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[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 21 Jul: Complete restoration of the Hoj-Potin road is expected to take another two months. This was informed after a team comprising engineers from the state PWD (Highway), officials of the…
[Bengia Ajum] TEZU, 8 Jul: Two workers were killed after a major landslide struck a construction site at Lohitpur in Lohit district on Wednesday. According to initial reports, six workers were trapped in the landslide.…
Monday Musing [ Bengia Ajum ] When the Nah Welfare Society (NWS) first claimed that the Chinese PLA had captured Indian territory in the Taksing area of Upper Subansiri district, many expected the Government of India to…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 30 Jun: After the Nah Welfare Society (NWS) alleged that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had encroached into Indian territory near Taksing in Upper Subansiri district, the Indian…
[ Bengia Ajum ] TAKSING, 27 Jun: The Nah Welfare Society (NWS) has made a startling claim, alleging that the Chinese PLA is encroaching on Indian territory near Taksing in Upper Subansiri district. In a letter addressed…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 24 Jun: Reacting to various social media posts and news reports expressing concern over alleged inflation of land compensation estimates for the Kamle Hydroelectric Project (HEP), the…
[Bengia Ajum] ITANAGAR, 11 Jun: Employees working under the National Health Mission (NHM) are facing multiple challenges, including lack of job security, delays in salary disbursement, a slow regularisation process for…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 9 Jun: The Students’ Union of NERIST (SUN), which launched an indefinite hunger strike on Monday over the alleged forced resignation of NERIST Director Prof Narendranath S, has withdrawn its…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 8 Jun: The Arunachal Pradesh Teacher Educators’ Association (APTEA) has announced that it will go ahead with an indefinite pen-down strike from 15 June onwards if the state government does not…
[ Bengia Ajum ] GEKU, 8 Jun: Two days after 110 households in Geku in Upper Siang district signed an MoU in support of the pre-feasibility report (PFR) preparation for the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), angry…
[ Bengia Ajum ] CHANGLANG, Jun 4: Work on fencing the Indo-Myanmar border has begun in Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh. In 2024, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced an ambitious plan to…
[ Bengia Ajum ] NAHARLAGUN, 31 May: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted permission to the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) to start postgraduate (MD/MS) courses in 11 subjects,…
Monday Musing [ Bengia Ajum ] The bandh culture is back with a vengeance in the state, with the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) in particular bearing the brunt. Just as everyone thought the era of bandhs was over and…
[Bengia Ajum] ITANAGAR, 8 May: In the last few years, the Education Department has introduced the commerce stream in several government colleges across the state. However, most of these colleges are struggling to fill…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 5 May: The sudden hike in the fees of Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya (VKV)-run schools has deeply angered parents across the state. Parents have been calling for a reduction in fees and have…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 4 May: In a major decision, the Government of Arunachal Pradesh has decided to terminate the contract with M/s Woodhill-Shivam (JV), the contractor engaged for the construction of Package B of…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 30 Apr: The Education Department has terminated the services of nine primary teachers (PRTs) and four multitasking staffers (MTSs) who were allegedly appointed illegally. Among them, eight…
[ Bengia Ajum ] NAMSAI, 28 Apr: An undertrial prisoner (UTP), identified as Biru Kharia, was found hanging inside the police lockup here on Monday night. He had been detained in connection with a murder case registered…
Monday Musing [ Bengia Ajum ] Often, the government announces schemes to benefit the people, but rarely do they reach the real beneficiaries they are meant for. Whether in education, entrepreneurship, agriculture,…
[Bengia Ajum ] GUWAHATI, 22 Apr: Experts, along with forest officials, came together at Cotton University on Monday and Tuesday to discuss and formulate plans for the conservation of one of the most critically…
