Speaking to newsmen immediately after the swearing-in ceremony of the new Congress ministry at the Durbar Hall of the Raj Bhawan here Friday, Mr Gogoi said tackling fiscal indiscipline and controlling insurgency will be two most important tasks before the new government. He said he will press the Central Government for waiving the State’s huge debt of approximately Rs 10,000 crore. In this regard, he said he will be meeting Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee very soon. ‘‘I have become the Chief Minister of Assam when it is passing through the most difficult period.

With that fervor, on April 21st, the first ever Boston Rongali Bihu was celebrated with a juxtaposition of Husori, Jhumur, and Rou Machar Tenga. It was a lovely day after the ending of a long snowy winter in New England; the festive mood was in the air. The beautiful colors and textures of 'Muga Mekhela' worn by the ladies added to the colorful gaiety of the event. People gathered in the Armenian Church in Worcester for the festivities from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New Jersey,

Not surprisingly, her parents are from two different worlds. Besides, being an adventurist, traveler and educationist, this glorious lady runs the private Sacred Heart School in Guwahati, since those days when English medium schools in the state were quite non-existent. Now with a dream project, a research institute for studies, still in the pipeline, the lady is raring to go.

The ground was utilized by the citizen of Dispur area not only as a play ground but was an important venue for pubilc meetings, functions and special gatherings. Moreover, as a play ground it has a cricket coaching centre from which more than 30% of the players get selected for Assam team. Another aspect of concern is the risk of environmental damage that would be very disturbing if the complex is constructed at that place by cutting hundreds of matured trees. The govt. should have considered the fact that there is no open space for the need of the public.

SHILLONG, APRIL 20: With tension easing between India and Bangladesh and the situation returning to normal in Pyrdiwah, Dawki and Lyngkhat sectors of Meghalaya, it is instructive to recall that due to a lack of political will, these 265 acres of land are still classed as "disputed."

In 1955, a similar intrusion took place at Pyrdiwah by the then Pakistani government. Islamabad claimed that the fertile lands of Pyrdiwah and Borhil areas belong to East Pakistan. However, a year after the intrusion, the Pakistanis were pushed back.

GUWAHATI, APRIL 21: The use of elephants by Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) President Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has run into rough weather with animal rights activists strongly objecting to the use of animals for electoral purposes, even as the State Election Department has taken serious note of it.

'Natasamrat' Girish Choudhury - a name Assamese cultural workers and theatre lovers cannot miss for a moment. The path breaking contribution made by this octogenarian dramatist, playwright and social worker along with his writer/producer brother late Anil Choudhury in the field of Assamese drama movement is invaluable. It is to them the women theatre artists of the state owe gratitude to, for introducing co-acting in Assamese theatre amidst severe criticism and hurdles.