EasternChroniWINDOW TO THE EAST cle WEATHERWATCH HEARINGS OVER 2004 DHAKA INDIA’S DIRECT SELLING NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE Racing: Max 31°c grenade attack to take place industry grows 10% during Jagan scores imperious win; Min 26°c soon P 6 pandemic P 9 Alwin tops in Novice race P 10 Humidity 81% VOL XI, ISSUE 494 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM SILCHAR GUWAHATI KOLKATA PAGES: 10 epaper at: www.easternchronicle.net PRICE `9 SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2021 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.