RAHA: The candidates of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) claimed a sweeping victory in the students' union election held at Raha college today.
AASU had an overwhelming win in all 12 seats for the 2021-2022 session.
AASU candidates Brajarani Devi , Jyoti Sankar Nath were elected as the president and vice-president while Amar Jyoti Nath was elected as general secretary, and Bishal Dey as the assistant general secretary.
Similarly, Bishal Das as the secretary for games, Lakhyajeet Nath as the editor, Magazine, Abinash Das as the cultural secretary, Pragyandweep Goswami as the debating secretary, Jayanta Nath as the secretary of social services and Tennis Nath as the Girls' common room.
The other two seats were also occupied by AASU candidates Arup Das and Ankur Hira respectively.
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Guwahati: Midnight carols and special prayers in the churches and the public prayers marked Christmas across the state on Friday.
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In major breakthrough, Dhemaji police intercepted a truckload of IMFL coming from Arunachal Pradesh suspected to be distributed among the voters just before the polling of panchayat elections.The truck carrying 4000 litres of IMFL in bottles were seized by the excise department at Laluk last night by the district administration.The truck driver claimed that the liquor bottled at Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh and were being transported to that state's East Siang district through the only road between the two places which runs through Lakhimpur district.
Karimganj police on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a youth for torturing a five-year-old girl. The five-year-old girl, who went missing on January 28 evening, was found lying in a paddy field with severe injuries near her house at Pinnagar village on January 29. Her father alleged that she was raped by the youth, who was arrested by the police on the basis of the allegation. But the youth claimed that he was asked by the girl's father to take her home but she entered a wedding function on the way and went missing from there. Medical examination revealed that she was tortured and severely beaten up but whether she was raped or not was yet to be ascertained.The girl is undergoing...
Barring a few stray incidents polling for the first phase of panchayat election are over registering a huge turn out in 8 districts on Wednesday.The polling began at 7 in the morning and ended at 3 in the afternoon where 28,680 candidates are in the fray in eight districts. Among them, 643 have contested for the post of zilla parishad member, 2,801 for anchalik panchayat member, 3,099 for gaon panchayat president's post and 22,137.The first phase include Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Golaghat, Kaliabor, Nagaon Sadar, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts.
The 13th edition of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) is going to be held on January 31-February 02, 2013 with discussions among global leaders on resource-efficient growth, climate change and protection of natural resources. The three-day Summit organised by The Energy and Resources Institute’s (TERI) is themed “The Global Challenge of Resource-Efficient Growth and Development”. Launched in 2001, TERI’s flagship event - DSDS has evolved into aglobal forum where Heads of State, Nobel Laureates, international policymakers, heads of multilateral institutions and corporate bodies, celebrities, youth and concerned citizens converge to discuss globally-relevant issues....
Normal train services remained heavily disrupted in Goalpara and Kamrup districts on Tuesday when ARSU activists blocked the roads in protest against holding of panchayat elections in Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council areas. Hundreds of ARSU activists blocked rail tracks at several places in Goalpara and Kamrup districts to protest holding of panchayat elections in villages which fall under RHAC areas. The Bongaigaon-Haibargaon Chilarai Express was stopped in Goalpara station in the morning with activists resorting to stone pelting in which the train driver was injured. Police rushed to the spot and resorted to a mild lathicharge to disperse the protestors. The train later...
ULFA has owned up the responsibility of the strike in oil pipeline at Makum on Tuesday. In a statement, the outfit claimed to have used PMTD technology to blow up the oil pipeline which took place on Tuesday morning. Security forces cordoned off the entire area to nab the militants for several hours.
Suspected ULFA militants exploded an oil pipeline in Tinsukia district on Tuesday.The explosion took place at 10 in the morning at Anandbag area in Digboi resulting in a huge inferno in the entire area. Security forces are arriving in the spot. Details are awited.
Security forces claimed to have killed a hardcore ULFA militant following a heavy exchange of firing in Goalpara district on Tuesday.The encounter took place in early in the morning at Khardang near Dudhnoi bordering Meghalaya where the ULFA militant was killed to be later identified as Niyar Asom. A pistol along with a magazine and several rounds of bullets. Two army jawans have also been injured in the encounter who have been rushed to the hospital.
The deportation of ULFA leader Anup Chetia still uncertain even after Bangladesh and India on Monday signed extradition agreements in Dhaka. Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde signed the pact with his Bangladeshi counter part Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir after a opne hour long crucil meeting.After their meeting earlier, the two ministers announced the agreements at a joint press conference. Decks are clear for handing over fugitives incuding ULFA leader Anup Chetia who has been spending the jail for over one decade. But it is upto the Supreme Court who will hear his petition seeking political asylum. Bangladeshi Prime Minister's International Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi, Minister of State...
Dr Debo Prasad Barooah no more. The veteran thinker and educationist passes away on Monday. He was 83.The end came at 4-30 in the afternoon after the International Hospital where he was undergoing treatment for the last 70 hours. His condition deteriorated on Sunday and was kept on ventilation.Dr Barooah, a Left worker and the was former vice chancellor with Gauhati University was the main force behind the 6 year long Assam agitation for detecting and deporting the Bangladeshi immigrants. Besides, he was the pioneer thinker of regionalism in north east’s politics.Various parties, organizations and individuals condoled Dr Barooah’s death and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family. His...
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