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[ Bengia Ajum ] HOLLONGI, 6 Aug: After major damage was caused to NH 415 a few kilometres before the Donyi Polo International Airport due to earth-cutting by private individuals near the highway, the Papum Pare district…
[Bengia Ajum] DAPORIJO, 5 Aug: Fresh allegations of Chinese incursions in Taksing circle of Upper Subansiri district have surfaced, with locals claiming that Chinese forces intruded into Pukar La and Ollo. According to…
[Bengia Ajum] ITANAGAR, 5 Aug: The first meeting of the high-power committee constituted to examine the feasibility of scrapping the 80:20 reservation system in government jobs will be held on August 10. In a notice,…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 3 Aug: The Itanagar-Hollongi stretch of the NH 415 four-lane highway suffered major damage following heavy rainfall on Sunday night. A portion of the road was washed away at one location, while…
[ Bengia Ajum ] KIMIN, 3 Aug: The approach embankment of the Ranga-I bridge over the Panyor river on the Kimin-Potin road has been extensively damaged due to heavy rainfall over the past few days, raising concerns over…
[ Bengia Ajum ] ITANAGAR, 23 Jul: The state PWD Highway Department is awaiting fresh sanction for the Package B portion of the Itanagar-Banderdewa four-lane highway from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways…
[ Bengia Ajum ] NAMSAI, 21 Jul: The Namsai police have arrested the driver of a Maruti Suzuki WagonR in connection with the recent firing incident in Lal Pahar here, in which a 29-year-old woman sustained firearm…
[ 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…
