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TheNewsMill • 11th December 2020

Brahmaputra Volleyball League aims to bring out rural talents

Probably first time ever in India, 144 volleyball matches will be played in a single league for close to three months spread across 16 different districts involving 32 boys’ and 17 girls’ team competing for a total prize money of Rs 2 lakh starting from December 12.

Brahmaputra Volleyball League (BVL) is a unique initiative of Assam Volleyball Mission (AVM) 100 to popularize the game of volleyball in remote locations with community participation in the state and beyond.

The Brahmaputra Volleyb

TheNewsMill • 29th October 2020

From dusty Lutuma to ISL and team India: Journey of 3 teenagers of Guwahati

For the Guwahati teenagers Birendra Rabha Singh, Nikhil Deka and Pragyan Medhi, football is their first and only love. And their relationship with the beautiful game is so strong that from being absolutely nothing, they have started to climb the ladder of success to the next level.

If Birendra and Nikhil – both goalkeepers have been roped in by Indian Super League (ISL) clubs, Kerala Blasters and NorthEast United FC, Pragyan is a proud member of India Under-17 team for the last one and half yea

The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports • 12th September 2019

'We are expecting too much from Hima Das'

Guwahati: The Assam Athletic Association (AAA) has come forward in support of Hima Das after she failed to qualify in her pet event of 400m for the World Athletics Championships to be held in Doha from September 27. The world junior champion was named as 4x400m relay runner in India's 25-member squad on September 9. She will also participate in the 4x400 mixed relay.


Many have criticised Hima for failing to improve her timing in the recent competitions. In fact, critics say that her timings i

The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports • 22nd August 2019

Watch: Hima's success has been the gamechanger for Sarusajai Sports Complex

The success of Hima Das has changed the sporting scenario of Assam within a short period of time. Earlier, it was either cricket or football, which was the most preferred game among the youth. Now, athletics has a role model to inspire hundreds.

The Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium at the Sarusojai Sports Complex in Guwahati, where Hima trained during her initial days after being spotted by her coach Nipon Das, wears a different look now. Both in the morning and afternoon, the kids aspiring to be

The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports • 5th July 2019

Assam's Bidyut K Goswami revolutionised tennis at the Columbia University

It’s a rare honour for tennis coach Bidyut Kumar Goswami of Assam as Columbia University in the USA has decided to rename the men’s coaching position of the university after his name. Goswami, popularly known as Bid, who coached their men team for the last 37 years, has announced his retirement after enriching the team with an impressive record. The position of the men’s tennis coach will be known as the ‘Bidyut K. Goswami Head Coach of Men’s Tennis’. Since he took the helm in 1982, Goswami has

The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports • 25th February 2019

The emerging Northeast boxing power

Guwahati: If it was Dingko Singh who left a huge impression by winning gold in 1998 Bangkok Asian Games - pugilists Mary Kom, Shiva Thapa, and others gave a separate identity to the boxing in northeast India. Mary herself being a living legend many a time has recalled how desperately she wanted to be a boxer after seeing Dingko achieve the feat.

Now, meet the new generation of boxers who have given hope to the country to bring more medals at the international platforms, inspired by Mary herself

The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports • 19th February 2019

Longer training session and more matches will help women team to grow: Bembem Devi

• It’s been almost three years since you retired from football. How’s the journey so far not being an active player anymore?

Oinam Bembem Devi has been the flag-bearer of Indian women football for the past two decades and the only second woman footballer to have won the prestigious Arjuna Award. Bembem who has given several memorable moments for Indian women football, has already received her B license from FIFA. In a conversation with, the star from Manipur shares her thoughts. Some of the ex

Village Square • 7th March 2018

Pad women of Assam start menstrual hygiene movement

Jonali Fangsho in her late 20s is a resident of Pamohi village in the outskirts of Guwahati, the capital city of the northeastern state of Assam. Pamohi village, inhabited mostly by the Karbi tribe, is like any other underdeveloped village in Assam, where people do not speak openly about issues like menstruation and related issues.

However, things have changed over the past several months, even before the Akshay Kumar starrer PadMan, based on the real life story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, wa

Village Square • 24th November 2017

Youth trade guns for bananas in Assam

Rudra Kanta Rabha, a tribal man in his late 30s, in a sleepy village in Goalpara district of Assam, used to hide from people and police to carry out his job some 15 years ago. But today Rabha is seen smiling and talking to the people in his neighbourhood as he works in his banana plantation. Now he is one of the busiest persons in the locality.

“I’m glad of what I’m doing now. I regret what I did in the past,” a thoughtful Rabha told VillageSquare.in while working in his plantation near the ins

Village Square • 17th May 2017

Empowering rural women in Assam through the Internet

Nizara Talukdar in her mid 30s is just another village woman in Assam who has grown up in poverty. But the times seem to have changed as she has started to earn more through her innovative ideas, thanks to the Internet Saathi (Internet Assist) program being implemented in various areas of Assam. The Internet Saathis are educated village women who are provided training and given smartphones and a bicycle to carry out their activities.

Talukdar is a weaver in a village in Assam’s Baksa district u