Monthly Archives: February 2024

Dalai Lama’s escape trail being developed as spiritual tourism spot

ITANAGAR, 23 Feb: The Arunachal Pradesh government is developing the escape trail of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, from where he entered India,...

Arunachal Ju Jitsu team leaves for Uttarakhand

ITANAGAR, 23 Feb: A 15-member Ju Jitsu team from Arunachal Pradesh, accompanied by two officials, left here on Thursday for Uttarakhand to participate in...

Lowang inaugurates projects in Soha

DEOMALI, 23 Feb: Public Health Engineering & Water Supply (PHE&WS) Minister Wangki Lowang inaugurated two projects in Soha circle of Tirap district on Thursday. The...

Sr anaesthesiologist Dr Arun Nabam passes away

ITANAGAR, 23 Feb: Senior anaesthesiologist at the East Kameng district hospital in Seppa, Dr Arun Nabam, passed away on Friday, following prolonged illness, the...

Relief distributed to fire victims

KOLORIANG, 23 Feb: The district disaster management office here in Kurung Kumey district provided immediate relief, as per government guidelines, to the victims of...

P/Pare achieves 100% saturation under JJM

EMCHI, 23 Feb: A total of 24,475 households in rural Papum Pare have been connected with functional household tap connections under the Jal Jeevan...

North Meets Northeast car rally proceeds from Anini to Vijaynagar

ANINI, 23 Feb: A 'North Meets Northeast' car rally, which arrived here in Dibang Valley district on Wednesday, proceeded to Vijaynagar in Changlang district...

DEO reviews poll preparedness

YUPIA, 23 Feb: Papum Pare District Election Officer (DEO) Jiken Bomjen reviewed the district's poll preparedness during a meeting here on Friday. The status of...

CBC-RO conducts photo exhibition

ITANAGAR, 23 Feb: The Central Bureau of Communication's Itanagar-based e-regional office (CBC-RO) conducted a three-day 'medium integrated communication & outreach programme' photo exhibition, themed...

NABARD PLP for Lohit launched

TEZU, 23 Feb: Lohit DC Shashvat Saurabh launched the NABARD's potential linked credit plan (PLP) for Lohit district on here on Friday. The potential for...

Teachers urged to become role models for students

OMPULI, 23 Feb: Papum Pare DDSE Tagu Tana Tara urged teachers to strive towards becoming role models for the students, saying that "a good...

Training prog for polling personnel

PALIN, 23 Feb: More than 800 polling personnel participated in a district-level training programme for the upcoming Lok Sabha and legislative assembly elections, which...

State-sponsored assassination of Russian dissident Navalny

Death strikes Russian dissidents in myriad ways; radioactive poisoning, nerve agent attack, a fatal plunge from an open window or the old-fashioned way of...

Are their demands justfied?

Farmers' Fresh Stir By Dhurjati Mukherjee The conferment of Bharat Ratna to the late M.S. Swaminathan brings to the forefront the subject of farmers and their...

Alarming development

Editor, I am writing to draw attention to a matter of grave concern affecting the communities near the clock tower in Itanagar and the stadium...

Don’t impose Hindi on non-Hindi speakers

Editor, This is to remind the Reserve Bank of India that, as per the 2011 language census, West Bengal, like most southern and northeastern states,...

Probe agencies misused, SC-monitored probe needed: Cong

NEW DELHI, 23 Feb: The Congress on Friday alleged that probe agencies are being "misused" to extort donations for the BJP from private companies,...

Buddhist monks among 100 held in China over dam protests

BEIJING, 23 Feb: Chinese security officials have arrested more than 100 Tibetan Buddhist monks and local people in the southwestern Sichuan province to quell...

HC decision on Meiteis’ ST status evokes contrasting reactions

IMPHAL, 23 Feb: The Manipur High Court's decision to delete a paragraph from its March 2023 order, which urged the state to consider including...

Govt hands over appointment letters to 1,256 youths

Around 17,500 govt jobs created in last 7-8 years: CM ITANAGAR, 22 Feb: The Arunachal Pradesh government on Thursday handed over appointment letters to 1,256...