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.
The Akhil Bharatiya Hindivasi Yuba Chatra Parishad in BTAD has accused Congrss party of playing politics on the carnage of Adivasi peoples in the state.Hindivasi Yuba Chatra Parishad leader Gopal Prasad came down heavily on former minister and Congress leader Ripun Bora saying, “Who is Ripun Bora to talk to reports about the? Bora is not entitled to speak.” Slamming Bora he said that the statement was very unfortunate and urged him to stay away from giving such immature statement in near future.
A string of untoward incidents marred the 12 hour statewide Assam bandh on Friday evening.Adivasi people in large number came to the streets in many places to enforce the bandh they called for in protest against the NDFB(S) carnage in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur on Tuesday evening.The bandh was total. Vehicles remained off from the roads. Shops and markets, schools and colleges, banks and offices registered thin attendance under the impact of the bandh which ended at 6 in the evening.A section of protesters burnt tryes on the roads to block the movement of the vehicles. The bandh forced the Northeast Frontier Railway to reschedule several trains on Friday.In Guwahati also, the bandh evoked full...
Sporadic violence refuses to die down in Sonitpur district even after the authorities have clamped curfew in some areas. Suspected NDFB-S militants unleashed yet another orgy of violence in the trouble torn district when they burnt houses of Adivasi people on Friday.The incident took place in Balidanga where the local residents told Assam Times that militants sneaked into the hamlet in the wee hours and burnt several hunts belonging to the Adivasi people.“We cried for help when the militants burnt our huts. We were forced to flee from our houses in the wee hours. But we have not seen any policeman around us,” alleged a local resident before Assam Times. These have forced thousands of...
A massive combing operation is in progress against NDFB-S militants three days after they killed at least 75 people in the simultaneous serial attacks in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts. Comprising army, CRPF, Assam Rifles and police, the combing operation began in Sonitpur district in the wee hours. Security forces are concentrating on the areas along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border which has been the safe escape route for the militants. Similar operation is on the cards along the Indo-Bhutan border in Kokrajhar district where the militants have killed at least 25 people on Tuesday evening forcing the authority to clamp curfew in the vulnerable and sensitive areas. The intensive...
Tension is still simmering in Sonitpur district were NDFB-S militants killed at least 50 people, mostly, Adivasi in a sudden incidents of serial attacks on Tuesday.Violent protests and retaliatory attacks have forced the authorities to keep the trouble torn areas under curfew for the last two days. Only security forces are patrolling on the roads from early this morning in view of the 12 hour statewide bandh call given by the various Adivasi organizations.Defying curfew some Adivasi people came out to the roads in some places to enforce the bandh. In some places, the bandh supporters tired to block the movement of vehicles by burning tyres on the roads. The bandh is total in the entire...
A massive blueprint is underway to firmly deal with NDFB-S after the insurgent outfit unleashed a reign of terror by killing at least 70 people in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts on Tuesday.Union home minister Rajnath Singh is averse to hold talks with the senseless outfit saying that conscience does not allow anybody to hold talks. The militant outfits, often, resort to talks tactic to get rid of an intensive pressure in the form of combing operation. But this time it’s a straight NO.The Centre is believed to have received the much-needed consent from Bhutan to go for an operation all clear like offensive on the soil of the Himalayan kingdom. The consent was quick after the Union home...
Normal life comes to a grinding halt on Friday following the 12 hour statewide bandh in protest against Adivasi carnage and police firing in Sonitpur district.Roads across the state are deserted as the vehicles are refusing to ply. Schools and colleges, shops and markets, banks and offices are remaining closed under the impact of the total bandh called by the various Adivasi organizations.The bandh began from 6 in the morning which would end at 6 in the evening. Security forces the Adivasi dominated areas are patrolling on the streets to thwart any trouble mongering attempts.The Adivasi organizations called the bandh in protest against the serial attack by NDFB-S carnage where over 70...
The All BTC Minority Students Union(ABMSU) burnt effigy of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in Kokrajhar on Thursday blaming it all on him for the cycle of violence in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts. The students activists took out a rally from Bhorgaon ABMSU office shouting slogans against the Chief Minister burnt effigies Gogoi’s effigy along with Songbijit along the JD Road at Bhotgaon in Kokrajhar in the afternoon. The students alleged failure of the state government and demanded stern measures to restore peace in these four trouble torn districts.
An all-out offensive is underway against NDFB-S two days after the militants killed at least 70 innocent villagers in five serial attacks in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Sonitpur districts on Tuesday.This was what Union home minister Rajnath Singh told reporters in Guwahati before wrapping up his two days stock taking visit to Assam.He said army, police and para military forces are going all out against the militant outfit. He further assured Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi of all possible help to firmly deal with the militant activities. Details are awaited.
The death toll in NDFB-S serial attack has gone up to 43 in Sonitpur districts alone with the recovery of 6 more bodies on Thursday. Security forces with the help of local residents recovered 6 more bodies at Maitalu Basti near Zinzia police station bordering Arunachal Pradesh in the morning.
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