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Overloaded trucks makemockery of Road Safety Week

DJ VenkateshSheekha News Service

Diglipur, Jan 16: On one handthe Andaman and NicobarPolice is celebrating roadsafety week but on the otherhand overloaded trucks aremaking mockery of trafficrules.

It seems that takinginspiration from the truckdrivers of Port Blair city, nowthe truck drivers of Diglipurhave also started taking extraloads in their trucks atDiglipur Island, putting livesof others in danger.

Andaman andNicobar Islands have alreadywitnessed several terribletruck accidents in past, whichoccurred due to overloadingbut it seems that truck drivershave learnt no lesson from

past and for them profit is theonly motto.

Andaman Sheekhatoday spotted yet anotheroverloaded truck at Diglipur.The truck bearing registrationnumber AN 01, A-4195 wasfound carrying excessive loadof steel rods and five persons.Surprisingly a PCR van waspresent just behind theoverloaded truck but nochallan was imposed on thetruck.

Earlier, on 9thJanuary 2014 AndamanSheekha had published newsregarding a tipper truck,bearing registration numberAN-01, B 6523, which wascarrying excessive loads ofSteel Rods for someconstruction site of MES.According to reports, when

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Port Blair, Jan 16: Here comes‘Worm’ Pongal andMakarsankranti Greetingsfrom the side ofAdministration for theGeneral Public. Check ricesupplied by Administrationthrough Fair Price Shops,you will definitely see atleastdozens of worms in it.

After complaintsreceived by general public,when Andaman Sheekhavisited a few ration shops, itwas found that the riceprovided by Department ofCivil Supplies andConsumer Affairs have liveworms in it.

General public aredeeply disappointed with thequality rice they havereceived through FPS whilethe owners of FPS are alsoequally bugged as they have

“WORM” Pongal and Makar Sankranti Greetings from Administration

Department of CS &CA supplies worm

infested rice to publicMohammed Sajid

Sheekha News Service

to face the brunt of publicoutrage for this poor qualityrice almost every day.

“Most of thecustomers have no otheroptions than taking this ricehome but before that theygrill us and often abuse usfor this worm infested rice.There are many who

preferred to say no and theytook packet rice this month. Ifwe get worms in rice fromSupply Department, it is notour fault,” said a FPS owner.

When contacted byAndaman Sheekha Mr.Dhirendra Kumar, DeputyDirector, CS & CA said that

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Special events during ITF-2014

S. No. Name of the Programme Date & Time Venue 1. Performance of ‘Rerum’

Singers – Shruti Rane and Band of Artists from New Delhi

16.01.2014 Mayabunder 17.01.2014 Rangat 18.01.2014 Wandoor 19.01.2014 ITF ground Port

Blair 20.01.2014 Wimberlygunj 21.01.2014 Campbell Bay 22.01.2014 Kamorta 23.01.2014 Car Nicobar 24.01.2014 Hut Bay

2. Performance of Percussionist – Siva Mani, Singer – Manasi Scott & Dance troupe ‘Vibes’

20.01.2014 06.00 PM

Netaji Stadium, Port Blair

3. Dance programme of Ms. Shamna Kassim, Singer – Divya Viyayagopal and Dance troupe ‘Daksha’

21.01.2014 06.00 PM

Netaji Stadium, Port Blair

4. Dance programme of Tanushree and group

24.01.2014 06.00 PM

ITF ground, Port Blair

Port Blair, Jan 16: The Tour-ism department is organisingspecial events during ITF-

2014 for entertainment of gen-eral public and tourists visit-ing the islands from 14 Janu-

ary to 24 January 2014. Someof the programmes would beheld in outer islands as well.

The Public Accounts & Library Committee of NagalandLegislative Assembly call on the Chief Secretary(in-charge), A&N Administration, Shri Mohanjeet Singhat Secretariat on 16.01.2014.

the Truck was coming out ofthe Aerial Bay Jetty and wascrossing a speed breaker, thefront portion of the truckwent upward and washanging on mid-air whilethe rear half was touchingground with the excessiveload of steel rods.

On 27 March 2012Two labourers died whenhundreds of steel rods froma heavily overloaded truck

spilled on road and also overthe labourers, who weresitting on the truck with thosesteel rods.

Again on March 30,2013, a private truck ladenwith stone dust overturnednear Swarajgram, Diglipurresulting in on the spot deathof eight persons andseriously injuring to twopersons and minor injuries toseven others. It is good that

traffic department iscelebrating Road SafetyWeek, infact the Traffic unitat Port Blair is doing a verygood job but the actualbenefits of Road Safety Weekwill not reach up to thepeople until and unlessstringent action is taken onthose truck drivers, whorepeatedly violate law byoperating overloadingtrucks.

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ITF-2014 Glimpses ofcultural programmes at ITF

ground on 16.01.2014

PATNA: Rashtriya JanataDal chief Lalu Prasad plansto write a book to expose hisrivals. “I have decided towrite a book to expose thosewho conspired to frame mein fodder scam and sent meto jail,” Lalu Prasad told me-dia persons here.

“My book will alsoreveal a few interesting as-pects of Indian politics, in-cluding the 1974 studentmovement against emer-gency as I was part of it un-

Lalu Prasad to pen book to expose rivalsder the leadership of socialistveteran Jai Prakash Narain,”he said.

Lalu Prasad said hewas made a political victim ofpropaganda by powerfulpeople, who were threatenedby his commitment for socialjustice. “My book will be fullof real stories and differentpolitical ups and downs of overfour decades in Bihar and thecountry. It will also expose bignames in politics on how theyrose to the peak of power poli-

tics,” Lalu said.He hinted thathe will start writing the bookafter the general elections ashe is currently busy forminga strong secular alliance withthe Congress and the LokJanshakti Party to take oncommunal forces.

Lalu Prasad wasforced to resign as chief min-ister in 1997 after he wasframed in a fodder scam andhis wife Rabri Devi suc-ceeded him as the Bihar chiefminister.

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DJ VenkateshDiglipur, Jan 16: Mr. AnilMondal Zilla Parishad Mem-ber, Kishori Nagar Diglipurhas submitted a memoran-dum of demands to Presi-dent of India, Mr. PranabMukherjee on 11.01.2014 atRaj Niwas, Port Blair.

In the said memo-randum he has places four

Anil Mondal submitsdemands to President of India

demands viz constructionof two br idges on ATRroad, Allowing Defense Airbase Shibpur of Diglipur forcivilian use, Regularizationof encroachment land andextension of Jetty at ArialBay, Diglipur. He also in-vited the President to N &M Andaman on his nextvisit.

Port Blair, Jan 16: The PCCPresident Kuldeep RaiSharma has requested the Su-perintending Engineer ofElectricity Department to al-lot morning or day shift to thewomen employees andworkers in place of eveningshift during the period ofschool/college examina-tions.

In his let t erKuldeep has stated thatmothers/elder sisters andother such women mem-bers are the best friendsand guides of the childrenof the family. They knowbetter about the require-ments of the children andare always bother about thefuture of the children and

give special attention ontheir studies. Hence theirpresence during the eveninghours is very much essen-tial, at least during the pe-riod of final examinations ofschool and College. He hasalso stated that for the wel-fare of the school going chil-dren, GoI has also allowedspecial facilit ies to thewomen employees. Accord-ingly, having come to knowthat many women employeeshave been allotted eveningshift in the depar tment,Kuldeep has earnestly re-quested the Electricity de-partment for shifting them toeither morning or day shiftsas a welfare measure of thechildren, at least during the

No evening shift for electricityemployees please: Kuldeep

period of final examination incase it is not possible to makeit a permanent arrangement.

Training-cum-Exposure for Farmersfrom North and Middle Andaman at CARI

Port Blair, Jan 16: Two daystraining-cum-exposure onPoP of Paddy, Vegetablesand Fruit Crops organized byACANI, supported byNABARD and facilitated byCARI, got inaugurated todayby Dr. S. Dam Roy, Direc-tor at Chaupal of Social Sci-ence of CARI, Port Blair.Speaking on occasion theChief Guest, Dr. S. DamRoy, Director, CARI ap-plauded the efforts ofACANI and NABARD injoining hands with the Insti-tute for transfer of scientificknowledge and skill to thefarmers from Diglipur andMayabunder through capac-ity building and exposurevisit. He urged the farmersto share their problems withthe scientists for getting logi-

cal solutions, beside translatethe information learnt duringthe training programme toother fellow farmers so thata larger group gets benefit-ted.

Shri G. Tarai, GM,NABARD, Father EvansSauras, Director, ACANIand Dr. H.R. Ranganath, Pr.Scientist from IIHR, Banga-lore were the Guests ofhonour and also spoke on theoccasion, which was at-tended by Head of the Divi-sion and PC, KVKs.

Dr. S.K. ZamirAhmed, Incharge, Social Sci-ence at the outset welcomedthe guests and informed thatthe training capsule will becovering information on‘New Horizons in Horticul-ture for Nutritional and Em-

ployment Security’ ‘Improv-ing Rice Productivity of A &N Islands through ImprovedVariety’, ‘Soil health man-agement and compostingtechnique ‘, ‘Food Securitythrough Tubers’, ‘Innovationin Vegetable Production’ and‘Use repairs and mainte-nance of farm machineries bythe Scientists of CARI andSubject Matter Specialist ofKVK. Beside visit toDweep Krishi Darpan,Group Task, Feedback andpresentation has also beenincorporated in the trainingcapsule. A total of twentytwo farmers are attendingthe programme. The inaugu-ral programme came to anend with vote of thanks pro-posed by Mr. AmitSrivastava, STO, CARI.

Port Blair, Jan 16: The UniqueIdentification Authority of In-dia (UIDAI) has completedissuance of 56 crore AadhaarNumbers. With generation ofabout 13-14 lakhs AadhaarNumbers every day, the flag-ship programme appears allset to complete its mandateof covering 60 crore popula-tion in the next few weeks.

Established as an At-tached Office of the PlanningCommission, through a Gov-ernment Notification in Janu-ary 2009, the UIDAI issuedthe first Aadhaar Number on29th September 2010, aftercompleting necessary prelimi-naries including establishingvarious standards relating tocollection of data and biomet-

Unique IdentificationAuthority of India (UIDAI) issues

56 crore Aadhaar Numbersric information such as fingerprints and iris images. TheUIDAI issued 25 croreAadhaar Numbers in the pe-riod up to December 2012 atan average rate of almost onecrore Aadhaars per month.During 2013, UIDAI issueda total of 29.1 croreAadhaars at an average rateof over 2.4 crore Aadhaarsper month.With an increasedcapacity of Aadhaar genera-tion, UIDAI is currently gen-erating more than 3 croreAadhaar Numbers permonth and has a capacity toprocess 15-16 lakh enrolmentpackets every day leading togeneration of 13-14 lakhsAadhaar Numbers per day.(PIB)

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EDITORIAL.....Clean Khobragade mess

US is a legalistic society, so put it all downon paper with built-in reciprocal arrange-ments.

Devyani Khobragade is back andbidding fair to being a launch-pad for afamily political career under the tutelageof an ambitious parent. India-US relationslie in tatters with little expectation of arevival any time soon.

The Indian outburst against thediplomat's treatment threw the US. Therewas nothing when former presidents orsitting ambassadors were patted down byUS security officials at airports. It is wellknown, goes the US understanding, thatIndians treat their servants like slaves,without human rights or fair wages andfor inhumanly long hours. Indians arebleeding hearts when it comes to a richfemale diplomat but ignore the plight ofthe underpaid, overworked servant.

American commentary hasburned through newsprint and cyberspaceabout how this rising country juxtaposesa bright and growing middle class withgrinding poverty. Oh, and let's not forgetthat old Draupadi vastraharan story, whichis apparently why otherwise sane Indianswent ballistic. All arguments intended tohighlight one thing — Indians really haveno business protesting against the treat-ment of a diplomat.

Yes, there are many Indians whoill-treat their domestic servants, just likethere are innumerable instances of Ameri-cans or Europeans or others mistreatingtheir servants and workers. None of thishas any bearing on the present case be-cause Sangeeta Richard was not treatedimproperly or paid poorly. It is about anoverweening interest in getting the Rich-ard family over to the US by some 'sym-pathetic' US officials. The ensuing messflows from this one fact.

Whatever MEA's private opin-ion about Devyani, the Indian system hadto stand up for her particularly when therewas no wrongdoing. For the same reasonthat the US stood up for Raymond Daviesin Pakistan, India had to protect its offi-cials for its own credibility.

But having emerged on the otherside of the looking glass, the Indian sys-tem needs to do some serious housekeep-ing.

First, junior diplomats do notneed to take domestic helps to the US orEuropean countries. The government canpick up the tab for cleaning services, childcare, entertainment etc, but diplomats mustlearn to live without servants abroad. Paya maid in the US at the prevailing rate —it's cheaper than taking a servant along.For this, the external affairs ministry(MEA) should change its service rules.The other option is to bring domestic ser-vants under government employment,

putting them in a different visa category.The finance ministry opposes that forgood reason.

Second, it is very important towork out a set of rules for diplomats, theirimmunity status or mission security, withthe US. The informal 'wink-nod' arrange-ments with the State Department just donot work. The US is a legalistic society, soput it all down on paper with built-in re-ciprocal arrangements. The US has beenreluctant to have this conversation all theseyears — the Khobragade affair is a goodplace to start.

The US has already used the is-sue to unveil a strategic plan to registerdomestic workers of foreign diplomats inthe US for trafficking and other abuses.India should use this to put its own housein order.

The State Department and theUS embassy in New Delhi dropped theball on Khobragade — but so did the MEA.This issue should have been nipped in thebud months ago, particularly when the USTrafficking Act of 2000 makes it easier forIndians of all stripes to be eligible for thisstatus, whether warranted or otherwise.The Indian embassy in Washington andSouth Block have some answering to dohere. New Delhi needs to set up systemsthat can manage the relationship better,anticipate and solve problems in advance.

A closer look should be given tohow many supposedly rare 'trafficking'visas are issued to Indians. The numbersare shocking: more Indian families get traf-ficking visas to join their 'trafficked'spouses and parents than any other coun-try. Nobody denies there are huge traf-ficking issues in India. The home ministryjust needs to understand this better byinterviewing those going to the US on traf-ficking visas.

As envoy to China, S Jaishankarled the Indian team to put India-China tieson an even keel, and in a previous avatarwas India's lead negotiator for the nucleardeal, acknowledged as the only high pointin the UPA decade.

A top-notch negotiator,Jaishankar has a more challenging job ashe steps over the broken china in Wash-ington. His primary task will be to putback on course a strategic partnership goneawry. The first ice-breaker happened onTuesday with a lunch meeting with Will-iam Burns.

During the Khobragade crisis,Jaishankar and foreign secretary SujathaSingh teamed up effectively, which bodeswell for the future because it will beSujatha's job to rally South Block to en-sure MEA goes beyond hurt egos and'diploutrage'. There is a time for anger. Butnow is the time to move on India's inter-ests. Of those there are many.

Sensex down 24 points involatile trade, Airtel tanks nearly 5%

MUMBAI: In volatile trade,the benchmark Sensex onThursday slipped from five-week high levels and closedover 24 points lower on fag-end selling in bluechips includ-ing Bharti Airtel, Tata Motorsand ONGC, amid mixed glo-bal trends.

After yesterday'sover 256-point surge, the BSEshare index opened higher andgained nearly 90 points totouch day's high of 21,379.29

but succumbed to late selling.It ended 24.31 points, or0.11%, lower at 21,265.18.The gauge had touched intra-day low of 21,199.65.

In the 30-share ba-rometer, 16 stocks declinedled by Bharti Airtel, Cipla, DrReddy, HDFC Bank, HeroMotoCorp and ITC. TataConsultancy Services closednearly flat ahead of earningsrelease expected after mar-ket hours.

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Musicians support Abhay, T-Seriesdisappointed with baseless allegations

Abhay Deol’s support toShankar-Ehsaan-Loy, thecomposers of his upcomingfilm ‘One By Two’, hasearned him appreciation fromthe music fraternity.

Deol, who is makinghis debut as a producer with‘One By Two’, said he wasnot happy the way music la-bel T-series is marketing thefilm. During the recently heldScreen awards, he was spot-ted with a ‘black eye’ as asymbol of protest.

Deol said that themusic giant is not releasingmusic of his new film becauseShankar-Ehsaan-Loy insistedon not signing an “illegal”clause concerned with thecopyright of film’s music.Now, musicians includingSonu Nigam, SunidhiChauhan, Kailash Kher,Vishal-Shekhar, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and others havecome out to support Deol.“Bigrespect!!

Thank you for yoursupport and Whatever hap-pens whether the music re-leases or not@OneByTwoFilm needs allyour support people !!!!please RT !!,” the music triotweeted.

“Its encouraging tosee someone at least stand-ing up for the Music frater-nity,” tweeted singer SonuNigam.

“Appreciate AbhayDeol’s Stand, he had choicebut he chose to save art andartistes from illegal contracts.Hope all actors producers jointhis,” vocalist Kailash Khershared on the micro-bloggingwebsite.

“Hats Off to you MrAbhay Deol! I’m speechlessat your stand. Respect. Al-ways,” singer SunidhiChauhan tweeted.“Today,Abhay Deol has shown he isa man of principles and cour-age. He’s won the admiration

and thanks of the entire filmmusic fraternity,” music direc-tor and singer Vishal Dadlaniposted on Twitter.“We needto revolutionize the work eth-ics of indian music industry!!!No more illegal contracts...Boycott the music Mafia!!,”tweeted AlishaChinai.Seeking to clarify itsposition on the issue, T-SeriesThursday came out with anofficial statement carrying itsversion.“We fail to under-stand why we are beingbrought into this mess be-tween the right holder(Viacom 18) and the producer(Abhay Deol),” read thestatement from the musiclabel.“Viacom 18 representedto us that they own all therights for the said film includ-ing its music rights free of anyencumbrances and based ontheir representation, warran-ties and indemnities, we ac-quired the said music rightsfrom Viacom 18 solely basedon their express representa-tions with a clear understand-ing that they will share the linkagreements with authors andcomposers to complete thechain of title,” the statementfurther said.T-Series said thatit spends a “considerableamount of our resources onacquisition of music as well

as promotion of the music andthe film and bear the entirerisk of the commercial viabil-ity of the music which we ac-quire”.

“We are disappointedthat baseless allegations arebeing made against us in anarbitrary manner completelydisregarding our legitimateand lawful concerns as a mu-sic label.

We are well withinour rights to call upon produc-ers to provideus with appro-priate agree-ments withcomp o s er s ,lyricists andsingers as wecannot ac-quire anyrights from aperson whohas none tobegin with.“In the ab-s e n c ethereof, wecannot be ex-pected to re-lease musicwhen there isno clar itywith respectto the rightsgranted to theproducer.”

Arms Act case: Salman Khan to appearbefore Jodhpur court on January 29

A local court inJodhpur hass u m m o n e dBollywood actorSalman Khan toappear before iton Jan 29 in anArms Act case.

T h ecourt of ChiefJudicial Magis-trate ChandraKala Jain, afterhearing and ex-amining pros-ecution wit-nesses onWednesday, asked the actorto appear before the courtand record his statement.

“Salman has beenasked to appear personallybefore the court on January29,” Salman’s counselHastimal Saraswat toldIANS on phone.

Till now he was ex-empted from appearing in thecourt.

It may be mentionedthat on the midnight of Octo-ber 1-2, 1998 during the shoot-ing of Hindi movie “HumSaath Saath Hain”, allegedlytwo blackbucks, a protected

animal under the Wildlife Pro-tection Act, were killed onthe outskirts of Kankani vil-lage near Jodhpur.

Salman along withfew other stars were accusedof poaching blackbucks.

During this time theBollywood star was also ac-cused of carrying illegal arms.He is alleged to have beencarrying arms with expired li-cense.

A complaint wasfiled against Salman oncharges of being involved inhunting of protectedblackbucks.

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Dolphins 10 times strongerthan human athletes: Study

Washington: Dolphins rou-tinely produce 10 times morepower than the fittest humanathletes do, a new study hasfound. The findings explainwhy dolphins seem to swimwith ease next to boats pro-pelled by powerful engines.

Previously, it was be-lieved that dolphins must usea trick of fluid mechanics to doso. Lead author Frank Fish,who heads the Liquid LifeLaboratory at West ChesterUniversity in US, set out to seehow much power a dolphin canproduce. “I used some hydro-dynamics models that lookedat the motion of the flukes (dol-phin tails) and came up with therealisation that dolphins couldproduce very high amounts ofpower,” he said. Researchersthen used a technique de-signed to measure the musclepower of Olympic athletes ondolphins, ‘Discovery News’reported. They studied a pairof dolphins named Primo and

Puka. With a SCUBA tank ofcompressed air and a gardensoaker hose, the researchersproduced a curtain of bubblesat UCSC’s Long Marine Labo-ratory. Filming the marine mam-mals as they swam along thelength of the bubble curtain,the team could clearly see thevortices set spinning by thedolphins’ flukes demarcatingthe powerful jet of water pro-pelled backward as the animalssurged forward. Calculationsbased on the measurements ofthese vor tices r eveal howmuch power a swimmer is pro-ducing.

In the confines of theexperiment area, the dolphinscruised by at just over 3.4meters per second. While do-ing so, they produced an im-pressive 549 watts. When thedolphins accelerated, theygenerated a surprising 5,400W, making them 10 times morepowerful than the fittest hu-man athletes, researchers said.

World-first working eukaryoticcell made from plastic

Previously, chemists havemanaged to create artificialcell walls and developed syn-thetic DNA to produce self-replicating, synthetic bacterialcells. Now, for the first time,researchers have used poly-mers to produce an artificialeukaryotic cell capable ofundertaking multiple chemicalreactions through workingorganelles.

Eukaryotic cells arethe building blocks for com-plex life-forms like plants andanimals. The main distinctionbetween the simpler and moreancient prokaryotic cells andeukaryotes is the presence oforganelles in the latter. Or-ganelles are specialized sub-units within a cell that have aspecific function, and whichallow cells to undertake mul-tiple chemical processes in anextremely small space.

This compartmental-ization was one of the keyfeatures developed by natureduring the early evolution ofearly life on Earth. It is alsoof interest to chemists as eu-karyotic cells are capable ofefficient chemistry at a verysmall scale, something whichis difficult to replicate in thelab. That might be all aboutto change now chemists atRadboud UniversityNijmegen in The Netherlandshave built the world’s firsteukaryotic cell using plastic.

“Competing groupsare working closer to biology;making cells from fatty acids,for example. We would like

to do the same in the future,”says Professor Jan van Hestwho created the organelleswith his PhD candidate RuudPeters. “Another step wouldbe to make cells that producetheir own energy supply.”

The researchersused a water droplet as thestructure upon which theybuilt the polymer cell. To cre-ate the organelles, they pro-duced tiny polystyrene-b-poly spheres filled with en-zymes designed to undertakeset chemical processes.These sub-micrometr icnanoreactors were then en-capsulated in a coating of apolymer calledp o l y b u t a d i en e - b - p o l ypolymersome using emul-sion-centrifugation to form acell wall.

This formed a com-partmentalized structure re-sembling nature’s eukaryoticcell. Within this, a multistepchemical reaction was un-dertaken which resembled anatural enzyme pathway.Using fluorescence, van Hestand Peters were able to showa chain of chemical reactionswithin the cell, proof theyhad created a polymer cellwith working organelles.

“We are also work-ing on ways of controlling themovement of chemicalswithin the cell, towards or-ganelles,” says van Hest.“By simulating these things,we are able to better under-stand living cells. One daywe will even be able to makesomething that looks verymuch like the real thing.”

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Port Blair, Jan 16: CentralAgricultural Research Insti-tute (CARI) conducted thetraining on Scientific Cultiva-tion of Flower Crops andKhasi Mandarin to the tribalfarmers of Meghalaya underthe NEH and TSP componentof CARI, Port Blair. Thetraining programmes wereorganized in two villagesnamely Nongrim Nongladewand Madanritiang of Ri- Bhoidistrict of Meghalaya in col-laboration with Mobile forAgri in North Eastern India(M4agri NEI) programme ofCentral Agricultural Univer-sity (CAU), Barapani during7th to 8th January, 2014.

The first trainingprogramme was organized inthe village Nongrim

CARI conducts training on flowers andMandarin at Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya

Nongladew of Ri-Bhoi districton 07.01.2014 and second on08.01.2014 at Madanritiang ofRi- Bhoi district. These twovillages are the adopted vil-lages under the projectM4agri NEI programme ofCentral Agricultural Univer-sity (CAU) led by Dr. R.Saravanan, Associate profes-sor, CAU and Dr. L.Devarani, Assistant professor,CAU with whom the trainingwas arranged in collaboration.The training was given onscientific cultivation of flowercrops like Gerbera, Carnation,Anthurium, Heliconias andOrchid by Dr. V. Baskaran,Senior Scientist, CARI. Thetraining lecture on scientificcultivation of Khasi Manda-rin was delivered by Dr. K.

Abirami, Scientist, CARI. Theother resource persons dur-ing the training programmewere Mr. Donboklang Jyrwa,Arjune Ryngkhlem and Ms.Paharasainiing Syeimleih,who helped in translation ofthe lectures in their local triballanguage khasi. Planting ma-terials of Gerbera, Bananaand Pineapple were distrib-uted to the tribal farmers ofboth the villages NongrimNongladew andMadanritiang. The trainingprogramme was conductedunder the guidance and super-vision of Dr. S. Dam Roy,Director, CARI, Port Blairand Nodal officer, TSP alongwith Dr. D. R. Singh, Head,Division of Horticulture andForestry, CARI, Port Blair.

Port Blair, Jan 16: This is forthe information of the GeneralPublic/interested Parties/Or-ganizations that public hear-ings and sittings of A & N

Public hearings of A&NCommission for OBC

Commission for OBC will beheld from 17th January 2014to 31st January, 2014 exclud-ing Public holidays, Saturdayand Sundays.

In a brutal action, policemenslapped, kicked and cane-charged a group of womenprotesting on the NationalHighway in Firozabad againstthe death of two persons in amishap.

The protestors had onMonday night gathered atSubhash crossing under Uttarpolice station area and squat-ted on the National Highwayafter a rumour that the driverof the tractor involved in theroad mishap had been let off,sources said.

Police officials, in-cluding SHO Prakash Yadavwere then caught on camera

4 policemen suspended in UPfor brutal action against women

slapping, kicking and baton-charging the protestingwomen, while trying to clearthe road.

As the outrage overthe police action mounted, Mr.Yadav, a key figure in the bru-tality was put under suspen-sion along with three otherpolicemen — Sanjiv Kumar,Neeraj and Giriraj — postedat Rasulpur police station.

Superintendent ofPolice Rakesh Singh earliersaid police used force todisperse the protesters whoindulged in stone-pelting dur-ing the late hours amidstheavy fog.

“WORM” Pongal...actually the rice items areprovided by the FCI and it iscoming from Chennai,Vishakhapatnam etc. places.

He said that in thelast occasion when the ricewas imported there washeavy rain which causeddamages and infection inrice.

“After gettingcomplaint from market wehave already informed FCI’ssenior officers. We haveinformed that the riceprovided to us last time wasnot suitable for selling in the

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market therefore we haverequested them to eitherreplace the rice or to spraysome chemicals to kill allworms,” Kumar added.

But sadly thedamage is already doneworms have already souredthe New Year, Pongal andMakarsankranti Joy of manyfamilies. Hope next timebefore distributing rice topublic the Department of CS& CA will take extra care tocheck the quality thanwait ing for receivingcomplaint from market.

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Road Safety Week Celebration begins in Andaman

Port Blair, Jan 16: The XXVth“Road Safety Week” of A&NTraffic Police wasinaugurated on Thursday atFire Brigade Headquarters.Mr. Chinmoy Biswal, IPS,District Superintendent ofPolice administered thePledge to police personnel,school children, publiccitizens, media persons,auto, bus, truck & taxi driversetc. to “Drive Safe” & observe

safe road behavior andhighlighted the importanceand objectives of observingRoad Safety Week. Around200 persons attended thefunction.

A lecture on RoadSafety was also organised atGovt. Sec. School, Junglighat.Police Band concert washeld in the evening atChildren’s Traffic Park,Marina Park, which was

witnessed by a large numberof public.

Several activitieshave been spread over theweek 16th to 22nd Januaryto raise public awarenessand consciousness onmaking roads safer for usersand ensuring pedestriansafety. On Friday, Policeofficers shall deliver lecturesand talks at various placeson road safety.

Port Blair, Jan 16: The 150thBirth Anniversary Celebra-tion of Swami Vivekanandawas held in a grand manneron 12.01.2014 in KannadaSanga Hall, Port Blair, by the‘Sai Yoga Trust’. Mr. Asiskumar Mondal a renownedSocial worker of Calcuttawas the Chief Guest. Dr.Amitabha DE and Mr. RaviKandasamy delivered thekey notes on the Life and

Birth Anniversary ofSwamy Vivekananda celebrated

Principles of ‘SwamiVivekananda’.

The students of “SaiYoga Trust’ has performedvarious Yoga asanas, taughtby Mr. Ramesh and Mrs.Radha, the yoga instructors.Mr. R. Devarajan, Proprietorof Sree Bhuvaneshwari Jew-ellers has given away theprizes, while Mr. N.B.Mohan has given the vote ofthanks.

Port Blair, Jan 16: Followingrequest of the Part Time Re-trenched Employees UnionMr. Bishnu Pada Ray, Mem-ber of Parliament has taken upthe issue of re-engagement of151 Part Time RetrenchedEmployees of Education De-partment before the Lt. Gov-ernor, A&N Islands recently.According to reports recently

MP expresses gratitudeall the 151 Nos. Part Time Re-trenched Employees have beengiven appointment during thefirst week of January, 2014. Inview of the above, the MP hasexpressed his gratitude to theLG, A&N Islands for favor-able action in regard to re-employment of the Part TimeRetrenched Employees ofEducation Department.

Arvind Kejriwal says ‘security ofpeople in Delhi has been left to God’

NEW DELHI: Delhi chiefminister Arvind Kejriwal onThursday said Delhi Policeare “highly compromised”,and if any crime is preventedin the national capital, it is notbecause of the police forcebut rather God’s grace.

“The security of thepeople has been left to God,and whatever little crime in-cidents are not happening isnot because of Delhi Police,but despite them,” Kejriwalsaid after the recent incidentsof grave crimes againstwomen, including the rape onTuesday of a 51-year-oldDanish tourist by a gang ofvagabonds.

Earlier on Wednes-day, Kejriwal said he wouldmeet police commissioner BS Bassi along with Lt Gov-ernor Najeeb Jung to analyze

the cause of so many rapesin the capital.

Arvind Kejriwal onThursday also asked the po-lice to suspend four officersfor allegedly refusing to actagainst sex and drug gangsand in a case of burning of awoman.

“We are demand-ing... we are warning DelhiPolice,” Kejriwal told themedia, using unusually harshlanguage for a chief minis-ter.

He demanded thesuspension of the stationhouse officers (SHO) of theSagarpur and MalviyaNagar police stations andtwo assistant commissionersof police.

The Sagarpur SHO,he said, did not arrest mem-bers of a family who alleg-

edly set their daughter-in-lawon fire. Kejr iwal accusedthe SHO of Malviya Nagarof complicity with a bunch offoreigners in south Delhi al-legedly involved in prostitu-tion and drugs.

“People are not go-ing to be mute spectators towhat is going on,” he said.

The chief ministerdenied the charge that hisministers were interfering inthe work of Delhi Police,saying it was the duty of theministers to speak and act ifthey witnessed crime.

“Delhi has securitynot because of Delhi Po-lice,” he said, demanding toknow why there were somany incidents of rape inthe national capital com-pared to other par ts ofIndia.