Guwahati: Dhritiraj Bastav Kalita from Barampur Jatiya Vidyalaya, a private school stole the show in the HSLC examination, 2020 conducted by the Secondary Board Education, Assam in February. Altogether 2221,957 cleared the examinations out of 3,42,224 across the state. Of them, 48,278 have secured first divisions while the remaining others have been placed in second and third division. The percentage of successful candidates stands at 64.80 while girls outnumber the boys.
Dhritiraj Bastav Kalita of Padum Pukhuri High School,Sipajhar
Sivasagar tops with 84% successful students with three among the top 10 positions this year. Altogether 9.259 students cleared the examination out of 11,023 students from the distgricts. Of them, 2860 passed in the first division, 3377 passed in the second division, and 3014 passed in the third division.
Guwahati: Justice Ajay Lamba was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court today.
Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi administered him the oath of office at a solemn function in presence of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal held at Darbur Hall in Raj Bhavan.
The Governor administered him the oath of office under article 219 of the Constitution of India.
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by judges of Gauhati HC, members from legal fraternity, Chief Secretary, Govt.of Assam Alok Kumar, DGP Kuladhar Saikia and other senior officials of the state govt.
The Kamrup Metro District level National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC) 2019 was held at Panbazar Higher Secondary School on 22nd September last.
Total 72 teams, each consists of two nos. of child-scientist from different schools of the Kamrup Metro District presented their project reports at the district congress.
From amongst them, eight projects are selected as representatives from Kamrup (M) District for the state level meet of 27th National Children’s Science Congress to be held at Jawahar Novoday Vidyalay, Rangajaan in Doomdooma from 1st to 4th November 2019.
Selected projects are as follows:
Advance Blind Stick –by Kridip Jyoti Mudoi and Bitopan Nath of...
Dr. Dilip Datta (80 years), Professor of Mathematics, University of Rhode Island passed away between 2:30-4:00 am New York time on 26th September 2019 at his Rhode Island residence in USA.
Prof. Dilip Datta was a noted author and had authored many books, novels, etc, including -
1. Bhupen Hazarikar Geet aru Jibon Rath,
2. Phali Lua Biranji
3. Mur Sikkha aru Mur Sikhhak
4. Miss Gauhati (Novel)
5. Mone mur koina bisare, which was converted into a movie, including many books on Mathematics.
Dr. Datta was very close to Late Shri. Bhupen Hazarika.
He was also ex-President of Asomiya Sahitya Sabha and was running a School at his place of birth at Jorhat.
Dr. Dilip Datta was the...
Assam Don Bosco University is organising an essay competition on the topic - Youth Solidarity for Sustainable Development in Northeast India: Opportunities and Challenges.
The contest is organized in an effort to harness the energy, creativity and initiative of the youth in understanding and promoting a culture of solidarity, cooperative living and sustainable development.
The contest is open to all undergraduate and post-graduate students in Kamrup district, Assam carrying six prizes consisting of Rs. 5,000 (first prize), Rs. 3,000 (second prize), and Rs. 1,800 (third prize) as well as three consolation prizes of Rs.1,000 each.
The last date of the entry is 15 October -2019....
Dispur, September 23: As per order of the Transport Department, Government of Assam, dated 23rd September 2019.
Some of the following offences will be fined as under:
Driving without licence – Rs. 5,000
Racing and trials of speed – Rs. 5,000
Violating air and noise pollution – Rs. 10,000
Driver or passenger without seat belt – Rs. 1,000
Carrying children below 14 years without safety belt/child restraint system – Rs. 1,000
Riding more than two persons in two wheelers – Rs. 1,000
Riding without helmets by both driver and pillion – Rs. 1,000
Not providing way for emergency vehicles (Fire Service or Ambulance) – Rs. 10,000
The details of the Act can be seen in https...
PASIGHAT: The four –day long 53rd Central Solung Celebrations of the Adi Community began here today at Giidi Notko with traditional fervour and zeal.
The Socio –cultural festival of the Adi community is also an occasion to showcase and share our rich cultural heritage,folk dances & songs , Ponung dance, costumes, ethnic cuisines with others ,said Local MLA Kaling Moyong , as the Chief Guest ,while greeting the people on the festive occasion.Lets extend our traditional hospitality to the visiting players,team members of the Senior Women National Football Championship and other visitors to join and experience our rich tradition and culture, Moyong called upon.
Earlier,invoking the...
Guwahati: City-based scribes, who participated in a daylong Hepatitis B and C screening camp at Guwahati Press Club on 9 September 2019, showed an excellent health status as none was reported positive in the blood tests.
Organized by Dr Rela Institute & Medical Centre of Chennai, the camp witnessed the participation of over 60 media persons where all the blood samples were tested negative for both the viruses. Marketing officer from Dr Rela Institute in northeast India, Chiranjib Sarma along with health workers Siva Kalita and Mrnmoy Dutta conducted the camp.
Currently, chronic Hepatitis B and C are the major burden of liver diseases in India, which eventually leads to cirrhosis...
Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi said that North Eastern Council (NEC) should play a proactive role in undertaking more research work in generating more employment avenues to help the youth of the region to be absorbed in meaningful vocations.
Sharing his observations as the Governor of the state, Prof. Mukhi caught the attention of the august gathering and presented a canvas of avenues where NEC can undertake research activities and pump in investment for generating large scale employment avenues in the region. He said that bamboo is found abundantly in the state and with the new technology and markets emerging for the new bamboo products, it can be commercially exploited with great...
Guwahati: Consumer Legal Protection Forum and Consumer VOICE, New Delhi is consumer protection organizations working to promote road safety. They organized a stakeholder workshop at hotel Aarian Atithya, Guwahati today. The main objective of the workshop was to strengthen the road safety aspects of MVA 2019.
Recently the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 has been passed and got assent of the President of India. This amendment aims to make Indian roads safer, reduce corruption and use technology to overhaul the country's transportation system. The next step is to frame the Motor Vehicle Rules by Central and State governments to implement the amended law for improving road safety...
Tribal Vaganza , a festival of music, films, culture and indigenous games will be held on 13th & 14th September 2019 at Bethel School Compound, Old Showuba, Dimapur suburbs in Nagaland.
The festival will commence with Indigenous games like , open oiled bamboo pole climbing competition and bamboo stilt race at 2.50 pm in the afternoon and in the evening from 6pm, there will be a pre release Film Premiere of “EnterMy World” Shri. Temjen Imna Along, Hon’ble Minister of H & TE and Tribal Affairs will graced the occasion as special invitee.
There will be a mega concert on day two at 6 pm featuring , Fiddlecraft from Pune, Reuben Mashangwa’s...
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