Oil India Limited dethroned defending champion Assam State Electricity Board in the Assam Club Championship at Bokakhat on 23rd DEC with a 4-1 victory in a rematch of last year's final. Looking to avenge the defeat at the hands of the ASEB in the previous final, the OIL team played smart football and dominated the game throughout.The OIL think tank chose the 1-4-5-1 formation to the ASEB's 1-4-4-2 pattern and it proved to be a winning strategy. OIL took the lead with captain Birjab Mushahary's winger off a corner as early as in the sixth minute. Durga Boro scored the second goal three minutes later. After missing several scoring opportunities, ASEB bounced back in the 39th minute through captain Suresh Das. The first half ended with a 2-1 score.Mushahary gave OIL a good start with a goal in the ninth minute of the second half. Mintu Boro scored the fourth and last goal for OIL in the 20th minute to take the match beyond ASEB. ASEB goalkeeper Mintu Sonowal again failed to put up a good performance, which compounded his team's woes. ASEB's Suresh Das was adjudged the best player of the meet, Manash Manjit Chetia of Nepathya Club of Jorhat was the top scorer and Jintu Chetri of OIL the best goalkeeper. Salbagan Sports Club won the fair play trophy. Former national player Amal Changmai, sports joint secretary Pranab Kumar Bora, Golaghat SP P.C. Saloi, Bokakhat subdivisional officer (civil) Ranjit Hazarika, Assam Football Association vice-president Jatin Bora, joint secretary Tapan Hazarika and senior officials of the Numaligarh Refinery Ltd were present at the prize distribution ceremony.OIL had blanked out Salbagan Sports Club of Gossaigaon 2-0 on its way to the final, while ASEB defeated 9th APBN 2-0 and Assam Rifles 7-6. As many as 23 teams competed in the tournament. The champion squad will get to play in the National B-Division league.
Monimoy Bujarbaruah of Noonmati Jatiya Vidyalay tops the High Schools Leaving Certificate Examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Assam in February and March, 2008.According to the results available, Monimoy is followed by Mayuri Kalita of Soneswar Puthimari Higher Secondary School in Kamrup districtw while the third position goes to Rituraj Hazarika of Ananda Vidya Niketan High School of Nalbari, Jannatul Firdousi from Hatsingimari of Dhubri and Palashjyoti Baruah of Silapathar Don Bosco in Dhemaji district.Altogether 107 candidates have occupied the top ten positions—all they are hailing from Kamrup, Nalbari, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Sonitpur and Barpeta districts....
The Board of Secondary Education, Assam is announcing the results of the Assam High School Leaving Certificate and Assam High Madrassa Examinations, 2008 at 11 in the morning today. According to information, the results of the examination will be available in all disrict headquarters. Moreover, these results are also available in www.indiaresults.com and through short message services.
Tension is simmering along Assam-Arunachal border in Charaideo sub division in Assam as the Arunachal Pardesh police administration stopped a motorcycle rally the by AJYCP on Monday on its way to Bimalapur and Chaipung where the neighbouring state was holding its panchayat polls. The AJYCP leaders have alleged that the Arunachal Pradesh Government was holding panchayat polls in Assam’s territory in the area under Charaideo sub division in Sivasagar district. That is why, the Arunachal police prevented the AJYCP-sponsored motor cycle rally before it reached Bimalapur Charaipung. This has forced an uneasy situation in the area and student leaders burnt poll posters and banners in the...
Up till now there was a situation of conflict and palpable tension between the Pradhans and the citizens' groups conducting the social audit of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Miyaganj block, Unnao district. However today surprisingly the tension dissipated after yesterday's dialogue with the Pradhans explaining that the social audit is not to instigate any legal action against them but to enforce all the provisions of NREGS and empower people's rights in the democracy. The pradhans cooperated in the social audit today.The social audit went ahead in a normal routine way today without any opposition in Himmatkhera, Ahra Dadia, parenda, Miyaganj, Salempur,...
Tension runs high in Krishnai and Jyoti Nagar area of Goalpara distict a day after the police firing which left a person killed and 10 others injured forcing the authorities to clamp curfew till Monday. Identified as Roshan Ali, the person was killed when police open fired on an irate mob in Krishnai on Sunday evening after being attacked by a group of people. According to information, the incident took place as police picked up some 25 people in connection with a case where two houses belonging to Rabha people were set on fire at Jyoti Nagar of Krishnai yesterday in the morning.As these detained people were rushed to the police station, an irate mob attacked the policemen injuring a few...
One person has died and more than 30 injured in police firing at Krishnai, Goalpara today. The incident occurred when police resorted to open fire while trying to control a clash between Rabha and non-Rabha groups that was arising over a dead body found there. Pix by UB Photos.
The Tarun Gogoi government has achieved its milestones within a brief spell of two years. This is more or less of what several speakers said at a function organized on Sunday at the historic Judges’ Field. Assam Congress president Bhubneswar Kalita, Education minister Ripun Borah, BPP(F) chairman Hagrama Mohilary have all praised the Gogoi government saying it has been success on all fronts.The Tarun Gogoi government has achieved its milestones within a brief spell of two years. This is more or less of what several speakers said at a function organized on Sunday at the historic Judges’ Field. In his address Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said the state is marching during his tenure...
Two local residents of Miyaganj block, Unnao district (UP, India) Virendra Singh and Yashwant Rao, had written to Block Development Officer (BDO) of Miyaganj seeking support to conduct the social audit of NREGS. The BDO wrote to every pradhan in this block seeking their cooperation in submitting all documents pertinent to the NREGS. On behalf of all pradhans, the president of the Pradhans' association, had filed a writ petition in the High Court demanding a stay order, which she did get on 22 May. It was this stay order which had spread the perception that the pradhans have obtained a stay against the social audit.However the people's movements conducting the social audit have taken a...
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