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EasternChroniWINDOW TO THE EAST cle WEATHERWATCH THAILAND POLICE FIRE PM ASKS DIPLOMATS TO BAJRANG WINS BRONZE Max 32°c TEAR gas in protest over c-19 show India’s ‘manufacturing beating 2-timeWorld Min 26°c pandemic response P 6 prowess’ abroad P 9 Championships medallist P 10 Humidity 79% VOL XI, ISSUE 481 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM SILCHAR GUWAHATI KOLKATA PAGES: 10 epaper at: www.easternchronicle.net PRICE `9 SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021 WRESTLER BAJRANG PUNIA GRABS BRONZE AS GOLFER ADITI MISSES IT Four NSCN (IM) rebels held with arms in Merapani along Neeraj scripts history with Assam-Nagaland border AGENCIES KOHIMA: Four hardcore NSCN javelin gold at Olympics (IM) rebels were arrested from the Merapani area AGENCIES passed the previous best haul ment gold favourite Johannes along the Assam-Nagaland of six medals achieved in the Vetter of Germany, who had border and a huge cache of TOKYO: Star javelin thrower 2012 London Games. thrown the javelin to 90m plus arms and ammunition was Neeraj Chopra on Saturday Czech Republic throwers distances seven times between seized from their possession. became only the second Indi- Jakub Vadlejch (86.67m) and April and June, was eliminat- As per reports, acting on an to win an individual gold in Vitezslav Vesely (85.44m) took ed after the first three throws intelligence input about the the Olympics, out-performing the silver and bronze respec- as he was placed ninth with a presence of NSCN (IM) mili- the field by quite a distance tively. best effort of 82.52m. tants, troops of Assam rifles to notch up the first track- Chopra came into the final Top eight after the first three in the wee hours on Saturday and-field Games medal for the as a medal contender after top- throws get three more attempts launched an operation in country. ping the qualification round on while the remaining four in the the jungles at Mikirang and The team recovered five were later handed over to the The 23-year-old farmer's son Wednesday with a stunning first 12-man final are eliminated. Nagabasti in the Merapani rifles including Ak-47, Ak 56, Nagaland police. from Khandra village near round throw of 86.59m. With his fifth career best area along the border. M-16 and HK rifles and 449 live It is suspected that NSCN Panipat in Haryana produced But few would have thought throw, Chopra has done some- During the operation, the bullets besides some incrim- (IM) cadres were camping in a second round throw of 87.58m in the Olympics. Abhinav Bindra (2008 Beijing he would bludgeon his way to thing which the likes of late team of Assam Rifles troops inating items from their pos- the area to carry out subver- in the final to stun the athletics Chopra won the country's Games) as India's individual gold in such a dominant fashion Milkha Singh and P T Usha managed to nab four cadres session. sive activities in the run-up to world and end India's 100-year seventh medal and first gold in gold winners in the showpiece. at the grandest stage. could not do in 1960 and 1984 of the Naga rebel outfit. The arrested militants Independence Day. Pg 5 wait for a track and field medal this Olympics and joined shooter With this, the country sur- Season leader and pre-tourna- editions. Pg 5 Parties in Bihar woo upper SPOTLIGHT Assam Motak students’ Petrol bomb attack CM promises job to caste voters amid furore Vaccine administration on AGP leader’s over caste-based census rising every month: house at Pathsala Olympian Sushila Chanu Health minister body submits memo to CM AGENCIES AGENCIES CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE PATNA: Politics on the basis of AGENCIES CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE and culture, solve border dispute IMPHAL: Even though the In- caste is not a new phenom- between Assam-Mizoram. GUWAHATI: Unidentified dian women’s hockey team enon in Bihar whether it is NEW DELHI: “India is going GUWAHATI: The All Assam Mot- “We have submitted a memo- miscreants on Friday night lost to Great Britain 3-4 in the the ruling or the opposition strong in the fight against ak Yuba Chatra Sanmilan randum to CM Himanta Biswa hurled petrol bombs at the match for the Bronze Medal in parties which are speaking in Covid-19. Charting a path (AAMYCS) on Friday submit- Sarma demanding that our house of an Assam Gana Tokyo Olympics, Sushila Cha- one voice about implementing to ‘SabkoVaccineMuftVac- ted a memorandum to chief 16-charter of demands be ful- Parishad (AGP) leader and nu Pukhrambam, one of the the caste-based census in the cine’, vaccine administra- minister Himanta Biswa Sar- filled. We are seeking ST status educationist at Pathsala midfielders in the team, who state. However, all parties in tion is rapidly increasing ma demanding fulfilment of for our community, which was in lower Assam’s Bajali hails from Manipur, will be Sushila Chanu Bihar do not want to let go any every month. July saw a their 16- charter of demands. a long pending demand of our district. given a suitable government on Friday, and said, “Spoke opportunity to consolidate the remarkable daily average of The demands include ST sta- community,” Ranjit Gohain, The miscreants threw job and cash award, the chief to Sushila Chanu right after I 'forward caste' votes as well. 43.41 lakh doses and a total of tus for the Motak community, president of AAMYCS, told. petrol bombs into the house minister said. landed in Imphal. We may have If we look at all major parties 13.45 crore doses,” Mandavi- to release 125 crore which was “We urged the government to Himanta Biswa Sarma of AGP leader Ranjit Deka Manipur chief minister Biren narrowly missed the bronze in Bihar, there is an increase ya tweeted. sanctioned in 2019-20 for the release Rs 125 crore which was our community,” he said. around 9 pm on Friday. Singh assured Chanu during a medal today but the team’s, as in the number of forward caste According to the Union development of the community, sanctioned in the financial year “The Assam-Mizoram border Deka, Pg 5 video call conversation shared well as Sushila’s performance leaders inducted in every party. health ministry’s... Pg 5 preservation of Motak history 2019-20 for the development of issue should be... Pg 5 on his social media account in Olympics... Pg 5 The trend of setting the... Pg 5 Medical supply to Army jawan shoots ‘Lance Assam reports 15 more Covid-19 Lailapur locals ransack Mizoram Mizoram remains Nayak’ in Tinsukia’s Laipuli camp bound trucks, ministers urge to affected deaths, 986 new positive cases AGENCIES CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE withdraw blockade CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE 15; Recovery Rate 97.04%,” chief AIZAWL: Even as the two GUWAHATI: In a shocking inci- minister Sarma tweeted. CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE states of Assam-Mizoram dent, ‘Lance Nayak’ of the 73 GUWAHATI: Assam reported 15 On Saturday, India’s cumula- have agreed to sort out the mountain bigrade was shot more deaths due to Covid19 tive Covid19 vaccination cover- SILCHAR: Irrate locals of Lai- differences on borders am- dead by army jawan follow- infection and a total of 986 new age achieved a significant mile- lapur in Assam’s Cachar dis- icably, alleged road block- ing a heated argument in Tin- positive cases in the last 24 stone of 50 crore, Union health trict on Saturday afternoon ade by locals in Cachar sukia’s Laipuli Army Camp on hours. ministry said in a bulletin. ransacked a number of trucks district of Assam has left Friday morning. Confirming the news, Assam Nearly 50 lakh vaccine doses when they were heading for Mizoram in acute shortage Speaking to the media, Representative image. chief minister Himanta Biswa were administered in the last 24 Mizoram. “Atleast 12 trucks of emergency medical sup- Panitola outpost, In-charge, Prasad. Accordingly, a police sarma Himanta Biswa Sarma in other patients, who were earlier hours across the country. loaded with essentials were ply. Dina Kanta Sonowal said, “At team had rushed to the spot for a tweet on Saturday evening said infected by Covid19, recovered The country’s recovery rate ransacked by locals who tar- Though Assam had denied around 5 am in the morning further investigation.” the new cases tested positive for from the deadly disease. currently stands at 97.37%. geted them with stones when of any road blockade in the hours, we received a phone call The Panitola outpost, the virus out of 1,18,902 samples. The state’s recovery rate stood A total of 38,628 daily new the vehicles started for Mizo- the police and administration in area and claimed that trucks from Major of the 73 mountain In-charge (I/C), Dina Kanta The Assam chief minister at 97.04%, chief minister Sarma cases were reported in the last ram from Assam via NH-306. Cachar district, who managed carrying supplies... Pg 5 bigrade, informing about the Sonowal also informed that the said the state’s overall positivi- informed on Saturday. 24 hours. India’s active caseload However, police dispersed to free the highway of the agita- incident. There was a firing inci- police seized one INSAS assault ty percentage stood at 0.83% on “Summary of 07/8/2021 (4,12,153) presently constitutes them. No one was injured in tors supporting the 12-dday-long dent inside the camp and where Rifle and 20 empty cartridges Saturday. – Today’s Total 986; Overall 1.29% of the total cases, the min- the incidents,” said a senior blockade, trucks failed to move Five illegal foreigners ‘Lance Nayak’ Sanjay Chand from the possession of army Of the new cases, the Kamrup Positivity Percentage (986 istry said.