Monthly Archives: August 2018

Plantation drive organized

WANU, Aug 21: A 'plantation drive cum social service' was organised here in Londging district by the All Wanu Welfare Association and the Wanu...

Final preps underway for angling festival

BOLENG, Aug 21: The final stages of preparations for the first ever angling festival, the Simang-Siang Angling Festival, here in Siang district is underway...

Geo-tagging training imparted

AALO, Aug 21: Hands-on training on geo-tagging was imparted to all the heads of offices and field staffs of West Kameng district by scientists...

Governor, CM convey Eid-ul-Zuha greetings

ITANAGAR, Aug 21: Governor BD Mishra and Chief Minister Pema Khandu have in separate conveyed greetings to the people of the state and all...

APCC appointment

ITANAGAR, Aug 21: Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Takam Sanjoy has appointed Yangbiu Tajuk as general secretary and the party's in-charge for Tawang...

Training for women SHGs held

HAYULIANG, Aug 21: Thirty farmwomen from Amliang and Chirang villages benefited from a training programme titled 'Strengthening, formation and functions of women-based SHGs of...

‘Ensure success of NDD’

ZIRO, Aug 21: Ziro Additional Deputy Commissioner Nending Chatung urged the education and the women & child development departments along with other stakeholders to...

Livestock census training organized

NIRJULI, Aug 21: Altogether 150 enumerators, supervisors and scrutiny officers from different parts of the state participated in a state level training programme on...

Systematic plan vital

Job Drought By Dhurjati Mukherjee Statistical data reveals that during the last few years, job creation has been minimal. In fact the Government has been cornered...

Give enough time

Dear Editor, I want to request the APPSC to give at least 3-4 months to prepare for the mains exam. The August month is almost over...

Dismal fact

Dear Editor, The 2018 World Wildlife poster released by WWF provides alarmingly dismal fact regarding big wild cat populations around the globe. The global lion...

A great dilemma

Dear Editor, On 18th August 2018 I have attended the All Arunachal Pradesh Elementary Teachers’ Association (AAPETA) meeting and had a patience hearing and keen...

A tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Dear Editor, Atal is a very unique and special Hindi word for a name. It means immovable, unwavering, unfazed, irrevocable, stable, unmoved. I guess it...

We are staring at hunger, say rice farmers

ITANAGAR, Aug 20: Radha Mura is a sharecropper in Alubari in Namsai district. Like many rice farmers in the state, she is worried that...

Technology needed to tap Arunachal’s hydropower potential: Taga

FRANKFURT (Germany), Aug 20: Although Arunachal Pradesh has a hydropower potential of 58,000 mw and is considered "the future power state of India," the...

Nirjuli without electricity again, residents running out of patience

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Aug 20: The people of Nirjuli township are once again without electricity, since early Monday morning, reportedly due to burning of a...

SJETA allays concern over misuse of scholarship fund

ITANAGAR, Aug 20: Seeking to allay concern among students regarding potential misuse of the pre- and post-matric scholarship fund, the social justice, empowerment &...

Houses gutted in fire accident

ITANAGAR, Aug 20: Six sets of rent houses in an OBT complex in Dokum Colony here were gutted in a devastating fire accident on...

Dr Joram Aniya Tana receives World Hindi Award

PORT LOUIS (Mauritius), Aug 20: Dr Joram Aniya Tana of Arunachal Pradesh was conferred the World Hindi Award during the 11th World Hindi Conference...

MLA clarifies on encroachment charge

YACHULI, Aug 20: Two former ASMs and a public leader of Pistana circle in an FIR lodged at the police station here on 16...