Performance Excellence Award conferred on OIL

The award has been given to OIL for its remarkable performance in Financial and Operational strength during the year 2010-11.

From our Staff Correspondent

DIBRUGARH, June 23: Oil India Limited, Asia’s oldest pioneer oil exploration and production company, has been conferred with the “Performance Excellence Award 2011 (Organization)” by Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) at Udaipur during the inaugural function of 16th CEOs Conference. The award has been given to OIL for its remarkable performance in Financial and Operational strength during the year 2010-11. IIIE is a professional body of Industrial Engineers dedicated to the advancement of Industrial Engineering discipline and profession and to the application of scientific knowledge to assist in the effective management of all endeavours of the country. Former CMD, HPCL Arun Balakrishnan, conferred the award and Company Secretary SR Krishnan, received the award on behalf of OIL.

Oil India Limited is the second largest national upstream oil company in India. It has been showing constant growth in crude oil and natural gas production. It is presently producing at the rate of around 3.90 MTPA of crude oil, the highest in its over five decade long history. Natural Gas production is also around 7 MMSCMD. The company has pan-India as well as global presence in nine countries.

SBI donates fans to schools

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KOKRAJHAR, June 23: The State Bank of India (SBI) has donated ceiling fans to two schools of Kokrajhar town as part of its social welfare activities at a simple ceremony.

Swrang ME School and No. 804 Rupnath Brahma Vidyapith of Kokrajhar town received five fans each from the State Bank of India, Kokrajhar Branch on Friday. The fans were handed over to Prasanta Kr Brahma and Bishnu Maya Sharma, headmaster and headmistress of Swrang ME School and No. 804 Rupnath Brahma Vidyapith respectively, by SK Das, Chief Manager, SBI, Kokrajhar Branch in presence of TK Narzary, Regional President of SBI Staff Association and Janak Basumatary, Staff Welfare Secretary of SBI, Kokrajhar Branch.

Speaking on the occasion, SK Das highlighted how the State Bank of India, reaches out to the society through its welfare schemes under Community Services Banking. Prasanta Kr Brahma and Bishnu Maya Sharma thanked the bank profusely for their generosity and selecting their schools for the favour. 

AASU reacts on errors in question papers

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KOKRAJHAR, June 23: The Kokrajhar District Committee of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today strongly reacted over the Kokrajhar Zonal Examination Board for distributing question papers full of errors to the students in the ongoing half yearly examination of High School. In a press meet held at AASU district office, here today, the president of the district AASU Nabajyoti Ray said the Kokrajhar Zonal Examination Board distributed the erroneous question papers to the students which created confusion among the students. He said it was very unfortunate for the students at a time when the State Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is talking about quality education through quality teachers. The district AASU criticized the Kokrajhar Zonal Examination Board for being insincere in preparing the question papers and warned not to play with the future of the students.

Police hunt to nab instigators continues at Digboi

Miscreants passing sleepless nights, leaving the place for fear

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DIGBOI, June 23: The team of Digboi Police headed by Officer In charge, Mohesh Borah has been intensifying its course of action to nab and arrest the miscreants indulging in abating the handful of disgruntled persons at civil hospital recently who had demanded to produce the accused tantrik who was under police custody at Civil Hospital, Digboi.

According to police sources, the unfortunate incident of violence which broke out between the security forces and the discontented mob on June 21 at the premises of Digboi Civil Hospital after the arrest of the kidnapper tantrik was a result of gross abatement of the people by some miscreants intended to disrupt the law and order situation at Digboi. However, based on sources, the police at once swung into action and arrested five persons who indulged in the violence. Talking to The Sentinel, Jayanta Sarathi Baruah, ASP, Tinsukia told that the hunt to book the culprits has been intensified and with the help of official footage the police hoped to arrest all those involved in the anti-social activities like damaging public property at the Civil Hospital, pelting of stones at the security forces, obstruction to officials on government duty and abating the innocent people to adopt unconstitutional means aiming to create a state of lawlessness causing bloodshed in Digboi.

Dealing the matter with a strong hand, Ganesh Chutia, SI, who was entrusted with the said responsibility told that almost all the persons involved in the illegal  act have been identified and police has been leaving no stone unturned to book them under law without any delay.

In the meantime, according to a confirmed source, around six suspected persons have left Digboi for fear of being booked, and several others from various locations including the innocents are reported to be under the grip of suspicion and fear.

It needs mentioning here that in the tussles that ensued between the two furious groups for more than an hour, besides the security forces, around twenty persons of different age groups sustained injuries. The senior and conscientious local people have termed the incident as ‘unfortunate in the history of the Oil City’. The apprehensions persist if the innocent are prosecuted during the miscreants’ hunt operation by the police.

From our Correspondent DIGBOI, June 23: The team of Digboi Police headed by Officer In charge, Mohesh Borah has been intensifying its course of action to nab and arrest the miscreants indulging in abating the handful of disgruntled persons at civil h

By our Staff Reporter
JORHAT, June 23: A secret deal hatched by some office-bearers of Axam Xahitya Xabha to give away on lease some portion of the land of the compound of the central office of the Xabha at Jorhat to some businessman has come to light.
Ramen Saikia, former secretary of Jorhat Zilla Xahitya Xabha, recently, staged a protest programme against this conspiracy. He alleged that preparations were made secretly for giving away the land, on lease, to a businessman for twenty years.
He said that about one hundred years ago, the Chandrakanta Indrakanta Trust while donating the plot of land to Axam Xahitya Xabha in Jorhat town had clearly set the condition that the land could not be used for any purpose other than that of Xahitya Xabha. It is not clear on what consideration the Xabha office-bearers wanted to lease out the campus of the prestigious organization. They are keeping mum on the question. However, the people opine that for a section of unscrupulous office-bearers the image of the Axam Xahitya Xabha is going to be tarnished.

AASTGA thanks Tea Board

From our Staff Corespondent
DIBRUGARH, June 23: The All Assam Small Tea Growers’ Association (AASTGA) has conveyed their sincere thanks to the Tea Board of India for electing one of their members, a small tea grower of the State, Dinesh Kumar Sarmah as the vice-president of Tea Board. The advisor, Cheniram Khanikar, and president, Aswini Baruah of AASTGA hoped that with the inclusion of Dinesh Kumar Sarmah as vice-president, the Tea Board would pay more emphasis on the various problems of the small tea growers of the State. It may be recalled that AASTGA has been pressing Tea Board for induction of one of their members in the Board from a long time and as a result the Tea Board inducted Sarma in the Board in 2011 as a representative of the small tea growers.

TAYP suspends agitation

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DIBRUGARH, June 23: Dibrugarh District Committee of Tai Ahom Yuba Parishad (TAYP)’s proposed agitation against Oil India Limited (OIL) from June 25 has been temporarily suspended following OIL’s assurance to hold a formal meeting on June 29 with the representatives of Tai Ahom Youth Organization to discuss their various demands. Disclosing this, president Chao Haren Phukan and secretary Chao Rana Ranjan Gogoi of TAYP said, “We received a formal invitation from OIL authority for the proposed meeting on June 29”.

ULFA linkman arrested

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DIBRUGARH, June 23: The joint operation conducted by the Army and police at Kordoiguri, Lokmai, Demow Kinar Bongali Gaon under Moran police station in Dibrugarh district last night, apprehended ULFA linkman, Farual Seruwa, son of Jerremia Seruwa and recovered one pistol and two detonators from his possession. Arrested Seruwa was produced before the court today which sent him to jail custody.