Articles for category: National, News

Nava Thakuria

Awaiting a self-cleaning mechanism for Assam media 

If some editor-journalists are allegedly involved in a financial scam, shouldn’t the people get an opportunity to identify them? As the mainstream newspapers and news channels of Assam are avoiding the issue in their coverage, how come the actual picture will come to the public domain? If the mainstream media outlets intentionally kill the news, ...

Nava Thakuria

Chalachitram film festival scheduled for September

Guwahati: Sixth Chalachitram National Film Festival is scheduled for 10, 11 September  2022  at Rabindra Bhawan in the city. Feature, non-feature, documentary and animation films produced between 1 Sept 2020 and 31 August 2022 will be screened in the festival, where the winners of CNFF21 will be awarded with cash prizes, certificates and trophies. For ...

Nava Thakuria

Silver Jubilee carnival for Kaliabor Press Club

Guwahati: That was an amazing experience to attend the foundation day of a 25 years old press club in central Assam on a lazy Sunday, where a number of senior citizens along with rural scribes and novice journalists were waiting to listen to my speech. It’s easier to address a journalist’s meet- where we can ...

Talking about India’s diplomatic preference

Guwahati: Demands for appointing the Ambassadors (instead of High Commissioners) in the 53 Commonwealth countries (so that the Union Government in New Delhi can pursue diplomatic relationships with these nations without any prejudice) are slowly gaining momentum. One can observe from the list of Ambassadors/High Commissioners (of India) in various Commonwealth countries across the world ...

CNV NEWS

Centenary celebration of Assam sports journalism begins

Guwahati: A year long celebration of 100 years of sports journalism in Assam begins coinciding the day while the first ever news related to a football competition was published in Asomiya (a weekly news magazine mentored by Chandra Kumar Agarwala) on 1  July 1923. Assam Sports Journalists Association (ASJA), which is affiliated to Sports Journalists ...

Nava Thakuria

India readies to welcome a tribal President

If one believes in the simple mathematical calculation and minimum political honesty by public representatives  in the Indian Parliament and State legislative assemblies, the largest democracy on Earth is expecting a lady tribal President in New Delhi next month. As Draupadi Murmu, a simple Janjati family woman turned a teacher turned a politician, gets the ...

Nava Thakuria

Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram endorses Draupadi Murmu as Bharat’s next President

Guwahati: Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (ABVKA), India’s largest tribal welfare organisation, admires the recommendation of  former Jharkhand Governor, Draupadi Murmu as the  candidate for Presidential polls by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government in New Delhi. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh backed organisation ardently believes that a historical decision has been taken to nominate a ...

Nava Thakuria

FIR filed against former Assam NRC coordinator

Guwahati: Another first information report (FIR) has been lodged against the former State coordinator of  National Register of Citizens  (NRC) and the system integrator, sub-contractors with other persons alleging  corruption and money laundering while updating the NRC in Assam that began in 2014 under  supervision of the Supreme Court of India. The petitioner Hitesh Dev ...

Nava Thakuria

Yoga Utsav organised at picturesque Ziro valley

Guwahati: As part of the countdown to International Day of Yoga 2022, a Yoga Utsav (festival) was recently organized at the picturesque Ziro valley of Arunachal Pradesh, where the Union Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal was present along with Arunachal State ministers Taba Tedir and Tage Teki with a number of Yoga enthusiasts. Speaking on the ...

Nava Thakuria

Brahmaputra heritage centre showcases Barbara’s art works 

Assam’s one of the senior most artists  Champak Barbara recently  showcased some of his art works at Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre in Panbazar (old Kamrup district magistrate’s bungalow) where the painter and cartoonist picked up issues that engulfed the human race including the corona virus disaster. The monthlong invitational exhibition (1 to 31 May ...

Irresponsible media glorifying brutal military

Guwahati: The killing of members belonging to the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) in their hideouts somewhere in Myanmar-China border areas and the subsequent irresponsible media coverage glorifying the brutal acts of separatist Ulfa (I) leaders really annoyed the majority population of northeast India. The live streaming of militant leaders by many satellite ...

CNV NEWS

PEC condemns murder of Bihar scribe, demands punishment to perpetrators

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) has strongly condemned the murder of   journalist Subhash Kumar Mahato, who hailed from  Begusarai locality of Bihar in central India on 20 May 2022. The global media safety and rights body also demanded punishments under the law to all four identified gunmen who targeted Subhash (27)  outside his residence in ...

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PPFA demands a correct NRC with 1951 cut-off  year

Guwahati:  Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), while expressing worries at a police complaint  lodged by National Register of Citizens (NRC) Assam coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma against his predecessorPrateek Hajela for deceitfully including names of suspected individuals in the NRC with software tempering, urges both the governments in New Delhi and Dispur to support a complete ...

IIT Guwahati hosts North East Research Conclave 2022

Guwahati: Union education and skill development minister Dharmendra Pradhan, while inaugurating North East Research Conclave (NERC) 2022 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati on Friday, commented that it would strengthen the linkages between industry, academia & policy makers and further invigorate the research, start-up and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the resource-rich north-eastern region and the ...