Month: September 2022

TAWANG, Sep 29: Chief Secretary Dharmendra on Thursday exhorted the officials to do homework before conducting Seva Aapke Dwar 2.0 camps, approved by the state government recently in place of the earlier Sarkar Aapke Dwar. The chief secretary, on his maiden visit to Tawang, took a meeting with all the head of offices along with local MLA Tsering Tashi, Commissioner to Chief Minister Sonam Chombay and Secretary Planning N T Glow. Interacting with officers the CS said that the Sarkar Apke Dwar programmes had beniffitted many citizens and now onwards…

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By A O News Service ITANAGAR, Sep 29: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday visited the forward areas at Anini in Dibang Valley district and interacted with the troops deployed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). He made an on-the-ground assessment of the country’s preparedness along the line of Actual Control and took stock of the entire gamut of security-related aspects, official sources informed. Singh was accompanied by Army Chief General Manoj Pande and GOC-in-C, Eastern Command Lt Gen R P Kalita and other senior officers of the Indian Army,…

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By A O News Service ITANAGAR, Sep 29: Director General of Border Roads (DGBR) Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhry on Thursday visited the Sela Tunnel project in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh being executed by Project Vartak of the BRO. The breakthrough of the tunnel was carried out by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh through a ceremony from India Gate in New Delhi on October 14 last year. The DG took stock of the work progress, a defence communiqué informed here. Lt Gen Chaudhry while speaking on the occasion said that infrastructure…

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MOHANBARI, Sep 29: In the efforts to resolve the Assam-Arunachal boundary issue by both the state government of the neighbouring states, the regional committees of Namsai, Lohit and Lower Dibang Valley districts of the state and Tinsukia district of Assam had conducted its second joint  meeting at Arunachal Bhawan here on Thursday. Addressing media persons after the meeting, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, who is also the chairman of the regional committees of Namsai and Lohit districts, said that both the state government are committed to resolving the seven decades…

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  By A O News Service ITANAGAR, Sep 29: Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday achieved another milestone in the aviation sector, with the test landing of a Dornier D-28 aircraft at the Ziro Advance Landing Ground (ALG) in Lower Subansiri district. The 17-seater Alliance Airlines operated Dornier aircraft, flying under ‘Udan Scheme’ with Captain Vijay Kumar, Senior Flight Operation Inspector on behalf of Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Captain Trilok Singh Negi, Captain Nishit Tare and a cabin crew staff took off from Mohanbari Airport Dibrugarh in Assam and landed at…

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By Staff Reporter DIRANG, Sep 29: Agriculture & Horticulture Minister Tage Taki on Thursday launched a bankable profitable yak farming scheme at the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) – National Research Centre (NRC) on Yak here. Accompanied by advisor to PWD Phurpa Tsering, Taki attended the valedictory function of the two-day training cum awareness programme for farmers on yak breeding, organised by ICAR – NRC in collaboration with the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD). Stating that the Brokpa community of the Dirang have been facing problem…

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AALO, Sep 29: Industry Minister Tumke Bagra Thursday attended the district level yuva utsav at Gumin Kinn here, which is being organised by Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) of the district under under the union Youth Affairs & Sports ministry. Speaking on the occasion, Bagra advised the youths to do hard work for better tomorrow. He also urged them to focus more on study. The minister appreciated the Nehru Yuva Kendra Aalo and youth volunteers. West Siang DC Penga Tato advised the students to focus only on study and urged upon…

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  ITANAGAR, Sept 29: The hardy Wanchos inhabiting remote Longding district have been subsumed in subsistence agriculture since time immemorial due to lack of awareness about scientific methods of farming and harmful impact while traditional jhoom cultivation on the environment have been the major impediments to their growth. There seems to be a silver lightning in the clouds finally. Wancho Farmers Association, an agriculture based NGO, has been Working tirelessly to encourage the farmers of the region to migrate to take up commercial agriculture based on scientific methods. Longding Battalion…

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TAWANG, Sept 29: The 8th edition of Tawang Festival, one of the most vibrant cultural festivals of Arunachal Pradesh, is all set to be conducted here during October 28 to 31 next, festival director Tseten Chombay informed on Tuesday, adding all efforts would be made to make the festival as vibrant as possible. This calendar event of the state is being held after a gap of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Tawang Festival, as one of the major cultural festivals of North East region, Arunachal Pradesh in particular, there would…

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