Book Review: Hideous Barack, a historiography of genocide
Apr 12, 2018, at 10:35 pm
‘Hideous Barack’ is a historical non fiction book written by H.P. Roychoudhury. It mainly focuses on the Barak (also spelled as Barack) valley, focusing on the region from pre-Independence to the present, as well as discussing about the future.
PM Modi wishes Sonowal, Assam govt ahead of Namami Brahmaputra festival
Mar 31, 2017, at 06:37 pm
New Delhi, Mar 31 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished luck to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and his cabinet, ahead of the Namami Brahmaputra festival, which is scheduled to start on Friday.
President Pranab Mukherjee to inaugurate Assam's mega river festival tomorrow
Mar 30, 2017, at 09:02 pm
Guwahati, Mar 30 (IBNS) : President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the Namami Brahmaputra Festival, the biggest ever river festival in India on Friday in Guwahati.Guwahati, Mar 30 (IBNS) : President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the Namami Brahmaputra Festival, the biggest ever river festival in India on Friday in Guwahati.
IFAW- WTI conducts a teacher's workshop for 37 educators in Kokrajhar and Chirang district
Sep 26, 2015, at 02:13 am
Guwahati, Sept 25 (IBNS) : Thirty- seven school teachers from the fringe villages of Greater Manas attended the Animal Action Education (AAE) workshop conducted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) at Central Institute of Technology (CIT) at Kokrajhar in Assam on Thursday, officials said on Friday.
Father V M Thomas: Building dreams and shaping lives
Jun 19, 2015, at 05:03 pm
A Harvard graduate, Father V M Thomas taught IAS cadres at the elite Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy in Mussoorie before he took thousands of violence-hit children from the relief camps and remote villages of Assam under his fold to help them pick up the pieces of their lives and join the national mainstream. Education and skill development has been his guiding principle. IBNS reports
Bengal soaks in festivity of Poila Baikshakh
Apr 15, 2015, at 04:40 pm
Kolkata, Apr 15 (IBNS): West Bengal on Wednesday ushered in its new year with fresh fervour, joy, hope and aspirations amid the exchange of hugs and wishes within the Bengali community which is celebrating the auspicious occasion of Poila Baishakh (the first day of the Bengali calendar), which marks the 'Nababarsho' or the Bengali new year.