Amit Shah to reach Assam on Jan 29 for 2-day tour, will unveil govt projects
North Lakhimpur (Assam) (PTI) :Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Assam on Thursday for a two-day tour, during which he will lay the foundation stone for the second complex of the state assembly in Dibrugarh, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
This will be Shah's second visit to Assam within a month after he made a one-day tour to the state on December 29 last year and rolled out a series of government projects.
"The Union Home Minister will come tomorrow evening and will stay the night in Dibrugarh. On January 30, he will lay the foundation stone of the Assam Assembly's second complex. There are some more programmes there," Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of an official function at Rangamadi in Lakhimpur district on Wednesday.
Later in a post on X, he said that Shah will also lay the foundation stone of a wildlife health centre in the district.
"Assam leads in animal welfare! The Foundation stone of the Institute of Wildlife Health & Research in Chabua will be laid by Adarniya @AmitShah ji on 30 January, which will boost research and diagnostic efforts and help in framing better policy interventions for our wildlife," Sarma said.
After the Dibrugarh events, Shah will head towards Dhemaji district and join a cultural festival of the Mising community, he added.
"In the evening, he will visit the Assam BJP's headquarters in Guwahati. There, he will have a discussion on the political situation of Assam. Then he will go to West Bengal at 7 pm in the evening," Sarma said.
The Assam Assembly elections to 126 constituencies are likely to take place in March-April this year.
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Bengaluru jail introduces biometric tracking system for prisoners
Bengaluru: In a bid to curb misconduct and illegal activities inside Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, prison authorities have introduced a new ‘Prisoners Tracking Movement System’ under which inmates will have to undergo biometric verification while entering every barrack.
According to jail officials, biometric systems have been installed across all major sections of the prison, including barracks, visitor rooms, hospital, canteen, kitchen, library, playground, handicraft units and bakery sections. Staff members have also been deployed at these locations.
Officials said inmates visiting the visitors’ room must now obtain a digital token after biometric verification. Details such as the prisoner’s name, identification number and entry time will be updated in the prison software system. This will help authorities maintain a complete digital record of inmates visiting and returning from meeting rooms.
Similar systems have also been introduced at entry points of the hospital, library and other barracks accessed for work-related purposes. Officials said the system will help identify prisoners involved in suspicious or illegal activities with other inmates and enable authorities to track how much time a prisoner spends at different locations inside the prison.
Authorities stated that AI-powered cameras were already being used inside the prison to monitor inmates as well as prison staff. Along with this, digital tracking of prisoner phone calls and a digital token system for visitor meetings have now been added to strengthen surveillance over inmate movement. Officials said the project has been implemented at a cost of around Rs 2.25 crore.
The prison department has also introduced a canteen usage tracking system to monitor prisoners’ spending patterns. Instead of direct cash payments, inmates can purchase bakery items and snacks using wallets or coupons issued within the prison system.
Officials said the digital system will record details including the buyer’s name, items purchased, quantity, date, time and remaining wallet balance. This will allow prison authorities to maintain complete expenditure records of inmates.
