Navodaya Jatiya Vidyalaya, a Guwahati based school had organised a career awareness programme on Saturday for its students along with parents and teachers. This was organised to provide more information on various career opportunities available for the students. Ranjan K Baruah of North East Youth Foundation was the resource person in the career programme. He focused on various career opportunities and skills needed for the private sector apart from government opportunities. “We must follow our passion and choose career accordingly so that we can earn and at the same time contribute for the social transformation in the society”, he mentioned. He had appealed the participating parents that one must prepare for job but that does not mean that one should keep trying for only government job as private jobs and taking up entrepreneurship are other alternates to be successful in life. There was interaction, activities with students after the talk which made the programme more vibrant. Importance of attitude, life skills, communication skills, etc apart from qualification were stressed to become successful in life. The programme was moderated by Kamdev Deka , Secretary of Navodaya Jatiya Vidyalaya .
Prabajan Virodhi Manch, a social organization against the immigration issue, has raised serious concern over the Centre’s decision to grant citizenship to the Chakma and Hajong refugees in Arunachal Pradesh. The convener of the organization Upomanyu Hazarika said on Saturday that finally, these refugees' would come to Assam since Arunachal Pradesh has announced no land rights to these people who migrated from the Chittagang Hills Tracks. He appreciated the Arunachal Pradesh leadership for half citizenship formula to these Chakma and Hajong refugees after the Supreme court asked the Centre to grant them citizenship triggering massive protest across the north...
The police probing the public comment against Jiten Dutta have withdrawn the case on Saturday after the former ULFA rebel personally appeared before them with a note of clarification. Dutta, the hardcore ULFA rebel who enjoyed close association with Paresh Baruah arrived in the Moran police station where the investigation officers who booked him questioned him on his recent comment. A confident Dutta cleared his position elaborating his conscience and under what circumstances he passed the comment. Then the police officials recorded the statements and asked him to quit. Dutta was booked for his open remark that he was prepared to restart armed struggle, if need be, to...
Caught in a barrage of controversy Zubeen Garg on Saturday vowed to stop perform and make films in future sending statewide shock and anger among the people. The prominent performer who virtually took on Bollywood in a style with Mission China spoke up at a Facebook post in the morning a couple of days after his activities triggered a storm of controversy. Details awaited.
In a historic move, the Assam government on Friday moved s bill in the legislative assembly to ensure proper care for the elders. Moving the Bill on the floor senior minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the bill if turned into an Act would make it mandatory for all government employees to ensure proper care for their parents. “The government would not tolerate negligence to the parents of an employees. A govt employee will have to face action “ said Sarma. Assam is the first state to have moved such bill aiming at enduring care for the elders.
Crop Cutting Experiments (CCEs) under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), which were delayed due to floods in many parts of the State, are expected to start shortly and the government has also started work to implement PMFBY during the forthcoming Rabi season. CCEs were delayed as most of the crop fields were under floodwater. It will start very soon where the field officials or agricultural extension assistants (AEAs) will be using smart phones to upload yield data. The Agriculture Department submitted a report on PMFBY in Assam to Amitabh Gautam, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, during his visit earlier this week. During this...
The Dibrugarh police have arrested Akhil Gogoi on Wednesday a day after the RTI activist announced his preparedness to take up arms to safeguard the interest of the people. A team of Dibrugarh police rushed to Golaghat town in the evening and arrested the leader from his own residence. According to police, they registered a case against Gogoi tried to fuel anti national activities urging them to remain prepared to take up arms as he was addressing a huge rally near the town. A police team has been interrogating Gogoi in Dibrugarh and he would be produced before a lower court, said a senior police official adding that they formally lodged the complaint confirming Gogoi’s speech...
A major protest is waiting to erupt in Arunachal Pradesh as the Centre on Wednesday confirmed the process to grant citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees.A highlevel meeting of Union home minister Rajnath Singh with Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval finalized the move in the light of the Supreme Court order in 2015 directing the Centre to grant citizenship to the Chakma and Hajong refugees.According to home ministry officials, the Centre needs to implement the Supreme Court order in 2015 for citizenship for the Chakmas and Hajongs which triggered huge protest in the north eastern...
Both Assam and Meghalaya are in a mood to resolve the vexed interstate border dispute with an acceptable formula.The Meghalaya Government has written to its Assam counterpart on Tuesday proposing a day in between September 19 and 22 for a talk between the two chief secretaries.Sources told Assam Times that the proposed meeting would mark the resumption of the earlier rounds of talks between Dispur and Shillong on the same issue.Signed by Meghalaya state Chief Secretary Y. Tsering, the letter was sent to Dispur on Tuesday. “Now let Dispur fix the schedule of the proposed talks at an earlier date,” said a senior officer in Shilong.The move for the resumption of...
Amid a stepped up operation, a team of Meghalaya police on Tuesday and cracked a cyber in the morning. According to police, a team of two Officers assisted by Delhi Police raided several places in and around Delhi and arrested 7 (seven) persons including 2 (two) women in connection with a cyber fraud case. The gist of the case is that recently, a person was cheated of rupees twenty-one lakhs by a facebook friend supposedly to have come to India to meet the complainant and that he had been detained at Delhi Airport by Custom Officials for carrying huge cash (dollars) and also lots of expensive gifts. The complainant was asked to pay money to the Custom Officials for the...
The All A'chik Youth Federation Assam State Zone (AAYF ASZ) is unhappy with the Assam government for not recruiting teachers in LP School for the Garo Medium LP School. In a statement sent to media on Monday, the organization slammed the government for recruitment of non Garo teachers in the Garo medium schools. “How they will teach Garo students at the Garo medium LP Schools if the teachers donot know the language?We have requested education minister Dr. Himanta Bishwa Sharma to evict the non Garo teachers from the Garo Medium LP Schools who even cannot speak or explain Garo language properly. Notably, the government has recruited many non Garo teachers in the Garo dominated areas...
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