The World AIDS Day...
Agartala, Tamluk, 1 December :(L) An activist from a non-governmental organisation (NGO) lights a candle during an AIDS awareness campaign on the World AIDS Day in Agartala.
(R) Indrani Bhowmick, a 14 years old innocent girl is total hopeless today for fatal medical negligence. Who have become an AIDS victim for infectious blood transfer in East Midnapore district.
န Photos : Parthajit Dutta and Raghunandan Mallick
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Subir Bhaumik's "Troubled Periphery : Crisis of India's North East" book launch & discussion at Teen Murti House in New Delhi on 2nd December. န Place : Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi န Time : 5:30 pm
န Book Release by : Mani Shankar Aiyer (former Indian Minister and Senior Congress Leader)
န Discussion : The release will be followed by a panel discussion featuring;
န Chair : B.G. Verghrese (Honorary Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research)
န Panelists : E.N. Rammohan (Former Director General, Border Security Force) and Tiplut Nongbri (Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
န Book Release by : Mani Shankar Aiyer (former Indian Minister and Senior Congress Leader)
န Discussion : The release will be followed by a panel discussion featuring;
န Chair : B.G. Verghrese (Honorary Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research)
န Panelists : E.N. Rammohan (Former Director General, Border Security Force) and Tiplut Nongbri (Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
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PCPA calls 5-day bandh in West Bengal' tribal areas
Midnapore, 1 December : People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA today enforced a general strike in Maoist-affected West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura districts of West Bengal in protest against alleged police atrocities and traded gunfire with BSF in a jungle leaving a border guard wounded.
Asit Mahto, spokesman of PCPA which called the five-day strike, said the bandh had been called to demand suspension of anti-Maoist operations till completion of harvesting season. Villagers, he said, were facing harassment when they went to their fields for harvesting.
Midnapore, 1 December : People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA today enforced a general strike in Maoist-affected West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura districts of West Bengal in protest against alleged police atrocities and traded gunfire with BSF in a jungle leaving a border guard wounded.
Asit Mahto, spokesman of PCPA which called the five-day strike, said the bandh had been called to demand suspension of anti-Maoist operations till completion of harvesting season. Villagers, he said, were facing harassment when they went to their fields for harvesting.
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Industrial fair begins in ChittagongChittagong, 1 December : A month long fair of international industrial goods began at the railway polo ground on Tuesday.
The exhibition, organised by Chittagong Womens Chamber for the third year, aims at expansion of the market for goods produced by small and medium enterprises from both local and international arena. The fair was inaugurated by Afsarul Amin, minister for primary and mass education.
Organisers said initially there are few local and international stalls in the exhibition, although provisions have been made for accommodating 4,000 stalls and pavilions.
The exhibition, organised by Chittagong Womens Chamber for the third year, aims at expansion of the market for goods produced by small and medium enterprises from both local and international arena. The fair was inaugurated by Afsarul Amin, minister for primary and mass education.
Organisers said initially there are few local and international stalls in the exhibition, although provisions have been made for accommodating 4,000 stalls and pavilions.
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Gorkhaland talks near, interlocutor meets Buddhadeb
Kolkata, 1 December : With 20 days to go for the tripartite talks between the state government, Centre and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), Lt General (retd) Vijay Madan, the Centre’s interlocutor, met Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and discussed the issue of Gorkhaland.Asked about the demand put forth by GJM, Madan said: “There is nothing called absolute victory. Even America did not have absolute victory. I am a soldier and I have come here to find a solution for this issue (Gorkhaland). There are many stakeholders and I will have to speak to all of them. And only then will I submit my report to the Central government,” said the interlocutor.
The tripartite meeting is going to be held at Darjeeling on 21 December.
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School teacher beheaded in West Midnapore
BSF personnel injured in an exchange of fire
Midnapore, 1 December : The beheaded body of a school teacher, kidnapped by Maoists, was found near Goaltore in restive West Midnapore district today, police sources said.The teacher, Satya Kinkar Hansda, of Sirisboni village, who had been warned by Maoists for being a member of a rival organisation, was picked up by an armed cadre last night and his decapitated body was found in a nearby jungle this morning, they said. Mahato, a teacher at the Purulia Vivekananda High School, was an active member of Gana Pratirodh Committee, which is a rival of the Maoist-backed People's Committee against Police Atrocities.
Meanwhile, a BSF personnel Chandrip Singh was injured in an exchange of fire with Maoists in a jungle near Pirakulli at Salboni in the district. န File Photo
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Andaman tourists can soon take a sortie by sea plane
PTI, Port Blair, 1 December : Tourists flocking to the Andaman and Nicobar islands can soon avail of a new facility by which they can take a sortie by an aircraft to witness the exotic locations and pristine natural beauty, with the Union Territory all set to launch a "Sea Plane".
The first "Sea Plane" will soon be purchased and deployed on an experimental basis in two months time, Andaman and Nicoblar Islands government chief secretary Vivek Rae told a group of journalists while unveiling tourist development plans for the islands. Two firms based in Dubai and Mumbai have been shortlisted for the supply of the plane, which would be hired on "wet lease" for six months, Rae said."The charges would be fixed depending upon the duration of the sortie. If the venture becomes successful, we will continue it and even expand it. Otherwise, it would have to be discontinued", Rae said, pointing to the involvement of subsidy outflow from government during initial stages of operation.
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Saga of devastation in Brahmaputra river Islands
A Story of Vanishing Islands in North-East India A Case Study in River Erosion : Shib Shankar Chatterjee, News Blaze, 1 December : "... I lost my lands, household property and 4 to 5 bighas of paddy lands in to the river-bed of the Brahmaputra in 1988, which has not still reemerged. My eldest son becomes a rickshaw-puller, my second-born is working at daily-labour and third son pulls a hand-barrow, while the younger ones are small vegetable-vendors in the towns, sub-divisions, districts and cities. They send me money after every 2 or 3 months. They will return home only, when my land re-emerges.
Truly speaking, this river has deserted me having been devouring all wealth and presently, I have no other options. The turbulent current of the river Brahmaputra washed it all away during the rainy season, when the river becomes turgid. READ FULL STORY
Truly speaking, this river has deserted me having been devouring all wealth and presently, I have no other options. The turbulent current of the river Brahmaputra washed it all away during the rainy season, when the river becomes turgid. READ FULL STORY
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