Bengal Govt committed to the welfare of HIV+ people

Among the schemes started by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the people of Bengal are several welfare schemes and programmes for AIDS and HIV patients as well.

The Bengal Government provides subsidised rice at Rs 2 per kg to poor HIV patients in the state, including sex workers.

The Food Department carried out surveys last year on the basis of which it is distributing the foodgrains. Since there is stigma attached to such people, the department has ensured that the details about these people are available only to its officials. Neither the ration shop owner of the locality nor the local food inspector and officials are privy to the details.

All schools run under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) have been instructed to include students living with or diagnosed with HIV as ‘child belonging to disadvantaged group’.

The student will get similar nature of facilities that SC/ ST or minority students get, including government grants, reservation, scholarships and hostel facility.

Sex workers are a vulnerable group who are at risk of contracting HIV. The Bengal Government has launched a scheme ‘Muktir Alo’ for the rehabilitation of women who have been trafficked for prostitution.

This scheme, a brainchild of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was inaugurated by her in September 2015. It has been successful in providing succor to such women in its own small way. One such beneficiary, after receiving training, has opened a cafeteria named Mukti near the entrance of Alipore Zoo.

Similar cafeterias by beneficiaries have also been opened at other places in Kolkata – at Munshiganj in Khidderpore and at the court premises in Alipore. Another is slated to open at Bikash Bhavan in Salt Lake.

Clearly, the Bengal Government is committed to the well-being of all, and does not discriminate among beneficiaries while distributing services to people.

-ANTC

असम के 11 बौने कलाकार सिलीगुड़ी में मचा रहे धमाल

By Prabhat Khabar 

सिलीगुड़ी: कौन कहता है बौने केवल सर्कस के जोकर या फिर समाज में हंसी के पात्र होते हैं. उनमें भी आम इंसानों के तरह ही जिंदगी जीने का जज्बा होता है. यह कहना आश्चर्य नहीं होगा कि उल्टे उनमें आम इंसानों से अधित क्षमता होती है. ऐसा ही कुछ जज्बा असम के कई बौनों में देखा जा रहा है. जो समाज में फैली भ्रांतियों को चुनौती दे रहे हैं. 

        
असम से बाहर पूरे देश में कई जगहों पर अपनी जिंदगी पर बनाये गये कई नाटकों का मंचन कर यह सभी अपनी प्रतिभा का प्रदर्शन कर रहे हैं. इसी के तहत सिलीगुड़ी में असम से आये कुल 11 बौनों समेत कुल 22 युवक-युवतियों की एक टीम ने बुधवार को स्थानीय दीनबंधु मंच (टाउन हॉल) में बॉलीवुड कलाकार सह नाट्यकार पवित्र राभा के सान्निध्य में ‘किनो कौन’ नामक नाटक का उम्दा नाट्य मंचन कर दर्शकों को दांतों तले अंगूली दबाने पर मजूबर कर दिया. सभी कलाकारों ने बौनों की जिंदगी से नाटक के जरिये रुबरु कराया और खूब वाह-वाही लूटी.

       
 नाट्य मंचन से पहले एक बौना कलाकार मैक्स तिरकी ने प्रभात खबर के प्रतिनिधि ने भेंट कर उनकी जिंदगी पर बातचीत की तो उन्होंने कई अनछुए पहलुओं पर बेबाक बातें की. मैक्स का कहना है कि मेरे नाट्य गुरु पवित्र दा हैं. उनके संपर्क में आने से पहले उनकी जिंदगी केवल घर के चार दिवारी के अंदर ही घूंट रही थी. वजह चौखट के बाहर कदम रखा  नहीं लोग तरह-तरह से मजाक करते और हंसी उड़ाते. समाज के बीच केवल हंसी का पात्र बनकर रह गये थे. लेकिन जब से पवित्र दा के संपर्क में आया तबसे उसकी बोझिल जिंदगी पूरी तरह से तब्दील हो गयी. मैक्स का कहना है कि आज केवल वह ही नहीं बल्कि उनके जैसे तकरीबन 25 बौने पवित्र दा के वजह से सम्मान भरी जिंदगी जी रहे हैं. 

उसने बताया कि आज सात साल पहले पवित्र दा ने हमारी प्रतिभाओं को पहचाना और हम सभी को अपने थियेटर ग्रुप ‘दपन द मिरर’ से जोड़ा. साथ ही असम के उदालगुड़ी जिला के तांग्ला नामक गांव में उनके द्वारा पांच बीघा जमीन पर बनाये गये ‘थियेटर विलेज’ में लाया. जहां हम सभी उनसे नाट्य कला सीखते हैं. वहीं पर खेती बाड़ी कर अपना संसार भी चलाते हैं. पवित्र दा के सान्निध्य में उन लोगों ने किनो कैनो व रांग नंबर जैसे अब-तक कुल पांच नाटकों को संपादित कर चुके हैं. जिनका पूरे देश में  मंचन भी किया जा रहा है. ऐसा ही कुछ कहना है दिलीप काकोटी, रंजीत दास, नयन दइमारी, तोरा सोना, रंजू वेश्य, थिमथियास तिर्की, धन दास, सिबिरिना देइमारी व अन्य युवक-युवती और महिला-पुरुष बौने नाट्य कलाकारों का भी.

असम के तांग्ला में बनाया थियेटर विलेज : वहीं, बॉलीवुड कलाकार सह नाट्यकार पवित्र राभा मूल रुप से असम के वासिंदा हैं. वह चर्चित बॉलीवुड हिंदी फिल्म मैरीकॉम, मुखबिर जैसे कई नामी फिल्मों में अपनी कला का लोहा मनवा चुके हैं. पवित्र ने प्रभात खबर को बताया कि वह 2002 से नेशनल स्कूल ऑफ ड्रामा से जुड़े. 

2003 में ‘दर्पण द मिरर’ नामक अपना थियेटर ग्रुप स्थापित किया. 2008 में बौनों को लेकर समाज की भ्रांतियों को दूर करने और उन्हें समाज की मुख्यधारा से जोड़ने की ठानी. इसके लिए सबसे पहले उन्होंने असम के विभिन्न क्षेत्रों से बौनों को अपने थियेटर ग्रुप से जोड़ा. बाद में तकरीबन 20-25 बौनों और उनके पूरे परिवार को लेकर असम के ही तांग्ला गांव में अपना थियेटर विलेज बनाया. नाट्य कला को लेकर सबसे पहले उन सभी को 45 दिनों के कार्यशाला में प्रशिक्षित किया. 

यहीं उनकी प्रतिभा को परखा गया. जिसने नाट्य कला में रुचि दिखायी उन सभी को नाटक के हरेक पहलुओं की जानकारी दी गयी और कला का पूरा अभ्यास कराया गया. बाद में 2012 से उम्दा नाट्यकारों को लेकर पवित्र ने कई नाटकों को संपादित किया जिसे आज पूरी दुनिया के सामने पेश किया जा रहा है. पवित्र की माने तो आज उनके थियेटर ग्रुप की ख्याति इतनी फैल चुकी है कि देश के विभिन्न प्रांतों से भी कई बौने कलाकार उनकी ग्रुप में शामिल होना चाहते हैं. हाल ही में पुणे से चार बौने कलाकार उनकी ग्रुप से जुड़ चुके हैं.

URGENT: China spying through 42 apps, delete them: Intelligence Bureau to soldiers

In a fresh advisory issued to the troops posted at the international border, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has warned that China could be collecting vital information about the Indian security installations through its popular mobile phone apps and devices.

According to reports, the advisory issued by the DIG (Intelligence) has directed the troops posted along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to either delete a number of mobile applications from their smartphones or reformat the devices altogether to guard against online espionage attempts from across the border.

The IB advisory contains a list of about 42 popular Chinese apps, including WeChat, Truecaller, Weibo, UC Browser and UC News, which pose a grave threat to India's security.

There is a possibility of these apps transmitting sensitive personal data to the Chinese authorities, which could be a major security disaster, the advisory states.

The fresh advisory comes at a time when the troops from both sides continue to maintain high alertness levels along the LAC after the resolution of a bitter border stand-off over Doklam.

Based on inputs received from the intelligence agencies, the armed forces regularly warn its officers and other ranks to avoid using Chinese apps in a bid to thwart the possible leak of vital info to the hostile neighbouring country via China-made mobile devices.

The Army, as well as the central armed police forces like the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, are deployed along the 4,057km LAC, which stretches from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh.

The IAF, for instance, had earlier asked all its officers and airmen as well as their families to avoid using Chinese Xiaomi smartphones and notebooks on the ground that they could transfer user data to remote servers located in China.

The note comes at a time when several Indian cybersecurity experts have raised concerns about the possible espionage attempts by the Chinese hackers and various military intelligence agencies of China.

The warning from IB pertains to Android as well as IoS apps.

[Via: Zee News]

Master plans to control floods in north Bengal

The state Irrigation department is preparing two master plans to give respite to the people of North Bengal from the devastating floods.

While replying to a question in the state Assembly on Thursday, state irrigation minister said: “Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee directed us to prepare the master plan and we have taken steps to develop the same to check floods or flood-like situation in North Bengal. The work for that has already begun.”

One master plan is for Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Darjeeling districts while the other is for Malda, North and South Dinajpur. The Chief Minister mentioned that a consultant is being engaged to conduct a survey and prepare necessary assessment for the master plan for Malda, North and South Dinajpur.

The detailed project report (DPR) will be prepared after the assessment report is ready. The process to engage a consultant for the survey to prepare the master plan for the four other North Bengal districts has also already begun.

Execution of the master plan will ensure strengthening of the existing embankments where necessary, including building proper drainage channels t and other infrastructural enhancements for better irrigation. At the same time, all the 32 sluice gates in north Bengal will be upgraded.

The funding pattern has not been finalised yet, according to the minister: either the State Government will fully fund the master plans or it might approach the World Bank for part of the funding.

Source : https://goo.gl/RWHn3S

Bengal Govt felicitates President Kovind

Honourable President of India, Shri Ramnath Kovind was felicitated by the State Government today at a cultural programme at Netaji Indoor Stadium.

Hon. Governor Shri Kesari Nath Tripathi, Speaker of Bengal Assembly, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, along with luminaries from various fields, felicitated the President.

Speaking on the occasion, the CM said: “We are privileged by the august presence of Shri Kovind. We are honoured that he accepted our invitation, and has visited Bengal within weeks of assuming office.”

She reminisced the days when they were parliamentary colleagues. Mamata Banerjee said, “When I was a member of the Lok Sabha, you were a member of the Rajya Sabha. You always maintained a low profile and were always immersed in your work.”

The Constitutional post of the President is above religion and deserves respect, maintained the CM. She wished the President a long and healthy life.

राष्ट्रीय आपदा प्रतिक्रिया (बल एनडीआरएफ) ने ग्रासमोड़ चाय बागान में एक समुदाय जागरूकता कार्यक्रम का आयोजन किया

Writes : Amit khas chettti

नागराकाटा २७ नवंबरः राष्ट्रीय आपदा प्रतिक्रिया (बल एनडीआरएफ) ने ग्रासमोड़ चाय बागान में एक समुदाय जागरूकता कार्यक्रम का आयोजन किया। कार्यक्रम चाय एसोसिएशन ऑफ इंडिया के सहयोग से किया गया था जहां चाय उद्योग के प्रबंधकों ने भी कार्यक्रम में अंश ग्रहण किया था ।  ए, बनर्जी डीबीआईटीए सचिव, राम अवतर शर्मा तराई  डूआर्स शाखा सचिव, जलपाईगुड़ी के डीएम कार्यालय के प्रतिनिधि डॉ। सपंनकर बिस्वास और टीआरए अधिकारी उपस्थित थे ।

सिलीगुड़ी से एनडीआरएफ की एक टीम आज ग्रासमोड चाय बगान आई थी और उन्होंने विद्यार्थियों और स्थानीय लोगों को जागरूक किया कि कैसे प्राकृतिक आपदाओं जैसे भूकंप, बाढ़, भवन ढह गई, अग्नि, सांप के काटने, सड़क दुर्घटना आदि से लड़ें।

एनडीआरएफ की टीम ने छात्रों के विभिन्न प्रकारों की डेमोस्ट्रेशन दिखाया ताकि किसी को लड़ाई लड़ने की स्थिति समझा जा सके। सामान्य ज्ञान के कम होने के कारण लोगों को किसी भी दुर्घटना में मरना पड़ सकता है लेकिन अगर अस्पताल में हमें प्राथमिक उपचार का कुछ मतलब है तो हम सुरक्षित जीवन जी सकते हैं।

एनडीआरएफ के उप कमांडेंट रबी कुमार ने कहा कि द्दण्ण्ट में एनडीआरएफ ने पहली बार भारत सरकार की स्थापना की, जब बड़े पैमाने पर भूकंप आया। द्दण्ज्ञज्ञ में उस समय उडिसा में चक्रवात आया था, उस समय भारत में कोई भी बचाव दल नहीं था। बचाव दल दूसरे देश से लाया गया था। लेकिन अब सरकार बचाव के लिए अपनी टीम का गठन कर चुकी है। एनडीआरएफ टीम अर्धसैनिक बल में पिछले  ठ साल से शामिल हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि हम द्दण्ज्ञछ में सिलिगुडी में विशेष रूप से सिक्किम और दार्जिलिंग के लिए तैनात हैं, जहां हमने हाल ही में बचाव कार्य किया है।

हम दोनों राष्ट्रीय और अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर काम करते हैं। अब सरकार ने हमें ज्यादा काम दिया है जो कि गांव के स्तर और सिविल रक्षा के लोगों को जागरूक करना है, इसलिए हम चाय बाग क्षेत्र में यहां आए हैं। एनडीआरएफ टीमों ने उजष्उकथकष्अबििथ चिपिंग हथौड़ा, वायु बैग, कोण कटर, लकड़ी कटर के साधन दिखाया घर की बाढ़ बचाव चीजें बनाया

उन्होंने  विभिन्न प्रकार से प्रदर्शन कर दिखाया जैसे दुर्घटना में मरीज का दिल कैसे पंप करें , अस्पताल पहुंचने से पहले सांप के काटने का संचालन कैसे करें, बाढ़ से सुरक्षित लोगों को कैसे निकाला जाए 

, यदि कोई व्यक्ति हाथ और पैर को तोड़ता है तो कैसे मदद कर सकता है, सीपीआर सिस्टम से लोगों को सुरक्षित कैसे करें अएंव जैसे महत्वपूर्ण विषय की जानकारी स्थानिय लोगों को दिया ।

चंपरामारी रेलगेट निकट रेल पटरी के सामने एक दतैल हाथि को देखा गया

Writes : Amit khas Chettri

नागराकाटा २७ नवंबरः सोमबार सुबह को चंपरामारी रेलगेट निकट रेल पटरी के सामने एक दतैल हाथि को देखा गया । हाथी को देखने के लिए देखते ही देखते पर्यटकों का काफि भिड जम गया था । दतैल हाथी लगभथ १५ मिनट तक रेलवे पटरी पर चल फिर करता है । बाद में जंगल में प्रवेश कर लेता है । उस समय कोई भी ट्रेन पटरी में नहीं था जिस के कारण रेल यातायात में कुुछ बाधा नहीं हुवा । फिर भी यहा पर रोज रेलवे पटरी के निकट इस तरह का घटना घटता रहता है । कभी कभी पटरी के उपर चले आता है और ट्रेन चलाचल बाधित करता है तो कभी चलती ट्रेन को धक्का भी देता है । 

गौरतलब है की नागराकाटा जलढाका सेतु में कुछ वर्ष पहले रेल की चपेट में आने से एक ही बार में ८ हाथी का मृत्यु हो गया था । इस घटना के बाद उस इलाके से समस्त ट्रेन १० से १५ किमी. कि गती में चलती है । गोरुमारा नर्थ रेंज चंपरामारी अभरण्य में प्राय लगभग ८ किलोमिटर घना जंगल में रेल लाईन में अवस्थित है । इस इलाके में प्रतिदिन २० से २५ बार हाथी रेल पटरी आर और पार करती है । जलढाका रेल सेतु के सामने एक वाच टावर बनाया गया है । हाथी रेल पटरी के उपर उठते ही वन विभाग के माध्यम से रेल विभाग में इसकी सुचना चलि जाती है । फिर हाथी होने की खबर रेल विभाग के और रेल चालक को दिया जाता है और चालक सावधानी से रेल को इस इस रास्ते से पार करते है । 

Good News : Missing persons bureau in every commissionerate

To enable coordination of information on missing persons, West Bengal Police has decided to set up a Missing Persons Bureau in every commissionerate. As a part of the efforts towards coordination of information, the state police is also setting up a database of missing persons.

For a start, 30 police officers have been selected for manning the bureaus in five commissionerates. Gradually, bureaus would be set up in all the eight commissionerates. Two commissionerates were created recently, in Haldia and in Kharagpur.

Till now, the Missing Persons Bureau of CID was the sole agency responsible. To reduce pressure on it, the government has decided to set up a bureau in each commissionerate, each of which is responsible for a group of, mostly urban, police station areas.

Many times it happens that a person returns home, but the information does not reach the police. Sometimes the family does not inform the police; and then too, it is difficult for the single bureau under the CID to deal with missing persons’ information from across the state. Hence, to spread the responsibility, in order to have up-to-date information, West Bengal Police has taken this decision, which is indeed commendable.

Source: Ei Samay

Courtesy ; https://goo.gl/Nj7uXq
 

SC allows Centre to withdraw 4 more CRPF companies from Darjeeling hills ahead of Gujarat polls

-The bench agreed to the Centre's plea to relocate half of the remaining paramilitary forces from the state's strife-torn districts to the poll-bound state.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre to withdraw four of the eight companies of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) from Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal in the wake of the upcoming Gujarat elections. The forces were deployed there following the protests in the hills over the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland.

A bench of judges headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra agreed to the Centre’s plea to relocate half of the remaining paramilitary forces from the state’s strife-torn districts to the poll-bound state.

The top court on October 27 had allowed the Centre to withdraw seven of the 15 companies of CAPF from the districts. The decision came after the Centre filed a petition saying that the forces were required in the poll-bound states of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh as well as along the borders of Jammu and Kashmir and in the north-eastern states. In its plea, the Centre also argued that the internal security situation of the country cannot be ignored before taking any decision of troop deployment to states.

The forces were allocated to West Bengal after the state government had asked for security during the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha statehood agitation in Darjeeling. Complying with the request, a total of 12 CRPF and three SSB companies were deployed in the state.

After the strike ended, the Centre decided to withdraw a few companies from the region. The Mamata Banerjee-led state government, however, objected asking the Union home ministry to extend the deployment of forces till December 25. The Centre, in response, said the situation in the hills had improved compared to July when the troops were initially positioned. The Calcutta High Court had then stayed the withdrawal after Mamata Banerjee approached it. The decision was, however, overturned by the apex court.

[Via: Indian Express][file photo]

Global business body comes to town - Mamata to speak at Horasis meet

In PC : Participants at the meeting in Calcutta on Sunday. Picture by Sanat Kumar Sinha

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will be the star attraction at the Horasis Asia meeting on Monday, when she will address a gathering of the region's senior leaders from the business community and the government on the state's priorities and policies towards an economic renaissance.

Horasis - to see, as in a vision, in ancient Greek - is a global community committed to enact visions for the future. The forum holds several meetings across the globe, including regional summits focusing on India and east Asia.

"This is the first time that Horasis has come to India and that too in Calcutta.... This means a lot," said Shaswat Goenka, the president of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, which is hosting the event along with the state government.

The fact that the Bengal government, which is actively scouting for business, has partnered with the event is an indication that it is keen on using the forum to reach out to business leaders from emerging markets and their global counterparts. On being invited as a speaker, the chief minister was scheduled to take part in the 2016 edition of Horasis Asia in Bangkok last November, but she opted out at the last moment to spearhead the protests against the Prime Minister's demonetisation decision.

Over the past few years, Mamata has been trying to promote business opportunities in Bengal, citing the geographical advantage of the state and its easy connectivity with east and southeast Asia. Though the state government has been holding its annual investor summit with much fanfare and the chief minister is herself touring several countries - Singapore, England, Germany and Scotland - getting investment into the state has remained an Achilles heel for the government.

"She is expected to roll out the government's policies and priorities and the business leaders will be keen to hear what the state has to offer," said a city-based businessman.

It is likely that Mamata will use the forum to seek participation of the chief executives of global companies in the state's annual investment summit, to be held in January 2018.

At the meeting on Sunday afternoon, the participants were busy brainstorming on several topics in parallel sessions that went through to the evening. Among several sessions, the one on "Valuing Unity in Diversity" threw up several takeaways, some of which Mamata has been stressing for sometime.

"There are so many elections in the country.... Can't all these elections be held on one day?" asked a participant at the session.

His question indicated that the politics surrounding elections have often come in the way of good economics. Mamata has, several times in the past, stressed on the same point, highlighting how elections and the guidelines surrounding them hamper delivery of governance

Source : Telegraph

Navy job racket busted

The arrested trio in Jalpaiguri.pic by :Biplab Basak

Three Bihar youths have been arrested in Jalpaiguri for allegedly planning to conduct "an examination" to recruit people to the "Indian Navy" and hand them fake appointed letters after taking "Rs 2-3 lakh" from each of them.

Police said Divyanshu Mishra, Amaresh Yadav and Pramod Kumar - all residents of Darbhanga district - had arrived in Jalpaiguri a few days ago and were to conduct the test at a local school on Sunday.

The police sniffed a conspiracy when the trio informed the Kotwali police station about the test and sought security for the exercise.

"On Sunday, they were to conduct an examination at a local school for recruiting youths to lower posts in the Indian Navy. They had informed us about the test and sought security for the so-called exam," said Biswashroy Sarkar, the inspector in charge of Kotwali police station.

Sources said the police became all the more suspicious after scanning the application, which was made in the name of "Institute of Maritime Academy Private Limited".

"It was surprising that a placement agency would carry the tag of private limited. Also, exams for recruitment to the Indian Navy are conducted by the defence forces," said an officer.

The police learnt that the company was floated in July this year and its address mentioned Dwarka in Delhi.

A police team went to the Jalpaiguri hotel where the trio had put up and detained them for questioning on Saturday evening. "None of them could reply to us satisfactorily. We brought them to the police station," an officer said.

Sources said the trio had admitted that they planned to dupe the candidates for Rs 2-3 lakh each. They were arrested on Saturday night.

"They planned to call the examinees to Delhi and ask for Rs 2-3 lakh from each for the appointment letters. The trio would have fled then," said another officer.

At the hotel, the police also found two women, who have apparently said that they had been asked by the trio to work as "receptionists" at the test centre on Sunday.

Around 80 candidates - all from Assam - turned up at the Purbanchal High School in Jalpaiguri for the test but found the gates locked.

"We had seen ads in newspapers in our area. I felt interested at the prospect of working for the navy and found some local shops selling forms for the exam. I had to attach a draft of Rs 300 with the filled form. A few days later, I received an admit card, where the details of the exam and the test centre were mentioned," said Kavita Kumari, a resident of Paltanbazaar in Guwahati.

A teacher of the school where the test was to be held said: "They had said they would pay us on Sunday for using the school as a test centre. We never imagined that they had such plans."

[Source : Telegraph]

विराट कोहली ने ठोका 5वां दोहरा शतक, पहली बार टेस्ट क्रिकेट में किया ये काम

टीम इंडिया के कप्तान विराट कोहली ने नागपुर में तीसरे दिन टेस्ट क्रिकेट में अपना पांचवां दोहरा शतक जमा दिया। इस पारी के दौरान उन्होंने एक ऐसा काम कर दिया जो कोहली आजतक कभी भी नहीं कर पाए थे। इस मैच से पहले कोहली श्रीलंका के खिलाफ कभी भी दोहरा शतक नहीं लगा पाए थे, लेकिन नागपुर में उन्होंने इस आंकड़े को भी बदल दिया।

ऐसी रही कोहली की पारी 

इस दोहरे शतक के लिए विराट कोहली ने 259 गेंदों का सामना करते हुए 15 चौकेे के साथ-साथ 02 छक्के भी लगाए। विराट कोहली ने इस पारी के दौरान पहले चेतेश्वर पुजारा के साथ मिलकर 183 रन की साझेदारी की। पुजारा के आउट होने का बाद आए रहाणे के साथ कोहली की सिर्फ 11 रन की पार्टनरशिप हुई। रहाणे पवेलियन लौटे तो रोहित शर्मा के साथ मिलकर कोहली ने 173 रन की साझेदारी की। इसके बाद कोहली 213 रन के निजी स्कोर पर परेरा की गेंद पर कैच आउट होकर पवेलियन लौट गए। 

ये रहे टेस्ट क्रिकेट में कोहली के 5 दोहरे शतक

पहला दोहरा शतक- 200 रन- वेस्टइंडीज़, नॉर्थ साउंड, जुलाई 2016

दूसरा दोहरा शतक- 211 रन, न्यूज़ीलैंड, इंदौर, अक्टूबर 2016

तीसरा दोहरा शतक- 235 रन, इंग्लैंड, मुंबई, दिसंबर 2016

चौथा दोहरा शतक- 204 रन, बांग्लादेश, हैदराबाद, फरवरी 2017

पांचवां दोहरा शतक- 213 रन, श्रीलंका, नागपुर, नवंबर 2017

कोहली ने की लारा की बराबरी

बतौर कप्तान सबसे ज़्यादा दोहरे शतक लगाने के मामले में भारतीय कप्तान विराट कोहली ने वेस्टइंडीज़ के पूर्व दिग्गज बल्लेबाज़ ब्रायन लारा की बराबरी भी कर ली। लारा के नाम कप्तान रहते हुए दुनिया में सबसे ज़्यादा 5 दोहरे शतक लगाने का रिकॉर्ड था और अब कोहली ने भी पांच शतक लगाकर उनकी बराबरी कर ली है। इस लिस्ट में अब इन दोनों के बाद नाम आता है सर डॉन ब्रैडमैन, माइकल क्लार्क और पूर्व दक्षिण अफ्रीकी कप्तान ग्रेम स्मिथ का। इन सभी ने अपनी-अपनी टीमों के कप्तान रहते हुए 4-4 दोहरे शतक ठोके थे।

Source :Dainik Jagran

खुदरा पैसे नहीं लेने से छोटे व्यवसायियों का काम बंद होने की कगार पर

जागरण संवाददाता, जलपाईगुड़ी: शहर में छोटे व्यापारियों का व्यवसाय बंद होने की कगार पर है। खुदरा पैसे की समस्या का जल्द कोई हल निकाला गया तो व्यवसायियों को मजबूरन अपना काम बंद करना पड़ेगा। समस्या का हल निकालने को लेकर आज कुछ व्यवसायी कोतवाली थाने पहुंचे थे। पुलिस प्रशासन ने आश्वासन दिया कि जो व्यवसायी खुदरा पैसा लेने से इंकार कर रहे हैं उन्हें चिन्हित करके कड़ी कार्रवाई की जाएगी।

व्यवसायियों की माने तो घर में खुदरा पैसों का अंबार सा लगा है। बैंक में भी जमा नहीं ले रहे हैं। लिखित देकर खुदरा पैसा लेने से इंकार कर रहे हैं। महाजन व दुकान में आने वाले ग्राहक भी खुदरा पैसा लेने से मना कर रहे हैं। इसलिये भविष्य को लेकर व्यवसायी काफी चिंतित हैं। इस समस्या से निजात पाने के लिए व्यवसायियों ने पुलिस को लिखित शिकायत की है।

कोतवाली थाने के आईसी बी सरकार ने कहा कि शिकायत मिली है। इस समस्या को लेकर नगपालिका से बातचीत की जाएगी। जो खुदरा लेने से इंकार कर रहे हैं उनपर कार्रवाई होगी

Sikkim Unit BJP President DB Chauhan calls 25 Nov Ranipul meeting unconstitutional and illegal

BJP Press Release

A meeting was held at Bharatiya Janata Party  office,Ranipool on  25 November 2017 at about 11: 30 AM by Some members. In that meeting a resolution has been passed against Sri  D.B. Chauhan President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Sikkim, and removed him as president of State unit by electing Smt. Bhim Kumari Sharma as president of the state unit. This is highly unconstitutional and illegal activity which falls under Party constitution act 25 (f).
All matters of dispute can be resolved by discussion in the party forum and need not to resort to any anti party activities, said by Sri DB Chauhan.
All those who have participated this meeting will be liable for action for violation of the constitution.
The state party has apprised the central leadership above this matter and they have took this incident as very seriously and necessary action will be taken very soon. The party shall not tolerate any such activity in future.

VOS Report

Miss World-2017: After winning crown, Manushi Chhillar to be back in India today

Miss World Manushi Chhillar will be back in India on Saturday night, a week after she bagged the beauty title for the country in the Chinese city of Sanya.

Manushi was in Hong Kong and London in the last one week, and will land at the Mumbai International Airport at 11:45 pm on Saturday, her maternal uncle Sandeep Sehrawat said.

The newly crowned Miss World is set to receive a grand reception in the country, especially in her home state Haryana from where she is the first woman to ever win the pageant.

The Haryana government is also mulling to make her the brand ambassador of its ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign to encourage state women to achieve laurels in their respective fields. Manushi tweeted that she can’t wait to be back home and meet everyone.

Her native village Bamnoli in Jhajjar and her medical college in Sonepat are waiting to get details of her schedule to start preparing for her grand welcome. According to her family, she will take part in several events in Mumbai before coming to Delhi and meet the Prime Minister and President.

She is expected to be in Haryana in the first week of December. “We are all waiting for her and feel so proud of her achievement. Her grandparents are waiting to feed her favourite dishes,” Sehrawat said.

Manushi, who also aspires to be a cardiac surgeon, will have to start with her second prof in MBBS when she resumes her studies at the BPS Medical College. “The college has supported her all the time. If she wish to continue studies, she will have to start with where she left," said Dr PS Gehlawat, the director of the college. “It is sad that MBBS is not a degree that can be given as honorarily for her achievement,” he joked.

(HT)

आज राजधानी दिल्लीमा एनजीसी(NGC)को आयोजना हुन लागेको बैठकमा गल्फ(GULF)पार्टीले अंशग्रहण नगर्ने

नयाँ दिल्ली,२६ नोभेम्बर २०१७ गल्फ(GULF) पार्टीको केन्द्रीय कमिटी सदस्य रिसिका छेत्रीले भने
अनुसार गल्फ पार्टीले आज दिल्लीमा एनजीसी(NGC) ले राखेको बैठकमा भाज नलिने भएको छन्।

हिजो गल्फ पार्टीको केन्द्रिय कमिटिको एक आकस्मिक सभा ढाकेर आजको बैठकमा अंशग्रहण नगर्ने निर्णय लिइएको हो।

आजको बैठकमा बिनय गुट अनि टिएमसी दलहरूले पनि भाग लिने भएको कारण ले गर्दा नै हामीले बैठकमा नजाने निर्णय लिएको हौं।हामी जाती बिरोधि अनि माटो बेचुवाहरुसँग एकै टेबलमा बस्न पार्टीको नीति विरुद्ध रहेको  अनि जनताको इच्छा विरुद्ध हो भनि भनेको छन्।

गल्फ(GULF)पार्टी केवल गोर्खाल्याण्डको निम्ति जन्मिएको तथा बंगाल देखि अलग हुनु नै पार्टीको मुल लक्ष्य रहेको उनले बताए।

पहाडमा जुनै राजनैतिक दलहरु आए पनि अहिले सम्म कसैले गोर्खाहरुको इच्छाहरुलाई पूरा गर्न नसकेको अनि त्यसैको फलस्वरूप गल्फ(GULF) पार्टीको जन्म भएको पनि उनले बताएको छ।

Some human beings are dedicatedly working for the cause of the society without any propaganda & my salute to all those unsung heroes of the society. #JurantiPrimarySchool,Mateli,Jalpaiguri. Pushpan Pradhan & Remanti R. Rai

Some human beings are dedicatedly working for the cause of the society without any propaganda & my salute to all those unsung heroes of the society.
#JurantiPrimarySchool,Mateli,Jalpaiguri.
Pushpan Pradhan & Remanti R. Rai.

Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek owns TMC slogan: Mukul Roy

The former TMC leader, however, did not claim there was any illegality involved in the move.

[Hindustan Times, Kolkata]

Maa Mati Manush, the catchline Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee effectively used to unseat the 34-year-old Left Front government in Bengal in 2011 is registered in the name of her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, BJP leader Mukul Roy alleged on Saturday.

The former TMC leader, who switched over to the BJP earlier this month, however, did not claim there was any illegality involved in the move.

Roy’s allegation was in continuation of his previous attack on the 31-year-old Lok Sabha MP.

On November 10, Roy in his first public meeting as a BJP leader in Kolkata alleged that Banerjee was the owner of Biswa Bangla, the umbrella brand being promoted by the state government and Jago Bangla, the mouthpiece of the ruling party in Bengal.

“Abhishek Banerjee owns the Maa Mati Manush slogan. This is not an application, but a document that shows it is registered in his name,” said Roy waving a sheet of paper at a press conference.

He was flanked by BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, party central observer for Bengal Kailash Vijayvargiya and MoS heavy industries and public enterprises Babul Supriyo.

“We will present everything to the court and also in front of the public,” said Vijayvargiya.

Incidentally, a court in Alipurduar in north Bengal, in an interim injunction barred Roy from making any statement linking Banerjee to Biswa Bangla Marketing Corporation Ltd and Jago Bangla Media Pvt Ltd.

According to the Trade Mark Journal (No 1726 dated 04/01/2016), the trademark was granted on January 18, 2013 to Banerjee. The address mentioned in the journal is 30B Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata 26, the residence of the chief minister.

The ownership is valid up to January 18, 2023.

The slogan is derived from a Bengali rural play titled Maa Mati Manush staged in the 1970s. It was written by Bhairab Gangopadhyay.

“There is no illegality in getting a political slogan registered in an individual’s name. However, anyone owning the logo can claim royalty on anybody, or any party, organisation or even the government for using the slogan. If Abhishek Banerjee wants, he can charge the party and the government huge royalty for using his trademark,” prominent lawyer and CPI (M) leader Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya told HT.

After Roy’s allegation on November 10, Bengal home secretary Atri Bhattacharya and micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) secretary Rajiva Sinha claimed the marketing corporation is owned by the state government.

TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee also claimed chief minister’s nephew has nothing to do with the media company.

“I shall keep exposing more misdeeds,” Roy said at the press conference.

Reacting to the allegations, Chatterjee at a public meeting in Canning in South 24 Parganas district said: “We don’t want to respond to BJP’s allegations. But let me ask what sacrifices did their leaders make for the rights of the common man?”

Banerjee, who is also the Trinamool Youth Congress president, had on November 13 sent a legal notice to Roy, claiming that the veteran politician had made “false” statements against him and demanded an apology from him within 48 hours.

Banerjee later filed a defamation suit seeking the injunction before the court of civil judge (senior division) in Alipurduar

Kolkata Police posts gripping true-crime stories on its Facebook page every Sunday

The Facebook page of Kolkata Police is attracting thousands of readers who are getting hooked to crime thrillers written on case studies.

[By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Hindustan Times]

Scene: Howrah Station. Time: A winter morning in 1933. A youth feels a piercing pain in his arm as he is about to board a train. The pain is from a needle that injects a plague virus into him. The virus is from a Bombay laboratory and the contract killer has been hired by the elder brother of the victim. The incident is regarded as one of the first instances of ‘individual bio-terrorism’.

Scene: Sarat Bose Road, south Kolkata. Time: Christmas eve, 1991. A 47-year-old homemaker from a business family hires employees of the family firm to murder her next-door neighbours, both of whom are in their 50s. The police are clueless till they get a lucky break, thanks to an inebriated youth flaunting a camera at a gambling joint in another part of the city. Bimala Khetawat, the homemaker behind the murder, eventually commits suicide.

These and many other gripping true crime stories have been presented every Sunday morning since July by the Kolkata Police on their Facebook page. True-crime aficionados are hooked.

The department accepted the request of followers of the FB page to provide information about old and sensational cases and decided to present them as stories. It titled the series ‘Rahasya Robibar’ (Sunday Mystery) and the first story was about a 1994 murder.

The narration was lapped up, post was shared nearly 250 times and attracted as many comments. Most urged the department to continue with the initiative.

With every Sunday, the readership increased. The fifth story, homemaker Debjani Banik’s murder case of 1983, published on August 27, was shared more than 700 times. The next, on the 1933 incident, was shared more than 1,200 times and attracted more than 800 comments.

In late October, the police’s announcement about a temporary break in Rahashya Robibar was met with protest. The sheer pressure of the readers forced the police to launch a new series titled Purano Sei Diner Katha (Tales from Olden Times), narrating stories of freedom fighters from the crime files.

The new series has gained instant popularity. Written in Bengali in a racy style, the crime stories have captivated readers, who wait eagerly for their weekly dose of thrills.

सरकारबाट केही सहयोग नपाएपछि कालेबुङ जिल्ला अन्तर्गत कागे ग्राम पन्चायतमा पर्ने ठूलो बेन्दा बस्तीका मानिसहरू आफै गाडीको सडक खन्न बाध्य

पुरण गिरी,कालेबुङ,नोभेम्ब­र २४:भारत सरकारको तथा प्रधानमन्त्री नरेन्द्र मोदीको सपना देशको हरेक गाउँ-शहर क्षेत्रलाई डिजिटल इण्डिया बनाउँने सपना सपनै मात्र रहेको पुक्ता सबूत यस्तो छ।

कालेबुङ जिल्ला अन्तर्गत अलगड़ा ब्लक-२ लाभा-लिङसे ३८ नम्बर समष्टि कागे ग्राम पन्चायत भित्र पर्ने बेन्दा बस्तीमा अझै सम्म पनि गाडी हिड्ने सड़क निर्माण भएको छैन।

गर्भवती अवस्थाको विरामीहरुलाई बोकेर कोशौ टाडो पुर्यीएपछि मात्र गाडीको सडक भेटिने स्थानीय वासीहरूको गुनासो रहेको छ।यस समस्यालाई व्यवस्थामा रहेका पार्टीहरूलाई पनि बिगत धेरै बर्ष देखि बताउदै आएको तर कुनै राजनीतिक दलहरूले पनि यसप्रति चिन्ता नगरिएको स्थानीय मानिसहरूको भनाइ छ।यसरी नै बेन्दा बस्तीको सदस्य निमा लेप्चा अनि पारस शर्माले भने सरकारबाट केही सहयोग नपाएको पछि गोर्खाल्याण्डको आन्दोलनसँगै आफ्नो गाउँ आफै बनाउँ भन्ने उद्देश्य राखी गत १९८२ मा निर्माण गरिएको गाउँ कै 'अमर सेवा कल्ब' को सदस्य तथा गाउँको मानिसहरू मिलेर मूल बेन्दादेखि ठूलो बेन्दासम्म गाड़ीको सड़क खन्ने कार्य गरिएको बताए।
२०१६ को राज्य विधानसभाको चुनाव अघि भोट फकाउने अभिप्रायले बाटो खनेको नाटक गरियो र चुनावपछि त्यस ठाउँमा कोही नेता नफर्केको र ग्रामवासीले सरकारबाट सहयोगको आशा मार्दै स्वयम् उक्त बाटो निर्माणमा लागेको बताइएको छ।यस बाटोको निर्माणले ठुलो बेन्दामात्र नभएर अझ दुर्गम गाउँ लदाम क्षेत्रको रबेकका बासिन्दालाई समेत केही राहात मिल्ने कुरा स्थानियवासीले बताए।
तस्विर सौजन्य- निमा लेप्चा

हि-गाउँ निवासी ६६ वर्षिय गुमान सिङ बिष्ट भालूको आक्रमणमा गम्भीररुपले घाइते

 

सिक्किम-गेजिङ,२५ नोभेम्बर २०१७ : आज बिहान लकभक ८:३० बजे पश्चिम सिक्किम अनर्तग गेजिङ क्षेत्रमा पर्ने हि-गाउँ निवासी ६६ वर्षिय गुमान सिङ बिष्ट ( च्यादरे माइला )जंगली भालूको आक्रमणमा परि गम्भीररुपले घाइते भएको छन् ।

हि-गाउँ देखी केही मुनि बरबोटेमा अलैंची बारिमा फिरके लगाउन गएको समय सो घटना भएको रेबिका थुलुङले बताएकी छन् ।

यसरी अलैंची बारिमा पानी लगाउन जाँदा पछाडिपट्टिबाट आक्रमण गर्दा ढाडमा धेरै चोट लागेको अनि स्थानीयको  सहयोगमा उद्वार गरि  गेजिङ जिल्ला अस्पतालमा प्राथमिक उपचार चलिरहेको बताएकी छन् ।

[नोट:यसरी एक्लै दुक्लै जंगल-झाडीमा काम गर्न जादा सतर्क रहनुहोला। ]

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