Daily Archives: January 9, 2019

LS passes Citizenship (Amendment) Bill while NE observes total shutdown

ITANAGAR, Jan 8: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha (LS) on Tuesday amid protests by the opposition and the shutdown...

CM joins Losar celebration in Tuting

TUTING, Jan 8: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday joined the Buddhist community of Tuting subdivision in Upper Siang district in celebrating Losar festival...

Troubled times ahead

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 has been passed by the Lok Sabha even as there was a total shutdown in the Northeast region against...

Civil secretariat to be made tobacco-free zone

ITANAGAR, Jan 8: The officials of the Arunachal Pradesh civil secretariat here have launched an initiative to make the secretariat premises a tobacco-free zone. On...

Houses gutted in fire mishap

NAHARLAGUN, Jan 8: A fire mishap in Papu village near here on Monday afternoon gutted two OBT houses along with two SPT houses and...

Military preparedness key to national security, says governor

VISAKHAPATNAM, Jan 8: Arunachal Pradesh Governor BD Mishra, who is on a two-day official tour of Andhra Pradesh, inaugurated a national seminar on disaster...

No plans to repeal AFSPA: Govt

NEW DELHI, Jan 8: The government has no plans to repeal the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958, union minister Kiren Rijiju told...

Public toilets in capital complex ready for use

ITANAGAR, Jan 8: The capital complex administration on Monday opened the doors of all the 48 public toilets constructed in different locations in Itanagar...

1 arrested for selling drugs, hooch

Correspondent PASIGHAT, Jan 8: The police on Sunday arrested one Tome Tayeng from Jarku village near here in East Siang district for allegedly selling hooch...

Ering seeks KV in Ruksin

NEW DELHI, Jan 8: Member of Parliament Ninong Ering has urged Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar to establish a Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) in Ruksin...

MLA inaugurates PMGSY road

JORAM, Jan 8: Yachuli MLA Likha Saaya inaugurated the 3 km PMGSY road from the BRTF road to Peil Joram on Tuesday, in the...

SAD camps organised

SANGWAL KHAMLANG, Jan 8: The Changlang district administration conducted a Sarkar Aapke Dwar (SAD) camp at remote Sangwal Khamlang village on Monday, during which...

HDMT: Papum Pare drub Longding 12-0 in women’s football

TEZU, Jan 8: Papum Pare women drubbed Longding 12-0 in a league level football match of the third Hangpang Dada Memorial Trophy (HDMT) tournaments...

Quota politics is back with vengeance

The Narendra Modi led BJP governemnt on Monday announced 10 per cent reservation in government jobs and higher education for economically weaker sections in...

Have benefits percolated down?

Modern Indian State By Dhurjati Mukherjee Every alternative day we hear talks of modern developments in social economic and scientific spheres without understanding or assessing its...

Ease traffic jams

Dear Editor, Traffic jams have made life difficult for us. These days it is impossible to do travel from Itanagar to Naharlagun or Naharlagun to...

Do away with Mathematics

Dear Editor, For the last many years, we have been requesting for the removal of mathematics paper in competitive exams or replacing it with reasoning...

Commission should get its house in order

Dear Editor, I would like to use your esteemed daily as a platform to point out the hypocrisy of the APPSC. I wasn't even planning...

Complete recruitment process early

Dear Editor, After advertising the vacant posts, if the recruiting agency takes years to conduct its written test, it really frustrates the candidates. APPSC had...