AFH construction given more thrust

DC holds meet on land acquisition By Pradeep Kumar ITANAGAR, May 04:  India has expedited construction of roads to border areas by the Border Roads Organization (BRO) with Indo-China bilateral relations taking a nose dive after violent clashes among army soldiers of both nations on 05.05.20 in Pangong Lake area in  eastern Ladakh leading to border standoff. Moreover, the Centre has attached too priority to construction of ambitious 1,748 km-long two-lane paved-shoulder Arunachal Frontier Highway (AFH) or Bomdila-Vijaynagar Highway (BVH),notified as NH-913 that would  connect Bomdila airstrip (ALG) in northwest to Vijaynagar airstrip (ALG) in southeast…

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Baritlum Ama appointed new OIL general manager

1st Mishmi to rise to rank: Mein ITANAGAR, May 04: Oil India Limited (OIL) has  appointed Baritlum Ama of Arunachal Pradesh as a general manager, hailed as a groundbreaking achievement, as he becamee first individual from Mishmi community of the state rise to such a pivotal role in the esteemed organization. The announcement was made by Deputy Chief Minister of Arunachal Chowna Mein, who extended heartfelt congratulations to Ama on his well-deserved appointment. Stressing the historic significance of Ama’s ascension and the momentous occasion. Mein said it represented for both…

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Guv lauds APU’s 90.56 pass percentage

PASIGHAT, May 04: State Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, also Arunachal Pradesh University (APU) Chancellor, has lauded APU’s first-semester 90.56 pass percentage and advised aim at higher percentage when it vice chancellor Prof. Tomo Riba called on him at Itanagar Raj Bhavan on Thursday last. Prof. Riba presented APU status, including ongoing construction of academic building, residential buildings of VC, registrar and controller of examinations (CoE), entrance gate & approach road, recruitment of regular teaching faculties, grants received under PM-USHA scheme and formation of various cells as per…

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Family identifies body found from NEEPCO dam, says SP

By Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, May 04: The unidentified body found from NEEPCO dam in Yazali on Friday has been identified by her parents as their 26-27-year-old daughter, resident of Yoglu village under Pistana circle of  Keyi-Panyor district, Lower Siang district SP Keni Bagra said. A NEEPCO official had spotted the body first, after which it  was sent Ziro mortuary,  postmortem was conducted in Gyati Takka General Hospital there on Saturday, before handing over the mortal remains to her family for last rites. The body was identified by her father and…

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