2 VOL. XXVI NO. 133! RNI REGD. NO. 40948/90 SHILLONG ! TUESDAY ! MAY 19, 2015 Now, GNLA support to bandh GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU TURA, MAY 18: The two-day Garo Hills bandh from tomorrow called by a leastknown organization “All Achik Youth Federation (AAYF)” and already supported by National People’s Party (NPP) was today supported by banned Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA). The outfit warned the West Garo Hills district administration, which had issued a stern warning to government employees to attend office on the bandh days, for allegedly acting against interests of the (Garo) community. In a release sent by the joint publicity secretary of the outfit, Garo Mandei Ch Marak, the outfit stated that the bandh call was the need of the hour and asked for support of the people, asking them to look for the motive behind the call. The AAYF called "non-cooperation movement" and night blockade on May 19 and 20 in protest against repeated extension of the term of Congress-ruled Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC). “The bandh call is in favour of Garo Hills and its people and we support it,” said Marak. The outfit stated that it would stand by the bandh call by the AAYF as part of the Garo community. “We would urge and request the people to observe the bandh gracefully and hereby warn that the DCs and government servants not to go against the interest of the people especially the Garo sentiment,” threatened Marak. It may be mentioned that the “indefinite bandh” called by the GNLA since March 9 in Ampati, the constituency of chief minister Mukul Sangma, fizzled out with people defying it attending to offices and businesses after a few weeks amid time to time warning from the outfit that they were yet to withdraw the bandh " New KHADC EC GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU NONGSTOIN, 18: Two students of Seng Khasi College, Shillong died on the spot when the bike they were riding collided head on with a dumper truck at Wahlakhaw on Nongstoin-Shillong road around 3.30 pm today. The deceased students have been identified as Lapoiskhem Synrem (20) from Mawjrong, Sohra and Iaiborlang Thabah (18) from Sohioh village here. Police said the accident took place as the dumper (AS-25BC 1925) skidded off the road and ran over the bike. The truck driver was arrested. TODAY’S EDITORIAL Modi’s synergy with Mongolia CITY WEATHER Yesterday’s Recording Temperature Humidity Max 22.8 C Morning 75% Min 14.7 C Evening 96% Rainfall NIL Online edition: http://mg.glpublications.in Total Pages: 12 Rs. 5.00 " No outfit claimed responsibility for kidnapping of 70-year-old teacher Tura students rally for abducted teacher GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU TURA, MAY 18: The kidnapping of a 70-year-old teacher, Gaganendra Sanyal, on May 9 is fast turning out to be one of the talking points of the region. Sanyal, who was kidnapped from his house at gun point from in front of his family, is widely regarded for his contribution to the student community and his kidnapping has led to widespread appeals from various sections of society, across religions. Around 6,000 students from more than 30 schools from the town of Tura took part in what is one of the biggest rallies ever to take place in the Garo Hills region, all demanding and appealing for the safe release of the teacher they fondly remember as ‘Sir Sanyal’. The rally started from the Don Bosco School groun, where Sanyal was a teacher and ended at the Tura Parade Ground. Sanyal was an eminent educationist within the region and had also been awarded the GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU 2 students die in road mishap Federer, Sharapova wins in Rome Students take out a rally demanding for release of abducted teacher Gaganendra Sanyal in Tura on Monday. Guardian photo President’s and Governor’s Award Janaurius Sangma, the principal for his contribution to the teaching of Don Bosco School, where profession. Sanyal was a teacher. “He was also my teacher and we The rally was attended by school only have fond memories of Sir students as well as NGOs from Sanyal. The peace rally today is the town of Tura, including the not to demand but to appeal to the NESO, GSU, Bengalee Associaabductors of our teacher for his tion, Nepali Association among unconditional release,” said Fr others. No outfit from the region has taken responsibility for the kidnapping of the 70-year-old though sources revealed that talks are on between the family and abductors to seek a safe release of Sanyal. “He has been an architect of many a life of the Garo Hills region and was still contributing to another school when he was kidnapped from his house by four persons in front of his wife,” said the principal. A startling revelation has also come forth that some teachers are being demanded money from outfits on a monthly basis and had to comply to ensure their own safety. He further appealed for the safe release from captivity of the veteran teacher stating that his contribution itself should have been reason enough for those that have kidnapped him to release Sanyal. “We are a part of the rally today to appeal for the safe release of Sir Sanyal. Being a student of his, there are things that he did to change my (Contd. on P-10) India, Bangla to sign internet pact 3 defectors among list of EMs SHILLONG, MAY 18: Newly elected Chief Executive Member (CEM) of Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) Pynshngainlang N Syiem on Monday submitted the list of the executive members (EMs) of the new Executive Committee (EC) led by (Contd. on P-10) Boat crisis: Thailand arrests suspected trafficker a single farmer's ... " Two-day bandh begins in Garo Hills today 11Djokovic over-runs 10 travels abroad, 9 PMhasn't visited India, Korea sign revised DTAA Former KHADC CEM Adelbert Nongrum coming out from the place where he was holding his ongoing indefinite hunger strike, to appear before the High Court on Monday. Guardian Photo SHILLONG, MAY 18: India and Bangladesh would soon sign an agreement for internet connectivity through the ‘International-Gateway’ within this month, officials said here. “The internet connectivity through the International-Gateway would be signed hopefully sometime by May 27 onwards,” Chief General Manager Telecom (CGMT) NE-1 Circle DP Singh said on the sidelines of a function organised by the BSNL here on Monday. He informed that the high-level delegation from the BSNL head- quarters will be visiting Dhaka and they are likely to sign the agreement to ensure that this connectivity is in place. The senior telecom official further revealed that another proposal related to the ‘voice connectivity’ is also being proposed. “We have also proposed for voice connectivity from Agartala-DhakaKolkata,” Singh said while pointing out that the proposal has been lying in cold storage. According to him, this will ensure that the North East region is never disconnected from the mainland. Meanwhile, all the BSF outposts along the Indo-Bangla border of would soon be equipped with hightech optical fibre network to significantly improve the connectivity. “This scheme is under the planning phase and the survey has been done for connectivity,” Singh said while informing that everything has been compiled and send to government of India for approval. He said, “Once the money comes, the work will start happening” adding, “It will do wonders especially in the border areas in the sense that people (Contd. on P-10) Wife wants BNP leader's treatment in 'third country' GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU SHILLONG, MAY 18: Arrested Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) spokesperson Salahuddin Ahmed’s wife Hasina Ahmed, who met him the high security ward of the Civil Hospital here this evening said her husband required to be taken a “third country” for treatment. “My husband is very sick. We shall try through legal procedure to take him to some third country for better treatment,” Hasina said, corroborating her family members who had said that Ahmed’s health is deteriorating. Thanking the local government for providing shelter and treatment to her husband, she said they were yet to finalise on a counsel to assist the family in the court. Hasina was accompanied by BNP functionaries including party office secretary Abdul Latif Johny who had arrived earlier this week. Ahmed was admitted at the local hospital here since May 12 after his arrest for travelling without proper documents. (Contd. on P-10) Police begin ‘re-verification’ of ANVC-B cadres GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU TURA, MAY 18: Re-verification of cadres belonging to the now-disbanded Achik National Volunteer’s Council (ANVC) (Breakaway) began today in the Tura Police Station with 20 cadres of the outfit coming through the verification process. The re-verification which began after a meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is expected to be completed by June 15 to ensure that the rehabilitation package can be received by both former outfits ANVC and ANVC (B), at the earliest. The MHA had fixed until June 30 for completion of the re-verification process of the 303 armed cadres of the outfit. There had been a growing fear that the delay in the rehabilitation process may force some members of the disbanded outfit to go back to the jungles, completely derailing the efforts of the past ten years. Explaining the hardships faced by the disbanded group, the former vice chairman Panpan B Marak said, “Immediately after the disbanding, cadres of the outfit left for home in the hope of financial assistance to rebuild their lives. However, the process has been slow. There has been no support since the disband- ing and even coming and going from Tura has to be borne by us.” “There has been some confusion regarding the process after a file with details of our cadre list went missing. We hope this time things will work out for good and we will be able to move on with our lives,” said Marak. The outfit had earlier apologised and admitted that there may have been some anomalies. However the former chairman of the group, Bernard Marak had stated that the blame should not be put on them if all cadres are unable to appear once again due to problems with communication. Purno seeks BSNL 'favour' to win polls GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU SHILLONG, MAY 18: Member of Parliament (MP) from Tura Purno Agitok Sangma today underlined the need for more connectivity in the Northeast region and even jokingly asked the BSNL to help him win the polls by expanding the network. “Connectivity is important especially in a region like North East,” Sangma said while speaking at the Sanchar Seva Padak Award 2015 given to at least 26 employees of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) held in the city here on Monday. Stating that Northeast is sur- rounded by foreign countries and international borders, he said, en connectivity, the MP said due to the problem of connectivity, peo- “This area needs to be looked at differently.” Stressing the need to strength- ple of the state living along the International border are using mobile network from Bang- ladesh. Congratulating the efforts of government of India towards improving connectivity in the NE region, Sangma said, “The government and the BSNL have sanctioned up to Rs 5,300 crore for expanding the network connectivity in the region.” Underlining the growing demand of communication, the former Lok Sabha Speaker on lighter note said, “Thirty years ago when I was the member of Parliament, whenever we go to the people, I used to get lots of memoranda hundreds and thousands of (Contd. on P-10) GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU SHILLONG, MAY 18: The arrested Sordar of a village in East Khasi Hills district is likely to be released tomorrow, after he was sentenced to 20 days simple imprisonment for contempt of court. It was on April 30, Skhembor Khongjirem, Sordar of Wahkhen village (Contd. on P-10) Purno seeks end to 'illegal' extension to GHADC GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU Arrested BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed's wife Hasina after meeting the former at Shillong Hospital on Monday night. Guardian photo NOC ROW Sordar likely to be released today SHILLONG, MAY 18: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno Agitok Sangma today said the state government should impose Administrator’s Rule in the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC), since its term was extended in an "unconstitutional" manner. “We don’t find any justification in extending the tenure of the GHADC,” Sangma, also the national president of the National People’s Party (NPP) told The Meghalaya Guardian while extending full support to the bandh called by an NGO in Garo Hills region, demanding immediate holding of elections to the District Council. The bandh will start tomorrow. (Contd. on P-10)
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