Pathsala area in Barpeta district soaks in joy when Rhishikesh Kalita SEBA on Wednesday announced him the tenth position holder in the HSLC examination held in February.
The brilliant student of Bajali HS School and the second son of Dipesh Kalita and Mamoni Kalita hoped that he would be able to get a position.
Talking to Assam Times, he said that he studied regularly and that he had to take help of tuition in his preparation for the HSLC examination which was conducted by SEBA in February.
Rhishikesh is interested in science stream. As soon as the good news spread at 9 in the morning local residents, school teachers, friends and relatives thronged his house in Lachitnagar and welcomed him for his outstanding performance.
Later he went to the school to be greeted by his teachers and friends.
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Creating more fear among the COVID-19 panic-stricken people, an earthquake measuring 6.4 magnitude on Richter Scale shook Assam and some parts of the NE India today morning. The tremor was felt at 7.52am followed by atleast two aftershocks.
No major loss is reported so far. As per the National Center for Seismology under the Ministry of Earthscience, the magnitude of the earthquake was 6.4 on Richter Scale. “It was really a big”, said Dr. Geeta Dutta, in her facebook post. The epicenter of the massive quake was in the Sonitpur district,Assam at the depth of 10 km.
In Guwahati, people hurriedly moved out from their houses after feeling the tremor.
Security forces have rescued two abducted ONGC officials from Nagaland last night. Sources revealed that the officials were rescued in a joint operation carried out by the Indian Army and Assam Rifles in a populas area of the Mon district. The outlawed ULFA(I) has kidnapped three ONGC officials from the Lakuwa rig. Among the three two were rescued, security forces claimed. The rescued officials are identified as Alakesh Saikia and Moni Mohan Gogoi. Security Forces also recovered an AK 47 rifle during the operation. They keep the operation to rescue the other abducted.
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Amidst the Coronavirus scare, a group of armed people has, reportedly, abducted three ONGC officials from its oil rig in Lakuwa, Sivasagar last night. As per reports, the abducted have been identified as Ritul Saikia, Titabor, Mohini Mohan Gogoi, Sivasagar and Alakesh Saikia of Jorhat. After receiving the information, the police have launched investigation.
Mentionable is that the ULFA(I) abducted two officials of an oil company a few months earlier and released them just a few days ago.
Former Chief Minister of Assam and senior Congress leader Dr. Bhumidhar Barman is no more. He was 91. The octogenarian political leader passed away today evening after a brief illness. He was also former health minister during the chief ministership of late Hiteswar Saikia from 1991 to 1996. After the demise of Saikia, Dr. Barman was elavated as the chief minister of the state for a brief while.
The Centre is likely to restore the employees' Dearness Allowances(DA) effective from July, this year. The government had decided to not dole out the Allowances after the onslaught of the new coronavirus and the subsequent prolonged lock-down imposed to contain the meance in the country However, as its earlier decision the government, reportedly, mulled to restore the DA, which would benefit lakhs of its empolyees.
On March this year, the government informed in the Parliament that the Central government employess' would receive the upcoming July DA.
If it happens, the DA of the Central Government employees would leap to 28 percent from the current 17 percent.
After a massive protest, the Central government has, reportedly, decided to restore the Rongali Bihu holiday for its employees posted in Assam.
The government, of late, announced no holiday in the upcoming bihu for its employees posted in the state, which has created a massive uproar.
Realising the gravity of the situation, the concerned authority announced restoration of the Rongali bihu holiday. In a meeting of the Central Govt. Employees Welfare Co-ordination Committee organised at the Accountant General office located in the Beltola area of the Guwahati, on Monday, it was resolved to restore the bihu holiday .
In a communique, the Committe's General Secretary said, “ As...
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Guwahati : The United Liberation Front of Something has released Ram Kumar four months after they kidnapped the private oil exploration firm in Arunachal Pradesh.
Kumar was released at an undisclosed location along the Indo-Myanmar border in Nagaland on Monday wee hours.
Kumar was kidnapped along with Pranab Kumar Gogoi on December 21,2021 whom they freed on Saturday.
ULFA-I took the duo to their captivity claiming Rs 20 crore and in February the insurgents threatened to kill Kumar and Gogoi for failing to meet the demand. But they suspended the extreme step under the mounting pressure from all sides.
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