Monthly Archives: August 2019

The need for media education in the state

I belong to the technology riddled Generation Y, or, if you prefer it, the millennials. I feel fortunate to have grown alongside the 'internet...

Forest dept distributes relief to flood-affected

MER, Aug 8: Officials of the Pasighat forest division in East Siang district, led by Divisional Forest Officer (Territorial) Tashi Mize, on Thursday distributed...

Sukhoi aircraft crashes near Tezpur

NEW DELHI, Aug 8: A Sukhoi fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed near Tezpur in Assam on Thursday evening, official sources said. Both...

Assn seeks salary enhancement

ITANAGAR, Aug 8: The Association of Education Department Block Contractual Staff of Arunachal Pradesh in a representation to the education minister on Thursday appealed...

CM lays foundation stone for Tawang dist BJP office

TAWANG, Aug 8: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the district BJP office here. In his address, the CM commended...

I-Day football tourney: Chandranagar, G-Centre progress to QFs

ITANAGAR, Aug 8: Chandranagar FC and G-Centre FC won their respective matches against SPD FC and Gohpur Sporting Club in the Independence Day Running...

Dist badminton c’ship from 17 Aug

YOMCHA, Aug 8: The West Siang District Badminton Championship-2019 is going to be held at the Jarbom Gamlin indoor stadium here from 17-18 August. The...

‘Bhupen Hazarika Nite’ on 11 Aug

ITANAGAR, Aug 8: The Bhupen Hazarika Fans Club, Itanagar, is organizing an event titled 'Bhupen Hazarika Nite - Uniting hills & plains' at the...

NHPC announces sports scholarships

ITANAGAR, Aug 8: The NHPC has announced its second batch of sports scholarships for upcoming sportspersons in five sports categories - football, kabbadi, boxing,...

Awareness campaign on JE, malaria launched

Correspondent NAMSING, Aug 8: The East Siang district health department and the Adi Baane Kebang (Apex) have launched an awareness campaign on Japanese encephalitis (JE)...

Create awareness on TB: DC

ZIRO, Aug 8: Lower Subansiri DC Chukhu Takar has asked the members of the District Tuberculosis Forum (DTBF) to create awareness on TB and...

LSPs trained on scientific pig rearing

KARSINGSA, Aug 8: Forty livestock service providers (LSP) from Doimukh, Yachuli and Kimin blocks participated in a training programme on 'scientific rearing and management...

DC calls for creating awareness on COTPA

KOLORIANG, Aug 8: Kurung Kumey DC Santosh Kumar Rai on Thursday called for "effective awareness generation" among schoolchildren and the public about the Cigarettes...

Glimmer of hope

Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday while addressing a district development committee meeting in Tawang assured that improving road communication would be the topmost...

Over 500 political workers and leaders in detention in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Aug 7: Over 500 important political workers and leaders, including former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, have been detained in Jammu...

Rs 35 Cr sanctioned for anti-erosion project at Mebo

Correspondent PASIGHAT, Aug 7: The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) has sanctioned Rs 35 crore for the flood and erosion control project...

A decade of research bears fruit; Wancho Unicode developed

In the government higher secondary school at Longding district, a young boy from class 11 was asked to translate some data collected, in the...

‘Deal govt. schemes with utmost care’

PASIGHAT, Aug 7: Arunachal Pradesh State Food Commission (APSFC) Member Nanom Jamoh urged the officials dealing with various schemes under National Food Security Act...

Fund allocated under CMCSR Plan for improved roads in all administrative hqtrs: CM

TAWANG, Aug 7: Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said that the Rs. 100 Cr fund allocated under Chief Minister Comprehensive State Road Plan (CMCSRP)...

State Emporium cum Artifact House inaugurated

Improve quality of handloom & handicraft products: Minister Bagra ITANAGAR, Aug 7: Textile & Handicrafts Minister Tumke Bagra urged the weavers and artisans of the...