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..
Union minister for forest and environment Prakash Javadekar is on visit to the state on Friday. During his two days visit to the state, Javadekar is scheduled to visit the Kaziranga a week after the National Park got out of the ravaging flood waves. He is expected to hold a high level meeting of forest officials where the repeated rhino poaching incidents would figure. //
The death toll in the LPG pipeline blast has gone up to 6 with the death of one more person. Identified as Hemanta Sarma, the critically injured person died at the Assam Medical College Hospital on Thursday where he was undergoing treatment. The explosion took place at Singijan at Moran along the Sivasagar-Dibrugarh inter district border on Monday. Four persons died and over 20 others were injured. One person succumbed to his injury on Wednesday at the AMCH. //
Nagaland wants the line of control tag over the disputed area with Assam. Talking to reporters in New Delhi after his meeting Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday, Chief Minister TR Zeliang said that he suggested converting the disputed boundaries with neighbouring Assam as "Line of Control" to ensure that no new settlement comes up there. "This was what I have suggested. The creation of Line of Control along the Assam-Nagaland border is required. LoC with additional guards will ensure that there is no new settlement in the disputed territory," he said.
Haflong escaped a huge explosion incident when security forces recovered a huge quantity of explosives from a train on Thursday. The explosives were found at Lower Haflong Railway station in Dima Hasao district. The explosives, contained in two bags, included 292 pieces of gelatin sticks, 600 pieces of detonators (six packets with 100 in each pocket) and three coils of fuse wire of three feet each, were recovered from a compartment of the Silchar-bound Cachar Express coming from Lumding during a routine security check by GRP personnel at the station. //
The Enforcement Directorate team, dealing with the Saradha scam, is waiting for CBI investigation to chargesheet the people involved in the multi crore scam. The investigating officials have been finalizing the charges against political leaders, businessmen who struck unholy deal with Saradha boss Sudipto Sen. The ED is believed to have traced a substantial part of the proceeds of the crime. Once the CBI probe is over, then ED will be able to file a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) against the accused. The official said that the department had attached properties worth Rs3.50 crore apart from the attachment of the properties in West Bengal, Assam and Odhisha. The ED had conducted...
Efforts are on to fish out the bodies of three members of a family in Tezpur who jumped into the Brahmaputra failing to repay the debt on Tuesday. The bizarre incident that sends shockwaves across the state took place on Tuesday night where four members of the debt tapped family jumped into the mighty river. But the real picture came to light on Wednesday. Only a body has been fished out while the three others were believed to have been washed away. The mother survived. But her husband, son and pregnant daughter-in-law met watery grave. According to the local residents, the family took huge sum money from private money lenders. But they have been receiving threats for failing to repay...
Much to a relief for Mary Kom who is coming up on the big screen, chief minister Tarun Gogoi has announced exemption of entertainment tax on the a Bollywood movie on the World champion woman boxer from Manipur. The movie revolves around boxer Mary Kom for whom the entire northeast is proud of the government will exempt it from entertainment tax. Based on the life of the Olympic bronze medal winner, the film is scheduled for release on Friday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation probing the multi crore Saradha scam is preparing to interrogate two Congress MLAs and a retired police officer this week. According to sources, the trio would be summoned to CBI’s Kolkata office for interrogation. The country’s investigation agency has already conducted raid in their residences in August-end. CBI conducted the raids only after getting sufficient evidence of their involvement in the scam. CBI has already interrogated Rajesh Bajaj, Manoranjana Sinh and Sadananda Gogoi in this connection.
Fourteen militants belonging to three separate outfits, on Wednesday surrendered before Diphu police on Wednesday. They further deposited a huge cache of arms and ammunition before Karbi Anglong Superintendent of Police M J Mahanta. These include seven from United Peoples' Liberation Front (UPLF), four from Karbi National Liberation Army (KNLA) and three of the Karbi Peoples' Liberation Tigers (KPLT). The surrendered UPLF militants have been identified as Naisring Parbosa, Anep Langthasa, Tushi Bodo, Manik Haflongbar, Suhit Nabensa, Rohito Kemprai and Bidyut Langthasa and they deposited a M21 Chinesemade rifle, a SBBL gun, a Germany-made 9 MM pistol and two Chinese hand...
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar is arriving in Kaziranga on Thursday a week after the damaging flood waves in the world heritage site. During his two days visit, the Union Minister will take stock of the conservation arrangements in the national park. He is expected to talk to the local people and meet representatives of organisations working in the area to assess the monitoring measures. A task force was being set up and modalities would be finalised in consultation with the State Forest Department officials.
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