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Zubeen Garg Attacked and threatened by goons; main accused on the run

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Zubeen Garg Attacked and threatened by goons; main accused on the run

Guwahati, Aug 13: Renowned Assamese singer, Zubeen Garg has filed an FIR at the Dispur Police Station alleging attack and abuse by miscreants in Guwahati, on Thursday while travelling back home.

As he reports in the First Information Report, the incident took place at 12.40 am on Thursday night. Garg was returning home from a studio when a car overtook his, with six people near the Ganeshmandir area. These people were drunk, had beer bottles in their hand and they allegedly manhandled Garg with the bottles.

“They (the accused) used abusive language and made derogatory remarks against me. They had beer bottles in their hands. They used unparliamentary words when I tried to defend myself,” he said in the FIR.

One of the main accused, Hirok Rajbongshi is purportedly on a run.

Guwahati Police Commissioner MP Gupta, on Thursday, informed that the matter will be thoroughly investigated and all the accused will be arrested soon.

Commenting on the incident, Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “We condemn the attack. We have instructed the police commissioner to take necessary action.“

Zubeen Garg had been very vocal against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and was recently appointed as the Assam Agricultural Ministry’s brand ambassador, which brought a lot hate his way.

Know the latest COVID situation in Northeast

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Know the latest COVID situation in Northeast

COVID19 statewide update:

Assam: Assam is currently the most affected COVID state in the northeast. With the biggest single-day surge of 4,593 cases, Assam’s COVID tally nears 70,000 with 23,762 active cases. 1.43 lakh tests were taken in the state on Wednesday and the positivity rate was 3.2%. There is a huge spike in the number of cases in Jorhat since the past 24 hours. The death figure has increased to 155. Currently, Assam is only enforcing lockdown on weekends and daily night curfews. However, new restrictions are predicted to commence from Sunday.

Arunachal Pradesh: 103 fresh covid cases have been reported since Wednesday out of which 36 are CPMF personnel from Lohit. Total number of cases have risen to 2544 with 846 active ones. 1684 patients have recovered and there have been 3 deaths till now.

It has been made compulsory for legislators, staffs and security personnels of the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly to take COVID tests from August 27. The Health Department will make arrangements in the premises of the House to conduct Rapid Antigen Tests for MLAs, Assembly secretariat staff and security guards.

Mizoram: 3 people have tested positive in the past 24 hours taking the state’s tally to 649. There are 319 active cases as of now and 330 patients have recovered. To ramp up the Covid-19 testing ratio, the government has decided to purchase 10,000 RAT kits. A total lockdown has been announced in Aizawl.

Manipur: Lockdown has been extended in Northeast state of Tripura due to COVID, to August 15. One patient has died yesterday with the death toll touching 12. The total number of confirmed cases is now 3,941 with 1,774 active cases. 100 bedded Covid Care Centres have opened in Thoubal district. Imported sanitisers worth Rs. 1.66 crore were seized and 3 were arrested.

Nagaland: 50 new covid cases since Wednesday raise the total number of confirmed cases to 3168 and active cases to 2047. 1113 patients have recovered till now and 8 people have died out of it. Among new cases, 20 are from the armed forces, 28 are through traced contacts and two are returnees from Kohima.

Tripura: A 3-days-old baby dies after swab collection for COVID test in Tripura. The family members blame the negligence of the health workers and doctors who were on duty.

With 182 new fresh cases in the past 24 hours, Tripura reaches 6,497 confirmed cases today with 1,688 active cases. With 110 recoveries recorded yesterday, the total recovery number reaches 4,766. It has caused the death of 44 people till now. The highest number of cases have been reported from Sepahijala.

Sikkim: 17 people have tested positive since yesterday out of which 12 are army personnel.

The total number of cases have risen to 1,071 with 390 active cases. 16 people have recovered in the past 24 hours, so the recovery number has risen to 390. There has been one death till now.

Meghalaya: 37 new covid cases have been reported in the past 24 hours including an inspector of CBI and a doctor. Currently there are 658 active cases and the recovery tally is 527 after 7 people recovered yesterday. 6 people have deceased to it as of now. Orders have been passed by the government to conduct Rapid Antigen Tests in vulnerable areas.

Independence Day preparation in full swing maintaining safety protocols

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Independence Day preparation in full swing maintaining safety protocols

India, August 14: Preparation for the Independence Day celebrations in the Assam state Capital has been curbed in a lot of ways, due to the prevailing pandemic situation in the state. The venue has been shifted from the usual Veterinary Playground to the Judges Field as the former now houses a COVID Care Centre.

According to the Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Dr M. Angamuthu ‘s statement, the event will start at 9 am with the unfurling of the National Flag. The National Anthem will be played post that and the Chief Minister’s speech will follow.

The march-past will not include the participation of students, NCC, Cadets, scouts or guides, this year however, owing to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Following Covid-19 safety protocols, the number of invitees have to be one-third of the total seating capacity of the venue. The seating will also be arranged according to the social distancing norms. The invitees and officials are supposed to follow all the precautionary measures, like wearing masks and proper sanitization. Lunch, high tea and arrangement for other refreshments will not be made for the event. The invitees will mostly consist of front line COVID workers that will include doctors, health and sanitization workers along with a few COVID survivors.

Although the award ceremony has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 situation, the names of the awardees will be announced and the awards will be later handed over to them or their families at their respective homes.

Entering and leaving the venue will also entail special protocols to avoid clustering of people, as practised in the Preparation for the Independence Day.

The cutest tiger cubs are here at Bengal Safari Park in Siliguri

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The cutest tiger cubs are here at Bengal Safari Park in Siliguri

Siliguri, August 13: Bengal Safari Park of Siliguri gets 3 healthy Royal Bengal cubs born to a tigress named Sheila. The happiness came after 3 months and 11 days of pregnancy when the 3 were finally welcomed at the Park.

“3 tiger cubs are born in our Bengal Safari. Their mother’s name is Shiela and their father’s name is Beeman. Shiela is fit me and the three cubs are also drinking milk. With these three cubs, we are now having a total population of 7 tigers in our Bengal Safari“, said the DFO Dharam Dio Rai.

The incident took place on the morning of August 12. The tigress gave birth to 3 healthy cubs for the second time in the Bengal Safari Park at Salgua attached to Siliguri.

The DFO added that the sex of the newborn cubs has not yet been detected and that they will inform as soon as they find out.

According to the information given by the Bengal Safari Management, the time of the birth of the cubs is between 4 am to 7 am.

It is reported that the children are healthy and fine and the doctors of Bengal Safari are in charge of their case.

10,000 RAT Kits to be purchased to increase COVID testing ratio

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10,000 RAT Kits to be purchased to increase COVID testing ratio

Aizawl, August 13: Mizoram government will purchase 10,000 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kits to boost the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity.

In a meeting on Wednesday, Chief Minister Zoramthanga addressed top officials, NGOs, churches and doctors about the purchase of the COVID RAT kits.

He informed that precautionary and preventive measures shall have to be taken to prevent the community transmission of the virus and ensure people’s safety amid the pandemic situation prevailing in the state.

Zoramthanga went on to talk about maintaining social distancing whenever there is a possibility of people gathering. It was also agreed in the meeting to execute all the safety protocols as mentioned by government guidelines with more vigilance. According to a government order issued on July 31, social gatherings like marriages and funerals can not have more than 50 attendees. Any such occasion shall have to be held in a church or a community hall, not private residences so as to ensure that social distancing and safety guidelines are being maintained. The traditional congregational service to mourn the death (“Zaikhawm“) will not be held in funerals.

The meeting also reached a decision to frame the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for frontline workers with utmost importance and using building infrastructures owned by churches as care centres or hospitals to treat infected patients in order to ease the crunch in government facilities in case there is a community spread.

Health Minister, Dr R. Lalthangliana also attended the meeting. With 25 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the state’s caseload rises to 648 with 318 active cases. 330 people have already recovered.

Meanwhile, the Mizoram government has declared compulsory Rapid Antigen Tests to be conducted before entering the state after 53 trucks drivers and their helpers who came from outside were tested positive.

According to the state health department, 2.60% of the people have tested positive from 24,895 samples that have been collected till now. The recovery rate is 50.91% and the number of active patients is at 49% of the total cases. The first case was reported on May 24 and there have been no deaths reported so far.

Assam: 28 people attended in a marriage party tested positive for COVID-19

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Assam: 28 people attended in a marriage party tested positive for COVID-19

Guwahati, August 12: A marriage party of Assam’s Biswanath district has now become a breeding ground of COVID-19 after at least 28 people who attended the wedding party have tested positive for the new virus.

According to the reports, defying all government orders, social distancing norms, around 500 people were attended a marriage function held at Uttar Maral village in the northern Assam district on August 5 last.

28 persons who have attended the party have tested positive for COVID-19 and the district administration has now tried to find out the other persons who were also attended the marriage party.

“We are now trying to find out other persons details. Health teams are engaged for it,” a top official of the district administration said.

Assam has so far reported 64,406 positive cases for COVID-19 and out of the 45,073 patients have discharged from hospitals.

The state has registered 2669 positive cases for the novel Coronavirus in the last 24 hours and 115 people died due to the new virus infections so far.

The state has now 19,175 COVID-19 positive cases.

No network in Nagaland village students travel 3-4 km to appear for online exam

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No network in Nagaland village students travel 3-4 km to appear for online exam

Kohima, August 12: Every morning, 14-year-old Libo M Zhimo – a student of Class 8 in Nagaland Zunheboto districts have taken a 30-40 minutes ride to reach a camp located inside a dense forest nearby her village to attend online classes.

She is travelling 3-4 km of hilly area to reach the camp every day.

Not only Libo M Zhimo – 38 other students of her village, have travelled the camp every day to attend online classes.

Tsuru – a remote village in Nagaland’s Zunheboto district which is dominated by Naga Sumi community people, is located about 65 km away from Zunheboto town.

Nagaland village

The special camp which is set up by Tsuruhu village students’ union inside the dense forest due to lack of proper mobile network.

The Nagaland village students’ union has made a temporary tent by using bamboo, tarpaulin inside the dense forest where mobile network signals have been available which somehow suitable for online classes and examinations for the student.

By sitting on a wooden bench in the temporary tent the students are attending their classes and examinations and it is continued in the last three weeks.

This particular spot is the only are in Tsuruhu village where the mobile network connectivity is available.

Nagaland village

The nearest mobile network tower is located at Gokhuvi village which is about 15 km away from Tsuruhu village and located on the other side of the hill.

The students from Class 3 to Class 9 are the ones who have appeared for their online examinations in the camp.

Libo M Zhimo – a student of Class 8 of St. Anthony school said that, every morning they have to use half an hour to reach the camp which is located inside the dense forest.

“It is the only spot where mobile network connectivity is available. We don’t have enough smartphones, but the students’ union is helping us to continue our online classes and examinations,” Libo M Zhimo said.

In view of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic situation, the government has closed all educational institutions, but the school-college authorities have continued online classes-examinations to help the students.

Zuka Y Zhimomi – president of Tsuruhu village said that, that particular spot inside the dense forest is the only area of his village where mobile network connectivity is available.

Nagaland village

“We have only three smartphones entire the village. It is very difficult, but we have done it for our students. 39 students of different schools, colleges have attended the online classes and also appeared online examinations. We are trying our best to help our students and collect study materials. We have used to walk miles every day to reach the camp. We request the government to look into the matter,” Zhimomi said.

With nearly 250 population Tsuruhu village has only a government primary school.

The students of the village have to go Zunhebeto or Dimapur – about 60-70 km away from Tsuruhu, to enrol in high school and college.

Nagaland has so far reported 3031 positive cases for COVID-19 and 973 patients have discharged from hospitals and eight patients died.

The state has now 2047 active COVID-19 positive cases.

After nine-hour grill at ED, Rhea Chakraborty opposes CBI probe

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After nine-hour grill at ED, Rhea Chakraborty opposes CBI probe

August 12: Rhea Chakraborty was questioned for the second time for over nine hours by the Enforcement Directorate regarding the Sushant Singh Rajput case, on Monday. Mitu Singh, Siddharth Pithani have been summoned for enquiry today.

Central Bureau of Intelligence (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) are currently looking into the case. The major suspects in the case- Rhea Chakraborty, Showik Chakraborty and their father, Indrajit Chakraborty have been called for an enquiry at the ED, more than once.

On Monday, the three major suspects were questioned for about 9 hours. Their statements were recorded regarding the financial mismatch in the case. Rhea’s brother, Showik Chakraborty has been questioned about the Rs. 15 crore money transfer from Sushant Singh’s bank account and the business they shared.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister, Mitu Singh, his friend Siddharth Pithani and Rhea’s manager, Shruti Modi were also been summoned by the ED for an enquiry on Tuesday. Sushant’s father, K.K. Singh and sister, Rani Singh have already recorded their statements with the CBI.

In other news, Rhea has filed an affidavit to the Supreme Court complaining against the ‘unfair media trial’.  She said, “The issue is blown out of proportion in (the) media. Media channels are examining and cross-examining all the witnesses in the case. Petitioner has already been convicted by the media even before foul play in the death of Sushant Singh Rajput is established”, in her affidavit.

Her statement to the Supreme Court also included her fears of becoming a “scapegoat of political agendas” and she has pleaded to the court to protect her against “extreme trauma and infringement of privacy“. Rhea cited examples from the ‘Talwar’ case and the ‘2G scam’ where the media had convicted the accused but they were later found innocent.

Rhea further went on to oppose the CBI investigation in this case and justified her statement by mentioning that a CBI probe can only be initiated by the state government within which the alleged crime happened or if it is assigned the case by the High Court or Supreme Court. Rhea, who herself had pleaded to the Home Minister asking for a CBI investigation is now labelling the interference of the agency as “totally illegal”.

Janmashtami – The birth of Lord Krishna

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Janmashtami – The birth of Lord Krishna

Northeast India, August 11: Janmashtami is a festival that is celebrated on the occasion of the birth of Lord Krishna every year. In the Northeast, the festival is celebrated with much pom and gaiety. Iskon temple of Assam is one of the famous venues for the celebration of Janmashtami. It is celebrated in a span of 4 days.

The prime highlight of the ceremony is the Abhishekam ritual whereas other programmes include Jhulan Seva, palki yatra, Naam Jaap, Chappan Bhog and Heritage Festival. The boat race held in Nalbari is another attraction of the Janmashtami celebration in Assam.

In Manipur, the devotees worship not only Krishna but also Radha. According to the history of Manipur, Kyamaba the king of Manipur had received an image of Vishnu chakra as a gift around the 1470s and since then the tradition of Vishnu worship began in Manipur.

On this day the people of Manipur witness the Raas Leela performance. The Raas Leela is performed in Manipur dance tradition. The Manipur dance tradition is particularly known for its Hindu-Vaishnavism themes which are a part of the Janmashtami celebrations in these regions.

Rapid antigen tests made compulsory for passengers in Mizoram 

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Rapid antigen tests made compulsory for passengers in Mizoram 

Mizoram, August 11: Rapid antigen tests have been made compulsory for all drivers and passengers crossing the Vairengte Checkgate which marks the border between Assam and Mizoram from 10th August.

Dr H. Lalthlangliana, Deputy Commissioner of the Kolasib district in Mizoram announced that a COVID screening system has been set up at the Checkgate to monitor the Rapid Antigen tests of the passengers entering the state.

With the state crossing 600 active cases, this measure has been taken as a preventive measure to contain the spread of Covid-19.

The Deputy Commissioner visited the point and met the duty personnel and the medical team. He briefed them about the precautions that are to be taken during the process of screening and tests.

The Kolasib DC was informed by Dr Lalhimpuia and the Chief Medical Officer, Kolasib that additional people had been appointed to take swab samples at the screening point. The road to Bairabi-Saphai will remain closed until further notice.

The DC further declared that from Monday all drivers and passengers will have to take the test and they will be allowed to proceed with their journey only if the test result is negative. This applies to both civil and army personnel. Once tested negative, a sticker or banner will be put up on the vehicle to indicate the same. In case the test result is positive, the owner of the vehicle/driver/passenger will be detained.

The vehicle will be sanitised and arrangements will be made to further transport it. Proper care of the Covid-19 patients will be taken by the Medical Officer in Charge of Vairengte. The people who test negative will be required to follow a 14-hour quarantine mandate too.

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