Justice Satyagopal Chattopadhyay was sworn in as the judge of Tripura High Court. The oath of office and secrecy to the court’s fourth judge was administered by Chief Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi in the presence of Justices Subhasish Talapatra and Arindam Lodh. With the appointment of Chattopadhyay, the High Court of Tripura will have a full strength of four benches. The bench fell vacant after the retirement of Justice S.C. Das in 2017. Chattopadhyay’s appointment was cleared by the Supreme Court collegium late last month.

RI for raping minor

A special court in Champhai has sentenced a man to rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor, a court official said on Friday. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 against the convict. Zohmingthanga was arrested in 2017 following a complaint lodged by the Champhai Child Welfare Committee at Khazawl police station. The medical report of the victims also confirmed rape, police said.

3 held for poppy cultivation

The South Salmara Mankachar police on Friday arrested three persons, Joynal, Anarul and Monowar, for cultivating poppy at Paikargandhi under Sukchar police station of district, said the deputy superintendent of police, South Salmara Mankacahar, Ashif Ahmed. The three have been sent to judicial custody.

Youths join BJP

More than 250 youths of different organisations and political parties joined the BJP in the presence of the party president of Dhubri district unit, Debamoy Sanyal, at ward 3 on Thursday evening.

Media workshop

A media workshop organised by the Press Information Bureau in association with the Chirang district administration at Bodoland guest house here on Friday stressed the need of the participation of the public and media for proper implementation of government schemes.

Inaugurated

Nagaland adviser to the sericulture, excise and minority affairs departments, Zhaleo Rio, inaugurated the new additional deputy commissioner’s office at Medziphema on Friday.

Training

A two-day district-level training for the census officers began at Wokha deputy commissioner’s conference hall on Friday.

Notice to teachers

The Nagaland school education department on Friday asked all untrained graduate and undergraduate Hindi teachers serving under the directorate of school education and appointed after September 2001 to apply for a full-term Hindi-training course.

Sports meet

An inter-schools sports meet was held at Ngwalwa town here on Friday.

Colours banned

The Golaghat district administration on Friday imposed a ban on the sale and use of colours and other synthetic substances during festivals like Holi, which are toxic in nature. The order comes into force with immediate effect.