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..
A seven member delegation of ministers and MLAs is leaving for New Delhi on Friday to urge the party high command to retain Tarun Gogoi as chief minister.
Comprising Rockybul Hussain, Pradyut Boroloi, Anjan Dutta, Sushanta Borgohain, the delegation is set to meet Dr CP Joshi, Motilal Vhora and Dr Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday and Saturday.
Two days after listenng to the dissident camp, the three member panel set up to deal with the issue has summoned the pro-Gogoi camp to be listened to.
Unidentified gunmen shot deada former insurgent leader in Karbi Anglong district on Thursday forcing security forces to intensify operation to nab the miscreants.
The incident took place on Thursday night at Boithalangsu in the hills district.
Accordng to an eyewitness, the motorcycle born gunmen halted near a shop where UPDS deputy C-In-C Rupsingh Teron who was sitting.
Then they started firing at Teron from a point bank range and left the spot. Teron was killed on the spot.
Later policeman came and sent Teron’s body to his residence which is situated at a stone’s throw distance from the spot. Investigation is going on. KPLT and UPLA militants have been unleashing terror in the area...
Security forces are fanning in Bokajan area in Karbi Anglong district in search of 4 truckers 24 hours after they were kidnapped at gunpoint.
Top ranked police officials have been camping in Bojajan to monitor the rescue operation. Police have picked up three local youths in this connection. Interrogation is going on.
But sources have denied any role of militant outfits in the case where four Imphal bound truckers were taken away by a group of 4 miscreants from a petrol punp on Thursday wee hours.
The incident took place in the wee hours where four armed youths who came on a vehicle took away the truckers when they were waiting at a petrol pump in Bokajan. Then they were taken away...
After Sarbananda Sonowal, yet another top AASU leader is set to join BJP.
He is none other than Tapan Kumar Gogoi who is preparing to join the saffron party very soon. The AASU general secretary, who hails from Sivasagar district is keen to contest from Sivasagar in the 2016 assembly polls.
According to information, Gogoi has already received green signal from BJP president and Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal whom he helped in the recent Lok Sabha polls in Lakhimpur.
The AASU leader is not available for comment.
Advocate General Amrit Phukan has put in his papers on Thursday.
According to sources, the senior lawyer has sent his resignation letter to the authority which was accepted fortwith.
The government has confirmed that the resignation paper was accepted. The new advocate general would take over on Friday or Saturday./
The stage is set. Assam Higher Secondary Education Council is all set to announce the results of the HS examination on Friday.
The results would also be available on the net at 10 in the morning. Over 2,60,000 candidates appeared in the examination conducted in February this year.
Security forces claimed to have killed a hardcore NDFB-S militant at an encounter in Udaguri district on Thursday.
The encunter took place in the wee hours at Khoirabari area where the Bodo militant was attending a party.
Acting on a tip off Udalguri police and army jawans launched an combing operation in the area were the encounter erupted.
Identified as Bashiram Boro, the militant was critically injured in the 30 minute long gunfight. He was rushed to the hospital to be declared brought dead.
The incident took place hours after local villagers at Ghiladhari in Sonitpur district lynched two NDFB-S militants when they arrived in the village to extort money.
Two NDFB(S) militants were lynched by villagers in Sonitpur district on Wednesday.The incident took place at Ghiladhari in the evening where the three Bodo militants arrived in the village to extort money.
Villagers in lage number came out to the street and tried to capture the duo. When they tried to escape from the spot the villagers overpowered them to be lynched on the spot. Policemen arrived in the spot and recovered the bodies.
NDFB(S) militants have been unlashing terror in the entire area in the form of killing, kidnapping and extortion forcing the local residents to mercilessly deal with it.
As many as 22 dissident MLAs called on senior AICC leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and Dr CP Joshi seperately in New Delhi on Wednesday where the recent Lok Sabha polls dominated the discussion.
Led by former minister Abdul Muhib Mazuddar, the dissidents have told media that they have not blamed it all on the leadership for the debacle.
But they were beleived to have expressed quite dissatisfaction over Tarun Gogoi as chief minister. They tried to convince the former Union health minister that if Gogoi is allowed to continue then the party will have to face the music in the assembly polls in 2016.
Azad is one of the 3-member panel set up to deal with the issue. CP Joshi and Motilal Vhora...
Hours after SEBA announced the results of the HSLC examination on Wednesday, education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed to have minimised anomalies and mistakes
Addressing a press conference in Dispur, Dr Sarma said that the SEBA has already sent marksheets to the candidates along with the certificates for the successful candidates.
He further said that fro 2016, the HSLC candidates would have 700 marks instead of the current 600 marks.
According to him, from now onwards the Class IX candidates will have a combined paper of Assam history and geography.
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