By Our Correspondent Guwahati: The Department of Urology, Dispur Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Ganeshguri  under the aegis of Assam Urological  Society in northeast India has organized a live workshop on laser prostatectomy. Dr GS Kochhar, a senior Urologist and Director of Lions Kidney Hospital, New Delhi will perform diode laser vaporization of prostates and Dr P […]

By NJ Thakuria The next all India Tibet supporting groups’ conference is beginning at Guwahati of  northeast India  on Monday, where over 180 representatives from various Tibet supporting groups of India are expected to participate. The two-day conference starting on 2 November 2015 in the capital city of Assam is poised to provide an unique […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Another middle-aged journalist, this time it is in poll-bound Bihar, has lost his life to the perpetuators. Mithilesh Pandey, 40, was shot dead on 25 October 2015 in his hometown under Gaya district. According to the family source, the miscreants (two masked persons) entered the victim’s house on Saturday evening and […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: The Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is awarded by the United Nations ‘in recognition of Bangladesh’s far-reaching initiatives to address climate change’. Ms Hasina will receive the Champions of the Earth award in the Policy Leadership category at a ceremony scheduled for 27 September 2015 at New York. A media statement, […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati:  Eminent educationist Professor Srinath Baruah on 5 September 2015 urged the media outlets of Assam to use accurate Assamese words and correct sentences in various items, which are made available to the reader-audience-viewers. Interacting with the scribes at Guwahati Press Club, Prof Baruah also emphasized on maintaining the beauty of Assamese […]

By NJ Thakuria Northeast India based journalist Hiten Mahanta passed away on 29 August 2015 at GNRC (six mile) hospital. His last moment came on 7.25 AM of Saturday. According to the doctors the immediate cause of his death was the cardiac arrest. An honest, brave and acclaimed journalist, Mahanta suffered multiple head injuries as […]

Nava Thakuria National consultation on media freedom & law  begins By Our Correspondent New Delhi, 9 August 2015: With the invasion of alternate media today every one can opt for journalism, but they have to acquire the skill and responsibility, said Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, a senior journalist and media commentator. Addressing a consultation meet at […]

 Our Correspondent Guwahati: The Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) in association with Indian Women’s Press Corps, Delhi Union of Journalists, Press Club of India (New Delhi), Mumbai Press Club and Indian Federation of Working Journalists  have organized a two day national consultation on media freedom and the law on 8 & 9 August next. To […]

By NJ Thakuroa Eminent Gandhian Dr Salem Nanjundaiah Subba Rao while interacting with the media persons at Guwahati Press Club on 12 July 2015 commented that the human beings have created a new world for their comfort, but at the end of the day they become stranger to their own world. A fellow of Gandhi […]

By NJ Thakuria With an aim to spread the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi on peace & brotherhood among the northeastern youths, an international centre for Gandhian studies’ (ICGS) was launched on 9 July at the University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya (USTM). Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa while inaugurating the centre pointed out that […]

By Our Correspondent  Guwahati, June 29: The journalist fraternity of Assam today demonstrate their angers against the relentless brutal assaults and killing of scribes across the country in front of Guwahati Press Club.  The protest demonstration that started at 12 noon and continued till 1 pm. Representatives of various journalist organizations, while meeting at the […]

by our correspondent Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expressed utter dismay at the repeated incidents of scribe’s murder in the country and urged the robust media fraternity of the largest democracy of the globe to stand united for the cause of justice to all the slain journalists. The JFA’s aggravated reaction came out following the […]

 By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Emphasizing on all round youth empowerment, the 6th annual Social Business Day was organized by Yunus Centre on 28 May 2015 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Dhaka of Bangladesh. The daylong event with the theme titled ‘We Are Not Job-Seekers, We Are Job-Givers—Turning Unemployment into Entrepreneurship’ was hosted by Nobel […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Well-known political activist of Burma (Myanmar) Ko Wai Lu has been imprisoned for one year by a Rangoon (Yangon) based lower court for providing support to protesters who were calling on the authorities to resolve their land disputes and been sent to Insein prison in Yangon. Amnesty International has termed the  […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Assam Governor PB Acharya, who was recently sworn in as the constitutional head of  the State,  argues for proper welfare to the veteran soldiers and their families. Expressing gratitude to the ‘men in uniform’ for their sacrifices to the nation, Governor Acharya appreciates any initiative to help the ex-servicemen with their […]

By NJ Thakuria Guwahati: Observing the present political turmoil in Bangladesh, where around hundred people got killed and thousands injured, a rights body urged the Sheikh Hasina government in Dhaka ‘to bring an end to human rights violations and establish accountability’. Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in its latest report tiled ‘Bangladesh: Polarisation, Political […]