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 journalist fraternity based in the city are staged dharna on Monday against the recent assaults and killing of scribes. journalists of all media houses in the city gahtered in front of the Guwahait Press Club at 11 in the morning to stage the dharna.Representatives of various journalist organizations observed that the media persons based in different parts of India should get united demanding justice for all the slain journalists and also raise voices for a national action plan for safety & security of newsmen across the country.It may be mentioned that the present month has witnessed a number of cases relating to the physical attacks on the scribes in various parts of the country,...
National Conference of the Tibet Support Groups of India will be held at Guwahati on 10th & 11th October 2015. The organising committee, headed by Sri RK Khrimey, former minister of Arunachal Pradesh, who is also the Chairman of the organising committee visited Guwahati today along with Sri JP Sharma, senior advocate, Delhi High Court, convenor of Delhi region and Jigmey Tsultrim, coordinator of Indo-Tibet Coordination Office, New Delhi as a preparatory team.Sri Khrimey informed the media persons that representatives of more than 250 Tibet Support Groups from across the country will assemble at Guwahati for the conference. He also added that many prominent political leaders, few...
Marks of crack is spotted on the walls of the Deputy Commissioner’s office building after the Sunday’s morning quake.Official sources told Assam Times that many buildings developed cracks under the impact of the tremor forcing the people to come out of their houses.Local residents came out in large numbers to escape the death when the building were shaking.
A moderate tremor damaged no less properties in many parts of lower Assam on Sunday.Measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale originate in Basugaon, the tremor was felt in Kokrahar, Chirang, Bongaigaon and Golapara districts at 6.37 in the morning striking panic among lakhs of people.
Four persons were killed when the vehicle carrying them hit into a truck in Lakhimpur district o Sunday.The accident took place at Laluk area in the wee hour when the Swift Desire vehicle in wich they were trvelling hit on a strandred truck.Three persons died on the spot while another died on the way to the hospital. Talking to Assam Times local residents blamed it all on rash driving.
A court in Guwahati on Friday asked the Assam Cricket Association not to hold its annual session and general election for the time being.Acting on a petition filed by a state cricket body member Tapan Hazarika, a bench of Justice PD Gogoi restrained ACA from holding the session and election scheduled for Friday in Silchar.Hazarika alleged before the court that the state’s cricket board has yet to clear its accounts and audits for the last couple of years.This is not for the first time ACA had to suspend annual session and election. The cricket body was prevented from holding fresh election on earlier two occasions.
Congress and BJP have started heat and dust for the assembly polls early next year.BJP state unit president Siddharth Bhattacharya predicted less than 10 seat for Congress in the assembly polls. Talking to reporters in the sidelines of a Black day function in Guwahati on Friday, he said that the party has leaders but no workers.MP Bijoya Chakrabarty criticized Tarun Gogoi for his recent move on NRC saying that the Chief Minister has lost mental balance because of simmering dissidence.“He is interested to safeguard the interest of the Bangladeshi immigrants,” said Chakrabarty.
Kamakhya temple premises atop the Neelacjhal hill is set to be fallen silent on Friday as the four day long Ambubachi fair has come to an end.Lakhs of pilgrims from the country and abroad are waiting on long queues from early in the morning to visit the ancient temple which resumed puja offerings on Friday.Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visited the temple at 7-30 in the morning and offered pujas along with Kamrup (Metro) DC amnd commissioner MGKV Bhanu.Talking to reporters, Gogoi said that he was seeking divine help to restore peace and development in the state.
More than 60 women courted arrest on Friday when they staged dharna in Guwahati demanding removal of APSC chairman alleging rampant corruption in the civil service examinations.Hundreds of women representing the women KMSS started staging dharna in front of the APSC office premises at 11 in the morning some of whom were thrashed and were taken to the Basistha police station.
Union home minister Rajnath Singh will be on a stock taking visit to Dhubri on June 29. During his two days visit, Singh is scheduled to take stock of the Indo-Bangladesh border fencing work. His visit assumes significance a month after the one member panel set up by the Supreme Court visited the border fencing works.
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