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 .
Hantigiri Narzary from KokrajharAfter being denied ticket to contest in the Lok Sabha polls in Kokrajhar, BPF leader SK Bwiswmuthiary is preparing to contest independently.Minutes after the party announced the name of Chandan Brahma, the sitting MP called it a family conspiracy against him. Talking to reporters, he accused Hagrama Mohilary of functioning in autocratic style.“I have been working for the interest of people of Bodoland and raising issues, including on Bodoland on the floor of Parliament. I still enjoy the support of 5 lakhs people,” he told Assam Times.
Two former ULFA militants are contesting in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls slated for April 7.The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad has fielded Horiprasad Dihingia in Lakhimpur. AGP is only the party to give a ticket to a former ULFA militant. He has cases pending against him under the TADA Act. Another former ULFA militant Jiten Gogoi is contesting independently from Koliabor.The former two time independent MLA also faces charges pending against him in the Additional Sessions Court of Golaghat.
The Gauhati High Court on Monday granted bail to Akhil Gogoi in four cases. But the KMSS president won’t be able to come out of the jail.A division bench of Justice BD Agarwal on Monday heard the petitions in four cases and granted bails. But he was against arrested in three more old cases.According to sources, despite directive police failed to submit the case diaries before the court. That’s what made Akhil Gogoi’s counsel to procure bail.
Several KMSS activists have sustained injury when police sprang upon them in Guwahati as they were staging dharna demanding resignation of Rockybul Hussian alleging failure to stop rhino poaching in Kaziranga.The incident took place in Rehabari on Monday afternoon when hundreds of KMSS activists staged dharna in protest against the repeated incidents of rhino poaching in the world heritage site.But policemen deployed in front of the office of the Principal Chief Conservator of forest in Rehabari flogged the protestors.
Finally, the axe has fallen on Mani Kumar Subba. Congress leadership on Monday suspended the former Tezpur MP four days after he submitted nomination papers as an independent candidate.During the last couple of days, Subba has been speaking ill of the Congress leadership saying that he was not worried of this raw deal and that he has thousands of supporters who would help him win the polls slated for April 7.
Bodoland Peoples’ Front has fielded Chandan Brahma in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Kokrajhar giving a raw deal for the sitting MP SK Bwismuthiary.The announcement came from BPF leadership who was holding a press conference in Kokrajhar on Monday. The party has announced the name of Sahadev Das as candidate for Mongoldoi.But a visibly upset Bwismuthiary said that he would contest in Kokrajhar as an independent candidate.
NDFB-S militants on Monday threatened to disrupt Rahul Gandhi’s poll rally slated for Thursday.In a message, the anti-talk faction of the Bodo militant outfit said that Gandhi deserves that treatment as he does not want the well being of the Bodo people.The outfit said that they are well prepared to disrupt the Rahul Gandhi’s poll rally on March 27.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi hoped in Monday that the voters will judge the Congress party by the performance of the government.Addressing a huge poll rally in Ghoramara in Tezpur on behalf of Bhupen Bora, the chief minister said that the Congress government has no dearth of schemes covering the people of all walks of life.“Our government has done a lot. Our process of development has already percolated benefit to all section of the people. Nobody can stop our victory,” said the chief minister.Taking a dig at AGP and BJP, Gogoi said that both the parties have done precious little for the people and that only Congress is the option in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Congress candidate Sushmita Dev field her nomination in Silchar on Monday for the upcoming second phase of Lok Sabha poll slated for April 12.Accompanied by hundreds of party workers, Dev arrived at the Silchar Deputy Commissioner’s office at 11-30 where she filed her nomination papers before the returning officer.
Hundreds of students staged dharna in front of the state secondary education board office in Guwahati opposing the move to dilute six subjects from the syllabus.Led by Assam Sanskrit Students Union, the protestors alleged a nefarious conspiracy to dilute the vital and relevant subjects from the HSLC syllabus.Protesters told Assam Times that earlier they wanted discussion with the SEBA chairman and secretary. But they could not find time to discuss the serious issue forcing them to stage dharna on Monday.
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