Monthly Archives: September 2023

Ayurvedic therapeutic plant rediscovered in Arunachal’s forest

ITANAGAR, 22 Sep: Botanists recently rediscovered the smilax turbans, a long-lost plant species akin to a well-known Ayurvedic therapeutic plant, in the pristine forests...

Joram-Koloriang highway will be completed by 31 Mar: NHIDCL

KOLORIANG, 22 Sep: The National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) has assured that the construction of the Joram-Koloriang highway will be completed...

FCI to e-auction surplus stocks of rice, wheat

ITANAGAR, 22 Sep: To moderate the market prices of wheat and rice, the union consumer affairs, food & public distribution ministry has decided to...

Drug peddlers nabbed with suspected heroin

ZIRO, 22 Sep: The police here in Lower Subansiri district arrested three drug peddlers recently and seized 26 gms of suspected heroin from their...

Guv launches ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat – Nasha Mukt Arunachal Abhiyan’

ITANAGAR, 22 Sep: Governor KT Parnaik launched the state-level 'Nasha Mukt Bharat - Nasha Mukt Arunachal Abhiyan' on Friday. The launch programme, which was organised...

Blood donation camps organised

Correspondent RUKSIN, 22 Sep: The East Siang district health department on Friday organised simultaneous voluntary blood donation camps at Bakin Pertin General Hospital (BPGH) in...

Millet recipes contest

YINGKIONG, 22 Sep: Women from five anganwadis participated in a millet recipes contest organised at the CDPO office here in Upper Siang district by...

Arunachali youths in NCC football team selected for U-14 Subroto Cup C’ship

PASIGHAT, 22 Sep: Four youths from Arunachal Pradesh have been selected and trained by the NCC Group HQ in Dibrugarh (Assam) and the Indian...

Orientation prog for preprimary school teachers ends

ITANAGAR, 22 Sep: The state-level 'induction-cum-orientation' programme for the third batch of preprimary schoolteachers ended at DK Convention Centre here on Friday. The programme saw...

Progress of projects reviewed

AALO, 22 Sep: The progress of various developmental projects in West Siang district was reviewed during a meeting of the district-level monitoring committee, chaired...

Khandu calls on Modi, thanks him for making women’s quota reality

NEW DELHI, 22 Sep: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and congratulated him for the passage...

NIT-Silchar director meets students, assures action

SILCHAR, 22 Sep: NIT-Silchar Director Dilip Kumar Baidya on Friday met the students who are on an indefinite hunger strike over the alleged suicide...

Decline of Parliament

By Inder Jit (Released on April 8, 1980) Parliament and its functioning is regrettably not receiving from its sovereign masters, the people, the close attention it...

Hukanjuri shooting victim’s father, villagers demand probe

KHONSA, 21 Sep: Following the death of 24-year-old Lokhi Wangsu, of Naitong village in Borduria circle of Tirap district, whose body, bearing bullet marks,...

NIT-Silchar suicide: Students’ hunger strike on, 10 hospitalised

SILCHAR, 21 Sep: The hunger strike by students of the NIT here in Assam to press their various demands following the alleged suicide of...

Guv for forming think tank to advise govt on NEP

ITANAGAR, 21 Sep: Governor KT Parnaik suggested setting up a "think tank in the state, which will advise the state government on various aspects...

SEC says will meet dists’ officers regarding panchayat elections

TAWANG, 21 Sep: State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rinchin Tashi on Thursday said that he will meet the administrative officers of various districts in the...

India temporarily suspends issuance of visas to Canadian citizens

NEW DELHI, 21 Sep: India on Thursday announced temporarily suspending issuance of visas to Canadian citizens in view of "security threats" faced by its...

Namsang gets block library

NAMSANG, 21 Sep: DoTCL Minister Wangki Lowang inaugurated the public libraries department's block library here in Tirap district on Thursday. The minister commended the efforts...

Cutting across party lines, RS MPs support women’s reservation bill

NEW DELHI, 21 Sep: Cutting across party lines, Rajya Sabha (RS) members on Thursday supported the bill to provide 33 per cent reservation for...