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 Centre is committed to complete the Bogibeel Rail cum road bridge across the Brahmaputra to be completed by 2016.
Disclosing this, the centre told the north east chief minietrs conference on Monday in New Delhi that works are in progress to meet the deadline.
Moreover, the new broadgauge line Dudhnoi - Mendipathar to be completed by March next will be the first rail connectivity to Meghalaya.
New broad gauge line Harmuti-Naharlagun to be completed by March 2014 will be the first rail connectivity to Arunachal Pradesh, it was informed in the meeting.
Rangiya-Murkongselek (Assam), Lumding- Silchar including branch lines (Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura), Tetelia- Byrnihat (...
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said his Government viewed infrastructure development in the North East as a key element in the strategy for developing the region and increasing connectivity with the rest of the country.
Opening the north east chief ministers’ conference in New Delhi on Monday, Dr Singh directed the Planning Commission to constitute a Monitoring Committee with representatives from the region to improve coordination among ministries.
This meeting was organized by the Planning Commission which is the nodal agency initiating and monitoring developmental work in the region.
Deputy Chairman of the planning plan Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia made a detailed presentation on...
IK Sangbijitt, Ranjit Basumatary along with nine other anti-talk NDFB militants are now most wanted.The declaration came from the Assam police on Monday. Addressing a press conference in the headquarters, top ranked officials sought help of the people to capture them. A huge amount of Rs 10 lakh have been announced as reward if any provides police with any input on their whereabouts. The identity of the informer would be kept secret.
An all clear like operation awaits BTAD areas against NDFB-S after the Bodo militant outfit killed 8 people in four different attacks within a period of 24 hours.According to information available with assamtimes, additional para military forces are expected to arrive in the troubled torn areas to deal with the situation. DGP Khagen Sarma is also scheduled to leave for Kokrajhar to assess the situation. Meanwhile, security forces are spreading tentacles against the trouble mongers.
AASU and Asom Sahitya Sabha have vowed to jointly fight for restoration of Assamese as the official language in the state.The resolution got its final shape when the student leaders held a crucial meeting in Guwahati with the state’s largest literary organization on Monday.Assam Accord also figured in the meeting where Sahitya Sabha, further, assured the AASU leadership of help to intensify the agitation for speedy implementation of the historic Accord.
Yugaguru Ramdev tore apart Congress governments both in Delhi and Dispur alleging utter misgovernance and corruption.Talking to reporters at the GMCH Auditorium during his brief visit to the city, Ramdev said that the country should immediately get rid of the ruling party.He further said that the Congress-led at the Centre never wants Assam to be developed and that the need of the hour is a new non Congress-government.Earlier talking to assamtimes at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, he said that Narendra Modi is capable prime ministerial candidate for BJP.
Violence seems to have marred the 24 hour bandh called by several organizations in protest against the recent Ramphalbeel incident.Bandh supporters in Rangiya set on fire a Maruti 800 carrying school goers on Monday morning. The driver was beaten up by the supporters. Local residents rescued the school children from the vehicle.
Police have picked up altogether 14 people in connection with the Ramphalbeel shoot out where 5 people were killed and two others injured on Saturday night.According to information, these were captured from two different places in Kokrajhar district. Police interrogation is going on.NDFB-S militants shot dead five Hindi-speaking passengers of a Jonai bound bus in Ramphalbeel in Kokrajhar on Saturday forcing the security forces to launch a combing operation in the entire BTAD areas.
Thousands of people hit the streets in BTAD areas on Monday in protest against the orgy of violence carried out by NDFB-S that killed 8 people within 24 hours. Led by Bodoland Peoples’ Front, the protesters asked the militants to stop attack on innocent people and to allow the peace prevail in BTAD areas. Transport minister Chandan Brahma also participated in the procession along with other BPF leaders.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is expected to seek more central assistance for the state when he will attend the north east chief ministers’ conference in New Delhi on Monday. To be chaired by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at his official residence at 11 in the morning, Gogoi is likely to raise the plight of a number of infrascture projects in the state.Dr Singh is expected to review the major infrascture projects in the entire region. DoNER minister Pawan Singh Ghatowar, union finance minister P Chidambaram are also scheduled to attend the meeting.The prime minister has already asked the ministries to expedite the implementation of all the north east projects.
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