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GUWAHATI DECLARATION ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

-By Dwaipayan Dasgupta

As one is aware of, Assam has long been faced with a host of age-old problems such as burgeoning unemployment, flood and erosion, illegal immigration from Bangladesh to mention a few. With the inordinate delay in resolving all the intractable issues afflicting the people in the State, peace that is considered to be the first condition to congenial atmosphere for a rapid economic growth, is still an elusive as before following periodic agitations by various home-grown leading social organizations such as All Assam Students Union (AASU) and the All Assam Kriskak Mukti Sagram Samity (AAKMSS) led by Akhil Gogoi, to press for an immediate solution to the complex problems.

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Railways Links cancelled till 20 August 2017

All trains to the Northeast from rest of the country have been cancelled till 20 August due to flood damaged tracks in Assam, West Bengal and Bihar, officials said on Wednesday.“The Railway Board has directed all zonal railways to cancel trains travelling from various parts of the country beyond Malda town and Katihar,” Northeast Frontier Railway chief public relations officer Pranav Jyoti Sharma said in a statement. “However, virtually no accessibility to most of the damaged sites has affected the restoration work. Telecommunication network in the entire section is badly affected also,” Water is still above danger level in sections like Dalkhola-Telta-Sudhani Barsoi-Raiganj and Balurghat-Buniyadpur. Restoration work is going on. Boulder, ballast and other materials are being arranged from various locations for being used in restoration work. On date, there are about 120 passengers, who are stranded at Guwahati station and railway administration is taking all necessary steps to extend all possible assistance to these people currently.

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FLUCTUATED ELECTION SCENARIO IN MEGHALAYA

By Sumar Singh Sawain

The election scenario like the monsoon rain is unpredictable with the sun shining throughout the day, while the rain and storm lashing out at midnight till dawn. Political parties are in a state of disarray, inspite of their attempts to consolidate. For a long time elections in the state have produced results of a hung assembly, resulting in last minute patching up of political parties in the formation of coalition governments, which have done more harm in the day to day administration including implementation of schemes and other developmental activities. 

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Uprooted tree from Raj Bhavan left 3 dead

Heavy rainfall for the past 4 days has created panic all over the state especially in Shillong when a large tree from Raj Bhavan premises fell just outside opposite MBOSE office which left three people dead. The tree unluckily landed on 4 vehicles in which three 3 occupants of the local taxi were crushed. Though emergency and ambulance were despatch still out of four, three victims were reported spot dead by the doctor in Shillong Civil Hospital. The injured women are Wannysha Ksoo (27) and Newmemorial Wahlang (51).

The victims have been identified as Crystal Gayle Kharnaior (23), daughter of artist Raphael Warjri of Mawlai Nongkwar Block-V, Paul LB Lyngdoh (70) and taxi driver Hubert Swer (35).

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The 14th President of India Ram Nath Kovind

 Former Bihar Governor, the BJP-led NDA candidate won the Presidential polls on 20th July with 65.6% with an accurate number of 702,044 electoral college votes against the UPA candidate Meira Kumar with 34.35% which is 367,314 votes. Counting happened under the supervision of Lok Sabha secretary general Anoop Mishra, who is also the Returning Officer.

Interestingly Ram Nath Kovind is the second Dalit President of India after K.R Narayanan. “Ram Nath Kovind, himself a Dalit and a BJP MP from UP, expressed a more positive view recently, stating that “open” discrimination against dalits has decreased dramatically over the last decade, while the number of persons who genuinely care about helping dalits has increased.

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NAGALAND POLITICAL DRAMA Zeliang Holds On The Edge

Xavier Rutsa

Nagaland is again in the limelight for the wrong reasons in political history, having witnessed the change of guard for the post of Chief Minister twice in five months in 2017. Nagaland Governor PB Acharya on July 19 dismissed the 147 day old government of Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu and invited TR Zeliang to form the new government the same day.

The Governor asked Zeliang to prove majority before July 22, however it proved the majority on July 21, with 47 legislators voting in his favour and 11 legislators against it. The Speaker Dr. Imtiwabang Aier did not vote, while one seat is lying vacant.

EXPLAINING THE DECISION TAKEN, GOVERNOR SAYS ACTED UPON CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION

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Death Threat to Tripura CM Manik Sarkar

An unidentified person has given a death threat to Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, police said on Friday. The threat appeared in a Facebook post by one Riya Roy on behalf of the 'World Anti-Communist Council' which said anybody who kills Sarkar would be awarded Rs 5 Lakh. Police has suo motu registered a case, saying the post was suspected to have used a fake name.

A FIR in connection with the post was lodged by one Subrata Chakrabarty, who received the post from Roy. Chakraborty, a resident of Bardowali in Tripiura, suspects the post is the handiwork of a gang of criminals. 

The post reads: “This person is the Chief Minister of Tripura state. He has numerous crimes to his credit. We issue FATWA on behalf of World Anti-Communist Council and announce a reward of Rs.5.5 LACS only for chopping down his head. Payment will be wire transferred to any bank A/c. Kindly provide bank details once the FATWA is executed.”

“We registered a case suo motu on (Thursday) after the post came to our notice. There is a set procedure for such cases and we will try to find out who posted the message,” inspector-general (law and order) KV Sreejesh told New Indian Express.

Asked if Sarkar’s security would be enhanced, he said the chief minister already has Z Plus category security and in case it had to be enhanced would be decided by the committees which look into the security aspects of VIPs.

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TWIPRALAND MOVEMENT An Instigating Politics of Innocent Mind

By-Biswendu Bhattacharjee

The demand of a separate state for tribal within the state of Tripura appears to be a dream for Indigenous Peoples’ Front of Twipra (IPFT) when BJP is looking to make inroads into power; CPI-M is trying to retain one of its last bastions. Innocent tribal minds were initially polluted by CPI-M during 90s with anti Bengalee propaganda in the hill to come in power but the communal hatred remain in their mind, which is now being exploited by a group of tribal leaders with abetment of leftists.