[Assam] Citizens celebrate ID in Guwahati

2007-08-15 Thread Nava Thakuria
  Note: Forwarded message attached -- Original Message -- From: Nava Thakuria [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Citizens celebrate ID in Guwahati ---BeginMessage--- Dear friends, Here is a press statement for your information and use. Also attached few

[Assam] Guwahatians defy ultra diktat, celebrate I-Day with enthusiasm

2007-08-16 Thread Nava Thakuria
---BeginMessage--- The Assam Tribune, Aug 17 (http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=aug1707\City1) Guwahatians defy ultra diktat, celebrate I-Day with enthusiasm By A Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Aug 16 – Guwahatians celebrated the Independence Day this time round

[Assam] Aliens issue: hope lies in mutual trust

2007-08-18 Thread Nava Thakuria
Aliens issue: hope lies in mutual trust — Ranen Kumar Goswami The aliens’ issue appears to have earned permanent residentship in Assam’s socio-political agenda. The issue has survived the six-year long Assam movement from 1979 and its culmination in the Assam Accord in 1985, the movement

[Assam] Assam defies militants' diktat once again

2007-08-18 Thread Nava Thakuria
---BeginMessage--- Assam defies militants' diktat once again Nava Thakuria in Guwahati Journalists of Asom (Assam) in particular and citizens in general have once again come out to defy the militants' diktat and assembled at the press club to hoist the national flag

[Assam] reports from blitz, Dhaka

2007-08-22 Thread Nava Thakuria
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[Assam] Fwd: Ban to celebrate I-Day

2007-08-23 Thread Nava Thakuria
  ---BeginMessage--- *Published in Weekly Blitz, Dhaka, Bangladesh* ( http://weeklyblitz.net/index.php?subaction=showfullid=1187788182archive=start_from=ucat=3cat=3 ) *Ban to celebrate I-Day** * * * *Nava Thakuria reporting from Northeast* * * If for a section of the armed outfits

[Assam] Ziaur Rahman to attend GPC programme

2007-08-24 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here are two small news items for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati Press Club, Assam. Ziaur Rahman to attend GPC programme Guwahati: Eminent nature lover, hunter and writer Ziaur Rahman will grace a special programme in Guwahati Press Club on Saturday

[Assam] Defying diktat to celebrate the Independence

2007-08-27 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear Mahanta Sir, Here is an article for your information (http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Contentpa=showpagepid=199page=14). Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati, India ---BeginMessage--- *Defying diktat to celebrate the Independence* * * *By Nava Thakuria

[Assam] Poaching, floods plague Kaziranga

2007-08-29 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is an article for your reading (http://thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=14id=193470usrsess=1). Poaching, floods plague Kaziranga Nava Thakuria AS if the rhino poaching was not bad enough, now the monsoon fury has contributed to bringing Kaziranga National Park

[Assam] Sandeep Pandey in Guwahati Press Club

2007-08-30 Thread Nava Thakuria
---BeginMessage--- *Dear friends,* *Here is a news item for your information and use.* *Regards,* *Nava Thakuria,* *Guwahati**, Assam, India * * * * * *Sandeep Pandey in Guwahati Press Club * * * *Guwahati: Eminent social scientist Dr. Sandeep Pandey will attend a 'Meet the Press

[Assam] GPC congratulates Panos fellows

2007-08-31 Thread Nava Thakuria
---BeginMessage--- Dear friends, Here is a small news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati Press Club, Assam. *GPC congratulates Panos fellows * Guwahati Press Club (GPC) has congratulated the Panos South Asia media fellowship 2007-08 fellows including

[Assam] Is Rangoon rising?

2007-09-07 Thread Nava Thakuria
You may look at http://www.weeklyblitz.net/index.php?subaction=showfullid=1189056847archive=start_from=ucat=3cat=3 Is Rangoon rising? Nava Thakuria writes from India The recent spat of protests in Rangoon has reminded everyone of the great 8-8-88 Burmese Uprisation. The second half

[Assam] GPC congratulates Panos fellows

2007-09-07 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a small news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati Press Club, Assam. GPC congratulates Panos fellows Guwahati Press Club (GPC) has congratulated the Panos South Asia media fellowship 2007-08 fellows including Paragmoni Aditya, a city based

[Assam] Human Rights Activists to Protest AFSPA in Manipur

2007-09-10 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here ia a news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria Human Rights Activists to Protest AFSPA in Manipur Luit Neil Don 10 September 2007, Monday (http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=126286) HUNDREDS OF human rights activists from all over the country

[Assam] Flood-hit Assam reels under spiralling prices

2007-09-12 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070912/nation.htm#7 Flood-hit Assam reels under spiralling prices Bijay Sankar Bora Tribune News Service Guwahati, September 11 Steep rise in prices of essential items and vegetables has crippled the life in the flood-ravaged Assam where traders are trying

[Assam] Flood-hit Assam reels under spiralling prices

2007-09-12 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070912/nation.htm#7 Flood-hit Assam reels under spiralling prices Bijay Sankar Bora Tribune News Service Guwahati, September 11 Steep rise in prices of essential items and vegetables has crippled the life in the flood-ravaged Assam where traders are trying

[Assam] Serious view on police highhandedness

2007-09-14 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a statement from Meghalaya journalists. Regards, Nava Thakuria Serious view on police highhandedness Press Statement Shillong, 12 September 2007 The members of the Shillong Press Club met on Wednesday and discussed threadbare the letter (to the editor) titled, cow, police

[Assam] burmese leader in guwahati

2007-09-19 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a news item for your use. Regards, Nava Thakuria Burmese student leader in press club Guwahati: A pro-democracy Burmese student leader will attend the ‘Meet the Press’ programme of Guwahati Press Club on September 21. Kyaw Than, the president of All Burma Students League

[Assam] Toll too high in Kaziranga

2007-09-24 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://saharatime.com/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=2425 Toll too high in KNP Known as a safe haven for the rare species, the sanctuary witnessed the killing of 12 rhinos within a period of eight months Nava Thakuria / Guwahati The authority of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Asom has

[Assam] Applications invited for 3rd GNRC media fellowship

2007-09-28 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a small news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Guwahati Press Club Applications invited for 3rd GNRC media fellowship Guwahati: Applications from competent reporter-journalist s are invited for the 3rd GNRC media fellowship 2007-08

[Assam] Patricia Mukhim to be ‘Guest of the Mont h’

2007-09-29 Thread Nava Thakuria
---BeginMessage--- Attention the members and well wishers of Guwahati Press Club. Dear friends, Here is a small news item for your information and use. Regards Nava Thaukira, Secretary, GPC. *Padmashri Patricia Mukhim to be 'Guest of the Month' * * * *GUWAHATI:* Padmashri Patricia

[Assam] news

2007-10-03 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a small news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, General Secretary, Journalists' Forum, Assam. Guwahati, Northeast (m) +91 98640 44917 Citizens' meet on Burma issues Guwahati: A citizens meeting has been convened on October

[Assam] Media body supports Burmese cause

2007-10-05 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://mizzima.com/MizzimaNews/News/2007/Oct/20-Oct-2007.html Media body supports Burmese cause Nava Thakuria Mizzima News (www.mizzima.com ) October 4, 2007 - Guwahati - The Journalists' Forum, Assam on Thursday urged the Government of India to mount diplomatic pressure on the Burmese

[Assam] Newsmen's support to Burmese cause

2007-10-07 Thread Nava Thakuria
including one foreign journalist. The meeting expressed its solidarity with the proposed Global Action Day for Free Burma to be observed on October 6. The meeting was addressed among others by Dr Amalendu Guha, Hemanta Barman, Dr Abdul Mannan, Nilamoni Sen Deka, Hiten Mahanta, Nava Thakuria

[Assam] Fwd: Citizens’ meet on Burma issues

2007-10-08 Thread Nava Thakuria
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[Assam] Fwd: Citizens’ meet on Burma issues

2007-10-08 Thread Nava Thakuria
---BeginMessage--- Dear friends, Here is a small news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, General Secretary, Journalists' Forum, Assam. Guwahati, Northeast (m) +91 98640 44917 *Citizens' meet on Burma issues * Guwahati: A citizens meeting has been convened

[Assam] Organisers seek ULFA’s blessings

2007-11-02 Thread Nava Thakuria
Guwahati ODI Organisers seek ULFA’s blessings Bijay Sankar Bora Tribune News Service Guwahati, November 2 In an unprecedented move, the Assam Cricket Association (ACA) has made an appeal to the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) among others to facilitate smooth holding of the

[Assam] Knocks on the North-east

2007-11-03 Thread Nava Thakuria
Knocks on the North-east Rallies, campaigns in North-east support democracy movement in Burma, defying India's Look East policy, ignoring concerns over China's designs Nava Thakuria / Guwahati The north-eastern part of the country, comprising seven states with a unique culture

[Assam] NE economic boom

2007-11-05 Thread Nava Thakuria
NE economic boom — India’s long-neglected North-East and its States have reason to be on cloud nine. They have been assured an economic boom in the next five years by the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahulwalia, and profitable trading with South-East Asia by the

[Assam] ULFA’s ISI link

2007-11-17 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://saharatime.com/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=3042 ULFA’s ISI link In an average Asomiya's understanding, bringing the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to the negotiation table is a tough and challenging job. It is so not because of its ideology or gallantry, but the outfit's growing

[Assam] Gilbertson Sangma: Man with the golden boot

2007-11-20 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=nov2107/at014 Gilbertson Sangma: man with the golden boot GUWAHATI, Nov 20 – That was a sunny day of September 1976. Han Yang University of Korea came here to play an exhibition football match against Assam Police at the Nehru Stadium. The

[Assam] Mahanta in a spot

2007-11-25 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://saharatime.com/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=3162 Mahanta in a spot The indictment of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta for his role in the secret killings of close relatives of ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) leaders during 1998 to 2001 did not come as surprise. Hence, when Justice (retired)

[Assam] Debate over sadistic brutality in Guwahati

2007-12-13 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://www.weeklyholiday.net/front.html#09 Debate over sadistic brutality in Guwahati Nava Thakuria The unprecedented violence in the streets of Guwahati on November 24 shook the conscience of the Assamese society. A stimulating debate has begun on media's accountability and social

[Assam] Media workshop at Guwahati Press Club

2007-12-15 Thread Nava Thakuria
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[Assam] Media workshop at Guwahati Press Club

2007-12-15 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends and well wishers of Guwahati Press Club, Here is a small news Item for your Information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secy, GPC, Guwahati Media workshop at Guwahati Press Club Guwahati: The School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (USA) in association

[Assam] Pulin Das to attend press club programme

2007-12-27 Thread Nava Thakuria
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[Assam] Pulin Das to attend press club programme

2007-12-27 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends and well-wishers of GPC, Here is a small news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secy, GPC Pulin Das to attend press club programme Guwahati: The veteran sports journalist of Assam and the founder president of Guwahati Press Club (GPC), Pulin Das

[Assam] Spreading tentacles

2007-12-29 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://saharatime.com/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=3525 Spreading tentacles Nava Thakuria The people of the north-east may not be strangers to the banned armed groups and their destructive activities, as more than 30 indigenous armed groups are waging a war against New Delhi for demands ranging

[Assam] Bhutan in poll mode

2007-12-30 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=14theme=usrsess=1id=183202 Bhutan in poll mode Nava Thakuria As Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan kingdom goes for its first general election today, more than 100,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal wait for their turn to repatriate to their country, also

[Assam] Media workshop begins at Press Club

2008-01-04 Thread Nava Thakuria
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[Assam] Media workshop on HIV-AIDS concluded

2008-01-05 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear editor, Here is a news item for your use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati. Media workshop on HIV-AIDS concluded Guwahati: The two-day media workshop, organized by the School of Journalism, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (USA) in association with Guwahati Press Club for mid

[Assam] Taste of Democracy in Bhutan Is Not for 108,000 Refugees

2008-01-07 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is an article published today on front page by South Korea's leading newspaper The Seoul Times. Regards, Nava Thakuria http://www.theseoultimes.com/ST/db/read.php?idx=6101 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http

[Assam] GNRC media fellows declared

2008-01-09 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends and well-wishers of Guwahati Press Club, Here is a small news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Guwahati Press Club, Ambari, Guwahati-781001 Ph. 0361 2630963 GNRC media fellows declared Guwahati: The name of the fellows for the 3rd GNRC media

[Assam] GNRC media fellowship

2008-01-09 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends and well-wishers of Guwahati Press Club, Here is a small news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Guwahati Press Club, Ambari, Guwahati-781001 Ph. 0361 2630963 GNRC media fellows declared Guwahati: The name of the fellows for the 3rd GNRC media

[Assam] Media Workshop on Human Trafficking in Guwahati

2008-01-11 Thread Nava Thakuria
  ---BeginMessage--- Dear editors, bureau chiefs, Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria Media Workshop on Human Trafficking in Guwahati Guwahat: The United Nations Office on Drugs Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for South Asia, New Delhi, is planning

[Assam] tehelka news

2008-01-12 Thread Nava Thakuria
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[Assam] tehelka news

2008-01-12 Thread Nava Thakuria
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[Assam] Border Trouble

2008-01-12 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ws190108Border.asp Border Trouble Pakistan’s ISI is partnering militant groups to foment trouble in the Northeast. By NAVA THAKURIA The land of armed movements, set on fire by the anti-New Delhi militias, has woken up to a new threat from religious

[Assam] Empowering Justice In Bangladesh

2008-01-20 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is an article for your reading. Nava Thakuria http://tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ws260108Empowering.asp Empowering Justice In Bangladesh Bangladesh’s judiciary has long been eroded by its executive. That’s finally changing, says NAVA THAKURIA. Bangladesh, though

[Assam] Call to hoist Tricolour on Republic Day

2008-01-23 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria Call to hoist Tricolour on Republic Day Guwahati: Several Guwahati based working journalists and writers including noted author Nirupama Bargohain and veteran journalist Dhirendranath Chakravorty have made

[Assam] Call to hoist Tricolour on Republic Day

2008-01-23 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear editor, 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 Dhirendranath

[Assam] Guwahatians defy militant diktat, observe Republic Day

2008-01-26 Thread Nava Thakuria
journalists and writers made an appeal to the people to defy the ULFA-KLO-backed boycott call and observe the Republic Day across the State. They included Nirupama Bargohain, Dhirendra Nath Chakravorty, Rupam Baruah, Nava Thakuria, Ranen Kumar Goswmai, Bhupen Bargohain, Hiten Mahanta, Promode

[Assam] Defying boycott call, scribes celebrate R-Day

2008-01-28 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jan2808\City4 Defying boycott call, scribes celebrate R-Day By A City Correspondent GUWAHATI, Jan 27 — In a dauntless show of determination to uphold the dignity of the tri-colour and defying the ULFA-KLO backed militant boycott call, the

[Assam] Rhinos at risk in India's celebrated park

2008-01-29 Thread Nava Thakuria
  http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/50445 Rhinos at risk in India's celebrated park By Nava Thakuria January 28, 2008 The very first month of 2008 brought sad news for the wildlife lovers. The celebrated Kaziranga national park in Assam of Northeast India has witnessed the loss

[Assam] Defying Militants' Diktat, Northeast Celebrates India's Republic Day

2008-02-01 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is an article (uploaded in an American portal) for your reading. Nava Thakuria, Guwahati, Northeast Defying Militants' Diktat, Northeast Celebrates India's Republic Day By Nava Thakuria As mainland India observed the 59th Republic Day with fun fare, the trouble torn

[Assam] rhino poaching in assam

2008-02-05 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friend, Here is a press statement issued by Soumyadeep Datta, Director of Nature’s Beckon, an NGO based in Northeast India Regards, Nava Thakuria (m) 98640 44917 Press Statement Guwahati: Assam and other states of North East India are among the richest wildlife areas of the world

[Assam] rhino poaching in assam

2008-02-05 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friend, Here is a press statement issued by Soumyadeep Datta, Director of Nature’s Beckon, an NGO based in Northeast India Regards, Nava Thakuria (m) 98640 44917 Press Statement Guwahati: Assam and other states of North East India are among the richest wildlife areas of the world

[Assam] Basanta Kumar Saikia to attend Meet The Press

2008-02-05 Thread Nava Thakuria
  ---BeginMessage--- Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati, Assam Basanta Kumar Saikia to attend Meet The Press Guwahati: Eminent musician Basanta Kumar Saikia will attend the 'Meet The Press' programme

[Assam] Citizens Meet on Rhino Poaching on Feb 13

2008-02-09 Thread Nava Thakuria
  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

[Assam] Jan 26 In The Northeast

2008-02-09 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is an article for your reading. Regards, Nava Thakuria Guwahati (m) 98640 44917 Jan 26 In The Northeast The Northeast defied militants' diktat to observe Republic Day, says Nava Thakuria As mainland India observed the 59th Republic Day with fanfare, the trouble-torn

[Assam] Guwahati journalist awarded first UNHCR-C-NES Media fellowship

2008-02-20 Thread Nava Thakuria
to Nava Thakuria, a Guwahati-based journalist who has written extensively on issues related to Myanmar, it was announced here today. The Fellowship theme is The Chins of Myanmar: Refugee Life in a Distant Neighbour, with a focus on Protection and Durable Solutions for the Chin ethnic group from

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

2008-02-22 Thread Nava Thakuria
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[Assam] Citizens Meet on Wildlife, illegal Migrants in Forest areas

2008-02-22 Thread Nava Thakuria
  Dear friends, Here is a small news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Journalists’ Forum, Assam, Guwahati-1 (m) 98640 44917 Citizens Meet on Wildlife, illegal Migrants in Forest areas Guwahati: The students union of Assam has organized a citizen’s meet

[Assam] Citizens Meet on Wildlife, illegal Migrants in Forest areas

2008-02-22 Thread Nava Thakuria
  Dear friends, Here is a small news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Journalists’ Forum, Assam, Guwahati-1 (m) 98640 44917 Citizens Meet on Wildlife, illegal Migrants in Forest areas Guwahati: The students union of Assam has organized a citizen’s meet

[Assam] Eye check-up camp at press club

2008-02-23 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a news item for your use. Regards, Nava Thakuria Eye check-up camp at press club Guwahati: Guwahati Press Club, in cooperation with Sri Sankardev Nethralaya has organized an eye check-up camp for the journalists at the press club premises on 29th February (Friday) next

[Assam] Global campaign urged to save rhinos

2008-02-27 Thread Nava Thakuria
Government continued to sell rhino horns and during the period 1972 to 1980, the Forest Department sold over 338 rhino horns and he demanded a CBI inquiry into the issue. Journalists’ Forum, Assam’s secretary Nava Thakuria also demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged involvement of Forest

[Assam] Global campaign urged to save rhinos

2008-02-27 Thread Nava Thakuria
Government continued to sell rhino horns and during the period 1972 to 1980, the Forest Department sold over 338 rhino horns and he demanded a CBI inquiry into the issue. Journalists’ Forum, Assam’s secretary Nava Thakuria also demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged involvement of Forest

[Assam] AASU seeks CBI probe

2008-02-28 Thread Nava Thakuria
AASU seeks CBI probe By A Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Feb 27 – The All Assam Students Union today upped the ante against State Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain for his failure to check rhino poaching and encroachment in forestland and further called for a CBI probe into unabated slaughter of

[Assam] Disregarding Public Outcry: Assam Government's Way

2008-03-01 Thread Nava Thakuria
Disregarding Public Outcry: Assam Government's Way Special Contribution By Nava Thakuria Democracy may usually mean people's might, but many a time it turns into a tool for endless exploitation by those men in power. At least, if one passionately looks at the recent development of rhino

[Assam] Massacre of journalism

2008-03-05 Thread Nava Thakuria
Massacre of journalism in India Nava Thakuria NORTHEAST INDIA has turned in to a land of happenings. From insurgency to ethnic tension and economic activities to cultural discourses, it started drawing the attention of media worldwide. The alienated region of the country has suddenly woken

[Assam] Health Check-up at GNRC on March 29

2008-03-13 Thread Nava Thakuria
  Dear friends and well wishers of Guwahati Press Club, Here is a news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, GPC Health Check-up at GNRC on March 29 Guwahati: A health check-up program for the journalists has been organized at GNRC Hospital on March 29 (Saturday

[Assam] GPC to study medicinal plants, mobile theatre issues

2008-03-18 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends and well wishers of Guwahati Press Club, Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati GPC to study medicinal plants, mobile theatre issues Guwahati: Guwahati Press Club (GPC), in association with DS Group, has decided to engage a group

[Assam] GPC to study medicinal plants, mobile theatre issues

2008-03-18 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends and well wishers of Guwahati Press Club, Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati GPC to study medicinal plants, mobile theatre issues Guwahati: Guwahati Press Club (GPC), in association with DS Group, has decided to engage a group

[Assam] GPC Inter Media Cricket

2008-03-19 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends and well wishers of Guwahati Press Club, Here is a small news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, GPC GPC Inter Media Cricket Appointment letters of Players to be scanned Guwahati: Following the complicacy aroused in conducting the inter media

[Assam] news

2008-03-19 Thread Nava Thakuria
  Dear friends and well wishers of Guwahati Press Club, Here is a small news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, GPC GPC Inter Media Cricket Appointment letters of Players to be scanned Guwahati: Following the complicacy aroused in conducting the inter media

[Assam] Nirode Barooah to attend GPC program

2008-04-16 Thread Nava Thakuria
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

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

2008-04-17 Thread Nava Thakuria
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, Apurba Ballabh Goswami, Senior Journalist, Manju Pujari, Principal, Kaziranga

[Assam] cbi probe

2008-05-03 Thread Nava Thakuria
Assam to have CBI probe against rhino poaching Guwahati, Sat, 3 May 2008 NI Wire Finally with intense public pressure and demands from various quarters including appeal from several NGOs and the All Assam Students Union (AASU), the state administration has finally asked the Central Bureau

[Assam] Journalists to study garbage management in Guwahati

2008-05-11 Thread Nava Thakuria
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[Assam] Journalists to study garbage management

2008-05-14 Thread Nava Thakuria
Journalists to study garbage management GUWAHATI, May 11: Guwahati Press Club has decided to study the problem of garbage management in Northeast with special reference to biomedical wastes. This was stated in a press release. This is a known fact that Guwahati is the crowded city with a

[Assam] Dolphin, state aquatic animal – succes s for conservation

2008-06-05 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dolphin, state aquatic animal – success for conservation Guwahati, June 5- Marking the World Environment Day, the Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today announced that the highly endangered river dolphin, locally known as the “Xihu” would now be the State Aquatic Animal. Earlier today

[Assam] Journalists’ Meet at Guwahati Press Club

2008-06-18 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a press statement for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria Corruption Charges against Media Persons Journalists’ Meet at Guwahati Press Club Guwahati: Journalists Acton Committee, Assam has organized a Journalists’ Meet at Guwahati Press Club on June 22 (at 1 pm

[Assam] Media Workshop on Judicial-Procedure Reporting

2008-06-21 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Secretary, Guwahati Press Club Media Workshop on Judicial-Procedure Reporting Guwahati: A media workshop on ‘how to report on judicial procedure/matter’ has been organized at Guwahati Press Club on June 28

[Assam] Journalists’ meet emphasizes on proper s alary to scribes

2008-06-22 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria Journalists’ meet emphasizes on proper salary to scribes Guwahati: A journalists meet at Guwahati Press Club today (June22) insists on providing space for the accused journalist Mukul Pathak, who

[Assam] uest of the Month Dr Kulendu Pathak

2008-06-23 Thread Nava Thakuria
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[Assam] Exposing corrupt journalists of our time

2008-06-24 Thread Nava Thakuria
  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,

[Assam] Media workshop concluded at press club

2008-06-28 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria Media workshop concluded at press club Guwahati: Media is allowed to publish a fair and accurate report of a judicial proceeding. Even the media persons can make a fair comment on the merits of a case

[Assam] Assam journalists discuss corruption in media

2008-06-29 Thread Nava Thakuria
  Assam journalists discuss corruption in media There are many Guwahati-based journalist cum documentary film makers (employed with professional media houses), who work for Prasar Bharati. There may be nothing wrong to produce documentaries for Doordarshan, but when you do it on issues

[Assam] Dulal Roy to attend GPC Programme

2008-07-01 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria Dulal Roy to attend GPC Programme Guwahati: Eminent theatre personality of Assam Dulal Roy will attend the 'Guest of the Month' programme of Guwahati Press Club on July 4 (Friday). The programme

[Assam] Citizens’ Meet on Flash Flood in Guwahat i

2008-07-12 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear editor/friends, Here is a press release for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria Citizens’ Meet on Flash Flood in Guwahati Guwahati: The Journalists’ Forum, Assam is organizing a Citizens’ Meet on the menace of flash flood in Guwahati. Several experts on the issue are likely

[Assam] Media Workshop on Sattriya Dances

2008-07-16 Thread Nava Thakuria
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[Assam] Sattriya Dances must endorse Bhakti Ras

2008-07-21 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends, Here is a news item for your information and use. Regards, Nava Thakuria Sattriya Dances must endorse Bhakti Ras Guwahati: The Sattriya dances must endorse the devotional character and Bhakti Rasa (spiritual aspect) should be predominant in this Nritya. More over

[Assam] Usha Rai to deliver 9th Kamala Saikia Memorial Lecture

2010-08-07 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear editor/friends, Here is a news item for your information. Regards, Nava Thakuria, Guwahati Usha Rai to deliver 9th Kamala Saikia Memorial Lecture Guwahati: Eminent development journalist Usha Rai will deliver 9th Kamala Saikia Memorial Lecture tomorrow (August 9) in the city. Organized

[Assam] victims of terrorism in assam

2010-08-09 Thread Nava Thakuria
The victims of terrorism By Rupam Baruah In the name of armed struggle, ULFA, the self-styled liberation army of Assam, used its arms mostly on the unarmed and innocent people, instead of fighting the armed forces of the Indian State against which it boast fully declared war---

[Assam] I-Day to be celebrated at Guwahati Press Club

2010-08-11 Thread Nava Thakuria
I-Day to be celebrated at Guwahati Press Club   Guwahati: Journalists and patriotic citizens of Guwahati will celebrate India’s Independence Day (on August 15) at Guwahati Press Club with various programmes. Maintaining the tradition to defy the diktat of some militants to observe both I-Day

[Assam] I-Day to be celebrated at Guwahati Press Club

2010-08-12 Thread Nava Thakuria
dear mahanta, nice to receive your mail. you are welcome to our program. though you are an american citizen, we indians are liberal enough to greet you. nava thakuria - Original Message From: Chan Mahanta To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam

[Assam] I-Day celebrated at press club

2010-08-15 Thread Nava Thakuria
I-Day celebrated at press club   As usual, the journalists and citizens of Guwahati have celebrated country’s Independence Day at Guwahati Press Club. Defying the diktat of militants, who called for a 15 hour general strike staring from the early hours of August 15, the group of patriotic

[Assam] new engagement

2010-08-22 Thread Nava Thakuria
Dear friends/well wishers,   I have joined NewsTime, a Guwahati based 24 hour satellite news channel (Assamese) as a roving editor. Senior journalist Pratap Bardoloi will lead us as the chief editor. We expect to air our program by next month.   Nava Thakuria Guwahati    (m) +91 98640 44917

[Assam] Paresh alone can’t decide fate of State

2010-08-22 Thread Nava Thakuria
Paresh alone can’t decide fate of State Correspondent  NALBARI, Aug 22 – In order to expedite the much awaited talks between the ULFA and the Central Government, the Sanmilita Jatia Abhivartan today organised a district-level convention at Nalbari Natya Mandir and mounted pressure on the

[Assam] I am not opposed to talks: ULFA leader

2010-08-24 Thread Nava Thakuria
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_i-am-not-opposed-to-talks-ulfa-leader_1428005 I am not opposed to talks: ULFA leader ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Barua today said that he was not opposed to talks but was against any diversion in the outfit's ideology. In an e-mail sent to the media in

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