Monthly Archives: August 2021

Union demands functional police outpost in Kakoi

ITANAGAR, 24 Aug: The All Papum Pare District Border Students' Union (APPDBSU) submitted a three-point memorandum to the chief minister on Tuesday, demanding functionalizing...

Stakeholders discuss garbage mgmt

ITANAGAR, 24 Aug: A meeting to discuss waste disposal and garbage management in the rural areas of the Itanagar capital region (ICR) was convened...

DC exhorts MOs to keep health facilities well-maintained

ROING, 24 Aug: Lower Dibang Valley (LDV) DC KN Damo exhorted the medical officers (MO) to keep the health centres in the district well-maintained...

‘Read to learn’ workshop held

MEDO, 24 Aug: The Forum of Activists of Lohit Youth Libraries (FALYL) conducted a 'Read to learn' workshop for senior students, organized by the...

Nat’l webinar on higher edn, entrepreneurship held

TEZU, 24 Aug: Eminent scholars and resource persons from established academic institutions across the country participated in a two-day national webinar on 'Higher education,...

Smoking is injurious to health

Last week, news appeared in the leading dailies on the basis of the report of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)-2019 that Arunachal Pradesh...

Football tournament organized to commemorate 50th anniv of 1971 Indo-Pak war

MIAO, 24 Aug: The Lekhapani battalion of the Red Shield division of the Indian Army organized a football tournament, the Miao Premier League, for...

India’s Afghan policy in tatters

As the deadline for withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan nears, the entire world is facing uncertainty. The Taliban, who have taken over the...

Will govt let go?

CBI: Caged Parrot By Poonam I Kaushish What is it about the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that has it always in the eye of the...

Suspicious WRD job advertisement

Editor, This is to draw the kind attention of all the unemployed engineering graduates (civil) of the state, Water Resources Minister Mama Natung, CM Pema...

Die, women, die

Editor, The sheer amount of opposition to the ‘draft Arunachal inheritance bill’ made me wonder if this draft of the bill is really ‘anti-Arunachal’ or...

Draft marriage & inheritance of property bill submitted to GoAP: APSCW

ITANAGAR, 23 Aug: On receiving numerous representations and memorandums from various organizations to quash Sections 42 and 43 of the proposed draft of the...

State reports 94 Covid cases on Monday

ITANAGAR, 23 Aug: The state reported 94 cases of Covid-19 on Monday, of whom 43 are symptomatic. The ICR reported the highest 19 cases, followed...

ITWs launch indefinite dharna seeking rights

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 23 Aug: Braving the dampening downpour, the traffic wardens of the Itanagar capital region, under the umbrella of the Itanagar Traffic Wardens...

Min flags off Ita-Ghy airport passenger vehicles

ITANAGAR, 23 Aug: Much to the delight of the people of the ICR travelling to Guwahati (Assam) to catch flights, Civil Aviation Minister Nakap...

AAPSU expresses displeasure over delay in publication of draft proposal

Offspring issue   ITANAGAR, 23 Aug: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) has expressed displeasure over the inordinate delay in publication of the draft proposal...

CM launches campaign under JJM to provide safe and adequate water

ITANAGAR, 23 Aug: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday virtually launched 'Bestow 1.0' - a month-long campaign for empowering village communities under the Jal...

‘Incidents of youths joining insurgent groups reducing drastically’

KHONSA, 23 Aug: Cases of youths joining insurgent groups have reduced drastically in Tirap district, while the civilians' protest against insurgency too is gaining...

RGU felicitates faculty members for JSPS int’l fellowship, award of patents and publications

RONO HILLS, 23 Aug: The faculty members of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) were felicitated for their achievements in the fields of research and publications...

Arunachal: Stop racial profiling, find solution within the state

On 15 August, 2021, Chief Minister Pema Khandu in his Independence Day address announced that the Chakmas and Hajongs will be settled outside of...