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..
The Assam Public Service Commission will hold the Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination-2014 on September 28 to select the candidates for 180 ACS, APS and allied services. According to the commission, the examination would take place from 10 in the morning in all district headquarters on that day.
In a major reshuffle in Assam BJP unit, Siddharth Bhattacharya is all set to replace Sarbananda Sonowal as the party’s state president. Bhattacharya received the message from party president Amrit Shah on Saturday who announced that the party will fight the 2016 assembly polls under his leadership. He will take over as new president in a day or two.
Once again KMSS targets chief minister Tarun Gogoi. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Saturday, KMSS president Akhil Gogoi asked Tarun Gogoi to step down alleging his failure to deal with the simmering situation in Uriam Ghat along the Assam-Nagaland border.
Normal life in the upper Assam districts comes to a grinding halt on Saturday following the All Adivasi Students' Association (AASA)-sponsored state-wide bandh in protest against the border violence in Goalghat district where Naga miscreants killed at least 11 local residents in Uriam Ghat this week. Vehicles are off from the roads in Sivasagar, Golaghat, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia. Shops and markets, schools and colleges, banks and offices remained closed due to the 12 hour bandh call by AASA on Saturday. Life in the violence-hit Uriamghat areas continues to remain crippled fearing more backlash by the Naga people. Security forces are fanning in the entire area. But more and more...
Tension seems to have mounted in Golaghat district along the Assam-Nagaland border where nine more bodies were found on Friday three days after the Naga miscreants attacked the local residents in Uriamghat. Sources confirmed that all the local residents were killed in the recent indiscriminate firing and arson in eight villages. Most of them were believed to have killed in arson when the miscreants torched at least 200 houses forcing over thousand people to leave their houses in Uriamghat area. Two persons succumbed to bullet wounds in Chetiagaon village on Tuesday. Photo: Bibeka Dutta
The surface communication between Assam and Nagaland has come a grinding halt because of the economic blockade against the neighbouring state in protest against the Uriam Ghat incident where 11 people lost their lives. The indefinite economic blockade Nagaland imposed by some organisations at Rangajan area along National Highway 39 in Golaghat district entered fourth day on Saturday affecting supplies to Dimapur town. AASAA workers also have been staging an indefinite economic blockade at Haluwating in Amguri against Nagaland.
The Assam Government will pay exgratia of Rs 8 lakh each to the next of kin of the victims. According to information, Dispur has asked the district administration to visit camps to prepare a list of missing persons and correlate the data with the recovered bodies to ascertain if any person was still missing. The authorities have increased the number relief camps with more and more panic stricken people leaving their homes on Friday. /
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi expressed grave concern over the violence along the AssamNagaland border where the miscreants from the neighbouring state killed at least 11 people on Tuesday. In his Independence Day after the ceremonial hoisting of the national tricolor at the Veterinary Playground on Friday, Gogoi said that the government had taken all possible steps for restoration of peace and normalcy in the affected areas. He said that a slew of initiatives are on the cards for resolution of the issues through discussion between the two states at the chief secretary level.
Amid tight security the Independence Day celebration is over across the state on Friday. The day long celebrations passed off peacefully. There is no report of any incident during the celebrations of the red letter day.Braving an inclement weather in the morning people in large number came out to the public places to hoist the national tricolor.Chief minister Tarun Gogoi unfurled the national flag at the Khanapara Veterinary Playground in the morning and took salute of the army, police, para military forces, NCC, scouts and guides.Reports of peaceful celebrations of the big historic day are pouring in from different places across the state with a series o cultural programmes....
Normalcy is yet to be restored along the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat district. Indefinite curfew is in force from 6 in the evening to 6 in the morning. Security forces on Friday caught three arsonists red-handed when they allegedly tried to torch some abandoned houses in Chetiagaon. Three additional CRPF companies have been fanning in the affected areas to thwart any attempt by the miscreants who have been unleashing terror these days. According to sources, eight new pickets had been set up by the CPRF in vulnerable villages. A control room has is being jointly manned by CRPF, Assam Police and Nagaland Police. The attack by armed miscreants on eight villages in Uriamghat...
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