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20 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Awareness prog on PM Vishwakarma scheme

PASIGHAT, 19 Jan: An awareness programme on the PM Vishwakarma scheme was organised by Itanagar-based MSME Development & Facilitation Centre, in collaboration with the East Siang district administration & the District…

Awareness prog on PM Vishwakarma scheme
20 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Training prog on improved piggery husbandry organised

PANGIN, 19 Jan: Nagaland’s Jalukie-based College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry(CVSAH), in collaboration with the Jomlo Mongku Mithun Farmer Federation, organised an off-campus training programme on…

Training prog on improved piggery husbandry organised
20 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Painting, essay writing competitions conducted at Lok Bhavan

ITANAGAR, 19 Jan: As part of the upcoming 77th Republic Day celebration, painting and essay writing competitions were held at the Lok Bhavanhere on Monday. The events, conducted by the governor’s secretariat, witnessed…

Painting, essay writing competitions conducted at Lok Bhavan
20 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Best practices in homestay mgmt discussed

ZIRO, 19 Jan: Best practices in homestay management were discussed during a meeting between members of the Ziro Tourism Organisation (ZTO) and tourism entrepreneurs from Meghalaya Tourism, led by Meghalaya Tourism…

Best practices in homestay mgmt discussed
20 Jan 2026 · 4 min read

An open letter to the chief minister

Editor With deep sense of regard to the young, energetic, farsighted and one of the best performing chief ministers of Arunachal Pradesh since the NEFA days, I appreciate your uninterrupted rule of the state with an…

20 Jan 2026 · 2 min read

Another month lost to official apathy

Editor, I wish to draw the attention of the authorities and the general public to the continued and painful delay in the declaration of the AESE (civil) examination results, which has now been stalled for yet another…

20 Jan 2026 · 3 min read

The 5%

Editor, I have been thinking deeply about the state of our home, Arunachal. We call it the Land of the Rising Sun, but sometimes, looking at the way things work – or don’t work – it feels like we are walking…

20 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Recognising sporting achievements

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has issued certificates to 11 athletes from Arunachal Pradesh who won medals and participated in various regional and national-level competitions over the past nine years. In…

19 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Miscreants damage school properties

[Bengia Ajum] AALO, 18 Jan: In a strange incident, miscreants damaged properties of a government upper primary school here in West Siang district on Saturday night. The incident came to light on Sunday when the school’s…

Miscreants damage school properties
19 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

APCC seeks rollback of MGNREGA renaming, warns against dilution of workers’ rights

ITANAGAR, 18 Jan: Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bosiram Siram on Sunday demanded immediate rollback of the Centre’s decision to rename and restructure MGNREGA, alleging that the move dilutes the…

19 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Takar settles for bronze

ITANAGAR, 18 Jan: Shuttler Biri Takar from Arunachal Pradesh lost in the doubles semifinal and settled for bronze at the Egypt Para Badminton International, 2026. Takar, partnering with England’s Curnow Pirbhai-Clarke,…

Takar settles for bronze
19 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Two arrested with heroin

[Mingkeng Osik] PASIGHAT, 18 Jan: The East Siang police arrested two individuals and seized heroin worth approximately Rs 2 lakh from them during a naka check in the early hours of Thursday, East Siang SP Pankaj Lamba…

Two arrested with heroin
19 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Sona reviews projects’ status in Namsai

NAMSAI, 18 Jan: Rural Works Department (RWD) Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona on Friday reviewedvarious projects being undertaken in Namsai district. Sona, along with local MLA Chau Zingnu Namchoom and officials from the…

Sona reviews projects’ status in Namsai
19 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Hacker arrested for blackmailing woman

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 18 Jan: The state’s cyber crime police station (CCPS) has arrested one Gaurav Chetri (22), a resident of Kashipur, Haflong (Assam), in a case related to hacking, impersonation, and online…

Hacker arrested for blackmailing woman
19 Jan 2026 · 3 min read

AFI issues certificates to medal-winning athletes from Arunachal

ITANAGAR, 18 Jan: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has issued certificates to 11 athletes from Arunachal Pradesh who had won medals and participated in various regional and national-level competitions during the…

19 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Pineapple Festival concludes

Ete urges farmers to grow pineapples for global markets BAGRA, 18 Jan: MLA Topin Ete urged pineapple farmers to grow more quality fruits by following scientific methods of cultivation for global markets. Addressing…

19 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

MLA inaugurates road under VVP

TALI, 18 Jan: Local MLA Jikke Tako on Sunday inaugurated a road in Hakpuk village, constructed under the Vibrant Village Programme (VVP). This is the first time the village has got road connectivity. Tako also inspected…

MLA inaugurates road under VVP
19 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

Awareness drive on digital health assurance schemes

SEIJOSA, 18 Jan: The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission and the State Health Agency under the Health & Family Welfare Department conducted an awareness drive on digital health initiatives and health assurance schemes on…

Awareness drive on digital health assurance schemes
19 Jan 2026 · 1 min read

NERIST celebrates National Startup Day

NIRJULI, 18 Jan: The Institute Innovation Council (IIC) of the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) here celebrated the National Startup Day on 16 January. The event witnessed the…

19 Jan 2026 · 2 min read

Historian Phukan visits Tirap on ‘heritage tour’

KHONSA, 18 Jan: DoTCL Minister Wangki Lowang hosted Padma Shri awardee and eminent Assamese historian, Prof Jogendra Nath Phukan,during the latter’s three-day ‘heritage tour’ of Tirap district from 15 to 18 January.…

Historian Phukan visits Tirap on ‘heritage tour’