Daily Archives: February 18, 2023

Bandh affects life in ICR; protestors say will launch statewide bandh till 21 Feb

ITANAGAR, 17 Feb: The Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) was completely shut down on Friday due to the 12-hour bandh enforced by the public. The public...

GoAP calls off APPSC oath-taking ceremony, appeals for peace

ITANAGAR, 17 Feb: In view of the prevailing sentiment among the public, the state government has called off the oath-taking ceremony of the designated...

APWWS condemns security forces’ brutality

ITANAGAR, 17 Feb: The Arunachal Pradesh Women's Welfare Society (APWWS) has condemned the brutality of the security forces while on duty on Friday. The APWWS...

Bipartisan resolution introduced in US senate, recognising Arunachal as integral part of India

WASHINGTON, 17 Feb: A bipartisan resolution was introduced in the US Senate on Thursday to recognise Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India,...

Ali-Aye-Ligang celebration in Oyan concludes

OYAN, 17 Feb: The celebration of Ali-Aye-Ligang, the main festival of the Mising community, which started on 15 February in Oyan village in East...

Oriah festival celebrated

LONGDING, 17 Feb: Oriah festival was celebrated in Longding district headquarters and other administrative headquarters on 16 February. At the celebration here, Nampong MLA Laisam...

MGNREGA becoming victim of BJP-led govt’s repressive policies: Gandhi

NEW DELHI, 17 Feb: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP-led government on Friday for reducing the MGNREGA budget and alleged that the scheme,...

State board exams postponed

ITANAGAR, 17 Feb: The state board exams of Classes 5, 8 and 11, sche-duled for 18 February, have been postponed in the Itanagar Capital...

SC to consider pleas against abrogation of Art 370

NEW DELHI, 17 Feb: The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will take a decision on early listing of petitions challenging the Centre's...

Micro food processing unit set up in Ziro

ZIRO, 17 Feb: A Van Dhan Vikas Kendra Centre (VDVKC) under the Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana for promoting tribal micro-enterprise through processing, value...

Training progs on para-hydrology organised

ZIRO/YACHULI, 17 Feb: Seventy-five persons participated in training programmes on para-hydrology, organised by the GBPNIHE-NERC in Ziro and Yachuli in Lower Subansiri district on...

Certificate prog on sales mgmt

PASIGHAT, 17 Feb: The final semester students of the commerce department of Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNC) here in East Siang district are participating in...

VKV student tops preliminary round of 2nd Fit India Quiz

ITANAGAR, 17 Feb: Debashis Acharjee from the Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya (VKV), Seijosa, in Pakke-Kessang district, topped the preliminary round of the second Fit India...

Skill development prog underway

SILLE, 17 Feb: The NABARD's East Siang District Development Manager Nitya Mili launched a 50-day 'skill development programme (SDP) on tailoring' here on Friday. The...

Training prog on large cardamom cultivation

KHONSA, 17 Feb: The Tirap Spices Board conducted a 'master training on large cardamom' here on 16 February for the officials of the horticulture...

Youths benefit from workshop on Sankalp

BOMDILA, 17 Feb: More than 223 youths from different backgrounds participated in a workshop on Sankalp (Skill acquisition and knowledge awareness for livelihood promotion),...

Income, profits not commensurate with operations in India: CBDT on IT survey on...

NEW DELHI, 17 Feb: The income and profits shown by various BBC group entities are not commensurate with the scale of their operations in...

Aircraft deal a testimony to India’s growing economic muscle

It is not often that one gets to witness an American president and a British prime minister together praising in glorious terms a business...

Mitigate farmer  distress

Revisting FPOs By Moin Qazi The last few decades have witnessed a shrinking of employment in rural India. Rural-to-urban migration is an inevitable socio-economic reality, especially...

‘Historic’ translocation of cheetah to India a measure of goodwill between BRICS partners:...

JOHANNESBURG, 17 Feb: The "historic" relocation of 12 cheetahs from South Africa to India on Saturday is a measure of "goodwill" between the two...