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
Curfew in Rangiya was relaxed from 7 in the morning to 7 on Sunday evening. Shops and markets were open in Rangiya town even as security forces continued to maintain strict vigil. But the situation is tense. There have been no reports of any fresh incidents in the past few hours. Meanwhile, one more special train reached Guwahati this morning from Bangalore carrying around 800 passengers.
One person was injured in Dhubri district and a few houses were torched in Chirang district in yet another string of untoward incident during the last 12 hours. According to police, the injured person hails from Chilkikhata, under Bilasipara police station who was attacked by a group of miscreants attacked. The condition of the injured is stated to be critical and he has been shifted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital.
On the other hand, unidentified miscreants set ablaze three houses at Khunkrajora under Bijni police station in Chirang on Saturday night forcing the authorities to beef up security with additional forces. The Army is also conducting flag marches at various places.
The 65TH Foundation Day of the College of Veterinary Science (C.V.Sc.), Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara was celebrated with pomp and gaiety on 18th August 2012 with a day long programme. The programme started with Flag Hoisting by Dr. R. N. Goswami, Dean, C.V.Sc. followed by “Swahid Tarpan and an impressive cultural procession by students, teachers and employees of the college. In his flag hosting speech Dr. R. N. Goswami, presented before the gathering the historical perspective, growth and development and the achievements of the college in acting as an instrument of change of social and economic status of the society. He appealed all the faculties, employees and students...
Eminent litterateur Dr Pramod Chandra Bhattacharya will attend the Guest of the Month program of Guwahati Press Club on August 24 next. The interactive program will start at 12 noon. Honored with various awards including Sahityacharya by Asom Sahitya Sabha, Dr Bhattacharya will speak to the journalists on his creative journey with the zeal of research on indigenous people and culture of northeast India. Member-journalists of Guwahati Press Club are requested to participate in the same.
Two people died in West Bengal after the duo were pushed out of a Guwahati-bound train from Bangalore on Sunday. The gory incident took place in the wee hours between Belakoba and Raninagar railway stations. Nine others were injured, four of them seriously. It took place shortly after it left New Jalpaiguri station.
One of the victims died on the spot while the another succumbed to injuries at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri. One of the victims has been identified. All the injured have been shifted to the North Bengal Medical College Hospital. Train was carrying a large number of people from Assam who had left Bangalore following rumours that people from the...
In a significant development, there has been drastic decline in the exodus of north east people from the southern states during the last 12 hours. According to information, panic among the Northeast people working in Bangalore, Hyderabad seems to have subsided. Keeping this in mind, the railways have not deployed no new trains for Guwahati. Lesser crowds were also seen in the Guwahati-bound trains from Mumbai and Bangalore on Saturday. Officials in Mumbai said there were a few empty seats in the Guwahati Express. Some passengers from Mumbai said panic was not the reason for their travel. There were similar scenes at the Bangalore railway station that saw lesser crowds on Saturday.
Amid unabated exodus of north east people, Union home secretary RK Singh on Saturday said that most of the rumours came from Pakistan. He said that the images of an incident three and a half month back were circulated in Bangalore from across the border to incite people. According to Singh, two units have been monitoring the websites. Of them, 34 websites have been identified so far.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has announced a huge Rs 1 lakh reward to anyone providing information on the culprits behind the BTAD violence. In a statement, the country’s premier investigation agency said that credible and relevant information, photo, audio or video clip etc. leading to identification or arrest of perpetrators of the crimes would be rewarded. Beside phone numbers 8811099997 or 8811099996 or send an SMS on these numbers, information can also be faxed on 03664-241253 or e-mailed on hobsc1del@cbi.gov.in. The CBI has registered seven cases relating to the communal violence in Assam in the districts of Kokrajhar, Dubri and Chirang.
The South Central Railway is gearing up to help the panic stricken people go back to north east following rumour of attack. According to information, extra coaches are attached to trains going towards Kolkata and Guwahati. Two additional general coaches were attached to Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express on Saturday with many coaches to this train on Sunday.
Karnataka police arrested three more persons on Saturday for spreading rumours about attacks on north east people. This has taken the total number of those detained in this connection so far to 16. Anees Pasha, Tseen Nawaz and Shahid Salman Khan were arrested under IPC section 153 (A) (spreading enmity among various communities) by spreading rumours through email and SMS. Police seized four mobile phones, two computers and a laptop from their possession. So far 15 cases had been registered in connection with the rumour mongering.
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