By Muhammad Talha Amin Baruah Sheikh Formud Ali was a courageous freedom fighter from Assam who played a key role in India’s First War of Independence of 1857 in present day upper Assam. He inspired local resistance to fight the British East India Company and help Maniram Dewan to revive
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PRESS RELEASE GUWAHATI, 3rd July 2025: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati‘s student Ms. Sukanya Sonowal has been selected as the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassador, a leadership position in the Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN) Executive Committee. CYPAN is a youth-led initiative which operates across 56 member nations to promote
By Abhijit KalitaPalasbari, July 1: The Assam Centre for Rural Development (ACRD), a prominent non-governmental organisation, organised the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Sashakti Navajeevan New Shelter Home at Barihat under Palasbari LAC in Kamrup district on Monday. The ceremony began with a traditional Bhumi Pujan, conducted by a
GUWAHATI | June 30, 2025: As Pride Month comes to a close, Assam witnesses a landmark moment in LGBTQ+ history. Taira Bhattacharjee, a transwoman from Guwahati, has become the first from the state to officially marry a man—her longtime friend and partner, Bikramjit Sutradhar. Their union not only symbolizes love
Kokrajhar: Executive Member of BTR, Wilson Hasda, has extended an open invitation to the public for the inauguration of the newly constructed statue of Sido and Kanhu Murmu at Haraputa, Kokrajhar. The unveiling is scheduled for today, coinciding with Hul Divas, a day that commemorates the historic Santal Rebellion of