On June 26, 1975, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s (ABVP) Prant Abhyas Varg was underway in Nagar. In the very first session of the varg that day, Balasaheb Apte presented a comprehensive overview of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi on the night of June 25, its serious impact on our country, and the necessity…
Guwahati: The annual Chalachitram National Film Festival, providing a dignified space for short features and documentaries with the central theme ‘Our Heritage, Our Pride’, will be organized on 25 & 26 October at Jyoti Chitraban film studio premise in Kahilipara locality of the prehistoric city in northeast India. Organized by Chalachitram (www.chalachitram.in), a subsidiary of…
Devarshi Narad Jayanti 2025: A Call for Fearless, Value-Based Indian Journalism Indian Journalism Should Come Out of Colonial Hangover and Leftist Myopia – Dr Harshvardhan Tripathi Guwahati, June 1 – At a time when global information warfare, politicized narratives, and ideological polarization are redefining media discourse, a powerful message emerged from the Narad Jayanti 2025…
Guwahati: Vishwa Samvad Kendra Assam organizes annual Devarshi Narad Jayanti festival at Sudarshanalaya in Barbari area of the city on 1 June (starting on 3:30 pm sharp) to commemorate the birth anniversary of the world’s first journalist with a series of intriguing programs, where prominent Assamese children’s writer and editor of Shantunu Tamuli will be…
In an exclusive interview with Organiser, RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat offered a deep and compelling reflection on why the Shakha model continues to be vital — even in today’s rapidly changing social and lifestyle landscape. He also shared insights on the growing reach of the Sangh in Vanavasi (Scheduled Tribe) areas. Why Shakha Is…
The journey of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, started in the year 1925, will attain the milestone of its centenary on Vijayadashami this year. Today, the Sangh has become the most unique, widespread and nationwide organisation. After the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the resolve and call of the Sangh that came out, in which there…
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…
Guwahati: Borgeet is a distinct genre of Assamese music that encompasses not only devotional flavour but also the dramatic compositions used in Ankia Naat, said noted Assamese musician and researcher Dr Pabitra Pran Goswami recently while delivering the 5th Harinarayan Dutta Baruah memorial lecture at Assam down town University (AdtU) in the city’s outskirt. The…
As soon as India and Pakistan stepped up military airstrikes on each other following a brutal terror attack at Pahalgam in the Kashmir valley on 22 April 2025, for which an offshoot of Pakistan-based terrorist outfit claimed responsibility, the Balochi people intensified its movement for an independent Balochistan, a major part of which is allegedly…
Guwahati: The Baloch-descendants have urged the United Nations to recognise Balochistan as an independent nation out of Pakistan. In a letter, addressed to UN secretary-general António Guterres, the Baloch Welfare Association in India, demanded to support the Baloch nation’s legitimate right to self-determination, as enshrined in the UN charter and international law. “We urge the…
