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Schools, colleges Tripura HC refuses to stay Subsidised LPG price for final year to hiked by `25 per cylinder re-open from Sept 1 GUWAHATI: Schools and col- leges in Assam are likely to probe against TMC leaders AGENCIES monthly increases led to the re-open from September 1 elimination of subsidies by for class 10, 12 and final se- AGENCIES istered an FIR against All India past when a case was regis- NEW DELHI: Domestic cooking May 2020. mester students. General Secretary of Trinamool tered by West Agartala police, gas LPG price on Wednesday The price of domestic cook- This was informed by AGARTALA: The High Court of Congress Abhishek Banerjee, the accused persons refused to was increased by Rs 25 per ing gas has more than doubled Assam education minister Tripura on Wednesday re- Member of Parliament Dola take bail from police and pre- cylinder - the second straight in the last seven years. The Ranuj Pegu in Guwahati. fused to stay investigation Sen, education minis- ferred to move the court, even month of increase in rates. retail selling price of domes- Pegu said that a final deci- in the FIR registered by the ter Bratya Basu, Kunal Ghosh, if not required. Subsidised LPG now costs tic gas was Rs 410.5 per 14.2-kg sion on re-opening of classes Khowai police against five Tripur unit leader Subal On August 8, the TMC lead- Rs 859 per 14.2-kg cylinder in cylinder on March 1, 2014. is awaiting an... Pg 5 Trinamool Congress (TMC) Bhowmik and Prakash Das for ers had pressured Khowai police Delhi, according to a price Industry sources said the In Mumbai, a 14.2 kg LPG leaders for voluntarily ob- obstructing them from perform- station for the release of 14 TMC notification of oil companies. subsidised LPG price was not cylinder now costs Rs 859.5, structing public servant in the ing their duties. workers arrested by last month. This is the second straight raised on August 1 because while in Kolkata, it is priced at Supreme Court allows discharge of his public func- “The TMC leaders had Banerjee, Dola Sen, Bratya Basu, month of a price increase. Rates Parliament was in session Rs 886. For people of Chennai, tions. entered the police station on Kunal Ghosh and even Jaya Dutt were hiked by Rs 25.50 per cyl- and the government could an LPG cylinder will now cost women to appear for The single bench of Chief Abhishek Banerjee: Under trouble. August 8 and on the following did not leave the police station inder on July 1. have been attacked by the Rs 875.50, up from Rs 850.50. NDA exam Justice AA Kureshi, while state and allowed it to continue day a general diary number was even at the request of the police Non-subsidised LPG rates opposition. Meanwhile, diesel prices dismissing the petition filed with the investigation. registered under non-cognizable officers. As a result, there was were increased on August 1 The latest increase in sub- were cut by 19 to 21 paise across NEW DELHI: The Supreme by Subal Bhowmik to stay the “The court has allowed the offence, following which a case tension at the Khowai police by the same proportion, and sidised LPG price now has the country, while petrol prices Court of India on Wednes- investigation and quash the case investigation to continue against was registered under section 186 station “due to their aggressive now the subsidised cooking gas taken the cumulative rate hike remained unchanged, accord- day slammed Indian Army registered against him, said the the accused persons. However, of IPC,” Dey added. attitude”. prices have been raised. since January 1 to Rs 165 per ing to the price notification. for not allowing women to police can continue the investi- the court has directed that the The TMC leaders had visit- Reacting to the police action, There is hardly any differ- cylinder. This is the first change take part in National De- gation in the case. report should not be drawn up ed Khowai police station along TMC leader Subal Bhowmik had ence in the rate of subsidised The government eliminated in price in over a month. fence Academy (NDA) en- Advocate General Siddhartha without the leave of the court,” with a number of media persons, said that they did not create any and non-subsidised cooking subsidies on LPG by raising Petrol continues to remain trance exams. Shankar Dey said the court has the AG said. flouting COVID-19 restrictions. obstruction in the duty of the gas. rates every month. These unchanged at... Pg 5 Additional Solicitor served two week notice to the The Khowai police had reg- He said that in the recent police officials. Pg 5 General Aishwarya Bhati, representing... Pg 5 SPOTLIGHT Tripura ex-speaker Jiten Netaji's kin seeks Dima Hasao woman Two districts record DNA test of ashes Delhi court discharges rise in HIV cases Sarkar wants to join Trinamool kept at Renkoji temple Cong leader arrested Tharoor in Sunanda GUWAHATI: In a shocking, Pushkar case Assam’s two districts of AGENCIES I have forwarded the matter to win Tripura. We want people of KOLKATA: Seven decades ALLEGED LINK WITH MILITANT GROUP Nagaon and its nearby Abhishek," she told reporters. the northeastern state to take have passed since Netaji NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Morigaon have witnessed a KOLKATA: Chief Diamond Harbour MP and benefits of the welfare schemes Subhas Chandra Bose went CNS & AGENCIES president of Assam Pradesh BJP Wednesday discharged sen- sudden spike of HIV positive Minister the chief minister's nephew that are running successfully in missing on this date in 1945, Mahila Morcha. She had left the ior Congress leader Shashi cases. A recent survey by a said that former Tripura As- Abhishek Banerjee is the TMC's West Bengal," she said. with many historians sug- HAFLONG: Dima Hasao police saffron party on denial of ticket Tharoor in connection with NGO and the district admin- sembly speaker Jiten Sarkar national general secretary. Accusing the BJP of causing gesting that he might have on Monday morning arrested during NC Hills Autonomous his wife Sunanda Pushkar's istrations has recorded over wrote to her on Wednesday "There is no democracy or violence against TMC leaders in died in a plane crash, but one woman Dipali Hapila, vice Council’s MAC poll in 2019. She death case in 2014. 100 cases of HIV positive expressing his willingness to law and order in Tripura, only Tripura, Banerjee claimed that the recurring demand to president of Dima Hasao ma- have been produce before the dis- Sunanda Pushkar was found cases recently. According join the Trinamool Congress. goondaism and vandalism," she the northeastern state's gover- bring back his purported hila congress committee from trict and session court and have dead in a luxury hotel in the to the survey, while some 84 Sarkar, a former Congress said. nor did not give an appointment remains from a temple in her residence in Diyungbra been taken to remanded for three national capital on the night including 10 women were re- MLA, had joined the CPI(M) in Banerjee alleged that West to her party leaders and asked Japan for DNA examina- for allegedly helping Dimasa days at Haflong P.S for further of January 17, 2014. She and corded to have infected with 2016 before switching over to the Bengal TMC leaders visiting them to visit after Independence tion has not been met with National Liberation Army interrogation. Tharoor were staying in the HIV virus, at least 30 others BJP in 2017. Tripura are facing harassment Day. thus far. (DNLA) in transportation. The DNLA have called 36 hour hotel, as their bungalow was have been found to have in- "Former Tripura Assembly in various forms, including "On the other hand, West The freedom fighter's The arrested was made on bandh from 5 am of August 14 till being renovated at that time. fected in Morigaon district speaker Jiten Sarkar wrote to problems over their stay in Bengal Governor Jagdeep grandnephew, Surya Kumar basis of substantial evidence and 5pm of August 15 in six district Tharoor was booked under since August 1 alone. Pg 5 me today saying that he wants to hotels. Dhankar sits with BJP leaders Bose, Pg 5 intelligence input, said police. of Assam viz Dima Hasao, Karbi sections 498A... Pg 5 join the TMC with many others. "This will not go on as we will every evening," she added. Hapila is the former vice Anglong, Pg 5 WB man gets 7 years RI in fake currency Uttam Kumar Sarkar named Mamata urges MEA to bring back Sushmita Dev in Tripura case new director of IIM-Calcutta unlikely: TMC leader AGENCIES Bengalis stranded in Afghanistan AGENCIES large body of faculty, students, MUMBAI: A special NIA court alumni, staff, board, and all AGENCIES MOST OF THEM ARE FROM DARJEELING, KALIMPONG CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE apt leadership of TMC supre- here sentenced a man from KOLKATA: Uttam Kumar Sarkar stakeholders. Moreover, he is mo Mamata Banerjee, we West Bengal to seven years was on Wednesday named the acutely aware of 'what needs KOLKATA: Many people from ›AND TERAI REGION. WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT AGARTALA: Tripura Trinamool shall work to offer the people of rigorous imprisonment new director of IIM-Calcutta. to be done and how it must Darjeeling region in the state WHETHER THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE," SHE ADDED. leader Subal Bhowmik on of Tripura a pro-people gov- in a fake currency case. The appointment will come be done' to help IIM-Calcutta are stranded in war-torn HOWEVER, SOURCES IN THE STATE HOME DEPARTMENT Wednesday ruled out possi- ernment. The leadership will Abdul Kadir, a resident into force with immediate achieve its global aspirations," Afghanistan and the state bilities of bringing Sushmita be selected from Tripura. The of Malda district in West effect, the Indian Institute of said Shrikrishna Kulkarni, the government is writing to the DIDN'T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PRESENCE OF Dev to Tripura to lead the par- face will be from someone in Bengal, was found guilty of Management-Calcutta said in chairperson of the Board of Ministry of External Affairs MORE PEOPLE IN TROUBLE-TORN AFGHANISTAN. ty in the state. Bhowmik who the state". charges under IPC section a statement. Governors of IIM-Calcutta. (MEA) to bring them back at recently switched sides from Bhowmik also alleged that 120b (criminal conspira- Sarkar was selected from a Sarkar, a professor at the the earliest, Chief Minister a letter to the MEA requesting However, sources in the state the Congress to rejoin Tri- these confusions were being cy) 489b (trafficking fake large number of highly accom- Management Information Mamata Banerjee said on it to bring back the citizens as Home Department didn't rule out namool, said that in Tripura spread by a section of people currency) by the court on plished and qualified aspirants Systems Group at the pre- Wednesday. quickly as possible," Banerjee the possibility of the presence people distanced themselves which is not correct. "These are Tuesday, a release issued from India and abroad, through mier B-School, obtained his "So far we have been able said during a press conference of more people in trouble-torn from BJP as Biplab Kumar baseless speculations", he said. by the National... Pg 5 a very rigorous search process BTech, MTech, and PhD to trace more than 200 people here. Afghanistan, which was taken Deb is termed as "Parachute" On being asked about the TMC that lasted several months, it degrees in Computer Science who are stranded in different "Most of them are from over by the Taliban on Sunday. Chief Minister. higher leadership's search for said. and Engineering from IIT- parts of Afghanistan. Some are Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Terai "We have been able to gather Speaking exclusively to a face, Bhowmik said, there is Kumar new Cong "Professor Sarkar knows IIM- Kharagpur. He has an outstand- stranded in Kabul and some are region. We are trying to find out this information within a short North East Live, Bhowmik no leadership crisis in Tripura. Calcutta intimately: its history, ing academic record, and is a in the other parts of the country. whether there are more people," span of time. We have asked the said, "The question of such a "All these things are media in-charge of Sikkim, culture and the aspirations of its leading researcher... Pg 5 The Chief Secretary is writing she added. district... Pg 5 step does not arise. Under the manufactured", said Bhowmik. Nagaland, Tripura Northeast becoming NEW DELHI: The Congress on TMC slams Cong for marking Aug SC notice on plea against WB Wednesday appointed Ajoy cancer capital of Kumar in-charge of Sikkim, India: Report Nagaland and Tripura. 18 as Netaji's '’death anniversary'’ commission to probe Pegasus Kumar, a former IPS officer ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh's and an MP from Jamshedpur AGENCIES vived the accident and lived in His contribution to the nation Papum Pare district and AGENCIES ings of the committee and added Advocate Saurabh Mishra, in the 15th Lok Sabha who had hiding for the rest of his life. will be remembered and hon- Aizawl in Mizoram recorded that the plea will be heard along representing the petitioner, quit the party to join the Aam KOLKATA: The TMC on Wednes- The recurring demand by the oured till the end of time," the the highest incidence of new NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court with petitions seeking probe into sought stay on the committee Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of day objected to a statement freedom fighter's family to bring party wrote on its official Twitter cancer cases in the country on Wednesday issued notice to Pegasus snooping allegations. proceedings and contended that the Jharkhand assembly elec- issued by the Congress observ- back his purported remains handle. among females and males West Bengal government on a The top court also issued the issue is being examined at a tions in 2019, had rejoined the ing August 18 as Netaji Subhas from a temple in Japan for DNA The TMC leadership, on its respectively, as per a govern- plea challenging the setting up notice to Centre as the PIL pan-India level. The bench also Congress in September 2020. Chandra Bose's death anniver- examination has not been met part, asserted that the grand ment report. of a two-member commission argued that a state government comprising justices Surya Kant Congress... Pg 5 sary and asked the grand old thus far. old party should not make such The report, released by the of inquiry headed by retired can't constitute inquiry commis- and Aniruddha Bose refused party to refrain from "hurting" The Congress leadership sweeping remarks without any Indian Council of Medical Supreme Court judge, justice sion to probe a national contro- to stay the proceedings and the emotions of the Bengalis. tweeted a picture of Netaji with concrete proof. Research (ICMR) and National Madan B. Lokur, to probe the versy with worldwide ramifica- remarked that it is only taking UAE welcomes Ghani Seven decades have passed August 18, 1945 as the date of his "Strongly object to this tweet. Centre for Disease Informatics Pegasus snooping allegations. tions. Solicitor General Tushar "preliminary steps." since Netaji Subhas Chandra demise. This date of death is not proved. and Research (NCDIR), stated A bench headed by chief jus- Mehta, representing the Centre, The commission of inquiry and his family into the Bose went missing on this date "We pay tribute to the hero of Both Congress and BJP govt that Papumpare district has 219.8 tice N.V. Ramana said: "We will submitted he would assist court also has on board former act- country in 1945, with some historians Indian Independence Movement didn't try to find out the real facts per one lakh cancer cases among hear this along with other sim- in constitutional issues involved ing chief justice of the Calcutta suggesting that he might have Shri Subhas Chandra Bose. A regarding the last moments of females. ilar matters. Issue notice. List in the PIL. "It is unconstitutional High Court, justice (retired) KABUL: President Ashraf died in a plane crash in Taiwan, valiant freedom fighter, a defiant Netaji. Don't play with the emo- Mizoram's capital Aizawl has on August 25." However, the top is all I can say (as of now)," he Jyotirmay Bhattacharya. The Ghani, who abdicated and and others claiming that he sur- patriot and a proud son of India. tions of... Pg 5 269.4 per one lakh... Pg 5 court refused to stay the proceed- said. committee has... Pg 5 fled from Afghanistan, has been granted asylum in the UAE. Making the announcement, Local train to resume after 50% of rural the UAE Ministry of Foreign Muslim law board member Affairs and International Cooperation confirmed that the UAE welcomed Ghani and population gets inoculated: Mamata Sajjad Nomani praises Taliban ! his family into the country on humanitarian grounds. AGENCIES tariat Nabanna. Amid growing... Pg 5 The CM further pointed out AGENCIES Yogi Adityanath. KOLKATA: State Chief Minister that "extra caution" was being Sambhal Lok Sabha MP Mamata Banerjee on Wednes- taken amid apprehensions that NEW DELHI: A member of the Shafiqur Rahman Barq said Railways reevaluating day announced that local train the third wave of the pandemic All-India Muslim Personal the Taliban wanted to free services will resume in the might have a greater impact on Law Board, Maulana Sajjad their country and it was bidding process for state as and when 50 per cent children and adolescents. Nomani, has now praised the Afghanistan's internal matter. `30,000 crore of the rural population gets Banerjee, who held a review Taliban for its successful cap- In the state legislative council, vaccinated. meeting during the day to take ture of Afghanistan. the chief minister slammed the Banerjee also said that the stock of development projects The maulana heaped praises opposition MP saying, “He was state has received 3.75 crore and discuss other issues with on the Taliban and congratu- shamelessly supporting the doses of COVID-19 vaccines thus ministers and secretaries, said lated the hardliners while also Maulana Sajjad Nomani. Taliban. It means supporting far, including the ones it bought at least 46 lakh people have saying that “this Hindi Muslim India's own freedom struggle. their barbaric act.” directly from the manufacturers, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a meeting at Nabanna on Wednesday. submitted applications to avail salutes you”. Sambhal MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq called the Taliban a as against its requirement of 14 Photo: Purbadri Das benefits of various welfare This comes a day after a Barq invited widespread crit- force that did not allow Russia crore jabs. received the first dose, with her resume after 50 per cent vacci- schemes under ‘Duare Sarkar’ Samajwadi Party MP defend- icism with his praises of the or the United States to estab- She noted that 75 per cent of government initially focusing nation is completed in the rural (government at doorsteps) and ed the Taliban takeover of Taliban, including that from lish themselves in Afghanistan, Full Story on Page 5 the population in Kolkata, and at on the congested urban areas. belts," the Chief Minister told a ParaySamadhan (solution in Afghanistan, equating it with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister "and now they... Pg 5 least 80 per cent in Howrah have "Local train services will press conference at state secre- locality)... Pg 5