Monthly Archives: August 2024

Urban affairs commissioner reviews status of ongoing projects

CHANGLANG, 26 Aug: Urban affairs commissioner Vivek Pandey reviewed the status of various ongoing projects in Changlang district during a meeting with the HoDs...

Paswan to visit Itanagar

ITANAGAR, 26 Aug: Union minister for food processing and industries Chirag Paswan is expected to visit Itanagar at the end of September. During his visit,...

Month-long awareness prog on POCSO Act ends

AALO, 26 Aug: West Siang District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) organized a month-long orientation-cum-awareness programme on POCSO Act, 2012 and PCMA, 2006, covering 10...

AIUDF submits memorandum to Guv seeking safety of Muslims in upper Assam

Guwahati, Aug 26 (PTI) The AIUDF on Monday submitted a memorandum to Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, seeking action by the state government against several...

32 deaths reported due to JE in Assam

GUWAHATI, 26 Aug: Nearly 1,100 cases of Japanese Encephalitis, malaria and dengue have been reported across Assam in June and July this year and...

Once Cong forms govt in Haryana, caste-based census will be conducted: Selja

Chandigarh, Aug 26 (PTI) Congress leader Kumari Selja Monday promised to conduct a caste census in Haryana if her party is voted to power...

Indian Coast Guard rescues 11 crew of sinking merchant vessel

New Delhi, 26 Aug: The Indian Coast Guard on Monday said it rescued 11 crew members of a merchant vessel in a "challenging" operation...

Politics on pension schemes

The Union government announced on Saturday that it will start another pension scheme along with the National Pension System (NPS) of the 2004 vintage....

45 collateral exits

Lateral Entry Politics By Poonam I Kaushish The reservation ration tamasha is back on the political platter as our netagan continue to conjure populist hullabaloo to...

Letter to Tourism minister

Editor, We would like to bring to the attention of the new Honorable Tourism Minister the plight of unemployed youths in the tourism sector of...

Technical glitch and lack of support in the APPSC website

Editor, I am writing to bring to your attention a pressing issue that I, along with many others, am facing while trying to fill up...

Two JE cases reported from Changlang

MIAO, 25 Aug:  Two cases of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) have been reported from Changlang district. According to the medical officer in-charge of the Community Health...

Fire guts atleast 5 houses

DAPORIJO, 25 Aug: Atleast five dwellings were reduced to ashes in a devastating fire that broke out at Airport Colony here in Upper Subansiri...

Temporary fixes aren’t enough to solve the perennial water shortage in the ICR

Monday Musing   With the arrival of the monsoon, the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) begins to face a drinking water crisis as pipelines are damaged by...

Over 40,000 rape cases in Assam since 2001: CM

GUWAHATI, 25 Aug: Over 3,000 cases of rape were registered for three consecutive years during the first term of the BJP-led government in Assam...

Crimes against women unpardonable sin, guilty should not be spared: PM Modi

JALGAON, 25 Aug: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday termed crimes against women an unpardonable sin, adding the guilty should not be spared. Modi's strong...

Siang Trust organizes free health camp at Seram vill

PASIGHAT, Aug 26: A total of 90 people availed the benefit of a free medical camp organized by Siang Trust at Seram village under...

ATSU felicitates meritorious students

ITANAGAR, 25 Aug: Twenty-eight meritorious students belonging to the Tagin community, who excelled in classes 10 and 12 examinations during the last academic year,...

DC asks dept for strict enforcement of waste mgmt bylaws

YINGKIONG, 25 Aug: Upper Siang deputy commissioner Hage Lailang asked the urban development and housing (UD&H) department for strict enforcement of all the waste...

Book on home gardening in East Kameng

ITANAGAR, 25 Aug: A new book titled 'A Guide on Home Gardening in East Kameng District Arunachal Pradesh' authored by Ajum Bagang, was released...