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Mizoram Govt Expresses Grief Over Cows' Death

Aizawl, Jun 4 : Amidst the opposition's hue and cry, the government on Saturday shared the grief of dairy farmers, who have lost their cows to diseases and consoled them not to worry to about the misfortune.

"The department deeply regretted the unforeseen misfortune that has befallen the dairy farmers. However, the farmers should not worry as the department has requested higher authority to give new cows those who have lost theirs," the animal husbandry veterinary and department said on Saturday.

More than 80 dairy cows imported from Haryana and Punjab for beneficiaries of the state's flagship New Land Use Policy opting for dairy farming have died while in transit and after arrival.

The veterinary officials, who confirmed that some of the imported cows were infected with foot-and-mouth disease virus, later denied that the FMD did not cause the cows' death.

Worried by the mounting criticisms against the imported cows, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla had convened the meeting of veterinary officials, senior Cabinet ministers, NLUP implementing department officials at his office on Thursday afternoon seeking solution to the problem.

The veterinarians have been closely watching the FMD-infected cows and the cows have now recovered. As the hybrid cows require special kind of treatment failing which they easily fall prey to diseases, the vets are also giving training to the beneficiaries.

With an objective to bring about a white revolution, the AH and veterinary department had looked for high milk-producing cows all over India.

With much difficulty, the department imported the cows from Haryana and Punjab after they were certified by the state's veterinarians.

However, the 2500 kilometres long journey that took two weeks, coupled with the heat, weakened the cows and also made them susceptible to disease, the statement said.

The state government had ordered 1,896 cows from Ludhiana (Punjab) and Karnal (Haryana) for 948 families, who opted for cattle rearing under the NLUP.

As many as 86 cows have died, 43 during transit, 16 at transit camp and 27 after they were distributed to the beneficiaries.

In the wake of the detection of FMD, the government put a brake on the import of cows and subjected those cows on the way to quarantine.

The officials said that the cows in quarantine have recovered and have been distributed to the beneficiaries.

Lumding-Silchar Trains Cancelled Due To Landslides

Silchar, Jun 4 : Torrential rain in the Barail Hill range for the past many days triggered landslides at least five places along the Lumding-Silchar section of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) early on Sunday. Authorities have suspended and regulated services of all the trains in this 214-km section until tracks are cleared.

A senior official of NFR here said at around 3am on Sunday, a large amount of soil and mud, boulders and trees came down the Borail Hill on the tracks at five different places in Dima Hasao district. The affected places are between Harangajao and Mailongdisa, Bandarkhal and Chandranathpur, Maibang and Daotohaja, Lower Haflong and Bagetar and between Mahur and Migrendisa.

Sources said tracks have been washed away along a 130-metre stretch due to impact of the landslides. Large areas of the tracks have also gone under four-five feet of debris.

Soon after the incident, hundreds of workers, along with engineers and other NFR officials from Badarpur and Lumding rushed to the place. Work to clear the debris is on at a war footing.

The sources said so far the tracks have been cleared at three places including the areas between Maibang and Daotohaja, Lower Haflong and Bagetar and Mahur and Migrendisa.

The other two places are the worst-affected because of washing away of tracks. "Our officials and engineers will first make an estimate of the extent of damage of the tracks. After this, restoration work will be taken up at these places as well," said a senior NFR officer.

Services of all the trains in this section have been cancelled for an indefinite period as there's no time-frame for restoration of the tracks, officials said.

While the Silchar-bound Cachar Express was brought back to Lumding from Jatinga station, Silchar-bound Barak Valley Express came back to Lumding from Maibang station and the Lumding-bound Tripura Express had to go back to Agartala from Chandranathpur station.

Authorities are making arrangements to ferry the stranded passengers to their destinations through alternate means of transport.

Landslides in the Lumding-Silchar section that runs through Borail hill range are a common phenomenon during monsoons due to failure of the drainage system along the route and unmaintained tracks. This has been causing a lot of harassment to the people.

In 2010, the route was closed to railway traffic for 34 days after a 300-metre track between Harangajao and Maliongdisa, 78 km from Silchar, was washed away due to a heavy landslide. During 2004, the route was closed for four months due to landslides.

Lalrokhuma Pachau Is New Police Chief

By K.V. Subramanya

The new Director-General and Inspector-General of Police L.R. Pachau taking over charge from outgoing DG&IGP A.R. Infant in Bangalore on Thursday.

Senior IPS officer Lalrokhuma Pachau, who took charge as the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police on Thursday, said that he would utilise the experience of his senior colleagues and make the Karnataka police, the best police force in the country.

After taking charge from the outgoing DG and IGP A.R. Infant here, the new police chief emphasised that he would consult his senior colleagues while dealing with the challenges the State police force was facing.

The State Government on Thursday appointed Mr. Pachau as the Director-General of Police (CID) with concurrent charge of the post of DG and IGP. He will be the in-charge DG and IGP until a panel is finalised by the Union Public Service Commission and made over to the State Government to complete the appointment process. Incidentally, he the first officer from the North-East region to occupy the top post in Karnataka.

The Aizawal-educated Mr. Pachau, a 1977 batch officer of the Karnataka cadre, said that it was a “home coming” for him as he was away from the State for almost five years. He was head of the Mizoram State police force for the past four-and-a-half years.

Meanwhile, Mr. Infant said that his batch mate Mr. Pachau was a “noble human being” and an “upright” officer who functioned without any biases.

Mr. Infant, who retired on superannuation, said that his 35-year-long career was rewarding and satisfying, although the last six months was a “period of turmoil” as he had to move the Central Administrative Tribunal and the High Court in regard to the case pertaining to appointment of DG and IGP. “I have nothing to regret. There were some stumbling blocks and occasional pinpricks,” he observed.

Curiously, Director-General of Police Shankar Mahadev Bidari, who too retired on Thursday, was conspicuous by his absence on the occasion. Senior police officers from across the State were present on the occasion.

Mizoram Launches Blue Ribbon Campaign

Aizawl, Jun 1 : Mizoram, which is the heaviest tobacco-consuming state in India, today embarked on the Blue Ribbon campaign, a WHO institutive to save lives from second-hand smoke.

On the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day, the Blue Ribbon campaign was launched simultaneously in Mizoram with chief minister Lal Thanhawla cutting a blue ribbon at the main function at Chanmari YMA Hall here.

Emphasising the harmful effects of second-hand smoke, Lal Thanhawla said, "Not only second-smoke, but third-hand smoke, they have discovered is more hazardous than the first hand-smoke," he said.

He said his government is planning tough anti-tobacco laws to curb the high prevalence of tobacco consumption in the state and also to prevent non-smokers from second-hand and third-hand smoke. With 67.2 per cent of the total population of a little more than ten lakh consuming tobacco, Mizoram is the heaviest tobacco-consuming state in India.

This also makes it one of the most cancer-prone states in the world. Sixty-two per cent of female population in Mizoram are consuming tobacco in various forms, against the national average of only 2.9 percent.

Meanwhile, 72.5 percent of the male population consumes tobacco. Indian Society on Tobacco & Health, Mizoram chapter president Lal Riliana, who also addressed the function, emphasised on the hazardous effects of second-smoke to others, especially to pregnant women.

She highlighted that 98 per cent of households in Mizoram are not free from second-hand smoke, and a whopping 98 percent allow people to smoke inside their houses. She called for concerted efforts to fight against tobacco menace in the state.

Anonymous Blocks Mizoram Govt Websites

Provides link to original unaltered sites as well, exhorts Indians to join 9th June protest.

Continuing in its new quest to take the protest against India's web-censorship to the streets, Anonymous has now blocked several websites belonging to the government of Mizoram.

The hacktivist has put up its own page when you visit these sites, clarifying that it means no harm.

To make its harmless intentions clear, the group has also provided links to the original index page for those who want to access these websites.

These include the state's Prison, Land Revenue and Settlement, and Police departments, among others.  A list of a few more of the defaced websites can be accessed here.

The group wants people of the North-Eastern states to "wake up" and join the rest of the country in protest against the national government's policy of blocking websites it deems unsuitable.

We had earlier carried a report about the planned protests to be held at various cities across the country.

Will you be joining the peaceful protests, or will you support the Talibanisation of the internet? The choice is yours.

Samsung Galaxy S III To Hit Indian Stores

New Delhi, May 30 : Samsung launched its top-of-the-line smartphone Galaxy S III in Europe on Tuesday, hoping to do even better than its previous model and take the game further away from Apple.

Due to be launched in India on Wednesday, the Galaxy S III has garnered upwards of 9 million pre-orders worldwide (the iPhone 4S managed about 4 million), and this kind of pre-launch buzz was never seen from a non-Apple device.

What's even more interesting is that the Korean company is ready to take on Apple at its own game, including the hype that surrounds a launch.

Having become the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer (by unit sales) in April this year, Samsung is now ready to have another go at Apple, which is still by far the more profitable.

Samsung plans to use Galaxy S III to win over customers from the iPhone camp. The S III whips the iPhone 4S on specs and may even have a leg-up on the yet to be launched iPhone 5.

According to the Daily Mail, Trusted Reviews concluded "the S3 is light years ahead of Apple's profitable darling".

But Apple loyalists are quick to point out that it's never been about the hardware specifications, but more about the experience and intuitiveness of the platform. While that may be true, it seems that Samsung is sparing no effort to improve its overall user experience as well.

The Galaxy III provides a natural, ergonomic shape, a dazzling 4.8-inch super AMOLED screen and a great camera.

It also brings some firsts into the smartphone arena: a screen that stays on as long as you keep looking at it, wireless charging, HD video playback in a small screen while you do other tasks and automatic calling of a contact when you hold it to your ear.

The reviews and first impressions that are pouring in so far are quite ecstatic. CNET calls the Galaxy S III "the Ferrari of android phones", one that's "pretty much unrivalled in the speed and power stakes right now".

Matt Warman, The Telegraph's (UK) consumer technology editor, praised the S III by calling it the first phone where he almost forgot that he was actually using a phone and not a full-fledged computer.



Prominent gadget blog Engadget says that "the power and storage-hungry Android user simply cannot go wrong with this purchase". Slashgear calls the S III "one of the best performing, most usable Android devices around, if not the best".

On Wednesday, we'll have more details on the device, including the final price (expected to be in the range of 36,000-38,000) and store availability.

Students Of Northeast Demand Special Constitutional Status

Guwahati, May 31 : Demanding a special constitutional status for the northeastern states, almost all students' bodies in the region will jointly launch a massive agitation June 7, an official said here Wednesday.

This is for the first time that all the student bodies from the seven northeastern states will hold a joint agitation under the banner of North East Students' Organization (NESO).

"We held the general council meeting of the NESO and decided to launch a massive joint agitation demanding fulfilment of various demands of each organization. Our primary demand is a special constitutional status for the people of northeast India with rights over land and resources," said NESO adviser Samujjal Bhattacharjya.

"The first phase of the agitation will be held June 7 in Guwahati - which is the gateway to the northeast. All the leaders of these students' bodies will converge in Guwahati to make the agitation programme successful," he said.

Bhattacharjya, however, did not specify on the line or form of agitation but said that it would be a united protest of the NESO and that it can be of any form.

"The northeastern region has huge natural resources. But the people of all the states in the northeast have been suffering political injustice since 1947. The large-scale infiltration from neighbouring countries has even changed the demographic pattern of these states. A special constitutional status with rights over land and resources is the only solution to save the northeastern states," he said, adding that NESO decided to launch the joint agitation as individual agitations by each organization in the past had failed to yield any result.

NESO secretary general Gumjum Haider said the first phase of agitation June 7 is a warning to the central government.

"On June 7, we are going to fix a date for the second phase of the agitation during which we are going to demonstrate in front of the Raj Bhavans in each state of the region," Haider said, adding that the agitation would continue until the demands are met.

The other demands raised by the students' bodies include the issue of stapled visa to the people of Arunachal Pradesh by China, withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the alleged atrocities on northeastern students and other communities in New Delhi, Bangalore and other cities, large-scale infiltration from neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, and inter-state boundary problems, among others.