The Golaghat district administration has ordered a high level probe into the claims of achievement by Arnab Kakoty, who came to hit the media headlines. Mr Kakoty was widely appreciated while he claimed to have crossed a few rounds of formalities for being nominated to the Nobel award. Further, he himself claimed to be associated with NASA projects. Very recently, he disclosed his 30 minute long discussion with US president George W Bush. But of late, he has failed to produce relevant documents to substantiate his claims. He was even felicitated by Assam Governor Lt general (Retd) Ajoy Singh following his claim of his outstanding achievement. According to sources, Arnab could be arrested if he further fails to substantiate his claims before the district administration.
Meanwhile, the whole Kakoti family is believed to be absconding. Yesterday, F. Ahmed, executive megistrate, had to return without meeting the family as the house was locked.
PermalinkSubmitted by Pinchas Hodi on Sat, 19/07/2008 - 14:40
It just shows how clueless Assamese journalists are! They are so used to telling (and then believing) cock and bull stories (since 1979; the great Prafulla-Bhrigu epoch), that none of them they ever once felt the need to cross check this guy's bombastic claims. All the news item pointed to just one source: A news item in The Assam Tribune, published in Jan, 2008, (the source of which was Kakati family itself).
Come on, guys, we are not living in the stone age; we have internet, we know what is an internet (google) search. A cursory check at the NASA website, or the Nobel Prize site, or the Royal Society site, or even his own institution could have proved fruitful!
This guy proving black hole theory wrong (which someone as brilliant as the late Fred Hoyle failed to do), A.P.J Abul Kalam urging him to join NASA, the Royal Society asking him to deliver 10 talks and promising to choose him for the Nobel Prize if the talks went well (and then choosing him based on 7 of them!), and then giving him a Rs. 20 Lakh worth car....if all these do not sound pure bullshit, then what does?
For those of you, who are fully ignorant of the ground realities, the youngest person to have ever won a Nobel prize was someone named Bragg, who, in 1915, won it at the age of 25, and that he got along with his father. There are many other brilliant guys: one in a wheelchair somewhere in England (I don't remember, it was some obscure place .. Cambridge or something), another at a little known place called "Center for Advanced Studies" in an unknown University called Princeton, for example, who have not yet won it, and belong to the age-range of mid 50's to mid 60s.
PermalinkSubmitted by sumanta kumar das on Sun, 29/08/2010 - 01:15
Mr.Arnob making newspaper headlines helps in creating awareness among people but your objective must focus on saving the
forest and wildlife of Assam .
Normal life remained totally paralysed amid sporadic incidents of violence during the 12-hour bandh called by Karbi Students' Youth Council in Karbi Anglong district on Saturday. Bandh supporters set on fire a truck carrying oil in drums in the Diphu-Lumding road this afternoon after forcing the driver and handyman to get down. Shops and business establishments remained closed and vehicular traffic was minimal. KSYC gave the bandh call in protest against alleged encroachment by Meghalaya. They alleged that Meghalaya government has set up police posts and schools in land belonging to Assam.
Tension prevails along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Sonitpur on Saturday forcing the authorities to beef up security in a huge area. The incident took place when a huge group of people belonging to Arunachal Pradesh damaged at least 12 houses and a temple at Bogijuli in the wee hours. Police said a group of about 250 people allegedly from East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh also took away a number of cattle and other livestock. Police from Bishwanath Chariali rushed to the remote spot located along the boundary between the two states where the situation was now stated to be under control. Locals of the area alleged that the miscreants had occupied agricultural land in Bogijuli.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has come down heavily on Team Anna alleging baseless charges against Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. During his visit to Indian Wood Technology Institute in Bangaluru, he said probe cannot be ordered on the basis of such allegations. Talking to reporters in Bangaluru, Gogoi termed Team Anna's action in targetting Singh as an attempt to tarnish the image of the prime minister and said such attempts are unacceptable.
Three poachers had a narrow escape when they were locked at an encounter with forest guards in Pobitora wild life sanctuary on Friday.The shootout took place between forest guards and poachers from Nagaland inside Pabitora wildlife sanctuary in Morigaon district in the wee hours.The poachers from Nagaland entered the Diplung forest range inside the sanctuary. The alert guards sighted the poachers and there was exchange of fire following which one of them managed to escape and three were nabbed.
Assam is all set to implement a Rs 35.38 crore project to boost organic farming in the state. The state has already set up a four-member committee to ensure it.According to official sources, as part of the programme, a substantial area under each of the 126 assembly constituencies would be brought under different organic crops, mostly vegetables, fruits and rice.A four-member committee has been formed for the purpose which is studying various aspects of organic farming, including soil quality testing. The Rs 35.38-crore project, to be implemented in three yearly phases, will involve and benefit 12,600 farmers.
Three prominent tea growers' bodies have sought power minister Pradyut Bordoloi's intervention over the halt in tea production in five districts of Assam.The production came to a halt on Thursday in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat and Golaghat following non-supply of gas by the Assam Gas Co Ltd to the tea estates. Most tea factories in the five districts, which also account for about 45 percent of the total tea factories of Assam, run their Dryers and Weathering Troughs on gas supplied by AGCL.The gas supply has been disrupted due to a 72-hour blockade by Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (ATTSA) demanding a Rs.100 crore package from the company for the development of tea...
Sonari MLA and former minister Sarat Borkotoky has been appointed as the deputy chairman of the state planning board. Borkotoky, who held the post till 2011 will be accorded cabinet rank.Same status is applicable for Dinesh Prasad Gowala who has been appointed as the Housefed chairman. Amiya Gogoi retains the stint of Assam Gas Company chairperson while Rihon Daimary has been appointed as chairman of state warehousing corporation.Former minister Pramila Rani Brahma has been appointed as the Artfed chairperson while Etwa Munda has been appointed as state small scale industrial development board. Teok MLA Membor Gogoi has been appointed as the chairman with Assam state Agriculture Marketing...
Bangalore would soon as Assam Bhawan soon. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is scheduled to inspect the site for the Assam Bhawan in Bnagalore on Saturday.Gogoi, who left for New Delhi on Wednesday, visited the woods science and technology institute in Bangalore on Friday. He was impressed with its campus and training during his visit. Director SP Joshi gave him the power point projection during his visit.
An awareness programme on Cancer and Tobacco on the occasion of “No Tobacco Day” at Parijat Academy, Organised was organised on Thursday by North East Cancer Hospital and Research Institute. Dr Githartha Roymedhi from the institute explained in details about Cancer and the tobacco‘s impact to the school children and teacher of Parijat Academy. Children. The aim of the programme was to make aware about the Cancer and Tobacco affaects and others produts like gutkha etc.
The Assam Assembly Speaker Pranab Gogoi on Thursday asked additional chief secretary PK Chaudhury to probe into the physical assault on PAC member Prasanta Phukan on Tuesday. Gogoi has asked the additional chief secretary to submit the report within a period of ten days saying that the persons involved in the incident would be given exemplary punishment. Notably, Phukan was physically assaulted by a group of four miscreants at the Nagaon Circuit House after he made an on the spot enquiry on some agriculture projects.
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