Daily Archives: February 22, 2025

Logjam over APFRA continues despite GoAP’s offering olive branch

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: The logjam between the state government and the Christian community over the controversial Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA)...

APDA launches leave-taking protest

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: The Arunachal Pradesh Doctors' Association (APDA) launched its two-day mass casual leave-taking protest on Friday to press its demand for...

APFRA aims to protect indigenous culture, not to target any religion: Arunachal CM

ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday said that the newly framed rules under the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA),...

Sona flags off college buses

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona on Friday flagged off buses for four colleges - Govt College, Doimukh; Wangcha Rajkumar Govt...

Legal awareness, marriage registration camp organised

ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: A legal awareness and marriage registration camp was organised at Kodak in Upper Subansiri district on the occasion of Statehood Day...

DCM holds pre-budget meeting with CBOs

ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein convened a pre-budget consultative meeting with representatives of community-based organisations (CBO) for the Annual Budget 2025-26...

RGU, APLS celebrate Int’l Mother Language Day

RONO HILLS, 21 Feb: Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) celebrated the International Mother Language Day with an intellectual discourse here on Friday. Participating in the discourse,...

Frontier Highway game changer for Arunachal’s border development: Rijiju

ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday asserted that the multi-crore Frontier Highway project will be a game changer for the border...

Guv confers state awards, CM’s award for excellence in public administration

ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: Governor KT Parnaik conferred the state gold and silver medals to organisations and meritorious persons for their outstanding merit and exceptional...

Housing director seeks prevention of encroachment on govt quarters

ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: Housing Director Jumgam Basar sought cooperation from all the officers of the government departments in preventing further encroachment on government quarters...

Financial aid provided to Tenga fire victims

DIRANG, 21 Feb: Rs 2.2 lakhs, collected through contributions, were provided to the fire victims of Tenga in West Kameng district on Thursday.  The contributors,...

Beef case: SC says Assam govt should have better things to do

NEW DELHI, 21 Feb: The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Assam government while hearing a case against a man accused of transporting...

ASF seeks introduction of sociology as core subject

ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: Members of the Arunachal Sociological Forum (ASF) and the All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union recently met with Education Minister PD Sona...

MoS lauds Arunachal’s aquaculture potential

ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: Union Minister of State (MoS) for Fisheries George Kurian on Thursday highlighted Arunachal Pradesh' potential to become a surplus fish-producing state...

DNGC observes World Anthropology Day

ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: The anthropology department of Dera Natung Government College (DNGC) observed the World Anthropology Day here on Wednesday. Addressing the participants, DNGC Anthropology...

Students set up ‘psychological centre’ during RGU Unifest

RONO HILLS, 21 Feb: Two fourth semester masters degree students of the psychology department of RGU set up a 'psychological centre' stall during RGU's...

IRCSAPSB organises first-aid training prog at RRU

PASIGHAT, 21 Feb: The Indian Red Cross Society, Arunachal Pradesh State Branch (IRCSAPSB) organised a three-day first-aid training programme at the Rashtriya Raksha University...

Training prog on mushroom cultivation

ITANAGAR, 21 Feb: Twenty-eight individuals took part in a training and demonstration programme conducted by the Horticulture Department at the Mushroom Development Centre (MDC)...

Training prog on tuber crops, agri-food system

KANUBARI, 21 Feb: More than 400 farmers from different villages of Longding district participated in a training programme on 'Tuber crops and agri-food system...

Training prog on advanced production tech

BASAR, 21 Feb: Forty farmers from Nyigam and Gori villages participated in a three-day training programme on 'Advanced production technologies and quality seed management...