Assam’s most celebrated voice to come alive on screen
September 13th, 2012 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 13 (IANS) The voice of Assam's most celebrated singer and balladeer Bhupen Hazarika will come alive on screen on Friday with the release of the feature film "Akhon ... Read more...
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Bhupen Hazarika’s picture to adorn London’s Nehru Centre
June 20th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 20 (IANS) A picture of Assam's late musical icon Bhupen Hazarika will be unveiled at the Nehru Centre, the cultural wing of the High Commission of India in ... Read more...
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Assam to pay rich tributes to Bhupen Hazarika
April 13th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 13 (IANS) Assam will pay rich tributes to legendary singer and music maestro Bhupen Hazarika on the occasion of Rongali Bihu festival.Most of the Bihutolis (fields where ... Read more...
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Bangladesh to honour 129 foreigners for 1971
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 22 (IANS) The Bangladesh government will honour 129 foreign personalities and organisations from 25 countries for helping the country during the 1971 Liberation War.A Bangladesh official told ... Read more...
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Gogoi presents Rs.293.44 crore deficit Assam budget
March 12th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday presented a tax-free, Rs.293.44 crore deficit budget for the 2012-13 fiscal beginning April 1.The budget envisages growth of 12.5 percent ... Read more...
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Mario Miranda, Bhupen Hazarika in Padma honours list (Roundup)
January 25th, 2012 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) India's highest civilian awards, the Padma awards, would be conferred on 110 eminent people, including the late Bhupen Hazarika and cartoonist Mario Miranda, showbiz ... Read more...
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Anupam Kher to visit Bhupen Hazarika’s memorial
January 14th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Actor Anupam Kher is in Assam on a work trip, but he plans to take time out and visit late music maestro Bhupen Hazarika's ... Read more...
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Bhupen Hazarika’s cremation wish was not met
January 13th, 2012 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 13 (IANS) Two months after his death, it appears that music maestro Bhupen Hazarika's last wish of getting his funeral rites performed by a select few individuals was ... Read more...
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Rahul Gandhi meets Bhupen Hazarika’s son in Guwahati
November 9th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday met Tej, Bhupen Hazarika's son, in Guwahati to offer condolences on the legendary singer's death, party sources said ... Read more...
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At Hazarika’s last rites, sea of humanity sheds tears
November 9th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 9 (IANS) It was the end of an era as the mortal remains of the bard from Assam, Bhupen Hazarika, went up in flames Wednesday with his ... Read more...
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There will never be another Bhupen Hazarika: Lata
November 8th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 8 (IANS) Mourning the death of Bhupen Hazarika, Lata Mangeshkar says there won't be another one like him and that she not only fell in love with his ... Read more...
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Hazarika’s last rites Wednesday, a million pay last respects
November 8th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 8 (IANS) More than a million people have paid their last respects to one of the doyens of Indian music, Bhupen Hazarika, whose body has been kept at ... Read more...
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Hazarika’s songs fill the streets of Assam
November 6th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Tinsukia (Assam), Nov 6 (IANS) He is no more, yet his voice filled the streets of many parts of Assam Sunday, as bereaved fans of music maestro Bhupen Hazarika pulled ... Read more...
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Massive preparations in Assam for Bhupen Hazarika’s final journey
November 6th, 2011 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 6 (IANS) Massive arrangements are being made in Assam's main city of Guwahati for the funeral rites of music maestro Bhupen Hazarika who passed away in a Mumbai ... Read more...
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Hazarika’s death plunges Kolkata’s cultural world into gloom
November 6th, 2011 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 5 (IANS) Gloom descended in the Kolkata music and cultural world as news of master balladeer Bhupen Hazarika's death spread Saturday evening.Hazarika had a long association with ... Read more...
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Bhupen Hazarika’s golden voice falls silent
November 5th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Guwahati, Nov 5 (IANS) A golden voice of Indian music fell silent Saturday when legendary singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika died of multiple organ failure at a Mumbai hospital, plunging millions ... Read more...
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Hazarika hummed songs of love, nature
November 5th, 2011 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Most of singer Bhupen Hazarika's songs dwelt on the themes of love, nature and the varied hues of human emotions.Noted for his clear diction and ... Read more...
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Pall of gloom in Assam after news of Hazarika’s death
November 5th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 5 (IANS) A pall of gloom descended over Assam Saturday with the news of music maestro Bhupen Hazarika's demise coming in."I feel as if I have lost my ... Read more...
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Bhupen Hazarika - master balladeer who touched millions of hearts (Obituary)
November 5th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 5 (IANS) Music lovers would have been denied the magic of Bhupen Hazarika's hauntingly powerful voice in songs like "Dil hoom hoom kare" and "Ganga behti ho ... Read more...
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Musical legend Bhupen Hazarika unveils his statue in Assam
February 15th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Feb 15 (ANI): The famed musical legend of North East, Bhupen Hazarika unveiled his life-size statue in Guwahati.
Hundreds of admirers of Hazarika and many locals queued on the roadside to ... Read more...
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