Security forces on Sunday destroyed a Naxal memorial in Khunera jungle in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnand-gaon district bordering Maharashtra, the police said.
Acting on a tip off on movement of Naxals in the forest, a joint team of jawans of ITBP and district force of Chhattisgarh spotted the 12-foot-long memorial built inside dense jungles of Khunera under Om Chowki police station during search operations. The forces demolished the commemorative plaque, built by the Maoists in honour of their comrades killed in encounter with the police. “A search party found a Naxal memorial in dense forest of Khunera, bordering Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, and destroy-ed it,” IGP R.K. Vij said.
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Woman branded witch, tortured in Rajasthan
Bhilwara (Rajasthan), Nov. 6: A 55-year-old woman in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district was branded as a witch by villagers and brutally tortured, beaten and had chilli powder thrown into her eyes and private parts, the police said. She was admitted to hospital in a critical condition. The police has registered an FIR against some villagers, but no arrest has been made as the accused are on the run. The incident took place in Gurawari village of the district, some 250 km from Jaipur. “The 55-year-old Sayri was returning home from a temple when four people, including a woman, intercepted her and started beating her with sticks,” a police officer said. — IANS
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Bangladesh FM condoles Hazarika demise
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New Delhi, Nov. 6
His music travelled beyond borders, so did the grief after his death. Legendary singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika, who passed away on Saturday, left a void in the hearts of many in the sub-continent. His influence in the region was well expressed in a condolence letter sent by Bangladesh foreign minister Dipu Moni to her Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna on Sunday.
The letter condoling Hazarika’s death cherished his role in encouraging the liberation fighters of Bangladesh in 1971 and his contributions in strengthening the bondage between the people of India and Bangladesh.
Quoting lines from Bhupen Hazarika’s songs, Dr Dipu Moni said, “His song Joy Joy Nobojato Bangladesh; Joy Joy Mukti Bahini... (triumphal salutations to newly-born Bangladesh; triumphal salutations to the freedom fighters) written on the War of Liberation of Bangladesh would ring forever in the hearts of our peoples.”
Dr Moni, in her letter, also remembered another famous line from Hazarika’s song. Ganga Amar Ma, Padma Amar Ma, Amar Dui Chokhe Dui Joler Dhara, Meghna Jamuna... (Ganga is my mother, Padma is my mother, the two streams of tear in my two eyes are Meghna and Jamuna...), impeccably symbolises the inseparable bondage of identity and culture of the Peoples across the border in our two countries,” she said.