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..
Repolling is going on at the Barnijora booth on a brisk noteon Monday where over 1500 electorates are seen waiting in huge queue to exercise their franchise again from 7 in the morning. A sensational rigging expose by a private satellite news channel forced the Election Commmission to order repoll in this booth under the Jalukbari assembly segment. Notably, a VDP member who got deployed outside the booth managed to go inside it and allegedly pressed the EVMM button on behalf of a few voters in full view of the polling officials on Thursday. The voting will end at 5 in the evening.
The Bornijora polling booth presiding officer Paresh Hazarika fell critically ill hours after he was remanded to judicial custody on Sunday.Hazarika fell on the ground as soon as he along with five other persons arrested in connection with the vote rigging were brought to the jail in the evening.Hazarika was rushed to the hospital where his condition is said to be critical. He along with four other polling officers and a VDP member were arrested by the Baihata police on Saturday morning and on Sunday the Rangia sub-divisional magistrate remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.
A lower court in Rangia sent six people to jail a day after they were arrested in connection with vote rigging at a polling booth in Guwahati constituency where they were deployed on Thursday.Identified as presiding officer Paresh Hazarika and polling officials Rakhal Chandra Choudhury, Abhay Nath Bezbarua and Rupam Malakar at Bornojora booth, they were remanded to judicial custody after Baihata police produced before the Rangia sub-divisional magistrate on Sunday.Apart from them police produced Bimal Boro, the VDP member who pressed the EVM button on behalf of a few voters. Boro and Bidyut Saikia the video grapher where sent to jail.Police did not seek them in their custody and the public...
Repolling is over in altogether 15 booths covering four Lok Sabha constituencies on Sunday. The fresh polling was by and large peaceful. There was no report of any incident during these 10 hours.Voters in large number were seen waiting to vote in the polling booths till the end of the polling which began at 7 in the morning.The booths include three in Guwahati, nine in Kokrajhar and two in Nagaon and one in Mongoldoi constituency where polling was disrupted because of EVM malfunctioning.Guwahati polling booths include No 1 Hengrabari LP School, No 180 Ganeshpara School and Ramchariny School under West Guwahati Assembly segment.The repolling comcluded peacefully at 5 in the evening.
KMSS on Sunday demanded immediate arrest of Guwahati returning officer Ashotosh Kumar Agnihotri in connection with the vote rigging in Jalukbari on Thursday.Addressing press conference in Guwahati, KMSS president Akhil Gogoi alleged that the incident did not took place without his knowledge.Gogoi also demanded repoll in the entire Jalukbari assembly segment and a CBI probe into the entire incident in view of clear evidence of rigging.“Earlier we raised doubts over the functioning of the electronic voting machines. But the election authorities hardly listened to us,” said Gogoi.
The Asom Gana Parishad alleged that a section of government employees were engaged in rigging at Bornijora booth in the Lok Sabha polls which is a fit case for CBI probe.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Sunday, party president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said that these incidents have turned the entire poll process into a farce.Mahanta further opposed the arrest of the person who photographed the entire incident in his camera at the polling station when a VDP member allegedly pressed the EVM buttons on behalf of a section of voters.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday promised all possible steps to preserve the remains of historic building a day after it was ravaged by fire in Guwahati. Visiting the debris of the site in Fancy Bazar, Gogoi ordered a high level probe to ascertain the cause of the fire that gutted nearly 20 houses on Sunday wee hours. Talking to the reporters, the chief minister said that the enquiry would cover the alleged delay in the arrival of fire brigades into the spot.
Guwahati has escaped a huge explosion that could have resulted in large scale death and destruction when security forces seized a huge quantity of explosive in Paltanbazar.The explosives weighing over 50 KG were intercepted from the possession of a person during a search operation of railway security forces in Paltabazar station on Sunday. Acting on a tip off, GRPF personnel conducted a search operation at the Railway station where they seized the explosives from the possession of a person who is believed to have hailed from Darjeeling.Investigation is going on.
At least 7 people were killed and nine others have been critically injured when a truck carrying them slipped into a deep gorge in Bajali district on Sunday.The incident took place early in the morning at Saderi on the National Highway No 152 when the truck was on its way from Pathsala to Dumuni .It slipped into the gorge after the driver lost control over the truck. Local residents extricated the bodies and rushed 5 persons to the Barpeta Medical College Hospital while 6 others to a local hospital in Bajali.One person died on the spot while five others were rushed to the hospital where they succumbed to their injuries. All the injured have been battling for life.
Properties worth crores of rupees along with a 108 year old building reduced to ashes when a devastating fire broke out in Guwahati on Sunday.The fire broke at Lakhtokia area in Fancybazar in the wee hours where as many as 70 houses were gutted.The fire was believed to have originated from electric short circuit which later engulfed many houses within a short period of four hours.The burst of domestic LPG cylinders further compounded the problem. A 108 year old building where former President Fakaruddin Ali Ahmed housed for many decades also gutted in the fire.Over ten fire tenders took over four hours to bring the situation under control. The real extent of damage is yet to be ascertained....
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