Monthly Archives: December 2019

Aini Taloh, founder chairperson of East Siang-based voluntary organisation, AYANG, receives the Amruta Sanjeevani National Award-2019 during a function organized by the Samarpita Social...

Assam Sahitya Sabha to move SC against CA

GUWAHATI, Dec 15: Assam Sahitya Sabha (ASS), the premier literary organisation of Assam, said on Sunday that it will move the Supreme Court for...

NE students protest against CA in Delhi

NEW DELHI, Dec 15: Students from the northeastern states protested against the amended Citizenship Act (CA) at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday, terming it...

Anti-CA stir hits oil, gas output in Assam

GUWAHATI, Dec 15: Crude oil and gas production in Assam have witnessed a drastic fall due to the ongoing statewide protests against the contentious...

Delhi police inside Jamia, several injured

NEW DELHI, Dec 15: Students of Jamia Millia Islamia University, where the police entered after a protest against the amended Citizenship Act (CA), nearly...

Reorganising clan orgs ensures success: Min

TAJANG, Dec 15: Stating that traditional clan-based organisations are nowadays "being strengthened by reorganising themselves into welfare committees," Agriculture Minister Tage Taki said the...

Int’l ICCM conference begins at NERIST

NIRJULI, Dec 15: The two-day 5th International Conference on Computers and Management Skills (ICCM) began at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science &...

MVS, other progs organised

TATO, Dec 15: Anganwadi workers, representatives of the Women Welfare Society and members of the public took part in a series of events, comprising...

Economy stumped despite sops

Rural Poor & Middle Class By Shivaji Sarkar The NDA government is seized of the crucial slowdown. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman accepts it but nobody has...

Protests against amended CA continues in NE, WB

GUWAHATI, Dec 14: Protests against the amended Citizenship Act (CA) continued on Saturday in West Bengal and in the Northeast, which saw several incidents...

Arunachal media condemn police brutality, muzzling of press freedom in Assam

ITANAGAR, Dec 14: Expressing solidarity with fellow media persons of Assam, the press community of Arunachal staged a dharna here on Saturday, condemning the...

Lohit admin dismantles illegal structures

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Dec 14: The Lohit district administration on Saturday morning dismantled more than 60 illegal structures that had been constructed in the reserved...

Long queues at fuel depots, prices of vegetables shoot up

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Dec 14: Long queues of vehicles were seen at the fuel depots in the capital region since early morning on Saturday. While...

Anti-CA protest march taken out

ROING, Dec 14: Expressing solidarity with Assam, people from different walks of life on Saturday took out a protest march against the amended Citizenship...

Scores of Arunachalees evacuated from Assam

CHANGLANG, Dec 14: Scores of people from Tirap, Changlang and Namsai districts who were stuck in various parts of Assam's Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts...

Emergency supplies during bandhs

Flights Of Fantasy In the last few days, Northeast India has been hit by bandhs and disruptions caused by protests against the implementation of the...

Train cancellations continue

ITANAGAR, Dec 14: The NR Railway continues to suspend train services in the Northeast region in view of the widespread protests against the amended...

TTSLFT postponed

ITANAGAR, Dec 14: The Tadar Tang State Level Football Tournament (TTSLFT), which was scheduled to be conducted in East Siang HQ Pasighat from 15-23...

Lok adalats settle 93 cases

ITANAGAR, Dec 14: The national lok adalats held across the state on Saturday settled 93 cases of various natures. According to the Arunachal Pradesh State...

Pleas filed in SC against amended CA

NEW DELHI, Dec 14: Several petitions, including by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, were filed in the Supreme Court...