Yearly Archives: 2018

Child from shelter home handed over to Ghy Rly Childline

ITANAGAR, Feb 4: A 15-year-old boy named Saheb Khan, who was lodged at the shelter home run by the Oju Mission, was handed over...

Paddy-cum-fish culture in Ziro valley

Paddy-cum-fish culture has become very popular in Ziro valley, bringing great benefits to the farmers. The farmers put the fingerlings into their fields and reap...

Police seize marijuana stash

RUKSIN, Feb 4: The police along with members of the Women against Social Evil (WASE) seized a huge stash of marijuana from Depi village...

NITI Aayog facilitator for implementing Act East Policy: Kant

GUWAHATI, Feb 4: NITI Aayog would act as a "facilitator and catalyst" for the Northeastern states in implementing the Centre's Act East Policy, a...

HDMT: Capital Complex to meet East Kameng in men’s volleyball final

AALO, Feb 4: Capital Complex will meet East Kameng in the men's volleyball final of the second Hangpan Dada Memorial Tournament (HDMT). Capital Complex beat...

Arunachal’s dream run at BC Roy Trophy ends

ITANAGAR, Feb 4: Arunachal's dream run at the Junior (U-19) National Football Championship for BC Roy Trophy was halted when they suffered a heartbreaking...

Conference concludes with call for preserving culture, tradition

Correspondent JONAI (Assam), Feb 4: The necessity of preserving culture and tradition was highlighted during a four-day conference of the Mising Baane Kebang (the apex...

NSCN (U) activist nabbed

LONGDING, Feb 4: Security forces nabbed a self-styled assistant political officer of the NSCN (U) from here on 3 February. Jangnee Lukham was apprehended during...

Youth carnival organized to identify sports talents

ZIRO, Feb 4: The two-day Ziro Youth Carnival, organized by a group of former sportspersons of Lower Subansiri district with the aim of identifying...

MLA calls for timely completion of Pakke-Seijosa-Itakhola road

SEIJOSA, Feb 4: Pakke-Kessang MLA Biyuram Wahge has directed the officials and the contractor concerned to carry out construction of the Pakke-Seijosa-Itakhola road on...

Golden jubilee celebration of RKM School concludes

'Spirituality needed to balance thought pattern' AALO, Feb 4: "Spirituality is needed in today's life to balance our thought pattern, approach, and action," said Rama...

Karo Sambhav school programme launched in Arunachal

ITANAGAR, Feb 4: Karo Sambhav has launched an e-waste awareness initiative in the schools of Itanagar, in association with Rongjeng Technologies. Held at the State...

Student leader passes away

ITANAGAR, Feb 4: Former president of the All Papum Poma Students' Union (APPSU) Techi Tangam passed away on Sunday, following a brief illness. A native...

Will hope help in turnaround?

Budget & Rural Sector By Dhurjati Mukherjee As indicated in the Economic Survey, which had focussed on the farm sector, employment and education, the present Union...

Glaring unequal growth

Dear Editor, This refers to the report, "India's richest 1% cornered 73% of wealth generated last year : Oxfam survey" (National, Jan 23, 2018). The...

Follow Gandhian principles

Dear Editor, Mahatma Gandhi once remarked "Recall the face of the weakest man whom you may have seen and ask yourself if the step you...

Ecosystem beneath our feet

Dear Editor, Soil is a dynamic ecosystem working underneath our feet; and is full of biogeochemical reactions and interactions between several living organisms like soil...

Focus on IT based prog: Union min tells Arunachal

ITANAGAR, Feb 3: Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology and Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad called upon the Government of Arunachal Pradesh...

CM appeals parents for vaccination, sets example for MR campaign

ITANAGAR, Feb 3: Clearing the air on a false video circulating on the side effects of the measles-rubella (MR) vaccine, Chief Minister Pema Khandu...

India growth story to pick up speed with development of NE: PM

GUWAHATI, Feb 3: Highlighting the "path-breaking" economic reforms undertaken by his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India's growth story would further...