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 .
The All Assam Students’ Union on Monday has threatened to launch a massive agitation across the state if the Centre allows resumption of big dam construction. At the end of the day long satyagraha in protest against the move to the Modi government, the students’ body strongly criticized the Centre alleging its double standard role on the big dam construction in Arunachal Pradesh. They made it plain and simple that they won’t halt if the Centre is averse to listen to the voice of protest. Earlier in the morning, the student body leaders and activists thronged in the district and sub divisional headquarters and started staging dharna asking the Centre to stop the construction of the NHPC...
Security forces are fanning in Chirang district in search of the youths who exploded two grenades in the district on Sunday. A massive search operation is underway to nab the culprits. Top police and civil officials of the district administration rushed to the spot and reviewed the situation. Unidentified militants struck again in the area leaving three people injured on Sunday in Chirang distrcit. Three people sustained serious injury when some unidentified miscreants lobbed a grenade in Bijni in the afternoon. Three motorcycle borne youths lobbed a grenade near Bolanguri bus stand at Kuklun Road area where three persons were left critically injured as they were working at a garage....
A huge explosion rocked Chirang district on Sunday forcing security forces to step in. The incident took place near No 2 Bhetgaon area ten minutes after the Bijni town explosion where three workers sustained injury. But nobody was injured in the explosion. Minutes before it, militants struck again in the area leaving three people injured on Sunday in Chirang distrcit. Three people sustained serious injury when some unidentified miscreants lobbed a grenade in Bijni in the afternoon. Eyewitnesses told Assam Times that three motorcycle borne youths lobbed a grenade near Bolanguri bus stand at Kuklun Road area where three persons were left critically injured as they were working at a garage...
Bombs are back in BTAD areas. Unidentified militants struck again in the area leaving three people injured on Sunday in Chirang distrcit. Three people sustained serious injury when some unidentified miscreants lobbed a grenade in Bijni in the afternoon. Eyewitnesses told Assam Times that three motorcycle borne youths lobbed a grenade near Bolanguri bus stand at Kuklun Road area where three persons were left critically injured as they were working at a garage. Identified as Palan Mandal, Sujannam Das and Sujan Arya, the trio have been rushed to the hospital in a critical condition.
MRIDUSMITA DAS, BARPETA Cases of Japanese encephalitis refuse to die down in Barpeta. Yet another patient lost his life in the district creating panic among the people of all walks of life. Idetified as Jumi Begum, the resident of Durgapur in Bhella died of this dreaded disease recently when she was undergoing treatment at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital. The death of the pregnant woman sent shockwaves across the district. Another resident of the same district Rajnikanta Das died after suffering from the same decease on June 28. With this, the death toll in Japanese encephalitis has gone up to 3 in the district. However, a number of patients hailing from Bahari, Sarthebari, Bhella...
Both Tarun Gogoi camp and the dissidence group are deposing before the AK Atony panel in New Delhi on the recent Lok sabha poll debalce in the state. Led by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, the dissident faction is all set to blame it all on Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for for the electoral defeat. But Gogoi and his loyalists are equally blaming the dissident ministers and MLAs for the poll route alleging that the group was trying its level best to ensure the poll defeat in order that Gogoi is ousted. Antony panel, however, wil not look into the dissidence within the Congess legislature party. The panel has been studying only the reasons behind the poll defeats in the states. Chief Minister Gogoi...
The overall flood situation starts improving on Sunday following the halt of rains in the catchment areas of Arunachal Pradesh. The water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributeries are gradually receding during the last 24 hours. “The waterlevels of the mighty river are expected to recede further during the last 24 hours,” water resources development department officials told Assam Times on Sunday. Surface communications that came into a grinding halt in Jorhat, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji have been restored after flood waters damaging crops in several hectors in Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts.
Assam is most unsafe for women. The state tops the list of crimes against fair sex in the entire north eastern region. According to the National Crime Records Bureau report the state remains in the seventh place in the all India level. Assam jumped to 17,449 cases of crimes against women in 2013 as against 13,544 in 2012. Assam leads the list for all recorded crimes against women, including rape, kidnapping and abduction, dowry deaths and cruelty by husband and his relatives. The state reported 1,937 incidents of rape in 2013 as against 1,716 in 2012 to be followed by Tripura, where 233 cases were registered as against 229 in 2012. again Assam tops the list with 170 deaths reported over...
The Centre will resume the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project only after consultations with the people of Assam. This was what Union minister of state for power Piyush Goel told Union Minister of State for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports Subanshiri Sarbanda Sonowal. No Construction will be undertaken till the matter is sorted out. Goyal informed it to Sonowal when the state BJP president met in New Delhi on Saturday and apprised him of the concern of the people of Assam relating to the Subansiri Hydroelectric project. During their discussion, Goyal told Sonowal that a meeting of various stake holders will be called shortly to discuss their...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi seeks more trains for Assam in the upcoming rail budget. In a letter to railway minister Sadananda Gowda on Saturday, Gogoi stressed a super fast weekly express train between Dibrugarh and Pune. This is apart from daily inter-city express trains between Guwahati and Murkongselek, Guwahati and Naharlagun, Rangiya and Naharlagun, Rangiya and Dibrugarh. He further urged Gowda an alternative railway line stretching from Coochbehar in West Bengal to Abhayapuri in the railway budget, to be presented in parliament on July 8. Gogoi has requested the Centre to introduce a passenger train between Guwahati and Mendipathar in Meghalaya's Garo Hills and fast daily express...
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