Daily Archives: January 12, 2018

53 border villages will be developed as model villages under BADP: Pema

ITANAGAR, Jan 11: Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said that 53 villages - at least one in each of the 45 border blocks in...

Centre gives nod to Silapathar-Aalo railway line

ITANAGAR, Jan 11: Visiting General Manager of the Northeast Railways (Construction), NK Prasad, met Chief Minister Pema Khandu here on Thursday evening and informed...

Unexpected tourist influx leaves locals perplexed

ROING, Jan 11: The best thing that Lower Dibang Valley district witnessed in the past year was the opening of the Dr Bhupen Hazarika...

DDSEs directed to surrender food grains to GoI

ITANAGAR, Jan 11: The DDSEs of all districts have been directed to surrender the Mid Day Meal (MDM) food grains to the Government of...

Murung festival facing extinction

ITANAGAR, Jan 11: Murung, the most expensive festival of the Apatani community, is facing extinction due to the lack of interest among the present...

Mein calls for concrete plan to make drug addiction centres functional

ITANAGAR, Jan 11: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein has asked the officers of the Health department to make all drugs de-addiction centres in the...

Wife of IRBn constable receives ex gratia

ITANAGAR, Jan 11: Director General of Police, Sandeep Goel, on Thursday handed over a cheque of Rs 50,00,000 to Nada Asha, the wife of...

Orgs seek investigation into student’s suicide

NAMSAI, Jan 11: The Cultural and Literary Society of Mishmi and the Tezu-based All Mishmi Women Welfare Society have in a letter to the...

Forum seeks full payment of compensation

ITANAGAR, Jan 11: A group of citizens under the aegis of the Yazali Zilla Segment Trans-Arunachal Highway Compensation Deprived Forum has written to the...

Prog on consumer rights held

NAHARLAGUN, Jan 11: Twenty-seven trainees from Naharlagun-based Jan Shikshan Sansthan attended an awareness programme on 'consumer rights and responsibilities' conducted at the SRC conference...

Unions seek civil service examination centre outside state

ITANAGAR, Jan 11: A team of the All India Arunachal Students' Union Federation (AIASUF) met Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) Chairman Tajom Taloh...

CM launches Adarsh Gram Yojana at Kombo Tarsu village

AALO, Jan 11: Chief Minister Pema Khandu launched the Chief Minister's Adarsh Gram Yojana at Kombo Tarsu village, located 15 kms from here, in...

PPF-2018 to ‘celebrate with nature’

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jan 11: The 3rd edition of the Pakke Paga Festival (PPF) is set to be celebrated at Seijosa in East Kameng district...

Guv takes part in cleanliness drive

ITANAGAR, Jan 11: Governor Dr BD Mishra on Thursday participated on the third day of the series of cleanliness drives being conducted in the...

Fire destroys two SPT houses

AALO, Jan 11: Two SPT houses were gutted in a devastating fire which broke out at Siyom Colony here in West Siang district at...

CRPF distributes lanterns under CAP

PALIN, Jan 11: The Itanagar-based 138 battalion of the CRPF distributed 30 solar lanterns to the people here in Kra Daadi district on Thursday,...

WHO consultant on visit to Anjaw

HAWAII, Jan 11: The Measles and Rubella Vaccination Campaign (MRVC) in Anjaw has received a boost with the visit of World Health Organization (WHO)...

Capacity building prog on DAY-NULM underway

ITANAGAR, Jan 11: Functionaries of the State Urban Livelihoods Mission (SULM) are participating in a two-day capacity building programme for the implementation of the...

DC assesses Makar Sankranti Mela preparation

TEZU, Jan 11: Lohit Deputy Commissioner Karma Leki on Thursday convened a meeting with the HoDs of the district to assess the preparations for...

Agri-extension workers trained

DEOMALI, Jan 11: Twenty-five agricultural extension workers participated in an in-service training programme on 'Recent advances on field crop cultivation with reference to climate...