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82 years of service to the nation LATE CITY PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH RN-1127/57 TECH/GH – 103/2018-2020, VOL. 82, NO. 237 www.assamtribune.com Pages 12 Price: 6.00 GUWAHATI, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2020 p2 Hamas insists on ending p5 KVIC focuses on promotion p7 Drugs worth Rs 3.50 cr Israeli blockade on Gaza of honey industry in NE seized in Mizoram Delimitation 4-day Assembly Commission COVID deaths session from today members to GUWAHATI, Aug 30: Seven more COVID-19 Four more MLAs test COVID-19 positive visit NE soon patients – Bidyadeep SPL CORRESPONDENT Bhuyan and Kiran Bora of STAFF REPORTER carried out at the Assembly premises and Golaghat, Nipjyoti Baruah nine persons, including Haflong MLA Bir NEW DELHI, Aug 30: and Md Sohrabuddin GUWAHATI, Aug 30: Amid the COV- Bhadra Hagjer and a couple of journalists The Delimitation Commis- Ahmed of Kamrup Metro, ID-19 pandemic, a four-day autumn ses- and staff of the Assembly were found posi- sion is all set to redraw the Ramila Sutradhar and sion of the Assam Legislative Assem- tive. On Friday, five persons who were test- Lok Sabha and Assembly Sachin Chandra Brahma of bly will begin from Monday. ed along with 100 others were found posi- Chirang and Bhaskar Bijoy constituencies of Assam, For the third consecutive day on Sunday, tive. Over 25 legislators have tested posi- Gupta of Cachar – died Manipur, Nagaland and Aru- today. The toll has COVID-19 tests were carried out for legis- tive for the virus so far. nachal Pradesh besides Jam- reached 296. Meanwhile, lators and Assembly staff and other person- Meanwhile, according to the notices re- mu and Kashmir. 1,980 new cases were nel who would be attending the session. ceived by the Assembly Secretariat from The Commission mem- detected in the State During the day, 118 tests were conducted, various departments, 21 bills are likely to bers will soon visit the North- today, taking the COVID- of which 10 were found positive for the novel come up during the session. Among the new eastern States and the Union 19 tally to 1,05,774. – A sanitization drive being carried out on the Assam Legislative Assembly premises on the eve coronavirus. Bills are The Birangana Sati Sadhini Rajyik Territory after preparing a Staff Reporter of the four-day autumn session, in Guwahati on Sunday. – UB Photos “Thirty two legislators underwent tests Vishwaidyalaya Bill, 2020, The Assam Ag- “broad framework” of the de- Toy hub today and four of them – Rituparna Barua, ricultural Produce & Livestock Marketing limitation exercise, sources NEW DELHI, Aug 30: Naren Sonowal, Anuwar Hussain Lashkar (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, As- said. The panel will seek Prime Minister Narendra and Nazrul Haque – were found positive. sam MSME (Facilitation of Establishment views of its ‘associate mem- Modi today gave a clarion NRC publication Lashkar has been admitted to GNRC, while and Operation) Bill, 2020 and The Assam bers’ – a group of Lok Sab- call to be “vocal for local the others have opted for home isolation,” Skill University Bill, 2020. ha members and MLAs – toys”, stressing the need an Assembly Secretariat official said. for making the country a completes one year after drawing up the frame- toy hub. – IANS On Saturday, 208 rapid antigen tests were SEE PAGE 3 work, the sources added. III Also see page 6 R DUTTA CHOUDHURY Centre, State ting the rejection slips. The list “The framework is pro- Care centre yet to clarify of those whose names were posed to be developed on GUWAHATI, Aug 30: As not included in the NRC in- carving out constituencies GUWAHATI, Aug 30: publication of the National cludes around four lakh peo- Medical oxygen suppliers Health Minister Himanta stand on based on the 2011 Census. Biswa Sarma today Register of Citizens (NRC) citizenship ple, who did not file claims af- Only then would the Com- inaugurated the 55-bed completes one year tomor- ter the publication of draft not paid for months mission visit the States to Bagri Children Covid Care row, the Central and State document NRC, and the government has meet locals. Once the frame- Centre at MMCH in the governments are yet to clar- also not clarified its position on RITURAJ BORTHAKUR tients suppliers told this institutions. work is drawn, it would also city. – Staff Reporter ify their stand on the citizen- lakh persons for inclusion of the fate of those people. newspaper that some of “We have information that interact with the associate J&K gunfight ship document, while the proc- names in the NRC were re- The much awaited NRC GUWAHATI, Aug 30: De- them have been not paid other states like West Ben- members to seek their views SRINAGAR, Aug 30: ess of issuing rejection slips jected as they failed to provide was prepared after years of spite reminders from the since last year. gal have cleared the bills of and inputs,” said an official. Three Lashkar-e-Taiba to those whose applications adequate proof of citizenship demands and agitations. Im- Central government, the As- While one supplier said his the suppliers till July this The Commission was set militants and an ASI of for inclusion of their names in and their fate hangs in balance. mediately after the Assam sam government has failed to outstanding amount could be year. In view of the pandem- up in March. It is headed by Jammu and Kashmir the NRC were rejected has Though the process of issuing Agitation started, the AASU clear the dues of medical gas over Rs 1.5 crore, another said ic, the Union Health Minis- former Supreme Court Police were killed in a also not started. The 200 pro- rejection slips to those people submitted a memorandum to suppliers. he has not being paid Rs 3 try has reminded the State judge Justice Ranjana Desai gunfight in the city posed foreigners tribunals by the NRC authorities was the Prime Minister on Feb- A day after Health Minis- crore. In most of the cases, the government to make regu- outskirts on Sunday, (retd). Election Commission- ruary 2, 1980 demanding that police said. – PTI (FTs) for hearing petitions of scheduled to start early this ter Himanta Biswa Sarma last payment to the suppliers lar payments, but nothing is er Sushil Chandra is the rep- those whose applications year, the process was delayed the NRC of 1951 should be indicated that the State could was made in March last year. happening here,” another resentative of the Election were rejected have also not due to the COVID-19 pan- updated. face a shortage of medical There are around five vendor said. Commission in the panel. started functioning as yet. demic. Such people can ap- oxygen given the growing main vendors who supply Applications of more than 19 proach the FTs only after get- SEE PAGE 3 demand for COVID-19 pa- medical gases to the health SEE PAGE 3 The campus buzz... 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SEE PAGE 3 Lockdown hits functioning of State info panel MANASH PRATIM DUTTA GUWAHATI, Aug 30: The COVID-19 induced lockdown has not only affected the socio-economic sector of the State but is also posing a challenge for the citizens to enjoy their democratic rights, especially the right to information. The functioning of the Assam State Information Com- mission was severely affected when there was a total re- striction in inter-district movement. This led to a rise in pending cases in the Commission. During this period, the Commission had arranged virtu- al hearings for RTI appeals filed by the public from across the State. Unfortunately, as stated by a source, only 40 per cent of such cases could be disposed of. “The main reason behind the low rate of success in virtual hearings is poor internet connectivity in most parts of the State. Moreover, most people, including both peti- tioners and officials, were found not to be techno-savvy. So in most cases, the attempt to dispose of cases through virtual hearings went futile,” the source said. During virtual hearings, the Commission mainly failed in disposing of complicated cases related to various State gov- ernment departments. Till July 31, around 2,000 cases were pending with the Commission. Interestingly, among those cases, around 1,200 were filed by RTI activist Dulal Bora. At present, by following all COVID-19 related norms, the Commission is conducting three virtual hearings and eight physical hearings every working day. SEE PAGE 3 2 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2020 Terminator actor Required ITI Electrician You are always in our hearts It is notified for the information Linda Hamilton’s (fresher) Bank, Call-center, Sales that my Original Qualifying Hamas insists on ending Executive, Showroom etc. Examination Certificate of Main twin sister Leslie 6026673187. Secondary Examination of Year SV/P/SC000289/2 2018 and Roll no.