By IANS,
New Delhi : Air Marshal P.K. Barbora Monday took over as the new vice-chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) - becoming the first person from the northeast to hold the post.
Barbora, born in Shillong, was commissioned into the IAF as a fighter pilot in 1970.
A highly experienced aviator with over 3,500 flying hours to his credit, he also took part in the 1971 war.
Barbora was formerly the chief of the Western Air Command (WAC), the largest operational command of the IAF, and the Eastern Air Command.
"Under my command for the first time Sukhois (combat jets) operated from Leh (one of the highest airbases in the world). We just wanted to show our capability," Barbora said.
He was a member of the IAF team that inducted the first Jaguar Squadron and also the IAF's maiden Air Combat Simulator - the first of its kind in Asia.
Among his several operational assignments are command of a MiG-21 squadron, chief operations officer of a fighter airbase and Air Officer Commanding of a premier fighter airbase under Eastern Air Command.
Under his command, WAC achieved very high aircraft utilization rates even as night operations by the fighter and transport aircraft increased substantially. Strikingly, the operational command, that accounts for nearly 35 percent of IAF's flying tasks, recorded �zero' flying accident rate at the end of the last fiscal year.
His tenure saw landing of transport aircraft at Daulat Beg Oldie airfield in Ladakh, the highest airbase in the world, after four decades of closure, and opening of Fukche Advanced Landing Ground near the Sino-Indian border.
Barbora is a recipient of Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) and Vayu Sena Medal (VM).
Monday, June 01, 2009
Human rights activist Hasina Kharbhih attacked in Shillong
By TwoCircles.net News Desk
New Delhi: Human rights activist Hasina Kharbhih was attacked on Thursday in Shillong when she was going to the District Council Court to attend hearing in her case. She was allegedly attacked by the very persons against whom she is fighting the court case. She said she was attacked to force her withdraw the case.
Giving details of the incident, Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC), a human rights organization working in Assam, said: “Hasina Kharbhih, a human rights defender working against human trafficking in North East India was assaulted and threatened on May 28, 2009. Kharbhih, while on her way to the court for the hearing of a case, was stopped, threatened and manhandled by Ms. Bethswa Dympep, the accused in the threatening case. Kharbhih was injured in the incident and had to be taken to the local hospital for treatment.”
The rights group has alleged that the “perpetrators are receiving clandestine support from the police.”
Hasina Kharbhih runs the Impulse NGO, a local human rights organization based in Shillong, Meghalaya: http://www.impulseasia.org
Kharbhih has been fighting against human trafficking in the state. She has been involved in the social sector since 1987.
BHRPC has demanded the state government and its police to ensure her protection.
New Delhi: Human rights activist Hasina Kharbhih was attacked on Thursday in Shillong when she was going to the District Council Court to attend hearing in her case. She was allegedly attacked by the very persons against whom she is fighting the court case. She said she was attacked to force her withdraw the case.
Giving details of the incident, Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC), a human rights organization working in Assam, said: “Hasina Kharbhih, a human rights defender working against human trafficking in North East India was assaulted and threatened on May 28, 2009. Kharbhih, while on her way to the court for the hearing of a case, was stopped, threatened and manhandled by Ms. Bethswa Dympep, the accused in the threatening case. Kharbhih was injured in the incident and had to be taken to the local hospital for treatment.”
The rights group has alleged that the “perpetrators are receiving clandestine support from the police.”
Hasina Kharbhih runs the Impulse NGO, a local human rights organization based in Shillong, Meghalaya: http://www.impulseasia.org
Kharbhih has been fighting against human trafficking in the state. She has been involved in the social sector since 1987.
BHRPC has demanded the state government and its police to ensure her protection.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
61.55% pass HSLC, 70.98% AHM - Assam
GUWAHATI, May 29 – Priyanuj Bhuyan of Christ-Jyoti School, Nagaon, topped the list of successful candidates in the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination-2009, conducted by SEBA which recorded a pass percentage of 61.55 (all categories including institutional private and non-institutional private) – an increase of nearly three per cent from last year’s 58.68. It was 54.93 in 2007. Suleman Haque of BAS Madrassa HS School, Saniadi, Kamrup, bagged the first position in the Assam High Madrassa examination with an aggregate of 528 marks and letter in all subjects. He was followed by Aminuzzaman Mondal (514) of Rakhaldubi High Madrassa, Joypur Bazar, Goalpara and Arifa Ahmeda of BAS Madrassa HS School, Saniadi (493). Of the 5,498 candidates that had appeared in the AHM examination, 3,903 came out successful, with the pass percentage being 70.98 – a decline from last year’s 72.34. While 110 candidates secured first division, 815 and 2,978 bagged second and third divisions respectively.
Jyotirmoy Rajbongshi of Axam Jatiya Vidyalaya, Noonmati (Guwahati) and Shruti Chakravartty of Central Girls’ High School, Goalpara emerged
second and third respectively in the HSLC examination. The top three rank-holders secured 568, 567 and 566 aggregate marks respectively besides letter in all subjects.
A total of 63 students captured the top 20 ranks, with many positions shared by several candidates. Of the 2,34,741 students who appeared, 17,137 secured first division, while 29,709 got second division and 97,645 were restricted to third division.
Among the districts, Nalbari recorded the best pass percentage with 76.28, followed by Dhemaji (75.91) and Barpeta (74.34). The worst performers were Karbi Anglong with 36.45, Chirang with 38.76 and Udalguri with 38.95.
A notable trend in the HSLC examination since 1999 has been the steady increase in pass percentage, barring in 2001. From an unimpressive 32.13 in 1999, the pass percentage touched the 40 per cent mark in 2002 (40.87) and shot up beyond the 50 per cent mark in 2005 (53.07).
Among the schools in Guwahati, Axam Jatiya Vidyalaya and St Mary’s English High School bagged the maximum number of rank-holders with six positions apiece.
Jyotirmoy Rajbongshi of Axam Jatiya Vidyalaya, Noonmati (Guwahati) and Shruti Chakravartty of Central Girls’ High School, Goalpara emerged
second and third respectively in the HSLC examination. The top three rank-holders secured 568, 567 and 566 aggregate marks respectively besides letter in all subjects.
A total of 63 students captured the top 20 ranks, with many positions shared by several candidates. Of the 2,34,741 students who appeared, 17,137 secured first division, while 29,709 got second division and 97,645 were restricted to third division.
Among the districts, Nalbari recorded the best pass percentage with 76.28, followed by Dhemaji (75.91) and Barpeta (74.34). The worst performers were Karbi Anglong with 36.45, Chirang with 38.76 and Udalguri with 38.95.
A notable trend in the HSLC examination since 1999 has been the steady increase in pass percentage, barring in 2001. From an unimpressive 32.13 in 1999, the pass percentage touched the 40 per cent mark in 2002 (40.87) and shot up beyond the 50 per cent mark in 2005 (53.07).
Among the schools in Guwahati, Axam Jatiya Vidyalaya and St Mary’s English High School bagged the maximum number of rank-holders with six positions apiece.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Prof Islamuddin of Manipur University shot dead inside campus - Manipur
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: In a brazen incident that has shocked both academia and the administration in the North-Eastern state of Manipur, Prof Muhammad Islamuddin, former Dean of Students at the Manipur University, was killed on Monday in a broad daylight inside the university campus.
Media reports say four unidentified gunmen who came in two scooters pumped in him three bullets from a point blank range and fled from the scene. The 52-year-old Economics Professor Islamuddin is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
The Police have cordoned off the area and search operation is on. Meanwhile, University Students Union, Manipur University Tribal Students Union, Democratic Students Alliance of Manipur and All India Students Federation have condemned the incident. Demanding a judicial inquiry into the incident, Pangal Students Union Manipur has called a 12-hour statewide bandh from dawn tomorrow.
Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh visited RIMS hospital mortuary along with his Cabinet colleagues. He strongly condemned the incident and promised that the culprits will be brought to book.
New Delhi: In a brazen incident that has shocked both academia and the administration in the North-Eastern state of Manipur, Prof Muhammad Islamuddin, former Dean of Students at the Manipur University, was killed on Monday in a broad daylight inside the university campus.
Media reports say four unidentified gunmen who came in two scooters pumped in him three bullets from a point blank range and fled from the scene. The 52-year-old Economics Professor Islamuddin is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
The Police have cordoned off the area and search operation is on. Meanwhile, University Students Union, Manipur University Tribal Students Union, Democratic Students Alliance of Manipur and All India Students Federation have condemned the incident. Demanding a judicial inquiry into the incident, Pangal Students Union Manipur has called a 12-hour statewide bandh from dawn tomorrow.
Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh visited RIMS hospital mortuary along with his Cabinet colleagues. He strongly condemned the incident and promised that the culprits will be brought to book.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
AUDF victory hailed as beginning of a new era for the downtrodden
By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: The victory of Assam United Democratic Front in the Lok Sabha elections in Assam is being hailed both as the beginning of a new era for healthy and positive politics in the country and a ray of hope for the downtrodden.
Indian Muslim Rabita Council (IMRC) while greeting AUDF chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal for taking his party to the Parliament described his victory as a new ray of hope for the minorities and neglected and backward classes.
“AUDF’ victory has ushered in a new era of healthy, positive and creative politics in the country, and this will bring a change,” says IMRC General Secretary Maulana Abdur Rahman Abid. “AUDF has reached Delhi but it still has a long way to go to achieve its target,” he avers.
In a meeting held today in New Delhi IMRC has congratulated both Ajmal and Maulana Asrarul Haq Qasmi for their win and expressed hope they will do needful for the country and the community.
The organization has also urged the Congress party to wage an open war against the communalists. The party and the government must not take any excuse in exposing the forces that are continuously conspiring against the minorities. “People have voted for Congress against communalism and thus it is obligatory for the party to take on the communal forces,” IMRC said.
New Delhi: The victory of Assam United Democratic Front in the Lok Sabha elections in Assam is being hailed both as the beginning of a new era for healthy and positive politics in the country and a ray of hope for the downtrodden.
Indian Muslim Rabita Council (IMRC) while greeting AUDF chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal for taking his party to the Parliament described his victory as a new ray of hope for the minorities and neglected and backward classes.
“AUDF’ victory has ushered in a new era of healthy, positive and creative politics in the country, and this will bring a change,” says IMRC General Secretary Maulana Abdur Rahman Abid. “AUDF has reached Delhi but it still has a long way to go to achieve its target,” he avers.
In a meeting held today in New Delhi IMRC has congratulated both Ajmal and Maulana Asrarul Haq Qasmi for their win and expressed hope they will do needful for the country and the community.
The organization has also urged the Congress party to wage an open war against the communalists. The party and the government must not take any excuse in exposing the forces that are continuously conspiring against the minorities. “People have voted for Congress against communalism and thus it is obligatory for the party to take on the communal forces,” IMRC said.
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