Sualkuchi, a village located in Assam's Kamrup district, has recently gained significant recognition by being named one of the best tourism villages in the ‘craft’ category. This award was announced ...

Guwahati, Apr 1 : The Assam government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the violence and police firing on weavers who were protesting against the selling of synthetic silk clothes in Sualkuchi.An ...

Situated on the north bank of Brahmaputra just 35 km from Guwahati, Sualkuchi is a weaver’s village famous for its silk weaving. It was called the Manchester of the East by the British. The village ...

As we speed our way from Guwahati towards Sualkuchi, vivid images of colourful silk mekhela chadars flood my mind. This is my second visit to Sualkuchi. My first visit here was for the sole purpose of ...

An uncanny connection between Assam's Sualkuchi, about 35 km from the capital, and UP's Varanasi has cropped up. GUWAHATI: An uncanny connection between Assam's Sualkuchi, about 35 km from the capital ...

Guwahati, March 30: Hands that weave silk went on a vandalism spree for the second day today to protect their craft and livelihood. Sualkuchi, Assam’s silk village that produces traditional muga and ...

To expedite the process of development in rural areas of the state, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday inaugurated a textile park in Sualkuchi on the outskirts of Guwahati. The park has been set up ...

Indefinite curfew was clamped after silk weavers observing a 12-hour bandh today defied prohibitory orders in this town in Kamrup (Rural) district protesting the use of artificial silk. Indefinite ...

Sualkuchi, April 19: The sobriquet “Manchester of the East” sits heavy on Assam’s silk bowl. To the world outside, Sualkuchi is a cottage-industry success story, weaving gossamer dreams and generating ...

The indigenous weavers have been effected by notes ban. Sualkuchi, Assam: 32-year-old Joymati Kalita has been weaving magic on Assam Muga and Eri silk for over a decade. She is one among the 25,000 ...

In a significant step towards strengthening Assam's road infrastructure, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday took part in the Bhumi Pujan ceremony of the Palashbari-Sualkuchi bridge over the ...