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.
Congress is all set to form the Tiwa Autonomous Council on October 9.The process to form the council gathered momentum two days after the Gauhati High Court asked the ruling party to form the council.Top leaders of the ruling party met in Dispur on Monday where they decided to form the council on October 9.
A Dibrugarh-based doctors has been remaining traceless for the last couple of days from New Delhi. According to reports, Dr Hemroam Pegu who owns a nursing home in the town has gone missing after he arrived in New Delhi on September 23.As soon as he was understood to have left a hotel in Paharganj Hotel the doctor has been remaining incommunicado.
At least 40 persons have been missing when the machine boat carrying them met with a mishap in the river Kolohi in the outskirt of Guwahati on Monday.The incident took place when the overcrowded boat carrying more than 300 people capsized in the middle of the river after it hit at wooden bridge at around one in the afternoon.Many people managed to swim out while more than 40 others are missing forcing the authority to launch a search operation by SDRF. Details are awaited.
Security forces killed two suspected militants at an encounter in Dhubri district on Monday. The encounter took place at Chalibhui in the morning where the ultras died on the spot. Army and police jointly launched an operation in the area in the wee hours where the militants were killed at 3:50 in the morning. An AK-56 rifle, one 9mm pistol, two hand grenades, 40 rounds of AK ammunition were seized from the spot.
Scams after scams seem to have crippled the Karbi Anglong Hills Autonomous Council. This time the epicenter is forest department where an astronomical Rs 90 lakh fund is shown to have utilized in the name of a park in the hills district which really does not exist.Shown to have been set up at Hamren, fund was released in four phases in 2012. But it was a white lie if an enquiry report is to be believed. According to the which has yet to be made public, the forest department claimed to have utilized Rs 90 lakh in 2012 in the name of the park in Hamren.The scam came to light when deputy secretary Tenson Engti was on visit to Hamren for the spot inquiry.The department sent the proposal of the...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday urged 'Super 30' founder to undertake a similar project in Guwahati.Gogoi had a detailed discussion with Anand Kumar in Guwahati at his official residence as he was on a visit to the city for the day. Gogoi had visited 'Super 30' office in Patna in 2010 and praised Kumar's initiative. a
A West Siang based NGO Mother's Vision is working relentlessly on its mission towards drug addiction, health and hygiene, cleanliness and growing adolescent abuses in West Siang district for the last one year. The organization has been garnering over whelming support of womenfolk after covering 33 sectors and colonies of Aalo township.The representatives from 33 sectors congregated at the office of Mother's Vision, divided themselves in groups and set all out to check and give awareness campaign on sale of illegal items in the ghumtis that are largely responsible for spoiling the life of adolescent boys and girls.
A glimpse of the rare clash of football at Nehru stadium between media men and artists pulling hue crowd on Saturday organized to raise fund for the flood affected people. The artists were led by hearth throb Zubeen Garg while senior journalist Pranay Bordoloi led the media men. As goal keeper pic.twitter.com/1UmL9XoOZf— atanu bhuyan (@atanubhuyan) September 26, 2015
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is gearing up for the assembly polls early next year. His government is preparing to dole out a huge Rs. 862 crore fund to distributed among the flood-hit people likely from November-end.Addressing a press conference in Dispur on Saturday, Gogoi said the huge amount would percolate benefit for 76.41 lakh people.“With this amount will help people repair the damaged houses apart from distributing yarn for weavers, seeds to farmers, blankets to poor people and pensions to senior citizens.
An uneasy situation prevails in Dhubri and Cachar districts after an irate mob clashed with police near temple forcing the administration to clamp curfew on Saturday. The epicenter is Agomoni area in Dhubri district a day after a group clash near a temple in Kaldoba area.The situation vitiated in the morning when as a guge group of hit the streets in protest against the clash on Friday. A section of the protestors damaged a few shops in the area beside set a motorcycle on fire. The police sprang upon the mob where many people sustained injury. The situation spread to Silchar. But police brought the situation under control. BJP MLA Dilip Paul along with another BJP leader...
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