{{Infobox newspaper | name = Thekar Arnivang | image = | caption = Rat pen, Rat aphan, Rat ajoine ...... | type = Daily newspaper | format = Tabloid | founded = {{Start date and age|2004}} | ceased_publication = | price = 5 | owners = Longsing Teron | publisher = Longsing Teron | editor = Klangklir Teron | chief_editor = Longsing Teron | associate_editor = | staff_writers = | language = Karbi | political_position = | circulation = 23,980 {{Citation needed|date=November 2024|reason=Outdated}} | headquarters = Diphu, Assam | sister_newspapers = The Hills Review | oclc = | ISSN = | RNI = ASSKAR/2005/21230 | website = <!-- {{URL|http://www.thekararnivang.com}} --> | publishing_country = India | publishing_city = Diphu }}
'''''Thekar''''' is a Karbi daily newspaper published from Diphu, Assam. It is the highest circulated Karbi daily in North East India.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} As of 2008, it was one of the only two Karbi-language dailies in Karbi Anglong district,<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://topnews.in/assam-s-karbi-anglong-witnessing-high-newspaper-readership-262961 |title=Assam's Karbi Anglong witnessing high newspaper readership |author=Sahil Nagpal |date=2008-08-29 |accessdate=24 April 2014 |journal=TopNews.in}}</ref> The Thekar has wide reach among the people in terms of circulation figures as well as the reliability of the news matter.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}
{{As of|2024|11}}, Longsing Teron is the Chief Editor, and Klangklir Teron is the Editor.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
==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'''''.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} 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".{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}
==Contribution to Karbi language== Before the advent of Karbi dailies in the early 2000s, there were little research on Karbi language. Karbi dailies contributed immensely to the research and development, and spread 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.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}
<!-- ==People associated with ''Thekar''== *Mr. Klangklir Teron, Associate Editor & Co-Owner.{{Cn|date=November 2024}} -->
==Sister publication== ''The Hills Review'' is its sister daily newspaper published in English 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.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
==See also== *The Arleng Daily *The Hills Times (Diphu)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.thekararnivang.com/}}
Category:Daily newspapers published in India Category:Newspapers published in Assam