Noted Gandhian worker Natwar Thakkar has been conferred “Lifetime Service to Naga people award” by the villagers where he started his work in the fifties as a Sarvodaya worker.Chuchuyimlang Senso Mongdang (people’s union) gave the award to octogenerian Thakkar, founder of Nagaland Gandhi Ashram, at a function on Tuesday at Chuchuyimlang village near Mokokchung. The award carrying Rs 1 lakh was given in recognition of his service to the people of Nagaland and Chuchuyimlang and surrounding villages for more than five decades, Senso Mongdang president Supongmatong said. The ceremony was attended by over 3,000 people which included women and children. Thakkar gave back the money to the village for development work. Born to Gujarati parents at Dahanu, a small town on the western coast of Maharashtra and inspired by the upsurge of nationalism in his younger days, Thakkar volunteered to come to Nagaland with a mission of service in 1955 at the age of 23. He made Nagaland his home.
Longest annular eclipse of the sun on Jan 15
December 31, 2009 — IMCSky enthusiasts in India, especially in Tamil Nadu, will have a rare opportunity to witness the longest annular eclipse of the sun, occurring on 15th Jan next. “The annular phase runs from 10.44 am (IST),when the eclipse begins in the Central African Republic to the end of the eclipse on the Chinese Yellow Sea coast at 14.29 pm (IST),” Tamilnadu Science and Technology Centre Executive Director Dr P Iyamperumal told the news agency today. He said the maximum duration of annularity would reach 11 min 08 sec over Indian Ocean thus making it the longest annular eclipse. Stating that this was a rare event happening about 108 years in Tamil Nadu, he said “the annular eclipse will be visible from Kanyakumari, Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Tuticorin, Rameshwaram, Madurai, Rajapalayam, Sivaganga, Karikudi, Pudukottai, Nagapatinam, Tanjavur, Kumbakonam, Mayiladuthurai and Chidambaram”. The difference between a total solar eclipse and annular one, he said, is during a total solar eclipse the sun will be fully covered by the moon whereas during an annular one, sun would not be fully covered and “one will be able to see the sun like a thin ring around the black moon.”
Pollution-free Ganga by 2020: Environment Minister
December 31, 2009 — IMCThe government has said that the river Ganga would be pollution-free by 2020. Speaking to newsmen in Varanasi, the Environment Minister Mr. Jairam Ramesh said, the 15,000 crore rupees will be spend for cleaning programme under river development fund. He said the clean-up involves building modern sewage treatment, revamping drains and other measures to improve the quality of the river water.
Mr. Ramesh said, the Centre plans to save the river by making it pollution-free smooth flowing. He said the World Bank has also committed at least one billion dollars as assistance for cleaning up the heavily polluted Ganga in the first phase.
Lover threw his lady love from a running train
December 31, 2009 — IMCBy Our correspondent in Kendrapara, India
In a gruesome incident , a lover allegedly threw his 15-year old lady love ,who is a pregnant girl , out of a runnig train near Gadamadhupur Railway station in Jajpur district two days back.
The critically injured girl ,who was stated to be six months conceived , was undergoing treatment at Badachana Community Health Centre .
According to the railway police source, the victim Sagarika Behera(name changed) and her lover Mitu Behera of Bankiabuli village under Balugaon police station limits in Khurda district were boarded on the Bhadrak- Paradeep passenger train and were coming to Cuttack But on the way the lover Mitu Behera allegedly threw his lady love out of the running train near the Gadamadhupur station.
The locals unearthed the girl on Monday night ,who was lying in a critical condition with blood oozing from her wound near the railway track , and informed the matter to Government Railway Police at Gada Madhupur station. The victim was then admitted to the Badachana CHC .
According to the victim girl ,as she is an orphan , Mitu ,a fellow village youth , allegedly developed love relationship with her and kept illicit physical relationship with her by making false marriage promise .When she discovered that she was six moths pregnant , she allegedly forced her lover mitu to tie knot with her .As a result , they have decided to marry with each other .Both Mitu and she left home on last Friday .Mitu
brought her to Bhubaneswar in the pretext of marriage. Then he shifted her to Cuttack and further to Bhadrak with a promise that one of his relatives would solemnize their marriage at Bhadrak.
“Mitu pushed me out of the running train after the train passed off Gada Madhupur station while we both were chatting in the train,” said Sagarika.
“Though the girl sustained multiple injuries and of 6 months pregnant, but she is out of danger ” informed Jagatjyoti Mishra, the Medical Officer of Badachana CHC.
A case has been registered with GRP police in this connection, but no arrest has been made so far as the accused is absconding after the mishap.
National population Registered moves at a snail pace
December 31, 2009 — IMCRajesh Kumar Behera, Kendrapara, India
The National Population Register (NPR) survey of infiltration-hit coastal villages in Kendrapara has come to a halt due to the bureaucratic red-tapism. Though the head-count operation has already been completed , but the photography, date entry and finger-print biometric work to issue identity cards is yet to be commenced in the infiltration prone district of Kendrapara. The Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), entrusted to carry out photography and related technical job, is lagging far behind in the National Population Registered project, added officials. As many as 227 officials were entrusted to finish the enumeration job in 97 villages of coastal tehsils. They have enlisted each and every households of the coastal villages of the district.. We have completed the ground-level work. Now it’s up to the ECIL to take up the skilled works like photography and fingerprint biometric in enumerated coastal zones, ,added official sources. It may be noted here that the deadline for NPR project was scheduled on 10th January 2010. As the project is of immense national importance, we are laying emphasis on its timely completion. We have apprised the census operation directorate of the delay. A request has also been made to dispatch data-entry teams for early completion of the project, added official sources. According to official sources, the enumeration drive has been completed in 55 coastal villages of Rajnagar and 42 villages of Mahakalapada tehsils . Notably, Rajnagar and Mahakalpada tehsils are stated to be the hub of illegal Bangladesh settlers. About 1,677 Bangladeshi infiltrators live in these areas as per official survey, while unofficial statistics put the number at more than 50,000. This unique national identity number will be assigned to each individual including those below 18-years of age. A chip will be fitted in the Electronics Identity Card in order to record all the information of the coastal people. The electronic Identity Card will carry the name, age, address, birth place, occupation, qualification, land records and other important information of the person along with the person’s criminal activities . As several coasts of the country ,including weak coastal state of Orissa is one of the vulnerable point regarding unabated exodus of Bangaldeshi immigrants round the year,are not well secured ,the union government has directed to the administrative officials of the coastal districts to provide Electronics Identity Card to the coastal villagers of the state after the 26/11 Mumbai attack. Notably, the district administrations of the coastal districts have earlier decided to issue electronic identity cards to all the coastal people of the state within 2011.
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