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.
A special on Saturday at Haflong is all set to end the on going deadlock at the North Cachar Hillls Autonomous district council on Friday. Convened by Governor PB Acharya, The session is begining at 9 in the morning where BJP leader Niranjan Hojai is expected to be elected as Chief Executive Member of the council. Then Hojai would be able to select other executive member at his discretion. BJP a couple of weeks ago met the governor and staked claimed to form the council saying that the Debojeet Thaosen led executive body reduced to majority. When asked, Thaosen resigned before facing the floor test. The governor then asked the chairman to form a new executive body on Saturday. Mohet...
NorthEast United FC beat Atletico de Kolkata by 1-0 in the Match 19 of the Hero Indian Super League clash in Guwahati on Friday. Striker Nicolas Velez scored the mch needed goal for NEUFC in the 77th minute. The Argentine striker scored for the second successive game as NorthEast won two matches on the trot after losing three matches in a row. The Highlanders are now sixth on the table with six points.
A special session of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council is expected to pave the way for forming a BJP-led executive body on Saturday. The session is all set to begin at 10 in the morning at Haflong to allow BJP to form the new executive body to run the council a week after the Debojeet Thaosen-led body resigned. BJP has already staked its claim to the form the executive body after more Congress members joined the party in addition to the support from others. Thaosen resigned as chief executive member after he lost his majority forcing the authority to convene a special session. Council chairman Namrathong Hmar is making arrangements as per rules to form a new executive...
The Durga puja din and bustle have died down when the idols of the goddess were immersed on Friday. The immersion started from Thursday afternoon across the state. But all committees will complete the immersion process only on Friday. In Guwahati also, at least 100 puja committees immersed the idols in three places on the river Brahmaputra which took place till midnight. Others in the premier north eastern city are preparing to immerse the idols by 12 noon at the initiatives of the district administration. People thronged in thousands at Kachari Ghat, Pandu Ghat and Noonmati to see the immersion from early in the morning.
Yet another challenge for NorthEast United FC are the home team are facing Atletico de Kolkata in the Hero Indian Super League match in Guwahati on Friday. The guest team members have reached Guwahati to take on the NorthEast United FC first time after the home team got a point beating Chennaiyin FC 2-0 at the packed Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in the evening.All eyes are fixed on Marquee player Simao Sabrosa who played his first match for NorthEast United FC and scored a penalty. That’s why, the home team managers believes that they are in good order.Atletico de Kolkata players are equally prepared to get more point. They won’t allow the home team to take any chance. The...
A heavy rush of devotees and visitors has forced the Durga Puja organizers at Latashil playground in Guwahati to hasten the immersion process on Thursday morning fearing a rerun of the Deshopriya tragedy.Talking to Assam Times, the organizers said that their huge Durga puja pendal was teeming with thousands of visitors from the day one of the celebration. Even heavy deployment of security forces has been failing to control the crowd for the last three days.“We fear the rerun of the much hyped Deshopriya tragedy in Kolkata sponsored by the Star Cement where eleven people were hurt in a stampede on the first day. We moved the district administration and agreed to end the event as soon as we...
In a major achievement, Guwahati police and their Goalpara counterpart have arrested four youths in connection with the HDFC case where a Brink Arya driver had gone missing with Rs 1.80 crore in cash meant to be put in ATM counters.According to Guwahati Police Commissioner, the arrested youths include the driver Rumud Barman who smartly disappeared from Ganeshguri with the entire amount in cash when three others from the bank and service provider went inside an ATM booth.A joint team of police caught Rumud along with four others from Krishnai area and seized Rs 1.15 crore from them they kept with some of their relatives. Policemen are continuing the operation in search of yet another...
Amid a massive security arrangement Durga puja organizers are preparing to immerse the idols of the goddess on Thursday. But a section of the organizers is refusing immerse the idols. This has forced the authorities to ask all Durga puja organizers to immerse the idols of the goddess on a same day. Guwahati is also gearing up for the immersion ceremony on the river Brahmaputra. The immersion will take place from 3 in the afternoon.
Issues after issues are surfacing for Asam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to take on the NDA government at the Centre. This time Gogoi takes potshot on the BJP-led government for failing to curb the rising prices of pulse. In a statement on Wednesday, Gogoi said slammed the Modi government for failure to import the essential commodities to deal with the soaring prices of essential commodities. Gogoi questioned the government’s efficiency to rein in the hoarders and blackmarketers. He said, "today, the hoarders and blackmarketers are having a field day and the common man has been hit hard as pulses constitute their staple meal." The chief minister observed, "the central government...
Once again Assam and its people have reasons to hang the heads in shame. Four drunken youths have attacked a foreign couple in Jorhat on Tuesday night forcing police to launch an operation in search of the youths.According to information, four youths waylaid the Australian couple Brand Steter Werner and his wife Susanne Regina on the way back to the town from Kokilamukh and tried to storm into the Mercedes Benz caravan. The youths spoke to them in Assamese who was not understood by the foreign couple. Then the youths tried to dreg them out of the car and when failed they broke the glass by pelting stones and vanished. A local resident brought the situation under control and talked...
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