Monthly Archives: January 2018

DC urges women to take interest in skill development

AALO, Jan 4: West Siang Deputy Commissioner Swetika Sachan has urged women to take keen interest in skill development to seek self-employment opportunities. She said...

Union seeks NIT cancellation

ITANAGAR, Jan 4: The All Arunachal Pradesh Anti-Corruption Students' Union on Thursday appealed to the food and civil supplies director to cancel the notice...

Dist level Hangpan Dada Memorial Trophy begins in Namsai

NAMSAI, Jan 4: The Hangpan Dada Memorial Trophy on Football and Volleyball (men & women) 2017-'18 began here on Thursday. The tournament was officially kicked...

Inter-village soccer tourney underway

KALAKTANG, Jan 4: An inter-village football tournament organised by the All Kalaktang Monpa Students' Union (AKMSU) got underway here in West Kameng district on...

Pointless political conflict

Governor & State Govt By Dr. S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) After Delhi and Puducherry, Tamil Nadu Governor is in the news now for conducting...

Bandh culture

Dear Editor, We know we live in an era where some people are hacked up with their lives, while on the other hand some seem...

Deadly fangs of Hindutva

Dear Editor, Since race, language, caste, religion, nationality and sex are nothing but mere "accidents of destiny" with one and only humanity being the supreme...

Cabinet approves Indo-Myanmar agreement on land border crossing

NEW DELHI, Jan 3: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an agreement between India and Myanmar on land border crossing, which the government said,...

Culvert collapses prematurely

NARI, Jan 3: A recently constructed culvert at Pam Village under Nari subdivision in Lower Siang district has collapsed causing much distraught and anger...

Comprehensive plan mooted to make Pasighat tourism hub: Moyong

PASIGHAT, Jan 3: A comprehensive plan is being chalked out to make Pasighat a tourist hub. Pasighat MLA cum Parliamentary Secretary (Disaster Management) Kaling Moyong...

Relief camp conducted

ITANAGAR, Jan 3: The All Bengali Welfare Federation (ABWF) conducted a donation camp recently for fire affected people of Niti Vihar fire accident. The donation...

Initiatives underway to establish JNV in U/Subansiri

DAPORIJO, Jan 3: Initiatives are underway to establish a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in Upper Subansiri district after the existing JNV at Megdong went...

Arunachal school children interacts with GOC, Eastern Command

KOLKATA, Jan 3: A group of school children from Arunachal Pradesh today interacted with Lt Gen Abhay Krishna, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, who...

Workshop on MRVC

BOMDILA, Jan 3: A daylong orientation workshop of the Education department and Women and Child Development (WCD) department on Measles Rubella Vaccination Campaign (MRVC)...

We must rise above our ‘microscopic identities’: Army chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 3: Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has said that people should not get stuck in "microscopic identities" but rise together as...

Reform centres for inmates?

‘Open Jails’ By Dr. Oishee Mukherjee The Supreme Court has favoured setting up of ‘open jails’, where inmates will not be confined within prison walls and...

Reservation for students

Dear Editor, We must not forget India has the second largest rail network in the world. With with the fact that 23 million passengers a...

Question on real development

Dear Editor, Our state has made significant strides since the NEFA days. The 35 odd years between 1952 and 1987 saw rapid political and administrative...

Arunachal orange goes global

GUWAHATI, Jan 2: The first consignment of oranges from Arunachal was flagged off on Tuesday from the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport to the...

Horrifying details of schoolgirl’s rape and murder emerges

Staff Reporter NAMSAI Jan 2: In a recent development to the rape and murder of a 13-year-old schoolgirl in Chongkham circle of Namsai district, the...