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IMPHAL FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER 2014
Don't blame me for non-appointment of
agriculture varsity VC: Qureshi
DEHRADUN, Oct 9: Taking strong exception to being publicly
blamed for the delay in non-appointment of Pant Nagar
Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor, Uttarakhand Governor
Aziz Qureshi today said it was not fair to hold him responsible for
this and made it clear that he will not succumb to any kind of
pressure exerted on him for making an appointment to the post.
Taking cognisance of some speakers at an agricultural fair
held on the varsity campus at Pant Nagar recently blaming him
for non-appointment of the VC, Qureshi said the words used
by them to criticise him were highly objectionable.
"It has been brought to my notice that some gentlemen who
spoke at the fair held me responsible for non-appointment of
the VC and criticised me in public in highly objectionable
words," the Governor said in a statement here without naming
anyone.
Admitting that he has not yet given his nod to any of the
panel of names proposed by the Search Committee constituted
for the purpose, he said some of the persons whose names
have been proposed for the post were trying to grab it through
"immoral means".
"This goes against the dignity of the office of the ViceChancellor.
I want to make it firmly clear that as long as I am the
Governor of Uttarakhand, I would succumb under no kind of
pressure for appointing a VC of the University," he said.
He also regretted the fact that his advice on the way the
Search Committee should be constituted has also not been
followed.
"I had advised that a high court judge, ICAR DG or
someone nominated by him and an internationally acclaimed
agricultural scientist should be on the search committee which
would propose a panel of three names for the post of VC but
the procedure has not been followed," he said.
He also mentioned that he had given the charge of the VC
of the varsity in the past to two former chief secretaries of the
state who had an untainted track record of administration.
JD(U)-RJD alliance won't last till Cyclone Hudhud: Odisha CM seeks help
Bihar Assembly polls: Paswan
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: Union
Food Minister Ram Vilas
Paswan on Thursday rubbished
the possibility of the JD(U)RJD alliance lasting till
Assembly Elections in Bihar
next year.
In a similar vein, he also
dismissed attempts to bring
together non-Congress and
non-BJP parties saying neither Mayawati and Mulayam
Singh Yadav nor the Left and
Trinamool Congress could
remain together.
"Lalu and Nitish cannot
fight together. They are not
going to remain together.
When the flood water comes
gushing down, snakes, scorpions and rats all climb
together on any tree and stay
there. They have come together due to the Narendra
Modi wave. But their unity is
not going to last."
"Most probably they will
fall apart by the time Assembly Elections are held. If
somehow they fight the polls
together, they will not remain
united after the polls,"
Paswan told a news agency
in an interview.
Paswan argued that when
BJP-Shiv Sena and Congress-NCP combines could
not fight the elections together
in Maharashtra, how can RJD
and JD(U), which have
fought each other bitterly for
10 years, remain together and
still meet the aspirations of
their respective party workers.
"You will see it when the
ticket distribution begins for
Assembly polls in Bihar next
year," he said.
The minister, whose Lok
Janshakti Party is an ally of
BJP in Bihar and had lost the
lone seat it contested badly to
JD(U)-RJD in Assembly by-
elections, stressed that the rival parties like JD(U), RJD
and Congress in Bihar 'panicked' after the Modi wave in
Lok Sabha polls, which saw
NDA winning 31 of 40 Lok
Sabha seats in the state.
Ram Vilas Paswan's son
and MP Chirag Paswan
maintained BJP, LJP and
RLSP, which had contested
the Lok Sabha polls together,
will fight the Assembly polls
together and the issue of
Chief Ministership will not be
a problem.
The LJP chief, who had
walked to shoulder to shoulder with Lalu Prasad, Sharad
Yadav and Nitish Kumar in
the socialist movement, also
scoffed at attempt to bring
together the splinter groups
of the old Janata Party and
the subsequent Janata Dal
saying "these efforts won't
succeed."
HRAEI elects new President
KOLKATA, Oct 9: Sudesh Poddar has been elected as President
of the Hotel & Restaurant Association of Eastern India (HRAEI)
with an overwhelming majority at the Annual General Meeting held
at The Park, Kolkata on 26th September 2014. Poddar is Managing
Director of Satya Hotels Pvt. Ltd. and Natraj Hotel & Resorts Pvt.
Ltd.
The Managing Committee has a new look with TS Walia
the President Designate for FHRAI, Mr. Pranav Singh as
Secretary General and Mr. Navin Suchanti of Sinclairs as the
Treasurer.
Established in 1961, HRAEI is the largest non-government, non-profit hospitality body in Eastern India. HRAEI is
the voice of Hoteliers & Restaurateurs in eastern India and the
main objective is to encourage, promote and protect the growth
of the hospitality Industry in the region. HRAEI provides an
interface between the Hospitality Industry, Administration,
Academics, International Associations and other Stakeholders.
HRAEI‘s membership encompasses a wide range of players
in the industry from the smallest Restaurants to the 5 star
deluxe hotels in the eastern states of West Bengal, Assam,
Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh,
Tripura, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Andaman & Nicobar
Islands.
According to Sudesh Poddar, ‘The eastern and north-eastern India and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands have immense
potential for growth of tourism. Our main focus in the current
year will be to work with the various state governments to
realize the potential of tourism in the region.’
Restrictions lifted from Bihar town
PATNA, Oct 9: Authorities on Thursday lifted restrictions
clamped on a Bihar town two days ago after communal tensions
eased there, officials said.
"We have lifted prohibitory orders under Section 144 (of
the Indian Penal Code) from Kishanganj town as the situation
is now fully under control," Kishanganj District Magistrate
Animesh Kumar Parashar said.
Section 144 of the Indian Penal Code forbidding assembly
of more than five people at one place was imposed Tuesday
following communal tension after the chopped head of a cow
was found near a temple.
The administration had imposed prohibitory orders in
Kishanganj town, about 400 km from here, to check communal tension, Parashar said.
"Additional security forces have been deployed at sensitive
places," he added.
Kishanganj is one of the most backward pockets of the
state with a high percentage of poverty, illiteracy and migration.
10 injured in clash over eve teasing
MUZAFFARNAGAR, Oct 9: At least 10 people were injured
when a clash broke out between two groups after members of one
group eve-teased a woman shopkeeper in Kidwainagar area here,
police said Thursday.
The incident took place yesterday when the woman was
eve-teased by few men and others objected to it. The clash
turned violent with the two groups using arms and bricks to
hurt each other, they said.
A case has been registered in this regard and the injured
were rushed to the hospital where their condition was stated
to be stable. Meanwhile, a 55-year-old man identified as
Mehboob was found murdered in the same locality.
Prima facie he was strangulated to death, police said adding, a case has been registered against two persons in this
connection on basis of the complaint filed by the victim's
family.
CBI pastes notices outside
Congress MLA's residence in UP
BAHRAICH, Oct 9: The CBI has pasted notices outside the
residence of Congress MLA from Payagpur Mukesh Srivastava
and his wife Pooja Srivastava, who had been declared absconding
by a CBI court in Ghaziabad.
Notices had been pasted outside the residence of MLA and
adjoining areas under Section 82 of the CrPC, said Sanjay
Dubey, Station House Officer, Payagpur.
According to the officer, firms in the name of MLA's wife
Pooja supplied medicines and equipment at a large scale under
National Rural Health Mission after which allegations of irregularities were levelled. In 2012, CBI lodged a case of
cheating, forgery, and criminal conspiracy against the MLA
and his wife.
If both the accused were not arrested or if they don't
surrender before the court within 15 days, the court could
order attachment of their property, he said.
Special judge (Anti Corruption) of CBI court Atul Kumar
Gupta had issued a warrant against the duo last month for not
appearing before the court.
18 yr old girl kidnapped and gang-raped
MEERUT, Oct 9: An 18-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped
and gang-raped for three days by two youths in the Parikshitgarh
area here, police said Thursday.
The incident took place on Wednesday when the victim
was going to a forest area with her brother.
The accused, identified as Sajid and Juber, kidnapped and
took her to a vacant house in Lohiya Nagar, where they raped
her for three days as well as filmed the act, according to a
complaint filed by the police.
Sajid has been arrested while search for Juber is on, police
said.
The victim was rescued by the police after she made a call
to her family from the mobile phone of one of the accused,
they said, adding, the family then informed the police.
The girl has been sent for medical examination, police said.
Satyen Das rides his rickshaw on a road in Kolkata. It took 68 days for Das to laboriously pedal his
rickety, self-remodeled bicycle rickshaw from the seaside Indian city of Kolkata to the roof of the
world - a 5,369-meter (17,600-foot) Himalayan pass.
Allahabad HC seeks report on
Samajwadi Party's convention
LUCKNOW, Oct 9: The
Allahabad
High
Court
Thursday sought a report from
Lucknow district magistrate on
whether necessary conditions
were fulfilled while granting
permission
for
ruling
Samajwadi Party's ongoing
national convention at a park
here.
A Lucknow bench of Justices V K Shukla and B K
Srivastava, which was hearing a plea seeking cancellation
of permission for the event at
Janeshwar Mishra park, however, refused to interfere on
the ground that the convention had already started
yesterday and would culminate tomorrow.
In its petition, local lawyer
Manendra Nath Rai submitted that the park was
categorised as an eco-garden
and alleged that there was
violation of terms and conditions
while
granting
permission for the event.
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He sought direction that
the October 4 order of the
DM granting permission to
organise the party's national
convention at the park be
quashed. He also prayed that
heavy fine be imposed on the
party and authorities as lakh
of people would assemble at
the convention site and disturb the ecology.
Advocate General Vijay
Bahadur Singh, however, argued that it was merely an
apprehension of the petitioner
that ecology would be disturbed. He said that the terms
and conditions were neither
violated nor were likely to be
violated.
The court sought a report
from Lucknow DM asking
whether terms and conditions
were fulfilled or not in the
grant of permission. It directed that the DM should
also produce video footage or
photographs as supporting
material.
GENERAL APPEAL
The Chiru Rem Baptist Churches Association is organizing
the First Women Conference from the 13th -16th Oct., 2014
at Kangchup Chiru Baptist Church. It is requested to all
concerned to pray for the success of the Conference without
any public restrictions.
Rev, R. Peter Chiru
Executive Secretary
The Chiru Rem Baptist Churches Association, Manipur
OFFICE OF THE
CHINGMEIRONG RONGMEI YOUTH CLUB (C.R.Y.C)
CONDOLENCE
The
Executive
Members
of
Chingmeirong Rongmei Youth Club
(CRYC) deeply condoled the sudden
demise of the Publicity Secy. Mr.
Namsinlungpou Daimei on 8th October,
2014.
He was elected as Publicity Secy. of
the club from the year 2013. During his
tenure, he made immense contributions
for the development and upliftment of
the village with all his heart and to the
best of his ability.
The members of the club also conveyed deep condolence
and shares profound grief to his near and dear ones.
May his soul rest in peace at Apou Tingkao Ragwang's
place.
Sd/- Rongmeiga Rongmei
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Joint Secretary, C.R.Y.C., Imphal
WALLET LOST
I have lost my wallet containing PAN Card, Driving Licence, Voter ID, 2 Debit Cards (SBI Secretariate Branch and
Agartala branch respectively), Credit Card on 8/10/2014
between DM College and Haokip Veng (Palace Compound).
Finders are requested to handover the same to the undersigned and will be rewarded.
Sd/- Seiminthang Lenthang (MCS)
# 8415803658, 9612914785
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LOST
I have lost my HSLC Certificate before being collected
from the school as fire broke out in the school resident
bearing Roll No. 8207 of 2004.
Sd/- Armyhring Khumlo
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Chandel, # 9402241135
LOSS OF MARKSHEET AND CERTIFICATE
I have lost my original Marksheet and Certificate of Class
X bearing Roll No. 268 of 2004 issued by BOSEM in between
New Lambulane and Sangaiprou on 08-10-14. Finders may
kindly contact to the undersigned.
Sd/- Danny Ruoltinkhum
New Lambulane, # 9774930979
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Two held with
heroin in WB
KOLKATA, Oct 9: Two
people, including a student,
were arrested Thursday and
heroin valued at Rs 3 crore in the
international market seized
from them in West Bengal's
Murshidabad district, police
said.
Acting on intelligence inputs, police intercepted the
duo - Israil Sheikh (25) and
Sabir Sheikh (18) - in Kalkali
village and recovered three kg
of heroin from their possession.
"The approximate value of
the heroin is over Rs 3 crore.
With Sabir being a class 10
student, we are looking if
others from the school are
involved. We are also probing if the two are part of an
international gang," police
said.
BHUBANESWAR, Oct 9:
With
cyclonic
storm
"Hudhud" approaching the
coast, Odisha Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik on Thursday
urged Union Defence Minister
Arun Jaitley to issue
instruction to Indian Air Force
to remain ready to extend
support
to
the
state
administration.
"I would request you to
kindly issue standing instruction to defence forces, especially the Indian Air Force to
remain in readiness to extend
support to the state administration for rescue and relief
operation as and when required," Patnaik wrote to
Jaitley.
Stating that Odisha was
likely to experience wind
speed between 130 kmph to
140 kmph when the very severe cyclonic storm makes
landfall on Sunday, Patnaik
said entire coastal area is
vulnerable to the calamity.
Therefore, the state government wanted to ensure
that the pilots and personnel
of the IAF should remain
alert so that their help can be
sought at the time of need,
he said.
Patnaik said the the 3rd
battalion of the NDRF and
Odisha's ODRAF along with
the fire service personnel
were ready for the impending situation. Still, the state
government feels that the
help of the IAF may be re-
quired as the wind speed
could cross 150 kmph.
Lauding the role of the
IAF during cyclone Phailin
that hit the Odisha coast last
year, Patnaik said effective
management of the disaster
could be possible if things
were ready ahead of the calamity.
Patnaik also urged Jaitley
to instruct the Air Force
bases in and around Odisha
to extend help to the state
government if the situation
so warranted.
Meanwhile, Odisha's chief
secretary also talked to the
Cabinet Secretary over phone
on the matter relating to the
cyclonic storm, sources said.
––PTI
Patna stampede: Doctors delegation
meet CM for taking back suspension
PATNA, Oct 9: A delegation
of senior doctors on Thursday
met Bihar Chief Minister Jitan
Ram Manjhi and sought
revocation of the suspension of
Superintendent of Patna
Medical College and Hospital
and action against seven others
for remaining unavailable at the
hospital on October 3.
The team comprising office bearers of the Bihar
chapter of Indian Medical
Association and Bihar Health
Services Association (BH
SA) met Manjhi seeking
withdrawal of the punitive
action against PMCH doctors. The State Government
had on Tuesday suspended
PM-CH
Superintendent
Lakhinder Prasad.
Four doctors of Assistant
Professor rank in Surgery,
Urology and Orthopaedics
department were transferred
outside Patna, while the
Heads of Department of Or-
thopaedics, Surgery and
Urology were served show
cause notice.
The action was taken after
the Chief Minister was annoyed over the unavailability
of doctors and the prevailing
filth which he found during a
surprise inspection of the premier medical institution in the
state capital on Sunday last.
IMA
vice
president
Shahjanand Singh told a news
agency that the Chief Minister gave them a patient
hearing and asked the doctors
to give a representation to him
which he would consider.
Singh and BHSA general
secretary Ajay Kumar said
when Manjhi was told that
the suspended PMCH Superintendent
was
himself
suffering from cancer he had
words of sympathy for him.
The two doctors said that
the Chief Minister discussed
with them poor upkeep of
PMCH and asked them to
assist improving the condition.
"We appreciated the CM's
concern for better upkeep of
the PMCH," Ajay Kumar told
a news agency.
Protesting suspension and
action against seven other
PMCH doctors, IMA and
BHSA had held a meeting
hours after the announcement
of suspension on October 7
and had threatened agitation
if the order was not taken
back.
Altogether 33 people were
killed and 29 injured in a
stampede outside the Gandhi
Maidan after Dusshera festival on October 3.
Injured and relatives of
many of the stampede survivors had complained to the
CM regarding negligence on
part of doctors and non-availability of medicines in
PMCH. ––PTI
Burdwan blast: CID interrogates hideout owners
KOLKATA, Oct 9: Continuing the probe into the
October 02 explosion in West
Bengal's Burdwan district, the
state Criminal Investigation
Department (CID) sleuths on
Thursday interrogated owners
of the houses which the
militants had rented.
While four people,
among them two women,
have been arrested, the
investigators are on the
lookout for more suspects,
including Kausar, the
alleged mastermind, whose
sketches have been released.
Two suspected militants
died and one was injured in
the blast in a house in
Khagragarh.
The CID investigators on
Wednesday raided three
houses in Burdwan's
Baburbagh, Mathpara and
Badsahi Road that were
allegedly rented by Kausar
and his associates. Several
incriminating documents and
a few firearms were
recovered from there.
A CID team led by
Special Superintendent SR
Mishra visited the three
houses during the day and
questioned some of the
neighbours.
"We are interrogating
Hasan Chowdhury - the
Khagragarh house owner and Azizul Sheikh, the
Baburbagh house owner,
and several others in this
connection. We are hopeful
of apprehending Kausar
soon," said a CID officer.
With reports that
suspected Bangladeshi
militants are involved in the
incident, the Border Security
Force (BSF) has stepped up
its vigil along the IndiaBangladesh border.
Meanwhile, more than 50
activists of the Bharatiya
Janata Party were arrested
in West Midnapore district
for taking out a rally
without permission.
The BJP has called for
marches and rallies across
several districts, demanding
a probe by the National
Investigation Agency (NIA)
which the ruling Trinamool
Congress has been vehemently opposing.
"First the administration
intentionally denied us the
permission and now they
have arrested our activists.
It's a blatant misuse of
power by the State Government," said State BJP
president Rahul Sinha.