With only 6.37 lakh vaccine stocks in the state, the Centre on Wednesday refused to give a nod for the vaccination drive for the 18+ group in Assam (Photo for representative purpose only)
GUWAHATI: The third drive for vaccination in the state for the 18-44 age group, the registration for which began on Wednesday, was limited to just registering the name of the beneficiary as the existing vaccine stocks are running out in Assam. The beneficiaries could neither register their preferred jab centres nor the brand.
With only 6.37 lakh vaccine stocks in the state, the Centre on Wednesday refused to give a nod for the vaccination drive for the 18+ group in Assam. “The government of India did not allow us to go ahead with the vaccination of the 18-44 age people with such a limited stock of vaccines. Only the registration was allowed,” immunization spokesperson and director of health services (family welfare), Assam, Munindra Nath Ngatey, told TOI. “As on date, the 18+ people from th
Sikha Sarma
GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court, while observing that Assamese writer Sikha Sarma had expressed her personal views on the use of the term ‘Swahid/martyr’, granted bail to the 48-year-old writer, who was arrested here on April 6 on charges of sedition and other offences for an alleged Facebook post on security forces after 22 personnel were killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh.
According to the FIR, Sarma, known to be vocal on social media, in an FB post on April 5 maligned and disregarded the sacrifice of martyrs by urging the ‘media’ not to generate public sentiments in their favour and not to term them as ‘swahids’ as they are drawing salary for the services they are providing to the nation .
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Sikha Sarma s Facebook post had stirred controversy with over 11,000 comments
Guwahati:
Assam writer Sikha Sarma was arrested on the charge of sedition and sent to judicial custody on Wednesday for her alleged comment in the social media on security personnel massacred by Maoists in Chhatisgarh, police said.
Sikha Sarma had on April 5, two days after the brutal killing of the security personnel, allegedly posted on Facebook: Salaried people cannot be termed martyrs if they die during duty. In that case, an electricity department employee will also be a martyr if he dies due to electrocution. Media do not make the people emotional.
Congress query on hate messages to writer Sikha Sarma The party through its demand for action has tried to project the state administration of acting in an alleged partisan manner
The Congress on Wednesday said the arrest of Guwahati-based writer Sikha Sarma is a “legal matter” but asked the BJP-led government why no action has been taken against those posting hate messages against her on social media following her Facebook post on April 5 for which she was accused in an FIR of “causing disrespect to martyrs”.
Sarma was sent to judicial custody after Dispur police produced her in the chief judicial magistrate’s court here on Wednesday afternoon.