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
Who is an Assamese? CM Himanta Biswa Sarma hopes to finally zero in on a definitionClause 6 of the Assam Accord stipulates constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to protect the cultural, social, and ling...
17 Apr, 2022, 10.09 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
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
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
Rupesh Gowala to contest from Doom Dooma on BJP ticket, Paramananda Rajbongshi from SipajharFormer Assam Sahitya Sabha president Paramananda Rajbongshi will contest on BJP’s ticket from Sipajhar. Gowala left Congress and joined BJP...
06 Mar, 2021, 04.04 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
Union Cabinet clears contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill; set to be introduced in Parliament despite stiff oppositionThe Citizenship (Amendment) Bill or CAB, which aims to provide citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan...
04 Dec, 2019, 08.24 PM IST
3 of 9 nominees express inability to join MHA panel on AssamNagen Saikia, former president of Assam Sahitya Sabha, has announced he will not be part of the MHA committee.
11 Jan, 2019, 07.57 AM IST
40 artists, writers returned awards over 'mishappenings': GovernmentAccording to the reply, 39 writers have returned their awards to the Sahitya Akademi while one artist has returned his award to the Lalit K...
30 Nov, 2015, 05.01 PM IST
Writers march in protest, submit memorandum to Sahitya AkademiWriters from across the country gathered at Shri Ram Centre near Mandi House and marched towards Sahitya Akademi in the capital, wearing bl...
23 Oct, 2015, 12.05 PM 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
Several organisations condemn Assam's Behali violenceA mob set ablaze two vehicles from Arunachal Pradesh and attacked commuters at Behali yesterday where two sustained burn injuries.
06 Jun, 2015, 02.28 PM IST
No constitutional safeguards for identity of Assamese yetAssam is engaged in an interesting debate these days: who is an Assamese? From literary bodies to student unions, all are trying to crack h...
17 Mar, 2015, 04.00 AM IST