Guwahati: One of the best known practicing physicians of eastern India, Dr Nomal Chandra Borah has been honoured with two distinguished national awards recognising his transformative contributions to neurology, nursing leadership, and community healthcare development over five decades. Founder of GNRC Universal Health Mission and GNRC Group of Hospitals, Dr Borah was recently conferred on ...
Guwahati: Expressing utter dismay over the failure in dousing of a massive blaze, engulfing a city high-rise building for days, northeast India based All Assam Engineers’ Association (AAEA) termed it a collective breakdown of various agencies including the authorities which certified the constriction with little provisions for responding during a disaster. The forum of graduate ...
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: Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival, beginning its voyage with the vision of introducing the younger generation to India’s rich cultural heritage and glorious intellectual traditions through literary discourses, enters its third edition this year. The three-day festival (14, 15 and 16 November) has been organized at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra in Panjabari locality of the city with ...
Guwahati: Supporting the State government decision to table the report on Nellie massacre in the legislative assembly, a forum of nationalist citizens insisted that the truth behind the horrible incident should come to light. Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) also demanded that any conspiracy to malign the Asomiya people as ‘anti-Muslim’ must be destroyed and the ...
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 ...
Shimla: As the 11th International Film Festival of Shimla (IFFS) gears up for its opening this weekend, it has unveiled a unique and exciting new initiative: ‘BACHPAN’, an exclusive film segment curated especially for children. From September 5 to 7, the historic Gaiety Theatre will host this special program, offering young audiences a gateway to ...
Bhubaneswar, Odisha: In a major crackdown on money laundering, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) from Shimla conducted extensive search operations at two locations in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. The raids targeted the residential and business premises of Shakti Ranjan Dash, the Managing Director of M/s Anmol Mines Private Limited (AMPL), in connection with the colossal ₹1396 ...
Guwahati: While congratulating the crisis management team belonging to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) along with three foreign well-control experts for the successful capping of crude oil well 147A under Rudrasagar oilfield on 27 June, All Assam Engineer’s Association (AAEA) urged the state-sponsored Maharatna company to announce adequate compensation to the affected ...
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 ...
