Monthly Archives: December 2024

Govt’s misplaced priority?

Subsidies To Poor By Dhurjati Mukherjee Several economists are known to frown upon the ruling dispensation’s thrust over the past few years on aiding interests of...

Conduct limited departmental exam for Group A and B posts

Editor, Recently, the APPSC successfully conducted the APPSCCE-2024. In such a competitive exam, fresh minds are at an advantage. But there are many in-service government...

Increase and re-advertise PGT posts

Editor, I am writing to request the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) to re-advertise the post graduate teachers' (PGT) posts, considering the controversy  surrounding...

A sense of belonging

Editor, While 1,658 unemployed youths have passed the APPSCCE prelims, many hardworking aspirants have been eliminated, but most of them are determined to continue their...

Dr Manmohan Singh dies

The former Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has died at the age of 92, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)...

Father arrested for attempted murder of daughter in shocking domestic violence case

ITANAGAR, 26 Dec: In a deeply troubling incident, a man from D Sector, Itanagar, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to hang his...

12 houses reduced to ashes in Daporijo

DAPORIJO, 26 Dec: Altogether 12 houses were reduced to ashes in two separate fire accidents that occurred at Polo Colony here in Upper Subansiri...

Locals rescue, evacuate vulnerable python

  BOMDILA, 26 Dec: Locals of Demachang villageunder the Shergaon forest division in West Kameng district on Thursday rescued and evacuated an intruder reptile that...

Discrepancies in APPSCCE prelims results raise concern: AFTF

ITANAGAR, 26 Dec: Arunachal Frontier Tribal Front (AFTF) chairman Tadak Nalo has expressed serious concern over the recently declared results of the Arunachal Pradesh...

Guv for targeted approach to achieve socioeconomic development

ITANAGAR, 26 Dec: Governor KT Parnaik stressed the need for a more targeted approach to achieving integrated socioeconomic development in Arunachal Pradesh. He said this...

Prayers offered to mark Gadan Ngamchoe

BOMDILA, 25 Dec: Hundreds offered prayers on Gadan Ngamchoe, commemorating the death anniversary of Je Tsong Khapa, the founder of the Gelug school of...

DCM inaugurates Tai Khamti sauna bath

NAMSAI, 26 Dec: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein inaugurated a Tai Khamti aromatic herbal sauna bath at the Golden Pagoda in Namsai district on...

WCD min advocates discipline in daily life

Veer Baal Diwas celebrated NAHARLAGUN, 26 Dec: The women & child development (WCD) department, in collaboration with the Papum Pare district child protection unit (DCPU),...

Agreement to end Ladakh standoff being implemented ‘comprehensively and effectively’: Chinese military

BEIJING, 26 Dec: China's defence ministry on Thursday said that the Chinese and Indian militaries are "comprehensively and effectively" implementing the agreement to end...

BJP got over Rs 2,600 cr donations, Congress Rs 281 cr: EC

NEW DELHI, 26 Dec: The ruling BJP received contributions of over Rs 2,604.74 crores during 2023-24 while the opposition Congress got Rs 281.38 crores...

Nat’l parties bag over 63% of vote share in 2024 LS polls

NEW DELHI, 26 Dec: The six national parties bagged over 63 percent share of the total valid votes polled in the Lok Sabha elections...

State BJP celebrates Vajpayee’s birth anniversary

ITANAGAR, 26 Dec: The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrated the 100th birth anniversary of former prime minister and Bharat Ratna...

Tabletop exercise on earthquake preparedness

YINGKIONG, 26 Dec: The Upper Siang District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), in coordination with the 12 Bn NDRF, conducted a tabletop exercise at the...

Cleanliness drive organised

DASI, 26 Dec: The West Siang KVK organised a 'swachhta abhiyan-cum-signature campaign on cleanliness and hygiene' in Dasi village on Wednesday. The programme began with...

Formation of UTA needs serious look

In a surprising move, National Socialist Council of Taniland, now known as United Tani Army (UTA), issued a statement recently, seeking quashing of all...