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Mother Tongue-Untied: Why urban India may outgrow the language warsThe author reflects on language and identity through his family's experiences. His father and father-in-law, both multilingual, might only ...10 Jul, 2025, 03.46 PM IST- Sahitya Akademi announces Bal Sahitya, Yuva Puraskar for 2025Sahitya Akademi has announced the Yuva Puraskar for 23 writers across various languages, including Advait Kottary for his English novel and...18 Jun, 2025, 04.30 PM IST
- Assam to observe Bhasa Gourav Saptah from 3 to 9 November, 2024: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam will celebrate the recognition of Assamese as a Classical language with 'Bhasa Gourav Saptah' from 3 to 9 November, 2024. Special eve...13 Oct, 2024, 08.40 PM IST
- Sahitya Akademi announces Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for 2024The Sahitya Akademi announced the winners of the prestigious Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar for 2024. A total of 23 writers, includ...15 Jun, 2024, 03.15 PM IST
- Assam government to bring out book on Bir Lachit Borphukan in 24 languagesThe Assam government plans to release a book on Bir Lachit Borphukan, a legendary leader known for his victory in the Battle of Saraighat, ...25 Sep, 2023, 10.25 PM IST
- Renowned Assamese artist and film-maker Pulak Gogoi dies at 84Gogoi was suffering from kidney and heart-related ailments and was admitted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital.14 Nov, 2022, 02.17 PM IST
- Assam's oldest literary organisation goes digital, rolls out archive of old booksAsam Sahitya Sabha also upload Assamese folk tales on various audio apps.14 Feb, 2022, 08.55 AM IST
- Kalita Electrical: Setting an example for entrepreneurs in the North EastKalita plans to build a new plant at Pamohi in Assam, generating jobs for several people.30 Sep, 2021, 08.47 AM IST
- Homen Borgohain, a veteran journalist and Sahitya Akademi awardee, passes away at 88He was acting as chief editor of Assamese daily 'Niyomiya Barta' at the time of his passing.12 May, 2021, 01.03 PM IST
- Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam, among others to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2020While Subramaniam won the award for her poetry collection "When God is a Traveller" in English, Moily was named for his epic poetry titled ...12 Mar, 2021, 07.11 PM IST
- Shashi Tharoor, Nand Kishore Acharya to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019; win Rs 1 lakh cash prizeTharoor won the award for his book 'An Era of Darkness' in English.18 Dec, 2019, 05.15 PM IST
- Death threats, moving houses: Taslima Nasrin completes 25 years of exile abroadThe 'Lajja' author fled Bangladesh after she started receiving repeated death threats.10 Jul, 2019, 03.00 PM IST
- To tap local content, Canada’s Wattpad in talks with Indian cosThe Tencent-backed company runs a story-sharing website and mobile app where writers can share their original stories - including fan ficti...01 Dec, 2018, 11.12 AM IST
- How festivities are bringing local cuisine to the cosmopolitan marketEven in cities such as Delhi, hitherto regarded as conservative foodwise, growing culinary cosmopolitanism is evident in the "buzz" surroun...24 Sep, 2017, 10.46 AM IST
- Those returning the award received money from Congress, BJP MP Rameswar TaliTalking to ET Tali said, “What I meant was awards are being returned for some consideration. However I have not mentioned Borgohain’s name.24 Nov, 2015, 05.18 PM IST
- National Film Awards: Irrfan Khan gets best actor for Paan Singh Tomar, Vicky Donor best popular filmAcclaimed actor Irrfan Khan has bagged the renowned 6oth National Films Awards for his biopic Paan Singh Tomar, which has also won Best Hin...18 Mar, 2013, 10.33 PM IST
- Noted litterateur Indira Goswami passes awayThe Assamese litterateur, who had taken initiative to bring ULFA for negotiations, passed away after prolonged illness.29 Nov, 2011, 08.49 PM IST
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