Daily Archives: May 21, 2018

China’s begins large-scale mining on Arunachal border

BEIJING, May 20: China has begun large-scale mining operations on its side of the border with Arunachal Pradesh where a huge trove of gold,...

AAPSU to hold protest against Citizenship Bill today

ITANAGAR, May 20: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) is slated to stage protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on 21 May at...

Northeast witnessing rapid development under Modi: Pema

GUWAHATI (Assam), May 20: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said that the Northeast region is witnessing rapid development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Attending...

Say no to the greedy minority

First they went for the NERIST, then RGU, then the greenfield airport project - and now the NIT. Some groups of people in the...

Mobile squad to enforce traffic rules: SP

ITANAGAR, May 20: Capital Complex SP Sagar Singh Khalsi informed that double-lane parking has been banned all along the city’s roads, and that a...

Gibahappa village finally gets electricity

ITANAGAR, May 20: Gibahappa - a little known village inhabited by 16 families - near the state capital received electricity for the first time...

Scorching heat killing reared fishes

Correspondent RUKSIN, May 20: Scorching heat and scanty rainfall are making survival difficult for fishes in shallow ponds here in East Siang district. Reared fishes...

60 without ILP expelled

PASIGHAT, May 20: Police expelled 60 persons without inner line permit (ILP) from East Siang district on 18 May. Twelve of them were detected in...

‘Ministry for opening NE to tourists’

NEW DELHI, May 20: The tourism ministry has proposed lifting restrictions on foreigners travelling to Arunachal Pradesh and parts of Sikkim, Minister KJ Alphons...

Union opposes ‘two plans for one district’

ITANAGAR, May 20: Reiterating its complaint that all the matters related to jurisdictional problems between the capital complex DC and DDSE and the Papum...

Give up Citizenship Bill, it’s a threat: AGP to Amit Shah

GUWAHATI, May 20: The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Sunday registered its protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, before BJP president Amit Shah...

Orgs call for maintaining communal harmony

ZIRO, May 20: Representatives of various tribes and student and youth organizations who participated in the 44th foundation day celebration of the Apatani Youth...

Nat’l Wado-Kai karate c’ship

ITANAGAR, May 20: The 21st All India Wado-Kai Karate Championship will be organized here from 1 to 3 June. The championship is being organized...

Gamlin visits fire victims

AALO, May 20: Tax & Excise Minister Jarkar Gamlin inspected the fire accident area in New Market here on Saturday and provided relief assistance...

House gutted in fire

RUMGONG, May 20: The residence of one Taben Gao was reduced to ashes in a fire that broke out here in Siang district on...

Historic day

Come Monday, the Arunachal Pradesh will witness historic landing of first commercial flight at Pasighat airport. The 21st May, 2018 will be a red...

Tap parallel banking

Rescuing PSBs By Shivaji Sarkar The strength of the Indian economy has been a reliable banking system and the parallel economy. The 11 Public Sector banks...

Control capital road dust urgently

Dear Editor, I would like to draw the attention of the concerned highway authority towards the ongoing 4-lane construction project to kindly boost up the...

The long pending Chakma and Hajong issue

Dear Editor, It is a very shameful to highlight that Chakma & Hajong(C&H) refugee issues has attained the Golden Jubilee status but still the issues...

International Day for Biological Diversity

Dear Editor, May 22 is celebrated as the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. The term means...