International Women’s Day was observed at Gram Vikash Parishad’s Head Office, Rangaloo jointly by Jan Sikshan Sansthan, Nagaon, Gram Vikash Parishad and Social Welfare Department of Nagaon on 8th March 2011. To mark this auspicious occasion a day long programme was held. Officers from different departments of the district and well known persons were present in the open session presided over by Md. Siraj Uddin Ahmed General Secretary of Gram Vikas Parishad. Valuable speeches were delivered by the eminent guest speakers including Mrs Jarjina Begum (Retired Subject Teacher), Moni Deepa Saikia (District Social Welfare Officer), Rosie Kalita (Additional S.P. Nagaon), Dr. Roslin Zahan (Professor Nagaon Girls College), Based Ali (Asstt. Teacher Rangoloo High School), Abdul Munnaf (President, Gram Vikas Parishad), Rumi Begum (Senior Supervisor Kathiatali ICDS Project), emphasizing over the main objective of observing Women’s Day, women empowerment and awareness.
On this occasion tree plantation, devotional song, drawing competition and a one act play performed by JSS & GVP staff written and directed by Kajol Choudhury were one of the important parts of the day long programme including open session. Few eminent social workers felicitated on this occasion were Nagaon Zila Mahila Congress Committee president Mrs. Eliza Ahmed, District Social Welfare Officer Ms. Moni Deepa Saikia and senior advocate and former lecturer of Nagaon Law College Mrs. Deepa Saikia.
More than three hundred women participants were gathered in a slide presentation based on International Women’s Day celebration theme of the year 2011, ‘Equal access to Education, training and science and technology, pathway to decent work place for women’ Md. Siraj Uddin Ahmed, Chairman of Jan Sikshan Sansthan, Nagaon & General Secretary. Gram Vikas Parishad.
Mritunjoy 108 workers took part in the open session and spoke about the first aid- precautionary measures to be taken at emergency.
Its Tarun Gogoi versus Siddique Ahmed. Amid simmering dissidence against the chief minister and his minister for border area development are taking on each other. Gogoi on Friday alleged that the minister helped AIUDF candidate in the recent Lok Sabha polls which was why, party candidate Lalit Mohan Suklavaidya faced defeat in Karimganj. Hours after the allegations Siddique dared Gogoi to substantiate his allegations of nexus with AIUDF. The chief minister further hinted strict action against Siddique as situation warrants. The cooperation minister said that he was ready to face any action. Gogoi got tougher with Siddique a day before quoting him as saying of media reported that the...
Amid an uneasy development within the Congress Legislature Party, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi tore apart Siddique Ahmed a day after the border development minister threatened to boycott the upcoming Assam Assembly demanding leadership change. Talking to reporters in Dispur on Friday, a visibly angry Gogoi said as situation warrants, he would take strong action against him Siddeque Ahmed. Gogoi said that Ahmed did not have a Congress background and had helped the opposition AIUDF during the Lok Sabha elections. He said, “no Congressman speak like this. No Congressman has the right to question the High Command. Ahmed has supported AIUDF." “I would go by the high command’s decision....
Stunned by the revelations of a section officials having close touch with some illegal settlers in Guwahati, Dispur is ready to probe the allegations. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who addressed a press conference in Dispur on Friday sad that his government will set up an inquiry committee to find out the alleged nexus between officials of different government agencies and encroachers in the capital. The enquiry panel would be set up soon to see the nexus between officials of different bodies. Nobody would be spared if found to be involved in violating the law, said Gogoi.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday accused the Modi government of pleasing big industrialists and lowering the benefits of social schemes meant for the poor people. Addressing a press conference in Dispur the chief minister sad that the budget brings smiles only to the industrialists clique and that’s why, these class of people are welcoming the budget saying that it is growth oriented. Gogoi said, " the subsidies for the poor are being withdrawn gradually. The 'achhe din' has come for big corporates, but not for the common people.”
The Narendra Modi government at the Centre has deceived Assam and its people if Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is to be believed. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Friday, Gogoi said that the much-hyped poll promises are missing in the Union Budget tabled in Parliament on Thursday. “ The Union Budget did not offer anything to the state”, said the Chief Minister. He added, “BJP and Modi charged Dr Manmohan Singh of doing nothing for the state. BJP promised to give a lot to the people of Assam, but gave nothing in the budget." Gogoi said that promises passed through the lips of Modi only before the polls. But he forgot his promises of steps to end unemployment, flood, illegal...
The dissident Congress legislators have mounted more pressure on the party high command to replace Tarun Gogoi as chief minister. Sources told Assam Times that led by health and education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, the dissident MLAs and ministers threatened to float a separate party if the party high command refuses to hold the CLP meeting. They said that they are disappointed with party high command for retaining Gogoi as chief minister. Further they have been waiting for party high command’s clear cut position. But there is no such indication.
An eviction team cleared a huge area on Zoo Road demolishing several constructions on Friday. Officials deployed in the drive against illegal settlers told Assam Times that the drive would continue until the city is made free of encroachment. The drive would resume on Saturday where some other huts and pucca houses would be evicted.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the budget was very disappointing for Assam. Hours after Union finance minister Arun Jailtely tabled his maiden budget, Gogoi said that there is no indication of good days (achche din) for common man. According to Gogoi, “there is no indication of good days (achche din) for the common man in the budget, as BJP's much-trumpeted slogan during the Lok Sabha election campaign claimed to usher in.
Good news for Assam. Courtesy Arun Jaitley. In his maiden budget on Thursday, the Union finance minister announced agricultural excellence institutions in the state. This is what the focus for Assam in the Union budget. Jaitley further proposed commercial organic farming in the entire North Eastern Region apart from a sports varsity in Manipur. The proposed Sports University in Manipur might just help produce cricketers. Jaitley also was keen on inviting neighbouring countries like Nepal and Bhutan to participate in the games of the Sports University. Assam and Tripura are the only two north eastern states having adequate facilities for cricket unlike other north eastern states
In a bizarre incident, an unidentified youth shot dead a school teacher inside a classroom during a teachers' training programme in Karbi Anglong district on Thursday. The incident took place in Diphu where the gunmen shot dead Sambhu Prasad Singh, a teacher in Diphu Adarsha Hindi School when he was attending a training session at the Basic Training School for TET teachers in the district. According to police, the gunman visited the school and sought permission to meet Singh, one of the participants in the training programme. After talking to Singh for about five minutes, the youth fired at him from close range and fled from the scene. A seriously injured Singh was rushed to a...
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