Pranjal Saikia

About 20 suspected militants belonging to the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland have abducted six WWF-India volunteers at gunpoint from Ultapani reserve forest, which falls under the Manas Tiger Reserve.

The festival will be held in association with the directorate of cultural affairs at Rabindra Bhawan.The theatre festival which is an annual event, is considered one of the most important theatre fests in the city.

Assam Police SIT met with six civil society members to update them on the Zubeen Garg death case, excluding the autopsy report. While some declined due to legal concerns, others attended to seek justice. The SIT assured a thorough investigation and a strong chargesheet within 90 days, addressing public sentiment.

The outlawed ULFA has appointed hardcore leader Jiten Dutta, responsible for masterminding the killing of Hindi-speaking people in Assam, as the commander of its strike force.

In a shocking turn of events during a live performance in Assam's Nagaon district, an FIR has been lodged against an event organiser and a performer over allegations of goat slaughter and the beheading of a pigeon. Thanks to PETA India's timely intervention, the case has been registered under animal cruelty laws.

The three-day golden jubilee celebrations of Gauhati Medical College & Hospital would start from Thursday.

The high court acquitted Konwar on grounds of lack of sufficient evidence. The other two accused were termed absconders by the court.

The ninth Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival (BVFF) concluded in Guwahati, with 'Bibo Binanao' winning best feature film. The festival showcased 30 films, honoring Binoranjan Oinam as best director and Pranjal Saikia with a lifetime achievement award. Workshops and masterclasses provided learning opportunities for aspiring filmmakers, featuring industry experts like Nitin Baid, Shreya Dev Dube, and Sandeep Modi.

The Sangeet Natak Akademi will honour 16 artists from Assam with the Akademi Puraskar in various categories. The ministry of culture announced the awards for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 on Friday.

Union DoNER minister Pawan Singh Ghatowar on Saturday said the government should extend every possible help to the growth of Gauhati Commerce College while addressing a gathering of students and teachers on the occasion of the college's golden jubilee celebrations.

US-based Assamese mathematician, writer and music conservationist Dilip Kumar Dutta was conferred the 2012 Amulya Kakoti Smarak Award.

The Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has asked Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) to cover orphans and abandoned children, who have been spending their childhood at the railway station and streets of Guwahati, under the Right to Education Act.

The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society has been reconstituted for a three-year term with actor Gajendra Chauhan, who played Yudhistir in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat, as its president and chairperson of the Governing Council. Actors Vidya Balan, Pallavi Joshi and director Raju Hirani are among those nominated as members.

Even a fortnight ago, they were in the clutches of suspected NDFB militants. But their love for the wild has once again taken the six youngsters back to the jungle. And they are happy doing what they love most counting tigers in forests.

Bollywood directors Raju Hirani and Jahnu Barua and TV actor Gajendra Chauhan will be inducted as part of the board of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in an effort to rejuvenate the film school.

A three-day painting exhibition with 'Our Culture, Our Identity' as a subject began at Sarusajai stadium on Thursday.

The students association of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) on Thursday said it would form a panel which will seek an appointment for talks with the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry.

Actress Vidya Balan, filmmakers Raju Hirani and Jahnu Barua and cinematographer Santosh Sivan are among the prominent persons nominated as new members of the reconstituted Film and Television Society of India (FTII) council.

Girls in the northeast, like their peers across the country, were all smiles on Monday after the CBSE Class XII results were declared. Pranjal Saikia, a CBSE regional office official, said, "The pass percentage of Guwahati zone is 70.91, which is 1.41 per cent higher than last year's 69.50 per cent."

Actor Tom Alter, who was in town recently, talks to Gaurav Das about his three passions — theatre, cricket & Rajesh Khanna.

Students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) are set to stage a "peaceful protest" at the institute on Thursday when actor Gajendra Chauhan arrives to take charge as chairman of the FTII Society.

To pace up the Covid vaccination drive in the state, the National Health Mission (NHM), Assam, and the state directorate of health (Family Welfare), in collaboration with healthcare innovation organization LEHS | WISH and the film fraternity launched a unique model awareness campaign to gear up mobilisation efforts and share the need and benefits of inoculation with the community.

Hundreds of police, Army and BSF personnel are fanned out in the jungles of Haltugaon...

After the rejig at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library and IGNCA, the Modi government has quietly reconstituted the Central Advisory Board on Culture (CABC) late last month bringing in a cast of artistes—almost all associated with some BJP or right wing association.

The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society on Thursday decided that B P Singh, an alumnus of the institute and producer of television show 'CID', would be the chairman of its academic council.

After a simmering calm of 70 days, violence revisited the gates and campus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) as the police stretched themselves, wielding their lathis to contain students reiterating their protest against the political appointments made to the premier institute's society and governing council.

Well-known actress Pallavi Joshi has written to the secretary (films) in the I&B ministry saying she does not want to be part of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) society.

The use of force by the police while dealing with protesting students at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has raised eyebrows with some saying that the situation could have been handled better.