Monthly Archives: November 2020

Oppn parties condemn SEC’s declaration of local body polls, AAPSU seeks reconsideration

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Nov 13: The state's opposition parties on Friday condemned the State Election Commission (SEC) for declaring the local body elections on 22...

ICR DC asks school authorities to appoint nodal officers to maintain Covid-19 SOPS

ITANAGAR, Nov 13: Itanagar Capital Region DC Komkar Dulom has asked the heads of government higher secondary and secondary schools in the capital region...

State’s journalists mourn death of Assam scribe

ITANAGAR, Nov 13: The Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists, the Arunachal Press Club, and the Arunachal Electronic & Digital Media Association have expressed...

Org demands fair investigation into Techi Meena’s death

ITANAGAR, Nov 13: The United Leil Tara Youth Foundation (ULTYF) has strongly condemned the alleged murder of Techi Meena Lishi and her unborn child...

ATA opposes merging of directorates 

ITANAGAR, Nov 13: The Arunachal Teachers' Association (ATA) has opposed the idea of merging two directors into a single one, and advocated not succumbing...

HC declines to quash FIR against Shillong Times editor 

SHILLONG, Nov 13: The Meghalaya High Court has refused to quash a police complaint against veteran journalist Patricia Mukhim for her Facebook post which...

Diwali, Children’s Day greetings

ITANAGAR, Nov 13: Chief Minister Pema Khandu has conveyed his best wishes to the people on the occasion of Diwali and Children's Day, which...

Webinar on Ayurveda held

PASIGHAT, Nov 13: The North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (NEIFM) here in East Siang district organized a national webinar on 'Ayurveda for Covid-19'...

Tourism stakeholders urged to give priority to quality services

ITANAGAR, Nov 13: Deputy Tourism Director (HRD) Bengia Manna Sonam urged the stakeholders in tourism to give priority to quality services to the guests,...

Min inspects link road, water conservation site

LUMDUNG, Nov 13: WRD Minister Mama Natung on Friday inspected the link road from Lumdung to Debeyar circle, being constructed under the NESIDS, and...

RD secy takes stock of schemes in W/Siang

AALO, Nov 13: Rural Development (RD) Secretary Amarnath Talwade along with RD Joint Secretary Kompu Dolo toured West Siang from 12 to 13 November...

GB institutions should settle petty local disputes: DC

AALO, Nov 13: West Siang Deputy Commissioner Moki Loyi said that the GB institutions, being the lowest unit of the administration, should continue its...

Trg in crop spacing imparted

YACHULI, Nov 13: The KVK here in Lower Subansiri district conducted a 'training-cum-demonstration' programme on line sowing and crop spacing for the farmers of...

Social worker passes away

Correspondent RUKSIN, Nov 13: Renowned social worker and functionary of the Arunachal Vikash Parishad (AVP), Madhuram Pegu passed away in Assam's Jonai subdivision on Tuesday....

Speed up work on Hollongi airport

The wait for the greenfield airport project in Hollongi continues. The project, which has been in the offing for the last many years, is...

Key to practical inclusion

Financial Literacy By Moin Qazi Financial services are analogous to safe water, basic healthcare and primary education— these are essential to enable people to participate in...

Panchayat and municipal elections scheduled for 22 Dec

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Nov 12: The State Election Commission (SEC) on Thursday declared that the general elections to the panchayati raj institution (PRI) and the...

Woman rescued from illegal confinement

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Nov 12: A 20-year-old woman, who had been kept in illegal confinement in Longding district on 11 November, has been rescued by...

Officials blamed for delay in MMJ road project

RUKSIN, Nov 12: The delay of several years in restoring the Mirem-Mikong-Jonai (MMJ) PWD road linking Ruksin headquarters with greater Mirem-Bilat area in East...

CM asks officials to complete Hollongi airport by Aug 2022

ITANAGAR, Nov 12: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday asked the officials engaged in the construction of the greenfield airport in Hollongi to complete...