National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) Assam sanctioned one mobile medical unit (MMU) exclusively for Hojai sub division under the administrative control of Jugijan BPHC. The MMU is formally flagged off by Dr. A.K Dey, minister irrigation & soil conservation, government of Assam on Sunday 22nd April 2012 after addressing a public meeting at Hojai FRU. “MMU is a new initiative of government to bring health care to the doorstep of unnerved rural people of Hojai sub division” said Mr. Dey in his speech. He further said MMU is constituted with 3 movable vehicles, equipped with all basic modern diagnostics facilities which will be a mile stone in reducing maternal & child deaths of the sub division. In his welcome speech Dr. D.K Buragohain Joint Director of Health Services Nagaon informed that under MMU a medical team consists of 2 Medical Officers, 1 Radiographer, 2 Nurses, 1 Laboratory Technician, 1 Pharmacist, 2 Helpers and 3 drivers already appointed will conduct at least 22 medical camps in a month to the far flung areas of the sub division. It is also mentioned that the new launched MMU will carry out services like Curative Care, Reproductive & Child Health Services, Family Planning Services, Diagnostic, specialized facilities & services, emergency services & care in times of any disaster. Especial provision for creating mass awareness in disease prevalent areas about health & hygiene, proper nutrition and counselling on Family Planning, RTI/STI etc are made added Joint Director of health.
Circle officer Hojai B.B. Bhagawati , ACS, SDM & HO Jugijan BPHC Dr. Rajib Sarmah, District Media Expert NRHM Maruf Alom, District Programme Manager Karuna Brahma, chairman Hojai Municipal Board, Zila Parisad members, doctors & paramedic staff of the sub division attended the launching programme.
The Bodo Sahitya Sabha will stage a 2-hour dharna Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on April 12 alleging non fulfillment of their demands related to Bodo-medium schools.
The Bodo literary body will also burn copies of "The Assam Venture Educational Institutions (Provincialization of Services) Act, 2011" and "Assam Non-government Educational Institution (Management...
ULFA’s pro talk leaders are all set to hold the second round for formal talks with the Centre on Monday. A set of crucial issues are expected to come up during the meeting with the home ministry in Delhi.
A high-level pro-talk ULFA delegation, led by chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, left for New Delhi on Sunday to hold the second round of talks with the Centre to resolve the long-standing issues.
The delegation is scheduled to meet Union Home Secretary R K Singh on Monday to review the progress of the talks and to ensure that the process was expedited.
The leaders will also urge the Centre to ensure that the security and basic needs of cadres living in designated camps were looked...
Popular Assamese singer cum composer Charu Gohain is dead. He was 61 who breathed his last at around 10-45 on Saturday morning at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital where he was undergoing treatment from February 22.
His condition deteriorated on Friday night and was shifted to the ICU. But he died on Saturday morning.
A pall of gloom has descends into the entire state. His mortal remains consigned to flames at Nabagraha cremation ground in presence of hundreds of his well wishers. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi along with many parties, organizations and individuals condoled his death.
ULFA on Saturday claimed to have blown up a vital unit of the Numaligarh Refinery Limited in Golaghat district on its Raising Day. But the refinery authorities refuse to read it.
Officials said there was an explosion at the hydrogen cracker plant area of the refinery at about 6:35 pm when the fire broke out. They said that the cause of the blaze was yet to be ascertained. Fire tenders posted at the refinery have rushed to the spot to douse the flames. The extent of damage has yet to be ascertained. On the other hand, ULFA in a statement has owned up the responsibility.
Security forces on Saturday arrested four persons and recovered a crude bomb on the ULFA raising day.
Police arrested the four persons from Nalbari district charging them with harbouring ULFA militants and recovered one live round of .9 mm pistol from their possession.
They were identified as Deepak Patowari, Hitesh Deka, Pabitra Deka and Achyut Mazumdar. Police claimed to have possessed incriminating documents from them.
On the other hand, SSB jawans recovered a crude bomb from a remote location in Baksa district on Saturday.
Assam assembly on Saturday observed its platinum jubilee in Guwahati where Veteran political leaders turned nostalgic.
Speakers after speakers remembered the golden days of the House when it held its first session in 1937 in Shillong.
Former MLA Premadhar Bora, Speaker Pranab Gogoi, former chief minister PK Mahanta were prominent among those who attended the low profile function. The grand function is scheduled for April 20 to be attended by prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh who represents the state in the Rajya Sabha.
Amid a simmering controversy over anomalies in HSLC examinations a SEBA official attacked journalist when they visited the headquarters on Saturday.
The official in question was administrative officer Kaushik Chandra Deka who attacked the video journalist of a private satellite news channel and tried to snatch the camera. Other journalists lodged a written complaint against Deka before chairman Shantikam Hazarika who promised to take action against him.
The Board of Secondary Education, Assam has ordered an enquiry into the Goalpara incident where wanton cows destroyed hundreds of HSLC answerscripts on Friday.
SEBA chairman Shantikam Hazarika told reporters on Saturday that the Board had already initiated an inquiry into the incident. He said that the answer scripts had been evaluated already and so it was not going to affect the future of the students.
Tension prevails in Gossaigaon following a shoot out leaving a local businessman injured.
The incident took place at around 7-30 in the evening at Charaibeel when he was trying to escape from a group of youths who tried to kidnap him at gunpoint.
Later he was rushed to the hospital. Security forces have launched an operation to nab the culprits.
There seems to be no end of anomalies in the HSLC and AHM examinations this year.
In yet another incident to make SEBA officials to hang their heads in shame, wanton cows destroyed hundreds of answerscripts inside a strong room in Golapara on Friday.
The incident took place at the Goalpara Govt HS School on Friday morning when examiners spotted a heard of wanton cows destroying many answer scripts inside the strong room.
According to information, the caretaker of the of centre left the strong room without properly shutting the door which is why, the cows managed to storm into the room. Investigation is going on.
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