Showing a noble gesture to the society, the All Assam Students Union (AASU) has decided to provide helping hand to those meritorious students, who topped in the recently declared Board exams and performed well, despite of all odds.
Informing this in a press communique, AASU general secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi on Thursday stated that Geetika Talukdar, who topped the list of the successful students in the 10+2 level in Arts stream had no electricity facility at her home.Bringing smile to Geetika and her family members, the Barpeta unit of the organisation on Thursday have arranged electricity connection at her home and have decided to provide all help to continue her higher studies.While,the top third ranker of the Arts stream, Nilakshi Baishya from Darrang district will also to get her higher studies continued with the initiatives by the Darrang unit of the organisation.Likewise, Priyanchi Baishya from Golaghat (8th position in commerce stream), Lakhi Sharma from Tezpur (secured highest 98% in physics) and Sailen Thakuria from Rangiya (9th position in science stream) will also be getting fiscal and other help from AASU.
25 Aug 2019 - 8:32pm | AT Kokrajhar Bureau
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A quake survivor is battling for life at AIIMS after he was shifted to Delhi on Wednesday. Abhijit Barua who was on visit to Nepal sustained serious injury in the massive tremor on Saturday was...
The Assam Government has declared local holiday on June 7 in the areas falling under Deori, Thengal kachari and Tiwa Autonomous Councils within respective districts of Nagaon, Morigaon, Kamrup (Metro), Jorhat, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Sonitpur, Sibsagar and Tinsukia for the ensuing general elections to the councils.The declaration is made in respect to all the state and central Govt. offices, public sector Undertakings, Corporations, Boards, Banks, Educational Institutions etc. The Govt. has also declared dry day in these areas from 4 pm of 5th june to 4 pm of June 7 and on the counting day.
The Government of Assam vide notifification issued on June 4, has appointed 27 senior officials as the Election Observers for the purpose of conduct of election to the General Councils of Tiwa, Deori and Thengal Kachari Autonomous Council to be held on June 7, 2010.
As per notification, Apurba Kumar Phukan, Executive Director of Assam Sarba Siksha Abhijan; Shyam Jagannathan, Secretary, P&D; Ganesh Kumar Kalita, Commissioner of Labour; Rajeev Lochan Duara, Director of Social Welfare; Sohrab Ali, Addl. Secretary of Education (S); C R Kalita, Addl. Secretary of Power (E) and Amarendra Nath Bora, Director of Financial Inspection were appointed as Election Observer for the Tiwa...
With a view to sort-out the on-going border disputes between Assam and Meghalaya, the chief ministers of both the states Tarun Gogoi and Dr. Mukul M. Sangma in presence of the ministers and senior officers held a high level meeting here at Assam secretariate on June5 evening.
The meeting decided to conduct a judicial enquiry concerning Langpi incident by a sitting judge of the high court.
Official sources also informed that the meeting, however, constituted a joint commitee comprising the chief secretaries (CS)of both the states to prepare the modalities of the proposed discussion between the states within the next 45 days which will be followed by a meeting of the chief minister...
A Mid Term CME of Association of Surgeons of Assam was organized by the Medical Department of Guwahati Refinery on 29th May’10 wherein medical professionals from all over Assam participated in a large number. This programme was part of the academic activity that Guwahati Refinery Medical Department has been continuously organizing for development of the profession.
The programme took off with the welcome address by Dr. B.P.Sarma, DGM(Medical), Guwahati Refinery and Organizing Chairman. Thereafter, the program was formally inaugurated by renowned Urologist of the North East, Prof. S.C.Dutta. In his inaugural speech, Prof.Dutta spoke of the development of this branch of medical...
Keeping in view to assist the meritorious but poor students of the state, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will soon be declaring a new special scholarship scheme which is not only meant for the position holders but for those who could not secure 1st division but meritorious and needy. Besides this, the top grading schools will also be given fiscal aid from the Government.
According to the sources attached to the CM secretariat, the new scheme is aimed to provide financial help to those students who could not secure 1st division but are meritorius and needy.
''Meanwhile the Chief Minister has issued necessary directives to the education department to prepare the estimated budget for the...
The banned ULFA on friday (May 28) have welcomed the decision by the Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to hold peace talks with the outfit.
A crucial meeting of the outfit held here at the Guwahati central jail which was attended by the jailed and released ULFA leaders opined that the organisation will soon be holding a meeting to finalise its decision to have or not to have peace talks with the Govt. minus it's Commander-in-Chief Paresh Barua.
In a press communique issued after the meeting, the ULFA publicity secretary , Mithinga Daimary stated that the need of the hour is to have a congenial atmosphere for the proposed talk with the Government.He also demanded the release of the...
Keeping in view the the agitational programmes launched by the Amri-Karbi's for the last few days, the Assam Government, on Thursday, has declared it's decision to postponed elections in greater Dimoria area in Kamrup (Metro) district,which falls under the Tiwa Autonomous council. However, the formal notification to this will be issued on May 31 next. It is worth mentioning that the date of council poll is slated for June 7 this year.
According to the reports, the agitators on thursday staged a sit-in-demo in front of the Sonapur revenue circle and blocked the National Highway 37 to register their protest. Later, Govt. representatives when assured the agitators to postponed elections...
The United Liberation Front Of Assam (ULFA) on Friday has denied media reports of the arrests of its Commander-in-chief Paresh Barua and the finance secretary Bhaity Barua alias Apurba Barua.
In a press communique issued today, the self-styled lieutenant colonel and the publicity secretary of the banned outfit, Anu Burhagohain clarified that the arrest of ULFA supremo Paresh Baruah was denied by Bangladesh, Home Ministry officials and the ULFA as well. Even Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi denied having any knowledge of this.
"They (Paresh and Bhaity) are safe "-stated the release.
Meanwhile, the ULFA release also clarified that the wife of Apurba Baruah was permitted to go home...
In protest against the on going constuction work of big dam's in various places in the state, the Asom Yuba Parishad, the youth wing of the main opposition party Asom Gana Parishad(AGP) staged a sit-in-demo in front of the Raj Bhavan here on Friday.
Talking to the press, the President of the party Chandramohan Patowary has demanded the government to put a fullstop the on going construction works of the dams till the assembly committee, which was formed to asses the downstream impact, submits its report.He alleged that the Tarun Gogoi led state government was not paying any heed to the repeated appeals made by several organisations and local peoples of the dam construction site. Former...
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