At least 45 people were injured when a Guwahati-bound passenger bus (AS-01J/7970) collided head-on with a Rhino city service bus (AS-20/0750) at Azara on Friday. Three seriously injured passengers were taken to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. The Kamrup metropolitan administration prohibited pillion riding between 6 pm and 6 am on Friday by issuing an order under Section 144 CrPC. The Guwahati branch office of the Bureau of Indian Standards observed World Standards Day on Friday by organising various events. A seminar on the theme, Standards for a Safer World, was organised on the occasion. An executive committee meeting of the Sadou Asom Id Sanmilani will be held at Haji Musafirkhana on Sunday to discuss the Id Milan function to be in November. The purpose of the function is to promote national integration and a sense of unity. The English department of Gauhati University is organising a seminar on the theme, Urban Motifs and Realities in 20th Century Literature, with special reference to the literature of the Northeast, on November 8. The 26th All-India Conference of Railway Mail Service and Motor Mail Service Employees? Union, Group C, will be held from October 18 to 21. Over 1,500 delegates from across the country will participate in the conference.The R.G. Baruah Smriti Rakshya Committee will celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of the late R.G. Baruah at the Assam State Museum auditorium on October 17. Former president of Asom Sahitya Sabha, Nagen Saikia, will attend function as the chief guest. The prize distribution ceremony of the All-Assam Mathematics Talent Search Examination conducted by the Mathematics Development Organisation was held recently.
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To Arya Vidyapeeth College (National Service Scheme unit), Guwahati, for winning the Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Volunteer Award, 2003-2004, for community service
