Shankardev Shishu Vidya Niketan School at Dadara near Hajo is ready to get another facelift with the financial support from Guwahati Round Table 235, the Guwahati chapter of Round Table India (www.roundtableindia.org). The completed phase two section, comprising three classrooms, verandah & staircases with a total area of 2,750 square feet, will be inaugurated on 8 January next. Kamrup (rural) district magistrate Vinod Seshan has consented to inaugurate phase two part on Sunday in presence of district police chief PS Mahanta. “The foundation stone for development was laid on the 7 February 2016, where the project was planned to be completed in a phased manner with the first phase has already been completed. It was inaugurated by Assam education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma,” informed Parveen Goyal, chief of Guwahati Round Table 235.
Addressing the media persons on Wednesday, Goyal also added that they would soonstart the construction of phase three and expected to get it completed by the end of 2017. He described his mother organization as a non-religious and non-political entity. The Round Table India has over 4,500 chapters across the country comprising young businessmen, entrepreneurs, technocrats and other professionals. Mukesh Chokhani, secretary to the Guwahati chapter of Round Table India disclosed that they adopted the Dadara Shishu Niketan school under its flagship freedom through education project. He also added that they planned to develop around 10,500 sqft in the school premises with a total outlay of rupees 80 Lakhs.
Project conveners Avishek Kejriwal, Shwet Agarwal, Rahul Sethi with few others were also present on the occasion. Soon after the press meet the Guwahati Round Table 235 office bearers donated two galvanized steel chairs for Guwahati Press Club, which were accepted by the GPC secretary Nava Thakuria in presence of other member-journalists.
In a major blow for ULFA chief Paresh Baruah, his chief lieutenant Jeevan Moran has surrendered before Tinsukia police on Tuesday. Moran, who has been shouldering the responsibility of raising fund for ULFA is believed to have surrendered before the police in the wee hours.“He had lost all contacts with Paresh Baruah for the last couple of months and that his ailment has forced to him to leave the strategic terrain of Taga in Myanmar,” said sources. His surrender is a staggering blow for Paresh Baruah who has been giving vital strength for the ULFA boss for the last seven crucial years.
Starvation death is back to haunt the people of Bhuvan Valley Tea Garden. Four people including a baby were believed to have died of starvation in the tea garden during the last 15 days. Nobody has officially called it starvation death. But the top management officials of the shut down tea garden have been remaining incommunicado. they are back to haunt the 600-plus workers and their families. Lack of medical facilities was said to have been another reason where the incidents of starvation death. Now anemia symptom grips a section of the children and women in the tea garden. According to allegations, the management has stopped rations, electricity, water and medical...
The Gauhati High Court has asked the government to clear two animal corridors of the Kaziranga National Park within two months which will affect over 350 families. Hearing a PIL by Mrinal Kumar Saikia, a division bench of the court acting Chief Justice K Shredhar Rao and Justice PK Saikia asked the government to clear Bandordubi and Deusurchang from illegal settlers within two months. According to government document, Bandordubi area alone has at least 168 families in addition to 190 other families are residing in Deusur area. Despite the court order for clearing the areas the government failed to follow it citing technical and natural reasons.
The Mizoram police have arrested a person more than a week after he kidnapped a minor girl in Aizawl. The girl was rescued his captivity on Sunday. The 53 year old man allegedly kidnapped the 7-year-old girl from Harinagar village on October 3 from a hospital where the girl’s mother was undergoing treatment. He took the girl for fetching medicine and took her way. Then the mother moved police on October 6 forcing the police to launch a search operation. Acting on a tip off, a joint team of Assam and Mizoram police launched an operation with the help of the Harinagar villagers. The girl was rescued before the abductor Santosh Kumar Rai was nabbed on Sunday. Both the accused...
Saint Claret College in Ziro is celebrating the second Alumni Meet (SCAN – Saint Claret Alumni Network) on October 17 along with Gastronomia Food ‘NFun Fest and Claretian Universal Mission Day. All graduates of SCCZ and the staff who served at SCCZ for a minimum of one completed academic year are invited to attend. The rank holders at the 2015 RGU examinations will be honored and inducted into the SCCZ Hall of Fame on the day.
Assam sports directorate has condoled the death of former sports and youth welfare minister Prabin Gogoi in Guwahati on Monday. The employees of the directorate in Dispur adopted a resolution condoling the death of Gogoi and conveyed deep sympathy for the bereaved family members. Gogoi died at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital after prolonged ailment on Monday.
Utter anger grips Bhawanipur area in Barpeta district on Monday a day after miscreants kept a cow head inside a local temple on Sunday suggesting an abortive attempt to create an orgy of communal clash. The incident came to light when a few local residents discovered a cow head inside the Madan Mohan Gosain Than Satra at Banglipara. Senior police and civil officials arrived in the spot on receipt of the complaint. With sniffer dogs police tried to trace the miscreants. But nobody has so far been arrested or interrogated in this connection. Local residents vehemently condemned the miscreants and gave the police 24 hours deadline to nab the culprits involved in it. ...
Durgapur, the name of a sleepy hamlet nestled in Kaziranga National park is throbbing with the activities of a full fledged hub of a green revolution. Courtesy Krishka Mukti Sangram Samity. The spotlight falls on a tiny plot of 16 bighas in the area, the nerve centre of all activities to open a new leaf in the state’s economic activities.Named as the Kaziranga National Orchid Park, the entire area is teeming with many workaholic people who are joining the revolution fetching a ray of hope for the people of Assam. Dozens of local youths are preserving over 500 endangered spices of orchids in the north eastern region which are blooming brightly.These are apart from over 200 endangered...
Assam on Monday joined the Mahalaya celebrations along with the rest of the country to mark the countdown to the Durga pujas. Rivers banks in many places were teeming with Durga devotees who started chanting mantra invoking the goddess. Hundreds of devotees in Guwahati poured into the streets early in the morning to attend the Mahalaya celebrations on the Brahmaputra river banks.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi turns 82 on Sunday. The octogenarian chief minister is celebrating his birth day at his own official residence at Koinadhara in view of his ailment. Senior Congress leaders, cabinet colleagues, MLAs and party workers visited Gogoi to wish him on his birth day.
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