Daily Archives: August 22, 2022

Teacher arrested for allegedly raping school student

Staff Reporter PASIGHAT, 21 Aug: The police here in East Siang district have arrested a postgraduate teacher of English, identified as Nong Jamoh (38), in...

Injury time goal from Nikum helps RUFC secure stunning win against ATK Mohun Bagan

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 21 Aug: An injury time goal from Arunachal's Gyamar Nikum helped Rajasthan United FC beat ATK Mohun Bagan (ATKMB) 3-2 in their...

CoSAAP seeks restoration of defined pension scheme

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 21 Aug: The Confederation of Service Associations of Arunachal Pradesh (CoSAAP) on Sunday called for scrapping the National Pension Scheme (NPS) and...

China disregarded border pacts with India, casting shadow on bilateral ties: Jaishankar

SAO PAULO, 12 Aug: India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that China has disregarded the border pacts with India, casting a shadow...

Komsing GB Tali Darang passes away

Correspondent PASIGHAT, 21 Aug: Komsing (Kumku) village GB Tali Darang breathed his last at the Bakin Pertin General Hospital here in East Siang district on...

Wancho community sets out to digitise ancient folktales

ITANAGAR, 21 Aug: The elders of the Wancho community of Longding district have taken up the task of recording their age-old folktales in digitised...

The journey of last decade

Monday Musing The BJP government has completed eight years in office in Delhi. It is time to reflect on the impact of the saffron party...

Poll schedule to elect new Cong chief gets underway

NEW DELHI, 21 Aug: The process for the election of Congress president got underway on Sunday, with the party's election authority saying it will...

State BJP conducts meeting, trg

ITANAGAR, 21 Aug: The state BJP conducted a three-day 'extended state office bearers' meeting-cum-training programme' at the DK Convention Centre here from 19-21 August. The...

Online legal awareness prog for GBs

ITANAGAR, 21 Aug: The union department of justice (DoJ), in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (APSLSA), organised an online 'legal...

Investigate deaths by diarrhoea, gastroenteritis

With the death of two more from diarrhoea and dysentery (gastroenteritis) in Lazu circle of Tirap district, 12 people have so far died from...

Psbs better on thin spread

More Pvt Banks Fail By Shivaji Sarkar Public sector banks (PSB) are critically needed today as these were in 1969, is virtually the message that the...

Need to completely eradicate caste system, adopt ‘zero tolerance’ for prejudice: Meira Kumar

NEW DELHI, 21 Aug: Amid the uproar over the death of a Dalit schoolboy in Rajasthan after being beaten up by a teacher, senior...

Amid LAC standoff, India in advanced stage of talks with US for procurement of...

NEW DELHI, 21 Aug: India is in an advanced stage of negotiations with the US to procure 30 MQ-9B Predator armed drones at a...

Defence PSU GRSE making seven vessels for foreign countries, says its chairman

Kolkata, 21 Aug: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), a defence Public Sector Undertaking, is making seven vessels for foreign countries, these are...

No plans to import wheat into India: Government sources

NEW DELHI, 21 Aug: The government has no plans to import wheat as it has sufficient stocks to meet the country's requirements, official sources...

25 per cent extra seats, no entrance test for foreign students: UGC’s plan to...

NEW DELHI, 21 Aug: Universities and higher education institutions across the country will now be allowed to create up to 25 per cent supernumerary...

Govt earning more from taxes on common people than on corporates: Rahul

New Delhi, 21 Aug: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused the government of imposing high taxes on common people and reducing tax...

‘Make India No.1 campaign part of Kejriwal’s strategy to fulfil national ambition, counter BJP’:...

NEW DELHI, 21 Aug: Amid a raging debate on freebies, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recently launched the AAP's 'Make India No.1' campaign, calling...

‘Highly misleading’, says Dolo 650 maker Micro Labs; rejects giving Rs 1,000 cr freebies...

New Delhi, 21 Aug: Drug firm Micro Labs has termed the allegations that it offered freebies worth Rs 1,000 crore to doctors to promote...