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SILCHAR: An all-party dele- gation led by Speaker of the to Assam-Mizoram dispute Assam Legislative Assembly, AGENCIES in regular touch with the two five personnel Biswajit Daimary has decid- Chief Ministers -- Himanta and a civilian, the two func- ed to support Government’s NEW : The Centre has no Biswa Sarma (Assam) and Zo- tionaries said so far no deci- infrastructural development plans to order an inquiry by ramthanga (Mizoram). sion has been taken in this works along Assam-Mizoram a neutral agency like the CBI also tweeted, regard. inter-state border and took a into the recent fatal clashes “I still hope for an amicable Besides, there has been no unanimous decision in this along the Assam-Mizoram solution to the #AssamMizo- formal request from either regard at a meeting held at The all-party meeting of Assam Assembly presided over by Speaker Biswajit border but is trying to defuse ramBorderTension from the of the state governments for the Deputy Commissioner’s Daimari at the office of the Cachar DC on Saturday evening. Photo: DDIPR the situation as early as possi- Central Government.” a probe by a neutral agency, office here on Saturday. Mizoram Police fired on As- in the reserve forest area ble in a peaceful manner. He also tagged Prime Min- they said. At the meeting, the delega- sam Police and government along the border, then there Two senior government ister , Union “Both the state govern- tion unanimously resolved officials on duty while guard- is a need to formulate new functionaries said the Central Home Minister Shah, and ments are cooperating and the that steps required to be tak- ing Assam’s constitutional policies or enact laws in the government does not want to the chief ministers of Megha- central government is assured en at the border security level boundary last Monday. interest of border protection”. take any decision that may laya, Nagaland, Arunachal that there will be no more would have the support of the While addressing the mem- MLA Jayanta Malla Ba- further escalate the ground Pradesh, , border flare-ups,” one of them delegation. bers present at the meeting, ruah also advised that care situation. and Sikkim in the tweet. Assam and Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga said. The meeting decided to Speaker Daimary said, “Just should be taken so that no They said the Central Assam CM Sarma respond- agrees for dialogue at HM ’s intervention. Following the July 26 vio- approach the Central Gov- as all parties in Mizoram are one is evicted within the con- government wants a peace- ed through a tweet: “Our main the people of both states. Hon- through discussion.” lence, both Assam and Mizo- ernment with an all-party united in protecting the bor- stitutional limits of the state. ful resolution of the current focus is on keeping the spirit ble CM @ZoramthangaCM Asked whether a neutral ram Police registered separate delegation to resolve the ders of Mizoram, all parties in MLA Kamalakhya Dey Pur- border dispute between As- of North-East alive. What hap- had promised to call me post probe agency like the CBI will cases naming each others’ po- border dispute. The meeting our state must also be united. kayastha and MLA Abdul Ka- sam and Mizoram and Union pened along the Assam-Mizo- his quarantine. Border dis- be given the task to probe the litical leaders and police and condemned the manner in If the current policy and law rim Barbhuiya also support- Home Minister Amit Shah is ram border is unacceptable to putes can only be resolved July 26 clashes which killed civil officials. Pg 5 which Mizo miscreants and do not allow for settlements ed the government’s... Pg 5 SPOTLIGHT Selling tobacco Mizoram to ‘relook’ FIR Assam blocking New RBI rules on products near Incidents unacceptable, talk medical supplies: interchange fee against Assam CM: chief secy on ATM comes schools should only solution: CM Sarma AGENCIES Mizo Health Min into effect be banned: CLPF AGENCIES ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER SARMA, Chief Minister Himanta Bis- AIZAWL: In a major develop- AIZAWL: Mizoram Health Minis- WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH wa Sarma and Mizoram CM ment, the Mizoram govern- ter R Lalthangliana claimed on : The new direc- AGENCIES GUWAHATI/AIZAWL: Six days af- Zoramthanga telephonically ment on Sunday said that they Sunday that medical supplies, tions issued by the Reserve ter a violent clash between po- CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AND earlier in the day to defuse will relook at the FIR regis- including COVID-19 test kits, Bank of (RBI), raising GUWAHATI: Assam Chamber of lice forces of Assam and Miz- ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN AN the border tension between tered against Assam chief min- were being blocked from enter- interchange fee on ATM Commerce, Consumer Voice, oram claimed seven lives and FIR BY MIZORAM POLICE, ALSO the two Northeastern neigh- ister Himanta Biswa Sarma ing the state from Assam due transactions, along with New Delhi and Consumers’ Le- injured over 50 people, Chief SPOKE OF KEEPING ALIVE THE bours. over the recent border clashes to the imposition of blockade making the bulk clearing gal Protection Forum (CLPF) Minister Himanta Biswa “Our main focus is on keep- between the two states. in the Barak Valley region fol- facility available round the said that the state shall abide Sarma on Sunday said such SPIRIT OF THE NORTH EAST IN A ing the spirit of North-East The development was in- lowing the border dispute. clock, came into effect from by the Cigarettes and Other incidents along the inter-state POST. alive. What happened along formed by Mizoram chief sec- Lalnunmawia Chuaungo. Assam, however, said that Sunday. On June 10, the RBI Tobacco Products Act of 2003 border are “unacceptable” the Assam-Mizoram border is retary Lalnunmawia Chuaun- said. Notably, the Mizoram Po- no organisation is currently had raised the interchange Law. They also jointly declared to people of both the states by Mizoram Police, also spoke unacceptable to the people of go. He also said that the CM lice booked Assam Chief Min- staging any blockade in the fee on financial transactions that that its members shall re- and advocated a resolution of keeping alive the spirit of both states. Honble CM @Zo- and him were not aware of the ister Himanta Biswa Sarma, state. from Rs 15 to Rs 17, while frain from selling any kind of through talks. the North East in a twitter ramthangaCM had promised FIR. six senior officials and 200 un- Mizoram is currently bat- that for non-financial trans- tobacco products to children Assam Chief Minister Sar- post. to call me post his quarantine. “CM (Zoramthanga) and I identified policemen, holding tling the second wave of the actions was revised from Rs and youth. Considering the ma, who has been charged The tweet comes after Border disputes can only be were unaware. CM has told them responsible for the July pandemic and is one of the 5 to Rs 6. The interchange consumption of Tobacco prod- with criminal conspiracy and Union Home Minister Amit resolved through discussion,” me to relook. I will talk to the 26 violence on the Assam-Miz- most affected states in the fee is paid by the bank that ucts and injurious ... Pg 5 attempt to murder in an FIR Shah spoke to both Assam Sarma said in his tweet. Pg 5 officers,” the chief secretary oram border. Pg 5 country. Pg 5 has issued a card, to the bank where the cardholder... Pg 5 Assam reports 15 Sushanta Borgohain 20% surcharge on power bills of Rainfall seven percent more deaths, 989 formally joins BJP below normal in July new positive cases tea folk, BPL consumers waived AGENCIES classified as below normal. GUWAHATI: Assam reported CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE government has decided to July recorded extremely 15 more deaths due to Cov- waive a 20% electricity sur- NEW DELHI: After its vigorous heavy rainfall over coastal and id19 infection and 784 new GUWAHATI: Assam Govern- charge on their pending bills. revival in the first week of central , , positive cases in the last 24 ment exempted the tea The due bills can be paid in July that saw floods, cloud- . hours. Confirming the news, garden labourers and BPL 10 instalments.” CM Sarma burst and landslides in several Several towns and cities in Assam chief minister Him- consumers in the state from also mentioned that results parts of the country, the South- Maharashtra were deluged to anta Biswa Sarma in a tweet paying a 20% surcharge on of office cum field assistant/ west Monsoon ended with a very heavy rainfall which re- on Sunday evening said the their pending electricity drivers/sahayaks will be seven per cent deficit for the sulted in catastrophic events new cases were confirmed bills. declared soon. Around 1600 month, the India Meteorologi- like landslides claiming scores out of 91,123 tests. Chief min- From now onwards their candidates had applied for cal Department (IMD) said on of lives and damaging proper- ister Sarma informed that arrear bills can be paid in 10 the above-mentioned posts, Sunday. ty. the state’s overall positivity CM Himanta Biswa Sarma welcomes former Congress MLA Sushanta Borgohain instalments, informed Chief chief minister Himanta Bis- he said. An additional Saub- The rainfall in July was The north Indian states -- percentage on Sunday stood to BJP, in Guwahati, Sunday. Minister Himanta Biswa wa Sarma said, “There are hagya Scheme of Rs 1,719 minus seven per cent which Jammu and Kashmir, Uttara- at 0.86%. Of the new cases, AGENCIES Bhabesh Kalita, Minister Pi- Sarma during a press con- around 1.95 lakh tea garden crores has been sanctioned comes to around 93 per cent of khand, and the Kamrup Metro district jush Hazarika, MP Pallab Lo- ference at Bijulee Bhawan workers whose electricity by the . the Long Period Average, IMD Ladakh -- also saw cloudburst recorded 107 cases. On Sun- GUWAHATI: Former Congress chan Das, senior party leaders here in Guwahati. Following payments are overdue due It will cover more 4,80,249 Director General Mrutunjay events that claimed several day, hundreds of patients, MLA Sushanta Borgohain Phani Sarma, Kushal Duwari a meeting with senior offi- to various issues. Similarly, households all over Assam Mohapatra said. lives. who were earlier ... Pg 5 formally joined the Bharati- and Pulak Gohain on Sunday. cials of 3 power companies there are around 11.21 lakh in both off-grid and on-grid Rainfall in the range of 96- The national capital too ya (BJP) in the Before joining BJP formally APDCL, AEGCL & APGCL at BPL consumers whose bills mode, stated the Assam Chief 104 is normal whereas precip- recorded a very good rainfall Boundaries presence of state president Sushanta Borgohain... Pg 5 Bijulee Bhawan on Sunday, are also overdue. Hence, the Minister. Pg 5 itation in the range of 90-96 is activity. Pg 5 demarcation NSCN-IM calls of NE through Former Manipur Congress TMC No. 2 Abhishek Over 24,000 satellite imaging for shut down Chief Konthoujam Joins BJP children died NEW DELHI: The Centre will tomorrow AGENCIES Banerjee to visit Tripura today demarcate boundaries of the by suicide from Northeastern states through NEWMAI NEWS NETWORK IMPHAL: Former Manipur AGENCIES The incident prompted satellite imaging to resolve Congress president Govindas back-to-back visits to Tripura long-pending inter-state bor- DIMAPUR: NSCN-IM said on Konthoujam joined the BJP on KOLKATA: As part of the out- by TMC leaders, including 2017 to 2019 der disputes. As per reports, Sunday that there will be a Sunday. reach campaign in BJP-ruled ministers BratyaBasu and NEW DELHI: Over 24,000 chil- the task has been given to “total closure” of shops and A six-time MLA consecu- Tripura, TMC National Gener- Malay Ghatak and TMC MP dren in the age bracket of 14- the North Eastern Space Ap- other business establishments tively elected from the Bish- al Secretary Abhishek Baner- Derek O’Brien, who decried 18 years committed suicide plication Centre (NESAC), in “Nagalim” till 12 noon on nupur seat, Konthoujam had jee will on Monday visit the the “illegal detention of young from 2017-19, with failure in a joint initiative of the De- August 3 in protest against quit the Congress a few days north-eastern state, where the boys and girls” of a profession- examination being the rea- partment of Space (DoS) and the government for “keeping back and his decision to join party claims it has a sizeable al firm. son in over 4,000 such cases, the North Eastern Council silent” on Framework Agree- the saffron party would be a support base. Banerjee will offer prayers according to government (NEC). The NESAC helps ment even after 6 years. As boost to it ahead of the assem- Govindas Konthoujam. The visit of Banerjee, neph- at the Tripureswari temple in data. The consolidated data augment the developmental such, NSCN-IM, through this bly elections in the state early state BJP chief A Sharda Devi, ew of Chief Minister Mamata Abhishek Banerjee. Agartala during the day, hold of the National Crime Re- process in the Northeast re- press release, appealed to the next year. MP Banerjee and defacto number strategist Prashant Kishor’s a meeting with party members cords Bureau (NCRB) on gion by providing advanced Naga people, public and busi- Konthoujam joined the BJP and the party’s in-charge for two in the party, comes day I-PAC team in an Agartala ho- and address the media in the children’s suicide was re- space technology support. ness groups to show solidarity in the presence of Manipur the state , among after a controversy had erupt- tel room by the police, citing afternoon, sources in the TMC cently presented in... Pg 5 to the Framework... Pg 5 Chief Minister N Biren Singh, others. Pg 5 ed over “detention” of poll COVID-19 restrictions. said. Pg 5 JeM chief Masood Azhar residing BRILLIANT INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM SECURES SEMIFINAL BERTH AFTER 4 DECADES in as state guest Sizzling Sindhu 1st Indian woman AGENCIES Jaish-e- Mohammed terror group. The news channel NEW DELHI: Pakistan has en- said in a release that Masood to win two Olympic medals sured that India’s most want- has two houses in Pakistan’s ed terrorist Masood Azhar, Bahawalpur with one locat- AGENCIES big-ticket events such as the men’s hockey tournament af- who has been charge-sheeted ed right next to the Osman-O- Commonwealth and Asian ter a gap of 41 years, beating in several cases from the 2001 Ali Masjid and the National TOKYO: Reigning world cham- Games and the BWF World Great Britain 3-1 in the quar- Parliament attack to the 2019 Orthopedic and General pion P V Sindhu on Sunday Tour Finals in the last five terfinals. Pulwama suicide bombing, Hospital. became only the second Indian years, outwitted eighth seed It was Super Sunday for remains in a densely popu- Pakistani army jawans and the country’s first wom- Bing Jiao 21-13 21-15 to add a India as the team coached by lated area so that an opera- have been stationed outside an to win two Olympic med- bronze to the silver that she Australia’s Graham Reid rode tion similar to the one by the Terrorist Masood Azhar. his house to secure their als, securing a bronze after a had secured at the 2016 Rio on a scintillating performance US against Osama bin Laden “accessed undeniable visual prized asset, the release said, straight-game win over World Games. by goalkeeper PR Sreejesh to is not possible, according to a evidence” that confirms Pa- adding the motive is simple - No. 9 He Bing Jiao of China in With a brilliant perfor- outwit Great Britain in the report by a newly launched kistan’s “deep state is still with a mosque and hospital the badminton women’s sin- mance from a young team that fourth and final quarterfinal, Hindi news channel. providing a safe haven to ter- next to his house “an Osa- gles third-place play-off here. played as a single unit in To- setting up a last-four clash According to Times Now ror masterminds” including ma-like operation becomes Sindhu, who has returned kyo, India made it to the medal India’s PV Sindhu celebrates after beating He Bing Jiao of China in their women’s with reigning World Cup win- Navbharat channel, it has Masood Azhar, who heads virtually impossible” ... Pg 5 with medals from each of the round of the Olympic Games singles badminton bronze medal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday. ner Belgium. Pg 5