Monthly Archives: February 2025

Tulku rinpoche visits Assam villages

BOMDILA, 23 Feb: The 12th Guru Tulku Rinpoche, popularly known as Guru Rinpoche of Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery of Bomdila, visited at least eight...

Retired AAPBn assistant commandant Dorjee Khandu Thungon voluntarily regulated the traffic in Dikhang, near Rupa Mod, in West Kamengdistrict on Sunday. Heavy traffic jam...

House reduced to ashes, one injured

Correspondent RUKSIN, 23 Feb: A kutcha house, owned by Tamong Darang, here in East Siang district was reduced to ashes in a fire accident that...

Bamboo dance without the bamboos

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 23 Feb: Statehood day celebrations of the states of the Indian union are held across Raj Bhavans in the country as part...

Mining activities a double-edged sword

Monday Musing There have been protests over the government's decision to auction the proposed Namchik east and Namchik west coal blocks, which are extensions of...

ICAR introduces quinoa as superfood crop in Arunachal

BASAR, 23 Feb: The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), through the All India Coordinated Research Network on Potential Crops (AICRN-PC), Basar, has introduced...

Awareness prog on POCSO Act, cyber safety

TAWANG, 23 Feb: An awareness programme on the POCSO Act, cyber safety and security, and self-defence was organised at the JNV here on Sunday. The...

Siang at risk: The impacts of China’s Yarlung Tsangpo megadam

China's secretive plans: Since the 1990s, there has been speculation about China's plans to build a megadam on the Tsangpo river at the Great Bend,...

Workshop on mastering product marketing

NIRJULI, 23 Feb: The Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) of the NERIST organised a workshop on 'Mastering product-market fit for startups' here on Saturday. The session...

Every vote counts: The unique experience of home voting

In the recent simultaneous elections of 2024, the home voting option was implemented for the first time across all 60 assembly constituencies in the...

KVK distributes goats, livestock medicine kits

KAHO, 23 Feb: The Anjaw Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) distributed 100 goats, along with livestock medicine kits to 25 beneficiaries during a two-day training...

Pasighat promises to be the most happening city in the state

It is a timeless knowledge that great civilisations anywhere in the world developed on riverbanks, and Pasighat is fortunate as lady luck smiles on...

Introduce school safety protocol

The Naharlagun police are reported to have filed a chargesheet in connection with the water tank collapse incident at St Alphonsa School in Naharlagun,...

Elevating bilateral ties

Qatar's Emir In Delhi By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof. NIIS Group of Institutions, Odisha) Qatar is popularly known in Indian political community for its mediatory role in...

Need for consensus on APFRA

Editor, The meeting between the representatives of the government of Arunachal Pradesh and the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF) marked a crucial yet inconclusive dialogue on...

Introduction of MSP for high-value crops

Editor, Compulsory introduction of minimum support price (MSP) for crops such as ginger, maize, buckwheat, and mustard in Arunachal Pradesh' annual budget is a critical...

Clarification

Editor, This is a clarification on 'Mystic affairs of religion and state' written by me and published on 20 February in this daily. Therein a...

Delay in stipend disbursement affecting research work

Editor, The first-year research scholars of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) have not received their stipend for the past five months due to administrative non-compliance, causing...

A critical examination of the APFRA, 1978

Editor, The Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA), 1978 has been widely debated for its implications on religious freedom and individual rights. While proponents...

Protect rivers from further degradation

Editor, Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to highlight the growing concern over the encouragement of illegal riverbank encroachment, unauthorised land transactions,...