Year: 2023

BOMDILA, Jun 01: Chief Minister Pema Khandu joined the 2 Arunachal Scouts in celebrating the battalion’s 10 years of service to the state and the country, here on Thursday. The 2 Arunachal Scouts was raised on 1st June 2013 at Umroi Cantt under Col Neelesh Anand Pagulwar with the concept – Sons of Soil. The infantry battalion was inducted to the 4 Corps Zone on March 8, 2014 with its headquarters at Bomdila in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. Congratulating the battalion on completion of a decade of service…

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ITANAGAR, Jun 01: Governor Lt Gen K T Parnaik Thursday called upon the people to adopt environmentally friendly practices to save energy, water, reduce single use plastic and adopt a sustainable food system and a healthy lifestyle. Participating in the ‘Mission LIFE: Lifestyle for Environment’ mass mobilization programme at Raj Bhavan here, he advocated for an urgent need to come together and take ‘Lifestyle for Environment’ forward as a campaign to become a mass movement towards an environmentally conscious lifestyle. The governor appealed to the people of the state to…

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ITANAGAR, Jun 01: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein Thursday informed that to encourage the budding talents of the state, the government is introducing the ‘Achiever Award’ from this year for which a provision of Rs one crore has been kept in the budget. Attending the Luminous Lummer Dai Literary Award ceremony here, organised on the occasion of the 83rd birth anniversary of Lummer Dai, by Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society (APLS) here, Mein highlighted the government’s active role in reviving the stories of state’s unsung heroes and restoring the folklores of…

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By Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jun 01: Education minister Taba Tedir on Thursday directed the concerned authority to terminate twenty eight primary teachers in connection with the illegal appointment in Longding district. Briefing media persons at BJP office here, he informed that after submission of three member high level enquiry committee’s report, action was initiated against the 28 teachers. Stating that since the BJP government led by Chief Minister Pema Khandu is maintaining zero tolerance against corruption, the minister said that after a thorough probe all the officers involved in the…

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By Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jun 01: The Koloriang, Damin, Parsi-Parlo, Sarli Students’ Union (KDPPSSU) on Thursday demanded the state government to post Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) and General Nursing Midwifery (GNM) including Nursing Officers (NO) at various health Centres of the Koloriang constituency. At least 31 numbers of ANM and GNM and 16 Nursing Officers working as contractual employees at Koloriang circle were transferred without relievers, said KDPPSSU president Keji Chabok during a press conference here. Due to acute shortages of manpower in the health sector, the common people are…

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DOIMUKH, June 01: The state agriculture department will pitch  in to buy the surplus millet produced, said Agriculture and Horticulture Minister Tage Taki while encouraging the farmers to grow and adopt millet as staple food. Taki was addressing the inaugural program of the International Year of millet celebrations, here on Thursday. The event organised by the Papum Pare district agriculture office, was aimed at creating awareness about the millets for food and nutritional security and motivates the farmers to improve sustainable production and quality millets. Addressing the farmers from Tawang,…

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ITANAGAR, Jun 01: BJP’s national vice president Dr M Chuba Ao and in charge of  nine- year celebration of Modi government in Eastern Arunachal, reached the state capital in Thursday, to oversee the preparation for organising the month-long series of  programs from May 30 to June 30 next, in the state. A review meeting cum interaction program with the state level committee headed by party’s state general secretary Zingnu Namchoom, convener Junty Singpho and other members was held at party head office here. Nanchoom highlighted the series of program and…

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By Pradeep Kumar BALASORE, June 01: Education from Gurukul that had produced unparallel disciples on the earth, like greatest archer Arjuna, has undergone sea changes regrettably to be commercialized due to cut throat competitions. Besides Govt educational institutions, which are no more accountable, many NGOs and private institutions sprang up across India. While almost all private institutions target only so called ‘Good results’ for their growth, there are still NGO-run schools, like Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalayas and Rama Krishna Mission Schools, which pursues Swami Vivekananda’s philosophy “Education is the manifestation of…

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ZIRO, Jun 01: An avenue plantation drive was carried out at the famous Shiva Lingam temple at Kardo, to mark the celebration of ongoing Mission LiFE here, on Thursday. Officers of the district administration and members of several NGO’s planted 30 Dhupi or Christmas Trees at the resting area before the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. The event was also organized to commemorate the completion of one year tenure of Lower Subansiri DC Bamin Nime at the district. Leading the plantation drive, the DC said that these trees would not…

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