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TMC MLA Jitendra Tiwari resigns from the key post in Asansol Municipal Corporation

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TMC MLA Jitendra Tiwari resigns from the key post in Asansol Municipal Corporation

Bengal, Dec 17: Trinamool Congress MLA Jitendra Tiwari resigns from the post of chairman of the administrative board of the Asansol Municipal Corporation.

Jitendra Tiwari represents Pandaveswar in the West Bengal Assembly and has claimed that the Mamata Banerjee-led government has not given the region its fair share of development funds.

Addressing the party workers on Thursday, Jitendra Tiwari said, “We have been deprived of the smart city. We have also been deprived of the solid waste management system. Asansol has been deprived of many development works.”

Tiwari claimed that the state government had funds for Kolkata but not for Asansol.

“Given the current situation, it is very hard to work and [thus] I am resigning from the post of chairman of the administrative board of Asansol Municipal Corporation,” Jitendra Tiwari said, adding that he will come back again after the elections and clear all pending works.

Jitendra Tiwari resigns from the post of TMC’s district president of Paschim Bardhaman also. He has also given up perks of his pst at the municipal corporation like the official vehicle, etc, and was seen travelling in his personal car on Thursday.

Jitendra Tiwari is among several TMC leaders who have come out against the top party leadership recently. While party bigwig Suvendhu Adhikari has quit TMC, Tiwari, TMC MP Sunil Mandal, and Bengal forest minister Rajib Banerjee has also spoken out against the party.

Meanwhile, TMC chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has accused the BJP of poaching her party’s leaders.

The University of Mizoram signs MoU with Malaysian university

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The University of Mizoram signs MoU with Malaysian university

Mizoram, Dec 17: University of Mizoram Department of Library and Information Science has signed an MoU with the Faculty of Information Management, University Teknologi MARA of Malaysia.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed to foster a close friendship between Mizoram and Malaysia to pursue the areas of collaboration in various academic activities.

Mizoram University (MZU) Vice-Chancellor Prof. KRS Sambasiva Rao and Prof SN Singh, the Head of the Department of Library and Information Science signed the MoU on behalf of MZU.

Vice-Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr IR. Mohd. Azraai Kassim and Prof. Ts. Dr Sohaimi Zakaris, Dean Faculty of Information Management signed the MoU on behalf of Teknologi MARA University.

Both the universities agreed to collaborate in at least five academic activities.

The activities include joint seminars (doctoral consortia, knowledge sharing), staff mobility (team teaching, visiting scholar, supervision), student mobility (international credit mobility, electives, audits), joint research (international grants, institutional grants), and joint publications (high-ranking journals)

PM Modi has Cooch Behar palace as his backdrop in the Indo-Bangladesh virtual summit

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PM Modi has Cooch Behar palace as his backdrop in the Indo-Bangladesh virtual summit

Indo-Bangla, Dec 17: Prime Narendra Modi has used the Cooch Behar palace as his backdrop in the Indo-Bangladesh virtual summit on Thursday.

BJP MP Nisith Pramanik shared the picture on Twitter and said “#coochbeharpalace at the backdrop of PM really proud moment for Bengal and India.”

Nisith shared the image by saying “#CoochBeharpalace pride of Bengal.”

A day after celebrating Vijay Diwas, marking India’s triumph over Pakistan in 1971 that led to the birth of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds an Indo-Bangladesh virtual summit with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday to discuss ways and means on how to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation in the post-Covid era.

India and Bangladesh have maintained regular dialogues at the highest level, with the Bangladeshi Prime Minister also paying an official visit to New Delhi as recently as October 2019. Both leaders have remained in regular touch during the COVID pandemic.

“Bangladesh is a significant pillar of our ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy. To strengthen relations with Bangladesh has been a priority for me since the first day. The cooperation between India and Bangladesh has been good notwithstanding the coronavirus pandemic,” said PM Modi.

Meghalaya: CM Conrad Sangma approaches centre for financial aid

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Meghalaya: CM Conrad Sangma approaches centre for financial aid

Meghalaya, Dec 17: Chief Minister of Meghalaya Conrad Sangma has requested the central government to release the state’s share from central taxes to bail out his government of the financial crisis that it is currently facing.

Meghalaya depends hugely on central taxes, but the delay in the release of the share has further worsened the financial situation, says Conrad Sangma

From April to October this year, Meghalaya received a share of Rs 2,273 crores, which is a deficit of Rs 727 crores from the budget an estimate of around Rs 3,000 crore.

“Overall, the financial position is not good, because we depend mainly on the share from central taxes. For a state like ours, the shortfall of Rs 727 crores is very big,” Meghalaya chief secretary, M S Rao said.

He said that the economy in the country as a whole has been affected and economic activities are yet to resume fully because of restrictions imposed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Generally, there is less spending when economic activities do not resume fully.

“We hope Meghalaya’s share would be better in the last three months of the current financial year,” Rao said.

He also dispelled the fear that government employees may not get their salaries because of the current financial crunch that the state is facing.

Lurinjyoti Gogoi joins Assam Jatiya Parishad

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Lurinjyoti Gogoi joins Assam Jatiya Parishad

Assam, Dec 17: Lurinjyoti Gogoi, the former general secretary of All Assam Student’s Union (AASU) joined the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP). He stated in a press conference that nationalism and regionalism will solve national problems and called all to join AJP.

While talking with media in Sivasagar, Gogoi promised the vanquishing of anti-Assamese elements from the political scenario of Assam. He promised a return of regionalism as well.

Lurinjyoti Gogoi added that with the arrival of AJP, the journey of ‘jaati’ (Assamese community) has also officially begun, and the “Assam of everyone’s dreams are not too far away.”

“As of now, communal tensions prevail in Assam, and conspiracies are being hatched to destroy the democratic nature of Assam. There is a concerted effort to destroy the culture of Assam,” he said.

Nagaland: World Bank to fund project worth 63 million dollars

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Nagaland: World Bank to fund project worth 63 million dollars

Nagaland, Dec 17: The World Bank approved a project worth 63 million dollars for Nagaland to enhance quality education by developing different resources in the schools of the state.

The project is part of the four development projects worth over 800 million dollars that the World Bank approved for India.

The project termed “Nagaland: Enhancing Classroom Teaching and Resources Project” to improve classroom teaching and create opportunities for enhancing the teaching skills of teachers.

The project will build technology systems for students and teachers with more access to blended and online learning. It also aims to better monitor policies and programs on school education.

Such an integrated approach will complement conventional delivery models in schools and help mitigate the challenges posed by COVID-19, said a statement issued by the World Bank.

“The four projects will support India’s efforts to rebuild by creating a sustainable and resilient economy,” said Junaid Ahmad, country director of World Bank India.

“Development work today has to cater to the poor and vulnerable families to help them recover from the adverse impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,” Ahmad said.

These four projects will help many families in India to access better income opportunities, education, water supply, and benefits from the expanded social protection schemes of the government.

On the other hand, the “Chhattisgarh Inclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture Growth Project” worth 100 million dollars will develop sustainable production systems to enable tribal households in remote areas of Chhattisgarh to produce diversified and nutritious food throughout the year.

The “Second Accelerating India’s COVID-19 Social Protection Response Programme” worth 400 million dollars will support India’s efforts at providing social assistance to poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the pandemic.

The “Second Dam Improvement and Rehabilitation Project (DRIP-2)” worth 250 million dollars will improve the safety and performance of existing dams across various states of India.

Suvendu Adhikari resigns as TMC MLA

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Suvendu Adhikari resigns as TMC MLA

West Bengal, Dec 16: Disgruntled Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari resigns from the membership of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Wednesday amid indications that he would join the BJP during Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to the state on December 19-20. Adhikari, who was MLA from Nandigram, submitted his handwritten resignation to Speaker of the Assembly Biman Banerjee.

The growing rift between the TMC and Suvendu Adhikari became apparent after he resigned from the post of a minister in the Mamata Banerjee cabinet. The 49-year-old leader was in charge of the department of transport, irrigation and waterways. Around the same time, Suvendu Adhikari also resigned from the post of chairman of the Hooghly River Bridge Commission.

On Sunday, the Trinamool Congress expelled a leader of its East Midnapore district unit, Kanishka Panda, considered close to party heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari.

“As of now it is expected that Adhikari will join the BJP at the (East Midnapore) rally,” said a BJP source. However, sources also said that Adhikari had earlier gone back on two dates of joining that he had committed to the party leadership.

On Tuesday, BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya called up Adhikari to wish him on his birthday, further fuelling speculation. Adhikari, an influential leader with a mass base, could influence votes in at least 40 Assembly constituencies in six districts.

Suvendu’s rise began after Mamata’s Nandigram movement in Purba Medinipur in 2007, which he closely coordinated on the ground. The Nandigram agitation played a powerful role in ending the Left Front’s 34-year-rule in the Assembly election of 2011. Mamata was impressed, and over the years that followed, she gave respect and importance to Suvendu and his family, and rewarded them for their dedication to the TMC.

COVID Vaccine: Tripura to receive 1.92 lakh vaccines in the first phase

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COVID Vaccine: Tripura to receive 1.92 lakh vaccines in the first phase

Tripura, Dec 16: After the central government asked the states to prepare for COVID vaccine once they are ready to be delivered, the Tripura government has started training health workers, said, education minister Ratan Lal Nath.

Speaking with reporters, Nath said that in the first phase in Tripura, the central government has sanctioned 1.92 lakh corona vaccines. Besides, the central government will also send seven ice-lined refrigerators (ILR).

“Preparations have been made for vaccination of corona as per the instructions of the ministry of health. A high-level delegation under the National Health Mission (NHM) has been inspecting the office of the Health Officer at the Pandit Nehru Complex,” Nath said.

The education minister said various committees have been formed for the vaccination process. The health workers have even been trained so that as soon as the vaccine arrives, vaccination of people can begin.

The central government is expecting to get Covid vaccine from six to seven sources and the vaccination drive will be carried out in Tripura and all over India with a “mix” vaccine.

PM Modi pays tribute at National War Memorial on Vijay Diwas

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PM Modi pays tribute at National War Memorial on Vijay Diwas

Vijay Diwas, Dec 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute at the National War Memorial in New Delhi on the 50th anniversary of 1971 that made Bangladesh an independent country on Wednesday. This day is celebrated as ‘Vijay Diwas’.

‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal’ – a symbol of victory – was also lit by the Prime Minister. There are four such marshals or torches which will be carried to various parts of the country, including to villages of Param Vir Chakra and Mahavir Chakra Awardees of 1971 war.

The entire year is being celebrated as ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’ to commemorate the golden jubilee of the 1971 India-Pakistan war. Various commemorative events will be conducted pan-India wherein war Veterans and Veer Naris will be felicitated.

Meanwhile, defence minister Rajnath Singh and home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday extended their wishes to countrymen on the occasion of the Vijay Diwas. The ministers saluted the bravery and courage of the Indian Army.

“Today, on the occasion of Vijay Diwas, I salute the valour and bravery of the Indian Army. I remember the bravery of our soldiers who wrote a new saga of bravery in the 1971 war. Their sacrifice is a source of inspiration for all Indians. Nation will always revere them,” Singh said on Twitter.

“India’s victorious event #VijayDiwas is being celebrated at @RGU1984 by organising a national e-conclave on the theme “Valour of Indian Armed Forces“. A pleasure to hear from the leading professionals from our Armed Forces that gave a devastating blow to Pakistan in 1971 war,” CM of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu said on Twitter.

The Indian Armed Forces had in December 1971 secured a historic victory over Pakistan Army, which led to the creation of Bangladesh and also resulted in the largest military surrender after World War–II.

Mizoram has vast scope for development in different sectors: CM Zoramthanga

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Mizoram has vast scope for development in different sectors: CM Zoramthanga

Mizoram, Dec 16: Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has expressed that the State has a vast scope for development in an event of laying the foundation stones for as many as 5 projects in the State to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 50.29 crores.

Laying foundation stones for 3 projects – residential sports school, community service centre and smart classroom at West Phaileng village in Mamit district, which are expected to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 34.43 crores, Zoramthanga said that Mizoram could become role model for others in term of development if the residents use their ideas and adjust with the changing times.

“Mizoram has vast opportunities and potential to usher in development in sports infrastructures and various other sectors. It can set a good example for others in terms of development. Mizoram will become not only an economically self-sufficient state but also produce goods for export in near future,” he said.

“We will continue to produce more and more sportspersons in the international and national arena and also explore employment opportunities through innovative ideas. The government would make massive efforts to usher development in different sectors,” the Chief Minister said.

According to an official, the three projects will be funded by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) scheme.

State Sports Minister Robert Romawia and Dampa constituency MLA and Deputy Government Chief Whip Lalrintluanga Sailo also attended the foundation laying ceremony.

Zoramthanga also laid the foundation stone for Public Health Centre to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 2.89 crore and a Feeding and Pumping Water Supply Scheme to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 12.96 crore, both at Reiek village, about 29 km from Aizawl.

The water supply scheme is expected to supply 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd), which will cater to the needs of over 3500 people daily.

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