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Meghalaya CM backs Gorkhaland demand writes to Centre 

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Meghalaya CM backs Gorkhaland demand writes to Centre 

Meghalaya, September 19: Meghalaya Chief Minister writes to Home Minister Amit Shah, supporting the demand for a separate state for the Gorkha community (Gorkhaland). He said, “the Gorkhas to are rightful Indian citizens who deserve to have their own identity and Bas Bhoomi(homeland).“

He talked about the contributions of Gorkha freedom fighter Durga Malla, members of constituent assembly Damber Singh and Ari Bahadur Gurung and Captain Ram Singh Thakuria, “A prominent Gorkha freedom fighter and musician who composed the music of the inspiring National Anthem.” He said that the Gorkhas have contributed immensely to the fabric of Indian society and they deserve to have an honourable and lasting political solution.

The letter was written on September 4 but made public on Tuesday by the NPP, an NDA constituent. The letter was made public when the monsoon session of Parliament was in progress and there were growing demands by NDA allies in Darjeeling for finding a “permanent political solution“.

The Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League(Pratap Khati camp) thanked Sangma for his letter. Sangma is the second Chief Minister to lend support to the Gorkhaland demand.

Villagers thrashed a man for raping a widow in Assam Nagaon district

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Villagers thrashed a man for raping a widow in Assam Nagaon district

Guwahati, September 19: A group of villagers had thrashed a man after he allegedly raped a widow in Assam Nagaon district.

The incident took place at Juria Jengoni area in the central Assam district.

According to the reports, the accused man identified as Khairul Islam who is a father of five children had allegedly lured a widow of the area to marry her and raped her since last a month.

The man also allegedly raped the daughter-in-law of the widow.

The victim woman had lodged an FIR against the person a week before, but Khairul was absconding.

On Friday, local villagers caught Khairul and thrashed him.

Later, villagers handed over the accused person to Assam Nagaon police.

The village headman of Juria Jengoni village said that, Khairul had lured the woman to marry her and allegedly raped her since last a month.

“We caught the accused person and handed over him to police,” the village headman said.

Assam: Adopt innovative and scientific approaches to tap market potential of bamboo

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Assam: Adopt innovative and scientific approaches to tap market potential of bamboo

Guwahati, September 18: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday urged the farmers and entrepreneurs of the state to tap the market potential of bamboo by adopting innovative and scientific approaches.

He said that the state government has already developed a roadmap to strengthen the state economy by giving priority to bamboo and cane sector.

Speaking at the celebration of World Bamboo Day organized by the State Bamboo Development Agency and Bamboo Technology Park, Chaygaon under the aegis of Industries and Commerce Department of the Government of Assam at Assam Administrative Staff College in Guwahati, the Assam Chief Minister also stressed on the need to focus on quality production and value addition of bamboo products.

Sonowal said that bamboo has always been a part and parcel of our social life. Though bamboo grows naturally in the State, it has never been considered from a business point of view earlier and said that progress in the field of science and technology has made people aware of its commercial viability.

Stating that global bamboo market is valued at more than USD 60 billion, Assam Chief Minister Sonowal urged the entrepreneurs to concentrate on producing bamboo items incorporating innovative ideas.

He said that the state could significantly gain from exporting bamboo products, which has tremendous demand globally.

He also observed that like Assam tea, Assam bamboo has huge potential to capture world market and asked the State Bamboo Development Agency officials to provide all support to farmers and bamboo entrepreneurs.

Sonowal further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi discovered the potential and possibilities of Assam and the northeast to be the growth engine of the country. 

He said that due to pro-active steps of the Prime Minister bamboo has now been classified as grass which was earlier categorized as forest product, thereby making production, transportation and marketing of bamboo and its products hassle-free.

Industries & Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary while speaking on the occasion said that State Bamboo Development Agency is working to realize the Chief Minister’s vision of doubling farmers’ income by producing quality bamboo and handholding bamboo entrepreneurs.

He said that tissue culture for production of good variety of bamboo has already been started and bamboo plantation in a massive scale would be taken up soon in the state.

The Industries Minister stated that bamboo has turned into green gold today and the state is working to tap the potential.

He also pointed out that the country’s two-third bamboo is produced by the northeastern states and out of this around 30% is produced in Assam. Moreover, with the commissioning of the bio-fuel plant at NRL, work for which has already begun, there will be a demand of 5 lakh MT bamboo in the State, he said adding that a roadmap is prepared so that bamboo waste can be utilized for economic benefit.

He also informed that the State Government has already signed an MoU with Flipkart to e-market handicrafts and bamboo products.

Kamesh Salam, during whose tenure as President of World Bamboo Organization in 2009, World Bamboo Day (WBD) was declared by the Thai Royal Forest Department on 18 September 2009 in Bangkok, in his speech said that bamboo industries are gradually moving out of China and there is a huge investment potential.

He said that most of the bamboo products found in different parts of India are produced from Assam bamboo. However, he observed that bamboo in Assam is not grown systematically and quality-wise it is not very good besides waste being around 80%. He urged the government to take steps for quality bamboo production to tap the potential available in this sector.

Chief Minister Sonowal on the occasion released a logo and inaugurated a website of the State Bamboo Development Agency besides interacting with bamboo farmers and entrepreneurs.

He also presented awards to winners of competitions held to mark the celebration of World Bamboo Day. 

Assam Bamboo Development Agency inked an MoU with Cycle Pure Agarbatti in the programme. CEO of the Agency Dimpy Bora made a presentation highlighting the Assam Bamboo & Cane Policy and various initiatives taken in this sector.

While Commissioner & Secretary of Industries & Commerce KK Dwivedi delivered the welcome address, the programme was also attended by PCCF AM Singh, vice-chairman of AIDC Jitu Talikdar, MD AIDC Oinam Saran Kumar Singh and other dignitaries.

Indian cattle smugglers nabbed by BSF along Indo-Bangladesh border 

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Indian cattle smugglers nabbed by BSF along Indo-Bangladesh border 

Shillong, September 18: After Lockdown, frequent seizures by the alert BSF troops indicate attempt of smuggling of cattle/FICN/contraband items at Indo-Bangladesh border are on increase.

Though desperation on the part of cattle smugglers is seen, as they are making very daring bids to cross over the cattle to Bangladesh but due to alert BSF troops they have not been successful.

On Friday, the vigilant BSF troops deployed at Mobile Check Post on Sonapur Bridge on NH-06 in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya intercepted cattle loaded trucks.

The BSF troops apprehended two Indian national along-with 97 cattle loaded in 3 trucks worth more than Rs 55 lakh.

These cattle were being smuggled from India to Bangladesh.  

Of late, cattle smugglers of both sides are trying to strengthen and augment their smuggling activities across the Indo-Bangladesh border.

Taking a proactive action, BSF troops deployed at the border have intensified their vigil to foil nefarious activities of smugglers.

The 444 km Indo-Bangladesh border with Meghalaya state interspersed with riverine, dense forests and hilly terrain provides ideal conditions for cattle smuggling.

The alert BSF troops are devotedly engaged in curbing this menace which post lockdown has suddenly increased in Meghalaya.

BSF has stepped up its special drive against the illegal intruders and has intensified its operations on the Indo-Bangladesh Border to prevent nefarious design of trans-border criminals to maintain tranquillity in bordering areas of Meghalaya.

IIT Guwahati Convocation to be held virtually on September 22

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IIT Guwahati Convocation to be held virtually on September 22

Guwahati, September 18: IIT Guwahati will host its 22nd Convocation virtually on September 22 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address the students as the Chief Guest.

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank Union Education Minister and Sanjay Dhotre Minister of State for Education will be the Guests of Honor.

Sarbananda Sonowal Chief Minister of Assam, will be the Special Guest.

Dr Rajiv I. Modi, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Guwahati, and Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati, will address the gathering during the event.

For the IIT Guwahati Convocation, to celebrate the graduate’s accomplishments online through virtual mode, the Institute has created a virtual reality-based award distribution where one can experience an avatar of the recipient of the award collecting a medal from Director’s own avatar surrogating him, from the comfort of their home.

The Institute has also created a photo-booth, with an option of different backgrounds, for students to take pictures at some selected locations on the campus.

IIT Guwahati’s faculty and students have developed a telepresence module for a virtual visit to the Institute.

COVID patient from Kerela who was sexually abused attempts suicide 

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COVID patient from Kerela who was sexually abused attempts suicide 

Kerela, September 18: The young COVID patient, who was sexually assaulted by an ambulance driver, tried to commit suicide at government medical college, Kottayam.

The hospital staff rescued her by breaking open the doors of the bathroom in the isolation ward where she tried to hang herself, according to regional media reports. The girl’s condition is stable. She has been kept under observation.

It was on September 5 that the young woman was sexually molested by the driver of a 108 ambulance while she was being taken to the COVID-19 first-line treatment centre at Panthalam. Noufal, the 28-year old ambulance driver, accused in a murder case, was arrested soon after the incident. He has been removed from the service.

After the assault, the girl was initially admitted to the government general hospital, Pathanamthitta. But, as she was under severe mental trauma and required counselling, she has been shifted to the Kottayam medical college.

The sexual assault of the COVID-19 patient in ambulance exposed the serious lapses from the part of health authorities in complying with the guidelines for shifting infected patients to the hospital. No healthcare workers accompanied the girl and another woman patient while being taken to the hospital.

They were sent along with the ambulance driver at night. The health department also faced strong criticism for recruiting a person with a criminal background as a 108 ambulance driver.

Downpour ravages properties in West Garo Hills

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Downpour ravages properties in West Garo Hills

Meghalaya, September 18: Over 1 lakh 20 thousand people have been affected due to a fresh flood that hit west Garo hills district.

Landslides, disrupting road communication, damaging properties and inundating have taken place in the low-lying areas of the region. While no loss of life has been reported from any part of the region so far, the downpour-triggered damage was mostly seen in the urban areas, particularly Tura, where the storm left in its wake landslides and mudslides in congested areas of the town. Over 40 villages have been affected as of now. The Samsung, Jinjiram and Ganol rivers are overflowing above the danger mark.

MLA Rangsakona rushed to Sankarigre village under Rerapara development block of Rangsakona in West Garo Hills to access the situation. The entire village accommodating about 100 households has gone underwater after heavy downpour since last night. The houses have been destroyed and the people are staying on the roads. They have set up cooking facilities there itself. The MLA has contacted the district administration for flood relief. The PHE is providing water supply to the people by sending tankers from time to time.

“Heavy rains have caused landslides in various places across the district. We have activated the Disaster Response teams and PWD (Roads) is already clearing roads,” said West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner, Ram Singh.

As the threat of more landslides in the areas of Hawakhana and Teteng A’ja still looms, citizens from the area have been advised to remain alert. The areas have already seen vital damage caused to houses, vehicles and other properties.

MES employees passing information to the Pakistani Military intelligence unit

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MES employees passing information to the Pakistani Military intelligence unit

September 18: In a case of spying, civilian employees of the Military Engineering Services (MES) from Rewari in Haryana was arrested for passing classified information to a Pakistani Military intelligence unit after getting honey-trapped on Facebook.

On September 16 (Wednesday), based on a specific input of Lucknow based Military Intelligence (MI), the Special Task Force (STF) of the Haryana Police arrested Mahesh Kumar. He was reportedly in touch with operatives of the Pakistani Military intelligence unit since the past two-and-a-half years and has received money from them on multiple occasions.

In June, the Lucknow MI received an input that user of a mobile number, used by Kumar, likely a Military Engineering Services (MES) employees posted in Rajasthan’s Jaipur, was sharing sensitive military information to a young woman associated with Pakistani MI in return for money. It was learnt that he addressed the Pakistani operative as “Madamji“. An operation code-named “Operation Madamji” was launched by the MI unit to identify the suspect and ascertain the veracity of the input.

The accused was identified as 28-year-old Mahesh Kumar, son of Rajendra Singh, a resident of Rewari and worked as civilian cleaning staff in MES Jaipur. He was friends friendship with at least three known and established Pakistani Intelligence Operative (PIO)-run Facebook accounts.

It was also learnt that Kumar had received at least two payments of Rs 5,000 each from his Pakistani handlers via Kerala. The payment module was very similar to what had surfaced in the Rajasthan based espionage case, ‘Op Desert Chase‘ wherein Vikas Kumar and Chiman Lal were arrested.

In the first week of September, Mahesh Kumar was found staying around Rewari and without losing any time, the case was shared with STF Haryana and a joint team of both the agencies started developing it further. A swift operation to apprehend and interrogate the suspect was planned for September 13-14. However, before the Lucknow MI could obtain desired sanctions and place a team near Rewari, the suspect suddenly moved out of Haryana.

Subsequently, STF Haryana indicated that the suspect is likely to visit Rewari again on September 16. Hence, a fresh apprehensions plan was worked out for Thursday or Friday (September 18) jointly. Jaipur-based MI unit also joined the investigation. After the arrival of the suspect at Rewari on Wednesday, the STF team learnt that he has plans to leave Haryana by afternoon.

During questioning Mahesh Kumar admitted to having come in contact with known PIO run-Facebook account in the name of ‘Harleen Gill‘ in July 2018, wherein he only had sent the friend request to the PIO-run account. They became friends on Facebook and used to communicate through text and audio/video chat on Facebook messenger. The account was run by a young woman, likely in her thirties who claimed to be working with Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (PCDA) office in Jalandhar. The PIO’s Facebook account (in name of ‘Harleen Gill’) subsequently got deactivated.

While several instructions and policies are being formulated and passed at regular interval by defence authorities for making all ranks get aware about the nuances of the Pakistani espionage network, it seems many are still getting carried away and still getting honey-trapped on social media by Pakistani agencies.

Viral Video: Incessant rains led to flash floods in Meghalaya

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Viral Video: Incessant rains led to flash floods in Meghalaya

Watch how Incessant rains led to flash floods in Meghalaya

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Incessant rains led to flash floods in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district. Due to the downpour three rivers of Garo Hills – Ganol, Simsang and Jinjiram are flowing above danger level mark and inundated many areas and affected more than 20,000 people.

Man beat up for selling beef, Assam Government to pay 1 Lakh

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Man beat up for selling beef, Assam Government to pay 1 Lakh

Assam, September 18: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered the Assam government to pay Rs.1 lakh to a person, who was beaten up by a mob for selling cooked beef at his tea stall in the Biswanath district.

The commission also took a serious note of the fact that neither the Chief Secretary replied to a slow-cause notice nor the Director-General of Police submitted the action taken report against the guilty police official in the case.

Shaukat Ali a 48-years-old man was thrashed by a mob and forced to eat cooked pork in front of a few policemen for selling beef at his tea stall at the Madhupur weekly market in Biswanath Chariali on April 7 last year.

A contactor of the market was also allegedly beaten up for allowing Ali to run the shop.

Consumption of beef id legal in Assam and the Assam Cattle above 14 years of age with a  proper certificate only by a veterinary officer if the area.

The victim was found insulted and disgraced on the basis of caste/religion, therefore, human rights of the victim were violated by collecting revenue by public servant i.e. profession tac collector illegally. Police have apprehended 15 persons and forwarded them to judicial custody.

The incident has come to light only after a video made by one of the perpetrators went viral in social media. The police registered a complaint from the victim’s brother Sahabuddin Ali.

Shaukat Ali was seen in the video attacked and asked by the mob whether he is Bangladesi as if his name figured in the complete draft of the National Register of Citizen (NCR).

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonawal gave orders to the DGP to nab all the culprits even as widespread condemnation poured in from across the state.

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