Guwahati: Curtains came down for the 9th Chalachitram National Film Festival at Jyoti Chitraban premise in Kahilipara on 30 November 2025, as distinguished guests of the closing ceremony handed over the awards along with the certificates and cash prizes to the winning filmmakers in the presence of eminent film personalities, novice director-producers and common cine-goers. ...
Guwahati: The 9th Chalachitram National Film Festival kick starts at Jyoti Chitraban film studio premise in Kahilipara locality, as Dr Sunil Mohanty, Asom Khetra prachar pramukh of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, inaugurated the annual two-day festival on 29 November 2025 by lighting sacred lamps in front of Bharat Mata’s portrait and also three cultural icons of ...
Guwahati: The curtain came down for the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2025 on 16 November, as two Assamese writers were felicitated in the valedictory ceremony at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the prehistoric city of Guwahati with gracious presence of PLF president Phanindra Kumar Dev Choudhury, chief guest Dr Apurba Kumar Saikia and a galaxy of authors, ...
Guwahati: Everyone who loves Bharat and takes pride in identifying as Bharatiya is a Hindu, irrespective of his/her personal modes of worship, said Dr Mohan Bhagwat, Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Addressing a gathering of intellectuals, scholars, editors, writers, and entrepreneurs on 18 November 2025 at Sudarshanalaya in Barbari locality of Guwahati, the Sarsanghchalak ...
Guwahati: The third Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival (PLF) 2025 commenced on Friday (14 November 2025) at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra premise marking the beginning of an literary exploration to go ‘In Search of Roots’. Delivering the keynote address at the inaugural session, internationally reputed author Shefali Baidya appreciated the festival’s evolving journey and its mission to reconnect ...
Guwahati: Third Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival with a series of fascinating deliberations will open up the doors for author-translators, art-connoisseurs, critics, budding writers, performing artistes, translators with other literature enthusiasts to rediscover the cultural legacy of far eastern Bharat. Organized by Sankardev Education and Research Foundation (SERF) with the theme titled ‘In Search of Roots’, the ...
The heartbroken news surfaced from Singapore in multiple media outlets, which shocked the people of Assam in grief, but also in instant outrage among the young generation, who were born in eastern India and brought up with the melodious voice of iconic singer Zubeen Garg. The sadness and melancholy soon turned into outrages with a ...
Finally the natural gas leakage from Bhatiapar crude oil well, which continued for 16 days, was fully stopped by an experienced team of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) with support from three foreign well-control experts on 27 Jun 2025. The capping operation at Rudrasagar oilfield well (RDS-147A) in Sivasagar of northeast India was performed ...
Guwahati: With an aim to explore the connections between Buddhist philosophy and Sanatan tradition of Bharat, an intriguing lecture was organized at Vivekananda Kendra in Uzan Bazar locality of the prehistoric city on 22 June 2025. Jointly organized by Pragya (a socio-cultural organization) and Buddha Chetana-Bharat (a social association), the lecture titled ‘Buddhist Philosophy & ...
Guwahati: Expressing concern over the Sivasagar crude-oil well gas leakage in the last few days, a northeast India based forum of graduate engineers have urged both Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Limited (OIL) to come clear about the so-called ‘abandoned’ wells, which have the potential to harm human life, property and ...
Guwahati: When hundreds of media workers died of Covid-19 complications across India, a few people thought the corona disaster would also devastate the print media with sharply declined circulation figures resulting in shrinking advertisement revenues. Many established newspaper-publishing groups either closed many of their editions in the post-corona period or drastically reduced the number of ...
That was an annual event to commemorate the birth anniversary of Devarshi Narad, the world’s first journalist, where the learned audience listened to an intriguing speech delivered by nationally acclaimed journalist Harshvardhan Tripathi. Addressing the Narad Jayanti function, organized by Vishwa Samvad Kendra Assam at Sudarshanalaya in Guwahati on 1 June 2025, the Delhi-based political ...
Guwahati: The world’s first journalist Devarshi Narad did not have a palatial bungalow and he did not practice journalism with the royal patronage even though he had access to all Gods. But the present trend of journalism depicts a dark picture while some are running behind the government sponsorship and others are pursuing anti-national policies, ...
Guwahati: The Baloch community residing in India, while urging the Union government in New Delhi for extending support to their causes by raising the issue of Balochistan nationally and internationally, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take initiative for a pragmatic discussion in the Parliament and push for a formal resolution recognizing (and supporting) ...
Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), a northeast India-based forum of nationalist citizens, lauds Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for highlighting the importance of Hinglaj Mata Mandir in Balochistan locality of south-west Pakistan, citing the link with Maa Kamakhya Devalaya atop Nilachal hills in the city. Amid the growing uprising among Baloch people against ...
