Daily Archives: March 17, 2021

TCS seeks using local names of mountains, places in U/Subansiri

DAPORIJO, 16 Mar: The Tagin Cultural Society (TCS) has urged the Indian authority to rename all the rivers, mountains and places falling within the...

NSCN (R) operative killed in gun battle

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 16 Mar: Security forces gunned down one suspected NSCN (R) operative on Tuesday in a fierce gun battle at Motong village in...

Traffic violators forced to sit in ‘roadside pathshala’

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 16 Mar: In continuation of their traffic awareness campaign, the capital police on Tuesday forced 325 traffic violators to sit in a...

Assam officials evict house in Arunachal territory

TARASO, 16 Mar: The All Papum Poma Students' Union (APPSU) has strongly condemned the illegal eviction carried out by Assam's forest officials along with...

Speaker, min visit last Indian post in Lamang

MECHUKA, 16 Mar: Legislative Assembly Speaker Pasang D Sona and DoTCL Minister Wangki Lowang on Tuesday visited Lamang, the last Indian outpost along the...

RGURSF seeks extension of deadline to submit dissertation

RONO HILLS, 16 Mar: The Rajiv Gandhi University Research Scholars' Forum (RGURSF) has requested RGU's controller of examinations to extend the dissertation submission date...

Bank strike: Cong asks govt to accept demands of unions, stop privatization

New Delhi, 16 Mar: The Congress on Tuesday asked the government to accept the demands of the nine unions of public sector banks (PSB)...

China to permit Indians and people from 19 countries to return only if they...

BEIJING/NEW DELHI, 16 Mar: China has made it mandatory for people coming from India and 19 other nations to get Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccines if...

Unused school to be converted into health sub-centre-cum-de-addiction centre

LEWANG, 16 Mar: Miao ADC Sunny K Singh on Monday proposed to convert the old building of the government middle school here in Changlang...

Par panel asks govt to consider reducing juvenile delinquency age to 16 under POCSO...

NEW DELHI, 16 Mar: A parliamentary panel has recommended to the government to consider bringing down the juvenile delinquency age from 18 to 16...

Tedir elected state BS&G council president

NAHARLAGUN, 16 Mar: Education Minister Taba Tedir was unanimously elected as the president of the Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Bharat Scouts and Guides...

Nabam Tarang passes away

ITANAGAR, 16 Mar: Political interpreter and former panchayat leader Nabam Tarang passed away on 15 March at around 6.20 pm. He was 79. Born on...

Vaccination only protection against Covid-19: DC

ZIRO, 16 Mar: "Vaccination is our only protection against Covid-19. No stone should be left unturned to ensure that everyone is vaccinated," said Lower...

Poshan Pakhwada launched in state

BALIJAN, 16 Mar: Poshan Pakhwada (Nutrition Fortnight) was launched across the state on Tuesday. It will be celebrated as part of the mass movement...

‘Green walk’ campaign launched, over 500 saplings planted

ZIRO, 16 Mar: Around 500 saplings of different species like Cupressus, Cryptomeria, Cedrus deodara and Thuja were planted as part of a 'green walk'...

Vaccination rollout campaign held

ALINYE, 16 Mar: A Covid-19 vaccination rollout campaign by the IPR department and a free medical camp by the Indian Army were held at...

ADC, others inspect school project

NAMSHU, 16 Mar: Dirang ADC Jotam Toko Obi along with CO (in-charge) Darge Tsering, Education AE Gyamar Natung, proprietor of Bomdila-based RD Enterprise Rinchin...

Orientation prog on rehabilitation of PwDs held

NAMSAI, 16 Mar: Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (AYJNISHD) in collaboration with the special education department of the Arunachal...

W/Siang LMCA observes Consumer’s Day

AALO, 16 Mar: The West Siang legal metrology & consumer affairs (LMCA) department observed World Consumer Rights Day at Old Market here on 15...

Two powerlifters from Arunachal to participate in nat’l event

ITANAGAR, 16 Mar: Two powerlifters from Arunachal will take part in a national event being held in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, from 18 to 21 March. The...