GUWAHATI, February 10: Nirod Choudhury, the journalist as well as writer, who dominated Assamese journalism and literature for about four decades between the 1960s and 1990s with his inimitable style and prolificity, is no more. According to family sources, the end came around 2.45 pm today at his wife Indira Choudhury's MMC Hospital doctor's quarter here. He was 65. The lone son of businessman late Chanaram Choudhury and late Sabitri Choudhury of Doomdooma Choudhury fell seriously ill in February last year due to prolonged illness caused by diabetes and kidney related ailments. He was...

GUWAHATI, February 10: A public meeting held at the Rabindra Bhawan here this morning to discuss the mitigation measures on the event of a major earthquake called upon the people not to panic and extend all sorts of help to the administration in matters of disaster management. Addressing the meeting, State Revenue Commissioner-cum-Relief Commissioner Chandra Kanta Das said that the State Government has drawn up a plan for disaster management and already Deputy Commissioners and Sub-divisional Officers have been instructed to interact with the people, to form disaster management committees and...

GUWAHATI, February 10: The confusion over the mysterious absence of noted Indologist from Sweden William Smith from the 66th session of the Asam Sahitya Sabha, being held at Dibrugarh, cleared a bit today with the scholar attributing his absence to a throat infection that apparently forced him to return to Guwahati 'for rest'. There however, are still a few questions that remain unanswered. The Stockholm University Professor, who was supposed to be the chief guest at the open session yesterday, failed to turn up raising several questions. According to media reports, the members of the...

MAJORKURI (Hajo), February 10: It is an area that was once infamous as a breeding ground for insurgency. Though the people living here are relatively well-to-do, development, in modern terms, is still quite a long way off. While most locals had resigned themselves to their fate, one man stood out and decided to make things happen rather than wait for it to happen. Bhupen Deka, the middle-aged man hailing from here, is today the guiding light for scores of youth in the area. Defying all odds, Deka has set up Brahmaputra Petrochemicals Pvt Ltd, a petrochemicals processing industry, here, on the...

GUWAHATI, February 10 : The second full-length Karbi language feature film, Rongbin, the shooting for which has been completed, is expected to be released in March next. Directed by the late Gautam Chatterjee, the film is based on a story depicting Karbi rituals and traditional beliefs. The film is produced by Ramsing Timung, an upcoming Karbi businessman, a press release informs.