NIT Silchar workshop on problem in North East India

NIT Silchar workshop on problem in North East India
In order to discuss the recent happenings in the State and its repercussions that created volatile situation in the BTAD and its fall out across the nation, the National Institute of Technology, Silchar (NIT Silchar) is organizing an interactive workshop on ‘Challenges and opportunities in Northeast Region’ on Sunday. Details here

Silchar Municipality Board not capable to solve the problem

There is no capable person present in the Congress to run the Silchar Municipality Board. This observation has been made by the opposition leader in the Board and the commissioner of ward no 23, Dilip Paul, while reacting to the question of water logging problem of the city that has made life miserable. Details here

Banning bandh is not a solution: Kabindra Purkayastha

BJP MP from Silchar Kabindra Purkayastha today said scanning of root cause is more important than banning bandh for a month in Assam. Purkayastha said ban was not panacea adding the important thing was to understand the root of the present crisis in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD). Details here 

GC College Alumni Association, Delhi

GC College Alumni Association, Delhi

It gives us great pleasure to inform you that GC College Alumni Association in association with FORTIS HOSPITAL and supported by Bipin Chandra Pal Memorial Trust, is organising a Health Camp on 02nd September 

Location – Medical Center, Bipin Chandra Pal Trust, A81, CR Park

Date – Sunday 02nd Sept 2012

Time – 10am to 2pm

A program schedule is enclosed for your reference. Please attend themedical  camp with you family and make full use of the facilities. You can also visit www.mygccollege.com for further details.

We request all of you to inform your friends and families and attend and support the initiative.

Warm regards,

Soumya Kanti

Gurucharan College Alumni Association

Silchar under water, storm-water drainage scheme abandoned

Silchar under water, storm-water drainage scheme abandoned  

In the absence of a modern drainage facility, the nearly-3.5 lakh populace of Silchar is facing the worst ever waterlogging problem to have affected this second largest town of Assam.

Sources said a Rs 170.77-crore storm-water drainage scheme, the first of its kind in Assam, which was launched here in 2007, has failed to take off even five years later. 

But the scheme derailed after the NBCC abandoned the project alleging non-cooperation on the part of the state government. Details here

Amra Bangali condemned the recent attack on the Bengali speaking people

Amra Bangali condemned the recent attack on the Bengali speaking people of the State in the strife torn areas of BTAD.

Sadhan Purkayastha, general secretary of the organization said that antisocial and antinational elements are trying to break the unity of the people of the State. He said that the innocent people have regularly been attacked by the miscreants in Bodoland.

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=129943&dtP=2012-08-30&ppr=1#129943

Akhil Bharatiya Poorva Sainik Seva Parishad (ABPSSP) expressed its concern at mass exodus

Akhil Bharatiya Poorva Sainik Seva Parishad (ABPSSP) expressed its concern at mass exodus from the southern States of the country following the rumour mongering by the miscreants.

Dr Vishrant Vasisth, National Secretary of ABPSSP, said, “The country belongs to every citizen and every Indian has the right to reside, work and study in any part of the country. If anyone tries to put a hurdle in this right of the people, the ex-servicemen, who have been defending the borders of the nation, will come forward to guard the interests of the people of the country.”

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=129942&dtP=2012-08-30&ppr=1#129942

Cachar Paper Mill's future is in danger

Cachar Paper Mill's future is in danger 

Since the Cachar Paper Mill, located at Panchgram of Hailakandi, 28 km from here, started commercial production from April 1988, it has been a mixed fortune for the management.

Except for profit during 2001-02 and 2003-04, it had been accumulating losses with huge stocks of paper lying indisposed, mainly due to competitive market price.

The management blamed the railways for not providing sufficient wagons for transportation of its necessary inputs from different destinations which was dismissed by the Centre.

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=129941&dtP=2012-08-30&ppr=1#129941

Silchar Girl Rape incident, a core committee formed

Citizens to ensure justice to rape victim

Concerned over the rape of a minor girl here recently, people from all walks of life have vowed to fight for speedy justice and resist such crime tooth and nail in future.

A core committee was formed comprising people at a public meeting held here on Sunday evening in the premises of Women’s College.

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=128879&dtP=2012-08-30&ppr=1#128879

NIT Silchar MBA Admission 2012-2013 details information

NIT Silchar MBA Admission 2012-2013 details information 

“Learning by Doing” will be the sole motto of the MBA programme of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar, which was inaugurated on Tuesday.

In the first batch, 30 students have enrolled their names.

In his welcome note, Gurudas Das, head, Department of Management Studies, said the idea of starting MBA programme in a technical institute “lies on the realisation that addition of managerial skills to engineering students will be more effective.”

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=128968&dtP=2012-08-30&ppr=1#128968

NIT Silchar to produce electricity from the kitchen wastes

NIT Silchar to produce electricity from the kitchen wastes 

Deshpandey said the NIT was all set to produce electricity from the kitchen wastes. “Within a month, we will start work. Scientists from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre are coming to help us”, he said adding the NIT would have a solar powered campus shortly. The Cachar deputy commissioner also requested for the benefit of solar power to his establishment, he added.

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=129161&dtP=2012-08-30&ppr=1#129161

NIT Silchar will adopt neighbouring villages for socio-educational uplift

NIT Silchar will adopt neighbouring villages for socio-educational uplift 

Widening its area of activities, the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar will adopt neighbouring villages for socio-educational uplift with stress on inculcating sense of better living and spirit to move with the changing time.

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=129161&dtP=2012-08-30&ppr=1#129161

Bishnupriya Manipuris welcomed the Door Darshan’s decision to beam music and cultural programmes of the Bishnupriya Manipuri community

Bishnupriya Manipuris welcomed the Door Darshan’s decision to beam music and cultural programmes of the Bishnupriya Manipuri community  

Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Students’ Union (NBMSU) and Bishnupriya Manipuri Ganasangram Parishad (BMGP) have welcomed the Door Darshan’s decision to beam music and cultural programmes of the Bishnupriya Manipuri community along with programmes of other ethnic communities.

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=129224&dtP=2012-08-30&ppr=1#129224

Cement Corporation's unit in Cachar yet to be operational

Cement Corporation's unit in Cachar yet to be operational

It was way back in July 2009 that the foundation stone of cement grinding factory was laid by the Chief Minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi, in the presence of Santosh Mohan Dev, the then Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Dinesh Prasad Goala, former Minister of PHE, and the officials of Cement Corporation of India at Kalain in Katigorah constituency of Cachar. 

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=129371&dtP=2012-08-30&ppr=1#129371

What about the Cement and Power plant in Silchar ?

What about Cement and Power plant in Silchar ? (Barak Valley)

When elections come, politicians make promises only to forget them after the hustings are over. And people of Barak Valley have become used to such promises of politicians.

It is no wonder that way back on July 24, 2008, just ahead of the Parliamentary elections of 2009, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, came to Kalain village of Baikunthapur, 25 km from here, to lay the foundation stone of a Cement Corporation of India unit.

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=129516&dtP=2012-08-30&ppr=1#129516

Night landing facilities at Kumbhirgram Silchar Airport yet to become operational

Night landing facilities at Kumbhirgram Silchar Airport yet to become operational 

When the people of Barak Valley have been eagerly looking forward to the night landing of aircraft at Kumbhirgram airport for a long time, the air force with its base here is yet to give a go ahead.

Significantly, this is one of 17 other airports of the country, which is under the strategic control of air force.

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=129727&dtP=2012-08-29&ppr=1#129727

waterways being operational between Kolkata and Silchar

waterways being operational between Kolkata and Silchar
With waterways being operational between Kolkata and Silchar, it will open a new vista of development, not only for the land-locked Barak Valley, but also for Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur. It will bring about a surge in economic activities and create a conducive climate for investment and industrialization.

According to a Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC) source, Barak and Kushiara rivers, upto a length of 121 km, will be declared as a national waterway soon. A Bill to this effect is pending in the Parliament.

Details here:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=129863&dtP=2012-08-29&ppr=1#129863

What about the proposed Cement & Power plants in barak ?

What about cement and power plants in Cachar?

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, came to Kalain village of Baikunthapur, 25 km from here, to lay the foundation stone of a Cement Corporation of India unit. It was to boost the winning prospect of Sontosh Mohan Dev, then Union Minister of Heavy Industries and public enterprises. 
details here http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=129516&dtP=2012-08-26&ppr=1#129516

Socio-cultural and Literary Activities Barak Upatyaka Banga Sahitya – O – Sanskriti Sammelan

Barak Upatyaka Banga Sahitya – O – Sanskriti Sammelan

Socio-cultural and Literary Activities

During the conference of the Cachar Banga Sahitya O Sanskriti Sammelan (later re-christened by replacement of the word ‘Cachar’ by ‘Barak Upatyaka’), held on 8 and 9 January, 1977 in the District Library auditorium of Silchar, it was resolved that the organization (hereinafter mentioned as ‘Sammelan’) would always try to promote all – round developments of the Bengali language, culture and literature of the district of Cachar (hereinafter mentioned as ‘Barak Valley’). This objective finds mention in the constitution, which was drafted and adopted later. Keeping this objective in view, the Sammelan has been working consistently with sincerity and dedication for promoting researches in, and augmenting all-round developments of, the Bengali language, literature and culture of this region. Major efforts and key developments in these fields may be summed up here in a nutshell.

For details visit http://barakbanga.org/activity/activity.htm

Barak Valley The Southern Sentinel of Assam

Welcome to Barak Valley The Southern Sentinel of Assam

Barak Valley, comprising three districts of South Assam, namely Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj, is situated between longitude 92.15// and 93.15// East, and latitude 24.8// and 25.8// North,  covering an area of 6,922 sq. km of land. It is bounded on the North by North Cachar Hills districts of Assam, Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, on the South by Mizoram, on the East by Manipur and by Tripura and Sylhet district of Bangladesh on the west.

More details here: http://barakbanga.org/about/about.htm

History of Barak Upatyaka Banga Sahitya – O – Sanskriti Sammelan

Barak Upatyaka Banga Sahitya – O – Sanskriti Sammelan

Barak Upatyaka Banga Sahitya – O – Sanskriti Sammelan (will be mentioned as sammelan hereafter) is the leading and representative culturo-literary – organization of Barak Valley which has been devoted to overall cultural upliftment of the Valley since 1977. In addition to that, because of the vulnerable position of the Bengali-speaking people of Assam, the Sammelan has been acting as the sentinel for protection and preservation of the rights and status of the Bengali as well other minority languages.

Details here : http://barakbanga.org/history/history.htm