Monthly Archives: October 2018

Schemes reviewed

ANINI, Sep 9: The implementation of schemes,including the central and state governments' flagship programmes, was reviewed during a meeting chaired by Dibang Valley DC...

Raid de Himalaya gets underway

LEH, Oct 9: The 20th edition of the iconic Raid de Himalaya gets underway here on Wednesday, with the country's leading rallying lights lining...

Semifinal lineup for varsity soccer league complete

RONO HILLS, Oct 9: The departments of commerce, management, political science and physical education reached the semifinals of the 3rd University Soccer League-2018 being...

CM lays RKMS foundation stone in Lumdung, assures establishment of agri college in EK

LUMDUNG, Oct 9: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the third Ramakrishna Mission School (RKMS) of the state,here in...

NE student bodies to hold parleys with HM

ITANAGAR, Oct 9: A delegation of the All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) along with other constituent student unions of various states of the...

Coordination meeting on MI held

YUPIA, Oct 9: A district level inter-sectoral coordination meeting on Mission Indradhanush (MI) 2018 was chaired by Papum Pare Deputy Commissioner (in-charge) Tabang Bodung...

‘Contribute to propagation of traditional loin looms’

ITANAGAR, Oct 9: Governor BD Mishra's wife, Neelam Misra, called upon entrepreneurs and socially well-established women to contribute to the preservation and propagation of...

Speaker calls for financial package to encourage organic farming

GUWAHATI, Oct 9: Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker TN Thongdok has called for a financial package to encourage organic and livestock farmers of the...

Eye opener

A Supreme Court order asking Centre and telecom operator BSNL to respond to a plea by an NGO seeking quashing of an agreement for...

Farm diversification vital

Agrarian Crisis By Dhurjati Mukherjee The recent farmers' protest march by the Bharatiya Kisan Union, stopped at the UP-Delhi border, was eventually withdrawn after the Government...

Centre, BSNL to reply on plea seeking better mobile network in Arunachal

NEW DELHI, Oct 8: The Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre and telecom operator BSNL to respond to a plea seeking to quash...

Mein calls for acceleration of highway construction works

ITANAGAR, Oct 8: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Monday reviewed the status of land acquisition, forest clearance, utility shifting, etc, for the Trans-Arunachal...

Ziro gets first wild orchid conservation trail

PANGE, Oct 8: India's first wild orchid conservation trail was inaugurated by Environment & Forests Minister Nabam Rebia here in Lower Subansiri district on...

IMC clears garbage dump

KARSINGSA, Oct 8: A team of officials and workers from the Itanagar Municipal Council (IMC) cleared the dumping ground here on Sunday. Capital Complex DC...

ANSU demands magisterial inquiry into school fire

Staff Reporter TALO, Oct 8: The All Nyishi Students' Union (ANSU) has demanded a magisterial inquiry into the fire incident that devastated the government higher...

Min’s son threatens defamation suit against forum

ITANAGAR, Oct 8: Reacting to the allegations of nepotism and corrupt practices levelled against Power Minister Tamiyo Taga, his son Taging Taga on Monday...

Govt making efforts to preserve indigenous culture: DCM

ITANAGAR, Oct 8: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein said the state government has undertaken several initiatives and instituted policy measures to preserve, develop, promote,...

Schemes launched to double farmers’ income

Itanagar, Oct 8: The agriculture department launched the Chief Minister's Sashakt Kisan Yojana (CMSKY) and the Chief Minister's Krishi Samuh Yojana (CMKSY) at Banquet...

Political parties not to campaign in Lekang

ITANAGAR, Oct 8: The United People Movement of Lekang (UPMOL) in a press release on Monday informed that all political parties and the public...

PMUY beneficiaries get LPG connections

BOYING, Oct 8: Twenty-two women beneficiaries of Boying, Yapgo, and Mongku villages received free LPG connections under the expanded Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)...