Silchar's Rajdeep Das topped Assam HS Science 12th Exam

No pressure from parents: Rajdeep

From our Staff Reporter

SILCHAR, May 26: He missed the coveted merit list just by eight marks in HSLC. But just in two years, Rajdeep Das bounced back with topping the merit list in the HS Science stream. Rajdeep, son of Rajat Kanti Das, an officer of Bank of Baroda, scored 92.4 per cent to top the list. Talking to The Sentinel, a jubilant Rajdeep said, he had already been qualified for IIT, “but if I do not get chance in a good college, I may opt for medical studies”, he added. Referring to the recent Aamir Khan- starrer mega-hit ‘Three Idiots’, Rajdeep claimed, his parents never pressurized him to opt stream of their choice. “Even I did not have any tight routine. I used to study when I felt to do so”, a confident Rajdeep, who spent his leisure time with computer game, confided. He, however, admitted that he had taken private tuition for all the subjects except Alternative English. Rajdeep said, he was confident, this time his name would definitely figure in the merit list. “But believe me, I did not dream of the top position. Its absolutely a surprise bonus”. THE SENTINEL

Science Results

1st: Rajdeep Das * 462 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Ramanuj Gupta Jr College, Silchar, 2nd: Gunjan Jyoti Bhuyan * 458 (Eng, Mass, Chem, Phys, Math, Stat) Cotton College, Guwahati, 3rd: Spandan Jyoti Das *454 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Stat) Cotton College, Guwahati, Upasana Sarma * 454 (Eng, Alte, Phys, Chem, Math) Nowgong College, Nagaon, 4th: Kanakdeep Sharma *453 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Ramanuj Gupta Jr College, Silchar, Krishanko Das * 453 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Ramanuj  Gupta Jr College, Silchar, Utpal Kalita * 453 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Cotton College, Guwahati, 5th: Rubul Hussain * 448 (Eng, Mass, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Bhella Higher Secondary School, Barpeta, Himanish Goswami * 448 (Eng, Alte, Phys, Chem, Math, Biol) Salt Brook Academy, Dibrugarh, Padma Bhushan Borah * 448 (Eng, Mass, Phys, Stat, Math, Chem), North Lakhimpur College, North Lakhimpur, Parash Jyoti Mishra * 448  (Eng, Mass, Phys, Chem, Math) Darrang College, Tezpur, 6th: Namrata Das * 447 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Biol) Cotton College, Guwahati, Shantasree Ghosh * 446 (Eng, Alte, Biol, Phys, Math, Chem) Ramanuj Gupta Jr College, Silchar, 8th: Abhishek Barman * 443 (Eng, Alte, Phys, Chem, Math) Cotton College, Guwahati, Supratim Endow * 443 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math) Cotton College, Guwahati, Nibedita Baruah * 443 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math, Stat) Cotton College, Guwahati, 9th: Tulika Thakuria * 442 (Eng, Mass, Chem, Phys, Bio, Math) Dakshin Kamrup College, Mirza, Sailendra Kumar Thakuria * 442 (Eng, Mass, Chem, Phys, Math, Biol) Rangia Higher Secondary School, Rangia, 10th: Shibashis Deb * 441 (Eng, Alte, Biol, Phys, Math, Chem) Ramanuj Gupta Jr College, Silchar, Parashar Talukdar * 441 (Eng, Alte, Phys, Biol, Math, Chem) Salt Brook Academy, Dibrugarh, Dipankar Gogoi * 441 (Engl, Alte, Phys, Chem, Math) Pragjyotika Jr College, Titabar, Palash  Jyoti Borah  * 441 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math) Cotton College, Guwahati, Suruj Jyoti Kakoti * 441 (Eng, Alte, Chem, Phys, Math) Cotton College, Guwahati.   THE SENTINEL

Cachar Paper Mill will be improved: Centre

Cachar Paper Mill will be improved: Centre
 
From our Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 1: Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Vilasrao Deshmukh has assured to Silchar MP Kabindra Purkayastha that the situation of Cachar Paper Mill will improve very shortly and regular production also.

Regarding the production of Cachar Paper Mill has been reportedly stalled, Silchar MP Kabindra Purkayastha met the Union Minister of Heavy Industry in the Parliament House. In the meeting Union Minister Deshmukh assured the Silchar MP and said, “I am going to call up all responsible officers of this mill very shortly. If I find any negligence between the official then strict action will be taken.”

Union Minister also said that the he will instruct the mill authority to resume the production as early as possible.

Due to shrinking market of the Cachar Paper Mill’s finished products, former Union Minister Kabindra Purkayastha informed the Union Minister Deshmukh that “As per information the operation of the Mill has been suspended since April 7 due to failure of selling off the finished product. This is also the case with Nagaon Paper Mill, Jagiroad. This has created panic amongst the employees of the Hindustan Paper Corporation.”

It is also learnt that several high officials of the Department of Finance and Marketing have been placed under suspension which paralyzed the marketing side of the Mills. It is a fact that corrupt persons should be punished but the usual work should not be disturbed. THE SENTINEL

Cachar Paper Mill (CPM)
Panchgram,
District : Hailakandi,
State : Assam
Pin : 788 802
Nearest Airport             : Silchar (37 km)
Nearest Railway Station : Panchgram (N.F. Railway)
Product                        : Writing and Printing Paper and Newsprint
Annual Capacity            : 1,00,000 tonnes
Raw Material                 : Bamboo

Bihu festival begins at Silchar

Bihu festival begins at Silchar

Special Correspondent

SILCHAR, May 1: The two-day Rongali Bihu celebration began with varied programmes in order to make the festival of joy and youthfulness both eventful and memorable. The festival was heralded with the hoisting of flag of Rongali Bihu Sammilini, the organizer, in the premises of Tarun Ram Phukan Higher Secondary School here today, by its president Harendra Kumar Dev Mahanta, Deputy Commissioner of Cachar. It was followed by a colourful procession which was flagged of by the Elementary Education Officer Phulendra Kalita. The procession was joined by a large number of people belonging to different linguistic groups, besides members of various cultural organizations.

The programme on the occasion was enlivened by dance sequences and Bihu songs to the accompaniment of rhythmic musical instruments. After moving through the main pathways, the procession terminated back at the school ground. An added attraction was the competition organized for best of Bihu dances which are best known as Moukuori, Bihukuori and Hunchari which was inaugurated by Dr Deben Sinha, president central committee of Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Mahasabha. The evening was made pleasant by cultural programme presented by the local and invited artistes.

Bihu is not only merriment. It is an effort to seek spiritual bliss. The Assamese welcome the advent of spring and agricultural season through Rongali Bihu or the Bihu of ecstasy. When the Bihu starts, young men and women in their best dresses spring up to spree of dance and song. Its domain is so expansive as it encompasses people of all ages and status. Its significance is best understood with regard to the blue hills, lush green fields, hissing gentle breeze, cascading water falls and the swirling rivers. It is in the fertile banks of rivers and rivulets that the cultural life of Assamese people owed its origin, sustenance and luxuriant growth.

It was on their banks that the Assamese did his earliest cultivation and courtship, sang his first song and rejoiced at the sight of flowers in myriad colours and their fragrance against the kaleidoscopic beauty of rising and setting sun, the sweet voice of cuckoo or ketaki. The day to day social life, the outlook and philosophy of life of the Assamese community gets meaningful manifestation in the celebration of Bihu, best reflected in pastoral songs. Cattle comes in for special care. Ideals for harmony and family welfare are better defined with emphasis on love and affection.

Bihu is the festival of optimism and spirit of revolution that is kindled in every mind and heart, the community is inspired to cherish the hope that as spring comes after winter, all that is pensive and gloomy will melt away with the sonorous beating of dhol, playing of pepa, Bihu songs and dance. This message of the greatest festival of Assamese community has come out from the addresses of Harendra Kumar Dev Mahanta, president of the Sammilini, Phulendra Kalita, Dr Debendra Kumar Sinha, Prasanta Kumar Bhuiya, SP and Sanjib Medhi, working president. THE SENTINEL