Daily Archives: December 25, 2017
Pema, BJP consolidate position as Wahge, Nyigyor win by-polls
ITANAGAR, Dec 24: In a major boost to Chief Minister Pema Khandu's leadership, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won the Pakke-Kessang and the...
GoAP cancels teachers’ regularization
ITANAGAR, Dec 24: The state government has cancelled the regularization of 63 trained graduate teachers (TGT) and 59 primary teachers (PRT) with immediate effect,...
Fire: Turning festivity into tragedy
Monday Musing
Winter months bring festivities home. These are the days we spend time with family and friends, eat special food and treats. But the...
National Consumer Day celebrated across Arunachal
ITANAGAR, Dec 24: The Legal Metrology & Consumer Affairs (LMCA) department celebrated National Consumer Day with the theme 'Emerging of Digital Market: Issue and...
2017: Less accidents, more aftershocks for Railways
NEW DELHI, Dec 24: Derailments - both on and off tracks - marked 2017 for the Indian Railways.
While the Narendra Modi government's first railway...
Contractors’ assn irked by dry ATMs
ITANAGAR, Dec 24: The All Arunachal Contractors' Welfare Association (AACWA) has condemned the authorities of various banks in the capital for not replenishing the...
Book on shamanic rituals launched
CHETA, Dec 24: Former Idu Mishmi Cultural and Literary Society (IMCLS) President Jatan Pulu launched the Idu Mishmi Shamanic Funeral Ritual-Ya, a book based...
Guv, CM greet people on Xmas
ITANAGAR, Dec 24: Governor Dr BD Mishra and Chief Minister Pema in separate messages on Sunday conveyed their greetings and good wishes to the...
ATCO declares 12-hour capital bandh
Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, Dec 24: Protesting against the state government's alleged failure to address its demands, the Abo Tani Clan Organisation (ATCO) on Sunday declared...
Training on road safety imparted
MIDPU, Dec 24: Members and vehicle owners under the All Arunachal Pradesh Public Transport Federation (AAPPTF) underwent a training here on Saturday, during which...
AMWWS receives Beena Ghose Roy Award
WAKRO, Dec 24: Wakro (Lohit)-based Anu Shiksha Seva Trust has conferred its Beena Ghose Roy Award-2017 on the All Mishmi Women's Welfare Society (AMWWS)...
APFA announces state team for Santosh Trophy
ITANAGAR, Dec 24: The Arunachal Pradesh Football Association (APFA) has selected 20 players for the senior national football tournament for Santosh Trophy scheduled to...
ASI Taying passes away
ITANAGAR, Dec 24: Arunachal Pradesh Police officer Takam Taying passed away here on 24 December after a prolonged illness.
He is survived by his wife...
SCCC inspects land for laying foundation stone
PASIGHAT, Dec 24: The Smart City Celebration Committee (SCCC) here in East Siang district on Sunday inspected the area beside the IGJ government higher...
District level Subroto Cup starts
KHONSA, Dec 24: The district level Subroto Cup football tournament (U-17) was kicked off by Tirap Deputy Commissioner PN Thongun here on 22 December.
The...
Students on national integration tour
TINSUKIA (Assam), Dec 24: Twenty-four students from the government higher secondary school and the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Anini (Dibang Valley district), accompanied by...
State team for U-14 National School Boxing Championship selected
ITANAGAR, Dec 24: Eleven young pugilists will represent Arunachal Pradesh in the 63rd National School Boxing U-14 Boys' Championship beginning at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh,...
Miss Arunachal contestants interact with media
Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, Dec 24: An interactive session was held for the final 19 contestants of Miss Arunachal-2017 at a city hotel here on Sunday,...
Ensure safety of journalists
The year 2017 witnessed 65 journalists killed worldwide. 26 of them were killed in the course of their work, and the remaining 39 were...
Budget After Poll
Shift to agro-rural economy
By Shivaji Sarkar
Gujarat elections are likely to change the focus of Indian economic policies. The last full Budget of the...