“Constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, as may be appropriate shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the culture, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the ...

Guwahati: A minority student leader in Assam stirred a hornet’s nest with remarks that Bengal-origin Muslims would list Bengali, and not Assamese, as their mother tongue in public documents. Chief ...

Shahnawaz Alam, Congress national secretary, said, “Lucknow mayor Sushma Kharkwal, who called them Bangladeshis and Rohingyas ...

Assam Board 12th Assamese Syllabus: Here, the Assam Board Class 12 Assamese Syllabus has been attached for students who have chosen Assamese as one of their languages. Also, check the AHSEC Class 12 ...

The last decade has seen an explosion of writing from North-East India. While fiction and poetry from the region led the way, nonfiction, recording the history, politics, anthropology, environmental ...

Guwahati: The incorrect pronunciation of Assamese words in a recent cyber security announcement by telecom operators has triggered widespread protests across the state. Citizens and political leaders ...

Assamese to be compulsory official language for all government notifications, orders, acts and other such works in Assam, announced Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday. He further said that ...

Guwahati: The Arabic translation of the esteemed Assamese folktale anthology ‘Burhi Aair Hadhu' (Grandmother's Tale), written by distinguished Assamese author Lakshminath Bebaroa in 1911, signifies ...

Noted Assamese singer Arun Das, who is known for his heartfelt interpretations of love songs, passed away on Sunday following a protracted illness. The singer apparently breathed his last earlier this ...

In the earliest recorded times, Assam was part of Kamarupa, a state that had its capital at Pragjyotishapura (now Guwahati). Ancient Kamarupa included, roughly, the Brahmaputra River valley, Bhutan, ...

For most people, the idea that Burmese food could become an inseparable part of Assamese culinary life sounds unexpected—two regions separated ...