It was a homely meeting organized at Guwahati Press Club that witnessed the release of a travel fiction titled Ontarior Seuj Dalisat (Over Green Carpet of Ontario) and penned by Dr Jagadindra Raychoudhury in presence of several senior journalists. Inaugurating the book, Swapnaneel Barua, a scholar and also a senior bureaucrat of Assam, pointed out that the writer not only documented various events related to his visit to Canada, but also painted a humanist reminiscence with his created characters.
The function, held on 1 July 2015, was also addressed by senior journalists like Hiten Mahanta, Rupam Barua, PJ Barua, Mukul Kalita, Ranen Kumar Goswami, Nava Thakuria and Pramod Kalita. Moderated by journalist Sabita Lahkar, the meeting was graced by acclaimed story writer Jyotish Sikder, professors Anup Talukder & Nirmali Medhi, singers Anindita Choudhury & Kishor Giri and Bitopan & Sneha. A prolific writer, Dr Raychoudhury is an associate professor of B Barua College, Guwahati and contributor to various Assam based newspapers and magazines. A smiling personality Dr Raychoudhury is also a regular participant in various radio programs and television talk shows. Published by Basundhara publication of Hatigaon in Guwahati, the book has 192 pages with a nice cover designed by prominent artist Padma Singha. It is priced at Rs 250/- per copy.
PermalinkSubmitted by Bitopan Ray Cho... on Thu, 02/07/2015 - 20:32
we know or have read many travel related books but "Ontario'r heuj dolisat" is not only a travel experience but is a travel fiction..A great experience as you keep on reading this book and gain new knowledge & issues..we expect many new books from him and wish him success..
Amid simmering controversy over the ongoing process to update NRC, the Supreme Court will review the implementation of the progress to update NRC on July.A division bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi will review the progress of the project considering a set of fresh applications by Dispur.Former minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma is set to move two plea in the court for consideration. On the other hand, health minister Nazrul Islam hoped that the Supreme Court will extend the last date for filing of forms and documents.Talking to reporters at the GMCH premises on Sunday, the health minister said the country’s top court would consider the difficulties faced by the people in filing the forms.“...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi mires in yet another controversy over the proposed AIIMS two days after his government cleared a huge plot in the outskirt of the city for the project.Talking to reporters on Sunday Nagaon MP Rajen Gohain accused Gogoi of shifting the AIIMS site to North Guwahati from the central part of the state.“This a dirty conspiracy by none other than Chief minister to shift the project from Nagaon district,” alleged Gohain. Gohain said that he would take up the matter with the authority to ensure that the hospital is set up in central Assam. Notably, the revenue department in consultation with the health and family welfare department cleared a huge plot of 571 bigha in...
The youth who sustained injury in the Paltanbazar city bus accident died on GMCH.GMCH sources told Assam Times that he died on Saturday afternoon 24 hours after the ABVP leader was rushed to it.Notably, a Khanapara bound city bus rammed into his two wheeler after the driver lost his control over the bus on Friday.Since then he was battling for life at the ICU at GMCH.
In yet another exemplary action to trim witch hunting, a local court in Udalguri sentenced life term jail for 15 accused a years after they brutally killed a tea garden worker branding her as witch. According to allegation, these 15 people killed Gigra Oraon of Butiachang after dragging him out of the house on March 19 last year. The district session judge cleared the judgment on Saturday in their presence giving millions of people a ray of hope in the fight against witch hunting.
The man who has reasons to smile in the north east chief minister’s conference in Guwahati on Saturday was none but Tarun Gogoi.Union home minister Rajnath Singh appreciated the chief minister for firmly dealing with the Adivasi carnage in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts last year.Singh said that the carnage was stopped from blowing out of proportion only because of his immediate intervention. He further lauded the role of security forces to deal with these incidents where over 80 people lost their lives.
The Centre has set up a special unit to step up better coordination with Myanmar. Led by Joint intelligence committee chairman RN Ravi, the team would take a slew of issues with the neighbouring country to weed out the insurgent outfits from the soil of Myanmar. Union home minister Rajnath Singh announced the team when he was addressing the north east chief ministers’ conference in Guwahati on Saturday.
Union home minister Rajnath Singh announced a special investigation cell to firmly deal with the rising militant activities in the north eastern region.In his speech at the NE CMs’ Conference in Guwahati on Saturday, he said that there has been steep rise in the incidents of extortions and abductions in Meghalaya. “These incidents should be firmly dealt with and these elements should be flushed out without any delay,” said Singh.
The Centre will not allow the north eastern region to be the haven of anti-national elements. Union home minister Rajnath Singh disclosed it at when he was opening the NE Chief Ministers’ Conference in Guwahati on Saturday.Singh asked security forces to firmly deal with the anti-national activities. He further announced zero tolerance to transborder crimes. All north eastern chief ministers along with DGPs along ITBP, SSB, SIB chiefs attended the meeting at the Khanapara Administrative Staff College.
After Congress, BJP is set to court yet another controversy over the ongoing process to update NRC.The party strongly advocates the inclusion of the names of Hindu Bangladeshi immigrants in the updated NRC.Senior BJP leader Ramen Deka formally raised the demand before Rajnath Singh when the Union home minister arrived in Guwahati on Friday.He further alleged that the Assam government has not been able to deliver the goods.
A massive extortion drive by ULFA is likely to hit a section of businessman in near future. The banned insurgent outfit is set to gear up it to contain the grim financial crisis plaguing it for the last couple of months. Sources told Assam Times that the outfit has asked Jibon Moran to manage the crisis that cripples the leaders and cadres alike in the dense jungles of Myanmar. “If the crisis remains unplugged a grim food crisis would cripple the entire banned outfit. Many insurgents will have to remain starved,” said sources. Moran, who is camping in Toga region of the neighbouring country is desperately trying to micro manage the crisis with a team of dreaded...
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