GUWAHATI, September 9: Renowned litterateur, educationist and former president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha, Jogesh Das, died at the Guwahati Neurological Research Centre (GNRC) here today. Das, a recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, was on artificial ventilation for the last several days following a brain haemorrhage on August 31. He was 72. Born in 1927 at Hanhchara tea estate, Das started his career as a teacher at Doomdooma High School and later joined B Barooah College in the city in 1953 as a teacher in Assamese. He retired as the head of the department of Assamese of B Barooah College in...

AMTERENG, September 8: The much-talked-about Karbi Langpi Hydro Electric Project of the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) may become functional soon with the possible infusion of a Rs 150-crore loan for its revival by the Power Finance Corporation (PFC). The state power minister, Hitendranath Goswami, who was on a day-long visit to the project site, said the PFC has agreed in principle for disbursing the loan amount at 9 per cent interest rate. "But prior to its actual disbursement, ASEB must fulfil certain conditions which might prove somewhat difficult for the board under its present...

GUWAHATI, September 8: Coal India Limited (CIL) today signed an agreement with the representatives of the All Guwahati Students Union (AGSU) saying that it will not shift the head offices of its subsidiary Eastern India Coalfields from Guwahati to Calcutta as earlier decided by the authorities. Nirmal Baishya, president of AGSU said students gheraoed the authorities at their head office at Christianbasti following which the deal was signed.

UDALGURI, September 7: The Asom Nepali Sahitya Sabha (ANSS), a premier literary organisation of Assam, has expressed deep concern over the ongoing khilanjia issue raised recently by All Assam Students' Union (AASU). The organisation has appealed to the AASU leadership to ponder over the issue with intellect and full conscience, stated a press release issued by Laxmi Prasad Parajuli and Kamal Chandra Upadhyaya, president and secretary respectively. The literary organisation also appealed to the AASU leaders to define the term khilanjia and to express their clear views on the Indian Nepalese.

GUWAHATI, September 6: Assam, where the majority of the people are fish eaters, is slowly becoming one of the largest fish importing states in the country. The state, which is already enmeshed in a financial tangle, now spends over Rs 63 crore a year to satisfy the demand of the fish consumers. The production of fish inside the state has remained largely stagnant over the past few years leading to a gradual increase in fish imports. Everyday, almost two dozen trucks enter the state through the Srirampur and Baxirhat checkgates on the Assam-West Bengal border bringing fish from states like...