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 Indian Psychiatric Society, Assam State branch is going to organize its 25th annual conference in the city on July 21 and 22.Officials told Assam Times that the theme for this year’s silver jubilee conference is ‘Care and Respect for the Child.’Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace prize recipient of 2014, will attend the occasion as chief guest and keynote speaker at the inaugural session. Many prominent psychiatrists, including the president and vice-president of the Indian Psychiatric Society, will be present as speakers and resource persons in the scientific deliberations. The inaugural function on July 21 will be followed by a panel discussion on ‘Child Abuse’ where dignitaries from...
KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi has urged the Gauhati High Court to scrap the selected of the Assam civil service examination conducted by the APSC two year back.In his PIL he moved in the court, Gogoi said that corruption, nepotism and favouritism work in the entire process selection process.He claimed to have obtained some glaring evidence to substantiate his allegations against APSC.
The Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha demands UN intervention on the rights of indigenous people against the possible onslaught of the Bangladeshi immigrants.In a recent memorandum to the United Nations Organization (UNO), the umbrella body of 40 organizations said the Centre should implement the UN guidelines and measures to safeguard the interest of the indigenous people of the state.They further asked the UNO to send a delegation to Assam to get the actual picture of torture heaped on the indigenous people' in the name of the deportation of the Bangladeshi immigrants.
There is let up in the state’s overall flood scene. The water levels of the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries started receding from last night giving some sort of relief to over 13 lakh affected people in 4 districts. Only in Sonitpur and Tinsukia districts more than 400 people took shelter in relief camps.Many parts of Baksa, Dibrugarh and Kamrup districts came under the surging under waters in Barpeta, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur Tinsukia, Darrang, Nalbari, Golapara, Jorhat and Kamrup (Metro).
Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said 1,95,243 people have been affected as flood waters submerged 533 villages. The government has opened toll free phone numbers -- 1070 for the State Emergency Operation Centre, and 1077 for the District Emergency Operation Centre. Talking to Assam Times, official sources said the flood waters have also affected over 8,245 hectares of crop land. The government asked the district administrations to arrange relief and rescue material, and take stock of the infrastructural damage.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi strongly advocated an operation all clear like army action inside Myanmar.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Friday, he said after Bangladesh and Bhutan, now Myanmar is the fertile ground for the north eastern insurgent outfit.Gogoi said that steps are on to firmly deal with the situation in Tinsukia where suspected ULFA militants gunned down a local trader and his daughter at Bijuliban area for refusing to pay ransom.
Finally Akhil Gogoi moved the Gauhati High Court alleging rampant corruption in the Assam Civil Service examination .The KMSS president who has been spearheading the fight against APSC has filed a public interest litigation seeking the court’s intervention.Talking to reporters he said that he was waiting for governor’s intervention after he appraised him of the rampant corruption in APSC with evidence. But despite assurance Governor PB Acharrya refrained from taking any step.
Deteriorating air quality in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) region and the resulting impacts requires urgent attention from governments, policy makers, scientists, stakeholders and the public. Atmospheric issues are often neglected at policy making and local levels. The Atmosphere Initiative at ICIMOD, realizing the media’s important role in raising public awareness is organizing a training workshop for journalists to increase their understanding of the issues and complexities surrounding air pollution, its sources and impacts, and mitigation options. Established in 2013, the Atmosphere Initiative of ICIMOD is a part of the Regional Programme on Cryosphere and Atmosphere. It...
A local AASU leader was killed and at least then others sustained injured when security forces sprang upon a group of people who hit the streets in Nalbari demanding Tihu as a sub division.The incident took place when the local residents in large were holding a huge protest meeting near the National Highway No 37 in Tihu reiterating their demand to declare Tihu as a Nalbari district sub division. Initially police and para military forces resorted to lathi charge to disperse the protestors.When the protesters refused to clear the road, one of the CRPF jawans started indiscriminate firing at the protestors where local student Himansu Tamuly was killed along with a CRPF jawans BC Bordoloi.But...
Renowned author and journalist Siddharth Varadarajan will deliver the Journalist Kamala Saikia Memorial Lecture on August 9. Convened at the Vivekananda Kendra auditorium in Uzan Bazar by Kamala Saikia Memorial Trust in association with the Guwahati Press Club, the event will take place at 4 in the afternoon.Senior journalist from Tinsukia Amulya Khataniar and educationist Kshiradhar Baruah will be felicitated for their outstanding contribution to their respective fields.
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