Monthly Archives: July 2018

Disaster preparedness assessed

TAWANG, Jul 9: Issues like storing essential commodities and life saving medicines, departmental contingency plans, evacuation plan, etc, were discussed during a meeting held...

GoI official inspects KVK farms

NAMSAI, Jul 9: Home Affairs Ministry Under-secretary RN Singh inspected the Krishi Vigyan Kendra's (KVK) instructional farm and witnessed the activities carried out by...

Complaint lodged over police brutality

ITANAGAR, Jul 9: The Arunachal Pradesh unit of the North East Human Rights Organization (NEHRO) has filed a complaint with the National Human Rights...

DLIC meeting on MOVCD held

YUPIA, Jul 9: Papum Pare Deputy Commissioner Dr Joram Beda suggested establishing an "independent custom hiring centre" for the turmeric-growing farmers of the district. Chairing...

NSCN (U) militant nabbed

LONGDING, Jul 9: Security forces apprehended a self-styled private of the NSCN (U) during an operation which was conducted in the early hours of...

Governor, CM mourn Jacob

ITANAGAR, Jul 9: Governor BD Mishra and Chief Minister Pema Khandu have mourned the demise of former governor of Arunachal Pradesh MM Jacob, who...

Assn seeks early start of construction work

SAGALEE, Jul 9: The Toru Panchayat Youth Welfare Association has urged the authority concerned to start the construction work for the proposed government engineering...

Organisation office inaugurated

LONGDING, Jul 9: Power Parliamentary Secretary Thangwang Wangham on Sunday inaugurated the office of the Wancho Cultural Society (WCS) here, in the presence of...

Trg prog on horticulture crops held

LAZU, Jul 9: Tirap District Horticulture Officer (DHO) Henrik Basar urged the opium cultivators of Lazu and Sinnu villages to discard their poppy cultivation...

Assn seeks CS’ intervention

ITANAGAR, Jul 9: The All Arunachal Pradesh Unemployed Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical and Computer Engineers' Association has sought the chief secretary's intervention into various issues...

Social media ‘kills’

Murderous Mob By Poonam I Kaushish Social media 'kills' and how! Mob lynching is back on the political-social scene with 17 cases across 9 States from...

Expensive schools and hospitals

Dear Editor, Four years ago, while admitting my father in a private Hospital in Kolkata, I was asked to deposit “only” Rs.1,05,000/- immediately! After completion...

Selection process of Assistant Professors

Dear Editor, It can be seen from RTI request to APPSC and Directorate of Higher & Technical Education that there exist some deficiency in selection...

Traditional forest managers

Dear Editor, Apropos your editorial, "Conserve forest" (July 9, 2018), India needs to speedily implement 2006 Forest Rights Act and do what China has done....

Engineers demand DPC meeting

ITANAGAR, Jul 8: The Arunachal Pradesh Engineering Service Association (APESA) informed Chief Secretary Satya Gopal that not a single sitting of the Departmental Promotion...

Teacher posted to non-functional school, alleges union

ITANAGAR, Jul 8: The All Papum Pare District Students' Union (APPDSU) has alleged that an assistant teacher (SSA) was posted to the government primary...

NGO seeks VDP’s help to curb drug trade

Correspondent PASIGHAT, Jul 8: Stating that several drug-addict youths in East Siang district have established a network with interstate drug peddlers, NGO Women Against Social...

Over to you, CBI

The Pema Khandu government's decision to hand over the Toko Yame and the Ojing Taying murder cases to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)...

Jan sunwai sammelan conducted

KHONSA, Jul 8: The Tirap district administration on Saturday conducted jan sunwai sammelan, offering public services at the people's doorstep and resolving grievances. Apart from...

Health, sanitation progs organized

NAMSAI, Jul 8: Health and sanitation programmes under the Poshan Abhiyaan were organized at Simulbari and Deobeel villages of Namsai district on Sunday. "Poshan Abhiyan...