Yearly Archives: 2024

POCSO Act: Implications and punishment

Monday Musing The one kind of post unarguably common in everyone's social media feed has to be the ones that are asking for help to...

Guv extends Nyokum greetings

ITANAGAR, 25 Feb: Governor KT Parnaik has extended greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of Nyokum festival of the Nyishi...

BJP reviews poll preparedness

ITANAGAR, 25 Feb: The state BJP reviewed its election preparedness during the party's election management committee (EMC) meeting held at the state guesthouse here...

Advanced gynaecologic laparoscopy surgery camp

ITANAGAR, 25 Feb: Pasighat (E/Siang)-based Health Care Hospital informed in a press release on Sunday that it hosted a "groundbreaking advanced gynaecologic laparoscopic surgery...

Ori and Sora receive Bharat Samman Nidhi Puraskar

NAHARLAGUN, 25 Feb: Hoksum Ori from West Siang and Tape Sora from Lower Siang district bagged the Bharat Samman Nidhi Puraskar Award for their...

A three-day photo exhibition (medium integrated communication & outreach programme) themed '9 Years of Seva Sushasan and Gareeb Kalyan', conducted by the Central Bureau...

Tajum Dere emerges champion of MTB Nyokum race

ITANAGAR, 25 Feb: Tajum Dere from Shi-Yomi district emerged the champion of the MTB Nyokum-2024 race, which was organised by the Itanagar Cycling Club,...

Need for a strong front against BJP

It looks like the opposition INDIA alliance is finally getting its act together. To take on the formidable BJP, the alliance has no choice...

Call for reforms

UN Veto on Gaza By Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Giri (Secretary General, Assn for Democratic Socialism) The United States vetoed the UN resolution calling for immediate humanitarian ceasefire...

Vote out parties that are threats to our democratic institutions

Editor, We often read or hear about decaying of democratic institutions in the BJP-ruled India under Modi. A few among us, the ordinary citizens, think...

BJP’s double standards

Editor, So Sandeshkhali remains the 'pinnacle of wretchedness for any civilised society'. May we know what adjective or description has the BJP reserved for the...

Develop villages to stop migration

Editor, Ever since the towns and cities became modernised with basic amenities like roads, healthcare, electricity, education, etc, the people of remote villages, except some...

Gender violence must be condemned by all

Editor,  Having the power of being in the ruling party, some local miscreants in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal allegedly usurped arable land from the common...

PM launches microbiology lab, 17 food testing vehicles for Assam

Guwahati, 25 Feb: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually unveiled a new microbiology laboratory and 17 Food Safety on Wheels (FSW) vehicles in...

PM Modi has ended politics of casteism, corruption and dynasty: Amit Shah

Bhopal, 25 Feb: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has in the past ten years ended the politics...

Arms, ammunition recovered in Manipur

IMPHAL, 25 Feb: The Manipur Police have recovered a huge cache of arms and explosives during search operations in two villages in Churachandpur district. Security...

Himanta launches Rs 200-cr projects in Assam’s Nagaon

Guwahati, 25 Feb: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday launched infrastructure projects worth over Rs 200 crore in Nagaon district, including a...

Focus on frontliners, systematic expansion key to Kaziranga model of conservation: Director

KAZIRANGA, 25 Feb: Focus on the frontliners coupled with systematic expansion of the Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve in Assam has led to...

IOC, GAIL, ONGC fined for failure to appoint directors

NEW DELHI, 25 Feb: State-owned oil and gas giants, including Indian Oil, the ONGC and GAIL (India), have been slapped fines for the third...

Latest NSSO consumer survey indicates poverty down to 5 per cent: NITI Aayog CEO

New Delhi, 25 Feb: The latest consumer expenditure survey indicates that poverty has come down to five per cent in the country and people...