Society / Assam

Tezpur, Dec 21: A rally was taken out by the Tezpur Regional Students? Union, a unit of the All-Assam Students? Union, to protest against an alleged exhibition of nudity at a fashion show held as part of the recently concluded Tezpur Festival.

The members of the Tezpur unit of AASU also submitted a memorandum to the deputy commissioner of Sonitpur here today.

The memorandum, signed by Apurba Bose, president, and Manoj Das and Jyoti Prasad Keot, joint secretaries of the AASU unit, demanded punishment for the persons connected with the fashion show. A procession was also taken out.

The festival...

GUWAHATI, Dec 19 — That the much-trumpeted Government slogan of health for all by 2000 remains only in paper is evident from the functioning of the three medical colleges which betrays the sheer apathy of the Government towards the cause of the common people. Plagued by acute shortage of medicine, lack of casualty and emergency services, insufficient manpower, etc, the three medical colleges at Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Silchar are a sad commentary on the overall health care system in the State. Laying bare the pathetic state of affairs in the medical colleges, the Federation of Junior Doctors...

GUWAHATI, Dec 19— Facing problems like acute shortage of manpower, shortage of vehicles and lack of required equipment, the city traffic police force is finding it tough to regulate traffic flow in Guwahati city. The Superintendent of Police, Guwahati city, Sri Hiren Nath said that the strength of the city traffic police force has not been increased since 1982, while, on the other hand, the number of vehicles on city roads has been increasing considerably every day. According to records available, as many as 16,354 vehicles were registered in Guwahati in the year 2000, while, 18,826 were...

TEZPUR, Dec 18 — The much publicised Tezpur Festival, 2002 which concluded on Sunday last failed to evoke expected response from the people as well as from the tourist. Rather it now appears that there is an echo of criticism about the Festival. While talking to some of the leading personalities of Tezpur who, on condition of anonymity, expressed deep discontenment over the fashion show organised by the district administration, as according to them the said fashion show has spoiled the entire image of the Festival as well as the cultural heritage of Tezpur. Many of the organisations including...

BOKAKHAT, Dec 17 – Aideu Handique, the first heroine of Assamese Cinema is no more. According to family sources the end came early this morning at her family residence at Kamargaon Panidihingia in Golaghat District. She was 87. Her death is attributed to old-age ailment. She was bed-ridden for the past about two years and was also suffering from paralysis. Born in an orthodox environment in 1915 to Late Nilambar Handique and Late Lakshmi Handique, Aideu Handique took the entire society of Assam by storm by playing the lead role in the first Assamese film Joymoti made by Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad...

Aideu Handique?s life was almost like the story of Cinderella ? in reverse. A story of a girl born into a poor family in a tiny village in Golaghat in Assam, leading a mundane existence like any other village damsel, when all of a sudden emerges Fairy Godmother, waving her magical wand and carrying her to a world of dreams.

Today, this would indeed be magic for any young girl. After all who can deny the magnetic pull of the silver screen, its glamour and fame? But when Fairy Godmother came Aideu Handique?s way, it was 1935 ? when acting, especially for women, was taboo.

True, those were the...

KARIMGANJ, Dec 1: They are Indian citizens who remain cut off from India for twelve hours a day. It may sound surprising but this is the plight of the people of eight villages of Karimganj district bordering Bangladesh as their villages are located outside the border fencing. This correspondent recently witnessed the plight of these people during a visit to the Indo-Bangla border areas and it is unfortunate that till date the Government has not taken any concrete step to reduce the sufferings of these people. Eight villages of Karimganj district remained outside the border fencing, which was...

GUWAHATI, July 14 ? Assam?s undisputed Samrat of modern poetry Padma Bhusan Navakanta Barua, who reigned over the State?s realm of poetry with uninterrupted dominance for over five decades, is no more. He breathed his last all of a sudden around 1 pm today at his Silpukhuri residence here while attending to some teachers from Mangaldoi College. He was 76. According to family sources, the poet had arranged for a family dinner with special hilsa dishes on the occasion of his youngest daughter Late Jhunuka Acharya?s marriage anniversary, at his residence. His eldest daughter Ainu and sons-in-law...

SILCHAR, July 12 ? The Regional Engineering College (REC) of Silchar has got the status of National Institute of Technology (NIT). Informing this, the Principal of the College, Col. (retd) JS Virk, said that a new Board of Governors will be constituted soon by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. He also informed that the post of Principal will be upgraded as Director. It can be mentioned here that the Silchar REC was established in the year 1967. It was under Gauhati University till the establishment of Assam University in 1994. The detailed project report regarding the upgradation of...

GUWAHATI, July 11? In a sensational case of theft, a large number of antique jewellery were stolen from the museum of the Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra last night. The jewellery include gold-plated and silver ornaments like gamkharu, thuria, dugdugi, etc dating back to the Ahom age. More than their price value in the market it is the antique value which is much more significant. Additional SP (City) Rana Bhuyan said that the theft which took place last night, was discovered at about 8.30 this morning. Police suspect that the burglar concealed himself inside a large empty wardrobe in the...