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Kaziranga
in commemorative stamp set
Five famous national parks
across the country, including Kaziranga in Assam and Periyar in Kerala,
feature in a set of commemorative stamps brought out by India Post. The
other three parks are Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh, Bandipur in Karnataka
and Mudumalai in Tamil Nadu. The stamps, of Rs 5 denomination each, showcase
the unique beauty of the national parks. The stamps were released yesterday
by Communications Minister Shakeel Ahmed. Kaziranga is home to the
endangered one-horn rhinoceros, while Periyar and Bandipur are known for its
elephant population
First
test-tube baby
Nagaland’s first in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) baby or popularly known as
test-tube baby was delivered at a private hospital at Dimapur, hospital.
Akheli Zhimomi, 39, successfully delivered the male baby weighing 2.5 kg
through caesarian operation at Faith Hospital. Dr Shikato, who conducted the
surgery, said the Zhimomi couple remained childless for nearly 18 years and
they decided to go for intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), the initial
stage of IVF process.
Surrendered
ultras threaten hunger strike
The surrendered militants of
different outfits have threatened to go on a three-day long hunger strike
here from June 8 if their demands are not met. Eight surrendered militants
in a letter to the Chief Minister, Manik Sarkar said they had submitted a
memorandum on May 15 and 22 last seeking his intervention for withdrawal of
police cases and court cases against the returnees and their proper
rehabilitation but no action had been taken so far. A total of 750 returnees
would participate in the hunger strike, they said in their letter.
Sikkim
gets SGRY grants
Grants-in-aid amounting to Rs.
1.41 crore as Central assistance to three districts of Sikkim has been
released by the Ministry of Rural Development for the implementation of the
Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) during the financial year (2006-07).
The expenditure on implementation of the programme with regard to cash
component is on 75:25 basis between the Central and the State Government.
Arunachal
BJP moves EC over appointments
BJP has taken up with
the Election Commission the recent appointment of seven parliamentary
secretaries with status of Minister of State by the new government of
Arunachal Pradesh. This was because its cases with the EC demanding
disqualification of 25 MLAs belonging to ruling Congress and independents on
office of profit issue are still pending before the Commission, BJP State
unit president Tapen Siga told newsmen here recently. The BJP had told the
EC in January that the 25 legislators, including the previous Chief Minister
Gegong Apang, were holding posts of chairmen of different boards and
advisors to Chief Minister and parliamentary secretaries but a
constitutional provision barred legislators from holding offices of profit
cannot be changed by enactment of a law by any State Assembly as was done in
the State. “When we are awaiting the verdict of the EC, the new government
of Dorjee Khandu by an ordinance appointed seven legislators as
parliamentary secretaries defeating the spirit of the law limiting the size
of the Ministry in order to lessen the burden on the State exchequer,”
Tiga said.
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