EasternChroniWINDOW TO THE EAST cle WEATHERWATCH ASSAM CHIEF SECRETARY TALIBAN PRESS ON, HUNDREDS OF FANS Max 33°c holds review meeting take another Afghan mob Neeraj Chopra Min 28°c in Chirang P4 provincial capital P6 despite tight security P10 Humidity 80% VOL II, ISSUE 257 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM SILCHAR GUWAHATI KOLKATA PAGES: 10 epaper at: www.easternchronicle.net PRICE `5 TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021 SPOTLIGHT Parliament passes 10 arrested over vandalism bill to set up central Mamata accuses Shah of university in Ladakh of Hindu temples in B’desh NEW DELHI: Parliament Mon- day passed the Central Uni- CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE versities (Amendment) Bill, plotting attacks on Abhishek 2021 which seeks to establish DHAKA: Bangladesh Police a central university in the AGENCIES ists in Tripura,” she said after have arrested 10 people in a Union Territory of Ladakh. meeting injured TMC workers case filed in connection with Rajya Sabha passed the bill KOLKATA: State Chief Minister at state-run SSKM hospital the vandalism of several Hin- with a voice vote amid a Mamata Banerjee on Monday here. du temples, homes and shops walkout by Opposition par- alleged that Union Home Min- “Such attacks would not in a village in Khulna. ties including the Congress, ister Amit Shah was respon- have been possible without the Shariful Islam, Samrat Mol- TMC and DMK. The bill sible for the recent attacks on Union home minister’s active lah, Manjurul Alam, Shariful was cleared by Lok Sabha her nephew and TMC national support. He is behind these at- Islam Sheikh, Rana Sheikh, last week. Replying to a dis- general secretary Abhishek tacks which were carried out Mominul Islam, Akram Fakh- cussion on the bill, Educa- Banerjee and other party in front of Tripura Police as ir, Shohel Sheikh, Shamim tion Minister Dharmendra workers, and asserted that she it remained mute spectators. Sheikh and Jamil Biswas were Aftermath of the attack on the temples miscreants in a Khulna village on Saturday, Pradhan said, “Leh, Lada- won’t be cowed down by such The Tripura Chief Minister arrested in a raid carried out August 7. kh, is a priority area for the acts. doesn’t have the audacity to on Saturday night, according local Hindu community were Some locals claimed the at- prime minister. Pg 5 Denying the charge as order such attacks,” she said. to media reports. vandalized in an attack car- tackers were from neighbour- “baseless”, the West Bengal Union HM Amit Shah and CM Mamata Banerjee. Two TMC leaders were in- The situation in the area is ried out by unidentified mis- ing Sheikhpura, Bamandanga CPM to observe BJP said that going by Ba- after Abhishek Banerjee and “The BJP is running an an- jured in an attack allegedly currently under control, said a creants in a Khulna village. and Chadpur areas. But their nerjee’s logic, she should be TMC activists were attacked archic government in Tripu- by BJP workers at Ambassa police official. The attacks started with the identities could not be con- I-Day in a big blamed for post-poll violence in separate incidents in Tri- ra, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and in Tripura’s Dhalai district Earlier on Saturday, four temples and ended with the firmed. The attacks reportedly and murders of saffron party pura, where the party hopes wherever they are in power. on Saturday. “Raha has sus- Hindu temples, at least 10 shops at Shiali village in Rup- took place following a heat- way for first time workers in the state. to expand its base ahead of the We condemn the attacks on tained a serious head injury, idols of gods and goddesses, sha upazila in the evening, ed altercation between two KOLKATA: The Communist Her allegation comes days 2023 Assembly elections. Abhishek and our party activ- while Dutta’s face ... Pg 5 six shops and two homes of the according to locals and police. groups of Hindu ... Pg 5 Party of India (Marxist) has decided to celebrate In- dia’s Independence Day in Excise dept employee Centre should bring law to Allegations on Amit Shah a grand manner for the first time on August 15 next when the national Tricolour will arrested in ‘bribery’ case protect land rights of tribals: CM preposterous, says BJP be hoisted in every party of- GUWAHATI: An employee of the fice, a senior leader said on Assam excise department has AGENCIES people across all strata of the of the tribals have to be pro- AGENCIES Banerjee was surrounded by Sunday. The development been arrested in an alleged society. tected. We have taken all unknown people in the flight took place more than seven bribery case by Dispur police JHARGRAM: State Chief Min- “Beneficiaries of the steps for the development KOLKATA: Terming the state while travelling from Kolka- decades after the undivided here. An FIR was lodged at ister Mamata Banerjee on ‘LakhiBhandar’ scheme, of the tribal communities of Chief Minister Mamata Ba- ta to Tripura is a very seri- Communist Party of India Dispur police station late Sun- Monday asserted that the which aims to provide basic our state. Nearly 95 per cent nerjee’s allegation on Union ous allegation. Abhishek Ba- (CPI) raised the slogan “Ye day night by one Sumit Deb, Centre should immediately income support to the female of the tribal population in Home Minister Amit Shah nerjee may be our opponent AzadiJhutha Hain” (This stating that the excise depart- bring a law to protect the heads of the family, would Jhargram has received ben- ‘preposterous’, BJP state politically. But we are equal- freedom is false). The CPI(M) ment employee, identified as land rights of the nation’s start receiving the dole from efits from state government vice president Jay Prakash ly concerned about his well- came into being ... Pg 5 Bhupen Hazarika, demanded tribal population by disal- September 1. Also, the ‘Du- schemes. We have also creat- Majumdar on Monday said being. Since the allegation a bribe of Rs 5000 from a wom- lowing the transfer of their are ration’ (ration at door- ed a separate depart the Trinamool Congress involves a flight between two ASTC employee an for arranging an appoint- plots to those belonging to steps) scheme would be initi- ment for the welfare of tri- (TMC) supremo should ask states -- West Bengal and Tri- ment with the Assam chief non-tribal communities. ated soon, maybe in a month bals and to ensure their land for a CBI inquiry if goons pura -- keeping the serious- commits suicide minister. Bhupen Hazarika. Banerjee, who was here or two,” she said. rights are protected. Tribal had surrounded her nephew ness of the matter in mind, “The accused had also 384 of IPC was registered and to attend the Internation- The state government land cannot be transferred and Lok Sabha Member of it should be investigated by inside office wrongly issued a Secretariat the person was apprehended al Tribal Day programme believes in taking along in Bengal. A similar law to Parliament Abhishek Baner- a central agency like CBI. I GUWAHATI: In a shocking in- pass for a meeting from the and brought to Dispur police in the district’s Junglema- everybody and doesn’t dif- protect the land rights of jee in the flight from Kolkata request Mamata Banerjee to cident, a man allegedly com- office of a minister in this station for interrogation,” hal area, also said that her ferentiate on the lines of tribals across the country to Agartala. immediately refer the matter mitted suicide by hanging matter. Hence, a case (num- an official statement here on government, through its caste, creed or religion, the should be passed by the Cen- Speaking to news agency, to CBI for an in-depth inves- himself in the premises of ber 2860/2021) under Section Monday said. Pg 5 schemes, seeks to support CM maintained. “The rights tre,” she said. Pg 5 Majumdar said, “Abhishek tigation.” Pg 5 the Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) office in Guwahati’s Paltan Bazar. Trap to be laid Akhil says he admires Tele counseling The deceased identified as Why TMC wants to protect Dhrubojyoti Thakuria was to catch leopard mental health working for the ASTC on Mamata but turns down a contractual basis for the monopoly in electricity: Centre past two years. He was a res- causing terror helpline launched ident of Tihu in the Nalbari TMC’s merger offer AGENCIES monopoly in the power distri- that investors can come in district. As per the eye wit- in Guwahati CNS & AGENCIES in Assam bution sector by de-licensing this sector. If no investment ness, ... Pg 5 CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI: Hitting out at West the segment, Singh claimed. comes, then we are in dark- GUWAHATI: Assam activist and Bengal Chief Minister Mama- The Union Minister said ness,” he added. Assam has only GUWAHATI: Following a direc- MLA Akhil Gogoi said his GUWAHATI: Coinciding with ta Banerjee for opposing the that he would soon write to The Power Minister also as- tive from Minister for Envi- party Raijor Dal had decided the occasion of Internation- Electricity (Amendment) Bill, address the concerns raised sured that there will be provi- over 7% women ronment and Forest, Parimal against merging itself with the al Day of the World’s Indig- 2021, Union Power Minister by Banerjee. He has planned sions in the new bill to fix costs Suklabaidya to trap the leop- Trinamool Congress (TMC) as enous Peoples, state chief RK Singh on Monday asked to write such letters to the for power distribution compa- in police force ard creating panic among the proposed by the latter.