Daily Archives: October 5, 2019

IAF admits to shooting down own chopper, officers to face disciplinary action

NEW DELHI, Oct 4: Air Chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday described as a "big mistake" the Indian Air Force's (IAF) shooting down...

Light field gun airlifted during joint Army, Air Force exercise in Arunachal

NEW DELHI, Oct 4: In a joint exercise by the Army and the Air Force on Thursday, a light field gun was successfully airlifted...

Mishra highlights state’s development at governors’ sub-group meet

NEW DELHI, Oct 4: Arunachal Governor BD Mishra presented a brief on his initiatives in the fields of education, cleanliness, conservation, cultural exchange, etc,...

Sona visits New South Wales parliament

SYDNEY, Oct 4: Arunachal Legislative Assembly Speaker PD Sona on Friday visited the parliament of New South Wales (NSW) here in Australia. He was accompanied...

Stone crusher unit sealed

SINGCHUNG, Oct 4: The stone crusher unit at Dumdum Nallah here in West Kameng district was sealed on 27 September by Singch-ung CO G...

Union urges DFO to stop illegal tree-felling

ITANAGAR, Oct 4: The All Kimin Students' Union has requested the divisional forest officer (DFO) of the Banderdewa forest division to take strict action...

Mini-secretariat declared ‘no tobacco zone’

NAHARLAGUN, Oct 4: The mini-secretariat here has been declared a 'no tobacco zone' under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003, and violators...

Athletics selection trial

ITANAGAR, Oct 4: The Arunachal Athletics Association (AAA) is going to conduct a trial to select the state team for the 35th National Junior...

Fedn seeks removal of footbridges

ITANAGAR, Oct 4: The All Arunachal Pradesh Public Transport Federation has urged the state government to remove the footbridges over the highway from Naharlagun...

Identify issues affecting security of forward locations: Shah to border forces

NEW DELHI, Oct 4: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday directed the border guarding forces to identify issues affecting the security of the...

Awareness prog on medicinal plants, mushroom cultivation held

LIROMOBA, Oct 4: At least 65 beneficiaries, farmers, local healers and others participated in an awareness programme on ‘Conserva-tion, cultivation, sustainable utilization and medicinal...

Awareness camps conducted

CHANGLANG, Oct 4: The Changlang district unit of the Arunachal Pradesh Building & Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board (APB&OCWWB) on Friday conducted awareness camps...

Health check-up conducted to mark WHD

NAHARLAGUN, Oct 4: The Papum Pare district non-communicable disease (NCD) cell held a health check-up camp at the Oju Welfare Association (OWA) campus here...

IPR staffer no more

BOMDILA, Oct 4: Dorjee Phunchu Megeji, projector operator in the West Kameng district information & public relations (IPR) department, passed away at his private...

Seminar on types of guidance held

TEZU, Oct 4: Over 140 students and faculty members of various departments of IGG College (IGGC) here in Lohit district participated in a seminar...

4th Elite Men’s Boxing National Championship begins

BADDI, Oct 4: The 4th Elite Men's Boxing National Championship got underway here in Himachal Pradesh on Friday. More than 300 boxers from 39 teams,...

Difference between preaching and practicing

The allegation of distribution of contract works based on party affiliation which has come from Tawang district is nothing new in the context of...

Blurred j&k strategy?

BDC Polls By Insaf Kashmir conundrum deepens. Elections for Block Development Council are to be held on October 24. Both Srinagar and New Delhi want to...