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
Namita Gokhale's book 'The Blind Matriarch' will launch on September 27The book explores traditional bonds of an Indian joint family in the pandemic.
07 Sep, 2021, 01.39 PM 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
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
Assam sees peaceful polling in phase twoThe situation in Assam was peaceful with a significant number of voters turning up during the morning hours to exercise their franchise in ...
01 Apr, 2021, 01.45 PM IST
Assam elections: Fate of 345 candidates to be decided in phase IIA total of 39 constituencies out of the remaining 79 are going to polls in the second phase. In the first phase, 47 seats went to polls in ...
31 Mar, 2021, 03.51 PM IST
Assam Assembly elections: Several ministers, Deputy Speaker in fray in second phaseA total of 345 candidates are in the fray in this phase. As many as 73,44,631 electorates are eligible to vote in second phase elections on...
30 Mar, 2021, 10.50 AM IST
Assam polls: 377 candidates in fray for 2nd phase so farAltogether 408 candidates had filed their nominations of which 28 were rejected and three withdrew their papers on the last date of withdra...
17 Mar, 2021, 10.40 PM IST
Assam Election: Nomination papers of 28 candidates of second phase rejected during scrutinyAltogether 408 candidates had filed their nominations for the 39 constituencies going to polls on April one and 28 of these were rejected d...
16 Mar, 2021, 10.32 AM IST
Assam assembly polls: BJP declares 3 more candidates for 2nd phaseSitting BJP MLA from Sipajhar, Binanda Saikia, has also been also denied ticket with former Asam Sahitya Sabha president Parmananda Rajbong...
10 Mar, 2021, 03.13 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
Ban on mobile net to continue for sometime: Assam MinisterState industry minister Chandra Mohan Patwary curb on mobile internet will continue for some time as the situation is not yet congenial for...
19 Dec, 2019, 08.45 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
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