Shankardev Shishu Vidya Niketan School at Dadara near Hajo is ready to get another facelift with the financial support from Guwahati Round Table 235, the Guwahati chapter of Round Table India (www.roundtableindia.org). The completed phase two section, comprising three classrooms, verandah & staircases with a total area of 2,750 square feet, will be inaugurated on 8 January next. Kamrup (rural) district magistrate Vinod Seshan has consented to inaugurate phase two part on Sunday in presence of district police chief PS Mahanta. “The foundation stone for development was laid on the 7 February 2016, where the project was planned to be completed in a phased manner with the first phase has already been completed. It was inaugurated by Assam education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma,” informed Parveen Goyal, chief of Guwahati Round Table 235.
Addressing the media persons on Wednesday, Goyal also added that they would soonstart the construction of phase three and expected to get it completed by the end of 2017. He described his mother organization as a non-religious and non-political entity. The Round Table India has over 4,500 chapters across the country comprising young businessmen, entrepreneurs, technocrats and other professionals. Mukesh Chokhani, secretary to the Guwahati chapter of Round Table India disclosed that they adopted the Dadara Shishu Niketan school under its flagship freedom through education project. He also added that they planned to develop around 10,500 sqft in the school premises with a total outlay of rupees 80 Lakhs.
Project conveners Avishek Kejriwal, Shwet Agarwal, Rahul Sethi with few others were also present on the occasion. Soon after the press meet the Guwahati Round Table 235 office bearers donated two galvanized steel chairs for Guwahati Press Club, which were accepted by the GPC secretary Nava Thakuria in presence of other member-journalists.
Partha Pratim Baruah from the Jatiya Vidyalaya in Tihu hogs the limelight in the HSLC examination, 2017 as the state secondary education board has announced the results on Wednesday. The second position goes jointly to three students namely Tannayoee Hazarika from BVFC Model School in Dibrugarh, Ranjan Kashyap Gogoi from Salt Brook Academy in the same district and Nurul Hasan Ali in RC HS School in Mukalmuwa. Bhargava Pratim Barua from PN Academy at Jarabari in Lakhimpur ranks third while Sayan Mazumdar from Tezpur Don Bosco gets the fifth rank. Writik Satar has been ranked fifth this time. According to the Board of Secondary, Assam which conducted the examination in February and...
A pall of gloom grips Meghalaya when nine people died during the last 24 hours since they ate rice packed with pork and chicken served at a church function in Ri Bhoi district on Sunday. More than 250 others have been receiving treatment in the various hospitals in Ri Bhoi and Shillong. Around 2000 people from ten villages in the district thronged the church premises of Nongya village on Sunday where they were served rick packed with chicken and pork in the afternoon. Hours after those,mostly, ate rice with packed pork complained of vomiting and loose motion to be rushed to the hospitals where three people died at night. Six others died on Monday and Tuesday. The government has set...
A suicide incident in Sonitpur district seems to have put a BJP MLA in dire trouble very soon. The incident took place on Tuesday morning when BJP worker Nomal Saikia was alleged to have committed suicide at his home in Bihpuria. A suicide note recovered beside the body blamed the local MLA along with s senior woman worker of the party for his extreme step. Local residents told Assam Times that during the last couple of years, Saikia was seen depressed who till the other days was working heart and soul for the ruling party.
The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council on Tuesday announced the results of the higher secondary examination where Rajbabu Saikia from Ramajujan Junior College steals the march. The second position, this time, goes to Abinash Kalita from Krishnakanta Handique Junior College in Pathsala to be jointly followed by Kunal Horo in Anandaram Barooah Junior College in Pathsala and Mridupaban Das from Saltbrook Academy in Dibrugarh. According to the state higher secondary education council which conducted thr examination, 86.24 per cent of 36,516 candidates cleared the examination.
Akola Das from Krishnaguru College in Barpeta tops the arts stream of the Higher Secondary Examinatio, 2017 as the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council has announced the results on Tuesday. Next to Aoloka is Sabina Yashmin from Brillient Academy in Mongoldoi in the second position while the third position goes to Ankit Mitra from Genious Academy Junior College in Lakhimpur. According to the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council which conducted the examination in February and March, 73.16 per cent candidates cleared the examination out of 1,88,629 candidates marking a marginal declines in the percentage of successful candidates.
The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) results for 2017 Class 12 is declated on Tuesday. This year's percentage of passed students are 86.24% in science, 73.16% in arts and 82.72% in commerce. Rajababu Saikia from Ramanujan Junior College, Nagaon ranked 1st in the Science stream. Alaka Das from Krishnaguru College, Barpeta ranked 1st in the Arts stream. in commerce, Prashant Gowel from K C Das Commerce College, Guwahati raked 1st.
The Sonitpur District All Rabha Students’ Union (ARSU) committee in collaboration with Rabha Community Education Cell/ARSU organized a career awareness programme for the students appearing matric and Higher Secondary on May 28 at Rakshashmari ME School, Dhekiajuli, Sonitpur. The programme was led by Ranjan K Baruah, Director, North East Youth Foundation, Guwahati and covered several important points regarding selection of subjects after matriculation and the career path ahead. He dealt with certain career options available for students of Arts, Science and Commerce streams. In addition to academic careers, he also talked about entrepreneurship, administrative services, and jobs in corporate...
The activists of North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) held a protest demonstration in Delhi's Assam Bhawan on Monday to protest against the killing of innocent people in Chirang district in alleged fake encounter. A delegation of activists also submitted a memorandum addressed to the Assam Chief Minister through the Resident Commissioner. Army, Assam Police, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel brutally killed tw persons- Lucas Narzary and David Islary in Simlaguri village of Chirang district on March 30 on the pretext of identifying them as NDFB (Songbijit) militants. This issue is raised in a recent report of CRPF Inspector-General...
The United Liberation Front of Asom(I) has owned up the responsibility of the explosion at an ONGC pipeline in Sonari on Saturday. In a statement issued to media on Sunday, the rebel outfit said that they will continue these until and unless sovereignty is restored on the indigenous people. An ONGC pipeline was partially damaged when the explosion took place at Teok Ghat with a huge sound in Sonari district in the evening. Security forces and senior ONGC officials initially could not ascertain ULFA’s role in the incident which took place two days after an Ulfa rebel died in Dikom as he was believed to have been planting a bomb at an OIL pipeline which exploded immediately....
An ONGC pipeline was partially damaged when a mysterious explosion took place on Saturday evening Sonari district. The explosion took place at Trok Ghat with a huge sound. Security forces and senior ONGC officials have been examining the incident which took place two days after an Ulfa rebel died in Dikom as he was believed to have been planting a bomb at an OIL pipeline which exploded immediately. Details awaited.
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