Articles for author: Nava Thakuria

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Parliament should debates on Balochistan issue: Indian Balochs

Guwahati: The Baloch community residing in India, while urging the Union government in New Delhi for extending support to their causes by raising the issue of Balochistan nationally and internationally, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take initiative for a pragmatic discussion  in the Parliament and push for a formal resolution recognizing (and supporting) ...

PPFA lauds Assam CM for highlighting Hinglaj Shakti Peeth in Balochistan

Guwahati:  Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), a northeast India-based forum of nationalist citizens, lauds Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for highlighting the importance of Hinglaj Mata Mandir in Balochistan locality of south-west Pakistan, citing the link with Maa Kamakhya Devalaya atop Nilachal hills in the city. Amid the growing uprising among Baloch people against ...

Indian Diasporas rally in Rome against Pahalgam terror attack

Guwahati: The news of protest demonstrations by Indian diasporas against the Pahalgam terror attack  in the Kashmir valley on 22 April 2025, that resulted in the brutal murder of 26 Hindu male tourists, continues pouring. Lately,  the Indian community in Italy voiced strong condemnation and deep sorrow following The massacre, allegedly carried out by The ...

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Advisory issued to media outlets on defence issues 

Guwahati: The Union information & broadcasting ministry has asked all media outlets, precisely news channels, to refrain from ‘showing live coverage of defence operations’ and also movement of security personnel. An advisory (No. 41015/3/2024-BC-III) was issued on 26 April 2025 following the  Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir, where at least  26 tourists arriving from different ...

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Baloch association  condemns terror attack in Pahalgam

Guwahati: The  Baloch Welfare Association in India  (BWAI ) has  strongly condemned the brutal and cowardly terrorist attack that took place in picturesque town of Pahalgam in Kashmir on 22 April 2025. This inhumane act has taken the lives of innocent civilians and left many injured, striking at the heart of peace and humanity, added ...

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Dhaka wants to bring back ousted Hasina for trials  

New Delhi: Bangladesh’s current interim government continues pursuing the return journey of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Dhaka so that she is compelled to face hundreds of legal cases, lodged in different locations of the south Asian nation, and finally delivered justice to the victims. The caretaker regime in  Dhaka has seemingly maintained also ...

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RSS stands with  Hindus under fear in Bangladesh

Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s recent annual meeting in Bangalore resolved to stand with the Hindus and other minorities in the Muslim majority Bangladesh. Moreover the nationalist organisation urged the international community to intervene with the current regime in Dhaka to ensure the safety and security of religious minorities in the south Asian nation. The RSS’s ...

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A kind of optimism after Modi-Yunus meeting

New Delhi: An impressive one-to-one meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus in Bangkok created some optimism among the people of  eastern Bharat. Both the south Asian leaders had a warm discussion on the sideline of the 6th BIMSTEC assembly in the Thai capital city on 4 April ...

Foreigner arrested for illicit visit to Andaman’s isolated area

Guwahati: London-based global outfit dedicated for indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights, Survival International (SI) expressed relief that a foreigner was arrested after landing on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean to make contact with the uncontacted Sentinelese people. Terming the news as deeply disturbing, the Sl  director Caroline Pearce commented on 2 April 2025 ...

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Bangladesh may go for elections by 2025

New Delhi: There are indications surfacing from Bangladesh that the country may go for national elections by this year if the concerned political parties agree to accept a minimal reform in various administrative, financial and electoral agencies with assurances that the winning representatives in Jatiya Sansad  (National Assembly/Parliament) will continue pursuing the reform process in ...

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RSS’s ABPS 2025 kick starts in Bengaluru

Guwahati: The three-day annual meeting of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) begins as Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat and Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale inaugurated Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) on Friday by offering floral tributes to Bharat Mata at the premises of Janaseva Vidyakendra in Channenahalli of Bengaluru. RSS  Sah Sarkaryavah Mukunda CR addressed the media on the ...

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Bengaluru to host ABPS 2025, RSS plans expansion 

Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is holding its annual Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) at Janaseva Vidya Kendra premises in Bengaluru on 21, 22 and 23 March 2025. RSS’s Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar briefed the press about the ABPS, an important Sangh meeting in a year, where N. Tippeswamy, Kshetra Karyavah of Dakshin ...

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A Bhaona and its afthermath 

The controversy erupting after  a social media post from a television journalist, associated with Gauhati Press Club (formerly Guwahati Press Club) brought many questions for the media body, which invited a minister in Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s cabinet for a cultural program, scheduled for 15 March in the city, but ended in receiving ...

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New political party coming up in Bangladesh

Guwahati:  As expected, a new political party is emerging in the trouble-torn Bangladesh under the leadership of agitating students and young people, who compelled the  sitting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India on 5 August 2024.  The new entity, to be named Jatiya Nagorik Party (National Citizens’ Party), will be launched ...