21 meritorious performers at various HSLC & HS Board examinations conducted by both CBSE & SEBA were felicitated by the Minority Welfare Society (MWS) at a function held at the Murshidul Alam Memorial Hall at Nabamilan Path Dispur in Guwahati on Sunday. It may be mentioned here that MWS is a social organisation of minority community people who trace their origin to the Barak Valley but are now settled in Guwahati on account of professional or vocational reasons. MWS connects more than 4,000 people through over 350 families who are its members.
At the outset, Mukhtar Hussain Ahmed Choudhury, President of MWS and former Jt Commissioner of Taxes, Govt of Assam welcomed all the outstanding students, their parents, and others present on the occasion. He said, “You have done the community proud. We pray and hope that you all become good citizens of India and become successful in whatever endeavour you choose to excel in.”
Abdul Waris Chowdhury, General Secretary MWS and former Supdt of Excise, Govt of Assam, informed the gathering that MWS is involved in social services for over 20 years now and focusses its attention to issues relating to senior citizens, helping the poor and needy through micro finance, and encourage education among the masses of the society.
Among the students who cleared the Class X Board Examination, Zuha Noor (Srimanta Sankar Academy 95%), Najnin Ahmed (Srimanta Sankar Academy 93%), and Muzakkir Hussain Laskar (Little Flower School 91%) were given special awards. Similarly, special awards for those who cleared the Class XII Board Examination went to Muhsina Shirin Barbhuiya (KV Khanapara 96%), Shabnam Ferdouse Chowdhury (Army School Narengi 96%), Sadia Sultana (Holy Child School 93%), and Md Khairuzzaman Choudhury (Srimanta Sankar Academy 93%).
Dr Jasmine A Choudhury was felicitated for her thesis on “Portrayal of Women: An Analysis of Alice Walker’s Novels” for which she got her PhD from Assam University, Silchar recently. While delivering her acceptance speech, she informed the audience that she was only 18 when her father, Jalal Ahmed Laskar IFS, died while posted in Arunachal Pradesh. She said, subsequently it’s because of the encouragement she got from her husband Aminur Rashid Choudhury Shamim and father in law, Abdul Muktadir Choudhury, former Assam Minister that she could complete her Phd decades after her MA. After serving GNRC for 17 years in different capacities, she now teaches English at USTM.
Jiyauddin Choudhdury, former Addl Registrar of Coop Societies, Assam; Dr Ferdous A Barbhuiya, Associate Professor, IIIT Guwahati; and Prof Saaduddin Choudhury, former Head of Chemistry Departmenty, Cotton College Guwahati also spoke on the occasion. The function was followed by a Quran khatam, iftar get together, and Maghrib congregation prayer.
Heatwave toll goes up to 11 on Thursday after three persons person died of heatstroke in Goalpara on Thursday. Before that two persons died in Bokakhat and Gohpur. A street dweller was killed in the heat on Wednesday. The body was found under the Ulubari flyover. Apart from him, a 70-year-old man, Sibulal Rabidas, died in the heatwave at Lalamukh Tea Garden in Hailakandi district. A 65-year-old man died of heatstroke in the Labourputa area of Cachar district. In Nagaon district, one person died due to the heat. But there is no sig of any relief on Thursday. Guwahati is set to break 33 year old record on Thursday.
No relief seems to be waiting the sun-burnt people on Thursday.
Guwahati is set to break 33 year old record on Thursday. The city was
hit by temperature of 39 degree Celsius on Wednesday. The death toll
due to the heatwave went up to 3 in the city on Wednesday.
Heatwave toll goes up to 9 on Thursday after a person died of
heatstroke in Digboi on Thursday. A street dweller was killed in the
heat on Wednesday. The body was found under the Ulubari flyover. Apart
from him, a 70-year-old man, Sibulal Rabidas, died in the heatwave at
Lalamukh Tea Garden in Hailakandi district. A 65-year-old man died of
heatstroke in the Labourputa area of Cachar district. In Nagaon
district, one person died due to the heat.
The regional meteorological centre in Guwahati recorded a maximum
temperature of 38.8°C on Wednesday. It predicts hardly any relief
during the next 48 hours. Schools and colleges are remaining closed
under the impact of the heat-wave. The Kamrup (Metro) district
administration has instructed schools across Guwahati to remain shut
on Thursday and Friday.
Amid growing revolt against Tarun Gogoi, AICC has ruled out a change in the chief ministership which has downplayed the dissidence.Party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary told reporters in Delhi, “some people have certain views. They have come here to voice those. Concerned people will discuss the issue with them."Gogoi's recent visit to the capital fuelled speculation that he was demanding that certain ministers in the state opposed to him should be dropped.
A group of rebel Congress MLAs have lodged serious complaints to the party leadership against the autocratic style of functioning of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. They alleged that the state is now being run by officials where they have no any say.The MLAs claimed to have got the support of 40 others. They said till the second term of Gogoi government, the MLAs did not have problems in executing works but they have been facing difficulty since Gogoi came to power for the third time in 2011.
A group of twelve legislators met Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in Delhi on Friday and appraised him if the Maoist menace in the state. Shinde, on his part, promised to act soon on this issue.
Tea planters called for a single hotline phone number along with deployment of drones and unmanned aerial vehicles to ensure adequate security for executives and workers of the industry.According to North East Tea Association, the government should provide the tea industry a single hotline phone number in every tea growing area so that well-equipped and well-manned police and paramilitary forces arrive at the spot within 30 minutes of receiving a phone call.
Normal life in Assam remains crippled on fourth day following an indefinite economic blockade imposed against Nagaland.The blockade was imposed after armed miscreants killed a farmer during a firing incident in the Naginijaan area near Mariani in Jorhat District along the Assam-Nagaland border, worsening the unresolved boundary row.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh extended his best wishes to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on the successful completion of second year of the third consecutive term anniversary of the Congress government on Saturday.Dr Singh, in a message said, Assam has seen all round progress and development during the third consecutive term of the Congress Government.
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