FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014
Chavan Kumhrin
greetings
IMPHAL, Oct 23: President
of Naga Women Union
Chandel (NWUC) Langhu
Bliss Anal has greeted the
people of the district a very
peaceful and prosperous
Chavan Kumhrin 2014. She
said that on this auspicious
festival, the people of Chandel
remembered and thanked the
then Deputy Commissioner of
Chandel Lalringa and
Assistant Commissioner of
Chandel Birendra Singh for
declaring Oct 23 as a district
holiday on May 15, 1978. She
also expressed gratitude to all
intellectuals, elders who
initiated the move to make
Chavan Kumhrin a district
holiday.
UG arrested
IMPHAL, Oct 23: Troops of
Red Shield Division
apprehended one UNLF cadre
from the general area of
Geljang, Churachandpur on
Oct 21.
According to a PIB
(DW) statement, based on
specific information
regarding the presence of an
active UNLF cadre in the
general area of Geljang,
troops of Red Shield
Division immediately
launched an operation
resulting in the apprehension of the cadre.
The party reached and
cordoned the area and
apprehended one UNLF
cadre suspected of having
been involved in planting
IEDs against security
forces. Initial interogation of
the UNLF cadre confirmed
that the individual was
involved in the IED blast
on Feb 26, 2013 in which
one security force personnel
was killed.
ZNCM lauds
IMPHAL, Oct 23: The Zeme
Naga Council, Manipur
extended gratitude to C Arthur
W, former DC, Tamenglong,
for his effective and sincere
administrative work during
his tenure as the DC of
Tamenglong district,
conveyed a statement issued
by the president of Zeme Naga
Council, Manipur. ZNC also
welcomed the new DC of
Tamenglong district RH
Gonmei.
Mizo Brothers fete Rosangliana
IMPHAL, Oct 23
The Shillong BSF Mizo
Brothers
organized
a
felicitation programme in
honour of Mizo rock artist
Rosangliana, popularly known
as 'Zo Rock' today at Lalchand,
Shillong.
Singer-songwriter
Rosangliana, one of the most
influential Mizo musicians of
the present era will retire from
service, after a fruitful career
with the Jazz Band of the
Border Security Force on Oct
31. Notwithstanding his retirement from service, people
of Zo descendants or ‘Zo
nahthlak’ are expecting him
to continue to sway music
lovers of the community, a
statement said.
Rosangliana was born on
October 10, 1957 at
Khawkawn, a hamlet in
Mizoram. Music was in his
blood since his childhood
days. His efforts to realize his
dream of becoming a music
giant landed him at the Jazz
Band of Assam Rifles’ music
department in 1976. After a
short stint at the AR Jazz
Band, Rosangliana began a
RANCHI, Oct 23
career with the BSF in July
1980. He was with the Jazz
Band of 111 BN BSF
Nagaland. He was posted at
IG HQ, BSF Shillong from
1991 till date.
Regardless of his old age,
he continues to shake music
lovers of the Zo descendants
across the NE States. He also
made his presence felt even to
neighbouring
country,
Myanmar. To his credit, he
has produced 12 music albums and 35 music videos.
He has written 115 songs. He
came out with his first album
RINL donates
Rs 5 crore
VISAKHAPATNAM, Oct
23: Rastriya Ispat Nigam Ltd
(RINL), the corporate entity
of the Visakhapatnam Steel
Plant, has donated Rs 5 crore
for victims of Cyclone
Hudhud.
Despite RINL operations
getting disrupted due to the
cyclone, RINL Chairman
and Managing Director P
Madhusudan presented a
cheque of Rs 5 crore
towards the Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister's Relief Fund
in the presence of Union
Minister of Urban Development & Parliamentary
Affairs M Venkaiah Naidu
today.
Madhusudan also agreed
to adopt a village in
Visakhapatnam district and
make it as a "model village"
against the call given by the
state Chief Minister N
Chandrbabu Naidu and
Union Minister Venkaiah
Naidu. The Chief Minister
appreciated the RINL's
gesture to help the cyclone
victims and assured of all
necessary co-operation and
help from the state government to RINL in its journey
towards excellence. PTI
Jeweller killed
RAEBARELI, Oct 23: A
jeweller was shot dead and
another injured by six
unidentidfied criminals in
Kotwali area, police said here
today. Deepak Patel and
Najeeb were shot at by
unidentified persons allgedly
over monetary dispute in
Kotwali area last night,
Station House Officer O P
Yadav said. Deepak was
referred to trauma centre at
Lucknow where he succumbed to injuries. PTI
in 1991 from Rangoon. The
big success of the first album
earned him the title ‘Zo Rock.’
Married to Chingzahoih
Gangte of Chiengkonpang,
CCpur (Manipur) in 1984, the
couple is blessed with five
children.
During his remarkable career in the BSF, Rosangliana
spared no efforts to take the
Jazz Band to a higher plane.
His firm determination led him
to achieve success in whatever
projects he took up. From a
GD Constable, he will retire
as a Sub-Inspector, it said.
At least seven persons
died of suspected anthrax
in the past two months at
Tungri Tola basti in
Simdega district, a senior
health official said.
In the presence of
Chief Secretary Sajal
Chakraborty here today,
Director Medical
Services Dr Suman
Mishra said, "Seven
persons had died in two
months."
Dr Ramesh Prasad,
Director of State
Integrated Disease
Surveillance Programme,
said samples were sent
to Delhi for pathological
test to confirm whether
the deaths were caused
by anthrax.
He said two persons
died on October 18, and
the symptoms on the
bodies suggested
anthrax.
"The people, mostly
tribals, said when a
couple of bullocks died
they ate their meat,"
Prasad said.
Thereafter, they were
afflicted with symptoms
later on, Prasad said,
adding the basti has a
total of about 23
families.
The victims also
vomited blood, complained chest and
stomach ache after
consuming the animal
meat, he added.
"The symptoms
showed that the disease
is in the category that is
curable," he added.
The chief secretary,
who visited the place
today, said preventive
measures were taken
like providing antibiotics
to the people of the
basti, keeping kerosene
and wood to burn cattle
carcasses and restricting
cattle from moving to
adjoining areas.
—PTI
Assault on North Easterners: TSA-D, NCR condemn
Newmai News Network
IMPHAL, Oct 23: The
Thadou Students’ AssociationDelhi & NCR (TSA-D &
NCR), in the strongest terms,
has condemned the attack on T
Michael Lamjathang Haokip,
26, who sustained injuries on
the head and other two students
Ngamkholen Haokip, 28, and
Rocky Kipgen, 25, who
escaped with minor injuries in
Bangalore.
The incident, which occurred on the night of October
14 in Kothanur in Bangalore,
started when a gang of local
men demanded that Michael
and his friends speak in
Kannada, the local language.
Michael, who is the president
of Thadou Students' Association, Bangalore branch and
his friends Ngamkholen and
Rocky, who are also mem-
bers of the association, hail
from Manipur and are currently studying in Bangalore.
In an interview with
NDTV Michael said, “They
said you are eating Karnataka
food, living in Karnataka. If
you don’t speak Kannada
please get out. We ignored
them, but they took it as an
insult. They picked up stones
and attacked us and I got injured.”
According to Thadou Students' Association (TSA),
Michael ran to the police station to seek police help to
rescue his friend, Letmang
Haokip, who was surrounded
by the gang who robbed
Letmang’s belongings. Had it
not been for Michael’s brave
act and the police intervention, the situation would have
been much worse. Letmang
feared that he would have
probably been killed by the
gang had it not been for the
intervention by the police who
were brought by Michael.
“We laud the police for their
timely action in this incident
and for arresting the three
perpetrators,” said the student
body.
What came as even more
shocking was that the people
who gathered at the scene
immediately sided with the
attackers and joined the attack. It was reported that
people who allegedly have
connection with a local politician helped the attackers
escape.
“The incident is highly
deplorable and we demand
appropriate action against the
perpetrators and all involved
in the attack according to the
law of the land and we also
demand that all needed sup-
port and assistance be extended to the victims of the
crime” said TSA.
“This kind of racially-motivated incident has happened
in the past and this is going
to send a new wave of shock
and fear amongst citizens
from the North Eastern part
of the country who live in
Karnataka and elsewhere. In
light of this it is highly crucial that the Government and
authorities concerned take remedial measures that seek to
prevent recurrence of this
kind of incident, to ensure
safety and security of North
East Indians living in
Karnataka and elsewhere
across the country,” TSA
said.
“We also condemn the recent racially motivated
incidents in Delhi and demand
that justice be delivered in all
cases in a timely and satisfying manner,” it added.
The TSA said, “Considering the frequency of this kind
of incident in the country we
call upon the Central and
State Governments to initiate
more permanent remedial
measures, not just crisis intervention.
A
permanent
remedial measure is enactment of the demanded
anti-racial discrimination law
in the country and dissemination and inclusion of North
East India history and culture
in educational curricula right
from primary education
through to tertiary level in
order to promote unity in the
country. Then only can there
be true and full embracement
of ‘unity in diversity’, which
is the dream of the founders
of the Nation and of millions
of us today”.
Jaipur police launches drive
against Bangladeshi migrants
AE urged
IMPHAL, Oct 23: The
Tadubi Town Committee has
urged the Assistant Engineer,
subdivision-II, Senapati PHE
Div to repair the leaked pipes
at Tadubi
The leaked pipe that
joins the heart of Tadubi
town and another near the
Iboyaima Gas Agency has
not been attended to by the
linemen causing inconveniences to the public,
damaging the asphalt road
and also wastage of water,
the Town Committee
highlighted to the AE.
The Committee strongly
urged the AE to do the
needful at the earliest.
Anthrax scare in
Jharkhand's Simdega
JAIPUR, Oct 23
A choir group presenting a group song during the Chavan
Kumhrin celebration at TRI Imphal
Power consumption in
Gujarat falls due to Diwali
VADODARA, Oct 23: The power stations at Utran in south
Gujarat and Dhuvaran in central Gujarat with a collective installed
capacity of 729 MW have been shut down due to considerable
decline in demand for power in the state, an official said.
The capacity of Utran power station is 510 MW while that
of Dhuvaran is 219 MW.
Jaipur police has launched a
drive against Bangladeshi
migrants, living here illegally
and under fake names, after
some of them were allegedly
found involved in a dacoity case
recently in posh Vaishali Nagar
locality.
The drive began from
Bhankhrota area here following directions from the
Director General of Police, a
senior official said.
"A door-to-door survey
has been initiated in localities
under Bhankhrota police station area to identify illegal
Bangladeshi migrants, if
found, legal remedy will be
taken," Additional Deputy
Commissioner of Police
(West) Karan Sharma told
PTI today.
Many people in the locality have shown government
identity cards, which would
be verified from the government records to verify
whether they are Bangladeshi
or not, he said.
"They are showing us
identity cards issued from
places like West Bengal,
Madhya Pradesh. We will
check their records from the
concern authority," Sharma
said. It is likely that some of
them might have procured
identity cards like voter ID or
ration card through unfair
means, and if such case
comes to light, role of the
issuing authorities would also
be probed, the Additional
DCP said.
The survey would be conducted throughout the city in
days to come but focus
Scientists consider repurposing robots for Ebola
NEW YORK, Oct 23:
Robotics scientists
nationwide are pondering
an intriguing possibility:
Might robotic technologies
deployed in rescue and
disaster situations be
quickly repurposed to help
contain the Ebola epidemic?
A robot that could
perform even some of the
tasks of a human, such
as waste removal or the
burial of bodies, would
have significant lifesaving
potential. So, with the
assistance of the White
House Office of Science
and Technology Policy,
scientists are planning a
series of brainstorming
meetings. The first round
will be held Nov. 7 at
four locations: Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, in
Massachusetts; Texas
A&M; the University of
California, Berkeley; and
in Washington.
The problem, scientists
say, is that the technology
is still limited when it
comes to medicine. While
mobile robots now can
disarm roadside bombs
and drive cars, they are
taking only the first
tentative steps toward the
human levels of dexterity
required in health care.
“You see the situation
that the medical teams
are facing, and I don’t
even know if a robot is a
solution,” said Taskin
Padir, an assistant
professor of robotics
engineering at Worcester
Polytechnic and an
organizer of one of the
meetings.
The White House is
now considering how
robots can help fight
Ebola. A look at the role
three types of robots
could play in combating
the virus. Video by Carrie
Halperin on Publish Date
October 22, 2014.
Still, he has been
considering ways to
repurpose an existing
robot project as a tool for
more safely performing
decontamination tasks,
like spraying bleach
solution on clothing
exposed to infected body
fluids.
“As was the case in
Fukushima, the Ebola
crisis in Africa has
revealed a significant gap
between robot capabilities
and what is needed in the
realm of disaster relief
and humanitarian
assistance,” said Gill A.
Pratt, a roboticist who is
a program manager at
the federal Defense
Advanced Research
Projects Agency. “We
have a moral obligation to
try and select, adapt and
apply available technology
where it can help, but we
must also appreciate the
difficulty of the problem.”
Many of the countries
experiencing the worst of
the Ebola epidemic are in
no position to deploy
robots. But rudimentary
models are widely used in
medical settings in the
United States, and
already nervous hospital
administrators are
reaching out to manufacturers.
The phone has been
ringing continually in
recent weeks, said Yulun
Wang, the chief executive
of InTouch Health, a
Santa Barbara, Calif.based maker of
telepresence robots used
in hospitals for stroke
diagnosis and other
medical tasks.
Clients like Robert
Wood Johnson University
Hospital and Baylor
University Hospital are
asking whether the robots
can be used to help
diagnose Ebola infection,
without a human present,
or to facilitate virtual
family visits for patients
in isolation.
“They acquired our
solutions for a very
different purpose, and
now they are wondering
whether they are applicable for Ebola care,” Mr.
Wang said.
The company makes a
robot that travels around
hospital corridors, guided
by a physician at a
remote location who
“sees” via an Internetconnected device.
Normally used to observe
patients with the aid of
high-quality video and
audio, the robots could
also be programmed to
train health care person-
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“There isn’t a lot of
Ebola expertise in the
United States,” he said.
“We can beam those
experts into the 1,000
hospitals that have our
systems instantly.”
Robots might be
programmed to provide
interactive checklists to
medical personnel who
are putting on and taking
off gowns, much in the
way aircraft pilots work
from checklists on takeoff
and landing.
Some experts have also
suggested that
telepresence robots might
help language interpreters
offer assistance in the
field. But dexterous
robots that move without
human guidance are only
beginning to appear in
laboratories. A robot that
could work in close
contact with a patient,
replacing a nurse or a
doctor, is still years away.
Humanoid rescue
robots were on display in
December in Florida at a
contest created by Darpa,
part of the Defense
Department, which is
hoping to spark innovation in the design of
machines that are capable
of operating autonomously in hostile
environments.
mainly would be on the areas
like Muhana, Jagatpura,
Shivdaspura, and Kanota
which are on the city outskirts, as most illegal
Bangladeshi migrants reside
there. The officer said the survey won't be restricted to just
checking their identity cards
as such people get fake IDs.
We would be sending
teams to cross check the details and even communicate
with agencies in Bangladesh
to verify the facts, he added.
"Illegal migrants get into
garbage picking or other such
jobs. They also commit crime
and after which they flee to
Bangladesh," he said.
Recently, members of a
Bangladeshi gang, raped a
woman and committed dacoity
in Vaishali Nagar area in the
city. PTI
Leopard dies after
being hit by vehicle
BAHRAICH(UP), Oct 23: A
leopard was killed after being
hit by some unidentified vehicle on Nanpara-Lakhimpur
road in Katarniaghat wildlife
division. The leopard, said to be
around four-year-old, was
killed last night when it was hit
by
some
vehicle
in
Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary area, forest officials said.
Project officer of WWF,
Dabeer Hasan said a panel of
doctors would conduct the
post-mortem tomorrow to ascertain cause of death.
He said as per 2005 counting, there are 32 leopards in
the
Sanctuary.
The
Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area, spread
over in around 400 square
km, in the upper Gangetic
plain in Uttar Pradesh's
Bahraich district. PTI
Sub-inspector killed in
anti-insurgency operation
SHILLONG, Oct 23
A sub-inspector, who won medal fro his distingush service, was
killed during an anti-insurgent operation in a remote village located
along the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Garo Hills district today, police said.
The incident took place at Songmagre village where a
group of six to seven militants were hiding.
A team comprising Special Operation Team and Special
Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) commandoes raided the village.
On seeing the police team, the militants started firing and
a heavy exchange of fire ensued. Sub-inspector Promoth
Sangma (50) was killed in the shootout, police said.
The militants taking cover of the thick jungles and hostile
terrain managed to flee.
"The police was yet to identify the militants and the outfit
they belong to," district Additional Superintendent of Police
Bruno A Sangma told PTI here.
The area, about 55 km from district headquarters Tura, is
frequented by militants of Achik Matgrik Elite Force and
A’chik Songna An’pachakgipa Kotok.
Promoth Sangma had bagged the prestigious Governor
Police Medal earlier this year.
Police said the department has also recently recommended
his name for the President's Police Medal for his outstanding
services. PTI
Arun Sarangi back as IG intelligence
BHUBANESWAR, Oct 23
Odisha government has again appointed 1990 batch IPS officer
Arun Sarangi in the post of inspector general of intelligence while
effecting a major reshuffle in the top IPS cadre last night.
Sarangi had been holding the post of IG, intelligence prior
to the general elections in April this year. He was then posted
as the IG, vigilance. Y B Khurania has replaced Sarangi in
vigilance department, according to a notification.
1988 batch IPS officer Satyajit Mohanty has been appointed as additional director general (ADG), Headquarters,
while his batchmate Manoj Kumar Chabra has been posted as
chairman and managing director of Odisha Police Housing &
Welfare Corporation.
M Akshaya, another officer of the 1988 batch, has been
posted as Transport commissioner while 1989 batch officer
Pranabindu Acharya will be the new ADG (Provisioning), the
notification said.
Amrit Mohan Prasad has been appointed as ADG, HRPC,
while Sushant Kumar Nath is made IG, Modernisation.
Sanjeeb Kumar Panda is new IG, State Crime Records Bureau
and Santosh Bala posted as the IG, Fire Services & Home
Guards.
P S Ranpise is the Additional Commissioner of Police
while Arun Bothra is appointed as IG, Crime Branch, Sanjay
Kumar as DIG Economic Offences Wing and Special Task
Force. Rajesh Kumar is appointed as DIG north-central range,
Talcher, the notification said. PTI
Militant hideout busted in Kupwara
SRINAGAR, Oct 23: Security forces busted a militant hideout in
a forest area in north Kashmir's Kupwara district today and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, police said.
Acting on a specific information, police and Army launched
a joint search operation in a forest area in Lolab and busted
a militant hideout, a police spokesman said.
At the hideout, a huge cache of arms and ammunitions
including one AK 56 rifle, five AK Magazines, 1,000 AK
rounds, one UBGL, two UBGL grenades, four pistols, four
pistol magazines, 32 pistol rounds and 21 grenades were
recovered.
Police has registered a case, the spokesman said, adding
that investigations were on. PTI
Diwali celebrated in Nagaland
Kohima, Oct 23 (PTI) Diwali, the festival of lights,is being
celebrated with enthusiasm and zeal in Nagaland.
Despite being a Christian state, this small north eastern
state has a sizeable non-Naga Hindu population who are in
various government services and business.
People have decorated their homes with colourful flowers,
candles, lamps and attractive electric lights.
Despite appeals and orders from respective district administration, people are seen bursting firecrackers. PTI
Policeman shot dead in
Kashmir in house
SRINAGAR, Oct 23: A policeman was shot dead by suspected
militants inside his house in Kulgam district of south Kashmir tonight, police said.
Rafiq Ahmad Mir, working as a follower, was shot by
unidentified militants inside his house in Hassanpora village
of the district, a police spokesman said.
He said Mir was rushed to sub-district hospital Bijbehera,
where doctors declared him brought dead.
The area has been cordoned off and a manhunt launched
to nab the gunmen, the spokesman said.
No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack
so far. PTI
Man killed over dispute on
Kali Puja land
MIDNAPORE (WB), Oct 23: A land owner was pierced with
sharp-edged weapon following an altercation with local Kali Puja
organisers at Chandrakona in West Midnapore district today.
A senior police official said the man was suddenly attacked
with the weapon during a heated argument with some of the
local organisers about ercting a Kali puja pandal on the small
plot of land, owned by him.
He was declared dead at hospital.
Teb persons had been arrested in connection with the incident. Incidently the wife of the deceased - Shamila, a local
TMC panchayat member, had been murdered by alleged CPIM
men sometimes back in the locality. PTI
Trader shot dead
JAMSHEDPUR, Oct 23: A trader was today shot dead by unidentified assailants near Gurmasol village under naxal-affected
Dumaria police station in Ghatsila sub-division.
The victim alongwith a friend was returning home when he
was shot dead, police said adding that the victim’s friend
escaped unhurt in the incident. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Musaboni), Bachchandeo Kujjur said the identity of the
victim was yet to be established.
A police team has rushed to the spot to investigate the
incident, he said claiming that prima facie, it suggested it was
a case of loot and murder. Further details are being awaited,
he said. PTI
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