madame Bovary. She learned Norwegian just to be able to appreciate Ibsen. She went on strike with dock workers, organised Labour Unions and later founded the Socialist League. A writer activist, suffragist and THIRD EYE Indrani Raimedhi indrani.raimedhi@gmail.com For every little girl clumsily trying on her daddy s shoes, there is a desire to win the love of the most important male in her life. journalist, Eleanor Marx was the worthy daughter of Karl Marx. Yet, in spite of her accomplishments, she committed suicide at the age of 43 when she discovered her husband had a secret young wife. James Joyce was one of the most complex writers of all time. His daughter Lucia never had her life charted out for her. She studied dancing under Isadora Duncan, had an affair with Samuel Beckett and was treated for schizophrenia by Carl Jung. She spent the rest of her life in a mental asylum. I am not aware of how far this unique relationship is explored in Indian literature. British and American literature have some perennials that never fail to charm. Mr. Bennett and his daughter Elizabeth Bennett in Jane Austen s Pride and Prejudice are unforgettable with their witty banter and mutual respect for each other. Though he is not as nice to the other women in the family, he understands Elizabeth is far from silly. He even respects her decision not to pledge himself to the first man who comes along. One of the greatest father role models is, of course, Atticus Finch in Harper Lee s To Kill a Mockingbird. He personifies bravery and honesty, staking his professional and personal reputation to defend a Black man. In him, every female reader discovers a father to look up to. Cordelia is honest about her love for her father King Lear, but that doesn t stop an overwhelming welter of feelings before things calm down. Acclaimed photographer Marc Bushelle wanted daughter Lily to learn about the heroines of history. So he and his wife dressed up their fiveyear-old daughter as Mother Teresa, as a writer and several African, American women who have stormed bastions and made history. Let me end this with an anecdote. The scene is a small, remote mountain town in Afghanistan. A man has four daughters and no sons. He is humiliated every day due to this one fact. And so he takes recourse to a strange custom of bacha posh. One daughter of the family has her hair shorn off, wears male clothes and roleplays as a son. She/he is allowed to go out unchaperoned and contributes to the family income by selling water and salvaging plastic. She hates being a boy at first, and all who know her secret jibe her incessantly. But by and by, she begins to enjoy her freedom from being cooped up at home, wearing the hijab. But cruelly, once she attains puberty, she is forced to revert to her old self as a girl. What ensues is bewilderment, rage and then apathy. But even in the most repressive society, hope is possible. Ziauddin Yousafzai has always encouraged Malala Yousafzai to speak up for women rights. Having never seen his own sisters being able to write their names, he has led daughter Malala along a different path. For every little girl clumsily trying on her daddy s shoes, there is a desire to win the love of the most important male in her life. 5 THINGS / Guru Gyan Not every day is the same, but each day has something to teach us TARA GOSWAMI is an artist, yoga practitioner and teacher based between Barcelona and India. 1Yoga is a way of life Yoga is not a casual practice or exercise that one does by the way, for a period of time or to lose weight. Even if these days yoga is synonymous to the physical aspect asana practice yoga is a discipline, which, if you commit to and are open to, will transform your whole life. 2 Be patient I hear a lot of people say, I cannot do yoga because I am not flexible, but what one must understand is that not all people are born flexible and really, flexibility is a side effect of yoga. It comes with consistent effort and practice. Without pushing too much, with patience, by being conscious. 3 Be kind Not every day is the same. Some days we hold more tension or there s more stress in our lives, we cannot always control the external. And, of course, we get affected by many things. So it is important to not be harsh with ourselves. To remember the principle of ahimsa and apply that to ourselves first. To embrace the tough days as much as the good ones, because each day has something to teach us. 4Be your own guide Yoga equips us with tools to navigate through life through moments of calm or turbulence. No matter what is going on, we can always take time out by sitting down quietly and reconnecting to what is really important and centre ourselves again. 5 Be still Above all, yoga leads us to truly know ourselves. There may initially be confusion and a lack of clarity but over time by learning to be still, our sense of self becomes clearer. (As told to Bonita Baruah) (Tara Goswami is holding a workshop in Guwahati from January 7 13) ARIES (MAR 21 APR 19) TAURUS (APR 20 MAY 20) GEMINI (MAY 21 JUN 20) CANCER (JUN 21 JUL 22) LEO (JUL 23 AUG 22) VIRGO (AUG 23 SEP 22) LIBRA (SEPT 23 OCT 22) SCORPIO (OCT 23 NOV 21) F O R E C A S T JANUARY 9 15, 2017 SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22 DEC 21) CAPRICORN (DEC 22 JAN 19) AQUARIUS (JAN 20 FEB 18) PISCES (FEB 19 MAR 20) This will be a favourable period for you. Those itching to move should be able to make the final arrangements by the weekend. You will also gain the backing of your loved ones now. You will be recognised for your originality. During the second half of the week, make yourself available to your loved one as it may open up an attractive side of your personality. You will get some news regarding career. The week comes to an end with you feeling rather sure of yourself. You may consider that you have achieved all that you could have. Loved ones will be more understanding than has been the case recently. Your health will help you cope with minor problems at your place of employment. There will not be much opportunity to earn bonus payments. But, those who are self-employed will have better opportunities to increase business profits. The first half of the week is a good time for enjoying gatherings and festivities. Loved ones will be a bit too extravagant and demanding, this weekend. You may receive a surprise gift! This will be a manageable period. You may be fussing too much. Seek out the company of people with whom you are at ease. The weekend will see you doing things you love. Some extra responsibilities will be conferred upon you in the first half of the week. Do not allow negative feelings to affect your performance on the job. Monday to Wednesday, you will have to be very understanding to avoid possible arguments with your mate. The weekend is slow and you need to relax at home. Your efforts have been getting rather stale and lacking in lustre, of late. You may also have some trouble in keeping a hold on your temper in the second half of the period. You may have to make delicate negotiations. Take advice of a few experts if you are launching some untried ventures. The second half of the week seems more exciting. You should try much harder while dealing with an influential person. Some of you may be able to land in a lucrative job that will make the future seem more secure for you and your family. PAGE TURNER The following are books to look out for this month when you need reading material for those quiet weekends. A ravind Adiga won the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2008 for his book The White Tiger. His new book Selection Day dwells on the electrifying world of cricket in India. Manju and his brother Radha rise from the slums of Mumbai towards probable stardom. This is their story. Human Acts is another powerful novel by Han Kang, who won the Man Booker International Prize in 2016 with The Vegetarian. His new book is set in Korea in 1980, and follows a student protest that becomes violent one day. The novel follows a set of characters who are scarred by memories of that day. Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran follows the story of 18-year-old Soliman Castro Valdez who crosses the US/Mexican border to enter California. She finds herself pregnant. Events lead to a couple (Kavya and her husband) taking care of Soli when she is incarcerated. It is a clear-eyed exploration of maternal love. K aran Bajaj has its key protagonist Samrat going on a rollercoaster journey at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), in Bengaluru, where he runs wild and even goes to prison. He goes on to getting stoned in the company of a Danish hippie in the Himalayas. Does this investment banker, convict, pot head, survive his fall from grace? Do find out in Keep off the Grass. FILM INTERVIEW AJaideep Pandey ctor-comedian Sunil Grover, who has recently hit the big screen with director Vishal Mishra s Coffee with D, portraying a journalist, believes that Bollywood enables him to play many vivid characters and create wonderful moments for his audience. Excerpts from an interview with the onscreen Gutthi. Being Gutthi How was your experience working with Vishal Mishra? Vishal met me through our common producer friend Shabina Khan as I had worked for her in Gabbar. He has an amazing foresight and did some hardcore ground work for the film. I followed him blindly and entrusted myself to him. Tell us about your character in Coffee with D. I play the role of a journalist who meets D and seeks revenge on him through the interview that he takes. So, how hard was it to play an onscreen journalist. It wasn t hard at all as I have been watching TV news all my life. Subconsciously, I have been observing the working style of TV journalists which helped me a lot during this film. What are the most challenging aspects of being an actor. You have to keep evolving yourself due to the short attention window that the audience has. But that challenge is also fun at times. What are the most challenging aspects of being an actor, especially comedy? When I was offered comic roles at first, I was shocked as I have been doing tragedy till now. But the love and affection of the audience pushed I m sorry our first date wasn t very romantic. It s not easy to whisper sweet nothings in your ear with 47 breath mints in my mouth! me towards this genre. Which beat would you like to work in if asked to be a journo? I would like to explore all beats and not stick to any one. Has fame affected you as a person? Not at all... As I understand, fame is short-lived and change is the only constant. From TV to Bollywood. How hard has the transition been? I have been working in Bollywood for many years now. Of course, it has been character roles but I didn t feel any transition as such. What kind of films are you looking forward to do in the coming time? Films which help me grow like Coffee with D. It has challenged me and also helped me evolve as an actor. How was it working with Dipannita Sharma? I think there is no doubt that she s a fine actress and we helped each other a lot on the sets during the shoot. Will you agree that Gabbar is Back was a turning point in your career? May be yes, because it was this film that made Vishal Mishra take notice of me. The best thing about B-Town. That I get to play so many vivid characters, and gives me a chance to create wonderful moments. (TWF-IBNS) Love is when you kiss a frog and he turns into a prince. Marriage is when you kiss a prince and he turns into a frog. How to make kiss #973,412 feel as exciting as kiss #1. This may be the question that finally stumps Google! My mom and dad don t kiss anymore. Not since he swallowed her dentures. I don t like to close our eyes when we kiss. Last time you fell asleep!