Monthly Archives: December 2019

Hindu-Muslim colour given to anti-CAA stir: NE protesters at Jantar Mantar

NEW DELHI, Dec 22: People from the Northeast gathered at Jantar Mantar here on Sunday, claiming that the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act...

Capital’s Assamese community protests against CAA

ITANAGAR, Dec 22: The Assamese people living in the capital complex on Sunday staged a peaceful sit-in protest against the recently amended citizenship law...

Smoke and mirrors

Monday Musing 'I must search for wisdom every hour, Deep in my wrathful bosom sore and raw, And find in it the superhuman power To hold me to...

1 lakh rubber seedlings not distributed: Min

SONAJULI, Dec 22: Agriculture & Horticulture Minister Tage Taki on Sunday expressed regret that about 1 lakh good quality rubber seedlings could not be...

Cong takes out anti-CAA ‘padyatra’ in Assam

GUWAHATI, Dec 22: Protest against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) continued on Sunday with the opposition Congress kicking off an 800-km long 'padyatra'...

Cricket tournament

Balijan defeat Mengio by 23 runs RONO HILLS, Dec 22: Balijan defeated Mengio by 23 runs in the third day's match of the Papum Pare...

UPS organises soccer tourney to mark golden jubilee

KERANG, Dec 22: Seventeen teams are participating in a football tournament being organised by the upper primary school (UPS) here in West Siang district. The...

Yak herders benefit from trg prog

SARU, Dec 22: One hundred yak and yak-cattle hybrid herders from Rho, Jangda, Saru, Lhou and Jang benefitted from a 'Training-cum-technology demonstration programme' organised...

AWWs accuse supervisor of duping workers into signing apology letter, demand job termination

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Dec 22: Claiming that anganwadi workers (AWW) were duped into signing on an apology letter, prepared by Supervisor Hage Yapa, on 23...

Indigenous devotional song competition held

CHIMPU, Dec 22: Kargu Gamgi Itanagar, Hempu Lokhimon Mandir Hollongi and Apatani Group, Itanagar won the first, second and third prize, respectively, in an...

National Mathematics Day celebrated

ITANAGAR, Dec 22: National Mathematics Day was organised in the state on Sunday to mark the 132nd birth anniversary of renowned mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. In...

Industry wary of protests

CAA Non-issue By Shivaji Sarkar The economy is in a tizzy. Figures apart, certain avoidable developments are adding to the woes. The slowdown or falling GDP...

India, China resolve to intensify efforts to resolve border issue

NEW DELHI, Dec 21: India and China on Saturday resolved to intensify efforts to achieve a "fair", "reasonable" and mutually acceptable solution to the...

CM unhappy with quality of education

MOLOM, Dec 21: Chief Minister Pema Khandu has expressed unhappiness over the quality of education in the state and said it will not improve...

Niba Hospital gets state’s first IVF centre

Dr Taba Nirmali wing inaugurated Staff Reporter NAHARLAGUN, Dec 21: The newly constructed Dr Taba Nirmali wing of Niba Hospital here, which houses the state's...

Peaceful protest against CAA on 22 Dec

ITANAGAR, Dec 21: Members of civil society, under the banner of North-East India Unites for Justice & Peace (NEIUJP), are staging a peaceful protest...

Solidarity rally against CAA held

PUNE, Dec 21: Expressing solidarity with the people of the Northeast and their anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) movement, the North East Community Organization, Pune...

IJU condemns rising attacks on journalists covering protests

NEW DELHI, Dec 21: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has condemned in the strongest of terms the rising police attacks and detention of journalists...

Manipur police coerce activist to delete FB post against CM

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Dec 21: Santa Khurai, a Manipur-based transgender activist, has said that some eight policemen came to her house on Friday evening and...