Daily Archives: September 9, 2019

Centre not to touch Art 371, no illegal immigrant to be allowed: Shah

NEC plenary session GUWAHATI, Sep 8: The Centre will "not touch" Article 371 of the constitution that is applicable to the Northeast and not a...

Central funding should not be based on population criteria, CM tells NEC plenary

GUWAHATI, Sep 8: Stating that most developmental schemes of the central government - be it in the social sector or for creation of infrastructure...

State’s media bodies elect executive members

ITANAGAR, Sep 8: The state media community on Sunday elected its new executive members for the three press bodies - the Arunachal Pradesh Union...

105 butterfly species documented during 6th ZBM

ZIRO, Sep 8: Over a 100 species of butterflies were documented during the 6th edition of the Ziro Butterfly Meet (ZBM) held at the...

Budding sportspersons and SLSA’s Maggi noodles

Monday Musing Recently, seven students of the Sangay Lhaden Sports Academy (SLSA), the premier sports academy which has trained some of the finest players of...

NEC helps states to combat challenges: Mishra

GUWAHATI, Sep 8: Exuding confidence that the North Eastern Council (NEC) will "usher in inclusive development" in the region, Arunachal Pradesh Governor BD Mishra...

SAD 2019-20 gets underway at Mago

MAGO, Sep 8: Tawang MLA Tsering Tashi visited remote Mago village with a team of officers to conduct the first Sarkar Apke Dwar (SAD)...

Sangma lauds state NPP for election results

ITANAGAR, Sep 8: The National People's Party's (NPP) national general secretary in charge of Arunachal Pradesh, Thomas Sangma, commended the party's state office bearers...

Renowned sociologist Fr Alphonsus D’Souza passes away

ITANAGAR, Sep 8: Prof (Fr) Alphonsus D'Souza (78), senior fellow at the North Eastern Social Research Centre (NESRC), Guwahati, Assam, passed away on 6...

Patey Madu wins Nyishi Idol-6

ITANAGAR, Sep 8: Patey Madu of Kra Daadi district won the Nyishi Idol-6 - a singing talent hunt - in the grand finale held...

Arunachalee youth commissioned as Army lieutenant

ITANAGAR, Sep 8: Arunachalee youth Ozing Mize was commissioned as a lieutenant in the artillery regiment of the Indian Army recently. Mize had cleared the...

DK Memorial State Badminton Championship results

ITANAGAR, Sep 8: Lobsang Raptan and Norbu Chotten of Tawang entered into the semifinals of the U-19 mixed doubles event in the 6th Dorjee...

Day-2 results of Teachers’ Trophy Tournament

ITANAGAR, Sep 8: The following are the results from the day 2 (Sunday) of the 3rd State Level Teachers' Trophy Football Tournament being held...

ASBA to introduce badminton league

ITANAGAR, Sep 8: In a major step towards promoting badminton in Arunachal Pradesh, the Arunachal State Badminton Association (ASBA) has decided to introduce a...

Trg on preparing Bordeaux mixture imparted

LONGDING, Sep 8: Twenty-five farmers from Longhua and Samsatang villages took part in a two-day training programme on preparing Bordeaux mixture, organized here by...

Intl Literacy Day celebrated with reading, writing events

ROING, Sep 8: Library volunteers led by the Dibang Youth Library (DYL) and the Intaya Youth Library (IYL) celebrated International Literacy Day with a...

Should NRC exercise be carried out in other northeastern states?

Comments from readers: - 1. Yes! It should be. But for Arunachal, it is not required because our state is protected by the BEFR, 1873....

A wakeup call for society

The report of vandalization of school properties by students and the ill-treatment of juniors by senior students coming from the Sher VKV depicts the...

Effective police state?

New I-T Rules By Shivaji Sarkar The economy is in shackles. Expecting it to thrive is a miracle. Somehow a supposedly rightist, nationalist government is using...

Unemployed automobile engineers

Dear Editor, I would like to address the authorities concerned regarding the unemployed automobile engineering graduates in the state. I completed my diploma in automobile engineering...