Monthly Archives: May 2018

Women conduct ‘drug eradication drive’

Correspondent ROING, May 25: A group of 20 women from Mayu village conducted a surprise 'drug eradication drive' at the urban model village here on...

Workshops on ecotourism held

TATO, May 25: Twenty-seven youths, including registered travel agents, attended a workshop on 'Initiating ecotourism in and around Tato', organized here recently by West...

Preserve culture, traditions: PS

NAFRA, May 25: Health & Family Welfare Parliamentary Secretary (Phurpa Tsering urged the Sajolang Elite Society (SES) to work for preservation of age-old culture...

Security forces nab NSCN OGWs

KHONSA, May 25: Personnel of the Khonsa battalion of the Assam Rifles apprehended two over-ground workers (OGW) of the NSCN (IM) and the NSCN...

Aids, assisted living devices distributed

BOMDILA, May 25: Sixty senior citizens in the BPL category and eight divyangjans (persons with disability) received free aids and appliances during a two-day...

AR dept holds first MAM following govt directive

ITANAGAR, May 25: The administrative reforms (AR) department here on Friday held its first morning attendance meeting (MAM), in view of the state government's...

Court asks for disposal of representation

ITANAGAR, May 25: Following the court order, petitioner no 1 Champa Siga has re-submitted her representation to the education secretary and requested for disposal...

Mahagathbandhan in making?

Karnataka Fanfare By Insaf Karnataka may well be the stepping stone to blur the sharp saffron colouring of India. The inauguration of the JD(S)-Congress government in...

Lessons from Tuticorin violence

Dear Editor, This is in response to the editorial titled "Ruthlessness on display" (May 23) Twelve people were brutally killed and many people injured in police...

Congress, PPA demand all-party meeting on Citizenship Amendment Bill

ITANAGAR, May 24: Scoffing at Chief Minister Pema Khandu's statement on 23 May regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, the Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee...

CM calls for regularizing harvesting of medicinal plants; announces fund, posts for forest dept

ITANAGAR, May 24: Chief Minister Pema Khandu during a meeting with senior forest department officers at the PCCF office here on Wednesday advocated regularizing...

Sanjoy accuses Rijiju of sabotaging airport project

ITANAGAR, May 24: Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Takam Sanjoy on Thursday alleged that MoS for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju was using his...

Villagers hand over drug abusers to police; peddler arrested

ROING, May 24: The residents of Cheta village here, including panchayat and SHG members, apprehended a group of drug abusers and a peddler from...

Former minister calls for issuing PRC to settlers

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, May 24: Former minister Bida Taku on Thursday appealed to the state government to issue permanent resident certificates (PRC) and Scheduled...

Man sentenced

BOMDILA, May 24: West Session Division Additional Session Judge Gote Mega has passed an order sentencing one Wanghing Norbu Bodoi to two years' imprisonment...

DA distributes compensation

ITANAGAR, May 24: PWD Parliamentary Secretary Techi Kaso on Thursday disbursed cheques, which were provided as relief assistance by the capital complex district administration,...

CM inspects jail facilities

JOLLANG, May 24: Chief Minister Pema Khandu inspected the facilities at the Central Jail here on Thursday. Accompanied by Home Minister Kumar Waii, the CM...

ILP checking intensified

AALO, May 24: The police have intensified inner line permit (ILP) checking in Aalo area, and have so far produced 28 people without ILP...

Governor advises officials to work for multipronged development

KOLORIANG, May 24: Governor BD Mishra advised the government officials in Kurung Kumey district to endeavour to work towards bringing "composite multipronged development" and...

GOC, CM discuss army activities in eastern Arunachal

ITANAGAR, May 24: General-Officer-Commanding (GOC) of 2 Mountain Division, Major General Gajinder Singh called on Chief Minister Pema Khandu at his office here on...