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.
Nagaland wants peace to be restored at an earlier date. This was more or less of what the speakers recently said at a recent panel discussion on the Naga peoples’ opinion on peaceful settlement. ACAUT hoped that this would usher in a paradigm shift in the manner in which, how public opinion is mobilized in true democratic sense.A NiketuIralu, Tuisem Shishak, Dr. VK Nuh, Dr.Visier Sanyu Meyasetu, Dr. Mazie Nakhro and Khekiye K. Sema participated in the discussion.
Preparations are afoot for the 3rd Kohima District Volleyball Championship 2015. Organized by the Kohima District Volleyball Association, the tournament is slated to begin from October 22 to 24 at Kohima Local Ground on league- cum- knock out system.KDVA finalized the decision at a joint meeting on at the Congress Bhavan Tuesday. Entry forms will be available from September 21 onwards at Sports World, Old Taxi Stand and Equipment & Sports, Razhu Point, Kohima.Last date for submission of forms has been fixed on October 17. Fixture will be drawn on October 19.Entry fee amounting to Rs. 2500 and Rs. 100 as form fee will be charged from each participant team.
The Shillong police have picked up one Akeep Warjri of Mawprem Dymmiew and charged him with stealing a music system in Mawkhar area on Tuesday. It took place at 11:30 in the morning where the youth stole a music system from a Maruti car bearing Registration No.ML-05-K-6567 in KJP Hospital (Robert Hospital) Jaiaw. Later, Lumdiengjri police got some clues of the accused person and searched him and caught him from Motphran while he was attempting to dispose of the music system.
Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma who quit as Congress MLA from Jalukbari constituency is likely to face the anti defection law. Assam Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi who received his letter on Tuesday will formally accept it on Wednesday when he will be in his office chamber. Gogoi is expected to write to chief minister Tarun Gogoi seeking his comment as the Congress legislature party leader. Then he might seek legal opinion for a final conclusion. According to constitutional experts, Dr Sarma is a fit case for anti-defection laws. Dr Sarma would have been spared had it been done before joining BJP. But Dr Sarma formally resigned 15 days after he joined BJP. Initially,...
After days of will-he-won’t-he, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma put in his paper as Jalukbari on Tuesday. Dr Sarma, who has already joined BJP last month, handed over his resignation letter before Assam Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi at his official residence in Dispur in the afternoon. Dr Sarma, who had been doing dissidence against Tarun Gogoi as chief minister unofficially join the saffron party towards the end of August when he met BJP president Amit Shah in his New Delhi residence.
Nearly a month after he joined BJP Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma is moving the state assembly to resign as Congress MLA from Jalukbari on Tuesday.Dr Sarma who is set to put in his papers before the state assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi. But the former MLA is likely to face the anti-defection laws. According to the experts “Dr Sarma is a fit case for the anti defection laws as he failed to resign as Jalukbari MLA before formally joining BJP which is a crime.”Notably, Dr Sarma who has been leading dissidence against Tarun Gogoi for the last two years confirmed his association with BJP in August after he met party president Amit Shah in New Delhi.Ten days after it he formally joined BJP...
There seems to be no respite for Gopinath Das as the Gauhati High Court rejected an anticipatory bail petition for the Boko AIUDF MLA in connection with the minor domestic help case. The court, however, asked police to submit the case diary required in the next hearing slated for September 22. On the other hand, police have been carrying out raids in a number of places in search of the MLA who has been absconding.The police have registered a case against the MLA on charges of wrongfully confining a minor girl and also a case under the POCSO Act.
A day after recruiting 13 new parliamentary secretaries chief minister Tarun Gogoi is set to induct two minister afresh in is cabinet. The beneficiaries are Gautom Roy and Siddique Ahmed.Gogoi is understood to have told the duo over telephone on Monday. Governor PB Acharya will administer oath of office and secrecy to both Roy and Ahmed on Wednesday.The 13 parliamentary secretaries will take oath from the chief minister in the same function at the Raj Bhawan. Siddique, the close associate of Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma was shunted out last year after Dr Sama resigned before the governor. Later Roy, who was a loyalist of the dissident camp was axed when Gogoi reshuffled his cabinet.
The Shillong police have fined three persons Rs 5000 each alleging offence of nuisance under the influence of alcohol in two different case in the capital city. The first incident took place on August 19 at night when police picked up Sujjit Singh for nuisance under the influence of alcohol at Keating Road. The CJM court in Shillong convicted him with a fine of Rs.5, 000. In yet another case on the same ay, police picked up Panbir Ray Wahlang and Denis Swer for the offence of nuisance under the influence of alcohol at Lachumiere near Horse Shoe building. The CJM Court in Shillong sentenced them to a payment of fine Rs.5,000/ each. Any default of payment would force them to...
A bee keeping awareness and sericulture development training evokes no less response from local farmers at Tezu area in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh. Organized by handlooom and textile, sericulture, agriculture, fisheries and horticulture department, the training started at the Craft Centre Complex in Tezu from last week which was inaugurated by the Tezu Zila parishad member in presence of goan burahs, PRI members along with the heads of many departments.
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