The performance of Udalguri students,which won third prize in the All Assam Inter district quiz on new and renewable energy held at Silpagram, Guwahati has been appreciated by people of the district.The state level science quiz was organized by Bharat Jana Bigyan Jatha,Assam branch in association with Assam Energy Development Agency,Guwahati at Silpagram, on August 19 2011,on the occasion of Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas. Selected students from 26 districts of Assam participated in the inter-district quiz conducted by Sanjeev Goswami. Dr.SK Choudhury, Director ASTEC formally inaugurated the competition on August 19 in the Silpagram auditorium.Tarun Gogoi,Chief Minister,Assam gave away the prizes to the winning districts namely-Nagaon,Dhemaji and Udalguri for winning first three places respectively at a central function held at Cotton College auditorium on August 20.
Udalguri district was represented by Rojika Basumatary of Sacred Heart School,Udalguri and Kunal Sharma of RAME School, Udalguri.under the guidance of Jayanta Kumar Das and Pinky Dutta.
PermalinkSubmitted by Jayanta Kumar Das on Tue, 23/08/2011 - 19:18
Its remarkable in the sense that Udalguri has been the worst affected new district with at least 10 bandhs every months;extortion;killing etc.Politics has destroyed the academic career of the students and youths.Fortunately a few students have shown excellence despite all the odds.Last year Udalguri students presented 115 projects in the NCSC (second in the state behind Lakhimpur)Thanks to the district administration army and police for their helping their helping hands.Former DC,Udalguri SS Meenakshi Sundaram IAS and present DC,Udalguri Thaneswar Malakar deserve loud applause
Journalists’ Forum Assam in association with Nature’s Beckon has organized a citizen’s meet to discuss about the menace of increasing incidents of man-wildlife conflicts in Assam. The meeting, scheduled to start on 11 am of March 14 at Guwahati Press Club, is expected to adopt some resolutions which may be sent to the policy makers in due course of time.
Environment organizations and also interested citizens are invited for the meet to share their experiences and relevant suggestions.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced a set of measures to give the education sector a fresh lease of life.
In his budget, the chief minister proposed a women varsity in Jorthat, 21 poly technique institutes, scholarship for lower primary and high school students and Rajiv Gandhi school for poor students.
He said government proposes a 50 crore rupee fund to uplift the primary education sector. He said the government would give away free computers for 50 per cent mark holders in the HSLC examinations.
More and more tigers are roaring in Guwahati these days. A full grown leopard unleashed a reign of terror in Guwahati on Monday. The leopard who was believed to have come down from the nearby dense jungles managed to intrude into the CRPF camp in Ninethmile area in Guwahati in the morning.
It suddenly stormed into a room where a constable houses. Immediately after spotting it, the tiger was confined to the room. Later forest department officials lifted it to the Assam State Zoo.
Good news for Sonapur. The local residents in the tiny and beautiful spot in the outskirt of Guwahati have reasons to cheer.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has proposed a UNO research centre in his budget table in the Assembly on Monday.
Apart from this, the chief minister announced a new golf course in this place.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi doles out a number of sops when he tabled state budget for 2012-2013 on the floor of the House on Monday. Gogoi, has claimed that the NSDP figure grew by 5.30 per cent.
In his budget speech, Gogoi proposed 21 new polytechnique institutes, a film archive to be named after Dr Bhupen Hazarika, Dr Indira Goswami Chair in Gauhati university , Sati Joymoti award. He proposed to hike the amount of pension for freedom fighters to Rs 8000 per month.
In a bid to encourage the agriculture sector, the chief minister proposed loan for farmers for 2 per cent interest. Apart from these, he announced a Rs 10 crore special project for PWD.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has tabled a Rs 293.44 crore deficit budget for the year 2012-2013 on the floor on Monday.
Gogoi, who also holds the finance portfolio has claimed to have improved the state’s financial health. Details awaied.
Railway security forces have apprehended altogether nine illegal Bangladeshi migrants from Guwahati station Saturday. They were detained after they failed to produce valid document when sought. They said that they entered into the Indian territory in Tripura on Thursday and that they arrived in Guwahati en route to Alipurduwar. RPF officials said that they crossed the border on March 7 and reached Agartala and from there they headed to Badarpur in Karimganj district. The Bangladeshi nationals will be produced before the Foreigners' Tribunal on Monday.
Burma Centre Delhi would soon launch a forum involving all north east MPs to raise the issue of Myanmar in a better way in Parliament.
According to information, the forum will be made on the lines of the Indian MPs’ forum for Bangladesh, which is doing great work on various bilateral issues between the two countries. The forum will create a congenial atmosphere for talks between the two countries through people-to-people interactions and even problems like economic influx to the prosperous region can be taken up.
The Manas National Park is set to get two orphaned one-horned rhinos from Kaziranga n Sunday under the International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India.
The rhinos were being shifted from Kaziranga National Park to Manas National Park on Saturday night under tight security. Named as Maju and Raja, they were under care of the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation in Kaziranga, where they were hand-raised by experienced veterinarians.
Both the incidents occurred in Kaziranga National Park. According to information, the one-horned rhinos are being reintroduced in Manas National Park through translocation from Pobitara Wildlife Sanctuary and Kaziranga National...
A primary school was completely gutted devastating fire broke out in Dhubri on Saturday. The incident took place in the evening in the heart of the town. The fire was spotted at around. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot. But by then the entire school building was gutted in fire.
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