Over 6000 retired school teachers have not received pension
Guwahati: Over 6,800 retired school teachers and panchayat workers have not received any pension in Assam, the state Assembly was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply during the Question Hour, Assam Pension and Public Grievances Minister Tanka Bahadur Rai said his department has a total of 6,846 unresolved cases. Out of these, 6,679 cases belong to the Education department, while 167 are from the Panchayat department, he said. Replying to the question by BJP MLA Ranjit Kumar Das, Rai said “Different departments do not send the documents to the concerned persons for getting pension. There are even cases where papers are sent after 20-32 years of retirement.” Moreover, the number of staff in the pension department is very less, delaying the work further, he added. “As per the process, pension papers should be given on the day of retirement. However, the pension department has not been able to do that due to some technical difficulties,” Rai said without specifying anything. However, through an order in June 2012, the Pension and Public Grievances Department is giving a provisional pension to the non-beneficiaries till the cases are solved permanently, he added. As of now, a total of 91,960 provincialised school teachers and panchayat people are getting full pension from the government. (PTI)
Nagaland Postal Dept to begin stir from Wednesday
Kohima: All India Postal Employees Union (AIPEU), Nagaland Division has decided to participate in the two-day nationwide strike in support of the 15 points charter of demand called by the Confederation of Central government. Employees & Workers on February 12 & 13, 2014. In a press release, AIPEU Nagaland Division President, Kekhrieletso Kelio and Divisional Secretary, Daniel Domeh informed that there will be no public transactions in any of the post offices under Nagaland Division during the strike period. AIPEU has requested all public and well wishers to bear with the striking employees and extend moral support towards the cause taken up by the union. (UNI)
Girl dies of burns
Kohima: A 19-year old girl who had suffered third degree burns died at Khensa village under Mokokchung district on Monday. According to official sources Temsula Jamir of Chanki village of the same district reportedly suffered burn injuries under mysterious circumstances. She was discovered by one person inside a house of Khensa village on Sunday in a semi-conscious state. Sources said Jamir had left her home at Changki village on January 29 last without informing her family. Sources quoting family sources said they had received a call on February 9 that she had tried to commit self-immolation. Family members rushed to Khensa where they found Temsula in a semi-conscious state. They rushed her to the Imkongliba Memorial Hospital in Mokokchung where she died. An FIR had been lodged in Mokokchung II Police Station and the case handed over to the Women Cell of Mokokchung Police. (UNI)
Official unhurt in Manipur grenade explosion
Imphal: A senior Manipur government official was unhurt when a powerful grenade exploded at his house late Monday night in Imphal West district, official sources said on Tuesday. The militants exploded the grenade at the house of the superintending engineer of Manipur Development Society Salam Rupa Kumar at Tera area on the outskirts of Imphal at around 9 PM, the sources said. The engineer and his family members were present at the house at the time of the explosion in which a portion of the outhouse was damaged. The militants escaped under the cover of darkness. Monetary demand from the official was the reason behind the explosion, the sources said. In another incident, Manipur government suspended four officials of state public works department, including some senior engineers in connection with the collpase of an under construction bridge at interior Keirao village in Imphal East district of Manipur on February 5 last. State works minister Kh Ratan Kumar told reporters that an inquiry has been ordered to find out the cause of the collapse. A show cause notice was served to the contractor, he said. (PTI)
Assam’s ethnic clashes:1,327 families yet to be rehabilitated
Guwahati: The Assam government today admitted that over 1,300 families, who were affected during the ethnic clashes in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) in 2012, were yet to be rehabilitated. In a written reply to the Assam Legislative Assembly, state revenue and disaster management minister Prithibi Majhi said that a total of 18,823 families lost their houses completely, while 999 houses were partially damaged. “Till now, 1,327 families are yet to be rehabilitated. Necessary instructions have already been given to respective DCs to take steps to rehabilitate them,” he said in reply to All Indian United Democratic Front’s Hafiz Bashir Ahmed’s query in the Assembly. Of the completely affected families, 15,983 have received a financial assistance of Rs 22,700 from the state government along with three bundles of roof-shed (tin), while the Centre gave Rs 30,000 to each household from the Prime Minister’s relief fund, Majhi said. The Central and state government gave Rs 20,000 separately to all of the 999 owners of partially damaged houses, he said. Besides, 1,507 families whose houses were completely destroyed during the clashes were also provided with Rs 50,000, Majhi added. Clashes between Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims in July-August 2012 had claimed 110 lives and displaced several lakh people. (PTI)
One killed in car mishap in Nagaland
Kohima: One person was killed when his car fell into a deep gorge (500 feet) near Gethsemane Prayer centre, some 15 km away from Zunheboto town on Monday. According to official sources today the deceased, a prominent and senior citizen of Zunheboto town, was identified as Vikiye Jimomi. The accident took place while Jimomi was on way to his village Zhekiye. (UNI)