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 CM hits back at organisations opposing English medium teaching in government schoolsReacting to opposition of All Assam Students Union and the Asom Sahitya Sabha, he said, “We have seen children of those opposing study in E...
21 Aug, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
Promotion of local languages is the responsibility of society and government: Ram Nath KovindKovind attended the 61st annual conference of Bodo Sahitya Sabha at Tamulpur, Assam. This is the president's second visit to Assam in the s...
05 May, 2022, 08.56 AM IST
Asam Sahitya Sabha opposes move to make Hindi a compulsory subject in North-Eastern statesUnion Home Minister Amit Shah, who is also the Chairman of the Parliamentary Official Language Committee, had on Thursday said that 22,000 ...
10 Apr, 2022, 05.54 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
After controversy, circular on Assamese language withdrawnAccording to the guidelines, the Assamese language will be made a compulsory subject from Class IX (9) registration starting in 2021. Howev...
19 Apr, 2021, 08.38 PM IST
President Kovind invokes nationalist Assamese poet to describe how country can achieve success when unitedRaichaudhuri (1885–1967), known as the lion of Assam for his firebrand nationalist character, was a freedom fighter and won the Sahitya Aka...
29 Jan, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
Assam Government announces grant to literary bodiesThe Chief Minister announced that the state government would provide Rs 10 crore to the Corpus Fund of Asom Sahitya Sabha, Rs 5 crore to Bo...
01 Jan, 2020, 09.55 AM IST
Panel faces task of defining who is 'Assamese'While the central and state governments are hoping that the committee on Clause 6 of the Assam Accord will give its recommendation to help ...
16 Dec, 2019, 07.50 AM IST
Government should initiate steps to fulfill promise: Assam Governor P B AcharyaP B Acharya has said the government should initiate steps to fulfill its promise of making Bodo language the medium of instruction in Bodol...
24 Aug, 2015, 03.23 PM IST
National Register of Citizens in Assam: Issue of illegal foreigners continues to be a major political oneA peek into the ongoing update of the National Register of Citizens in Assam, which aims to settle the issue of illegal foreigners once and...
14 Jun, 2015, 05.27 AM IST
Four statehood demands rock Assam amidst violenceThe UPA government's decision to create Telangana has brought long-standing demands by four ethnic groups for separate states carved out of...
02 Aug, 2013, 06.44 PM IST
Telangana effect: Train services hit, violence continues in AssamTrain services were today paralysed in Assam as several Bodo outfits resorted to a 12-hour railway blockade in Kokrajhar.
02 Aug, 2013, 01.28 PM IST
- Assam violence: NDFB kills migrant labourers from Bengal
Congress president Sonia Gandhi visited different relief camps in trouble torn areas of Kokrajhar and Dhubri.
14 Aug, 2012, 07.02 AM IST