Govt to set up medical varsity
Our Correspondent
NALBARI, Jan 2: The Asom Government has plans to set up a medical university,
to be named after Srimanta Sankardev.
Announcing this at the 76th session of the Srimanta Sankardev Sangh at Nalbari
today, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi upheld the ideals of the Mahapurush and said
the ideals would go a long way in establishing unity, peace and amity among
different communities of the State. There is a solution to every problem. But
resorting to violent means to achieve something would lead us nowhere, he
said, recalling the contributions of Srimanta Sankardev in establishing a
greater Asomiya society.
The Chief Minister announced a grant of Rs 20 lakh to the Sangha for carrying
ahead its works. He also gave a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to the reception committee
of the conference.
Earlier, while inaugu-rating the session, former head of the Sangha Sonaram
Chutia stressed the need for unity among all sections of the people.
State Ministers Bhumidhar Barman, Himanta Biswa Sarma and Rockybul Hussain were
present at the meet among others.
Govt, APCC rap NETV MD
By a Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Feb 2: The State Government and the Asom Pradesh Congress Committee
have condemned the NETV managing director Manoranjana Singh for her scathing
remark on Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in New Delhi yesterday.
Interacting with reporters at New Delhi on Thursday, Singh reportedly described
the Chief Minister a scoundrel. Manoranjana Singh must have lost her mental
balance. Otherwise, she would not have aired such a comment, Education
Minister Ripun Bora told a press conference at the National Games Secretariat
today. We are looking into the legal aspects of Singhs remarks, he added.
When asked about the security provided to the NETV managing director in the
wake of the one-month ultimatum served by the ULFA to the satellite channel,
Bora said, We are ready to provide security if she approaches the Government.
We can even provide security to the property also.
In a press statement, APCC general secretary Dr. Haren Das said, The Chief
Minister represents three crore people of the State. So, insult to the Chief
Minister is actually an insult to all the people of the State.
A precedent has been set
First body donor from upper Asom dead
>From our Staff Reporter
DIBRUGARH, Feb 2: Consider it coincidence or a wish of the Almighty, but he is
no more. It was only today that The Sentinel had written about him. He was no
politician and his death will create no void in our society. But what he and
his brother did, is something not heard often. The brother duo had willingly
donated their bodies after death. But few would have thought that his death
would come so soon.
Golap Gogoi, the personality in question, who was a resident of Nagajanka Bosa
Gaon near Mariani in Jorhat, died at the Aditya Hospitals and Diagnostics, this
morning.
And as per his letter willing away his body after death and leaving it upon
Ellora Vigyan Mancha to do the needful, the Mancha contacted the authorities of
Assam Medical College (AMC) here. A team from the AMC, led by Dr Debojit Bora
and Dr Arup Deori, operated upon Gogois eyes, which are presently in the cold
storage at the Brahmaputra Hospitals and Diagnostics, here. His eyes will be
donated once the two matching recipients are found. The body, which has been
taken to Mariani, will be handed over to the AMC later in the evening.
The Ellora Vigyan Mancha, a voluntary non-profit making non-governmental
organization, paid rich tributes to Golap Gogoi for setting an example. The
Mancha is involved in spreading scientific temper, as well as encouraging
donation of blood, eyes and other organs, as well as the whole body, after
death. It expressed its appreciation to the family members of the deceased for
showing willingness to carry out his wishes.
According to the Vigyan Mancha, Gogoi is the first person in Upper Asom to have
left his body for medical research.
The 67-year-old Golap Gogoi, popularly known as kokaideo, was a former employee
of the Indian Air Force and joined the ASEB later. He was involved in various
socio-cultural activities.
Influx issue: Bhattacharya urges tribes to stand united
>From our Correspondent
JAGIROAD, Feb 2: If influx of illegal Bangladeshis is to stop, it is of prime
importance that every ethnic tribe of the State unitedly raises their voice,
said AASU adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya while addressing the open session of
the 45th biennial conference of the Karbi Students Union (KSU) at Sindhumoni
Khetra, Amlighat, near here recently.
Addressing the session which was chaired by KSU president Bhubaneswar Teron,
Bhattacharyaa questioned New Delhis sincerity to settle the influx issue, once
and for all.
If the Centre could seal the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir within
two years, why has it take more than 26 years to seal Indias border with
Bangladesh, he said.
Though Tarun Gogoi may go on record saying that there are no illegal
Bangladeshi immigrants in Asom, former Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia had
admitted that at least 30 lakh illegal Bangladeshi settlers had settled in
Asom. His statement was substantiated by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil when
he raised the figure to 50 lakh. If this is the case, why is the Centre not
acting accordingly, Bhattacharya added.
The session was also addressed by many other invitees, including AJYCP adviser
Dilip Patgiri, Tribal Sangha president Aditya Khakhlari and Sahitya Akademi
award-winner Bidor Singh Kro.
Earlier, the session was inaugurated by Mukunda Bey.
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