As Bangladesh’s ousted premier Sheikh Hasina plans to return to Dhaka by December this year, a number of Bangla politicians linked to current Prime Minister Tarique Rahman start making derogatory comments over the Awami League supremo. In all recent interviews with global news agencies, Hasina reiterated her decision to return home from India, currently used…
Guwahati: The 4th Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival will be kicked off on 13 November 2026 at Gauhati University premise in Jalukbari locality unfolding a world of discussions, deliberations, workshops, book fairs and multilingual poetic recitations. The three-day lit-fest will witness six interactive discussions on various topics like society, history, literature and cinema. A drawing competition and…
India’s eastern neighbour, the land of golden Pagodas, usually receives media headlines for wrong reasons. Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh), adjacent to the north-eastern region, often emerges as a matter of serious security concern for New Delhi. At least three north-eastern States (Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram) face the influx of people from a…
Guwahati: The curtain came down to 10th Chalachitram National Film Festival (CNFF) as ‘Toy Gun’ (directed by Parashuram Thingnam from Manipur) and ‘The Silent Crisis’ (directed by Smitakshi B Goswami from Assam) were honoured with the best short feature and best documentary awards respectively in the northeast India section. Awards for best short feature and…
As Bangladesh’s ousted premier Sheikh Hasina plans to return to Dhaka by December this year, a number of Bangla politicians linked to current Prime Minister Tarique Rahman start making derogatory comments over the Awami League supremo. In all recent interviews with global news agencies, Hasina reiterated her decision to return home from India, currently used…
Guwahati: The 4th Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival will be kicked off on 13 November 2026 at Gauhati University premise in Jalukbari locality unfolding a world of discussions, deliberations, workshops, book fairs and multilingual poetic recitations. The three-day lit-fest will witness six interactive discussions on various topics like society, history, literature and cinema. A drawing competition and…
India’s eastern neighbour, the land of golden Pagodas, usually receives media headlines for wrong reasons. Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh), adjacent to the north-eastern region, often emerges as a matter of serious security concern for New Delhi. At least three north-eastern States (Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram) face the influx of people from a…
Guwahati: The curtain came down to 10th Chalachitram National Film Festival (CNFF) as ‘Toy Gun’ (directed by Parashuram Thingnam from Manipur) and ‘The Silent Crisis’ (directed by Smitakshi B Goswami from Assam) were honoured with the best short feature and best documentary awards respectively in the northeast India section. Awards for best short feature and…
Guwahati: Japanese film ‘Kintsugi’, directed by Noomen Noomen, will be screened as the inaugural film of 10th Chalachitram National Film Festival (CNFF), scheduled for 24 and 25 October 2026 at Jyoti Chitraban film studio premise in Kahilipara locality of the city. The short feature deals with the tragic story of a Japanese salaryman haunted by…
Geneva: Condemning the murder of a journalist in Bangladesh, the global media safety and rights body, Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) demanded a fair probe by the authorities in Dhaka. Reacting to local media reports about the shooting down of Lutfuzzaman Fakir Alif by miscreants in Netrakona locality on 15 October 2026, the PEC asked Bangladesh…
Guwahati: The 10th Chalachitram National Film Festival (CNFF) will unfold a package of over 45 selected short duration films in both competitive and only screening sections at Jyoti Chitraban film society premises in Kahilipara. The two-day festival (24 and 25 October 2026), will greet film buffs, cine critics and movie producer-directors of eastern India for…
As the Union government of India has nominated 13 media professionals to fill up the space in its statutory & autonomous body, print media surveillance and rights body, the journalist fraternity now hopes for better days ahead in the largest democracy on Earth. After a prolonged delay that invited severe criticism from various corners for…
Film screening concludes at Nalbari College Guwahati: A special screening of selected documentaries and short films was organised by Chalachitram on 3 October 2026 at Nalbari College. It was one of pre-events of 10th Chalachitram National Film Festival (CNFF-2026), which is scheduled for 24 and 25 October next at Jyoti Chitranan premise in the city….
Come Durga Puja (also known as Durgotsav) and Ugratara temple at Ujanbazar locality of Guwahati in northeast India readies for welcoming thousands of devotees, but unlike other annual Durgotsav events, Ugratara Devalay does not adore clay-idols of Devi Durga along with Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha and Kartik. Sharadiya festival at the temple is dedicated to Goddess…
