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.
The Assam police on Thursday booked Anjan Bora a day after the police officer dropped a bombshell against a BJP MLA alleging her involvement in flash trade in Dispur triggering statewide and acrimony. Bora, the deputy commandant with a police force in Karbi Anglong district in his Facebook status made this sensational allegations without naming the ruling party legislartor. Inspector General of Police Pradip Haloi who holds the charge of administration on Thursday moved CID registering a case against Bora alleging an uncharitable charge against the lady legislator. Sources told Assam Times that Bora us likely to be placed under suspension during period of investigation by CID...
A huge storm wreaked no less havoc across Assam rendering hundreds homeless apart from disrupting surface communication network on Wednesday. Accompanied by heavy downpour the stormed lashed many places in the evening where at least 800 huts and houses were damaged. The uprooted trees in many places blocked the roads snapping electric and telephone lines within half an hour. The worst hit areas include Barpeta, Kamrup, Jorhat, Golaghat, Sivas agar, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji. Some other areas were swept on Tuesday night. Works are in progress to restore telephone and electricity. But it would take time in view of the huge damaged caused by the devastating storm.
More than 80 lakh people in Assam will miss their places in the updated NRC as panchayat certificate and ration cards would be of no use to prove the citizenship in the state where immigration poses a serious threat to the indigenous lot. This was more or less of what Aabhijeet Sharma said when the APW chairman was holding a press conference in Guwahati on Wednesday. Sarma said the strong possibility emerged after the Gauhati High Court and Supreme Court have categorically rejected panchayat certificate and ration card as supportive documents to prove citizenship in the ongoing process. He blamed the cabinet sub committee set up by the erstwhile Congress government which after...
The Centre is holding a tripartite meeting with Assam Government and All Assam Students Union to discuss the Assam Accord implementation amid the move to amend the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955 that would virtually spoil the spirit of the historic pact reached three decades ago to detect and deport the illegal settlers who came to the state after 1971. Led by Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya, the five member delegation began the talks at the North Block in New Delhi from 12 noon with Union home minister Rajnath Singh in presence of chief minister Sarbanabda Sonowal. Detection and deportation of the illegal Bangladeshi settlers is not figuring the talks since the Centre wants to deport only the...
Prime minister Narendra Modi will be on a day long visit to Assam on May 24 a year after BJP came to power with Sarbananda Sonowal as chief minister. During his day long visit, Modi will be opening the much awaited Dhola-Sadiya bridge, the largest bridge in the country. This would be followed by his presence at the huge rally to mark the first anniversary of the BJP led government in the state. Party president Amit Shah along with union surface transport minister Nitin Gadkari will also attend the functions.
Earth Day 2017 was observed by members of Green Guard Nature Organization at St. Theresa's School, Morigaon, with a 'Morning Assembly' talk attuned to the Earth Day Network India campaign, followed by an audio-visual presentation, 'Climate Reality: The Climate Crisis & Biodiversity Impacts', by Climate Reality Leader & District Manager Rituraj Phukan in conjunction with the environmental & climate literacy theme for the year 2017 for senior classes. The Water Pledge was also administered to the students, with an introduction on 'water, the local issue of global climate change.' The second observance was arranged at the Radhakrishnan Central Academy School, Morigaon; after an...
A CID team probing the multi crore scam in the agriculture department questioned director to extract more information on Tuesday. The five member CID team questioned director Juri Phukan for a couple of hours relating to the anomalies' in fertilizer seed procurement and distribution. They further sought some crucial files at the Krishi Bhawan to carry out the probe into the Rs 700 crore scam which took place during the erstwhile Congress government. CID had already arrested a few officers and contractors in this connection.
An AASU delegation net chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday in New Delhi a day before the tripartite talks on the implementation of the Assam Accord. Sonowal, who has been camping in the capital met the five member student delegation at the Assam Bhawan where they discussed the main agenda of the talks on Wednesday with Union home minister Rajnath Singh in the chair. Led by adviser Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya, the team is set to demand the time bound implementation of the historic Accord. Adviser and educationist Basants Deka, president Dipankar Nath and general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi were present in the meeting with Sonowal. The move to amend the Indian Citizenship Bill, 1955...
Chief minister Sarbanabda Sonowal on Tuesday assured a delegation of six ethnic groups of sympathetic consideration of their demand for ST status a day after they openly raised doubt over the government intention. Sonowal who met the delegation at the Assam Bhawan in the morning assured the delegation that the state and centre will keep the promises by according ST status. The delegation representing the six ethnic groups Ahom, Koch, Chutia, Muttock, Adivasi and Moran were unhappy on Monday after attending the tripartite meeting presided over by union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju which remained inconclusive. The much awaited status report id expected to reach the...
Amid an attempt to settle the vexed Bodoland issue through negotiation, an independent non Boro MP from BTAD area have dared the government to hold plebiscite to ascertain the veracity of the decade old demands. Addressing a press conference just before the tripartite talks in New Delhi to discuss the demand, MP Naba Kumar Sarania said most of the people will vote against the separate Bodoland. He accused the Centre of trying to divide Assam where the Assamese as a nation will have to pay heavy price only because of the government mistake. Sarania represents BTAD areas in Parliament alleged that the Centre and state governments have never been taking him into confidence when they...
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