Posted on November 22, 2009 by Akhand
In Assam , six persons were killed and 54 injured when two powerful blasts rocked the heart of the Nalbari town within a span of 15 minutes on Sunday morning. Five of them died on-the-spot while another succumbed to his injuries on way to hospital. The bombs were planted on bi-cycles near the Nalbari Police Station. Several shops and vehicles parked in the busy town locality have been reportedly damaged. Official sources said, 48 seriously injured have been shifted to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital while rest of the wounded persons are undergoing treatment in Mukunda Kakati Civil Hospital in Nalbari town. Police said, the banned ULFA was behind the explosions ahead of the outfit’s martyr’s day on 27th November.
AIR Correspondent reports that security has been placed on high alert all over the State in view of Sunday’s twin blasts in Nalbari town. A massive search operation has been launched to apprehend the culprits. A senior police official said there were reports of a group of nine militants belonging to the outfit’s 709 and 27 battalions entering the state to carry out subversive activities. The State Chief Minister Mr.Tarun Gogoi, who is in Delhi , has condemned the blasts. He said the government will not tolerate killing of innocent people. The Nalbari unit of the All Assam Students Union has given a dawn-to-dusk bandh call in Nalbari district on Monday in protest against killing of innocent people in the explosion. The local people in Nalbari lit earthen lamps on Sunday evening in memory of those killed.(IMC)
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Posted on November 22, 2009 by Akhand
Centre has asked the states to evolve a mechanism to streamline gram sabhas which have been witnessing thin attendance in its meetings in many Panchayats. Panchayti Raj Ministry secretary A N P Sinha has written a letter to states’chief secretaries in this regard. He said that gram sabhas are an effective tool at grassroots level in planning,implementation and performance review of various government schemes being implemented in rural areas . However, it is generally seen that meetings of the gram sabhas are not held regularly and are marked by thin attendance. (IMC)
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Posted on November 22, 2009 by Akhand
Around 6,000 Gram Nyayalayas(Village Court) will be set up across the country. The Gram Nyayalayas Act, which came into force from 2nd of October this year, enables the state governments to establish one or more Gram Nyayalayas for every Panchayat to cater to specified Civil and Criminal cases in the rural areas. Officials in the Law and Justice Ministry said of the total, 193 Gram Nyayalayas are scheduled to be set up in 2009-10 across the country. Our Correspondent reports that the Centre has also decided to provide financial assistance to the states for establishing Gram Nyayalayas and for operating the same during the first three years. (IMC)
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Posted on November 22, 2009 by Akhand
In Jharkhand, three CRPF jawans were killed and seven injured in a landmine explosion in Gumla district of the state on Sunday afternoon.
Superintendent police of Gumla N. K.Singh told AIR that the incident occurred at Lapu near Jorigao village under vishunpur police station when Maoists blewup an anti- landmine vehicle . The security personnel were on their way to see the primary health centre which was exploded by the Maoists on Saturday night. Three seriously injured jawans have been taken to Ranchi for treatment. Other injured jawans have been admitted in Gumla hospital. A massive combing operation has been launched .(IMC)
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Posted on November 22, 2009 by Akhand
Newdelhi (IMC Bureau):
Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the Centre has sanctioned an amount of Rs 40,000 crore for rural development in the country.
“I would request every state to utilise the fund on rural development properly. The fund is mainly meant for the development of health, electricity, road and other infrastructure in the villages,” Mukherjee said while inaugurating a arsenic-free drinking water scheme at Lalgola in Murshidabad district on Sunday.
The Union Finance minister said only six lakh people have been provided arsenic free water. More people should be benefited, he said.
Mukherjee also inaugurated a Congress workers camp at Jangipur, his constituency.
He urged Congress workers to tell the people about the different welfare schemes initiated by the Centre for the development of common people.
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