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‘Video
conferencing
cells’ in state
jails soon
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SHILLONG, APR 24: The
State government would
soon introduce ‘video conferencing cells’ in all its
jails, so that inmates
need not be taken to the
court for hearings.
“Very soon video conferencing cells will be introduced in all the jails of the
state,” a senior police official said here.
With the new technology
being put in place, under
trial prisoners (UTPs) will
no longer have to be taken out from the jails for
production before the
court, ” he added.
Usually, the jail authorities in the state have to
take the UTPs to the court
for hearings, which sometime is a matter of risk and
concern when it comes to
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Iran ships 'turn
back' from Yemen as
fighting rages
SHILLONG ! SATURDAY ! APRIL 25, 2015
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SHILLONG, APR 24: State’s
criminal investigation department (CID) on Friday submitted
its ‘charge-sheet’ against 11 officials of the disbanded Chandra
Mohan Jha (CMJ) University before the Court for its alleged irregularities including issuing of
fake degrees.
The charge-sheet was submitted before the court of the Chief
Judicial magistrate (CJM) by the
investigation officer (IO) S
Thamar. This has ended the
nearly two years of investigation
carried out by the CID.
“We have submitted our
charge-sheet on the case before
the court,” Thamar said adding
“Now framing of charges will be
done by the court.”
The CMJ University had hit headlines two year ago after then
Meghalaya governor Ranjit
Shekhar Mooshahary, who was
also visitor of the private university, brought to light the alleged irregularities in the functioning of
the varsity.
Mooshahary had alleged that
there were several anomalies in
relation to the functioning of the
private university. He cited “mismanagement, maladministration, indiscipline and failure” in
accomplishing the objectives of
the university.
Informing that 11 officials have
been named in the chargsheet
submitted to court, Thamar however refused to divulge the details about them.
The university had allegedly
awarded Ph.D. degrees to 434
students and enrolled 490 students for the Ph.D. programme
during 2012-2013.
An FIR was also lodged against
the university on April 26, 2013.
Following the complaint, a police
case was registered with the CID
police station (case No. 2 (4)
2013 under Sections 420/406/
466 of the IPC) which relates to
‘breach of trust’ and ‘forgery’.
After an intensive investigation,
the chancellor of the University,
Chandra Mohan Jha, his wife
Indurani Jha, his two sons
Govind Jha and Gopal Jha were
arrested.
Jha, who was the university’s
“chancellor”, was arrested in
Bihar during the Lok Sabha polls
in April 2014, but granted bail by
the high court in June 2014.
The others arrested by the CID
include the varsity's registrar,
Mrinal Kanti Deb, and his deputy
Premlal Rai, Human Resource
Manager Juban Kharpuri, Apex elearning Banglore, Dhanwant
Singh Matharooon and Tilok Das
Gupta on charges of fraud and
cheating.
Terming the case as a major
achievement for the Meghalaya
police, Thamar said, “This is a
very important for CID department in Meghalaya because from
this case we can prove to the
world that we are capable enough
to carry out investigation in whatever complexities that are there.”
He also said that with the
completion of this investigation,
he hoped that those who have
been cheated and affected by this
university will get justice.
Meanwhile, besides the
charge-sheet, the evidences
which include 4000 odd fake
GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU
Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma flanked by Dy C M
Rowell Lyngdoh, Social Welfare Minister Deborah C
Marak, Chief Secretary P B O Warjri and Add Chief
Secretary K S Kropha at an interaction programme
organized by the West Garo Hills District Administration, on Friday. Guardian Photo
GCCM backs demands
for increase of reservation
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SHILLONG, APR 24: The
Grand Council of Chiefs of
Meghalaya (GCCM) has
extended support to the
demands for increase of
reservation by the Tribal
Joint Action Committee,
comprising
12 tribal
groups in Telengana State
at a national seminar held
at Ravindra Bharati, Hyderabad.
The seminar was also
attended by the Tamil
Nadu Tribal Peoples Federation and others under
National Tribal Council of
India.
During the seminar to
discuss on the demand,
GCCM Chairman, John F
Kharshiing proposed the
need to have a joint petition of all Scheduled
Tribes be sent to President of India and Prime
Minister of India on the
Amendment of Article 338
& 338 A - to ensure reports
from NCST and NCSC
and the Action taken reports are placed before
Parliament within a timeframe of nine months.
He also urged the need
to urgently notify, issue ordinance and constitute
separate ST Commissions in a number of
States, the need to
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participated by Deputy
Chief Minister Rowell Lyngdoh, Minister for Social
Welfare Deborah Marak,
State Chief Secretary P B
O Warjri, Additional Chief
Secretary, K S Kropha,
Chief Executive Member,
Chairman and other
members of the GHADC,
members of the Council
of Nokmas, officials of
Law and District Council
Affairs department, besides the MLAs, Nokmas,
local traditional heads
and members of the civil
Some of the documents and files which were seized from CMJ
campus at Shillong and Jorabat by the state CID, before they
were ferried in five trucks to the premises of Court after chargesheet was submitted on Friday. Guardian photograph
thesis which were seized by the
These seized thesis and other
CID sleuths were also taken to
incriminating equipments were
the Court premises in more than
also handed to the Prosecuting
five trucks today.
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society organizations.
Earlier, the same exercise was also held in
Shillong for the traditional
heads and bodies of Khasi and Jaintia Hills which
culminated in constitution
of a committee headed by
D D Lapang, Chief Adviser to the State Government.
Presiding over the deliberations, the Chief Minister said that this was a crucial and important step to
have a productive
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TINSUKIA, APR 24: Seven members of a Bihu dance performing troupe were killed and 13 others seriously injured when a mini-bus in which they were travelling collided with a dumper in upper Assam's Tinsukia district today.
The troupe were returning after performing at a Bihu cultural function when their mini-bus collided with the dumper at the entry point of Digboi town killing five on the spot,
while two others succumbed to their injuries in the hospital, district administration officials said.
The injured were admitted to Tinsukia Civil Hospital and
Assam Medical College Hospital in neighbouring Dibrugarh district, police sources said. Six of the deceased
have been identified as Dipika Moran (16), Annie Moran
(18), Akash Pratim Sarma (21), Biswajit Chetia (23), Sanjib Sakhab (20) and Khagen Das (21). Agencies
ently lodged in the jail. Sources informed that
the inmates have skipped breakfast, lunch
and dinner as a mark of protest, insisting that
quality food be provided besides other facilities. Some of the inmates who were produced
before the court attended the hearing without
having any food.
However, it was only after the intervention by
the Director General (DG) BL Buam — holding temporary charge of Prisons — into the
matter, that the inmates agreed to withdraw
their hunger strike today.
“The matter was resolved and the inmates
have started taking their food,” the official of
the jail informed.
Meanwhile, the Director General said that
the entire episode of hunger strike launched
by the inmates is directly linked to seizure of
three mobile phones during a checking drive
WWI photos of Indian troops at Gallipoli battle
NEW DELHI, APR 24: An image
of a Sikh soldier holding an ingenious ‘Jam Tin bomb,’ a cannister stuffed with shrapnel and explosives, at Gallipoli battlefield in
Turkey is part of two photo exhibitions that document lives and
contributions of soldiers from
Australia, New Zealand and India
in World War I.
The exhibitions opened here today pay tribute to the centenary of
Gallipoli Landings on April 25,
1915 - and 100 years of shared
military co-operation between the
three countries.
According to Australian High
Commissioner to India Patrick
Suckling, more than 5000 Indian
soldiers were either killed or
wounded in the Gallipoli battlefield. They fought with allied
troops including those from Australia and New Zealand, known
as Anzac troops, Canada, and
France and Britain. Australian war
historian Peter Stanley and
Squadron Leader (Retd) Rana T
S Chhina from United Service Institution (USI) teamed up to cu-
7 killed, 13 injured in
Assam road mishap
Jail inmates stage hunger-strike over food
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rate the first exhibition titled “Indians and Anzacs” that sources archival material from the the three
countries.
tive efforts and sacrifice and provide a poignant glimpse of shared
experiences and relationships
forged on battlefield,” New
Indian Sikh soldiers watching Turkish prisoners in a compound,
Gallipoli, Turkey, August 7, 1915. The compound was just across a
gully from the rear headquarters of the 1st Australian Division.
“New Zealanders, Indians and
Australians were at forefront of
the Gallipoli landings, 100 years
ago this year. These exhibitions
commemorate the troops’ collec-
Zealand High Commissioner to
India Grahame Morton said.
The ingenuity of the soldiers
have been depicted in the photographs, such as the “Jam Tin
10 injured as
bus collides
with truck
SHILLONG, APR 24:Ten
persons including a woman and a child were injured when a Silcharbound bus collided with a
truck at the Shillong bypass in Meghalaya's RiBhoi Hills district, the police said.
The incident took place
at Dwarksuid area in the
district at around noon today, they said. Drivers of
both the vehicles were seriously injured and were
admitted to the NEIGRIHMS at Mawdiangdiang
near here, a senior district
police officer said.
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" Protest linked to seizure of cell phones, authorities allege
SHILLONG, APR 24: Inmates lodged in the
Shillong District Jail staged a hunger-strike
due to alleged ‘poor quality of food’ served by
the jail authorities. The protest was, however,
found to be linked with a recent recovery of
mobile phones after a frisk was conducted.
The inmates had refused to cooperate by
not taking the food served to them since
Thursday, an official of the jail said here this
morning.
“They (inmates) have expressed dissatisfaction on the quality of food provided by the
jail authority,” sources said.
The jail serves mixed vegetables to the inmates with meat is being served at least twice
in a week.
There are more than 380 inmates, both under trial prisoners (UTPs) and convicted pres-
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CID files chargesheet against 11 CMJ officials
CM, Nokmas in move to empower traditional bodies
SHILLONG, APR 24: The
Nokmas and local traditional heads of Garo Hills
had an in depth interaction and deliberations with
the Chief Minister Mukul
Sangma in connection
with the move to institutionalize and empower
the traditional bodies here
at SMELC Building, Dakopre on Friday.
The interaction programme organized by the
West Garo Hills District
Administration was also
11
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Delhi Police
refuses to share
details with DM
bomber”, a silver replica of which
was gifted to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi by his counterpart
in Australia during his visit there.
To tide over insufficient supplies
in Gallipoli, the soldiers made
weapons and equipment from the
items they found around them.
Grenades were fashioned by filling old tins with explosives and
pieces of shrapnel including
nails, small pieces of shells and
cut up scraps of barbed wire. The
second exhibition, “Camera on
Gallipoli” developed by Australian
War Memorial, features photographs of the campaign taken by
Sir Charles Ryan, who served as
a surgeon in the feat along with
several other wars that Australia
participated in. His photographs
capture the nuances of the daily
lives of the soldiers.
While in some pictures they are
photographed having meals, in
others they are caught in action,
at the fire step in the Anzac front
line. The ready and rough facilities, like that of the “timber and
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inside the jail.
“A GNLA cadre had also given a mobile phone
to the officials and claimed that he had paid
Rs 5000 to Phrangsngi Kyndiah, a jail warden, who was arrested and discharged from
service about two weeks ago,” Buam told reporters here. He however revealed that the
move was instigated by the ringleader of a
group of six to 10 inmates who started raising issues like lack of water supply and the
right to keep Rs 100 in their person inside the
jail.
“Since this is absolutely against jail manual
rules, we have refused their requests,” he
said.On alleged poor quality of food, the senior police official refuted by saying: ‘By and
large, food quality is alright’ adding, “We ensure that the calorific requirements for inmates is as per the jail manual.
‘N-E not under
threat of
swine flu’
GUARDIAN NEWS BUREAU
SHILLONG, APR 24: Allaying fears of spread of
swine flu in the north eastern states, Union Health
Ministry Addl DG Dr Ashok
Kumar termed a ‘myth’ the
rumours that swine flu
would spread in the Northeast, citing that the airborne influenza virus
H1N1 usually spreads
faster in overcrowded and
more polluted metros.
“It is a myth that swine
flu will spread in the north
east. In the north east, the
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TODAY’S EDITORIAL
Politics Over
‘Beef Ban’