Monthly Archives: February 2024

Farmers get mixed bag as budget focuses on technology and self-sufficiency

The country eagerly waited for the unveiling of the union budget for FY 2024-'25 on 1 February and all eyes are on the agricultural...

Road blockade in Namsai over labourer’s death

ITANAGAR, 1 Feb: Hundreds of people on Thursday staged a road blockade in Dirak Gate area in Namsai district in protest against the death...

Interim budget: healthcare cover under Ayushman Bharat to be extended to ASHAs, AWWs

NEW DELHI, 1 Feb: Healthcare cover under the Ayushman Bharat insurance scheme will be extended to all accredited social health activists (ASHA) and anganwadi...

Let’s revive our local dialects before it’s too late

The other day, I asked the son of one of my distant relatives, "Na emin nv hoge?" (What's your name? in the Nyishi language)....

Speaker mourns retired teacher’s demise

ITANAGAR, 1 Feb: Legislative Assembly Speaker PD Sona has expressed profound grief over the demise of Lera Sharjo, a respected figure in the Memba...

Guv extends Donggin greetings

ITANAGAR, 1 Feb: Governor KT Parnaik has extended greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of Donggin festival of the Adi...

Traffic rules awareness prog conducted

Correspondent MIAO, 1 Feb: An awareness programme on traffic rules, themed 'Sadak Suraksha, Jeevan Raksha', especially for riders of two-wheelers, was organised by the...

SVEEP awareness campaigns organised

PASIGHAT, 1 Feb: A series of systematic voters' education and electoral participation (SVEEP) awareness campaigns were organised by the East Siang district election office...

An awareness programme on EVM and VVPAT was held at Government College Bomdila in West Kameng district on Thursday. DDSE office science & technology...

SC reserves verdict on minority status of AMU

NEW DELHI, 1 Feb: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), after days of...

RGU organises lectures on climate action, other issues

RONO HILLS, 1 Feb: Rajiv Gandhi University's (RGU) Centre for Development Studies (CDS) organised its 10th special lecture on 31 January on the Topic...

NE LPG cylinder carriers end stir after ESMA threat

GUWAHATI, 1 Feb: LPG cylinder transporters of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Thursday called off their indefinite strike after the government threatened to...

Budget: FM hikes capital spend, trims deficit for next fiscal; tax rates unchanged

NEW DELHI, 1 Feb: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday hiked capital expenditure by 11 percent for the next fiscal to sustain world-beating economic...

Terms for laying down arms same for all militant outfits: Sangma

SHILLONG, 1 Feb: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday said that the terms and conditions for disarming are the same for all...

Mizoram: Students’ body protests Centre’s decision to fence Indo-Myanmar border

AIZAWL, 1 Feb: The influential Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), Mizoram's apex students' body, staged a demonstration in Aizawl on Wednesday, protesting against the Centre's...

Need to conserve habitats of snow leopards 

The report of sighting of snow leopards in the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh has brought cheers to the conservationists and the people of the...

Mockery of constitutional values

Editor, That the saffronites would turn their gaze towards Gyanvapi is a natural corollary of the 'supreme success' of the Ayodhya project - illegal demolition...

Arunachal estimated to be home to 36 snow leopards

ITANAGAR, 31 Jan: In a hugely encouraging report, 36 snow leopards are estimated to be living in Arunachal Pradesh. This is as per the survey...

9 houses reduced to ashes in fire

DIRANG, 31 Jan: Nine houses were reduced to ashes while two others were partially damaged in a massive fire that broke out in the...

Experts inspect slope protection work for highway projects

KHONSA, 31 Jan: A two-member team, comprising MoRTH EE Abey Kumar and Tehri Dam Hydro Development Corporation Director Neeraj Agarwal, inspected the Longding-Tissa-Khonsa (NH...