[asom] Burn no horns please, say activists

Burn no horns please, say activists Assam’s much-acclaimed rhino conservation initiative has come under scanner, with several civil society groups accusing a section of Forest Department officials of having clandestine links with poachers and international traders in wildlife parts. The

[asom] Paid news culture in Assam

http://www.countercurrents.org/thakuria300110.htm Paid news culture in Assam You can find a number of examples in Guwahati, where the proprietors of the media houses had misused the media space for their individual benefits. It is amazing how some newspapers change their point of views

[asom] demanding CBI inquiry into rhino death

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/now-govt-employees-demand-cbi-inquiry-into-rhino-death/527868/ Now, govt employees demand CBI inquiry into rhino death A Day after the body of a rhino was found with bullet injuries in Jaldapara Wildlife Forest Reserve, Government Employees Federation

[asom] Sivanath Barman to attend GPC program

Sivanath Barman  to attend GPC program   Eminent scholar of Assam, Dr Sivanath Barman will attend the ‘Guest of the Month’ program of Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on August 1. The interactive program will begin at 2 pm. Retired from Arya Bidyapith College as HoD of Physics, Baman is recognized as

[asom] separate time zone for northeast

in the capital some how believe that the initiative would only ‘legitimate the demand of the separatist armed groups of Northeast’. Should not we go for a debate once agian? Nava Thakuria

[asom] ICRC Media workshop in Guwahati

Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, GPC, Guwahati (m) 98640 44917 ICRC Media workshop in Guwahati Guwahati: The International Committee for the Red Cross has organized a day long media workshop in Guwahati on June 30, 2009 (Tuesday

[asom] indian press association

signed Satya Prakash Tiwari (National Association Controller of Indian Press Association). Are you aware of this organization? Do you know this gentleman (Pawan Kumar Dubey)? Will you kindly let me know any information, you can have about them? Regards, Nava Thakuria Secretary, Guwahati Press Club

[asom] India political fiasco exposes compromised ethics

Dear friends, Here is a web link for your information. Nava Thakuria http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/16116/

[asom] When politician uses scribe for vested interest

When politician uses scribe for vested interest Should a scribe goes for extracting of personal information of an individual, which is illegal in India, and then submit the details to a politician in power-this is the debate presently gaining momentum in Assam. The debate has also raised

[asom] Citizens' call to celebrate Republic Day

to be essentially different from their earlier corrupt edition. Their brief should be limited only to sensitization against terrorist activities. The speakers at the meeting included Hiten Mahanta, Nava Thakuria, Ranen Kumar Goswami, Pramod Kalita, Jagadindra Raichoudhury, Shaktimoy Das

[asom] Media Persons in Northeast: Living on the Edge

Media Persons in Northeast: Living on the Edge Media persons in Assam and Northeast India have to perform their deities under tremendous work load but with low return in terms of salary and other legitimate facilities. The trouble torn region has witnessed a media boom in the last decade, but

[asom] Magazine Rejects Advertisements on Principle

When an Assamese Magazine Rejects Advertisements on Principle   Is it possible for a magazine to survive in today's word without depending on the commercial advertisement revenues? Can a general magazine, supported by no organization but only by its readers, dare to avoid the advertisements just

[asom] Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh gives in, orders CBI probe into Rishikanta's killing

MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii http://www.newswatch.in/newsblog/2343 Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh gives in, orders CBI probe into Rishikanta's killing Journalists in Manipur have been assured of a high-level probe into the killing of a fellow scribe. The state

[asom] 20 editor-journalists were killed in Assam during the last 17 years

Northeast India : Where scribe falls prey to miscreants' bullets http://manipurcomments.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/northeast-india-where-scribe-falls-prey-to-miscreant%C2%B4s-bullets/ At least 20 editor-journalists were killed in Assam during the last 17 years and surprisingly enough not a

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To Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil President of India Rashtrapati Bhawan New Delhi Subject: Killing of scribes by anti-social elements in Assam Madam, Namaskar. We on behalf of journalist fraternity of Assam would like to draw your attention towards a very sensitive situation prevailing in the

[asom] Assam scribe shot dead

  Assam scribe shot dead: Protest meet on Tuesday Guwahati, Sat, 22 Nov 2008 Nava Thakuria After Manipur, within a week Assam has lost a young reporter, who fell prey to miscreants on Saturday. Jagjit Saikia, a Kokrajhar based scribe, who was associated with a vernacular Assamese daily, Amar

[asom] Terrorists cannot have any caste or religion

Terrorists cannot have any caste or religion   Terrorism is the greatest threat to democracy and humanity. And the terrorists can not have any caste or religion. To deal with both the home-grown and international terrorism, a combined effort of political will and public support becomes the need

[asom] Indians play major role in US polls

  Indians play major role in US polls Staff reporter, The Assam Tribune GUWAHATI, Sept 11 – There are about two million Indian Americans. Moreover, about 44 per cent of the registered voters in the United States (US) are people of Asian origin. These people may play an important role in the 2008

[asom] Media training on Forensic Science

Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria   Media training on Forensic Science   Guwahati: Guwahati Press Club in association with the city based Forensic Science Laboratory has organized a media sensitization programme on various aspects of forensic

[asom] Journalists Dare To Defy Militants' Diktat

http://www.weeklyblitz.net/index.php?id=359   Journalists Dare To Defy Militants' Diktat   If it becomes a ritual for a section of the banned armed outfits in Northeast India to impose a boycott call on the celebration of Independence Day and Republic Day, the rising counter-reactions against

[asom] Exposing corrupt journalists of our time

  Exposing corrupt journalists of our time Many Guwahati based working journalists work for the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) directly or indirectly. There may be nothing wrong to produce documentaries for Doordarshan, but when one does it on some government departments, it

[asom] Journalists to study garbage management in Guwahati

Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Guwahati Press Club, Guwahati-781001 Journalists to study garbage management in Guwahati Guwahati: Guwahati Press Club has decided to study the problem of garbage management in the largest city

[asom] Nirode Barooah to attend GPC program

Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secy, GPC Nirode Barooah to attend GPC program Guwahati: Eminent historian, Nirode Barooah will attend the ‘Guest of the Month’ program of Guwagati Press Club (GPC) tomorrow (April 17) at 2 pm. Now based

[asom] An appeal to save Indian one-horned rhinos in Kaziranga National Park

Beckon in Kohora, which is the main centre of Kaziranga. All the village heads and prominent citizens of the area participated in this meeting. Prof Jawaharlal Dutta, Chairman, Pollution Control Board, Assam, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Guwahati Press Club, Lohit Deka of All India Radio, Dibrugarh

[asom] Army, Police Heads Become Governors in North East India

Army, Police Heads Become Governors in North East India Special Contribution By Nava Thakuria The appointment of the former Indian Army chief Gen. Joginder Jaswant Singh (retired) as the governor of Arunachal Pradesh state on Jan. 24, 2008 has raised some vital questions

[asom] Citizens' meet demands CBI probe into rhino killings

Bhattarcharya, Nature's Beckon director Soumyadeep Datta, senior journalists Hiten Mahanta, Nava Thakuria, Ranen Kumar Goswami and Sabita Lahkar and social activists Akhil Ranjan Gogoi, Ajoi Dutta and Jawaharlal Saha, expressed the opinion that only the indigenous people living in areas surrounding

[asom] Citizens Meet on Rhino Poaching on Feb 13

Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Journalists Forum, Assam Ambari, Guwahati-781001 (m) 98640 44917 Citizens Meet on Rhino Poaching on Feb 13 Guwahati: The Journalists Forum, Assam has organised a Citizens Meet on the issue of rhino

[asom] Guwahati journalist defy militants diktat, observe Republic Day

Dear editor/ friends, Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati, Assam Guwahati journalist defy militants diktat, observe Republic Day GUWAHATI, January 26: In an open defiance of militant diktat, Guwahatians celebrated India's 59th Republic Day

[asom] Call to hoist Tricolour on Republic Day

Dear editor/ friends, Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati, Assam Call to hoist Tricolour on Republic Day Guwahati: Several Guwahati based working journalists and writers including noted author Nirupama Bargohain and veteran journalist

[asom] Unwelcome arrogance

Unwelcome arrogance Nava Thakuria BRINGING the Ulfa to the negotiation table is a tough and challenging job because of its supposed ideology or gallantry. What makes the task even tougher is the outfit’s growing nexus with Muslim fundamentalists in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The Assamese do

[asom] Terror fails to tame Assam�s conscience

wrath) is published in Screen, Mumbai (June 22, 2007). http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=16209 Regards, Nava Thakuria

[asom] ULFA threatens to �punish� journalists

Dear friends, Here is a news item published in The Tribune, Chandigarh for your information. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070607/nation.htm#15 Regards, Nava Thakuria ULFA threatens to ‘punish’ journalists Bijay Sankar Bora Tribune News Service Guwahati, June 6 The banned

[asom] An Appeal to the People of Assam

of the citizens on May 30 (Wednesday) next at 10.30 am in front of Guwahati Press Club. Therefore we appeal to all anti-terrorist and fearless people to join this protest rally. Nirupama Borgohain, Dhirendra Nath Chakrabarty, Rupam Baruah, Nava Thakuria, Ranen Kumar Goswami, Hiten Mahanta, Ajit

[asom] Manoj Das to attend Guwahati Press Club programme

Dear friends and well wishers of Guwahati Press Club. Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria (m) 98640 44917 Manoj Das to attend Guwahati Press Club programme Guwahati: Eminent writer Manoj Das will attend a ‘Meet The Press’ programme of Guwahati Press Club

[asom] GPC has not authorized anyone to organize Bihu function in Delhi

Dear Editors/ friends, Here is in information for all of you. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Guwahati Press Club, Guwahati-781001, Assam. Ph. 0361 2630963 (m) 98640 44917 GPC has not authorized anyone to organize Bihu function in Delhi Guwahati: Guwahati

[asom] 9th GPC Inter Media Cricket begins

9th GPC Inter Media Cricket begins Guwahati: The 9th Guwahati Press Club Inter Media Cricket tournament begins today at Latashil playground in the city. The tournament was inaugurated by the veteran sports journalist Pulin Das. The founding president of Guwahati Press Club praised the

[asom] Natun Samay

Dear friends and well wishers, Happy New Year. I have taken the responsibility to edit an Asomiya news weekly 'Natun Somoy', since the first week of 2007. I would love to receive your feedbacks and occasional articles for publication in the weekly. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati, Asom

[asom] Eye check up camp at press club

Dear friends and well wishers of Guwahati Press Club, Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, GPC. (m) 98640 44917 Eye check up camp at press club Guwahati: An eye check up camp is organized at Guwahati Press Club for its members on 9th January

[asom] Condemnation and Appeal

Chakravorty Ajit Patowary Rupam Baruah Manoj Kumar Goswami Nava