Yearly Archives: 2018

Technical snag hits bank transaction

YINGKIONG, Jun 6: There has been no cash transaction in the Yingkiong branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) since 4 June as...

Hundreds benefit from health camps

ITANAGAR, Jun 6: More than 1600 workers from unorganized sectors, besides members of the public benefited from a series of health and awareness camps...

World Environment Day celebrated

PANGIN, Jun 6: Plantation drives were conducted at various locations here in Siang district to mark the World Environment Day on Tuesday. The drives, which...

Educate people on welfare schemes: Gao

DAYUN, Jun 6: State BJP president Tapir Gao has urged his party workers to educate the people about the welfare schemes launched by the...

Union submits memo to CM

ITANAGAR, Jun 6: The All Lower Subansiri District Students' Union on Tuesday submitted a five-point memorandum to the chief minister, and said the union...

Min calls for transparency in sports bodies

ITANAGAR, Jun 6: Sports & Youth Affairs Minister Dr Mohesh Chai on Wednesday asked officers of the sports department and the Sports Authority of...

Games & sports meet begins

BARIRIJO, Jun 6: The Baririjo Games & Sports Meet was kicked off by Dumporijo MLA Paknga Bage at the playground here in Upper Subansiri...

2nd Arunachal Women’s League in July

NAHARLAGUN, Jun 6: The Arunachal Women's (Football) League is scheduled to begin at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium her on 7 July. The players for the state's...

Social service

AALO, Jun 6: Members of the Galo Ane Safai Abhiyan (GASA) cleaned up the area from Gumin Nagar Sector to Hiker Gumin Lower during...

Gift of street politics

Law Enforcement Crisis By Dr S.Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) "Who are you?" - the question posed by a victim of police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters...

NET/SLET versus PhD

Dear Editor, This is in response to a letter titled "Follow API" by one unknown aspirant published on 6th July 2018. The candidate cited UGC guidelines...

The waste pickers

Dear Editor, Apropos the report, "Plastic wasteland: Asia's ocean pollution crisis" (World, June 6, 2018), our brothers and sisters who are engaged in waste picking,...

Assam contractors attempt to build road in Arunachal territory

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jun 5: In a brazen violation of the Supreme Court's ruling to maintain the status quo along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh interstate boundary,...

‘No detention’ system led to poor performance: CM

ITANAGAR, Jun 5: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday said the state's poor performance in the recent Class X examination conducted by the CBSE...

Orgs demand CBI probe in Ojing Taying murder case

Correspondent PASIGHAT, Jun 5: Hundreds of protesters including representatives of the All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union, the All East Siang District Students' Union (AESDSU), Banggo...

World Environment Day celebrated across state

ITANAGAR, Jun 5: Plantation drives and other programmes were held across the state to mark World Environment Day (WED) on Tuesday. This year, the 43rd...

Power supply to 3 dists disrupted

ITANAGAR, Jun 5: Electricity supply to West Siang, Siang, and Lower Siang districts has been disrupted due to failure of the power transformer at...

8995 households in Arunachal have LPG connections under PMUY: OIC

ITANAGAR, Jun 5: LPG connections under the Prime Minister's Ujwala Yojana (PMUY) have been provided to around 8995 individual households in Arunachal Pradesh so...

Min calls for proper implementation of Saubhagya scheme

ITANAGAR, Jun 5: Power Minister Tamiyo Taga has directed the power department to ensure proper execution of works under the Saubhagya scheme, so that...

Over 900 Divyangjans to receive aids and appliances

ITANAGAR, Jun 5: Assistive aids and appliances under the central government's Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids & Appliances (ADIP) Scheme will...