To succeed in this competitive global environment, every student needs to have high motivation, ambition and perseverance to face the various challenges that they face. To do so, they require lot of positive attitude and inspiration from peers. Parents in this age are looking for resources, books and journals that would inspire their children to have ambition and a global outlook to excel in their chosen field of study.
The magazine Friends is a sincere effort by the Non residents of Assam towards the upliftment of the Students and youths of the North East India. It contains articles on career guidance, education, travel and tourism, volunteering and Social entrepreneurism. Chief Editor Mr. Ankur Bora from Dallas, Texas, USA sincerely desires that students and the youth of the North East India will benefit from this journal as the motto of this journal is –To inform, to inspire and to instill. It is also expected that the parents will gift this magazine to their children as a valuable resource for career development and for their future personal and professional growth.
The editorial board of Friends is looking for writers (in English) , it will be a paid engagement. Please write to Ankur Bora at ankurbora@hotmail.com .
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Gulshan Grover is busy with film shooting in Assam to work with an Assamese political leader. He is Mohibul Hoque's whose '18.11--a code of secrecy has reached a crucial stage'.The 18:11 was Hoque's...
Six persons of Sarbhog, Barpeta district, who came in contact with a COVID-19 positive person were quarantined at Fakharuddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital on Thursday.
New Delhi: The killer COVID19 has claimed yet another life on Tuesday.
Identified as Ikramul Hussain, the CRPF sub-inspector died at a hospital in New Delhi five days after he was admitted in it.
Deeply saddened to learn of the demise of @crpfindia jawan Md Ikram Hussain who belonged to Barpeta, Assam.
Till his last breath, this brave son of Maa Bharti kept fighting against #COVID19. His undying spirit inspires us to sacrifice everything for the nation. My condolences.
— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) April 28, 2020
This news was updated.
Kokrajhar: Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi has dissolved the Bodoland Territorial Council on Monday following the expiry of its term amid speculations of a widening gap between BJP and BPF.
Raj Bhawan issued the notification in the evening declining BPF's prayer for an extension following the COVID19 menace that forced the authority to countermand the council polls slated for April 4.
BJP president Ranjit Das on Sunday said that BTAD should come under the governor's rule as soon as the term of the BPF council expires.
But BPF MP Biswajeet Daimary said that the council has constitutional provision to get the extension. But that has not happened.
Apart from BJP, UPPL Congress...
Barpeta: Former headmaster of Juro Ram Pathak Girls' High School Himangshu Pathak breathed his last on Saturday morning at his residence at Gandhinagar, Barpeta. He was 87.
He left behind his wife, two sons, two daughters, grandchildren, and a host of his relatives, well-wishers.
People of Barpeta mourned for the demise of their beloved 'English Sir'.
Guwahati: Veteran Congress leader and former Bihar governor Devananda Konwar passed away after prolonged illness in Guwahati on Saturday.
Konwar, who was also a senior lawyer was 83 who breathed his last at his own residence in Guwahati early in the morning.
He started his political career in 1955 as he was a student and represented Thowra assembly constituency in Sivasagar district.
He was a senior cabinet minister during the Hiteswar Saikia and Tarun Gogoi regimes before being appointed as governor in Bihar.
For a short spell of time he served as West Bengal and Tripura governor.
After his retirement as governor he preferred to stay away from active politics and...
Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expresses serious concern over the physical attack on Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami along with his wife (Republic TV editor) Samyabrata Ray Goswami in Mumbai last night and condemns the incident with strongest words. The forum also urges Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to punish the culprits under the law.
Goswami, who hails from Assam, described the incident in a video message that both of them were returning from the office by midnight of 22 April 2020 when the attack took place. Two motor cycle-borne goons tried to break the car window and threw some sort of liquid at the vehicle. His security guard has already caught...
Guwahati: Blows after blows seem to have hit the people hards. That too in the of a global endemic that claimed millions of people putting many others under the jaws of death.
Three days after the Assam Government resumed the toll plazas to collect road taxes, on Tuesday the BJP-led government hiked the prices of petrol and diesel prices by Rs 5 fuelling a hail of anger among the people.
According to sources, the government is cash trapped and has hardly any option to mop up revenue and the soft options include fuel prices hike and toll gate resumption which closed down because of the endemic.
A couple of days back., defying all hulloballo, the government ordered...
Patharkandi: An uneasy situation is prevailing in Pathorkandhi when a trader allegedly raped a minor girl on Friday. Identified as Munna Kanu, the 51 old businessman was arrested under mounting pressure by the local residents.
According to information, the incident took place in front of Shibergull MPHS school when the victim went to Kanu for shopping where she was raped in the absence of other customers.
As the victim disclosed the incident, local residents in large number took out to the streets demanding arrest of the trader who is known to be an influential businessman in the area.
Policemen came and arrested him. But the local residents fear his...
Guwahati: Hours after the health authorities formally announced the steep decline in the number of COVID 19 patients, the state government is preparing to resumed functioning in the Secretariat from April 21. But there will be a slew of guidelines for the employees to be strictly followed.
The decision has been taken to operationalise the government functioning despite continuance of the nationwide lockdown up to May 3 following a Union home ministry directive issued on April 15 to contain the spread of COVID-19.
“The seniormost Secretary/Head of the Administrative Department will ensure that officers of the rank of Deputy Secretary and above shall attend office of the Department...
Guwahati: Amid the country wide lockdown Assam has reasons to heave a sigh of relief as the figure of COVID-19 patients has come down to 21 from 34 on Saturday.
Three more patients were discharged from 2 different hospitals on Saturday after they received confirmation of recovery from the virus that has killed millions of people across the globe.
According to health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the total number of patients who have been discharged from the various hospitals has gone up to 12 on Saturday.
Two patients were discharged from Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH) in Guwahati while another was discharged from the Silchar Medical College Hospital (SMCH). But...
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