The names of twenty qualified child scientists of Udalguri district have been announced. The National Children's Science Congress Udalguri district session was held at Ramswarup Agarwalla Memorial English School,Udalguri on September 24. M. Banu, Inspector of Schools, Udalguri hoisted the NCSC flag at 9 am in presence of thousands of students, teachers and high ranking officials. The district session which was inaugurated by SS Meenakshi Sundaram,DC,Udalguri, was attended by distinguished scientists of the state namely - Dr. SK Choudhury, Director, ASTEC; Dr. Anil Kumar Goswami, President, Pragjyotish Amateure Astronomers Association, Guwahati; Mihir Kumar Barua, ADC,Udalguri; Babul Bora, Curator, Guwahati Planetarium; Palash Ahom, EAC, Udalguri etc. A total of 115 Nos of projects from 30 schools had been presented in the session on the focal theme - Land Resources:Use for Prosperity, Save for Posterity.
The selected child scientists are -(1) Pranabjyoti Deka & Sagarika Sarma of Tangla Adarsha Vidyapith; (2) Pallabi Borah & Susmita Kar of Arunodoi Academy,Tangla; (3) Nina Mahalia & Ajanta Borah of Jatiya Vidyalaya,Assam, Tangla; (4) Siba Prasad Boro & Pranjal Rabha of Tangla HS School; (5) Saurav Upadhaya & Sanjeeb Saikia of Ramawarup Agarwalla Memorial English School, Udalguri; (6) Bhupali Hazarika & Brasha Rani Deka of Orang HS School; (7) Rituparna Bora & Farhana Wahid of Kalaigaon HS School; (8) Pradymna Barua & Jogen Sarania of Khagara High School; (9) Mainao Ramchiary & Usha Rani Basumatari of JB Hagjer High School,Rowta and (10) Rupkumar Mandal & Pratim Pol Deka of Sankardev Vidya Niketan, Mazbat. The selected child scientists will represent Udalguri district in the state NCSC session to be held at Assam University campus at Silchar from 27 to 30 October, 2010
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that Myanmar still remains the largest haven for north east militant outfits. Addressing a news conference in Guwahati on Sunday, he said that ULFA C-in-C Paresh Baruah was in a mood to increase his powers.
Union defence minister AK Antony has arrived in Guwahati on Sunday evening. Antony has no programme in Guwahati. After halting for the night, he would leave for Itanagar where he would attend the statehood celebration function on Monday.
The Centre is worried over the growing activities of the Maoists in Assam. This was what Union home minister P Chidambaram told Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday.
Talking to Gogoi at the Raj Bhawan in the morning, Chidambaram said that ULFA and Maoists have already procured support from ISI. The close door meeting lasted for one and a half year where the peace process with the various militant outfits figured.
After the meeting, talking to reporters Gogoi said, “I have also demanded more paramilitary forces for Assam. The law and order situation is improving, but we need more paramilitary forces as we cannot take a risk."
The Union home minister arrived in Guwahati...
Union home minister P Chidambaram has arrived in Guwahati on two-days visit to the north eastern region. The Union home minister is scheduled to hold a close door meet with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday morning. State’s internal security is expected to dominate the discussion between the two. The on going peace process with ULFA, NDFB, DHD(J), DHD are likely to be discussed in the meeting. His meeting with Gogoi assumes significance two days after a NDFB(P) delegation formally demanded removal of P C Haldar as the peace interlocutor.
Immediately after it, Chidambaram is scheduled to leave for Shillong to review the state’s law and order with Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr...
The multi crore UniPay2 scam has reached the court when the victims moved a public interest litigation in the Gauhati High Court on Friday.
Admitting the PIL, the court has asked the Centre to file its affidavit to counter the allegations that a section of finance companies have been running without any permission from the Reserve Bank of India. The petitioners have sought the court’s intervention to help them get their money back. The court would resume hearing of the petition on March 28.
The Assam Assembly is all se to hold its budget session from March 1. Governor JB Patnaik would address the session on its opening day.
Speaker Pranab Gogoi would announce the Report of the Business Advisory committee settling the Business for the Budget Session of the Assembly, 2012. On March 2 the second day of the session would begin with Question hour to be followed by Debates on the Governor’s Address.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who holds the finance portfolio would table the state budget on March 12. The House would debate the budget from March 13. A set of crucial bills would be tabled in this session which would be adjourned sine-die on March 30.
Three persons sustained injury when a radio exploded in the outskirt of Guwahati on Friday. The explosion took place at 8-30 in the evening at Sonapur when the radio exploded due to electric short circuit. The injured persons have been rushed to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital
The Kamrup Chief Judicial magistrate on Friday remanded Anuj Basumatary, Gurdev Singh, Rajendra Pratap Singh to police custody for fourteen days a day after they were arrested for kidnapping two truck drivers.
A section of angry people assaulted the trio inside the CJM court premises on Friday after they tried to attack some media people who poured in to the court to cover the news.
Police officials interrogating them are believed to have found their link with notorious car lifters in the state. Interrogation is going on.
Assam Chief secretary Nava Kumar Das has been admitted to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital on Friday when he complained of breathing difficulties in the afternoon.
Doctors attending on him said that he was suffering from heart ailment and have been undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit.
KMSS general secretary Akhil Gogoi has come down heavily on Pradyut Bordoloi alleging that the power minister was taking the side of NHPC.
Addressing a press conference in Lakhimpur on Friday, Gogoi said that the minister on one hand told the media that the government fears down stream impact but at the same time he holds discussion with National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) officials and supports the project.
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