Massive felling of trees by the two companies — L&T and Suma — engaged by the NHPC in the project has drawn flak from the people of Dhemaji district.
In spite of the order of the Deputy Commissioner of Dhemaji district against tree-felling, the NHPC has shown no sign to stop such illegal activities, people here alleged. It may be noted here that the Supreme Court had put a ban on tree felling in the region.
The organising secretary of the golden jubilee celebration committee of the College, Dr Atul Bora, talking to The Assam Tribune, pointed out that not many students from the region manage to get into the all-India services, including the Engineering Services, mainly because of lack of proper preparation for the competitive examinations and a substantial number of students of each batch have the capability of making into the services if they mobilise their talents in an organised manner.
After successfully co-hosting Infocom - India\\'s biggest ICT event based in Calcutta for three years in a row (2002, 2003 & 2004), the ABP Group, one of India\\'s largest media conglomerates, and NASSCOM, the premier chamber of commerce for software and the services industry in India, have joined hands to take the IT revolution even deeper into the heart of East.
The first ever Information and Communications Exposition - NICT 2005 - in Guwahati, Assam, will be held at Vishwaratna Hotel on September 1 and 2, 2005 under The Telegraph and NASSCOM banner.
He was tortured badly and had to be treated in Khagrachari hospital under police custody. At present he is being detained in Khagrachari jail.
It is not known whether any case has been filed against him.
Earlier, in 2003 Mr. Barua was hurt when armed members of the Jana Samhati Samiti mounted an armed attack on UPDF office at Babuchara. Another UPDF member Gyaneshwar Chakma was killed in that attack.
Mr. Barua joined the party after Jana Samhati Samiti members killed his brother Ajoy Barua, a businessman, in Baghaihcari.
Dr Goswami, currently the co-chairman of the US Physician’s Advisory Board and an advisor on Health Care Reforms is expected to play a key role in helping the President’s agenda and thereby maintain a pro-business majority in the US Congress. Working together with leaders of US Senate & Congress this Commission will also look into reducing the tax burden on small business, investigate the impact of illegal immigrants on businesses houses in the USA, formulate health care reforms, etc. and make recommendation to the President for introducing changes in legislature.
Saying that the IITs had a high brand equity, he urged the students of the IIT-G to serve the country through their unique talents. Approving the idea of students going abroad to learn about new technologies, he said that they must at a point of time return to their motherland and serve their fellow countrymen. “Transforming India into a developed nation is far more important than making another country sustain its developed status.
The Guwahati boy, son of the late Dhiren Baruah and Rani Baruah, was a management consultant with the Oregon-based Performance Consulting Group before he decided to join the Government. He is an MBA from Willamettte University and graduated from University of Oregon.
People’s consultative group:
Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Rebati Phukan, Ajit Bhuyan, Hyder Hussain, Diganta Konwar, Hiranya Saikia; Brojen Gogoi, Mukul Mahanta, Arup Borbora, Lachit Bordoloi and Dilip Patgiri.
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The proscribed ULFA today named a ten-member people’s consultative group headed by literatteur Mamoni Raisom Goswami to enter into a dialogue with the Centre to carry forward the peace talks between it and New Delhi.
Tezpur University is hosting the Biennial Conference of the System Dynamics Society of India, for the year 2005. The Conference will be held on the 4th and 5th of November, 2005.
The dates carries great significance to all us who knew
(Late)Prof. Madhab Ch. Bora, whose 1st \\"Adya Sraddha\\" rituals is on the 6th of November. The Conference is dedicated in memory of Bora Sir.(as we all used to refer him)
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visited the TERI-NE building recently and he was apprised of the progress made in construction of the building and the TERI-NE activities through multimedia presentation. Gogoi was highly impressed with the activities of the centre and expressed his happiness in writing in the visitors’ notebook stating that the TERI had been doing good job for the economic development of the NE region
A very highlighted program is expected as this will be th 50th times the deptt will be holding its get-together. The deptt was inuagurated in the year 1954 in the college, which was in fact known as Assam Civil Engineering College. which is also celebrating its golden jubilee celebration for the whole year long.
Under the leadership of artiste Banshi Kaul, the team has been selected as a member of the Indian cultural team which will perform classical and folk cultural programmes of 16 Indian States in several cities of Russia, including Moscow. The team has left for Russia from New Delhi yesterday. Prominent personalities of Indian classical music namely Ustad Amzad Ali Khan, Pandit Hariprasad Saurachia and dancer Bharati Shivaji of Kerala will also perform on behalf of the Indian team.
Nitin was a year 2000 graduate of Klein Forest High School. After high school, Nitin went to study in New Zealand for 2 years. However, in his strong determination to serve the country, Nitin decided to join the US Marines and continue with his studies in the US.
He was attending Sam Houston State University and
Tomball College of NHMCCD.
Nitin was a hardworking young man, full of energy, jest, and a great pleasure to be around with.