The Assam Foundation of North America (AFNA) program 'Sponsor a Child' started off with a meeting at Snehalaya Guwahati. Debojit Bora of AFNA talked in detailed about this project. The meeting was attended by 1) Parijat Academy, 2) Asha Darshan-Tamulpur, 3) sSTEP, Society for Social Transformation and Environmental Protection 4) Atma Nirbhar-Ek Challange, Guwahati and 5) SHED , a rehab centers for Mentally Retarded & Autistic children in, Beltola , Guwahati . Bidyananda Barkakoty of Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters , Guwahati graced the meeting and offered all assistance for the successful completion of this project.
Also present was a four year old boy Bishal Acharya accompanied by his grand father Tarun Sarkar. This innocent child Bishal lost his father Sujit Acharya (age 31 yrs) during the Guwahati bomb blast on October 30, 2008 at Ganeshguri. Late Acharya was the only earning member of this lower middle class family. Bishal's mother, Reeta Acharya (age 26 years), a housewife is still in the grip of shock and trauma. Bishal will start his education from January 2009 and has taken admission in Ideal Nursery School in Fatasil Ambari area of Guwahati. AFNA is going to sponsor the educational cost of this child.
PermalinkSubmitted by rupanjali deka on Sat, 02/05/2009 - 02:09
I do not have much knowledge about AFNA but I know a little about Sehalaya.... I know the organisatoin is doing a lot for the street children....I am just crazy to be a part of it.... its mean a lot for me....I also want to be part of Snehalaya..........
Assam Revenue Minister Bhumidhar Barman got candid with the media on saturday when he disclosed that Bangladesh has illegally occupied about 499.79 acres of land in the state. According to him, the occupied lands were in Dhubri and Karimganj districts. Barman said said in Dhubri district 189.06 acres in Goroibari under Mankachar subdivision and in Karimganj district two tea gardens--299 acres of Pallatol Tea garden and 11.73 acres of Promodnagar tea garden were illegally occupied. The neighbouring country was yet to hand over the land to Assam, the minister said. The occupied territory were in their possession since 1948 under the then East Pakistan and despite several attempts by both the...
Eminent painter and Associate Professor of IIT Guwahati, Dr. Utpal Barua will interact with the media persons in the city tomorrow (September 18). During the hour-long programme, to be held in Guwahati Press Club at 11 am, Barua will reveal his experience about his participation in the Beijing Olympic Games last year. Mentionable that Utpal Barua was invited to Beijing by the Olympics Committee for display his painting 'A butterfly was passing by' in an exhibition of works of art from across the globe.
He is amongst he 300 international artists from 80 countries whose work has been selected for permanent display. His painting also selected under the Indian master" category by a panel of...
All sections of the Assamese society should come up in arms to stop government nuisance.
The State Government's dirty gameplan of evicting the indigenous Mising people living on the bank of the Brahmaputra in Sonitpur district in the name of sixth expansion of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is a calculated move to sustain and proliferate illegal immigrants from neighboring countries in the forest zone.
Agastyi Barua
A steady peace process awaits Assam's two hills districts. The DHD(J) known as black widow rebels are surrendering the before the authorities after unleashing several years of violence in North Cachar Hills district. The Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF) is also likely to follow the suit. Barring a few top ranked cadres including Niranjan Hojai camping outside, over 250 armed cadres have so far deposited a huge cache of arms and ammunitions before the authorities before being sent to ther designated camps. According to information, the other top cadres camping outside the country would be arriving in a few days as the Centre announced safe passage for these rebels. The...
The name of the media fellows, selected for the fellowship programme to study the issues of climate change and disaster risk reduction has been declared. Sponsored by ActionAid (Northeast) and conducted by Guwahati Press Club the fellowships have been awarded to Manoranjan Bori (Dainik Janambhumi), Sudip Sharma (Sangbad Lahari) and Kanta Kaveri Sonowal (The Sentinel).
The fellows will receive a grant of Rs 10,000/- for the month long feloooship program, under which they will study and report about the impact of climate change in Northeast India and also probable ways for disaster risk reduction in the region.
In a meeting convened at Gormur high School presided over by Cheng Lung Bimal, all major Tai Ahom organizations of Assam resolved to maintain age-old peaceful relationship between the people of Assam and Nagaland and expressed grave concern at the recent developments at Assam-Nagaland border at Bihubor. They condemned the actions of some self-interested and reactionary forces trying to disrupt this friendly bond. They also urged both sides to maintain peace and refrain from activities that may accelerate tension between the people on both sides of the border.
Dr. Hemanta Kumar Gogoi, Secretary, Tai Ahom National Council, Assam.
A hardecore NSCN cadre died and three others have been arrested during a joint operation by police and army in Haflong on Friday. According to information, acting a tip off that a small group of militants are hiding in Lungsingram area, police and army launched a combing operation in the area where the encounter took place in the hills district town.
The salined Naga rebel cadre was identified as Pauramkualungbe Riame but local residents call it a fake encounter and that he was a vilager only . Two pistols along with a rifle were recovered from their possession.
Ten persons were killed in two separate tragic road mishap in Assam during the last 24 hours .The first one incident took place in Sonitpur district where 6 persons died and two others seriously injured. The incident took place a tailer fell into a deep george after the break of a bridge. The it took place at Belisiri Bridge on the National Highway 52 at around on later Thursday midnight. The vehicle was on its way to Guwahati from Biswanath Chariali. All the six persons died on the spot and the remaining two injured persons were rushed to the hospital. But the bodies of the six persons were recovered on Friday.
In yet another incident four other persons were killed and 20 others have...
In recent times management education has taken the education spectrum by storm. Joining an MBA course has not only become promising but has also become a fad. There is no doubt that with the growth of industrialisation and corporatisation, there is been a growing need of more and more management professionals to propel the unending hunger of corporate growth. This has resulted in the establishment of business management institutes all over the country. For students, joining an MBA course becomes a passport to sure jobs in the industry.
The fashion of joining an MBA course has become so rampant that students these days do not even think whether they are mentally and emotionally suited for...
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