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Jarawa Girl abduction Case;Seven poachers sent to JC

Port Blair, Jan 19: Sevenpoachers who have been ar-

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rested by Police yesterday forabducting and kidnappingeight Jarawa Girls fromJarawa Tribal Reserve Forest

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Ghost photo appears with 126 deleted names

Just few months before LS election,Major blunders in electoral Roll surface

Diglipur, Jan 19: Call it amajor glitch in technology,total negligence or failure ofsystem, major blunders havesurfaced in the Electoral Rollof North and MiddleAndaman.

It has been learntthat photo of an unknown oldlady has appeared with asmany as 128 names of voters,whose name have beendeleted from NorthAndaman region electoralroll. Most shockingly evenafter pointing out thismistake and carrying outcorrection several times, the

photo remained in its place,shocking people of NorthAndaman region.

Forget about namesof common man evenagainst the name of thePradhan of Diglipur Mr. P RSingaram photo of someother person surfaced, evenafter three or fourcorrections.

In entire Diglipurregion alone there are 358such blunders noted bypublic, which are related towrong photos.

It has been learntthat similar mistakes arealso reported from MiddleAndaman region andFerrargunj Tehsils of A & N

Islands.Most shocking matter

is that even in FerrargunjTehsil photo of same ladyappeared with several names.

Recently the electoralrolls of A & N Constituencycarried out

corrections andpublished new data on 6 Jan2014 . Major political partiesand other persons filed theirclaims and objections on thedata of the electoral rollsduring the period as providedby the election commission toensure the accuracy of the dataand photographsincorporated in the electoralrolls, special campaigns

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of Andaman and Nicobar Is-lands have been sent to Judi-cial Custody today.

“Four poachers havebeen produced to Port BlairCourt while three others inMayabunder Court today,from where they were sentto Judicial custody,” Mr.Chinmoy Biswal the Superin-tendent of North and MiddleAndaman told ‘AndamanSheekha’ today.

Further investigationis being conducted by respec-tive Sub Divisional Police Of-ficers of the areas under the

Supervision of Superintendentof Police, N & M Andamanand South Andaman, Mr.Chinmoy Biswal.

Meanwhile it hasbeen learnt that anotherteam of AAJVS and Policewill soon be sent to theJarawa reserve forest toascertain whether theJarawa girls were actuallykidnapped or the girls hadgone on their own with thepoachers. However for nowthe poachers were slappedwith kidnapping and abduc-tion charges.

Jarawa Girl... (From page 1)

Port Blair, Jan 19: On16th January 2014,AAJVS st aff namelyBhaskar Rao, DebrataMondal, alongwith PC204 Rameshish Yadav andone HG/725 MaheshTirkey of OP Tirur andForest er namely K.Chakrabor ty andMazdoor Sanjay Narayanwere on joint patrolling inthe Jarawa area (WestCoast, South Andaman).At around 1745 hrs. onreaching at Jarawas camp,the team was informed thatsome poachers namelyRajesh Das alias Natiaand Narayan Roy allias‘Sujoy’ and his groupcame to Jarawa Reservearea and took awayJarawa girls with them.

On the receipt ofthis info rmat ion, t heAAJVS and Police teamproceeded towards HirenTikry (Jarawa Reserve)and on reaching Bada Balu,the party located fourJarawa girls alongwithpoachers namely 1. Ashit,S/o P .N Mondal, R/oCollinpur, 2. TapanMondal, S/o NarenMondal, R/o Collinpur, 3.Birbal Mondal, S/o NarenMondal, R/o Collinpur, 4.Rajesh Das alias ‘Natiya’,S/o Sudhir Das, R/oTemple Myo in a countryoar dingy. On seeing thePolice and AAJVS partythe poachers tried to fleedespite the warning byarmed Policemen but couldnot succeed and all of them

were apprehended andtheir dinghie alongwith be-longings were taken intocustody.

The next day on17/01/14 at 0700 hrs, thesame patrolling party pro-ceeded to Hiren Tikry(Jarawa Reserve) areawhere they located threepoachers namely 1.Narayan Roy alias‘Sujoy’, S/o KhokhanRoy, R/o. Herbertabad, 2.V. Kumar Raja a lias‘Bablu’, S/o PVG Kumar,R / oHerbar t abad,3.SambuBepari, S/o Late RajanBepari, R/o Herbartabadin an engine dingy. TheJarawas accompanyingthe joint patrolling partylost their control and

Abduction of Jarawa Girls; Seven arrestedstarted beating the poach-ers. Somehow the patrol-ling party managed to con-t ro l t hem and appre-hended the poachers.

One of the Jarawas,loudly called his daughter’sname and on hearing hisvoice four Jarawa girlscame out of the creek. TheJarawa girls were sentalongwith other accompa-nying Jarawas, to Jhaokona(Jarawa Reserve) area in aseparate engine dinghy. Theapprehended poacherswith their dinghies and be-longings were brought to PSKadamtala.

On the basis ofcomplaint by Dr PronobKr. Sircar, Tribal WelfareOfficer, AAJVS Tirur twocases were registered vide

Crime No .2/14 d t .18.01.14, U/s 365 IPCr.w.s 7/8 (2) (5) (6) ofA&N Island (PAT) Regu-lat ion 1956 r.w.s3(1 )(XI I) o f SC/ST(POA) act 1989 at PSKadamtala and CrimeNo.08/14 dt. 18.01.14,U/s 365 IPC r.w.s 7/8 (2)(5) (6) of A&N Island(PAT) Regulation 1956r.w.s 3(1)(XII) of SC/ST(POA) act 1989 at PSOgrabraj as per the juris-diction of the Police sta-tions.

All the seven ac-cused persons have beenarrested and further inves-tigation is being conductedby respective Sub Divi-sional Police Officers ofthe area.

Viper Prison BreakN. Francis Xavier

Part XX , (Continuedfrom last week)

Col. Thomas Cadell, VC.,Chief Commissioner ofAndaman & Nicobar Is-lands, got down from hishorse. A group of people inwhite shirt, dhoti and turbanwaited for him in the clear-ing. Four officers in spotlesswhite drill suits came for-ward and saluted. He wasguided to a place where a

wooden plaque was fixed ona brick platform. Beyond thatthe land has been cleared anddivided into plots. Capt. Birch,who accompanied Col. Cadelladdressed the people inHindustani.

“Listen you people,today Colonel sahib has comeall the way to lay the founda-tion for a new village. Youknow very well you have allearned this special favour be-cause of your good conductand loyalty towards the gov-ernment. This village shoulddevelop as a model village.Col. Cadell will now distributethe ‘pattas’ for your housesites. It is only proper this vil-lage should be named‘CadellGunj’ so that you andyour descendants will remem-ber the great man who gaveyou this land. Let there bethree cheers for Col.Cadell.

The group cheeredlustily.

Birch continued…“Within six months

Colonel sahib has broughtabout far reaching reforms forthe benefit of the Ticket-of-leave men. More villages willbe added soon. We hope totackle the Jarawa problemalso. We want your coopera-tion in tracking down run-aways. If any of you have anyinformation about the where-abouts of Hemraj or his as-sociates please come forwardand let us know. You can meetme in absolute confidenceany time in my office on RossIsland. You will be suitablyrewarded, as always.

The crowd nodded.“Now I request Col.

Cadell to address the gather-ing…

Cadell came for-

ward, twirled his walrusmoustache and spoke.

“My dear Islanders,today is an important mile-stone in the history of theseislands. Here’s one village ofself-supporters which will bea model village. We haveprovided all facilities here.There’s a good source ofwater. The land behind thesettlement could be developedinto good farmland. We needyour help to build bunds tokeep off the seawater. Thenwe shall drain the swamp andmake it arable land. It is notimpossible. Once done, it willbe for you and your descen-dants, forever. I have signedon the pattas. You will enjoythe fruits of this land for gen-erations.

Cadell wiped thesweat from his brow.

Birch got the signal.

He took over immediately.“Now I shall call out

the names. The nominee shallcome forward, stand at atten-tion, salute, take a step for-ward, collect the patta, takea step backwards, salute,about turn and go back to hisplace. Do you understand?

“Jee sahib,” thecrowd answered.

The patta distributionceremony was completed.Liveried servants brought ten-der coconuts.

“Bill”, Cadell said, “Ihope my name doesn’t getcorrupted to ‘cattle gunj’ withthe passage of time. See howthe names are changing evennow. Phoenix Bay has be-come ‘Poniks Bake’…”

“No sir, it’s impos-sible. We shall continue torule these islands forever.

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Port Blair, Jan 19: The CoastGuard Region (Andaman &Nicobar) has planned diverseactivities as part of its 38thRaising Day celebrations.Under the gamut of CoastGuard week- 2014, a Troopsget-together was organizedfor Coast Guard Officers,men, civilians and their fami-lies at Dr BR Ambedkar In-stitute of Technology Audito-rium, Port Blair on 18th Jan2014. The event was attendedby about 1400 Coast Guardpersonnel and their families.

Troops Get-Together2013-14 by Coast Guard

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Port Blair, Jan 19:The Minis-ter of State for Home Affairs,Mr. MullapallyRamachandran, has given thedetails of utilization of tribal

MoS Home replies toMP’s Parliament question

on Fund Utilization

sub-plan fund by A&N Ad-ministration in the last 3 years.He was replying to the ques-tion raised by the Member of

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Kuldeep demandsPh.D affiliation for JNRM

Port Blair, Jan 19: The PCCPresident Kuldeep RaiSharma has requested the LtGovernor to consider gettingaffiliation to offer Ph.DProgrammes in various sub-jects at JNRM.

In his letter he wrotethat after accepting the chairof Administrator by thepresent Lt Governor, the Is-lands have seen many noblechanges in the field of edu-cation. Apart from openingsecond shift in JNRM, he hadtaken initiative of enhancingseats in many new subjectsand also introduced new sub-ject for the betterment of thestudents of these islands.

He further wrotethat since he feels the nervesof the poor students he may

surely like totake up theissue with theappropriateauthority ofgetting affilia-tion to offerP h . Dprogrammesin varioussubjects inArts, Scienceand Com-merce atJNRM col-lege so thatthe aspirants,who have utmost desire tohave Ph.D degree for theirprospective future may sub-mit their thesis from Port Blairitself since most of the aspir-ants cannot go to mainland for

acquiring this degree due toacute poverty. Going andstaying to mainland for thepurpose will be a very costlyand unaffordable affair forthem.

He has also men-tioned in his letter that sincethe College has well experi-enced faculties with wellequipped labs, the aspirantsmay get proper guidance fromthem, in case the AN Admin-istration takes up the issuewith the Pondicherry Univer-sity,

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EDITORIAL.....

Parliament, Mr. Bishnu PadaRay in the house of LokSabha. The Minister informedthat in 2010-11, 2011-12 &2012-13 the allocation of fundwas Rs.76.68, 171.38 &226.43 and the utilization fundin each period are 63.96,118.74 & 182.80 crores re-spectively. The Minister apartfrom the details of procure-ment equipments/machineriesunder tribal sub-plan fund, in-formed that the vessel M.V.

Shompen is a replacementvessel of M.V. Milale ofAndaman Adim Janjati VikasSamiti (AAJVS) in the year2001. This vessel is beingused for medical camps/aidsacross the islands and also forvarious coastal security exer-cise ‘Tathsuraksha’. The ves-sel is deployed in Southerngroup of islands to providemultifarious services, a com-munication from MP Bhawansaid.

MoS Home replies... (From page 3)

An obsessive self-loveNPD is not the same as NYPD,which could pin you down suddenlyand handcuff you in the middle of astreet when you`ve just dropped offyour kids at school. But it`s not faroff the mark either, as NPD standsfor Narcissistic Personality Disorder,something that the New York PoliceDepartment is being accused oflately. Actually, you could be politi-cally incorrect and just say, `mega-lomaniac`! This is what many of usdo, albeit privately, when referringto an insufferable boss, colleague orcelebrity who is a publicity hound.Or who is so full of himself that hecannot see beyond his nose.

Narcissistic personality dis-order implies that the condition is nota normal one. But one sees NPD-affected persons all around — atwork, at parties, even at home. Andwhen he is a close relative, it doesindeed become extremely difficult tokeep the relationship on even keel,let alone nurture it. This is becausea narcissist is self-obsessive to thepoint of being rude, insensitive, andtends to seek attention all the time.That makes him unmindful of theother`s needs and such a personfinds it difficult to demonstrate anykind of love or affection for anyoneother than himself.NPD kind ofbehaviour in a very young personmight seem `cute`, so adults tend toshower praise and encourage over-confident children. That`s fine aslong as it is not carried forward intoadulthood when it is not cute any-more. But the increasingly prevalent`I, Me Myself` syndrome that is re-flected a lot in social networking sta-tus declarations is not to be confusedwith NPD, though they seem a bitsimilar.A NPD-affected person isseen as being extremely egocentric.The Greek Narcissus — after whomthe word has been coined — fellhopelessly in love with his own beau-tiful visage, which he chanced to seereflected in a pool of water. Self-obsession and vanity became hisnemesis, as he pined for himself.Unable to achieve his object of de-sire, he just died.Now psychologistspoint out that NPD could arise fromtwo very different situations — one

in which the person is so insecurethat he needs to constantly reassurehimself and have others reassure himthat he is the best. This could leadto delusional grandeur, compoundedby stress at work or home. Or NPDcould be because of a superioritycomplex.Every one of us is dealingwith or knows of someone who suf-fers NPD, despite the fact that num-ber-crunchers say only around 1%of the population suffers it. Like anyother disorder that is not easy to pin-point as a disorder, NPD too mightescape documenters as one couldsuffer it all through life and not evenbe aware of it.NPD could manifestin many ways that might create con-fusion and spread a feeling of inse-curity among others around a self-obsessive person — he might imag-ine that he is being stalked, and soundertake extreme security mea-sures or blame others for not caringabout him. Or, not getting attentionfrom loved ones 24x7, he might seekcomfort in animals that are knownto love unconditionally and are will-ing to adore him, so to speak, roundthe clock. Hence it is not uncom-mon to find those suffering fromNPD backing out of human relation-ships and seeking a substitute in ani-mals. Some might opt for profes-sions that place them always in thelimelight of public adulation. Thatphase comes to an end too andleaves the individual facing unpleas-ant consequences, much like theoriginal Narcissus.That brings us,inevitably, to wannabe netas wholeave no stone unturned to ensurethey are at least seen to be adoredby millions for that becomes theiroxygen. And so you have imagemanagers of PM aspirants going allout to project the neta in all his glory,make-believe or otherwise. Theproblem is that voters carry on withtheir lives after all the razzmatazz ofelectioneering, propaganda and vot-ing is over. And netas are left eitherdrowning in a pool of misery at notgetting there or die a different kindof death, mesmerised by what theysee of themselves in that self-cre-ated reflection. Cause of `death`:Overdose of self-love.

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The event was graced by the pres-ence of Inspector General VSRMurthy, PTM, TM, CommanderCoast Guard Region (A&N), as theChief Guest. The event comprised ofvariety of entertainment program byartists, from various states, as wellas song and dance performance bylocal dance troupe. The Chief Guestawarded trophies for Best CG SportsUnit to Regional Headquarters andICGS(PB) and Best Coast GuardSportsman for the year 2013-14 toLt Col Jayan Varghese.The ChiefGuest in his address highlighted theachievements of the Coast Guardunits in the region during the past yearin all spheres of CG charter. He

complemented the CG units for theirproactive role in SAR of fishermen indistress and apprehension of poachers.He specifically highlighted the CG rolein cyclone Phailin and Lehar. IGMurthy also commended the CoastGuard Wives Welfare Organization forbeing generous in their commitment tosocial causes. He further encouragedthe CG personnel to keep up the goodwork and be more vigilant in the yearsahead. He also thanked the familiesfor their unflinching support to the ser-vice. The event culminated with sump-tuous community dinner at the venue.A communiqué received from Com-mandant Rajeev Sharma, PRO, CoastGuard.

Troops Get-..... (From page 3)

New Delhi, Jan 19: With theimplementation of NationalFood Security Act inKarnataka and Chhattisgarhalso, the National Food Secu-rity Act has taken off now inseven states/ UTs- Haryana,Rajasthan, HimachalPradesh, Delhi, Punjab,Karnataka and Chhattisgarh. The Government of Indiahas made foodgrain alloca-

EVEN STATES / UTS GET ALLOCATIONSUNDER NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT

tions to these States/UTs asper requirements projected bythem for the implementationof the Act. Uttrakhand andChandigarh are also expectedto join this group soon.

The people as identi-fied beneficiaries by the StateGovernments will now getfoodgrains at highly subsidizedprices of Rs. 3 per kg rice,Rs 2 per kg wheat and Rs 1

per kg coarse grains. Eachbeneficiary will get five Kg.foodgrains per month. How-ever, existing entitlement ofAntyodaya Anna Yojana(AAY) households’ which is35 kg. per household permonth will be protected, sinceAAY constitute poorest of thepoor.

The Center has alsodecided to protect existing al-

location of each state in casethe allocation under the pro-posed legislation is lower thanits current allocation. It will beprotected upto the level ofaverage off-take during lastthree years, at prices to bedetermined by the CentralGovernment.

With the implementa-tion of the Act now pregnantwomen and lactating mothersand children in the age groupof 6 months to 14 years willbe entitled to meals as perprescribed nutritional normsunder Integrated Child Devel-opment Services (ICDS) andMid-Day Meal (MDM)schemes. Higher nutritionalnorms have been prescribedfor malnourished children upto6 years of age. Beside thispregnant women and lactat-ing mothers will also be en-titled to receive maternitybenefit of not less than Rs.6,000.

The Act will alsogive significant contribution inthe women empowerment inthe country with its provisionof declaring eldest woman ofthe household of age 18 yearsor above as the head of thehousehold for the purpose ofissuing of ration cards.

The Government hasnotified the National FoodSecurity Act, 2013 on Septem-ber 10, 2013 to fur therstrengthen the efforts to ad-dress the food security of thepeople. The Act provides forcoverage of upto 75% of therural population and upto50% of the urban populationfor receiving subsidizedfoodgrains under TargetedPublic Distribution System(TPDS), thus covering abouttwo-thirds of the population.The Act also has a specialfocus on the nutritional sup-port to women andchildren.(PIB)

RSC Open Volleyball tournament from Jan 30Port Blair, Jan 19: RSC Open Vol-leyball tournament will be now be heldfrom 30th January 2014. Interestedteams of registered Clubs, Depart-ments, and Educational Institutionscan register their names with Or-ganizing Secretary over cell num-ber 9434264762. The last date for

submitting entry is 25th January2014. Teams from Port Blair Mu-nicipal area will be allowed to par-ticipate in this tournament. Tourna-ment is organized by RSC Port Blairin association with Directorate ofSports &YA and Education Depart-ment.

Port Blair, Jan 19: RSC OpenCricket tournament will beheld from first week of Feb-ruary 2014. Interested teamscan register their names withOrganising Secretary overcell number 9933289340. Lastdate for submitting entry is30th January 2014.

Registered clubs,

Educational Institutions, Govt.Departments, privateorganisations etc., within PortBlair Municipal area can onlyparticipate in this tournament.Those willing to be a part ofthis tournament as Official,can submit their CV with theorganising secretary beforethe last date of entry. Entry

fee will be collected duringthe time of draw only bycheque drawn in favour ofRegional Sports Council, PortBlair.

This tournament isbeing organised by RSC PortBlair in association with De-partment of Sport & YA andA&N State Sports Council.

RCS Open Cricket Tournament in Feb

Dry day on Jan 26Port Blair, Jan 19: All the Bars andANIIDCO wine shops under North& Middle Andaman District shall ob-serve 26th January, 2014 (RepublicDay) as “DRY DAY” as per theExcise Policy of A & N Administra-

tion. The Bars/Wine shops shall re-main closed on Jan 26, 2014 withoutfail. Any violation of this conditionwill make liable for cancellation oflicence, an official communicationsaid.

Por t Bla ir , Jan 19:T he PCCPr es ident , Mr. Kuldeep R a iSharma and State President ofBha ra t iya Jana ta Pa r ty, Mr.

Vishal Jolly have condoled thedea th of Mr. M .P. Na ir, ex-Pradhan, 86, r/o Bambooflat, whodied yesterday.

Death condoled

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New Delhi, Jan 19: State Gov-ernments have been urged toopen more purchasing cen-ters and assess all necessaryinfrastructure requirementsfor increased procurement offoodgrains for implementationof Food Security Act. Itshould include storage space,credit and staff requirement.A meeting of Food Secretar-ies of various States will beconvened in the second weekof February by the Govern-ment of India to review thearrangements for procure-ment of wheat for comingmarketing season and otherinfrastructure requirements.In order to implement theNational Food Security Act,requirement of foodgrains isestimated to be 614.3 lakhtons against the average pro-curement of 514 Lakh tons in

last five years.Under the National

Food Security Act, the Gov-ernment of India will now pro-vide assistance to States inmeeting the expenditure in-curred by them on transpor-tation of foodgrains within theState, its handling and FPSdealers’ margin as per normsto be devised for this purpose.In the meeting, estimatedmarketable surplus ratio ofwheat for each State and es-timated procurement ofwheat for Rabi MarketingSeason will also be discussed.Under the Act, GrievanceRedressal Mechanism at theDistrict and State levels haveto be set up and provisionshave to be made for disclo-sure of records relating toPDS. The Act also providesfor social audits and setting up

of Vigilance Committees inorder to ensure transparencyand accountability. Provisionfor penalty on public servantor authority, to be imposed bythe State Food Commission,in case of failure to complywith the relief recommendedby the District GrievanceRedressal Officer, has alsobeen made in the Act.

One of the most sig-nificant features is the provi-sion for Food Security Allow-ance to entitled beneficiary incase of non-supply of entitledfoodgrains or meals. Nodoubt, the Act will providefood security to two-thirdpopulation of the country andwith its focus on nutritionalsupport to children and preg-nant women it will address theproblem of malnutrition alsoeffectively.(PIB)

States asked to open morePurchasing Centers for Increased

Procurement of Food Grains Port Blair, Jan 19: The PCCPresident Kuldeep RaiSharma has requested the LtGovernor for consideringwaiving off loan on Agricul-ture, Fisheries, Poultry andGoatery farming of the island-ers, which they have sus-tained on Lehar Cyclone andalso consider immediate pay-ment of compensation of thelosses which they have sus-tained otherwise, after duedamage assessment.

Accordingly, the Di-rector (AH&VS) has repliedthat a damage assessmentteam was constituted by DyCommissioner (SA) and con-sequently the Directorate ofAnimal Husbandry and Vet-

erinary Services has deployedstaffs to accompany the As-sessment Team to assess theloss of livestock due to Lehar.

A copy of the com-plied assessment report in re-spect to the department hasalready been sent to the DC,South Andaman for neces-sary payment.

On the issue ofwaiving off loan, the Direc-tor (AH&VS) has stated thatthe status of loan availed bythe beneficiary is not men-tioned as per the report fromthe Assessment Team. How-ever, if any beneficiariesclaim for waiving of loan willbe taken by with the Admin-istration Separately.

Kuldeep demandsloan waiver for farmers

Car Nicobar, Jan 19: Themuch awaited Carnic CulturalFestival began at Bishop JohnRichardson Stadium yester-day. The Chief Guest, Direc-tor Art and Culture Mr. LucasRobert inaugurated the festi-val. Addressing the gatheringMr. Lucas called upon theyouth to preserve their richcultural heritage and theyshould take interest in learn-ing the traditional art forms.He said that the Cultural fes-tival is not only an occasionwhen the people of the Islandsget to see the glimpse of thedifferent shades of the art andcultural of our country but italso creates opportunity forthe local youth and artists, toshow their talents. The festi-val strengthens the bond ofsolidarity, the Director said.Mr. Lucas Robert informedthat apart from the main landartists, the cultural contin-gents from the remoteChowra, Teressa, andKatchal along with CarNicobar will also participatein the mega cultural event.

Welcoming theGuests, the Principal of theGovt Senior SecondarySchool Malacca, SmtiSangeeta Chand said that inorder to create interest among

Carnic Cultural Festival Begins at Car Nicobar

Contingent from Ladakhenthralls the audience

the youth for their Cultural artforms, various competitionswill be conducted in this 5days long carnival.

The crowd enjoyedthe beautiful folk dances pre-sented by the visiting artistsof Laddakh. The leader of theLaddakh team presented me-mento to the Chief guest. Hesaid that the members aredeeply touched by the warmhospitality. Local artists tooentertained the audience withtheir impressive presentationof the folk dances and songs.

Earlier the ChiefGuest inaugurated the stalls

set up by the different depart-ments and associations, at theplay ground. This time theDepartments of Industries,Agriculture, Animal hus-bandry, Fisheries, CARI, BJRHospital, Social welfare, CivilSupplies, District EmploymentExchange, AN Police andTribal Council have set uptheir stalls. The EmploymentExchange stall is extendingthe opportunity to the unem-ployed youth to make regis-tration on line. The food stallsare also attracting the visitorswith their delicious foodstuffs.

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Port Blair, Jan 19: The twodays UGC National seminaron the subject of “HigherEducation challenges andprospects ;a case study ofAndaman and Nicobar Is-lands “ was held on 16- 17January ,2014. The Seminarwas inaugurated on 16th.January by the Chief GuestShri D N Singh, Secretary (Higher Education ) A& Nadministration, while Prof.Radharaman Chakrobarti ,former V-C of Netaji SubhasOpen University, Kolkata wasthe Guest of Honour

The first technicalsession of the Two days UGCSeminar was chaired by Prof.Radharaman Chakrborti,Former Vice-Chancellor,Netaji Subhas Open Univer-sity, Kolkata .

Prof. Sanat Ghosh,Ex-Dean Rabindra BharatiUniversity, Kolkata hasthrown light on challengesand prospects of Higher Edu-cation. He first highlighted thecrisis that India is facing asthe universities are unable tocater quality education andthere is lack of need basededucation in India. This is dueto lack of formulation of apteducation policy conducive toIndian Scenario. Prof Ghoshelucidated the status of highereducation including the state

of funding in the world likeChina, Russia, and Pakistanetc. Prof. Ghosh has brieflydescribed national Policy onEducation. He has also statedthe problem of imbalance inhigher education in terms ofratio and courses lack of sus-tainable development, theneed to have knowledgegrowth related to Indian Sce-nario. He has also emphasizedthe need to resolve the prob-lem of imbalance in highereducational balance in enroll-ment efficiency ratio in highereducational institutions is verymuch required. Prof. Ghoshsuggested that Higher educa-tion can be developed throughPPP mode but there should besome regulatory system.

Dr Francis Xavier,Head, Department of Englishstated briefly on the role ofGovernors in Higher Educa-tion in assessing the qualityEducation in India. He there-after briefly described thegrowth of higher education.Speaking on the educationalscenario of A & N Islands, DrFrancis Xavier stated the Lt.Governor, A & N Islands isquite determined to improvequality education in these is-lands. He is keen on openingmedical college in these is-lands as early as possible. Hehas also facilitated students of

these islands to attain highereducation by getting provi-sional affiliation fromPondicherry University tocontinue with the second shiftwith the additional intake of60 students each in sixcourses for the current aca-demic session. Lt. Governorhas initiated action to openthird Degree college in SouthAndaman District in the com-ing academic year 2014-15.Dr Francis also has high-lighted the role of RUSA indeveloping higher education.and how the higher educationin these islands can get ben-efitted through RUSA. Hehas also stressed upon theneed to have University andmore colleges in these islandsto cater to the need of theseislanders in terms of coursesviable to these islands.

Prof. Amarendu

Pani, Director , (Research) ,Association of Indian Univer-sities , New Delhi. He hasasserted the need to havequality education. He brieflydescribed the quality educa-tion starting from Vedic agei.e. education in Gurukulwhere completion of educa-tion relied upon the satisfac-tion of the Guru. He alsobriefly stated about the edu-cation in the era of Nalandaand Taksila and he thenswitched over to the educa-tion in the British Period. Inthe modern era emphasizesthe need to have economicgrowth. Quality of educationis based on market oriented.He has also given detailedstatistics of Universities andDeemed Universities in India.Quality education is assessedby NAAC and, NBA. ProfAmarendu briefly described

knowledge paradigm, signifi-cance of knowledge in a civi-lized society and source ofknowledge. He has also ex-plained regarding a gradualshift of knowledge paradigmin 21st century .He has alsoexplained how to evolve edu-cation system by having li-censing pattern for teachersand teachers’ appraisal sys-tem.

Dr S.S.Sreekumar,Head, Department of Pol.Science, JNRM, Port Blairpresented paper on HigherEducation and sustainabledevelopment of education andexplained how Higher Educa-tion attributes towards sus-tainable development. Therelevance of institutions ofhigher education lies in im-proving academic activities ofthe students to connect them-

Two Days UGC- National Seminar on HigherEducation in JNRM on 16-17 January,2014.

I, Firan Kaur S/o. Late Lokho Kaur R/o Thoratang haslost my Island Identity Card & Election Identity Card on08/10/2013 at Thoratang, Finder may kindly contact atthe office of the Pradhan Swadesh Nagar.

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AFFIDAVITI, Smti Chapala Das, W/o Shri Radheshyam Das, R/oGanesh Nagar village, under Diglipur Tehsil in NorthAndaman, do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare thefollowing:-That , as per the Islander card, husband FIC my correctname is recorded as CHAPALA DAS. But by bonafidemistake my name is recorded in my land record as SANTIRANI DAS instead of CHAPALA DAS.That , CHAPALA DAS and SANTI RANI DAS is asame and one person.This affidavit is executed by me for rectification my namein my land record.The above declaration is true and correct to the best ofmy knowledge and belief.

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We’ll teach them good En-glish. “You wanted to tell mesomething about the convictletters. What’s it? Is it forHemraj?” Cadell said whilesipping his tender coconut.

Birch took out an en-velope from his coat pocket.

“Sir, its nor fromHemraj, but its for Liakat Ali,the Allahabad Moulvi. I foundit while censoring the letters

that came by the last mailsteamer. Cadell looked at theenvelope. It was in English,written in a beautiful hand.“My dear Liakat”, the letterread. “Hope you are doingwell. I know all letters are cen-sored in jails. I hope you get toread this. I can never forgetthe love and affection youshowed me during those ter-rible times when Nana’s sol-

diers were hunting for the Brit-ish. If not for you I would havebeen dishonored and dead bynow. I will forever remain in-debted to you for this. I hopeour roads cross again some-where.

LovinglyAmelia

“Who the hell is thisAmelia?” Cadell roared.

“Sir, that’s a long story. I’ll tell

Viper Prison...you in the evening, when weget back to GovernmentHouse” Birch said. Cadell un-derstood that Birch was invit-ing himself for a drink.

“Alright, join me fordrinks.” He said. The village

headman came and saluted.The horses were lead to thepodium. Both the menmounted. The horses trottedaway followed by the army ofservants in bullock carts. ( Tobe continued…)

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involving the booth levelagents of the political partieswere held in all the pollingstations across the islands.

Responding to theappeal, the political partiesconducted door to doorsurvey to verify the accuracyof the details in the draftelectoral rolls, and therebyensuring the requireddeletions and additions inthe rolls apart from themmedia also motivated thepeople to get their namesenrolled in the electoral list.

This is the third timethe Electoral rolls correctionsare beingcarried out during these 4years and everyone was

hopeful that this time theisland region with lesserpopulation can update theElectoral rolls with the 100percent enrollment of eligiblevoters. But to their dismaythis time also corrections arenot up to the mark.

As per notificationfrom Election office allpanchayat officersdisplayed electoral rolls atpanchayats and correction ifany to be intimated before20th of this month. So peoplefrom all the places throngedto panchayat offices to seetheir names in list. The staffof Panchayat BLO’s alsolashed by the publicregarding the mistakes.

It is learnt that theDeputy Commissioner, Mr.Sanjay Kumar I.A.S. who wascamping at Port Blair hadrecently asked all the electoralcard staffs of N & MAndaman sub division toreport at Port Blair ElectoralOffice with the Data but theoutcome is still now known.

Hope atleast beforethe elections the blunders arerectified. This year’s NationalVoters’ Day (25th January)slogan is “Proud To Be AVoter, Ready To Vote” butwith faulty data who will beproud and get ready to vote?Hope this time the ElectoralOffice will get all thesemistakes corrected.

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selves with community andhuman development as awhole. He emphasized thatthe institutions of higher learn-ing play significant role in im-proving and preserving thenatural resources and the en-vironment especially in devel-oping nations. Dr Sreekumarfurther stated that Sustainabledevelopment relies on socialprogress, economic develop-ment and democratic expan-sion. He has also stated theproblems of sustainable devel-opment, role of Higher edu-cation in sustainable develop-ment like introducing job ori-ented course and openingnew courses instead of con-tinuing with conventionalcourses.

The first day seminarconcluded with question andanswer session wherein ques-tions were raised regardingeffectiveness of the evaluat-ing system in existence toevaluate Higher EducationalInstitutions and the eminentresource persons came outwith the conclusion that theteachers should themselvesshould make collective effortsto bring about radical andpositive reform in educationalsystem by performing as rolemodels. Prof. RadharamanChakrborti Former Vice-Chancellor, Netaji SubhasOpen University, Kolkata as-serted that the teachers needto have introspection. to en-sure imparting quality educa-tion in terms of attaining over-all development of theirwards.

The Second dayMorning Session was chairedby Prof. Sanat Ghosh, Ex-Dean Rabindra Bharati Uni-versity, Kolkata. The firstspeaker Dr Nirupama Rathspoke on Higher Education inIndia with special referenceto A & N Islands. She gave adetailed account of highereducation set up in these is-lands by giving statics regard-ing intake capacity in the col-leges of Andaman & NicobarIslands, No. of students passout every year from SeniorSecondary Schools. She hashighlighted that the existingcolleges are quite inadequateto cater to the growing de-mand for admission in col-leges. She has also pinpointedthe deterioration of quality ofeducation due to reservationspolicy in admissions. She hasalso highlighted the problemsface by teaching faculty incolleges all over India withspecial reference to these is-lands. Dr Nirupma also sug-

gested some means to over-come such problems.

The second speakerof today happens to be theOrganizer of this two daysSeminar, Dr Swapan KumarBiswas, Associate Professor(Pol. Science), JNRM. Hebegan his lecture on semes-ter system in Higher Educa-tion with special reference toJNRM by pinpointing the ad-vantages and disadvantagesof semester pattern in HigherEducation . He stressed uponthe need to have various poli-cies to improve the quality ofHigher Educational systemand setting up of Commis-sions to improve the standardof Higher Education in India.During his discourse, DrBiswas has further illustratedthe problem of time con-straint, mobility, problem oflearning language in multi-lin-gual situation and back-ground. Highlighting theproblem in JNRM, like 30papers to be completedwithin 3 years, accumulationof arrear papers and therebycreating additional burden infinal semester consequentupon promoting the studentsevery year irrespective ofpass or fail, dismal perfor-mance due to large No. ofpapers and arrear papers,brevity of semester, aca-demic burden deprive them inparticipating in co-curricularactivities, learning becomesdifficult due to multi-lingualbackground etc.

The third speakerwas Dr. Presla Kasturi, Re-gional Director, IGNOU, PortBlair highlighted the signifi-cant role of IGNOU in pro-viding higher education in A& N Islands. The main mottoof the University is to provideaccess to higher education topeople of all segments of thesociety and to offer cost ef-fective education system inthese islands. While describ-ing various facilities extendedto the learners in A & N Is-lands like admission cell, reg-istration, access to study ma-terial, academic counselorsetc, she has stated that allbasic facilities are availablein all the 8 study centers ofAndaman and Nicobar Is-lands. She has further pin-pointed the challenges facedby IGNOU Regional Centre,Port Blair like lack of properconnectivity with the studycentre, lack of accessibility toIGNOU Programmes—Gyan Vani, FM Channel inthese islands.

The First morning

session culminated with inter-active session wherein dete-rioration of quality of educa-tion due to the introduction ofDistance Education Universi-ties has been discussed.

In the Second Ses-sion was chaired by DrFrancis Xavier, Head Depart-ment of English, JNRM. DrKanwar Chander Deep Singhpresented paper on HigherEducation in A & N Islands:Problem and Prospects. Inhis pragmatic approach, hehighlighted that the highereducation in A & N Islandslacks in terms of quantity,quality, regulation & control,infrastructure, geographicallyeasy inaccessibility and soci-etal strength. Dr ChanderDeep has reiterated the needto have more institutions ofhigher education, improve-ment in infrastructure, provi-sion of autonomy to the insti-tutions.

Dr K. Rajmohan &Smt Ajitha Narendran pre-sented paper on “Higher Edu-cation in India: Problems andProspects”. They have fo-cused their attention on thescenario of higher educationin Andaman and Nicobar Is-lands. Through the delibera-tion, it has been made clearthat in order to improve thestandard of higher educationin these islands, autonomousstatus for the college, intro-duction of career counselingcell for the students, introduc-tion of new courses—needbased courses. The chal-lenges include lack of ad-equate infrastructure, lack ofproper guidance,, lack of in-stitutional autonomy etc.

Dr Selva Kumar,Mahatma Gandhi .Govt. Col-lege, Mayabunder presentedpaper on “New Higher Edu-cation in India”. During hisdiscourse, he illustrated thefunctioning and coordinationof various Boards and Coun-cils in India in the field ofhigher Education. He also elu-cidated the effective measureof implementing higher edu-cation.

Dr. R.V.R. Murthy,Associate Professor (Pol.Science) presented his view-point on Higher Education:Issues, Challenges and Initia-tives in A & N Islands”. Hegave elaborate empirical dataon population, literacy rate,sex ratio, type of colleges andtype of courses offered at dif-ferent institutions of higherlearning in these islands dis-cussed in threadbare. He alsomade observation regarding

higher enrolment of femalesthan the male in higher edu-cation institutions. Further heoffered suggestion for mak-ing Higher Education policyfor island exclusively, to startnew courses including foreignlanguages and use of ICT /smart classes for effectiveteaching. In his concludingremarks hailed that a centraluniversity is exclusively nec-essary for A & N Islands toovercome the issues pertainto students and courses.

Dr N. Lakshmi, As-sistant Professor (Hindi),JNRM presented a paper on“The Need of Value BasedEducation in Higher Educa-tion”. Education is of no valueif it is not able to build up asound character. Dr. Lakshmifocused on need to includevalues in the Higher educa-tion for building a sound soci-ety. Mrs. Tilagawati, Assis-tant Professor (English),JNRM presented a paper on“Women in Higher Education

in the Present Era” She high-lighted number of issuesHigher Education encounterin the present era including itsfailure to cater to the grow-ing demand in accordancewith the growth of population.She has also discussed onless enrolment of women inhigher education. She alsodiscussed the status of girlstudents in terms of admissioninto UG & PG courses ofJNRM. Mrs. Esther Samuel,Assistant Professor (Politicalscience), JNRM presented apaper on “Tribal Education”,focused on brining the tribesinto national mainstreamthrough education. She hasalso stated that Educationhelps to control exploitation oftribes. Discussed about theschool education up to XIIlevel in Nicobar group of is-lands and laid emphasis onprotecting and preservingtribal culture and significantrole of Nicobarese languagein this regard.

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