Month: August 2020

PASIGHAT, Aug 28:  The wildlife staffs of Jeepghat Beat under D. Ering Wildlife Sanctuary (DEWS) in East Siang district on Friday intercepted around 200 timber log rafts near Assam-Arunachal boundary to crack flourishing illegal timber operation through Siang River. They damaged the timber logs by nailing for no possibility of seizure, beat officer Orin Perme said, adding the smugglers mostly cut down trees from Mebo reserve forest and around Seram forest beat besides collect driftwood from the river and transport through the river to Dibrugarh to sell them. Perme, who…

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PASIGHAT, Aug 28: The official mobile app of Pasighat Smart City (PSC) aimed at helping skilled people by offering various services to connect with their customers was launched by East Siang DC Dr Kinny Singh here on Friday. Terming it as a great platform to create livelihood opportunities, she said that skilled people can provide doorstep services ranging from plumbing, mobile & TV repairing, electrical, catering and others to needy customers through android based app. Such services would benefit those who do not have permanent establishments but keen on freelancing…

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ITANAGAR, Aug 28: Market survey is essential before any production to make ready market available for finished goods for sustainable income of the producers, said Changlang DC Dr. Devansh Yadav in his address to valedictory function on ‘Tangsa bag making and dairy farming’ at Jairampur on Friday. Addressing participants of the 10-day training, organized by R.K. Mossang Memorial Society (RKMMS), he said that 2000 beneficiaries would get free seedlings for kitchen gardening and equipments by next month and exhorted the trainees to make best use of their skills. Equipments worth…

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TAWANG, Aug 28: Tawang DC Sang Phuntsok exhorted farmers to adopt modern scientific technology to boost production to become self sufficient in food production. He was addressing farmers after handing over power tillers to 13 of them at a function near recently opened APMC sale counter here on Friday and congratulated the beneficiaries. The power tillers under CM’s Sashakt Kisan Yojana (CMSKY) 2019-20 were given toeing CM’s Agriculture Mechanization. The farmers had deposited Rs.91,500 as beneficiary share which varied as per accessories availed while the state Govt offered assistance of…

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By A O News Service ITANAGAR, Aug 27: Arunachal Pradesh Assembly on Thursday resolved to persuade the Centre for inclusion of this frontier state under Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to protect the rights of its indigenous population. Home Minister Bamang Felix moved the resolution – “The legislative assembly resolves that the state of Arunachal Pradesh be included in 6th Schedule of the Constitution to protect the tribal rights of the indigenous people.” Felix added, “The Assembly further resolves that the special provision with respect to the state be further strengthen…

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By Pradeep Kumar ITANAGAR, Aug 27: Responding to a query from Gabriel D Wangsu during question hour: – if there is any move to solve boundary dispute mutually as suggested union home minister? – during, Chief Minister Pema Khandu intervened to inform that Prime Minister Narendra Modi during CMs’ conference in 2019 had referred to many inter-state  boundary dispute involving court litigation and advised to solve mutually. Home Minister Amit Saha during his visit to Guwahati had also repeated the same request. Thus, a letter was sent to Assam governor…

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