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31 DECEMBER
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Terong confident of executing
responsibilities
From our Staff Reporter
DIBRUGARH, Dec 30: The Dibrugarh
Xahitya Xabha (DXX) felicitated
the newly elected president
of Axom Xahitya Xabha (AXX),
Rongbong Terong, here today.
Speaking on the occasion, the
AXX president stated that he
felt overwhelmed by the love
showered by the people. He further
said that this had also given
him the courage to take on such
a great responsibility. The
litterateur also expressed his
confidence that he would be
able to do what he had set out
to do. He remarked about the
role Asomiya language and literature
had played in giving expression
to the varied culture of the
tribes of the Northeast.
The meeting was moderated by
former president of AXX Dr Nagen
Saikia. Secretary of the organization
Dr Paramananda Rajbongshi was
also present on the occasion.
While referring to the controversies
the AXX was embroiled in the
last five years, Dr Rajbongshi
expressed hope that he would
be able to lead the organization
on a new direction.
The district units of AXX and
AASU, Nepali Xahitya Xabha,
Sonowal Kachari Students’
Union, Sonowal Kachari Nari
Xantha, the Dibrugarh unit of
Bharatiya Gananatya Sangha,
Lekhika Xantha, Lekhika Samaroh,
Amolapatty Natya Mandir, Milanjyoti
Sangha, UA TV, Gorkha Students’
Union and Mottock Yuba Chatra
Sanmilan also felicitated the
new AXX President. |
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| Shifting
of Dibrugarh Railway Station
to Banipur opposed
From our Staff Reporter
DIBRUGARH, Dec 30: The decision
to move the Dibrugarh railway
station and the office to the
newly constructed Banipur Railway
Station is being opposed by
the Rajohuwa Swartha Rakhya
Mancha (RSRM). The organization
held a meeting in the premises
of the railway station here
today.
Dibrugarh was once the hub of
trade and commerce in the Northeast
and the first train service
in the region started here.
The British set up the Dibrugarh
Railway Station in 1882.
Addressing the meeting, Dibrugarh
MP Sarbananda Sonowal stated
that the historic railway station
would die if the decision were
brought to fruition. He further
said that the move would deprive
the passengers, who travel to
various parts of the country,
from various facilities. Sonowal
stated that the decision of
the railways could not be accepted.
He made the appeal to the authorities
to modernize the Dibrugarh Railway
Station and equip it with the
latest technology as well as
facilities.
In his address, former chairman
of Dibrugarh Municipal Board
Dr Kaminiranjan Barua said that
the people of Asom have managed
to get their rights only after
agitating. The residents of
Dibrugarh would also tread the
same path if the railway authorities
did not revise their decision.
Office bearers of Bengali Yuba
Chatra Federation and Majdoor
Union also addressed the meeting.
Other demands like construction
of a foot overbridge, introduction
of emergency quota in the train
to Chennai and Rajdhani Express
were also raised in the meeting. |
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AJYCP
executive committee formed
From our Staff Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, Dec 30: The day-long
biennial conference of Asom
Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad
(AJYCP), Dibrugarh Nagar Samity,
held at its central office
at Khemka Market here recently
concluded successfully.
The day’s programme
started with the hoisting
of Parishad flag by its president
Divya Jyoti Kalita and tributes
offered to the martyrs by
secretary Deep Kumar Dutta.
The delegate meeting was presided
over by its president Dibya
Jyoti Kalita and was attended
by district committee president
Sanjay Barua and district
joint secretary Rajiv Gogoi.
A 29-member new executive
committee was formed for the
period of 2008-2010 with Bidya
Gohain and Dhonti Dutta as
president and secretary respectively.
The other executive members
of the new committee were
Diganta Neog and Deep Kumar
Dutta as vice president, Nipumoni
Das and Gautam Saikia—joint
secretaries, Amrit Kumar Saikia—finance
secretary and Dibyajyoti Kalita,
Sanjay Barua and Prasanta
Saikia—advisers.
Cancer
awareness workshop held
From our Staff Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, Dec 30: A cancer
awareness workshop was held
at the auditorium of MDK Girls’
College recently under the
aegis of Dibrugarh NCC Group
Headquarters. A team from
the NGO, Cancer Care India,
led by its general secretary
PK Ghosh conducted the workshop
for the officers, cadets,
and families of NCC Group
Headquarters.
In his presentation, Ghosh,
who himself is a cancer survivor,
covered various aspects of
prevention, early detection
and cure of cancer. He drew
attention of the audience
to the fact that 60 per cent
of the cases of cancer are
preventable by way of awareness,
early detection and cure.
He further stated that 40
per cent of the cancer cases
are caused due to consumption
of tobacco. Ghosh also emphasized
on the need to make the community
aware of cancer saying that
the disease is in no way contagious
and there was life after cancer.
The key lay in fighting back
with full strength, Ghosh
added.
His wife, who was also present
on the occasion, spoke about
the important role family
members and caretakers could
play to help cancer patients
cope up with the disease.
A quiz competition on cancer
awareness was also held to
mark the occasion which was
participated by a large number
of cadets and the first 10
cadets were awarded with prizes.
Handique
to inaugurate Bakul Ban Park
today
From our Correspondent
JORHAT, Dec 30: The Bakul
Ban Park built by Jorhat Development
Authority (JDA) in memory
of noted Asomiya poet Ananda
Chandra Barua at Tarun Ram
Phookan Path near Choladhora
will be inaugurated by Union
Minister of State for Chemicals
and Fertilizers and Mines
Bijoy Krishna Handique tomorrow.
The park will also be adorned
by a bust of the wordsmith,
also known as Bakul Banar
Kabi, which has been obtained
from funds made available
for local area development
by Handique who is the Jorhat
MP in Lok Sabha. The park
is the joint effort of Paporir
Kabi Ganesh Gogoi and Bakul
Banar Kabi Ananda Chandra
Barua birth centenary celebration
committee and JDA. A public
meeting will be held on the
occasion of the inauguration
which will be presided over
by JDA chairman Padma Nath
Sarma, secretary of the celebration
committee Gopal Das said.
Rehabilitation scheme
launched
GUWAHATI, Dec 30: Minister
of Veterinary Khorsing Engti
launched a scheme of distribution
of goat and pig under the
Assam Vikash Yojana recently
at Agomani of Dhubri district
and Srirampur of Kokrajhar
district to rehabilitate the
households who were affected
by the culling operation in
the wake of bird flu from
in the Asom-Bengal border
of Dhubri and Kokrajhar districts.
The scheme will benefit 11,900
affected families of the two
districts which will be implemented
phasewise. The total cost
of the scheme will be Rs 3
crore.
The meetings were attended
by Apurba Patar, chairman,
ALPCO, Dr AK Kataki, director,
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary
and officials of the district
administration and Veterinary
Department, said in a press
release.
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Varsity
employees’ body meets
Asom Governor over demands
From our Correspondent
JORHAT, Dec 30: A 13-member
delegation of the employees
of three institutions of higher
education – Gauhati University,
Dibrugarh University and Assam
Agricultural University –
under the banner of All Assam
University Employees’
Federation (AAUEF) met Asom
Governor SC Mathur at Raj Bhavan
on Monday to apprise him of
their long-standing grievances.
The employees’ body submitted
a memorandum to the Governor,
who is also the Chancellor of
the three universities, and
sought his intervention in the
redress of the common grievances
plaguing the non-teaching staff
of the three universities.
AAUEF vice president Amrit Ranjan
Bezbaruah, who was a member
of the delegation which met
the Governor, pointed out that
their demands include constitution
of a new pay commission for
the revision of pay scales of
non-teaching employees of the
three universities. “We
are also pressing for the increase
of the retirement age from the
present 60 years to 62 years
and inclusion of non-teaching
staff in the highest governing
bodies of the three universities,”
he said.
AAUEF has called for a hike
in the annual grants-in-aid
and other statutory funds to
tide over the financial hardships
in the three universities. It
is also demanding the withdrawal
of the order stipulating the
abolition of sanctioned non-teaching
posts under Assam Agricultural
University. There is a separate
demand for the extension of
pension facilities to the employees
of Dibrugarh University in the
manner of those of Gauhati University
and Assam Agricultural University.
Apart from these six
main demands, AAUEF has urged
the Governor to streamline administration,
introduce more job-oriented
courses, provide service rules
and bonus and ensure timely
promotion of non-teaching employees
and appointments to the vacant
posts.
Bezbaruah claimed that the Governor
had given an assurance that
a report on the demands made
by AAUEF would be available
from the Asom Government within
one month.
The AAUEF delegation comprised
Jayanta Puzari, Bezbaruah, Kamini
Kumar Dutta, Madhuryya Khound,
Mahendra Khanikar and eight
other employees of the three
universities.
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