EasternChroniWINDOW TO THE EAST cle WEATHERWATCH BANGLADESHI INDIVIDUALS’ PMC BANK RESOLUTION: RBI TEAM SELECTED FOR FINAL, Max 29°c deposits in Swiss banks rise clears way for Centrum to set taking pitch out of equation: Min 23°c 62% in 2020 P 6 up SFB P 9 Sridhar P 10 Humidity 78% VOL XII, ISSUE 395 PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM SILCHAR GUWAHATI KOLKATA PAGES: 10 epaper at: www.easternchronicle.net PRICE `9 SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021 SPOTLIGHT Rule of land is Congress MLA Rupjyoti supreme, not your Assam cancels Class policy, Twitter told Kurmi resigns, to join BJP AGENCIES AGENCIES NEW DELHI: Twitter India officials on Friday deposed 10, 12 board exams GUWAHATI: Following its defeat before a parliamentary in the Assam Assembly elec- panel chaired by Shashi tion, the state Congress Friday Tharoor of the Congress on suffered another jolt as four- preventing the misuse of Final result by July 31; Two-committees to come time legislator Rupjyoti Kur- social media. mi, a prominent leader from The Parliamentary the tea tribe community, re- Standing Committee on up with evaluation formula within one week signed from the party and As- Information and Technology, sembly, announcing a switch chaired by Tharoor, Pg 5 AGENCIES Moreover, two-committees, to the BJP. Rupjyoti Kurmi tendering his resignation before Assam Assembly Speaker on one for Class-10 and other for He told reporters that younger Friday. GUWAHATI: The Assam govern- Class-12 will be formed com- leaders like him had been side- the party’s central leadership ed electoral failures across the Decision on pending ment on Friday cancelled the prising of eminent personalities lined in the Congress, and that was responsible for its repeat- country. Kurmi, 43, is the son of entrance exams Class 10 and 12 board exams who will formulate the marking the former Congress minister in view of the Covid situation. system. CONGRESS, MEANWHILE, SUSPENDED HIM FROM ITS and three-time MLA Rupam JEE, NEET soon The decision, announced after Both the committee will eval- Kurmi. a marathon meeting held with uate the results of the students › PRIMARY MEMBERSHIP FOR “ANTI-PARTY ACTIVITIES”. Congress, meanwhile, sus- NEW DELHI: The Ministry of the officials of the Education based on their past academic APCC PRESIDENT RIPUN BORA SAID THAT KURMI’S pended him from its primary Education is expected to Department and other stake- records and declare the final DECISION TO QUIT THE GRAND NATIONAL PARTY CAME AS membership for “anti-party soon decide on conducting holders, followed the state result by July 31. activities”. Assam Pradesh the two remaining editions Cabinet’s recommendation for Representational image. The meeting was attended by SHOCKER AND THE REASON BEHIND HIS DECISION WAS Congress Committee (APCC) of the engineering entrance the cancellation of the exams. to Covid, we have decided Education Minister, Ranoj Pegu members of AASU, ABSU and STILL A MYSTERY TO THE LEADERSHIP. president Ripun Bora said that examination JEE-Mains “To avoid exposing students not to hold the board exams,” told journalists. other stakeholders. Pg 5 Kurmi’s decision... Pg 5 and the medical entrance test NEET in August, ac- Tripura BJP: BL cording to officials. SARBANANDA SONOWAL ARRIVES TO DELHI Assam reports Four more pair of "The situation... Pg 5 Santosh concludes 33 more deaths, trains to restore in June discussion Court dismisses Cabinet reshuffle: Scindia, 3706 new cases CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE AGARTALA: BJP national gen- Christian Michel's GUWAHATI: Although the eral secretary BL Santosh bail pleas COVID-19 situation in As- GUWAHATI: Several passenger concluded his two-day visit in Gandhi likely to be inducted sam has improved consider- train services are planned to Tripura and left for New Delhi NEW DELHI: A Delhi Court ably in recent days, the daily be restored in NFR area by on Thursday. He arrived here on Friday dismissed the AGENCIES on May 30, 2019. positivity rate of the State mid of July. At present, 49 on Wednesday for chairing the bail pleas of alleged mid- With the demise of Lok continues to hover at over 2 pairs Specials Mail/Express organizational meeting of BJP dleman Christian Michel NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Janshakti Party founder Ram percent. trains and 5 pairs Local Pas- in Agartala. in connection with alleged Narendra Modi has held two Vilas Paswan and BJP's Suresh Assam on Friday reported senger trains are running per He held a separate meeting AgustaWestland scam re- meetings with the Bharatiya Angadi, there is a vacancy each 3706 new COVID-19 cases. day for persons who are in ur- to restore the services of four with five MLAs in each group lated corruption case filed Janata Party’s top brass and of a Cabinet Minister and a These new cases have been gent need for travel. Running more pair special trains from the followed by an overall meeting by the CBI, and the money two separate groups of Minis- Minister of State. Two ministe- detected at a positivity rate of of 23 more pairs of Specials month of June. Moreover, NF with all the MLAs in presence of laundering case by the En- ters within four days, suggest- rial posts vacated by representa- 2.16 percent. Mail/Express trains have al- Railway has decided to extend the party’s state president Manik forcement Directorate. ing that the countdown to the tives of Shiromani Akali Dal and These new cases were detect- ready been notified and for 3 the services of four pair special Saha, chief minister Biplab The judge also took strong long-awaited Union Cabinet Sarbananda Sonowal. Shiv Sena after they exited the ed after carrying out tests of more pairs to be notified soon. trains from July until further Kumar Deb, Tripura’s organiza- note of the British High reshuffle has begun. reshuffle in the second innings of National Democratic Alliance 1,71,920 samples. Pg 5 NFE CPRP Subhanan Chanda advice. These trains will run as tional secretary Phanindranath Commission directly com- This will be the first Cabinet the Modi government that began also need to be filled. Pg 5 Friday said, it has been decided per existing path, Pg 5 Sarma and... Pg 5 municating... Pg 5 Youth killed in road Landslide kills one; 3 Third wave to hit India by Only 5% of India mishap in Nagaon injured in Maligaon jabbed after 5 months CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE October, health experts warn AGENCIES AGENCIES NAGAON: In a tragic road mis- AGENCIES hap, one youth died on the GUWAHATI: A woman was killed NEW DELHI: Over 5 months after spot on National Highway and three others received seri- BENGALURU: A third wave the Covid vaccination drive 36 at Kathiatoli area under ous injuries when a guard wall of coronavirus infections is was launched in the country, Kampur police station in collapsed after heavy rain in likely to hit India by October, just about 5% of the adult pop- Nagaon district on Friday. Guwahati’s Maligaon on Fri- and although it will be better ulation in India is now fully The victim Mintu Koiri day morning, an official said. controlled than the latest out- vaccinated, the government who hails from Nagaon was Sources said the incident took break the pandemic will re- figures show. riding on his motor bike. At place in American Colony in the main a public health threat for As per details shared by the received at least one dose of that moment, a high speeding Maligaon area of the city. Part of at least another year, accord- Union Health Ministry in a press coronavirus vaccine. tanker of Central Reserve the house was also reportedly The injured persons, family ing to a Reuters poll of medical briefing on Friday, 5.03 crore peo- Globally, nearly 80 countries Police Force (CRPF) coming damaged. members of the deceased, were experts. ple in India, with an adult popu- are ahead of India in terms of from opposite direction col- According to the state disaster admitted to the Gauhati Medical The June 3-17 snap survey Boost paediatric infra for 3rd wave, NCPCR tells govt. lation of 94 crores, have received fully vaccinated population. lided head on... Pg 5 response authority (SDMA), the College and Hospital, the official of 40 healthcare specialists, cover to a fresh outbreak. August and 12 in September. The two doses of Covid vaccines. For the past one week, the landslide took place at around said. doctors, scientists, virologists, Of those who ventured a pre- remaining three said between The total vaccinations in average daily vaccination in 4.30 am. The city has been witnessing epidemiologists and professors diction, over 85% of respondents, November and February. India, on the other hand, have the country has been about 30.57 “A lady Pratima Banik age heavy rains for the past few days, from around the world showed or 21 of 24, said the next wave But over 70% of experts, or now reached 27.07 crore which lakh, woefully short of 40 lakh Virtual yoga 60 years died and 3 others are leading to water-logging in sev- a significant pickup in vaccina- will hit by October, including 24 of 34, said any new outbreak means over one-fourth of the daily vaccinations targeted by programme in Raj injured,” the report said. eral areas. tions will likely provide some three who forecast it as early as would be... Pg 5 adult population in India has the Centre... Pg 5 Bhavan NSCN factions deny CHRONICLE NEWS SERVICE Mizoram, Manipur confirm demanding share of SC refuses to cancel, postpone GUWAHATI: As a run up to Covid fund the celebrations of Interna- first cases of ‘Delta’ variant PG final-year medical exams tional Day of Yoga 2021, a DIMAPUR: The NSCN-IM and virtual yoga programme is the NSCN-R on Friday denied underway at Raj Bhavan.