Archive for December, 2011

  • ‘Encourage youth towards cultural preservation’

    ‘Encourage youth towards cultural preservation’

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    NIRJULI, Dec 31: Hours before completing two months in office, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today exhorted the people to let the New Year dawn with a message of peace and development. Attending the Indigenous Faiths Day celebration here, the Chief Minister emphasized that every faith and religion should propagate peace, [...]

     
  • Dalai Lama arrives in Bodh Gaya for 32nd Kalachakra initiation

    Dalai Lama arrives in Bodh Gaya for 32nd Kalachakra initiation

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    BODH GAYA, Dec 31: His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) arrived here at this Buddhist pilgrimage center in Bihar today for the 11-day-long 32nd Kalachakra initiation scheduled for January 1 start. Upon his arrival, the spiritual leader was accorded a red carpet reception at Gaya Airport by the [...]

     
  • Tuki seeks Centre’s help to end impasse over dam

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    ITANAGAR, Dec 31: Perturbed over by the constant road blockade against the transportation of construction materials of NHPC’s 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydro-Electric Project in Assam’s Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has dashed to New Delhi seeking Centre’s help to contain the stalemate. The Chief Minister along [...]

     
  • Indigenous Faith Day celebrated

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    ITANAGAR, Dec 31: The Indigenous Faith Day was celebrated throughout the State on Saturday with traditional gaiety and religious fervour. The Day is also observed as Donyi-Polo Day, Nani Intaya Day, Rangfraism Day across the State. In the State capital, the indigenous faith believers, including old and young alike, in [...]

     
  • 2011: The Year of Glory and Mourning

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    ITANAGAR, Dec 31: The outgoing year 2011 was a year of glory and mourning for Arunachal Pradesh. The State bordering China earned global fame when its lady mountaineer created history by climbing Mount Everest twice in 10 days on May 12 and May 21. But a month earlier in April, [...]

     
  • More Local News….

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    DC inaugurates water supply project at Tode ITANAGAR, Dec 31: Upper Subansiri DC A Abhyankar has inaugurated a water supply project at Tode village, located 67 Km off Daporijo. This project was implemented by PHED under NRDW Programme with sanctioned amount of Rs 26.32 lakh. While inaugurating the project, he [...]

     
  • Chidambaram expresses concern over naxalite activities in Gadchiroli

    Chidambaram expresses concern over naxalite activities in Gadchiroli

    Mumbai, Dec 31: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today expressed concern over the naxalite activities in Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra and said he would take up the issue with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in a meeting later. Talking to reporters here, he said the year 2011 witnessed [...]

     
  • Seminar on codification of customary laws held

    Seminar on codification of customary laws held

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    ITANAGAR, Dec 31: A district level seminar on codification of customary laws, organized by Arunachal Law Students’ Union (ALSU) was held at Indira Gandhi Govt College, Tezu on Dec 30. The brain-storming session come out with some constructive and fitting suggestions to codify the various customary laws in Arunachal Pradesh [...]

     
  • PM says eradicating corruption his top priority in New Year

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    New Delhi, Dec 31: Noting that the year ending was marred by slowdown in the economy, high inflation and rising concern over corruption, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured the nation that he would “personally work to provide an honest and more efficient government, a more productive, competitive and robust [...]

     
  • Mahesh-Bopanna, Leander Tipsarevic doubles final on cards

    Mahesh-Bopanna, Leander Tipsarevic doubles final on cards

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    Chennai, Dec 31: India’s new pair of Davis Cuppers Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were given the pride of placings in the doubles main draw of the Aircel Chennai Open ATP World Tour Tennis Championship beginning here on Monday. Bhupathi, who has snapped his partnerhsip with ace Indian Leander Paes, [...]

     
 
 

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