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Voting for by-elections in progress, nearly 65% polling recorded in Assam till 3 pm

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Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Polling exercises for five Assam legislative assembly constituencies (along with three in Meghalaya and one in Mizoram) are in progress since it began at 7 am on Saturday. The electoral exercise is going on in a … Continue reading →

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Voting for by-elections in Assam begins, records nearly 32% polling till 11 am

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Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Voting for five Assam legislative assembly constituencies in northeast India began on Saturday morning and nearly 32% polling has been recorded till 11 am. Bhabanipur has reported highest polling (41%), where Mariani reported lowest turnout (20 … Continue reading →

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RSS strongly condemns Islamist attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh

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Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in its Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal Baithak, held in Dharwad (Karnataka), expresses its deep anguish over the recent outburst of violence on Hindu families in Bangladesh and strongly condemns the continuing brutality … Continue reading →

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Manipur scribe assaulted, Indian Journalists Union demands punishment to culprits

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Nava J Thakuria Hyderabad: Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has strongly condemned the incident of assault on a Manipur journalist and urged the State chief minister N. Biren Singh to book the culprits under the law. The national union of scribes … Continue reading →

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Indian Journalists Union Meet Concludes in Hyderabad Emphasizing on Journo-Safety & Security, PCI Reform

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Nava J. Thakuria Hyderabad: The national executive committee meeting of Indian Journalists Union (IJU), which concluded on Sunday in the capital city of Telangana, discussed various burning issues concerning the practitioners of journalism across India and emphasized on effective safety … Continue reading →

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Patriotic People’s Front Assam appreciates decision to approve Bhaskarabda for official use

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Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) appreciates the decision of Assam government to recognise Bhaskarabda, a period counted from the date of ascension by the greatest king of Kamrup, asan official calendar along with the Saka and … Continue reading →

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RSS chief Bhagwat bats for a unified, strong and well-informed society

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Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Only a unified, strong and well-informed society with a national character can assert its voice before the world and even to establish truth & peace, the strength is required, commented Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat of Rashtriya … Continue reading →

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AAEA bats for long-term strategy to overcome power crisis

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Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Expressing concern over the probable electricity crisis due to the shortage of coal supply to various power plants in the coming days, a northeast India based graduate engineers’ forum advocates for a long-term strategy to overcome … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 continues to kill journalists; Global casualties may reach 2000 by end of 2021

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Nava J Thakuria Geneva/Guwahati: The number of journalists dying of Covid-19 are still growing globally, where at least 1830 scribes have succumbed to the novel corona virus infection in 83 countries since March 2020, revealed Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the … Continue reading →

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PEC laments the shrinking space for press freedom, collapse of media fraternity in Afghanistan

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Nava J Thakuria Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the Geneva based global media rights body, laments over missing of newspapers from the stands across Afghanistan as most of the media managements shifted toonline space after the arrival of Taliban forces … Continue reading →

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