Daily Archives: October 17, 2022

Govt instructs E/Kameng DC to support S&R team

ITANAGAR, 16 Oct: The state government has issued instruction to the East Kameng deputy commissioner to extend all support to the search and rescue...

Search on for 2 missing persons along India-China border; PLA’s assistance sought

ITANAGAR, 16 Oct: The Arunachal Pradesh Police has said that search is underway for two persons who reportedly went missing from Chaglagam area along...

NES, TCS exchange updates on Mra, Dao

ITANAGAR, 16 Oct: A team of the Tagin Cultural Society (TCS), led by its secretary-general Tuter Dulom, called on the Nyishi Elite Society (NES)...

Mein highlights Arunachal’s tourism potential

INDORE, 16 Oct: Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein highlighted the state's tourism potential during an 'Abhinandan Arunachal' programme organised here in Madhya...

The uniqueness of the EKSWCO 

Monday Musing In 2015, I had the opportunity to attend the conference of the East Kameng Social Welfare & Cultural Organisation (EKSWCO) in Bameng in...

AMSU felicitates toppers, best teachers on foundation day

TEZU, 16 Oct: The All Mishmi Students' Union (AMSU) observed its 45th foundation day by felicitating the meritorious students and the best teachers here...

Bhaichung Bhutia-led party seeks ILP for Sikkim

GANGTOK, 16 Oct: The Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP), headed by former Indian football team captain Bhaichung Bhutia, on Sunday demanded that the Himalayan state...

GRK’s weeklong river cleaning drive concludes

BASAR, 16 Oct: Leparada-based NGO Gumin Rego Kilaju (GRK) organised its annual river cleaning drive and water conservation programme from 7 to 15 October. The...

Drug awareness meeting, medical camp held

Correspondent BORGULI, 16 Oct: The Borgulian Service Union (BSU) here in East Siang district, in collaboration with SHGs' cluster the Siang Ane Village Organisation, conducted...

Orgs call off sit-in protest, say firm on demands

ITANAGAR, 16 Oct: Members of the Arunachal Bachao Andolan Committee (ABAC) and the Capital Complex Youth Welfare Association ended their three-day sit in protest...

Seya Veteran win football championship

DEED, 16 Oct: Seya Veteran FC beat Deed Legends FC 2-1 in the final and became champion of the first Deed-Pistana Veteran Football Championship...

Imposition of Hindi will kill regional languages

The BJP government's attempt to impose Hindi across India is a threat to non-Hindi speaking states. Linguistic diversity forms the bedrock of India's identity....

Billions at stake in education

A Rating Surpasses IISc! By Shivaji Sarkar A ranking by the university accreditation system has raised critical questions about higher education in India and its ranking...

Breach of trust: Who will mend it?

Editor, In more than half-a-month of the APPSC AE paper leakage case, there has not been a day without any aspirant out there expressing their...

BSF shoots down drone along Pak border in Punjab

New Delhi/Amritsar, 16 Oct: The Border Security Force shot down a quad-copter drone on Sunday night along the India-Pakistan international border in the Amritsar...

Heroin worth Rs 5 lakh seized in Mizoram, Myanmar national held

Aizawl, Oct 16: A 27-year-old Myanmar national was arrested in Mizoram's capital Aizawl after heroin worth Rs five lakh was recovered from his possession,...

Nationwide campaign to end child marriage launched in Rajasthan

Jaipur, 16 Oct: With around 20 million people from across the country pledging to end child marriage, Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee on Sunday...

Embrace change, show courage, says Tharoor in final appeal to Cong electors

New Delhi, 16 Oct: Calling on electors to show courage to "embrace change", Congress' presidential polls candidate Shashi Tharoor on Sunday asserted that in...

Assam Police OC, SI suspended for assaulting civilians

DIBRUGARH, 16 Oct: The officer-in-charge (OC) and a sub-inspector (SI) of the Moran police station in Assam's Dibrugarh district were suspended for allegedly beating...

Health Ministry not to procure fresh Covid vaccines; surrenders Rs 4,237 crore from vaccination...

NEW DELHI, 15 Oct: The government's Covid vaccination programme is in its final leg with the Health Ministry deciding against procuring more vaccines as...