The Panbazar Indian flying fox roosting site was originally located at the Kacharighat and Judge’s field area of Guwahati in Assam, which is also the gateway of Northeast India

Nirmola Kalita, a weaver in Assam’s Kamrup district, sounded happy that the hand-woven ‘gamosas (traditional Assamese scarf or towel made of cotton) she and her family members have prepared may get a ‘good deal’ in this peak season of Bohag Bihu.

Satish Das can remember little of the early days he spent in hospital. Consumed by an intense fever that rewired his brain and warped reality, Das struggled to even remember the name of his son and wife.

Sailing and rowing boats were introduced for demonstration at the inaugural session of The Rising Sun Water Festival at Eastern Command Aquatic Node (ECAN) at Umiam lake near Shillong on November 3.

He has contributed valuable 25 years of his life serving at various studios during Durga Puja in Guwahati, but still he remains a homeless happy man of the ‘industry of clay artisans’ of Assam.

(CNN)In what conservationists have called a “catastrophic event” for the rare animal, twenty-one greater one-horned rhinos, including 10 calves, have drowned in the monsoon-driven floods that have submerged swaths of a national park in northeastern India.

In Assam, India, and beyond, WWF and our partners are working to address human-elephant conflict and find ways for people and elephants to live alongside each other. Heaps of elephant dung smear the peak of a hill leading to Assam’s Singlijan Reserve Forest, some 32 ft. above a dirt road cutting through vast swaths of verdant tea gardens. Atop the hill is a fence made of two metal wires stretched between wooden posts.

Mitali Express, with 18 passengers on board in its maiden journey from New Jalpaiguri station, reached Dhaka Cantonment on June 1 evening amid hopes for better connectivity between the two neighbours. Although the number of passengers for the maiden journey from the Indian side was not convincing, but the service opens up the horizon with expectations for a successful international train connection in coming days. Published on: thenewsmill.com Jun 2, 2022

Md Manzurul Islam of Savar (Dhaka), Chinmoy Chanda of Sylhet, Shabari Majumder from Dhamrai (Dhaka) or Bibash Shyam Purkayastha from Sylhet have something in “common” – other than being from Bangladesh. They are frequent visitors from Bangladesh to India as tourists or cultural ambassadors. Published on: thenewsmill.com May 30, 2022.

Construction is in progress, and the gate to the Jogighopa river is closed to outsiders. But the security guard rushes to open the gate when I say ‘Boat clinic’. Published on: deccanherald.com MAY 21 2022, 08:43 IST

….and we have passed the fourth phase of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Time has entered a new cycle where gradually we have to live consciously with the new learning from life, for a better tomorrow. Published on: thenewsmill.com Jun 2, 2020

Newly-married Monali and Dipen came to Pandu Ghat in Guwahati after an early morning stroll to see ‘Pitri-Tarpan’ rituals that take place on the day of ‘Mahalaya’ on the bank of the mighty Brahmaputra. Published on nenow.in October 6, 2021 5:27 pm

While the city dwellers’ in Guwahati were struggling to get rid of the extreme situations due to water-logging as reflected in visuals of every TV news channel of Assam, an old lady was electrocuted in her waterlogged house at Pandu on Tuesday evening. Published on: nenow.in October 20, 2021 7:56 am

The classroom calendar of Bidyamandir Higher Secondary School got a new signature marking today with its opening for the 10th standard students after five months of Covid-19 lockdown. Published on nenow.in September 20, 2021 7:54 pm

“I love lord Krishna-Durga and Shiva,” said San Chandra Dey, a school boy present at Anita Pal’s studio as a witness of the impression of Durga idols, which is changing at every moment with various installation works during the last hour finishing touches of the idol. Published on nenow.in October 10, 2021 12:00 pm

Following the rituals of immersion of Durga idols, devotees took the blessings of Goddess Durga while performing the rituals of Durga Dashami at various puja pandals of Pandu in Guwahati along with other parts. Published on nenow.in October 15, 2021 7:00 pm

Mahisashura representing Corona virus and Ma Durga is nutralised him with a vaccine syringe- a thematic representaion of present day crisis through the eye of Durgotsab 2021. Image credit – Subhamoy Bhattacharjee Published on nenow.in October 11, 2021 7:57 pm

The disciples on Sunday remembered their Guru ‘Sangeetjyoti’ Shibendra Narayan Banerjee in a unique way in Guwahati. Published on nenow.in October 17, 2021 11:38 pm

…And the final countdown has begun. The overnight work pressure of the Guwahati city artisans for the last two weeks to meet the commitment of the puja committees has reached its final lap. Published on nenow.in October 9, 2021 7:01 pm

Not so long ago, Birubala Rabha believed witches existed.

Growing up, neighbours often told her about evil women, or daini (witches) skulking in the village. Published on bbc.com 10 April 2016