Terra Mayaa is a good restaurant in Anil Plaza. It has a lounge, balcony and fine dine. Nice ambiance and good food.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Two injured in tiger attack
Guwahati: Two persons were injured after being attacked by a tiger on the vicinity of the Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Sunday.
Rajesh Naidu and Karma Bhumij, residents of a local tea garden, had gone to Bogorijuri South area near the Park to collect firewood where they were attacked by the tiger hiding in the woods, official sources said.
Though both sustained serious injuries, they fought back with sticks and the animal fled.
They were first admitted to a local hospital and then shifted to Jorhat Civil Hospital.
Powerful blast on railway tracks in Kokrajhar, Assam
Passengers of the Howrah-Guwahati down Garibrath Express had a providential escape on Sunday when a powerful bomb exploded on the railway tracks minutes after it passed Goabari in lower Assam's Kokrajhar district. There was no casualty or injury.
The bomb suspected to have been planted by the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) exploded at 1:10 am two minutes after the train passed the area between Gossaigaon and Fakiragram, police said. The blast blew away three feet of railway track and left a two feet deep crater at the spot, they said.
Northeast Briefs
Northeast Briefs
Tiger attack
Jorhat, Feb. 3:
Two persons — Karma Bhumij and Rajesh Naidu — were injured after they
were allegedly attacked by a tiger at Bogoriguri village, near the Iora
resort close to Kaziranga National Park this afternoon.
Road mishap
Tinsukia: Hira
Rai, 35, was killed on the spot on Saturday night when the Santro car
he was travelling in hit a truck parked on NH 37 at Margherita Tiniali
here. Driver Sunil Sarmah was severely injured and has been admitted to
the district government hospital here.
Security meet
Guwahati: Chief
secretary Naba Kumar Das on Sunday reviewed the status of railway
security with the general manager of NFR, police, army and intelligence
personnel. Sources said in the meeting, the army and paramilitary forces
were alerted against possible subversive activities by militants on
railway tracks, stations and other railway property.
Duo held
Imphal (PTI):
Laish-ram Kripa and Heisnam Lukhoi were arrested for killing an
endangered Sangaideer at Keibul Lamjao National Park in Manipur’s
Bishnupur district. They have been remanded in five-day police custody.
Movement
Dhubri: The
civil disobedience movement called by the Rabha Hasong Joint Movement
Forum will begin in Rabha Hasong Autono-mous Council Area from Monday.
The forum is demanding cancellation of panchayat polls.
Plea to preserve ethnic folklore - Experts from russia impressed with mayong’s ‘magic’
International experts on folklore today urged people of different ethnic groups to make an attempt to preserve their traditional knowledge system and linguistic and cultural heritage that form an integral part of their folklore.
This, they said, would help them keep their rich ethnicity intact.
Over 20 international experts on folklore are here to participate in a two-day international seminar — Genres of Belief from a Folkloristic Perspective — organised by the School of Media Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya, (USTM) in association with the department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore, University of Tartu, Estonia, on Monday and Tuesday on the USTM premises on the city outskirts.
The seminar has been organised to highlight research that is being done on belief narratives and vernacular religion, which forms a vital part of the rising trends in international folklore.
Interacting with reporters today, Ulo Valk, professor and expert on folklore from the University of Tartu, said, “Beliefs are a very strong part of our social system and are intricately related to our daily practices and not just supernatural powers. For instance, folklore is closely associated with language that is the source of creativity to continue our traditions. The Northeast region is inhabited by hundreds of different ethnic communities with their own languages. For every person his mother tongue is crucial to express his thoughts and hence, has to be safeguarded. The Puranas, The Ramayan and The Mahabharat speak extensively of the rich folklore and traditional practices of India.”
“I am very impressed by the rich culture and folklore of the different communities here and they are very different from the culture of Russia, where I come from. In fact, many ideas, beliefs and stories from India have taken root in Russia. It is encouraging to see that indigenous knowledge, that is very valuable, is still being given importance here,” Anastasiya Astapova, a researcher from the University of Tartu, said.
Walk to battle cancer - Event today to spread awareness about disease
School students take part in a cancer awareness rally in 2012.
Come Monday and a large number of residents will put on their walking shoes to tread miles for a cause — cancer awareness.
In a district, Kamrup (metro), which, according to Indian Council of Medical Research, Kamrup’s Population Based Cancer Registry (2006-08), has the second highest incidence in the country of all cancers among men and the third highest among women, the event — Walk for Life — organised by the Cancer Society of Northeast, an NGO, assumes even more relevance.
School and college students, doctors, lawyers, artistes, different NGOs and people from different fields of work will be participating in the event that will begin in the morning at the Arya Vidyapeeth College here. The participants will walk to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital carrying banners highlighting various issues related to cancer. Even cancer patients will be present on the occasion to share experiences related to their fight against the disease.
Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is also likely to attend.
Van crunch hits emergency service
City police are facing a shortage of vehicles for the “Dial 100” emergency service.
At present, there are 22 police patrol vehicles connected with geographic information system (GIS) and geographic positioning system (GPS) for prompt response to people seeking help on the police control room number 100.
But police personnel engaged with the helpline told The Telegraph that the present vehicles were not adequate and they require at least 50 vans to cater to the increasing number of calls.
“When we started the service last year, we were provided with 26 vehicles but at least four remain off the streets owing to technical problems or repairs. We require at least two to three vehicles for each police station as the population is growing fast and criminal activities have also increased. The shortage of vehicles sometimes leads to the increase in our response time,” a source in the control room said.
There are 21 police stations, including the all-woman police station and nine police outposts in the city and on the outskirts.
According to sources, at least 50 vehicles are required to provide better police services and further reduce the response time to distress calls.
“Dial 100” is an integrated 24-hour police helpline where police vans are connected with GIS/GPS technology through a very high frequency communication system to assist people in distress. Assam police and a US-based company Inter Act are jointly implementing the project.
At present, there are 22 police patrol vehicles connected with geographic information system (GIS) and geographic positioning system (GPS) for prompt response to people seeking help on the police control room number 100.
But police personnel engaged with the helpline told The Telegraph that the present vehicles were not adequate and they require at least 50 vans to cater to the increasing number of calls.
“When we started the service last year, we were provided with 26 vehicles but at least four remain off the streets owing to technical problems or repairs. We require at least two to three vehicles for each police station as the population is growing fast and criminal activities have also increased. The shortage of vehicles sometimes leads to the increase in our response time,” a source in the control room said.
There are 21 police stations, including the all-woman police station and nine police outposts in the city and on the outskirts.
According to sources, at least 50 vehicles are required to provide better police services and further reduce the response time to distress calls.
“Dial 100” is an integrated 24-hour police helpline where police vans are connected with GIS/GPS technology through a very high frequency communication system to assist people in distress. Assam police and a US-based company Inter Act are jointly implementing the project.
Annapurna eyes national market
Annapurna - A Guwahati-based agro and dairy products group has opened a sales unit in New Delhi as part of its plan to have a national presence in the next couple of years
Homegrown companies of the region are beginning to make their presence felt across the country.
Annapurna Group, an FMCG company dealing in agro-based and dairy products headquartered in Guwahati, is going north by establishing a sales unit in Delhi. It also hopes to make its products available all over the country.
“According to the company’s growth strategy and in order to build its brand image, Annapurna wants to make its presence felt throughout the country. It also believes that this will also create more job opportunities,” the group’s managing director Subir Ghosh says.
Ghosh said they were shortly introducing new products like readymade curry paste, carbonated drinks and energy drinks along with ice cream and some other milk-based products. The company makes ghee, honey, sauce, fruit squash, fruit jam, fruit-based beverages, jelly and pickle, and has just introduced toned milk and dairy whitener. “We are competing with national players like Hindustan Lever, Nestle and others,” he said.
The company will be spreading its operational wings in the northern part of India, including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi by 2013-14 and broaden their business across the country by the end of 2015 or 2016. Its sales have been increasing by 10-15 per cent on an average and it looks to increase it by another 5-10 per cent in the coming years. The company, however, had witnessed a slump in 2010-11 because of the recession.
The group started in 1952 with the Annapurna brand and soon became one of the leading players in eastern India. Since then it has added more brands to its kitty and now, Annapurna, Fundazz, and Sprint are the three leading brands the group.
Annapurna Group, an FMCG company dealing in agro-based and dairy products headquartered in Guwahati, is going north by establishing a sales unit in Delhi. It also hopes to make its products available all over the country.
“According to the company’s growth strategy and in order to build its brand image, Annapurna wants to make its presence felt throughout the country. It also believes that this will also create more job opportunities,” the group’s managing director Subir Ghosh says.
Ghosh said they were shortly introducing new products like readymade curry paste, carbonated drinks and energy drinks along with ice cream and some other milk-based products. The company makes ghee, honey, sauce, fruit squash, fruit jam, fruit-based beverages, jelly and pickle, and has just introduced toned milk and dairy whitener. “We are competing with national players like Hindustan Lever, Nestle and others,” he said.
The company will be spreading its operational wings in the northern part of India, including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi by 2013-14 and broaden their business across the country by the end of 2015 or 2016. Its sales have been increasing by 10-15 per cent on an average and it looks to increase it by another 5-10 per cent in the coming years. The company, however, had witnessed a slump in 2010-11 because of the recession.
The group started in 1952 with the Annapurna brand and soon became one of the leading players in eastern India. Since then it has added more brands to its kitty and now, Annapurna, Fundazz, and Sprint are the three leading brands the group.
Tarun Gogoi directive on gutkha ban
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has instructed the health department to take necessary action on Gauhati High Court’s directive to ban the sale and use of gutkha in the state.
Gogoi today said he read the report published in news papers on February 3, that the court has registered a public interest litigation (PIL) petition and issued a notice to the government to cite appropriate action taken towards banning gutkha and other smokeless tobacco products.
“I have instructed health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the health department to take necessary action to reply to the notice and do the needful to ban the use and sale of tobacco products,” the chief minister said.
The PIL was registered on Friday by a division bench of Chief Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Arup Kumar Goswami on the basis of a letter written by the Assam chapter of Indian Dental Association.
The association’s letter to Goel on December 27 last year had expressed serious concern over the Assam government’s failure to take stern and appropriate action to ban the sale and use of gutkha and other tobacco products. The letter said if the sales of such products continue it would have serious and adverse impact on the health of people, especially the youth.
The letter also mentioned that smokeless tobacco products are highly toxic and addictive and according to Article 47 of the Constitution, it is the duty of the state to take all measures to protect the health of its citizens.
The court has fixed March 5 as the next date of hearing of the case.
Activists and organisations involved in anti-smoking and anti-tobacco programmes have welcomed the high court directive and said it is high time the government took action.
Gogoi today said he read the report published in news papers on February 3, that the court has registered a public interest litigation (PIL) petition and issued a notice to the government to cite appropriate action taken towards banning gutkha and other smokeless tobacco products.
“I have instructed health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the health department to take necessary action to reply to the notice and do the needful to ban the use and sale of tobacco products,” the chief minister said.
The PIL was registered on Friday by a division bench of Chief Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Arup Kumar Goswami on the basis of a letter written by the Assam chapter of Indian Dental Association.
The association’s letter to Goel on December 27 last year had expressed serious concern over the Assam government’s failure to take stern and appropriate action to ban the sale and use of gutkha and other tobacco products. The letter said if the sales of such products continue it would have serious and adverse impact on the health of people, especially the youth.
The letter also mentioned that smokeless tobacco products are highly toxic and addictive and according to Article 47 of the Constitution, it is the duty of the state to take all measures to protect the health of its citizens.
The court has fixed March 5 as the next date of hearing of the case.
Activists and organisations involved in anti-smoking and anti-tobacco programmes have welcomed the high court directive and said it is high time the government took action.
Book festival at Majuli
An eight-day book festival organised by Oitijya Majuli, an NGO, at Keshab Bora Kshetra at Kamalabari in Majuli island began today with NASA award-winner innovator Uddhab Bharali inaugurating the fair.
President of the organisation Tilak Sarmah told this correspondent that the response received in the first book fair held in 2010 had prompted them to hold a second one on the Brahmaputra island. To attract visitors there will be cultural programmes in the evenings.
Sarmah said the aim of terming the book fair as “book festival” is to highlight the importance of the event.
Because of limited water transport link to the island, availability of books was “very less” compared to other places. Sarmah said the aim is not only to develop reading habits among people but also provide opportunities to the publishing houses of the state and outside Assam to participate in it and feel that there is a good market on the island.
Over 20 publishing houses, mostly from the state, have set up stalls selling a range of books — from Assamese and English literatures to religious texts and books on science and other topics.
“In order to attract a large number of visitors, especially the younger generation, a number of events like quiz contests, drawing and story-telling competitions besides poetry recitals will be organised on the sidelines of the eight-day festival,” Sarmah said. He added that the story-telling competition would be organised to promote the traditional art of story-telling which was very much prevalent in the state when children used to listen to stories from their parents and grandparents.
He said the art of storytelling was passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth but of late the habit seemed to be declining because of fast pace of life.
President of the organisation Tilak Sarmah told this correspondent that the response received in the first book fair held in 2010 had prompted them to hold a second one on the Brahmaputra island. To attract visitors there will be cultural programmes in the evenings.
Sarmah said the aim of terming the book fair as “book festival” is to highlight the importance of the event.
Because of limited water transport link to the island, availability of books was “very less” compared to other places. Sarmah said the aim is not only to develop reading habits among people but also provide opportunities to the publishing houses of the state and outside Assam to participate in it and feel that there is a good market on the island.
Over 20 publishing houses, mostly from the state, have set up stalls selling a range of books — from Assamese and English literatures to religious texts and books on science and other topics.
“In order to attract a large number of visitors, especially the younger generation, a number of events like quiz contests, drawing and story-telling competitions besides poetry recitals will be organised on the sidelines of the eight-day festival,” Sarmah said. He added that the story-telling competition would be organised to promote the traditional art of story-telling which was very much prevalent in the state when children used to listen to stories from their parents and grandparents.
He said the art of storytelling was passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth but of late the habit seemed to be declining because of fast pace of life.
Killing of Rhinos : CM smells ‘conspiracy’
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi today said there was a political conspiracy behind the killing of rhinos in the state.
The government has transferred the in-charge of the Burapahar range of Kaziranga National Park, Ikramul Majid, to Laokhowa wildlife sanctuary in Nagaon district with immediate effect. Jinaram Bordoloi will replace Majid.
Five forest personnel were suspended a few days ago on charge of negligence of duty, leading to the killing of rhinos at the park.
“There are strong reasons to believe that a conspiracy has been hatched to show my government in poor light by the recent spate of poaching of rhinos. Militants and politicians are also involved. I have moved the CBI for a probe. Though the investigating agency earlier declined to probe the rhino killings, the government will vigorously pursue the CBI this time,” Gogoi told reporters at Rajiv Bhawan here.
While eight rhinos have been killed so far this year, 21 were killed last year.
Most of these rhinos were killed in and around Kaziranga National Park. On January 29, forest minister Rakibul Hussain requested the chief minister to ask for a CBI inquiry into the killings.
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