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 .
ULFA’s Paresh Baruah faction once again makes its strong presence felt in Dibrugarh district on Friday killing a surrendered militant. The anti-talk faction of the outfit shot dead one of their former colleague Tileswar Lahon at sensational shoot out in the evening. The incident took place at Moran where four unidentified youths born in motorcycle shot dead Lahon from a point blank range near his residence near Moran. Lahon fell seriously injured on the ground before the youths vanished from the scene. He was rushed to the Assam Medical College Hospital but was declared brought dead. Police later, recovered an empty cartage from the spot. Hours after the incident, ULFA’s Paresh...
People's Friend Foundation will celebrate the Children's Day on 14th of November, 2011 with a colourful programme. On that Occasion, an Art Competition will be held among students which will be held in three categories. First: Age group 5-8 years, Second:Age group 9-12 years, Third: Age group13-16 years. Winners will get attractive prizes and certificates. Rather, all participants will get Certificate of Participation. Students will have to produce Age proof certificate to join in the competition. The competition will be open to students from any part of the State.
For Details, Students and Guardians are requested to contact over phone at 97069-28780, email at pff.india@gmail.com or at...
Zima Yangzong glacier the prime source of the Brahmaputra (or Tsangpo) is retreating like some other Himalayan glaciers attributed to the global warming. Chinese expert on Himalayan Mountain and Tsangpo Dr. Yang Yong said during an interview in Kathmandu (Nepal) last week. He said that if global warming continues at current rate the glacier as well as other glaciers in that same height will disappear within few decades and the river which is called Yarlung Zangbo in China will be a seasonal river. There would be no water or might be a lean water flow during the winter. According to UN climate-change experts, the melting of Himalayan glaciers threatens 1.3 billion Asians. Over a billion...
The city based GNRC Hospitals in association with Guwahati Press Club has organized a Free Screening Camp for Detection and Prevention of Stroke on October 29, 2011 at the press club campus. The health camp that is open for all media persons will start at 10 am and culminate at 2 pm.
“One in every six person will suffer from Stroke in his or her lifetime. That is a certainty. This means every family has the risk of having a Stroke incident in this world. But, it is also a fact that people are still not aware about this devastating disease,” says Dr N C Borah, Chairman cum Managing Director, GNRC Hospitals.
He also added that 70% of the Strokes are preventable. By creating...
A student from Assam died at a group clash in Tamil Nadu on Monday. Two groups of students from Assam and Bihar clashed with each other at night near Annamalai University in Chidambaram district. The clash broke out on Monday night where Dharupa Joth Dhatha was killed. The a third-year engineering student died when he was attacked with deadly weapons near the university. Two students of the university, including one from Bihar, has been arrested in this connection.
ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa on Tuesday pinned hopes on Centre’s goodwill and relentless efforts to find out an amicable solution to the insurgency problem plaguing Assam and its peole. Talking to mediapersons immediately after holding the tripartite meet with the Centre in Delhi Rajkhowa said the Centre was cordial and organized a positive talks where they have had a point-by-point discussion on their charter of demands.
The outfit’s foreign secretary Sashadhar Choudhury reiterated that they did not attend the peace talks with arms. He said, “ULFA will not tell you where our cadres have kept the arms.’’ This was what he told when asked if the ULFA...
A six member delegation of the United Liberation Front of Asom discussed its charter of demands with the Centre in yet another crucial rounds of talks on Tuesday. Led by chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, the team held talks with the home ministry officials including joint secretary attached to the north east Sambhu Singh at 3 in the afternoon.
Apart from the charter of demands ULFA placed before the Union home minister P Chidambaram in August, several other issues came up for discussion on Tuesday in presence of centre’s peace interlocutor P C Haldar. These include observance of ground rules, signed by both sides, surrender of arms and ammunition and total halt of operations by security...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi urges the Centre to pump in more fund to help its economy improve. Addressing the National Development Council meeting in Delhi on Saturday, he said economic prosperity was crucial to root out insurgency in Assam. Gogoi said attitudinal change is what the state needs to ensure the speedy process of development. “A holistic approach coupled with an effective implementation and monitoring mechanism is key to help the economy of the state grow on par with rest of the country,” he said..
Gogoi sought special emphasise on strengthening of road, rail and aerial network in Assam during the 12th Plan period after he identified lack of adequate...
Properties worth ten lakhs have been reduced to ashes when a devastating fire broke out in Guwahati city on Saturday. The incident took place at Solapara area near Paltanbazar police station where seven houses have been ravaged rendering 8 families homeless.
The fire broke out immediately after two LPG cylinders exploded in the morning. Fire tenders rushed to the spot but by then the fire engulfed as many as seven houses. There is no report of any casualty.
Local residents in large number staged demonstration in Guwahati on Saturday demanding permanent solution to the artificial floods causing utter chaos in the city on Friday where one person was washed away in the Zoo Road in the afternoon.
The incident took place at around 4 in the afternoon where Binoy Mohan Das, a resident of Panjabari area was on his way to home where he was remained stranded due to neck-deep water logging in the RG Baruah road 30 minutes after the heavy downpour that lashed the city for one hours.
A Maruti car was partially buried I landslip in Kahilipara where the driver managed to escape his death. Rainwaters are receding gradually in Lachitnagar, Nabin Nagar,...
Comments
Pages
Add new comment