PM arriving in Nagaon today
On the eve of the PM's arrival in Nagaon city, no stone has been left unturned to ensure foolproof security arrangements by the district administration. The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will address a public meeting at Nehrubali today at 2 pm on his way back to Guwahati from Jorhat. The Prime Minister will today at 12.00 pm lay the foundation of a new medical college in Assam- Jorhat Medical College.The district authority of Nagaon today announces 'local holiday' for PM's arrival in the city. A team of Doordarshon tv from New Delhi has already arrived in the city to telecast the live programme of Dr Singh's visit to Nagaon.The Minister of state Forest and Tourism, Rockibull Hussain confirms that the public meeting will be attended by not less than 50,000 people. A number of C C camera has been set up in and around the Nehrubali meeting ground as part of the security measures by the district administration.
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Talking to this correspondent, the people of the locality showed a strong resentment towards the National Highway authority for not showing any interest to improve the present state of the highway.The heavy vehicles of...
The people of Raha have strongly demanded the higher authority of the State Bank of India ( SBI ) for providing adequate facility to the customers of its Raha branch.
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There is no parking place for two- wheelers , four- wheelers and even bicycles. As a result, customers, were compelled to make best use of the free space in front of the nearby business establishments , thus resulting haphazard parking , frequent accidents and a general melee on all working days.Traffic jams too were the order of the day owing to chaos in the area.
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An assistant teacher named, Nepal Sarmah of Haiborgaon Adarsha Vidyalaya was suspended recently by an order by the Inspector of Schools, Nagaon district. According to the information, the assistant teacher, few days back, assulted the headmaster of the school for some personal grudge, that has been strongly condemned by the teaching staff and employees besides the students of the school.
“Common people are most of the time unaware of the welfare policies and programmes implemented by the governor . But a multimedia publicity programme at the grassroot level like the Public Information Campaign (PIC) om Bharat Nirman will help , in a big way, to generate awarness among awarness all about the government “ this was oberserved by Nagaon ADC P K Talukdar while delivering a speech at the inaugural function of the PIC on Bharat Nirman at Raha Sporting Association ground on March 16.
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UDPF ( United Democratic Peoples' Front ) has called 36 hour Assam bandh from 5 am on December 14 to 5 pm on December 15 demanding a separate state for the people of Bodo community.
In an official order issued by the Superintendent of Police ( S P ) Nagaon district, Nitul Gogoi suspended seven police personnels on November 27 due to the negligence of duty entrusted upon them. According to information, the suspended police personnels were Purnakanta Bora, Safiqur Rahman, Padmadhor Nath, Giyasuddin, Prafulla Deka, Bhupen Saikia, and Brichitra Bora. It is known that they were engaged to the security of State Bank of India Lumding branch and United Bank respectively.
The down-to-dusk Assam bandh called by the banned United Liberation
Front of Asom (ULFA) passed of peacefully in Nagaon district. The
bandh was called in protest against the arrest of two of its top
leaders, Sasha Choudhury and Chitraban Hajarika.
The 12 - hour bandh paralysed the normal life in and around Nagaon.
Shops and business establishments,educational and financial
institutions and govt. and central government offices including post
offices and the BSNL offices remained closed. Except few private
vehicles and rickshaws, vehicular traffic remained off the road. No
untoward incident was reported from any part of the district.
Popularly known as blood painter amongst the natives, Gautam Bardhan who has been drawing 97 sketches and pictures till date by using own blood on different occasions was awarded prestigious 'Avantika Rastriya Sadbhawana Samman at Hindi Bhawan, Bishnu Digambar Marg, Delhi on October 9, 2009. The award was presented to him by the 'Avantika' a group of contemporary artists and intellectuals, in a function in presence of President of India, Padmashree G P Chopra, Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of Human Resources, and many other dignitaries. It should be mentioned here that Bardhan is the principal of Priya Sava Art College, South Hill Colony, Lumding in Nagaon district.
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