Re: [Assam] Queries about "Majuli"of Oxom---

2007-04-18 Thread Manoj Das
Hello Chitta Thanks for liking our picture. It was a big thing for us to get such an importance at The Hindu. The queries were already answered by Mukulda. 1. It is not the largest river island in the world. *It is the largest inhabited river island in the world.* 2. The status of island is cu

[Assam] Pregnant woman burnt to death

2007-04-18 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Pregnant woman burnt to death >From Our Correspondent TEZPUR, April 18 – Uma Satnami a 22-year-old pregnant woman was burnt to death on Tuesday. According to information available here Uma Satnami wife of Maheswar Satnami (26) of 1 No. Ulubari, under Thelamara Police Station had quarrels with t

[Assam] 100 years of Mising fashion at one go

2007-04-18 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
100 years of Mising fashion at one go - City fashion designer charts tribe’s bridalwear down the ages A STAFF REPORTER Telegraph IndiaA model in a modern Mising bridal dress Guwahati, April 18: What is a Mising girl most likely to wear on her wedding day? Mekhela

[Assam] NYTimes.com: Harvard's Former Lightning Rod Is a Hit in Asia

2007-04-18 Thread jaipurschool
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BUSINESS / WORLD BUSINESS | April 19, 2007 Harvard's Former Lightning Rod Is a Hit in Asia By HEATHER TIMMONS Lawrence H. Summers has been stressing economic themes that resonate in India, China, Hong Kong and Singapore but have yet to take hold in

[Assam] [asha-dc-core] BBC Second Indian victim identified

2007-04-18 Thread umesh sharma
more info Madhav @yahoo.com> wrote: To: asha- @yahoogroups.com From: Madhav A @yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:20:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [asha-dc-core] Fwd: BBC E-mail: Second Indian victim identified I'm checking with the Coord team as to what Asha can/should do - FYI we have a ch

Re: [Assam] DC news: Indian prof. and student shot with 31 others - 200 miles from White House

2007-04-18 Thread umesh sharma
So sad but strange also that I am pretty close to where it all happened. My take is that like many students all over the world under pressure he freaked out. Perhaps, he wanted to study English but was under pressure to study engineering -Thats why he went to Virginia Tech. His sister we

[Assam] AIM convocation

2007-04-18 Thread Shantikam Hazarika
12th convocation of AIM is on 20th April at 6 PM at Tirthanath sarma sabhaghar. Dr. Gautam Barua of IITG would be the Chief Guest. 44 graduates would get their diplomas. Campus placement has been quite satisfactory and we expect 100% placement within a month of the convocation. New batch to start f

[Assam] AIM Convocation

2007-04-18 Thread shantikam hazarika
AIM's 12th convocation is schedued on 20th April at 6 PM. Dr. Gautam barua of IITG would be the Chief Guest. 44 gradautes would get their diplomas. 27 have already been placed, including six girls recruited by United Bank, a nationalised bank that came for campus placement for the first time. Solic

Re: [Assam] Queries about "Majuli"of Oxom---

2007-04-18 Thread mc mahant
Dear Sri Pathak, Hope you are addressing to me: In any case I take it onto myself to clarify again: Ans to Q1 "is Majuli really the biggest river> island in the world?" --NO, NOT AN ISLAND AT ALL. Ans.to Q2 "Is Majuli> really a river island? --NOT really! As there is no XUTEE-originating from

[Assam] Queries about Majuli

2007-04-18 Thread chittaranjan pathak
Mahanta da/Manoj da Bihur ulog jonalu. Manoj da apunaar bihuwa photo khon sai bhaal lagil. I have got two small queries regarding Majuli. May be both of you and other informed netters can throw some light on this. The first one-is Majuli really the biggest river island in the world? A quick sea

[Assam] N-E roads to get Rs 11000-cr facelift

2007-04-18 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
N-E roads to get Rs 11000-cr facelift A STAFF REPORTER Will it be a thing of the past? Guwahati, April 17: The Centre has sanctioned Rs 11,000 crore for development of road network in the Northeast. A senior ministry official said road development programmes of th

[Assam] AASU haven’t you being kidded around b y Delhi all along? Your past leadership Mahanta &Co has lot to explain. Why not quiz them als o on their accountability putting them up on a pu blic gall

2007-04-18 Thread Bartta Bistar
AASU asks PM to inspect border fencing http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=apr1807/at01 By A Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, April 17 – Peeved at the delay in completion of the fencing along the Assam-Bangladesh border, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) today called upon the Prime Mini