Himanta Sarma says IIM Guwahati plan advances after talks with Dharmendra PradhanAssam is set to become East India's next education hub with progress on IIM Guwahati. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also met President...
03 Jun, 2026, 05.32 PM IST
Assam to advance on path of development and prosperity under PM Modi, CM Himanta: SonowalAssam is stepping into a transformative phase marked by advancement, harmony, and prosperity. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal emphasized ...
12 May, 2026, 09.28 PM IST
Is DMK listening? Hindi has migrated to Tamil NaduTamil Nadu's economic boom is seeing more Hindi spoken by locals. This trend challenges the DMK's long-standing opposition to Hindi. Migran...
14 Apr, 2026, 12.58 AM IST
Sibsagar showdown: Akhil Gogoi battles BJP-AGP friendly-fight in AssamAkhil Gogoi is fighting on a platform of regionalism and anti-incumbency, backed by the Congress-led 6-party alliance, while Prodip Hazarik...
04 Apr, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
Assam Governor says NEP will enable next generation to compete in new digital ageGovernor of Assam, Lakshman Prasad Acharya, addressed students at Royal Global University’s convocation. He emphasised the National Educati...
30 Nov, 2024, 08.49 PM IST
50 per cent of Assam universities must be among the top 100: Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma urged the state’s academic fraternity to work for transforming Assam into an educational hub in Eastern India. He made this call whil...
16 Jun, 2023, 12.00 AM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma launches National Education Policy 2020 in Higher Education InstitutionsIt may be noted that NEP 2020 launched in July 2020 provides a set of guiding principles for a paradigm shift across the education sector i...
03 Jun, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
Earmarking 6% of state’s GDP for education speaks of our intent to develop human resources: Assam CMSarma attended a conference on implementation of NEP 2020 in Assam as a follow up of Varanasi Conclave The conference was organized by Raj ...
09 Sep, 2022, 02.02 AM IST
Assam medium of education row: ABVP has right to oppose govt's decision, says CMABVP opposed Assam government’s move to make the learning of maths and science subjects in English medium from Class III till Class X in al...
27 Aug, 2022, 07.28 PM IST
Student bodies oppose Assam government’s modifications on school curriculum“The decision to teach English as a medium is a violation of National Education Policy. According to the National Education Policy, the med...
23 Aug, 2022, 12.25 PM IST
Assam Higher Secondary Education Council Examination results expected this weekThe Assam Higher Secondary Education Council Examination results are expected within this week. Authorities, however, are yet to disclose t...
13 Jun, 2022, 06.09 PM IST
No instruction from Centre to make Hindi compulsory, says Assam Chief Minister SarmaTalking to media persons, he said, “There is no instruction from Centre to make Hindi learning compulsory. In Assam, Assamese is the mother...
09 Apr, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
Assam will be laboratory of local language-based education: Dharmendra PradhanHe along with the Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday inaugurated the North-East Education Conclave in Guwahati organiz...
20 Nov, 2021, 11.45 PM IST
Government run madrassa to be converted to regular schoolsThe Assam government on Monday tabled legislation in the state assembly whereby all the provincialized and private Madrassa educational ins...
28 Dec, 2020, 09.40 PM IST
Assam inks startup MoU with IIM CalcuttaA discussion on the Startup Policy and the role of educational institutions was held on Thursday.
13 Sep, 2018, 07.08 PM IST
Assam mulls two-child ruling for contesting pollsAssam came out with a draft population policy on March 27 which stated that those with more than two children will be barred from governmen...
04 May, 2017, 04.17 PM IST
Oxfam cites Chinese example in relation to Assam's State Population Policy 2017The Assam government has announced the Policy that suggests that people with more than two children will be ineligible for government jobs.
25 Apr, 2017, 08.38 PM IST