The portrayal of the rural in Indian cinema has been a consistently evolving trope. The 50s and 60s represented the Indian village as an “authentic site” that reflected Indianness as opposed to Western ideas. The liberalization of the Indian economy saw the discourse around the rural shrink, with urban aspirations taking over mainstream cinema. As […]
GUWAHATI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the Congress appeared to have given up on the panchayat polls scheduled in the State on May 2 and 7. He said members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had so far won 200 anchalik panchayat and 18 zila parishad seats uncontested. “The results indicate […]
Imphal: The Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. The petition was submitted in New Delhi on Tuesday by Md. Fajur Rahim, working president of the MPCC and former MLA of Wabagai AC, along with Md. Amin Shah, former MLA of Kshetrigao AC. […]
Lamka — the name rolls gently off the tongue, evoking a town nestled in the Tuitha basin, surrounded by soft hills and brutal memories. Known administratively as Churachandpur, a name imposed by the colonial state and later by the Meitei monarchy, Lamka is what its people call it: a crossroads. A meeting point of tribes, […]
True achievement doesn’t sprout along smooth paths; it grows from the tough realities of challenging trials and heavy obstacles. And change often takes root in the most unexpected places. Take Ambika Chettri, for example, a once hesitant student who blossomed into a confident researcher. Consider Puspam Subba, who conquered her shyness to set up a […]
The India-Bangladesh relationship, traditionally anchored in shared history, and cemented by India’s pivotal role in Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation, faces a critical juncture in 2025. Bilateral trade reached almost $12.5 billion in 2024, with India exporting $11 billion worth of goods like cotton and machinery while importing textiles. Security cooperation has also been comparatively strengthened by […]
In the Union Budget 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an increase in the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loan limit from ₹3 lakh to ₹5 lakh, aiming to expand institutional credit access for farmers. Since its launch in 1998, the KCC has played a key role in providing short-term, low-interest credit to farmers across India. […]
Guwahati: More than two decades after it was first spotted hopping through the leaf litter of Garbhanga Reserve Forest, a mysterious frog has finally revealed its identity. Scientists have formally described Leptobrachium aryatium sp. nov., a striking new species of slow-moving, forest-dwelling amphibian endemic to the foothills of Assam and parts of Meghalaya. First observed […]
Recently, there were reports that members of the KSU (Khasi Students’ Union), Shangpung, have demanded the appointment of Khasi-speaking staff at the bank’s Shangpung branch. They pointed out that the branch staff are using Hindi to communicate with the local community, who cannot understand the language. This is very similar to some scenes playing out […]
Every day, 52 women in India die from pregnancy-related complications. Behind this number are stories of delayed care, missed chances and lives that could have been saved. A recent UN report puts India’s maternal death toll at 19,000 for 2023. Despite ongoing efforts, pregnancy continues to be unsafe for many, particularly in rural areas of […]
