Medical check-up for scribes at GNRC Hospital
The GNRC Hospitals in association with Guwahati Press Club has organized a free medical check-up camp for the media persons with their families on December 29 next. The camp, to be held in GNRC Dispur auditorium, will start at 11 am (till 4 pm). The member-journalists with the families can avail the benefits of free consultation with doctors, ECG, Blood Sugar check, Blood Pressure and weight check-up in the camp. Subsequent tests, if any, advised by the doctors will be carried out at discounted rates to help them all. Interested persons can take prior appointment over phone from Mrinal Ali Hazarika (Executive-PR, Marketing, GNRC Hospitals, M-095084 14653) or directly come to the venue on the day of the camp.
Member-journalists are request to participate in the camp.
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The Deputy High Commission for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Kolkata has arranged a one-day Visa-camp in Guwahati tomorrow (6th November 2010). This camp is organised on an experimental basis with view to easing the inconvenience of the people who have to travel a long way to collects visas for Bangladesh, stated in a release by Kazi Moshtaque Zahir, First Secretary (Press), Bangladesh deputy High Commission, Kolkata.
The camp will be held at the office of STUP consultants (Pvt) Ltd, 135 Hemkon Villa, MRD road, Chandmari, Guwahati -781003. Filled- in Visa forms will be received three from 10 am-12 noon and visas will be issued from 4-5 pm on the same day.
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Electronic Media Forum Asom to meet on Oct 10 at Guwahati Press Club Guwahati: Newly launched ‘Electronic Media Forum Asom’ has organized a meeting at Guwahati Press Club on October 10 to discuss its future course of actions. The meeting will start at 10.30 am.
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A day-long media workshop on the forthcoming military sponsored election in Burma (Myanmar) and its implication on hundred thousand Burmese refugees will take place on September 27 in New Delhi. Organised by Burma Centre Delhi and Burma Center Prague, the workshop will be inaugurated by Miloslav Stašek, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to India.
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The workshop will be an opportunity for the European and Indian journalists to understand...
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The National flag was hoisted by the renowned journalist-writer Nirupama Borgohain at 11 am. In her brief speech, she insisted on observing both I-day and Republic Day (of India) to pay tribute to the martyrs of freedom movement. The Sahitya Academy awardee also condemned the secessionist militants for using diktats to the people not to observe the Days under any...
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Here is the full text of 9th Kamala Saikia Memorial lecture delivered by eminent development journalist of India, Usha Rai today (August 9, 2010) in Guwahati. The program was organized by Journalist Kamala Saikia Memorial Trust in association with Guwahati Press Club at Vivekananda Kendra in the city.
Dear fellow journalists and friends
I am not a public speaker and hesitate when I am asked to come for such orations or lectures. But I could not refuse Dilip Chandan when he called me for I get extremely disturbed when I hear of physical attacks on journalists by people trying to brow-beat or silence them. I believe 18 journalists have been killed in Assam by Ulfa and others and...
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Mentionable that journalist and freedom fighter Kamala Saikia was killed by the ULFA militants on August 9 almost two decades back because of his critical writings against the armed outfit. Unfortunately justice has been denied till today for the family of Saikia and journalist community of Assam.
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