Daily Archives: August 29, 2020

Four engineers opt out of APCS, MLA highlights stagnancy in APCS in assembly

ITANAGAR, Aug 28: Four assistant engineers (AE) - Bapu Tabing (5th rank), Tagir Taring (19th rank), Jaki Tulang (28th rank) and Arunachal Pradesh Public...

Covid-19 claims two lives, state’s death toll rises to 7

ITANAGAR, Aug 28: A 65-year-old female Covid-19 patient with comorbidity, and a 44-year-old havildar of the 190 Mountain Brigade who was undergoing treatment at...

State records 112 Covid-19+ve cases

ITANAGAR, Aug 28: Arunachal recorded 112 Covid-19 positive cases on Friday, while 88 patients in various districts have recovered. Of the 112, five are symptomatic...

GoAP to initiate talks with Assam to solve boundary dispute: CM

ITANAGAR, Aug 28: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday said the state government would soon initiate talks with Assam to resolve the boundary dispute...

States have no jurisdiction to promote students without holding final year exams: SC

NEW DELHI, Aug 28: The Supreme Court on Friday held that no state or university can promote students in the final year without holding...

DC launches app for entrepreneurs

PASIGHAT, Aug 28: East Siang DC Kinny Singh on Friday launched the official mobile app of the Pasighat smart city to help skilled people...

IOC’s LPG transporters in NE go on strike

GUWAHATI, Aug 28: An association of LPG transporters in the Northeast on Thursday went on an indefinite strike against the latest tender floated by...

Forum asks states to stop intimidating teachers

HYDERABAD, Aug 28: Stating that in certain parts of the country, particularly the Northeast, the state governments are invoking the Central Civil Services (Conduct)...

DC distributes power tillers under CMSKY

TAWANG, Aug 28: Tawang DC Sang Phuntsok distributed power tillers to 13 farmers of the district on Friday, under the CM's Sashakt Kisan Yojana...

Trg in qlty seed prodn imparted

AMLIANG, Aug 28: Thirty-eight farmers, members of women's SHG and rural youths participated in a training programme on 'quality seed production', organized here by...

Topper students felicitated

KHONSA, Aug 28: Two students from Tirap who topped the Classes 12 and 10 examinations among the APST students of the district were felicitated...

Capital BJP welcome govt resolution

ITANAGAR, Aug 28: The BJP's capital district unit has welcomed the state government's decision to persuade the Centre to bring Arunachal under the ambit...

Nat’l eFDP on unorganized sector ends

RONO HILLS, Aug 28: The weeklong national eFDP (online faculty development programme) on the unorganized sector, themed 'Resilience, resurgence & revival measures for unorganized...

Resolution on 6th schedule and Article 371 (H)

The Arunachal legislative assembly adopted a resolution that the state be included in the 6th schedule of the constitution of India to protect the...

Judiciary “Bonded” or “Free”

By Madhu Dandavate (As released on 24 May 1985) Recently, Mr. Justice V.D. Tulzapurkar observed in the Supreme Court that due to favouritism by the Government...

Apatanis facing political deprivation

Editor, The Apatanis residing in Lower Subansiri district are one of the major tribes of the state. They have been deprived of their political rights...

Gross negligence in eligibility criteria for AAO

Editor, In the recent advertisement for the post of assistant audit officer (AAO) by the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, the eligibility criteria was graduate...

Probe nursing exams in all districts

Editor, A lot has been said about the recent cash-for-nursing job scam but nobody sees the whole picture. Since the district-wise recruitment for nurses started...

Need for change in eligibility criteria

Editor, This is apropos the advertisement for the post of assistant auditor published in various local dailies on 20 August, 2020. I would like to draw...