Monthly Archives: March 2023

Awareness progs. on climate change, deforestation and disaster risk reduction held

ZIRO, 14 Mar: A series of awareness programmes on 'Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction' and 'Deforestation and Climate Change Adaptation' were organized...

Indian films can compete with world’s best

'Naatu Naatu', a foot-tapping number composed by MM Keeravani for SS Rajamouli's blockbuster 'RRR', created history by becoming the first song from an Indian...

Belan vs Pagri

Stree Dhan Quota By Poonam I Kaushish Quota is back on the political platter albeit with a bad twist. Amidst ED raids and questioning of BRS’s...

Has SUPW lost its purpose?

Editor, A circular on craft submission issued by a government school in Itanagar has been going viral on facebook among denizens and the items in...

DRDO conducts two successful flight tests of VSHORADS missile

New Delhi, 14 Mar: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Tuesday conducted two consecutive successful flight tests of Very Short Range Air...

India’s 63 police stations don’t have vehicle, 285 don’t have mobile phones: Govt

NEW DELHI, 14 Mar: As many as 63 police stations in the country do not have any vehicle, 628 police stations do not have...

Delhi govt has worked hard to bring ‘massive transformation’ in education sector: Atishi

New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) Training programmes for teachers along with infrastructure development have played a pivotal role in Delhi's "education revolution", Education Minister...

High air pollution in Guwahati comes up for discussion in Assembly

Guwahati, Mar 14 (PTI) The issue of high air pollution in Assam's largest city Guwahati was on Tuesday discussed in the state Assembly, with...

Over 90 pc of 4 800 families gave consent for Deocha-Pachami land acquisition Minister

Kolkata, Mar 14 (PTI) Over 90 per cent of the around 4,800 families affected by the Deocha-Pachami coal project have given their consent for...

Athawale’s RPI(A) plans to contest 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Assam

Guwahati, Mar 14 (PTI) Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said Republican Party of India (A), led...

India to showcase organic farming of Sikkim at B20 conference in Gangtok

New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) The vibrant organic farming of Sikkim will be showcased to the world through the third B20 conference being organised...

Govt does not agree with World Press Freedom Index: Union minister Anurag Thakur

NEW DELHI, 14 Mar: The government does not subscribe to the views and country rankings of the World Press Freedom Index, published by foreign...

Police broaden scope of probe into mysterious death of Tumi Gangkak

ITANAGAR, 13 Mar: The police have widened the scope of the investigation into the mysterious death of former APPSC undersecretary Tumi Gangkak. A special investigation...

Court directs Taket Jerang to submit handwriting specimen

Staff Reporter YUPIA, 13 Mar: The district & sessions court in Yupia in Papum Pare district has directed former APPSC deputy secretary Taket Jerang, the...

Commercial flights on Hollongi route halted

ITANAGAR, 13 Mar: After only two months of having started, commercial flights on the Dibrugarh-Hollongi-Ziro-Pasighat route have stopped. Flight services on this route had begun...

IMC reviews preparedness for G20 summit

ITANAGAR, 13 Mar: The Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) on Monday reviewed its preparedness in view of the upcoming G20 summit to be held here...

Python rescued and relocated

ZIRO, 13 Mar: A giant seven feet long python was rescued from Lumri village in Lower Subansiri district on Sunday. The snake was first spotted...

Bihar has lowest literacy rate, followed by Arunachal: Edn ministry

NEW DELHI, 13 Mar: Bihar has the lowest literacy rate in the country, followed by Arunachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, according to the education ministry. The...

Tourism ministry has no roadmap to leverage G20 opportunity, promote tourism: Parl panel

NEW DELHI, 13 Mar: A parliamentary standing committee has rued the lack of a clear roadmap from the tourism ministry to leverage the opportunity...

PIO fined

ITANAGAR, 13 Mar: The Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission (APIC) has imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Pangin WRD Division EE-cum-PIO Debang Tayeng...