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Assam Cong pays ‘Mission Basundhara to be launched AIUDF expels GS Fazlul Karim tribute to former PM Qasmi for allegedly supporting Taliban Rajiv Gandhi for streamlining state’s revenue admin’ CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE GUWAHATI: The 77th birth an- GUWAHATI: All India United niversary of Prime Minister GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Him- Democratic Front (AIUDF) Rajiv Gandhi was observed anta Biswa Sarma on Saturday general secretary Maulana by the Assam Pradesh Con- held a meeting with the offi- Fazlul Karim Qasmi has gress Committee at Con- cials of the Revenue & Disas- been temporarily suspended gress headquarters Rajiv ter Management Department from the party for his alleged Bhawan in Guwahati on to discuss various issues for social media posts support- Friday. streamlining the revenue ad- ing the Taliban takeover of The meeting was presided ministration of the State. Afghanistan. by Senior... Pg 5 Issues like the survey of The decision came after non-cadastral villages, drafting Assam police arrested service rule and inter-district Maulana Fazlul Karim Qasmi 13 more people across the state Hoque from Kamrup rural, Assam Governor transfer of lot mandals, simpli- on Saturday for his controver- for their alleged social media Mozidul Islam, Faruk Hussain fication of partition of ejmali sial post on social media. posts supporting the Taliban Khan from Barpeta, Saiyad wishes on Raksha patta and hereditary transfer of In a press statement, AIUDF takeover of Afghanistan. Ahmed, Arman Hussain Bandhan land etc. were discussed during For that, a mission namely Biswa Sarma also asked the 2023. general press secretary Haidar The arrests have been from Dhubri, Mujib Uddin the meeting. “Mission Basundhara” would department to expedite the pro- Issues of inter-district Hussain Bora has informed made since Friday night and Mortuza Hussain Khan from CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE Advocating for total reforms of be launched on 2nd October 2021, cess of cadastral survey of all transfer of lot mondals were that Qasmi has been tempo- the accused have been booked Karimganj, Jawed Mazumder the State’s revenue administra- the Chief Minister said. remaining non-cadastral villages also discussed in the meeting. rarily removed from his cur- under different sections from Cachar, Nadim Akhter GUWAHATI: Assam Governor tion, the Chief Minister asked the CM Sarma further stressed on and to detail survey of lands in 27 The Chief Minister directed rent post as General Secretary of the Unlawful Activities from Hailakandi, Khandakar Prof. Jagdish Mukhi con- department to complete all pend- solving all such pending matters districts of Assam excluding the Revenue department to draft a of the party by vice president (Prevention) Act, IT Act and Nur Alom from South Salmara, veyed his greetings to the ing partition and mutation cases within May 10, 2022, which will sixth schedule areas. He directed new Service Rule of the lot man- Awal Majid. CrPC, police informed. Maulana Yaseen Khan from people of Assam on the eve in a mission mode by opening a mark the first anniversary of the the department to achieve the dals for hassle-free execution of It may also be mentioned The accused were identified Goalpara and Maulana of Raksha Bandhan. portal, organizing Rajah Adalat present government. goal of completely digitizing the transfer and postings within a that Assam police had arrested as Abu Bakkar Sidique, Saidul Basiruddin Laskar from Hojai. In a statement here today, etc. within the next few months. Chief Minister Himanta land records of the state within stipulated time. Governor Prof. Mukhi said, "Raksha Bandhan... Pg 5 SPOTLIGHT Union Minister Sarbananda Verification of seized Two female elephants Tripura Congress rhino horns conducted J&K police chief reviews chief resigns Sonowal arrives in Guwahati in Darrang electrocuted at Baksa security after spate of AGENCIES political killings CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE GUWAHATI: Scientific verifi- CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE AGARTALA: Congress’s Tri- cation of the rhino horns, AGENCIES pura unit head Pijush GUWAHATI: Former Assam chief seized by the forest depart- GUWAHATI: Two wild jumbos Kanti Biswas on Saturday minister and Union Minister ment and stored in the were killed after they came in NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kash- resigned from his post and Sarbananda Sonowal arrived Mangaldai treasury, was contact with illegally installed mir (J&K) Police chief Dilbag announced his retirement in Guwahati on Saturday conducted on Saturday in electric fences in lower As- Singh on Friday visited the from politics citing personal morning. the Darrang Deputy Com- sam’s Baksa district near the Kulgam district and chaired reasons. Sonowal will lead the three- missioner’s conference hall. Bhutan border. a security review meeting Biswas said he has sent his day ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ The verification was car- Forest officials said the inci- focused on a spate of political resignation letter to Congress launched by the BJP in Assam. ried out in connection with dent took place on Friday in the A person, identified as Reshan killings in the area. Repre- chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul The newly appointed Union the ongoing process for dis- Koroibari area near the Batabari Daimary, had allegedly installed sentatives of the Army and Gandhi. Minister was received by Chief posal of the seized rhino horns Forest Range. the electric fences to protect his paramilitary Central Re- “The reasons are not to be Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma kept in different treasuries of The elephants, both adult crops from elephants. serve Police Force attended disclosed. I can only say that I at the LGBI Airport in Guwahati. Assam CM greets union minister Sarbananda Sonowal at airport on Saturday. the state. females, sneaked into the area As per reports, he surren- the meeting. resigned due to some personal This is the maiden visit of as the Union Minister of Ports, AYUSH. A central... Pg 5 from the Bhutan Hills in search dered before the police after the According... Pg 5 reasons,” Pg 5 Sonowal after taking charge Shipping & Waterways and After Prime Minister... Pg 5 of food, said an official. incident. Pg 5 Assam launches ULFA (I) warns Oil companies C-19 vaccine helpline Covid-19: Delhi govt to remove 8pm Assam to implement New number for Guwahati over permanent jobs for restriction on markets starting Monday Education Policy from next year CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE Assam’s candidates AGENCIES per cent, according to health CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE upgrade the academic infrastruc- GUWAHATI: The Health De- CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE option but to launch armed department data. ture of the educational institu- partment of Assam on Sat- resistance against the Oil com- NEW DELHI: The Delhi govern- The number of active cases GUWAHATI: The Assam govern- tions for this purpose within a urday has launched a help- GUWAHATI: The ULFA (I) has de- panies if they continue their ment on Saturday decided to in Delhi are 430. No new fatality ment will implement the New year. line number for the people manded permanent jobs for in- anti-Assamese approach,” remove restrictions imposed linked to Covid-19 was recorded Education Policy (NEP) from “The state government after of Guwahati for COVID-19 digenous candidates of Assam ULFA (I) publicity wing mem- on markets due to the corona- on Saturday. Saturday's decision April 1, 2022, chief minister coming to power made a pledge vaccine process. in ONGC, OIL and IOCL. ber Rumel Asom said. virus disease (Covid-19). Chief comes weeks after the Delhi gov- Himanta Biswa Sarma has to provide employment to 1 Citizens of Guwahati can In a statement issued on The banned outfit further minister Arvind Kejriwal ernment allowed weekly mar- said. lakh youth of the state. While give a missed call at this num- Friday, the proscribed outfit demanded the companies to tweeted to say that the curbs kets to open in the city (from Sarma said that this process fulfilling this promise the state ber 8929103776 and they will said it would carry out armed make public as to how much will be removed from Monday. falling in Delhi over the last few August 9). These markets were would be completed by the end government today launched be informed of the availa- operations against the three Oil resource have been extracted "Markets of Delhi were weeks and on Saturday, the closed in the national capital of March next year. the appointment process and bility of the vaccines in the companies if they don’t fulfil out of Assam since their incep- allowed to function till 8 pm due national capital recorded 19 after a lockdown was imposed “The state government is soon advertisements would be particular vaccine centre. their demands. tion and what percentage of to Covid-19. In wake of decreas- cases of the infection, accord- on April 19 due to the spike in gearing up to implement the published for several thousand Assam government has Instead of contractual jobs, their profits has been received ing cases, this restriction will ing to Delhi government's health cases during the second Covid- New Education Policy (NEP) jobs in the education department also aimed... Pg 5 the ONGC, OIL and IOCL must by Assam so far. be removed starting Monday. department. This is a drastic 19 wave. Later on, one weekly from April 1, 2022. Under NEP, besides conducting TET,” the provide permanent jobs to the The outfit has also demanded Now the markets can open as per drop from a peak of 25,000 Covid- market in each municipal zone all high schools would be upgrad- chief minister said. indigenous candidates of the, the appointment of an experi- their normal time," according 19 cases every day in April. was allowed to open with proper ed to senior secondary school,” He also distributed appoint- Centre to share PF said the ULFA (I). enced indigenous person to the to the translation of Kejriwal's Forty eight people recovered adherence to Covid-appropriate chief minister Sarma told report- ment letters to 767 candidates “We would like to make it post of managing director in OIL. tweet posted in Hindi. in the last 24 hours and the pos- behaviour and official guide- ers in Guwahati on Friday. in different directorates of the of employees who clear that there will not be any Earlier in May, Pg 5 The Covid-19 cases have been itivity rate now stands at 0.03 lines. He said the government would education department... Pg 5 lost jobs Assam police arrests 14 people Zydus Cadila says will NEW DELHI: The Centre will begin supply of its C-19 Mizoram extends partial pay the provident fund (PF) share till 2022 for those em- vaccine in mid-Sep ployees, who lost their jobs for ‘pro-Taliban’ Facebook posts lockdown in Aizawl by 2 weeks but were called back again AGENCIES to their work in small scale CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE Islam, 25, Faruk Hussain Khan, AGENCIES However, churches for worship jobs, said Union finance 32, Saiyad Ahmed, 27, Arman AHMADABAD: A day after Zydus services will continue to remain minister Nirmala Sithara- GUWAHATI: Assam police has Hussain, 25, Nadim Akhtar, 23, Cadila’s ZyCoV-D was cleared AIZAWL: The Mizoram govern- closed in the AMC area, it said. man on Saturday. arrested 14 people for their al- Khandakar Nur Alom, Maulana as India’s sixth vaccine against ment has extended the partial Circle or area-wise religious However, the units, where leged pro-Taliban posts on so- Yaseen Khan, 26, Maulana the coronavirus disease (Cov- lockdown in Aizawl Munici- conferences or business meet- the employees are engaged, cial networking site Facebook. Basiruddin Laskar, 65, Mujib id-19), Dr Sharvil Patel, the pal Corporation (AMC) area ings will be allowed in all parts should be registered with the Assam Police Special DGP Uddin and Mortuza Hussain Managing Director of the Ah- and certain COVID-19 related of the state with a maximum of Employees... Pg 5 said GP Singh said that police Khan. medabad-based pharmaceuti- restrictions in other parts of 200 participants or 50 per cent of arrested 14 persons for objec- The arrested persons alleg- cal firm said on Saturday that the state by two more weeks the sitting capacity of a church tionable social media posts edly made pro-Taliban posts the supply of the vaccine will till September 4. where the event will be held, the regarding Taliban activities Representative image. on Facebook and commented begin in mid-September, add- The extension was announced order said. Adidas presents Mirabai that have attracted provisions and Karimganj districts. The on the ongoing developments ing that clarity on its price will as the restrictions, imposed on Business meetings should be Chanu branded shoes of law of the land. arrested people have been identi- in Afghanistan shared by dif- be given next week. August 15, were scheduled to Representative image. held only in day time and peo- They have been arrested from fied as Maulana Fazul Karim, 49, ferent Facebook users. “The supply of vaccine will expire on Saturday. but deputy commissioners and ple with symptoms of Covid-19 IMPHAL: One of the world’s Darrang, Kamrup (R), Cachar, Abu Bakkar Sidique alias Afga They allegedly praised the start in mid-September. Next Places of worship have been village task forces have been and any patient suffering from biggest shoe and sports Barpeta, Dhubri, Hailakandi, Khan Avilekh, 55, Saidul Hoque, Taliban administration after it week, we will have a clarity on allowed to reopen in Covid-free asked to make arrangements for chronic and serious diseases apparel company Adidas South Salmara, Hojai, Goalpara 29, Jawed Mazumder, Mozidul taken over Kabul. its price. Pg 5 localities outside the AMC area the same, according to an order. such as... Pg 5 recently presented branded shoes to weightlifter Mira- bai Chanu, who won a silver medal at Tokyo Olympics Children in India, Pak, B'desh 9 leading digital media platforms of 2021. Adidas presented the branded shoes to the NE launch media body NADCOM Olympian recently when she at 'extremely high risk': Unicef visited the Adidas store at The Promenade Mall in Delhi’s CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE the Constitution of India in its Afrida Hussain (InsideNE) as Vasant Kunj... Pg 5 AGENCIES (CCRI) is Unicef's first child-fo- place. Bhutan is ranked 111, with for South Asia. preamble. Director and Jayanta Deka cused climate risk index. It children at relatively lower risk. "Together, climate change GUWAHATI: Nine digital media Guwahati-based East Mojo, (The News Mill) as General NEW DELHI: Young people liv- ranks countries based on chil- Approximately 1 billion chil- and the Covid-19 pandemic organizations working in G Plus, InsideNE, Northeast Secretary. 40 kg heroin worth ing in Afghanistan, Bangla- dren's exposure to climate and dren live in one of the 33 coun- have created an alarming crisis Northeast came together to Now, Time8 and The News Mill; As per guidelines of the desh, India and Pakistan are environmental shocks, such as tries classified as "extremely for South Asian children. The form the Northeast Associa- Shillong-based The Northeast Ministry of Electronics and `200 cr seized among those most at risk of cyclones and heatwaves, as well high-risk", including the four time to act is now - if we invest tion for Digital Communica- Today (TNT), Garo Hills-based Information Technology, the impacts of climate change, as their vulnerability to those South Asian countries. in water, healthcare and educa- tion and Media (NADCOM). Hub News and Gangtok-based NADCOM has formed an along Pak border threatening their health, edu- shocks, based on their access to "For the first time, we have tion, we can protect their futures The association, regis- The Sikkim Chronicle are the Internal Ethics Committee for cation, and protection, pointed essential services. clear evidence of the impact from the impacts of a changing tered with the Ministry of founding members of the asso- Self-Regulation for its member a new Unicef report released Pakistan, Bangladesh of climate ch ange on millions climate and degrading environ- Corporate Affairs as a not- ciation. organizations. on Saturday. Afghanistan and India are of children in South Asia. ment," he said further. for-profit Section 8 company, The founding members The members of the inter- In addition, Nepal and Sri among four South Asian Droughts, floods, air pollution The report found that these will help evolve and amplify recently held a General Meeting nal committee are Justice B K Lanka are among the top 65 countries where children are and river erosion across the South Asian children are in the best practices keeping in and elected Sujata Gurung Sharma, Judge (retd.), Gauhati countries most impacted glob- at extremely high risk of the region have left millions of constant danger from riverine high regards the ethics and Chowdhury (Northeast Now) High Court; John S Shilshi, ally. impacts of the climate crisis, children homeless and hungry, floods and air pollution, but standards of journalism. The as Chairperson, NADCOM for Retd IPS officer of Manipur 'The Climate Crisis Is a Child with a ranking of 14, 15, 15 and and without any healthcare and also that investments in child association’s values stand true 2021-22. Cadre and Advocate Jorgay Full Story on Page 5 Rights Crisis: Introducing the 26, respectively. While Nepal is water," said George Laryea- health, nutrition, and education with the values enshrined in The other office bearers are Namka, Pg 5 Children's Climate Risk Index' ranked 51, Sri Lanka is at 61st Adjei, Unicef Regional Director can make a... Pg 5