Day: May 25, 2017

GoAP will not tolerate erring police: Taram

  By Staff Reporter HOLLONGI | May 24 | Checking vehicles and making  entries at check gates are neither  proper nor records maintained properly by those manning the cheek gates, Home Parliamentary Secretary Pani Taram said while conducting  surprise inspection in all nakas and check posts of Capital Complex today.. He found that a commercial truck hit Hollongi Check post and damaged the entry gate was temporarily repaired later with the help of police and security personnel and passerby and advocated to strengthen all check posts in the state. In view…

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Deopani Bridge to improve road link to Dibang Valley

BRO targets July next   From Our Correspondent ROING | May 24 | The much awaited 300-meters Deopani Bridge or Eze Bridge is scheduled to be ready July next to  facilitate all weather road connectivity for interior Anini, district HQs of Dibang and Hunli-Desali sub-division of Lower Dibang Valley district bordering China. “It’s our main concern to compete the bridge at the earliest unfortunately the tender work allotted to M/s Banka Infrastructure Co Limited in 2004 relinquished the work due to its incompetency to secure adequate dip of the piers. However,752…

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Make corruption a thing of passé

CM Khandu leads koi kisise kam nehi team Chief Minister Pema Khandu and his cabinet members seemingly are koi kise kam nehi (none is inferior to none). This was substantiated by Agriculture Minister Wangki Lowang during an informal discussion with  this daily’s editor and CEO HP Biswas at his Deomali residence on  25.03.17 after inaugurating a skill development training of  National Youth Project (NYP) there. Giving a hypothetical example of corruption, Lowang said that after Lord Ram’s brother Laxman had fainted after hit by Nagban of Indrajit, Hanuman was sent…

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Mumkin launches sponsorship to educate orphan

By Staff Reporter ITANAGAR | May 24 | Mumkin, an Itanagar based NGO, has initiated a campaign titled ‘Late Ngurang Tem Academic Sponsorship’ to sponsor an orphan/semi orphan for his/her studies, in an endeavor to impart formal education to the orphans and unprivileged children of state. Planning secretary Dr Joram Beda after launching the campaign, themed ‘Beneath the roots, towards the fruits’ at a function here was on Wednesday, lauded the initiative of Mumkin and advocated more such programmes. “There are many gifted children in our state who are not privileged enough to opt…

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Tayeng offers Rs 5 lakh to document script

ITANAGAR | May 24 | Mebo MLA-cum-adviser to CM Lombo Tayeng, while attending maiden  block level general conference of Donyi Polo Yelam Kebang of Mebo block at Ngopok village, said that he has given special emphasis on promotion and preservation of indigenous faith and culture. He advised the huge gathering to inculcate the sense peace and harmony  for peaceful co-existence in the society with other believers. He contributed Rs 5 lakh from his  own sources for preservation, document and digitalization of  most valued script etc of Donyi Polo religions so that…

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APCC demands CM’s ouster for failure to ensure security

  ITANAGAR | May 24 | Taking a dig at the GoAP for its complete failure on security preparedness, Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has termed Monday incident of attacking Govt. officials with AK56 as another feather to add to its achievement of ineffective and miss-governance. Lawlessness has become the order of the day. Stray incidents, extortion, loot and criminal intimidation are regular occurrence reflecting weakness of BJP Govt in regulating the machineries to function responsibly.  A  former minister was served an extortion notice for Rs 10 lakh by some…

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Grit pecking behavior of the tree sparrow, Passer montanus and sparrow conservation

Dr M. Jayashankar Birds while feeding ingest soil, sediment and small gravel either accidentally, birds feeding on earthworms or intentionally as a source for minerals, to reduce gastric disturbances or gut acidity, or as grit for aiding digestion.  Seed eating birds such as sparrows eat mortar for the grit it contains as they lack teeth unlike their predecessors the reptiles (except turtles and tortoises). Small hard pieces of stone/sand in the mortar serve as abrasive digestive helpers in their muscular gizzard. The grit help break down hard foods such as…

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Arrest of director attackers demanded

ITANAGAR | May 24 | Taking strong exception to the dastardly and heinous attack perpetrated upon aaudit and pension director Md Abdul Basit by some unknown miscreants inside his Naharlagun office on Monday last, the Directorate Service Officer’s Association of Arunachal (DSOAA) has demanded the arrest of culprits within 48 hours. The DSOAA in its strongest term condemned the incident and urged the law enforcing authority to apprehend the culprits within 48 hours and award them exemplary punishment, its president Talo Potom said in a statement. Meanwhile, Arunachal Law Students’ Union (ALSU) and All Arunachal Pradesh…

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