NEW DELHI, 7 May: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) marked its 65th raising day on Tuesday as Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane urged the BRO to infuse latest technology and techniques for faster completion of projects, saying automation and mechanisation will be key for it in the future. The defence ministry in a statement said that ..read more

ITANAGAR, 7 May: Governor KT Parnaik has extended greetings to the people of the state, particularly the Red Cross volunteers, on the occasion of the World Red Cross Day, which commemorates the birth anniversary of Sir Jean Henry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross movement. The governor expressed hope that the occasion would instil ..read more

BEIJING, 7 May: Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed senior diplomat Xu Feihong as the new ambassador to India after an unusually long delay of 18 months amid frozen relations between the two countries over the eastern Ladakh military standoff. While there is no official announcement here yet, the Chinese foreign ministry has confirmed to ..read more

Singing Star defeat Friends of 90s by 6 wkts Correspondent RUKSIN, 7 May: Singing Star Club defeated Friends of 90s by six wickets in the opening match of the Otom Paron Memorial Etor Gidi Cricket Tournament-2024 at the Ngorlung secondary school playground near here in East Siang district on Tuesday. Friends of 90s batted first ..read more

The Bomdila (W/Kameng) battalion of the Indian Army conducted literary activities at government college Bomdila on Tuesday, on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti. Speech and quiz competitions were organised on the themes ‘Gurudev’s contribution in rise of Indian literature to world stage’ and ‘Power of art and literature to inspire social change’. – (Prem ..read more

ITANAGAR, 7 May: Itanagar Capital Region Deputy Commissioner Shweta Nagarkoti Mehta on Monday asked representatives of TK Engineering and Consortium Pvt Ltd (TKECPL), led by its project manager Mohan Bora, to speed up the work under Package B of the national highway, “as the slow progress of the work is causing inconvenience to the commuters ..read more

BILASO, 7 May: Fifty farmers from Baliso and adjoining villages participated in a training programme on ‘Oil palm cultivation practices’, organised here in Pakke-Kessang by the district agriculture department, in collaboration with Patanjali Foods Ltd, on Tuesday. Addressing the participants, District Agriculture Officer (DEO) Sengo Dini highlighted the importance and uses of oil palm, and ..read more

ITANAGAR, 7 May: The flying squad of the ICR District Tobacco Control Cell (DTCC) seized a huge quantity of cigarettes and other tobacco products and illegally stored alcohol from various shops situated within a 100-metre radius of schools near Niti Vihar and Senki Park areas here on Tuesday. All the shop owners violating Section 6 ..read more

ITANAGAR, 7 May: The Arunachal Pradesh U-20 football team left here on Tuesday for Chhattisgarh to participate in the Swami Vivekananda U-20 National Football Championship (NFC), 2024. Kipa Bharat is the head coach and Duging Yubey is the manager of the state team. Arunachal has been placed in Group G, along with Assam, Madhya Pradesh ..read more

NEW DELHI, 7 May: It is imperative for celebrities and public figures to act responsibly while endorsing a consumer product, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday as it clamped down on misleading advertisements. The apex court directed that, before an advertisement is permitted to be issued, a self-declaration be obtained from the advertisers on the ..read more