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Assam Book Fair begins in Guwahati

Guwahati: Assam Book Fair (2022-23) begins with fanfare among the book lovers in the region on Thursday. Jointly organised by Publication Board Assam and All Assam Publishers & Book Sellers Association at Assam Engineering Institute playground in Chandmari locality of the city, Asom Granthamela was inaugurated by the reputed Indonesian performing poet Tara Noesantara on ...

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Spreading rumours about a newspaper’s demise

If anything can be viral in social media these days, why not rumour about the untimely demise of a prestigious newspaper! And it happens only in India! The country’s premier English daily The Statesman’s origin edition in Kolkata was recently stated to be closed down. The grand old Statesman House (4, Chowringhee Square, Kolkata-700001) was ...

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RSS continues to attract new blood: Dr Mohan Bhagwat

Guwahati: Nation should be a priority for everyone. Leaving aside all differences we have to work tirelessly for welfare of the nation, thus said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat, while addressing a conclave of Swayamsevaks and Karyakartas today at Hajongbari locality in the city. Attending the concluding program of three-day (9 to 11 ...

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UK authority urged for restricting aviation supply to Burma

Guwahati: Over 500 local, regional and international organizations of Myanmar (Burma/Brahmadesh) have urged the UK foreign secretary to sanction all companies involved in supplying aviation fuel to the trouble-torn southeast Asian nation, as its ruling junta have intensified aerial attacks over its own people, who have raised voices against the military dictators. In a recent ...

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Cultural show organised on Ambedkar’s death anniversary

Guwahati: A splendid show by hundreds of sanitation workers’ children at Sonaram playground in Bharalu locality of the city on Sunday mesmerised thousands of audience, where 200 pupils performed Bhortaal Nritya and 500 participated in a group Sattriya dance program. Organized by Valmiki Sangeet Vidyalay on the eve of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar’s death anniversary, the ...

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Cultural show on Ambedkar’s death anniversary in Guwahati 

Guwahati: On the occasion of death anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar), Valmiki Sangeet Vidyalay, run by Dr Hedgewar Memorial Trust – which has been working for education, health and reforms in various under-developed localities of northeast India, has organised a cultural show titled সমতাৰ ছন্দেৰে জীৱনৰ জয়গান (celebrating life ...

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Lachit’s motto of Nation First inspires always: PM Modi

Guwahati: PrimeMinister Narendra Modi on Friday attended the closing ceremony of the year-long celebration of 400th birth anniversary of 17th century Ahom army general Lachit Barphukan held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Congratulating State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for successful conduct of the three-day celebration in the national capital, PM Modi exuded confidence ...

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Lachit Divas cultural celebrations flagged off in New Delhi

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Union law & justice minister Kiren Rijiju flagged off Lachit Divas cultural celebrations in New Delhi on Wednesday evening adding colour to the initiative to pay nationwide tribute to the legendary Ahom general Lachit Barphukan marking his 400 birth anniversary. Union minister Rameswar Teli and State minister ...

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CM attends inaugural ceremony of Kalakshetra’s silver jubilee celebration

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who also happens to be chairman of Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra Society, attended the inaugural ceremony of Kalakshetra’s silver jubilee celebration in the city on Wednesday. Named after 15th century neo-Vaishnavite saint and an outcome of the historic Assam Accord, the cultural complex was inaugurated by the then President ...

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Assam scribes to observe National Press Day

Guwahati: The city-based scribes will observe the forthcoming National Press Day 2022 and discuss the state of press freedom in Northeast and India as a whole along with the relentless threats, pitfalls andchallenges to the journalists after the steady invasion of digital media users. Media persons, under the banner of proposed Assam Union of Journalists, ...

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Introspecting on National Press Day

As we are celebrating National Press Day on 16 November in India, let’s pay our heartiest tributes to everyone who contributed to the growth of print media and also the Press Council of India (PCI), its mentor and watchdog. Moreover, it should also be an occasion for the practicing media persons to introspect over their ...

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Dissecting Assam NRC for better understanding

Participating in a debate on satellite television or digital channels needs some homeworks to make the deliberations short and clear. Unless you face an arrogant anchor and unruly participants, the experience in talk shows normally emerges as an intriguing one. It happened to me, as I had recently participated in a digital media discussion on ...

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When a senior scribe named and shamed in social media

Guwahati: If a senior scribe is named and shamed in social media as a scam star, should or should not he respond to it? Moreover, when a particular social media post (following up with a series of posts onthe same television journalist) is liked and shared by thousands of non-media persons, can he ignore it ...

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PPFA demands outstanding payment to NRC temporary workers

Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), while expressing concern over the disturbing news related to uptation process of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam demands that the concerned authorities should pay the outstanding amount of money to around six thosand data entry operators (DEO) as early as possible. The forum of nationalist citizens also ...

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One more prestigious award conferred on Prof Yunus

Guwahati: The lone Nobel laureate of Bangladesh, who is popularly known as banker to the poor, Professor Muhammad Yunus has been awarded with Karl Kübel Prize of Germany for his extraordinary and multifaceted commitment to families all over the world. The Karl Kübel Foundation for Child and Family honoured the Bangladeshi economist, who conceptualized the ...