Articles for category: National

Nava Thakuria

Dreaming of a vibrant media complex in Guwahati 

Guwahati: As the number of professional journalists, associated with various  newspapers, news channels, radio outlets, digital platforms, etc is increasing rapidly in Guwahati, the virtual capital of northeast India and an emerging city with strategically importance for southeast Asian nations, they definitely need a wide space for interactions with no prejudice and trepidations. At the ...

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PPFA demands to declare The Kashmir Files tax-free in Assam

Guwahati: “The Kashmir Files”, which is based on the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 and has been released this week in cinema halls, should be declared tax-free in Assam, stated Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA). The forum of nationalist citizens argues that nobody made a film based on this subject even though India produces ...

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Assam engineer’s forum bats for pragmatic flex-fuel policy

Guwahati: All Assam Engineer’s Association (AAEA) appreciates the latest initiative taken by both the Union government in New Delhi and State government in Dispur to encourage the use of green fuel in all kinds of automobiles and urges the concerned authorities to launch a public awareness campaign about the alternative fuel for the benefit of ...

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PEC condoles demise of Odisha scribe Rohit Biswal in blast

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, mourns the demise of a promising Indian scribe in a landmine blast, planted by left-wing rebels in Kalahandi locality of Odisha province. A native of Mohangiri village under Madanpur Rampur area, Rohit Kumar Biswal (40) stepped on the mine on 5 February 2022 ...

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RSS chief bows to Netaji, Bose a symbol of courage & sacrifice

Guwahati: Paying floral tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat commented that Bose was a symbol of courage, sacrifice and patriotism, who dedicated his entire life for the freedom expectant people of Bharat. Addressing a distinguished gathering in Imphal of Imphal on 23 ...

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Granthamela boosted deliberations on future of book-papers

Guwahati: Amidst the threat of spreading novel coronavirus (precisely the Omicron variant)  across India, Asom Granthamela (Assam Book Fair) came to a successful end in Guwahati, the virtual capital of Northeast. Organised jointly by Asom Prakashan Parishad (Publication Board Assam, the government sponsored literary institution) and All Assam Publishers & Book Sellers Association maintaining necessary ...

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PPFA insists on India’s diplomatic preferences in Commonwealth nations

Guwahati: Reacting to a viral social media post insisting on India’s diplomatic liberty out of the Commonwealth of Nations, Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) bats for appointing ambassadors (instead of high commissioners) in most of the 53 Commonwealth countries, so that the Union Government in New Delhi can pursue diplomatic relationships with these nations without ...

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PM Modi lays foundation stone of Shree Renuka ji Dam project

Mandi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of of Shree Renuka ji Dam project and other hydropower projects worth over Rs 11,000 crore. The other hydropower projects are Luhri Stage 1 Hydro Power Project and Dhaulasidh Hydro Power Project. He also inaugurated the Sawra-Kuddu Hydro Power Project. Governor Himachal Pradesh, Shri Rajendra ...

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Hatti tribes struggling for tribal status

Shri Renuka Ji: In order to get tribal status, the Hatti Community in Himachal Pradesh has been fighting for over three decades. To be recognized as a Scheduled Tribe and preserve their culture and heritage is the ultimate goal. While the state government has made an extensive report on the Hatti tribes, the Hattis are ...

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Himachal CM participates in conclave in Varanasi

Varanasi: Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur participated in the Chief Minister’s Conclave of BJP ruled states at Varanasi today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the conclave. He reviewed the progress of implementation of various Centrally Sponsored Flagship Programmes by the States. Chief Minister delivered a detailed presentation on zero budget natural farming. He informed ...

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Anti-AFSPA debates gain momentum in Northeast

Guwahati: The rousing voices against the brutal armed forces special powers act 1958 (AFSPA) gain momentum again in northeast India with the incident of Oting village in Nagaland, where 14 civilians recently lost their lives under its complicity. From local villages to State level organizations, north-eastern to national and international institutions have now come forward ...

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IJU expresses serious concern over sedition charge against Silchar journalist

Hyderabad: Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses concern over the slapping of sedition charges against a journalist from Assam’s Barak valley and urges the authority to withdraw the case against Anirban Roy Choudhury. The Silchar-based editor of digital outlet BarakBulletin faces sedition charges over an editorial and the young scribe has been summoned by the police ...

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International award to journalist Nava Thakuria

Guwahati: The Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) rewards senior journalist Nava Thakuria, a resident of northeast India, for his relentless initiatives to safeguard the rights of media persons in thesouth Asian country and also defending the press freedom in the region with an exemplary commitment.The Assam-based working journalist has been awarded on 30 November 2021 ...

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PPFA lambasts villagers’ diktat on woman, urges NCW to take action

Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), while expressing utter dismay over the diktat of a group of villagers to send a native woman along with a teen out of the locality for illicit relationship with some people, urged the concerned authority including the National Commission for Women (NCW) to take necessary action against those village-judges ...