Award winning litterateur Mamoni Raisom Goswami passed away on Tuesday. The end for the Jnyanpith award winner came at around 7-30 in the morning at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital where she was undergoing treatment for the last several months.
The Assamese editor, poet, professor, scholar and writer was born in 1942 in Shillong. She was a celebrated name in the Assamese literary world.
She is the second Assamese recipient of the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in the year 2000.
Dr Goswami received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1982, the Jnanpith Award in 2000 and is the country’s first Principal Prince Claus Laureate in 2008.
A few years back, she played the role of a peace negotiator in the ULFA-government peace talk. Later, ULFA elected her as the PCG member. Thousands of her fans rushed to the GMCH as soon as the sad news was spearing like wildfire.
PermalinkSubmitted by Dilip Kumar Das on Tue, 29/11/2011 - 15:23
A great loss to the literery world and a huge setback to the assamese culture. November 2011 has taken away from us two most distinguished and illustrious persons. It is almost impossible to fill up the void created on account of the sad demise of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika and Mamoni Raisom Goswami. May the almighty God grant eternal peace to the departed souls.
PermalinkSubmitted by Sekav on Wed, 30/11/2011 - 04:19
Our tribute to the great Assamese litterateur. She will always be remembered for her excellent contribution to the Assamese Literature and efforts brought forward to bring around social change.
The death toll in Azara train accident has gone up to three while several others are battling for life at the GMCH on Friday.
One person died on the spot while two others died on the way to the GMCH. The accident took place when a Guwahati-bound passenger train rammed into a bulldozer in the morning. Five coaches went off the tracks while four other coaches overturned under the impact.
The critically injured have been shifted to the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), while others have been admitted to the railway hospital in Maligaon and in some private hospitals.
Prima facie cause of the accident is negligence of the JCB driver Bipul Kalita. The other fatalities were...
The Golaghat district Koch Rajbonshi Sonmiloni, Koch Rajbonshi Student Union and Mohila Sonmiloni will jointly celebrate the 502th birthday of Chilarai at the auditorium hall of the 45 no. Gomariguri Co-operative society with day long programme on February 7.
Three persons dead and at least 60 passengers were injured when the engine and five compartments of a train jumped off the rails on its track in the outskirt of the city on Friday
The Bongaigaon-Guwahati Chilarai Passenger train rammed into a vehicle and stuck on the track at Gossainghati between Azara and Mirza railway stations leaving about 50 injured around 9.30 a.m where the injured passengers were rushed by the local people to the Mirza Public Health Centre from where the critically injured were referred to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Railway officials along with rescue vans have rushed to the spot.
Majuli has reasons to smile. The world’s largest river island is set to get a huge Rs 116 crore fund to get out of the blues of flood and erosion.
The Planning Commission has cleared the fund to control flood and erosion. The phase two and third of the entire project would be completed by this fiscal. The cost is estimated at 115.99 crore rupee. The scheme aims at protecting 22 Vaishnavite monataries and other public and private properties as well as to ensure economic development and social uplift of the local population.
The central bureau of investigation probing the coal subsidy scam on Tuesday raided the residence of former AIDC managing director Noor Mahammad. The raid was conducted at his residence in Hajo in connection with coal subsidy scam. The country’s premier investigation agency is yet to disclose the details of the three hour long raid. CBI seized some documents from his Guwahati based residence in September. CBI is likely to conduct more raids in some other places to probe the 70 crore rupee scam.
The Assam Public Service Commission on Tuesday has shortlisted 3220 candidates for civil service mains examinations to be held during the next few months.
According to information, out of altogether three thousand two hundred and twenty candidates have been qualified for the main examinations to be conducted after a few months across the state. The total number of candidates who appeared in the preliminary examination was thirteen thousand seven hundred and fourteen. For the first time, APSC has announced the results of the civil service preliminary examination within a short period of 42 days. The examination was conducted to recruit in ACS and allied services.
Dr. D. N. Barua, an internationally reputed Scientist, a versatile personality and a prominent senior citizen of Jorhat breathed his last on 22nd January at 8.10 a.m. due to cardiac arrest at Jorhat Christian Mission Hospital. He was 96 years. Dr. D N Barua was born on 1st July, 1916 at Jorhat in a respected family.
Dr. D. N. Barua did his Matriculation in 1934 from Jorhat Govt. High School under Culcutta University and stood first amongst Assamese students. Again, he passed I. Sc. in 1936 from Cotton College , Guwahati and stood first amongst Assamese students under Culcutta University and secured Diparu Medhi Medal. D. N Barua completed his B.Sc.(Hons.) in Chemistry from Cotton College...
Properties worth several lakhs have been reduced to ashes when a devastating fire broke out in Guwahati. The incident took place at around 9 in the evening at a house in Ulubari.
Initially, a hotel caught fire after LPG cylinder blast. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot. But by then the fire engulfed to the adjacent four houses. Four fire tenders took nearly two hours to douse the fire near the B Baruah House.
The two journalists who have been remaining traceless for the last three months have come back to their homes on Tuesday.
Rajiv Bhattacharjee and Pradeep Gogoi reached their homes in the evening three months after they left for Myanmar on an assignment. Bhattacharjee works with The Seven Sister Post as an executive editor while Gogoi is a correspondent with a satellite news channel.
They were believe to have arrested with ULFA leader Jibon Moran in Myanmar who was helping them meet ULFA Commander in Chief Paresh Baruah.
Assam police constable Abhijeet Baruah on Tuesday entered the Guinness Book of World Records by running barefoot more than 150 km in 24 hours in Jorhat.
The 22-year old police constable achieved it at 3:43 in the afternoon after running 156 km and 200 km till 4:00 in the afternoon.
The run was flagged off on Monday at 3:56 in the afternoon by the observer for the Guinness Book of World Records B K Chandrasekhar Tiwari at the approach to the Tarajan bypass on the western outskirts of Jorhat town.
The run ended at the same spot from where it began and after he completed it, he ran upto a nearby temple and offered his prayers before being whisked away to the hospital.
The route...
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