Eight Bodo militants nabbed in Assam

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GANGTOK, WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 2015
Eight Bodo militants
nabbed in Assam
Third 'border haat' along IndiaBangladesh frontier opens
Srinagar (Tripura), Jan
13 (IANS) : Tripura's
first "border haat" - the
third such market along
India's frontier with
Bangladesh - was inaugurated here Tuesday to
boost trade of local produce of both the nations.
Union Commerce and
Industry Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman
and
her
Bangladeshi counterpart
Tofail Ahmed jointly
inaugurated the "border
haat" here, about 140 km
south of Tripura capital
Agartala.
Two "border haat" were
set up in 2012 on
Meghalaya-Bangladesh
border - Kalaichar (India)-
Baliamari (Bangladesh)
and Dalora (Bangladesh)Balat (India).
The "border haat" are
allowed to sell local agricultural and horticultural
products, spices, minor
forest produce (excluding
timber), fresh and dry
fish, dairy and poultry
products, cottage industry
items, wooden furniture,
handloom and handicraft
items.
"The trading in the 'border haat' initially would be
done once a week and is
likely to be twice in a
week in future depending
on the demands of the
local traders and buyers,"
Pravin
L.
Agrawal,
Tripura's industry and
commerce
department
director and special secretary, told IANS.
Twenty-five
local
traders-producers each
from
India
and
Bangladesh would be
allowed to sell their wares
and products in the "border haat".
Agrawal said during the
visit of Bangladeshi Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina to
New Delhi Jan 10-13,
2010,
India
and
Bangladesh decided to set
up these "border haat" to
boost local trade and people-to-people contact.
"Joint secretaries of
India and Bangladesh's
commerce
ministries
signed a memorandum of
understanding Oct 23,
2010, and finalised the
modalities to set up the
'border haat'," he added.
Agrawal said trading in
these markets would be
held once or twice a week,
and in June 2012 in a
revised agreement per day
per head spending cap of
$50 was increased to
$100.
The official said the
work on another "border
haat" at Kamalasagar in
western Tripura is on and
this would be ready within
a month.
According to a union
home ministry report,
India is keen to set up 70
border markets along its
border with Bangladesh.
"India, in consultation
with the Bangladesh government and respective
state governments, has
identified 70 locations in
five border states to set up
'border haat' in a phased
manner," said the report
made available to IANS.
Four northeastern states
which share the border
with Myanmar also have
proposed 15 "border haat"
along the India-Myanmar
border to develop transborder trade and business.
The report said: "Of the
70 'border haat', 35 have
been proposed along the
border with West Bengal,
followed by 22 along
Meghalaya border, five in
Tripura and four in
Assam."
Four locations to set up
such markets along the
Mizoram border with
Bangladesh have also
been identified.
"BSF (Border Security
Force) authorities have
been involved in identifying the locations for the
'border haat' along the
Bangladesh border," it
said.
A senior official of the
Development
of
Northeastern
Region
(DoNER) Ministry said
the
governments
of
Arunachal
Pradesh,
Manipur, Nagaland and
Mizoram - which share
1,643-km-long
border
with Myanmar - have suggested setting up 15 such
"haat" along the border
with Myanmar.
"The Nagaland and
Arunachal Pradesh governments have suggested
four 'border haat' each
along the international
border with Myanmar
while the Manipur government wanted four such
markets," the official told
IANS.
The authorities need
Rs.2.20 crore to Rs.2.45
crore each to set up a
"border haat". The entire
expenditure will be borne
by the union commerce
and industry ministry.
India and Bangladesh
share 4,096-km border
along West Bengal (2,216
km), Tripura (856 km),
Assam
(263
km),
Meghalaya (443 km) and
Mizoram (318 km). The
two neighbours have
2,979 km of land border
and 1,116 km of riverine
boundaries.
Rajnath eggs on youth to
stand up against violence
Guwahati , Jan 13 :
Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh on Monday
said the Government of
India and state government would never talk to
any terror group which
had indulged in violence
and killed innocent people while calling upon the
youth of the country to
stand up against violence
and terror threat.
Addressing the valedictory function of the 19th
National Youth Festival
held in Guwahati, Rajnath
referred to the recent
killing of over 70 poor
and hapless Advasis by
NDFB-S terror group in
Assam and said youth of
the country must condemn and raise their voice
against such heinous
crime against humanity.
“From now on wards
the Government of India
and the state governments
will not talk to any group
which has committed violence and killing of innocent people,” Rajnath
said.
He said the Northeast
was not cut-off from the
mainstream of India. “If
Kashmir is the crown of
India,
Northeast its strong
arms. If any force tries to
do harm to India, these
strong arms will teach a
good lesson. Guwahati
and Assam are not only
gateway to the Northeast,
but also the highway to
connect Northeast with
New Delhi,”
the Home Minister said
lauding the Union Sports
and
Youth
Welfare
Minister
Sarbnanda
Sonowal for holding the
19th National Youth
Festival in Guwahati.
Reminding the youth of
the country of their in
building the nation,
Rajnath said, “It is a
young India where 65 per
cent of the population are
below 35 years of age.
Guwahati,
Jan
13
(IANS) : : Eight hardcore Bodo militants,
including a mastermind
behind the massacre of
adivasis in December,
were Tuesday arrested in
Assam's Chirang district
along the international
border with Bhutan, the
army said.
A joint team of Assam
Police and the army's Red
Horns Division arrested
the eight cadres of the
anti-talk faction of the
National
Democratic
Front
of
Bodoland
(NDFB).
An army statement
issued here said those
arrested include Enon
Bargoyary alias Erkhang,
a central committee
member of the outfit, and
'platoon
commander'
Rinen Basumatary alias
Majhi.
Enon was close to the
outfit's chairman I.K.
Songbijit, 'army chief' G.
Bedai and 'deputy army
chief' Batha, the statement said.
He was involved in
recruiting and motivating
the cadres, and sending
Opp parties
demand clarity
on proposed
amendments
to Sixth
Schedule
Kohima , Jan 13 :
Opposition parties in the
State have asked the government to clarify on the
proposed amendments to
the Sixth Schedule of the
Constitution which is slated to be taken up for discussion at the all-party
meeting convened by
Chief Minister Mukul
Sangma on January 16.
“Unless we are aware of
the amendments being
proposed by the State
Government it will be difficult on our part to take
part in the meeting,” UDP
working president Bindo
M Lanong told newsmen
after a meeting of the
opposition parties including NPP, UDP, HSPDP
and KHNAM here on
Monday.“We need to discuss among ourselves on
these amendments which
the Government is proposing. We can also prepare
ourselves in a better way if
we are familiarized with
the agenda proposed to be
taken up for discussion
during the all-party meeting,” he said.
He
asked
the
Government to submit the
clarifications sought by
them in time to give them
opportunity to discuss the
amendments and added
that the Government can
always extend the date of
the meeting.
Observing that the traditional chiefs in Meghalaya
enjoy special powers
under the Sixth Schedule
of
the
Constitution,
Lanong made it clear that
the opposition parties
would not cooperate in
any attempt by the State
Government to bring
amendments to dilute their
powers.The
powers
enjoyed by the traditional
chief should remain intact.
Any amendments proposed by the State
Government should aim to
strengthen the age-old
practice of the various traditional bodies in the
State, he added.
Demand
for AntiDefection Law in District
CouncilsThe opposition
parties have resolved to
urge upon the Centre for
application of the Antidefection Law in all the
Autonomous
District
Councils under the Sixth
Scheduled
of
the
Constitution of India within Meghalaya.
them to various camps
outside the country.
"Enon is believed to be
the brain behind the brutal massacre of civilians
on Dec 23 last year in
Kokrajhar district," the
statement said.
It said Basumatary was
trained in Bhutan. He had
surrendered in 2003 but
rejoined the outfit two
years back.
Two AK-series rifles,
two pistols and a large
quantity of ammunition
were seized from them.
The army, paramilitary
forces and police have
been carrying out opera-
tions in inaccessible
forested
areas
of
Kokrajhar and Chirang
districts in search of
Bodo militants.
Security forces had
arrested 12 leaders of the
outfit Jan 11 from near
the Bhutan border in
Chirang district.
DD to launch 3 new N-E
specific channels: Rathore
Guwahati , Jan 13 : “The
entire Door Darshan (DD)
network is being digitised
and all the channels will
be satellite channels.
Three new satellite channels – Asomi, Mamina
and Arunprabha — dedicated to the Northeast will
be launched soon to promote local language and
culture of the region
before the national global
audience,”
Union
Minister of State for
Information
and
Broadcasting, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said
on Monday here.
Rathore who was here
to grace the valedictory
function of the 19th
National Youth Festival
also
informed that , “ There
is plan to expand the All
India Radio (AIR) net-
work and set up community radio
stations especially in
border areas of the country for the benefit of educational institutions and
other important social
institution.
Northeast will be one of
the top priorities in the
scheme.” He also said
construction work for permanent building of the
Indian Institute of Mass
Communication
will
begin
soon in Aizawl in
Mizoram.
The I & B Ministry is
setting up a Film and
Television Institute in the
Northeast and the decision
about is location would
be taken soon.
All the ministries of the
Government of India will
soon have live and inter-
active website so to disseminate
information
about the government’s
schemes and activities
faster in tune with the new
age social media.
Rathore said a new
social media wing would
be created in the I& B
Ministry for dissemination of
information in real time.
He also informed that ebook of all central ministries would be made
available for the public
soonMeanwhile,
Government
of Manipur is about to
hand over a plot of 200
acres for setting up of a
sports university in the
state,
Union Minister of
Sports for Youth Welfare,
Sarbananda
Sonowal
informed on Monday.
Solve issues in Assembly:
Nagaland CM
Kohima , Jan 13 : Nagaland Chief
Minister T R Zeliang on Monday said
that the present crisis in the Naga Peoples
Front (NPF), with only claims will not
prove anything, but the right place to
show the trial of strength of majority support to the leader would be in the floor of
the Assembly.
Addressing a press conference at the
Civil Secretariat this afternoon, Zeliang
said due to lots of false claims by the dissident groups, a lot of confusion has been
created in the media regarding the recent
political developments.
He said that he has submitted a letter to
the Governor of Nagaland to summon a
special Session of the Nagaland
Assembly to prove the strength of support to the ruling and the dissident parties.
He blamed the two Nagaland MPs,
Neiphiu Rio and Khekiho Zhimomi, for
taking the initiative of trying to change
the leadership of Nagaland Ministry for
reasons better known to them, since he
took over the reign of state in August last
year.
The Chief Minister said he was
informed by some of the legislators that
the MPs have met them personally and
were giving baits of good portfolios in
the new ministry.
In the last few days, without informing
or discussing with the NPF party
President and other functionaries, even
without the knowledge of Assembly
Speaker, a group of NPF legislators led
by the MPs declared Kaito Aye as their
new Chief Ministerial candidate and also
appointed their Chief Whip, which is
very much against the rule of the party
constitution and termed that the entire
process is illegal and unlawful.
Kaito and his team were kept in Rio
Villa in Sovima at Dimapur under wrongful confinement and even said that their
mobile telephones were replaced with
new ones.
Zeliang said that Rio Villa was guarded
by his security personnel, along with
some suspected underground cadres of a
particular faction and visitors were
restricted.
He said such kind of force confinement
has led to the rise in number of members
to 22, and thereby laying claims to form
alternative Government under Kaito’s
leadership.
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(Supply) at page No. 21 to be
read as "Intelligent Repeater for
provision
of
VIII
Communication network for
Station to Tunnel communication to be installed Outside
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for intelligent repeater - 1 No.
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d) VDRPUI No, c) Power
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Wireless
Communication
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for housing the repeater and
associated equipment. If nearest station is less than 350 M
away from portal of tunnel,
repeater will be installed at
Railway Station.
The train crew will be provided with twin frequency handset
(Walkie -Talkie) through which
they will be able to talk to nearby station from open space as
well as from inside the tunnel
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