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 .
Assam Association, Delhi is going to celebrate the ‘Magh Bihu’ - post-harvest festival on January 15 at the Central Civil Secretariat Sports Ground (Opposite Nehru Park), Vinay Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. The day is also being celebrated as the Annual Sports day, apart from showcasing cultural richness of Assam. The Celebrations will begin at 10.00am with the lighting of the ‘meji’-the traditional bonfire. The day long program will conclude at 5.00pm.
All the members and office bearers of the Association have the pleasure of inviting you to be with us on the festive occasion.
Dr. Sashanka Sekhar DuttaGeneral SecretaryMobile: 9818241962
The Assam Association, Mumbai have the pleasure to announce that An Evening of Get Together on the occasion of "Magh Bihu" will be held on 21 January 2012 from 7pm.
You are all cordially invited to attend the function with family and friends.
Date: Saturday 21 January 2012Time: 7pm to 10pm Venue:Shetkari Samaj Hall,Sector 4A,Near Kopar Khairnae Railway Station,New Mumbai-400709
Progm Highlites:
Entertainment Programme, Lottery and Bihu Bhuj(Food coupon of Rs.100/-will be available at the venue on first come first served basis.)
Note: Membership of Assam Association, Mumbai is open to all eligible people, please enroll you as member of AAM, membership fees Rs.500 for two...
Good news for teacher job aspirants. The Assam government is in a process to fill up the vacant post of teachers by mid-April. The candidates selected in TET would have to appear in district-level recruitment interview.
Addressing a press conference in Dispur on Wednesday, education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the TET results would be announced on January 25 and the successful candidates would get letters by February 15.
He said that a nine panel of experts would ensure free and transparent evaluation of the answer scripts. Dr Sarma said that the 60 per cent mark holders be considered eligible for sitting in recruitment interview.
A BPF worker sustained serious injury when unidentified miscreants targeted him with pistol from a close range in Chirang district on Wednesday. The incident took place at around 7-20 in the evening at Basugaon BPF worker Dulal Mandal was on his way to his residence with his wife.
All of a sudden armed motorcycle borne miscreants who were following Mandal fired upon him from a point blank range. Mandal fell on the ground but the miscreants vanished immediately after shot him at on the spot. Local residents came out to the streets and rushed him to the hospital. His condition is stated to be serious.
Atleast three persons including a woman died when a Bolero collided head on an oil tanker in Bokajan on Tuesday. The tragic accident took place Gahorijan near Khotkhoti at around 8-30 in the evening where a Dimapur bound Bolero carrying them collided head on the tanker which was coming from the opposite direction. The Bolero driver is believed to have lost control over the vehicle where three persons died on the spot.
Despite controversies the Assam government and the Board of secondary education, Assam jointly conducted the teachers eligibility test in altogether 728 centres across the state on Tuesday. The results would be announced on January 10. Altogether 3, 56, 728 candidates appeared in the test conducted for the first time in the state. The results would be announced on January 25. Meanwhile, the Students Federation of India staged dharna in the entire state on Tuesday alleging that the government was trying to privatize the education sector with recruitment of teachers on contract basis.
The North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation is organizing the North East Food Processing Expo at NEDFi haat at Ambari in Guwahati from January 16. Leading food processing industries from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura have already confirmed their participation in the event. Sponsored by the ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, the expo would inaugurated by state agriculture minister Nilamani Sen Deka on January 16.
Organizers say it will provide a platform to the tiny and small food processing units of the northeastern region to showcase their expertise on food processing in the region.
ULFA’s Paresh Baruah faction on Tuesday claimed to have blown up the Guwahati Refinery in Noonmati with a powerful blast that ravaged a portion of the refinery with devastating inferno. But the refinery authorities called it an incident of blast citing water tight security in and around the refinery.
Local residents in Noonmati came to hear defeaning sound at around 7-15 in the evening and saw a ravaging inferno spreading to the adjacent units rapidly. Fire tenders have been rushed to the spot and it took several hours to bring the situation under control. At around 7-15 in the evening ULFA’s publicity commandant Arunodoi Dohotia owned up the responsibility of the...
The Indian Council For Cultural Relations, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in collaboration with Robust Network, Dimapur organised a grand Cultural Show on January 8 from 5.30 pm at Soul Speak Studios Hall, Nuton Bosti, Dimapur. Robust Network for the first time combine singers of both folk and contemporary numbers and thereby christened the programme as Horizon Series Cuiltural Programme which created a platform for folk singers and Acoustic Spices for contemporary singers.
The evening saw performances by various artistes like Achen Imchen, Bendangnaro, Alex Lotha...
Altogether three lakh fifty six thouand and nine hundred fourteen candidates are appearing in the teachers eligibility test in the state on Tuesday. Being jointly organized by the Board of Secndary Education, Assam and the Assam government, the test is being cnducted in alogether seven hundred and wenty eight cnetres across the state. Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the result would be announcd on January twenty fifth. The state is holding TET for the first time to recruit teachers in the various lower primary and upper primary schools.
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