MUSIC MAESTRO Bhupen Hazarika has bequ-eathed a major portion of his properties and assets to long-time companion Kalp-ana Lajmi, giving her credit for the rise in his career graph.

Music maestro Bhupen Hazarika and his companion Kalpana Lajmi are mired in a blazing controversy in Assam after images of the 85-year-old ailing singer being taken in a chair to the banks of the Brahm

Near history was made in Assam on Friday with New Delhi holding the first round of direct talks with the leadership of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa), almost two decades after the first formal talks with the Ulfa in 1992 broke down. “I met the Ulfa leaders this (Friday) morning in the jail. This was my first meeting