k k y y m m c c Vol. No. VI Issue No. 185 RNI-ASSENG/2014/58385 | GUWAHATI FRIDAY AUGUST 20, 2021 | PAGES 8 PRICE RS. 7.00 Biden says US troops may stay in Harry Kane must be mentally Afghanistan beyond 31 ... 02 right to play for Tottenham... 07 Detention centres for 'foreigners' in N EWS Assam CM visited historic IN BRIEF Assam to be now called 'transit camps' Jorhat Central Jail Heroin worth cades, there are six deten- convicted by a judicial Govt. will develop a heritage site in 100 bighas of jail land: CM tion centres for holding court while a "declared for- over Rs 4.5 "convicted foreigners" and eigner" is one who was STAFF REPORTER crore seized "declared foreigners" in- once considered an Indian Assam Rising News Desk side district jails in Goalpara, citizen per se but then de- Guwahati, Aug 19: Chief Guwahati, August 19 : Kokrajhar, Tezpur, Jorhat, clared to be a foreigner by a Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Dibrugarh and Silchar. Foreigners' Tribunal-quasi- Sarma today visited historic Assam Police has been These were notified tempo- judicial bodies that adjudi- Jorhat Central Jail and inter- continuing its war on rarily by the state govern- cate citizenship-in acted with the jail authority drugs. In another success- ment in 2009.A new deten- Assam.The number of as well as few of the jail in- ful operation, the Assam tion centre - solely for the people housed in these de- mates and took stock of police intercepted an inter- purpose of detaining "ille- tention centres consider- their grievances. He in- state consignment of Staff Reporter Assam stated that "the nomencla- gal foreigners" - is under ably reduced following the spected the site inside the drugs at Jorabat and Rising, Guwahati, August 19 : ture of detention centre is construction at Matia in Supreme Court's May 10, jail where freedom fighter seized 660 gms Heroin changed to 'Transit Camp' Goalpara district, around 2019, order which stated Kushal Konwar was hanged worth over Rs 4.5 In a significant change in for detention purpose" in 150 km from Guwahati.In that declared foreigners and the cell where freedom crore.Assam Chief Minis- nomenclature, the Assam partial modification of an July, Chief Minister could be released after three fighter and social reformer ter Dr. Himanta Biswa government has said that earlier notification dated Himanta Biswa Sarma had years in detention, subject Pitambor Dev Goswami was Sarma appreciated the po- detention centres, which 17.06.2009.The Indian Ex- told the state Assembly that to certain conditions. In imprisoned. The Chief Min- CM Dr. Himanta Biswa lice for this big haul of house "foreigners" in press reached out to Verma the six centres have 181 de- April 2020, another order ister during the visit offered Sharma visited JMCH drugs.Taking to his Twit- Assam, will now be called for comments but he did tainees. Out of the 181, 61 reduced the detention pe- his tributes to these legend- ter CM Sarm wrote, "transit camps".A notifica- not respond.In Assam, are "declared foreigners" riod to two years. About 750 ary freedom fighters also. State govt. is planning to restructure "Assam Against Drugs tion, signed by Niraj Verma, which has seen waves of and 120 are "convicted for- people were released fol- Later, while talking with the functioning of the medical colleges: CM Kudos @assampolice as the principal secretary of migration from East Bengal eigners". The latter means lowing these two orders. media persons, Chief Min- STAFF REPORTER State government would you continue to tighten Assam's home and political (later East Pakistan and now a foreign national who en- Human rights activists and ister Dr. Sarma said that as the noose around drugs hold a meeting with the Prin- department, on August 17, Bangladesh) over the de- tered India "illegally" and is CONTINUED TO PAGE 6 CONTINUED TO PAGE 6 mafia. This morning, Police Guwahati, Aug 19: Chief cipals of the medical col- intercepted an interstate Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa leges in the month of Sep- consignment of drugs at Sarma today visited Jorhat tember to finalize the road CM Dr. Sarma visits his childhood Medical College & Hospi- map in this regard. More- Jorabat and seized 660 gms Heroin worth over Rs 4.5 tal and took stock of its over, stressing on the need cr in international market & functioning. While interact- for ensuring better services arrest 2 so far. Good". school Jorhat Balya Bhawan ing with the doctors during to the people, the Chief his visit, the Chief Minister Minister called for uphold- Door-to-door CM visits the historic Jorhat Government Boys’ Higher Secondary and said that the Assam govern- ing best practices by the inoculation Multipurpose School, Assam Agriculture University and Women’s University ment is planning to restruc- medical staff. He also di- Assam Rising News Desk ture the functioning of the rected to take strict action Guwahati, August 19 : STAFF REPORTER present during Chief medical colleges. Chief against those who remain Minister’s visit to the Minister Sarma said that the CONTINUED TO PAGE 6 Assam Chief Minister Guwahati, Aug 19: Chief school. Later, Chief Minis- k Himanta Biswa Sarma on k y Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa ter Dr. Sarma visited the his- Wednesday asked the Half-holiday on account y m Sarma today visited Jorhat toric 138 year old Jorhat m c Golaghat district admin- Balya Bhawan High School, Government Boys’ Higher of "Muharram" today c istration to deploy offi- the school in which he stud- Secondary and Multipur- cials for door-to-door in- ied his elementary educa- pose School. The Chief Staff Reporter Assam Assam in this regard.The Is- oculation. Reviewing the tion. It may be noted that Minister during his visit Rising, Guwahati, August 19 : lamic calendar's first month, COVID situation in the Chief Minister Dr. Sarma asked the school authority Muharram is ten or twelve district, he asked Deputy during his 75 th Indepen- to preserve the heritage of The government of Assam days shorter than the Commissioner Mrigesh dence Day speech, ap- the school while taking today declared August 20, Gregorian calendar used in Narayan Baruah and pealed to the people of stock of the infrastructure 2021, as a half-holiday on the West.Because the term health officials to set the Assam to do something for development work of the account of "Muharram" in- Muharram means "not per- target of inoculating at the educational institutions school. He also said that stead of 19 August 2021 for mitted" or "barred," Mus- least 10,000 people per in which one studied. He though the government has the state of Assam.The lims are forbidden from par- day.He also asked the dis- also mentioned during his decided to allot Rs 2 crore State government's decision ticipating in activities such trict authorities to lay spe- speech that he himself de- as untied fund, the govern- has been made as per the as fighting during this cial focus on tea gardens, sires to visit the school in ment will additionally give Office Memorandum of the month and instead utilize it Anganwadi centres and which he starts his educa- Rs. 3 crore for the develop- Department of Personnel for prayer and meditation. elementary schools for tion and do something for ment of the school. Chief and Training, Ministry of This year, the Muharram providing piped water the school. Accordingly, childhood days. The As a part of the memorandum Prasad Tasa, MLAs Minister Dr. Sarma also vis- Personnel, Public Griev- crescent was seen on Au- connections under the Chief Minister Dr. Sarma school, which was based on that was submitted to him, Dr. Hitendra Nath Goswami, ited Assam Agricultural Uni- ances and Pensions, Gov- gust 9 in Pakistan, Saudi Jal Jeevan Mission.He visited Jorhat Balya the Montessori system of Sarma said that all the issues Renupoma Rajkhowa, versity at Jorhat and inter- ernment of India, and on Arabia, the United Arab directed the PWD Bhawan High School and education, was a trailblazer flagged in the memorandum Bhabendranath Bharali acted with VC and teachers decision received from the Emirates, Kuwait, Iraq, (Roads) Department to spent time with the teach- of such a system of educa- would be addressed by the and host of others were CONTINUED TO PAGE 6 State Hilal Committee, CONTINUED TO PAGE 6 undertake the four- ers and a few of his class- tion in the state. He also education department. He laning of the road from mates he studied together stated that the school intro- further said that true to his Dergaon to Golaghat. with and interacted with duced a mid-day meal in the Independence Day speech, West Bengal post-poll violence: 100 crore to light them. Dr. Sarma also paid a year 1972 which according he would take substantive visit to the class room and to him laid the foundation steps for the infrastructural up the city had a look at the attendance for such a scheme in school development of the school. Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into Assam Rising News Desk register and became nostal- education today. The im- Education Minister Ranuj Guwahati, August 19 : gic. CM Dr. Sarma said that portance of such a mid-day Pegu, Agriculture Minister during his visit to the his- meal system can be under- Atul Bora, Revenue and Di- murder, rape cases In order to make toric Balya Bhawan and in- stood from the present day saster Management Minister New Delhi , August 19 : "It tigation," the court said, Guwahati- a smart city, the teracting with the teachers, mid-day meal system intro- Jogen Mohan, MPs Topon shall be a court monitored according to Bar and department of Housing he could ruminate on his duced by the government.