Silchar Daily丨 News 丨16 December
≻≻> BJP LEADS, CONGRESS SECOND IN ASSAM PANCHAYAT POLLS.
The ruling Bharatlya
Janata Party (BJP) in Assam continued its
domination at the Panchayat level as the topper. With Congress in the
second spot while lndependents AGP and AIUDF very poorly to
the bottom and took
the third position. after the counting of votes entered the fourth day
on Saturday with the
complete results yet to be out. Complete results were out
so far while vote
counting were still on in Nagaon. Kamrup(R) and Hailakandi,’ said Harendra
Nath Borah, Assam’s
State Election Commissioner.
Results for 20362
seats out of 2l.to seats for Gaon Panchayat Ward Member were declared
where BJP won 8,487,
followed by Congress with 6.740. AGP 1,496, Independent 2.S43, AIUDF
1.001. TMC with 2.
BPF and others with 39. Results for 21Z2 seats out of 2199 seats for Gaon
Panchayat President were declared where BJP bagged 973.
Congress 732.AGP 125, AIUDF 125, Independent 164. BPF 2 and Others got 1.
Results for 2113
seats out of 2.199 seats for Anchalik Panchayat Member were also
declared where BJP
got 1,001 followed by Congress with 731 seats, AGP 105. AIUDF 138,
Indpendent 17 and
others with
1. Lastly, results
for 404 posts out of 420 seats for Zila Parishad Member post were out where
BJP won 206.
Congress 142, AGP 18, AIUDF 25 and Independents 14. Meanwhile, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
thanked the electorate of Assam for their strong support for BJP in Assam in
the recent panchayat polls and maintained over the last few years. the saffron
party
and the NDA have become the “preferred choice” of the
north east on Saturday.
≻≻> POACHERS KILL RHINO FOR HORN
Foresters of Kaziranga National Park (KNP)
were caught off guard after carcass ofan adult male rhino with its horn removed
was spotted by a tourist group at the World Heritage site in Upper Assain in
the early hours of Saturday,
Reportedly,
following the recovery, the number of rhinos killed this year rose to six.
According to sources, the tourist group while on elephant safari spotted the
carcass of the pachyderm near few bushes on the tourist route to Bagori range
at the
Bhulukajan forest
camp area of the park.
“The area where the
carcass was spotted is hardly 500 meters from the Beat
Office of the range.
It is probably for the first time that poaching took place so close to the path
meant for tourists,” said Bipin Saikia.
a tour guide.
“Sounds similar to gunshots were heard on Friday night but were
passed off as sounds
of firecrackers from a marriage nearby.” told Bohoni Ballav
Saikia, Divisional
Forest Officer (DFO) of KNP to Eastern Chronicle on Saturday.
“Investigation is
being carried out and we are trying to ascertain the modus operandi of the
poachers as confirmed gunshots were not heard.” added Saikia.
On the other hand, a
source informed that the poaching was done in a planned manner in which fire
crackers were probably used to confuse the foresters while they fired. The
two further informed
that sniffer dogs were pressed into service and a search Is
being carried out in
the area
for clues.
“A detailed enquiry
is also on the cards,” said Saikia. Meanwhile, many animal lovers condemned the
Incident and alleged that the Incident took place due to the negligencee on
part of the foresters. Lack of farsightedness and lethargy of the foresters is
the sole reason
why we have to see a
dead hornless rhino.” said Mayur Gogoi. resident of Kaziranga. Earlier, on May
11 this year, a bullet rlddled carcass of another adult male rhino with its
horn missing was recovered from Chirak howa anti-poaching camp area near the banks
of the
Brahmaputra river.
Besides, hornless
rhino were found on March 3 and February 11. 2018 In the
KNP area
≻≻> Panchayat polls: Congress wins 6 Anchalik Parishad seats in Badarpur
BADARPUR: The All
India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) managed to win two key positions in the
Badarpur block.
The Srigouri Zilla
Parishad (ZPC) seat was won by an independent candidate Anani Uddin while the
Kaliganj seat was
won by a Congress candidate. Despite all efforts, BJP failed to secure any ZPC
seat in
the Badarpur block.
However, the ruling party is said to have gained a significant number of votes
from
the region In
comparison to the previous Panchayat elections. Although in the previous
Panchayat polls,
AIUDF managed to win
4 seats in the Badarpur block, this time they only managed to secure two:
those two being
Duttapurand Kankalas.
Meanwhile, out of 12
Gaon Panchayat (GP) seats in the Badarpur block, Congress emerged victorious
with a total of 6
Anchalik Parishad (AP) seats.
These include
Anglarbazar GP, Mahakal GP, Umarpur GP. Machuh GP. Chorgolaghoramara GP and
South Badarpur GP. The BJP emerged victorious in the Malua Srigouri GP and the
Hasanpur GP whereas the AIUDF won the Bundashil GP, Lamajuar GP and Duttapur
GP. Also, in the GP President post, Congress has won the Anglarbazar, Umarpur
and Machuh seats. The BJP, however, has won the Malua Srigouri, Chorgola,
Ghoramara, South Badarpur and Hassanpur GPs while AIUDF bagged the Duttapur GP
and Latnajuar GP seats. Several Independent candidates too won the GP President
posts in the Badarpur block.
≻≻> HSLC exams to start
from Feb
GUWAHATI: The High
School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination or matriculation
(Standard X)
examination is likely to begin from the second week of February. 2019 as per
the announceent made by the Board of Secondary Education.Assam (SEBA) on
Saturday. “The Board
will release the
final examination time table soon. The examination will start from the second
week of February 2019 and the practical after the Magh Bihu festival.”said
Suranjana Senapati, Secretary, SEBA.The Board has ordered the examination
centres to install CCTV cameras for better surveillance.
The HSLC examination
will be held In 87 centres across the state.
