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Assam CM speaks to Uddhav Thackeray to ensure the security of Arnab Goswami

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Assam CM speaks to Uddhav Thackeray to ensure the security of Arnab Goswami

Assam, 11th November: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal spoke to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday and requested him to ensure proper security of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami.

Today, Supreme Court grants interim bail to him in a 2018 abetment to suicide case. He has been arrested last week along with the other two in connection with the suicide of architect Anvay Naik and his mother.

Supreme Court asks Arnab Goswami to cooperate with the probe. The court said the release of three must not be delayed by two days and asked them to furnish bonds of ₹ 50,000.

The telephonic conversation came after family members of Goswami met CM Sonowal and urged him to do the needful for the security of the senior journalist, who they claimed is under “life threat“.

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal share wrote on tweet, “Talked to Maharashtra CM Shri Uddhav Thackeray ji and requested him for adequate security arrangements for renowned journalist Arnab Goswami. I talked to him as Mr Goswami’s family members approached me and intimated that there is not enough security provided to him. @OfficeofUT.”

Thackeray assured Sonowal that he would do the needful for the security of Goswami, who hails from Assam.

Anvay Naik, who designed the sets of Republic TV, had left a suicide note blaming Goswami and two others for dues he alleged had not been paid to him.

The case was closed two years ago, with the police citing a lack of evidence. It was reopened recently at the request of Naik’s family.

Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport all set to get new terminal by 2021

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Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport all set to get new terminal by 2021

Tripura, 11th November: Airport Authority of India (AAI) said that the new terminal of Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala will be ready in early 2021.

The airport is all set to get a new integrated terminal building, with a capacity to cater to three million passengers annually.

90 per cent of the work on the project has already been completed, and the remaining works should not take more than a couple of months.

The old terminal building of Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport was totally saturated, and there was no scope for expansion. The new integrated terminal building will be equipped with modern amenities.

Advanced Intelligent Building Management Systems have been used to optimize the consumption of energy at the new terminal. With a built-up area of 30,000 sq meters, the new terminal building of the airport has been designed to handle 1,000 domestic and 200 international passengers during peak hours.

The new building of the airport is being built at an estimated cost of Rs 438 crore. The new terminal of the airport in Agartala will have 20 check-in counters, four-passenger boarding bridges, conveyor belts, and passenger-friendly modern facilities and amenities.

The development work also includes the construction of the apron with the capacity to park six aircraft at a time.

MP Biswajit Daimary resigns as a BPF president, likely to join BJP

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MP Biswajit Daimary resigns as a BPF president, likely to join BJP

Assam, 11th November: MP Biswajit Daimary resigned from his designation as the working president of the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) on Wednesday. He said, “Having been a member of the BPF from the date of party’s inception, it is now time for me to move on,” Daimary said.

He formally stated his decision through a letter addressed to the president of BPF, Hagrama Mohilary. In the letter he said, “While my purposes remain the same as it has always been from the very beginning to serve the people of my state and country, I believe I am unable to do this anymore within the party”.

With this coming just ahead of the upcoming Bodoland elections, that is likely to take place in the first part of December this year, the MP Biswajit Daimary has also shown interest to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He said, “I want to work broadly, and therefore I am likely to join a national party in the future”.

He has however not yet announced his departure from the party as still continues to be a sitting Rajya Sabha MP and has cited legal issues. He said, “I have relieved the party to take decisions on their own as now I’m only a party worker and accordingly as per procedure I would leave the party keeping in mind the allied parties like AGP and the BJP which have supported election to the Rajya Sabha”.

Although, while addressing media in Guwahati, he announced that he would resign from the Rajya Sabha once he completes the responsibilities he undertook as an MP.

Saffron bowl extends to Northeast in India

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Saffron bowl extends to Northeast in India

Sikkim, 11th November: Saffron bowl which was confined to Kashmir yet, may expand to the North-Eastern region of India.

An agency under the Union ministry of science and technology, Northeast Centre for Technology Application and Research (NECTAR), successfully grew the spice at Yangyang in Sikkim with the same quality and higher quantity. Now, it is trying to do the same other parts of hills such as – Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, and Meghalaya.

An ambitious attempt to grow the much-coveted spice is underway in the Northeast, which enjoys similar climatic conditions as Jammu & Kashmir.

The botany and horticulture department of Sikkim Central University execute tests to understand the soil and actual pH conditions of Yangyang of Sikkim and found it comparable to saffron-growing places of Kashmir.

Saffron seeds were purchased and transported by air from Kashmir to Yangyang by the university. A saffron grower was occupied to look after the complete growing process along with the faculty of the university.

The corms were irrigated during September-October, which ensured timely corm sprouting and good flower yields. Similar climatic and geographical conditions between Pampore, known as the saffron bowl of Kashmir and Yangyang led to its successful sample farming.

As saffron growing was confined to very specific areas in Kashmir, its production remained limited. Though the National Mission on Saffron focused on several measures to improve its farming, the measures were still limited to the specified areas of Kashmir.

OTT platforms, online news portals now under govt regulation

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OTT platforms, online news portals now under govt regulation

India, 11th November: The government has brought OTT platforms, including films and news content, under the ministry of information and broadcasting. The I&B ministry will also regulate online audio-visual programs and current affairs content, according to the amendment order signed by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.

Digital content providers such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar will now be regulated by the Union ministry headed by Prakash Javadekar.

While the Press Council of India (PCI) looks after the print media, the television news channels come under the News Broadcasters Association (NBA). The Advertising Standards Council of India is for regulating the content of the advertisements and Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) monitors films, but there is at present no law or autonomous body governing digital content or Over-the-top (OTT) platforms.

The Supreme Court had last month sought the Centre’s response on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for regulating OTT platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video by an autonomous body. The PIL stated that digital content on these platforms is made available to the public at large without any filter or screening.

A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian had issued notices to the central government, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).

None of the OTT/streaming platforms including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Zee5, and Hotstar have signed the self-regulation provided by the I&B ministry since February 2020, the plea had alleged.

Fresh tension in Northeastern border: Assam villagers block movement of trucks to Mizoram

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Fresh tension in Northeastern border: Assam villagers block movement of trucks to Mizoram

Northeast, 11th November: Movement of vehicles at the Assam – Mizoram border stopped again amid tension in the areas along the inter-state border. Local people of Lailapur on the Assam-Mizoram interstate border resisted the movement of trucks to Mizoram.

Mizoram’s police official claimed that till Tuesday evening, a total of 192 vehicles, including 174 heavy trucks, was released from Mizoram and entered Assam.

On Monday, at least 21 trucks with essential commodities and other passenger vehicles with police escort crossed over to Mizoram amid the tension after a 12-day deadlock and also some trucks from the other side of the border entered Assam.

Lalhmangaiha Sailo, People’s Conference Party president of Mizoram alleged that the Centre was giving prejudicial treatment to Mizoram as it did not take concrete steps to lift the blockade.

Assam’s Hailakandi district police have arrested 21 activists of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) for blocking the movement of a freight train to Mizoram at Muhammadpur railway station in the Lala police station area.

It was decided at the meeting held on Sunday that Mizoram will partly withdraw its forces from the border areas and deploy BSF personnel and Assam will ensure that the blockade on NH-306 on its side by the Lailapur residents are lifted.

India’s first glass skywalk located in Sikkim

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India’s first glass skywalk located in Sikkim

Sikkim, 11th November: India’s first glass skywalk is located in Sikkim Pelling and situated right opposite to the 137-feet statue of Chenrezig. The internet is filled with videos of people freaking out while walking over glass bridges at various places outside the country. But now you don’t need a visa to experience the same.

Nestled between the magnificent Himalayas, the glass skywalk provides a beautiful view of the Buddhist pilgrimage site. The entire complex is located at a height of 7,200 feet above sea level.

The glass skywalk adds to the allure of the scenic religious site which is a popular tourist location. Chenrezig or Avalokiteshvara, as per locals, is the earthly incarnation of Lord Buddha, Amitabha. The statue at the Choeling area in Pelling has been constructed at Rs 46.65 crore.

The walk was inaugurated in 2018, the pilgrim site houses the world’s tallest Chenrezig statue along with and the accompanying glass skywalk, a cafe, and a gallery.

The skywalk was built to give tourists and pilgrims a panoramic view of the Chenrezig statue, the stairs leading up to it, and the golden prayer wheels. This is not for the weak-hearted as it allows visitors to look thousands of feet below the glass skywalk in Sikkim.

The project was funded and constructed under the supervision of the Sikkim’s Department of Culture and the Department of Housing Buildings and Housing.

Manipur by-polls results: BJP wins 2 of the 5 seats, leads on 2 other

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Manipur by-polls results: BJP wins 2 of the 5 seats, leads on 2 other

Manipur, 10th November: Candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been declared winner from the Wangoi seat too through Manipur by-polls, along with Singhat whose results came out earlier in the day, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday.

Oinam Lukhoi Singh, a BJP candidate has been declared the winner from Wangoi seat beating closest rival National People’s Party’s Khuraijam Loken Singh by a close margin of 257 votes.

BJP’s Ginsuanhau had been declared the winner from the Singhat Assembly seat by the ECI.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulate the BJP candidate for the victory in the by-polls election.

BJP candidates are also leading on the Wangjing Tentha, and Saitu seats while on the fifth seat, Lilong, independent candidate Y Antas Khan is ahead of another independent candidate Mohammad Abdul Nasir. The BJP had not fielded its candidate on the Lilong seat.

Chief Minister N. Biren Singh tweet about the victory.

According to ECI at 1 pm, BJP’s vote-share stands at 33.4 per cent, while that of Congress is at 23.7 per cent and NPEP is at 10.8 per cent.

Manipur by-polls were held in five Assembly constituencies in the state on November 7.

Counting of votes for a by-election held in 58 Assembly constituencies across 11 states in the country began at 8 am on Tuesday.

Assam – Mizoram border blockade resume after 12 days

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Assam – Mizoram border blockade resume after 12 days

Assam, 10th November: Ending a 12-day long blockade of a national highway following a border row between the two states, trucks started transporting from Assam to Mizoram on Monday.

Circle Officer of Sonai in Cachar district of Assam, Sudeep Nath said that 21 trucks carrying vital goods and buses carrying passengers travelled from Lailapur on the border with police escort. He added that vacant trucks that were stuck on the Mizoram side because of the blockade also started getting into Assam from Monday.

The transportation of vehicles resumed after Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla brokered Chief Secretary-level talks between both states on Sunday to finish the impasse.

According to Nath, there has been no untoward incident along the 164-km long border between the 2 states since Saturday and also the situation is slowly returning to normalcy.

Residents on the Assam side had blocked the NH 306 resulting in Mizoram on October 28 seeking removal of Mizoram security forces from the border areas between the two states. Assam had claimed that Mizoram’s security personnel had encroached upon its territory and had even started construction whereas the latter maintained that its personnel was on its territory.

The residents of Lailapur decided to call off the blockade a day after Mizoram agreed to withdraw its forces from the border and deploy three companies of Border Security Force (BSF) on the controversial area.

Tensions between both states flared up last month when some huts on the border were allegedly burnt by miscreants. In the violence that followed many people from both sides were harmed.

Manipur by-poll results updates: Vote-counting in 4 Assembly Seats Begins; 11 Candidates in Fray*

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Manipur by-poll results updates: Vote-counting in 4 Assembly Seats Begins; 11 Candidates in Fray*

Manipur, 10th November: The counting of votes for the Manipur assembly by-poll election began on Tuesday, alongside that of Bihar assembly polls, amid the hectic task of maintaining strict Covid-19 guidelines. The by-polls to four Assembly constituencies in Manipur, where a total of 11 candidates battled it out on Saturday, were concluded peacefully with a high voter turnout of 92.54 percent.

The by-polls in Manipur were prompted after four Congress MLAs resigned from the Assembly and joined the ruling BJP. The four assembly constituencies that went to the polls in Manipur are Wangoi, Lilong, Wangjing Tentha, and Saitu.

Manipur by-poll results LIVE updates

Wangoi Assembly Constituency:

  • In Wangoi seat, the National People’s Party (NPP), a partner of the BJP-led ruling coalition in the state, has fielded its candidate against the Congress and the saffron party.
  • BJP candidate Oinam Lukhoi Singh leading
  • Indian National Congress candidate Salam Joy leading.
  • This is one of the five-seat(s) in the state of Manipur where by-elections are being held. Bypolls for Wangoi was conducted along with the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections.

There are three candidates contesting in the 2020 by-polls for the Wangoi seat. This is the general constituency. Full list of candidates contesting from Wangoi constituency: Oinam Lukhoi Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party), Salam Joy Singh (Indian National Congress), Khuraijam Loken Singh (National People’s Party)

Wangjing Tentha Assembly Constituency:

  • Moirangthem Hemanta Singh (Indian National Congress) is leading.

This is one of the five-seat(s) in the state of Manipur where by-elections are being held. Bypolls for Wangjing Tentha was conducted along with the 2020 Bihar Assembly.

Manipur by-poll results updates
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There are three candidates contesting in the 2020 by-polls for the Wangjing Tentha seat. This is the General constituency. Full list of candidates contesting from Wangjing Tentha constituency: Paonam Brojen Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party), Moirangthem Hemanta Singh (Indian National Congress), Sarangthem Manaobi (Independent)

Lilong Assembly Constituency:

  • Y Antas Khan Independent candidate is leading.

This is one of the five-seat(s) in the state of Manipur where by-elections are being held. Bypolls for Lilong was conducted along with the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections.

There are three candidates contesting in 2020 by-polls for the Lilong seat. This is the general constituency. Full list of candidates contesting from Lilong constituency: Md Azizul Haque Khan (Indian National Congress), Y Antas Khan (Independent), Mohd Abdul Nasir (Independent).

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