RSS chief Bhagwat criticises Indian education system
Tezpur (Assam): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohanrao Bhagwat has criticised the country’s education system which he claims has been commercialised and the youth are less concerned about the society.
“Education in India has been commercialised for which our children have started running after career, but not for any social and national obligation,” Bhagwat said at a function on Sunday to celebrate Swami Vivekananda’s 150th birth anniversary.
“English education is not for fulfilling our personal needs, rather it should be used for the greater interest of our nation which Swamiji(Vivekananda) did,” he added.
The RSS sarsanghchalak said there is an urgent need for everyone to come forward to build a “cultured” nation in the real sense which was the dream of Swami Vivekananda.
“Swamiji had said that he had ultimate faith upon the young and the modern generation. Our nation is plagued with a number of problems due to the misdeeds of a section of the society,” he added. (PTI)
Assam slashes senior citizens’ fares
Guwahati: The fares for senior citizens traveling in state-run buses has been slashed by 50 per cent in Assam.
The decision to slash the fares for senior citizens was announced by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.
The facility will be available to senior citizens of the state traveling in Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) buses. The CM directed the Transport department to make the necessary arrangements to implement the decision. (UNI)
One killed by goods train
Haflong: A man was killed by a goods train while he was crossing the railway tracks in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Monday, police said.
The victim, an employee of a construction company, was on his way to meet his relatives when he was hit by the train near Maibang Railway station.
The victim was identified as Debojeet Phonglo and his body has been sent to Haflong Civil Hospital for postmortem. (PTI)