Thekar is a Karbi daily

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published from

Diphu Diphu (Pron:ˈdɪfu:) is the headquarter of Karbi Anglong district in the state of Assam in India. This small town is a popular tourist hill station for people of nearby cities. Etymology The word ''Diphu'' came from Dimasa language, meaning ...

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. It is the highest circulated Karbi daily in North East

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. As of 2008, it was one of the only two Karbi-language dailies in

Karbi Anglong district Karbi Anglong district is one of the 34 administrative districts of Assam in India. Diphu is the administrative headquarter of the district. The district is administered by Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council according to the Sixth Schedule of the C ...

, The Thekar has wide reach among the people in terms of circulation figures as well as the reliability of the news matter. The present editor is Longsing Teron.

History

The newspaper was founded with the name Angtong in the year 2004, as a weekly newspaper, but due to the opposition of the title by activist group Karbi Youth Organisation (KYO), the name was changed to Thekar. It started as a weekly, then biweekly and later into triweekly. It became a daily newspaper on 21 September 2005. The publication later expanded with an English daily "The Hills Review" and a cable TV "KAT Channel".

Contribution to Karbi Language

Before the advent of Karbi dailies in the early 2000s, there were little research on

Karbi language The Karbi language () is spoken by the Karbi (also known as Mikir or Arleng) people of Northeastern India. It belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family, but its position is unclear. Grierson (1903) classified it under Naga languages, Shafer ...

. Karbi dailies contributed immensely to the research and development of the same. The media group (newspaper) has become the platform for improving written Karbi language, as the language has no written form. Many young writers are involved in improving the language by setting rules and coining new words through research, open discussion, etc.

People associated with ''Thekar''

*Mr. Klangklir Teron, Associate Editor & Co-Owner.

Sister publication

''The Hills Review'' is its sister daily newspaper published in

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language from Diphu. Its current editor is Longsing Teron. The media group also has KAT Channel, a cable TV channel in and around Diphu town.

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