By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) strongly condemns the murder of a senior journalist based in Junagadh of Gujarat and asked the authority to nab the perpetrators and deliver justice to the victim family. The forum expressed shocks that the miscreants had entered to the bureau office of Gujarati newspaper ‘Jai Hind’, where […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Emphasizing on preventive healthcare initiatives for the media persons along with their close relatives, the Guwahati Press Club  initiates for a special program titled ‘Evening with a Doctor’ at the press club premises on every Saturday evening. The first program of the series begins on 20 August 2016, where  Dr Kashyap […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Nobel peace laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus arrives in Brazil as he was honored as an Olympic torchbearer for the Rio Olympic  Games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach. The first & only Bangladeshi Nobel laureate was chosen to join the mission of spreading the spirit of Rio 2016 […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Eminent cultural personality and the chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi, Padma Shri  Shekhar Sen will attend the next ‘Guest of the Month’ program of Guwahati Press Club (GPC). The interactive session with the distinguished singer, music composer, actor & theatre director is scheduled to start at 1  pm on 7 August […]

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: With an aim for initiating professional excellence, raising voices for social-financial security to scribes and finally developing a comprehensive platform for the working journalists of northeast India, a new organization named North East Union of Working Journalists (NEUWJ) has been mooted. A provisional committee was recently formed in a meeting held at […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Continuing its call to release all prisoners of conscience in Myanmar (also known as Burma), Amnesty International demands an immediate and unconditional release of 15 factory workers and student union members, who were detained by the Myanmar authority after clamping criminal charges for organizing a peaceful protest demonstration. On 18 May, […]

 By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: The lone Bangladeshi Nobel laureate  Professor Muhammad Yunus expressed shock at the barbarity of the terrorists, who killed 20 hostages and two Bangladeshi police officers in cold blood at Dhaka’s Holey Artisan Bakery on 1 July evening and pleaded for a new world of equality and dignity. Meanwhile, following the barbaric […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: The ASG Eye Care in association with Guwahati Press Club has organized a free eye check-up camp for the member-journalists along with their close relatives on Tuesday (5 July 2016). The screening camp at press club premises will begin 10.30 am and continue till 3 pm. Ophthalmologists from ASG Eye Care, […]

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: Expressing shocks at the mysterious death  of a lady scribe in Punjab, the Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) demands an authentic probe into the incident to find the culprits and book them under the law. Freelance scribe Anshita Bawa (22) died under a strange situation on 22 April 2016 when she went to […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: A new satellite news channel targeting the audience of 60 million people in northeast India emerged from the pre-historic city of Guwahati to join in the battle for electronic media space. The News18 Assam/NE, owned ETV News Network, was officially launched by Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal in a glittering function held […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Senior painter Benu Misra and artisan-photographer Labu Senapati have joined in a mission to showcase their works once again in the city. A three-day exhibition of drawing-painting, bonsai and wood-works has been organized at Surjya Club (CK Agarwalla Road, Guwahati-781001) which will kick-off on 2 July 2016. The show is scheduled […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati: New Delhi based senior journalist Syed Nazakat has been elected to the board of directors of Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), a Washington DC based international media body. Nazakat ran unopposed to become the representative for the Asia Pacific region and he would serve a two-year term in the forum. Besides […]

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: Nature’s Beckon and Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) have expressed utter dismay at the poaching of another one-horned rhinoceros at Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in a fortnight, and demanded stringent actions against the culprits. Both the organizations opined that the killing of seventh rhino till date this year at the most protected forest […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati: Understanding the endless difficulties and financial limitations faced by the media persons, voices have been raised for a group life & health insurance coverage for the media employees including working & freelance journalists engaged with various media outlets of the city. The members of Guwahati Press Club emphasize on a participatory […]

 By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Asian Development Bank (ADB) appreciates the ‘successful political transition’ in Myanmar’s development in the recent past and assures all possible supports in promoting education, quality jobs and enhance infrastructures in the southeast Asian country. The ADB president Takehiko Nakao recently met with Myanmar’s President U Htin Kyaw and the Burmese foreign […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Burma News International (BNI), while arguing that the media always works for humanitarian interest across the globe, urges the Myanmar government at NayPieTaw to review the case related to a senior journalist working for British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and pardon Ko Nay Myo Lin. In a statement issued on 9 June […]

Issued by Nava Thakuria, secretary, Guwahati Press Club Guwahati, 10 June: Journalist Nand Kishor Gupta, who died yesterday in Mumbai, was flown to the city today and paid last respect by the members of Guwahati Press Club before his creation. Gupta, 46, breathed his last at Mumbai airport around 3.10 pm on Thursday on his […]

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: The city based senior journalist Nand Kishor Gupta (46) breathed his last at Mumbai airport on 9 June 2016 afternoon on his return journey to Guwahati. Gupta left for Mumbai on 3 June for treatment at Tata Memorial Hospital. An active member of Guwahati Press Club,  Gupta was suffering from gallbladder cancer […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati, June 4: The Narayana Super-specialty Hospital has offered the Journalist Privilege Cards to the member-journalists of Guwahati Press Club.  Over 175 health cards were distributed among the scribes in a function held today at GPC auditorium. Senior officials of the north Guwahati based hospital including Amit G. Choudhury, Shantanu Bhattacharjee with […]

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: The city based Narayana Super-specialty Hospital in association with Guwahati Press Club (GPC) planned to offer Journalist Privilege Cards to its member-journalists. The recognized members of the press club will be handed over the health cards in a function starting at 2 pm on Saturday (4 June 2016) in the press club […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati, 31 May: The Assam Press Correspondents’ Union (APCU) organized a media talk and also a health camp for its members on Monday in the city. Nearly hundred rural reporters from different parts of the State joined in the program and took advantages of healthcare consultations. Journalist Nava Thakuria, while attending the […]

 By Our Correspondent Guwahati: Assam Press Correspondents’ Union (APCU) has organized a media talk and also a health camp for its members on 30 May. The general health check-up for the participants will be sponsored by Assam’s well known Dispur Hospitals, where the second dose of Hepatitis-B vaccine will also be administered at APCU’s head […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati: Two Assamese books were released in a glittering function held at a city hall on 15 May 2016, where audience from different walks of life graced the occasion. The chief editor of Niyamia Barta, an Assamese daily, and also a celebrated writer Phanindra Kumar Debchoudhury,  a motivation worker Dr Minati Barthakur […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expressed shock over the murder of two scribes in separate incidents in central India and urged the authorities to punish the culprits under the law. The forum also appealed to the media fraternity of the country to get united in the process of delivering justice to the […]

 By Our Correspondent Guwahati: With rising incidents of drug abuse among youths across Assam in northeast India, a leading non-government organization of the region launched a mass awareness campaign about it with an aim to save the upcoming generation from the impending danger. We are deeply concerned about the growing drug menace in Assam. The […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Maintaining the demand for all due benefits to media employees including the journalists in accordance with the guidelines of Majithia Wage Board, an Assam based scribe body urged the managements of media houses in northeast India to implement the latest wage board recommendations to show respect to the Supreme Court (of […]

 By Our Correspondent Guwahati, May 7: Over 30 media persons, took the first dose of Hepatitis-B vaccine last month, were administered the second dose of the vaccine at Guwahati Press Club on Saturday to complete the process. The vaccination camp was organized and sponsored by the city based Dispur Hospitals, which has started the mission […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati: Four books related to healthcare initiatives, published by the city based down town hospital, were released at Guwahati Press Club on 4 May 2016. All the books, written by medical consultants of the pioneer private hospital in northeast India, were officially released by Kanaksen Deka, former president of Asom Sahitya Sabha […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Understanding the  growing influence of alternate or social media across the globe, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) has taken the help of new media outlets to release a series of infographics as part of a campaign to highlight the situation of press freedom and access to information in Cambodia […]

By Our Correspondent Guwahati: Senior journalist of northeast India and a member of Guwahati Press Club,  Naba Sarma (79) passed away on 3 May 2016. Sarma, who worked both in regional and national media outlets, breathed his last at Gauhati Medical College  Hospital on Tuesday morning after a massive heart attack. He left behind his […]