Monthly Archives: August 2023

India imparted training to over 3,100 international civil servants: Govt

New Delhi, 2 Aug: As many as 3,112 civil servants from foreign countries have been imparted training by the National Centre for Good Governance...

Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri case: Pleas filed in HC, district court for protection of Hindu...

Prayagraj/Varanasi (UP), 2 Aug: Two pleas have been filed in the Varanasi district court and the Allahabad High Court seeking protection of "Hindu signs...

Two Rashtriya Bajrang Dal members arrested for arms training camp in Assam

Guwahati, 2 Aug: Two members of Rashtriya Bajrang Dal were arrested on Wednesday in a case related to organising an arms training camp in...

Opposition is coming alive

By Inder Jit (Released on 21 October 1980) Mrs Indira Gandhi has been luckier having on Opposition which is not only divided and in disarray, but...

Urgent need to educate police and judiciary on proper handling of POCSO cases

Editor, The recent case of sexual assault at Govt. Residential School in Karo Village of Shi-Yomi district has rocked the state, and the fact that...

In absence of better facilities

Editor, "An empty belly does not listen to a sermon, but it is the food that will tempt." Every day, from dawn to dusk Ane Pakri,...

Constant traffic jams along with poor road condition angers Naharlagun residents

ITANAGAR, 1 Aug: "Last night, after witnessing heavy traffic jam upto Sango village in between Itanagar and Naharlagun, I returned to Itanagar. I waited...

Postal dept releases special cover of khonchok khopok

KHONSA, 1 Aug: The department of posts released a special postal cover of the traditional headgear of the Tutsa tribe, khonchok khopok, here in...

First Apatani gazetted officer Gyati Challa passes away

ZIRO, 1 Aug: The first gazetted and administrative officer from the Apatani plateau and retired ADC Gyati Challa passed away at his Abulyang residence...

BSSO surgery performed

PASIGHAT, 1 Aug: A bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) surgery was successfully performed on a patient by oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr Kayon Ratan...

Complete breakdown of law & order in Manipur, says SC; summons DGP

NEW DELHI, 1 Aug: Observing that there is complete breakdown of law and order and constitutional machinery in Manipur, the Supreme Court on Tuesday...

Capital police issues traffic  advisory

ITANAGAR, 1 Aug: The capital police on Tuesday issued an advisory stating that, "in view of the extreme traffic congestion in and around Naharlagun,...

GoAP launches oil palms plantation drive

ITANAGAR, 1 Aug: The state government has launched a 'mega plantation drive' for oil palms in the state, officials said on Tuesday. During the fortnight-long...

World Breastfeeding Week begins

DOIMUKH, 1 Aug: World Breastfeeding Week was launched at the Papum Pare district hospital here on Tuesday by Doimukh SDO Tana Yaho Nabam, in...

‘Smart & swachh office’ prog

GEKU, 1 Aug: A 'smart and swachh office' programme was organised at the EAC office here in Upper Siang district on Tuesday. Addressing the participants,...

Rtd JNC faculty members bid adieu

PASIGHAT, 1 Aug: The JN College (JNC) fraternity here in East Siang district on Tuesday bid farewell to three faculty members - chemistry HoD...

NEP-2020: Meghalaya college teachers launch non-cooperation movement

SHILLONG, 1 Aug: Thousands of first-semester undergraduate students in Meghalaya are in a fix as teachers of 75 colleges announced a non-cooperation movement against...

DCW seeks President’s Rule in Manipur

NEW DELHI, 1 Aug: President's Rule should be urgently imposed in Manipur and a Supreme Court monitored SIT set up to probe clashes in...

Need to revisit ethos

Rising Violence By Dhurjati Mukherjee The decisive role violence played in the ordering of the Third World, including India, cannot be ignored or consigned to the...

Serial child abuser Yumken Bagra surrenders, sent to judicial custody

ITANAGAR, 31 Jul: The accused in the Karo residential school rape and molestation case, Yumken Bagra, has been sent to 14 days' judicial custody...