January 06
Nishu Konia clinches title in Eastern India body building contest
NAHARLAGUN, Jan 05: Arunachalee body builders Mr Arunachal-
Konia and Thakuri won gold and silver medal respectively in the 6th Eastern India
Body Building Championship-
Arunachal Body Building Association (ABBA) president Abraham K Techi, who led the
eight-
"Wait and watch state body builders would prove their talent wherever they go," said coach Paklu Taipodia, who also runs the Rayhan Fitness Gym here.
Ering visits fire-
PASIGHAT, Jan 5: Member of Parliament (LS) Arunachal East, Ninong Ering along with
officers and local leaders visited the fire ravaged Sine village on Jan-
A massive fire had gutted more than 32 houses on Dec 8 last. Expressing sympathy and concern for the victims, Ering assured every possible help and distributed CGI sheets worth Rs.10 lakhs from his MPLAD in addition to Rs.1 lakh cash from his salary as a special package to build temporary shelters. He also assured to sanction a water reservoir in coming days to provide safe drinking water to the villagers. The MP has expressed concern over repeated fire mishaps reported from various parts of the state. He urged the Disaster Management Department to spread awareness on protective measures to ensure that such incidents are not repeated in future. Ering appealed the villagers to reconstruct their houses in modern methods instead of traditional system. He asked the people to be in close liaison with the PRI leaders and administration so that such incidents are to be tackled collectively following the traditional "Lamkang' system.
Later on Sunday, Ering reached far-
Training on disability rehabilitation begins
ITANAGAR, Jan 05: The Lower Subansiri Deputy Commissioner Kanki Darang today inaugurated five days training on disability rehabilitation. Addressing a packed gathering, DC Darang urged everyone to contribute their bit to make a difference in the lives of the mentally challenged and differently abled people. He advised the womenfolk, who turned up in large number, to learn and disseminate the knowledge gained from the training programme in their respective areas.
Dr. Derin Likar, DRCHO speaking on the occasion said that the anganwadi workers, ASHAs and the ICDS workers are the people who work at the grassroot level, so they have a very important role in identifying persons with disabilities and to a large extent can help in the rehabilitation of such people. Binapani Mahapatra, State coordinator for mentally handicapped dealt in detail regarding the aims and objectives of the training programme.
The training programme starting today will conclude on 9th January. The training is being held especially for ICDS staffs, students, parents and guardians, medical practitioners and SSA teachers at Abotani Hall, Ziro. National Institute for Mentally Handicapped, Hyderabad, Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI, in collaboration with GoAP is conducting the training. The team from the institute would also conduct trainings at Raga and Yachuli on 6th Jan.
Earlier, Deputy Commissioner Darang interacted with the differently abled and the mentally challenged residents of Mothers Home/ Achu Kuru at old Ziro on 4th Jan. Terming the home as one of its kind in the entire state, the DC lauded the continuous efforts of Tailyang Shanti in making a difference in the lives of the mentally challenged people. He also donated blankets and sweets to the residents of the Home. He was accompanied by DD, ICDS Jaya Jawal, CDPO Raga and faculty members from the National Institute for Mentally Handicapped, Hyderabad. (DIPRO)
DC inaugurates Biometric enrollment
ITANAGAR, Jan 05: The Biometric enrollment for National Population Survey was inaugurated
in Ziro-
WSDSCEDS concerned over illegal fishing
ITANAGAR, Jan 05: A team of West Siang District Socio-
The society submitted a representation to Kamba ADC to ensure proper implementation
of the executive order issued by District Magistrate under 144 CrPC prohibiting illegal
fishing and hunting by non-
Meanwhile, the ADC has assured the team police patrolling in the river and also to engage the HGBs and GBs to check the illegal fishing within his jurisdiction.
The society also entrusted one energetic youth of the area to create public awareness on illegal fishing in and around Kamba and Kaying area to stop Illegal fishing and hunting.
ACS backs aspirants' fight against 'corruption'
ITANAGAR, Jan 05: Arunachal Civil Society (ACS) has extended its whole-
ACS also extended its full support to aspirant Ujum Perying's proposed hunger strike against the APPSC.
ACS demanded the concern authority to immediately fulfill the demand of the APPSC aspirants, resignation of all the alleged members, re examination and exemplary punishment to the alleged officials failing which ACS will launch democratic movement.
GSS Deed celebrates golden jubilee
ITANAGAR, Jan 05: The Government Secondary School (GSS) Deed, Lower Subansiri celebrated its golden jubilee on December 29, 2014.
While unveiling the golden jubilee pillar, Lower Subansiri Deputy Commissioner Kanki Darang, advised the students to study hard to get the desired result and achieve the goal in life. The Deputy Commissioner also released Golden Jubilee Souvenir named 'Continuum'.
An alumni and Chairman, Food Commission Toko Anil advised the students, Gaon Buras
and general public to keep always cordial relationship among them and work collectively
for well-
Former minister Neelam Taram was also present on the occasion.
Deed primary school was established on July 25, 1964 and was the first school of the area. It was upgraded to middle standard on July 23, 1985 and to secondary level on September 20, 1991.
Meeting for security in banks at Ziro-
ZIRO, Jan 05: A security sensitization meeting was held at the SP office Ziro today to take stock of security related issues of banks in Hapoli and Ziro towns.
The meeting chaired by SP in-
It was disclosed in the meeting that most of the banks have no CCTV facility, guards and other security facilities. Even basic security facilities were not installed in some of the banks.
DySP Pada urged the banks to immediately deploy security personnel and install mandatory security facilities for a bank at the earliest.
AYA president Taku Chatung requested all for adequate security facilities stating
that Ziro has been enlisted in the tentative list of World Heritage Site and is a
tourist hotspot. AYA also called for recruitment of the security personals from ex-
The bank managers present acknowledged and assured to take up the matter at the earliest with the higher authorities for security personnel, CCTV and other security facilities.
Correction
In the news item under the headlines "AAPSU supports hunger …" the word "Under Secretary" was wrongly mentioned in place of "Deputy Secretary". The error is regretted.
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AITF urges govt. to revamp Art and Culture dept.
ITANAGAR, Jan 05: The Arunachal Pradesh Indigenous Tribes' Forum (AITF) in a meeting yesterday urged the state government to revamp the department of Art and Culture involving local tribal cultural experts from all the ethnic tribes of the state.
Stressing the importance of establishing Community Heritage Villages by all tribes
of the state which would be of immense importance for the research scholars of tribal
arts and culture, the meeting resolved that it would be endeavour of the AITF to
establish-
Similarly, the Joint Action Committee on Boundary Affairs (JACBA) under the umbrella
of the AITF would take-
The meeting appreciated the multi-
The meeting was presided over by Bengia Tolum and attended by presidents and general
secretaries of all the community based organizations (CBOs) of the state, like Nyishi
Elite Society (NES), Galo Welfare Society (GWS), Adi Bane Kebang (ABK), Tani Supun
Dukun (TSD), Idu-
Governor, CM greet people on Si Donyi
ITANAGAR, Jan 05: Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Lt. Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma and Chief Minister Nabam Tuki extended good wishes to the people of the State on the auspicious occasion of Si Donyi.
In his festival message, the Governor said that nature worshipping in various forms
of deities and spirits forms the basis of the religious belief of the indigenous
communities. Various religious prayers and ceremonies are conducted by offering animal
sacrifices in the belief of warding off evil spirits in the process and festival.
The Si-
Joining all, especially members of the Tagin community, in the celebration, Chief
Minister Nabam Tuki offered his prayers to Si-
In a festival message, Tuki reiterated that despite varied diversity, Arunachalees are united and take pride in their indigenous cultural heritage.
"This cultural mosaic has to be maintained, preserved and propagated at all costs
while keeping intact our unity in diversity. I believe this celebration of Si-
ASF demands streamlining of ILP system to check crime
ITANAGAR, Jan 05: The Arunachal Students Federation (ASF) has suggested the Capital Complex Deputy Commissioner to streamline the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system by replacing the existing ILP books with Swipe Identity Card (SIC).
This SIC, if introduced, will not only help Police to monitor increasing crimes rate easily but also help trace all fake ILP holders, ASF said in its letter to the Deputy Commissioner. “We appeal to the State Government to change the ILP book system to Swipe Identity Card and allow persons to enter into the state only after their ID cards got swiped. Through this process the state police can easily monitor the Increasing crime rate and fake ILP holders as well,” the ASF said.
“Besides, instruction should be given to the owners of all rent houses to collect
details of their tenants, including name, identity proof and pass-
Two line pass house with round-
The ASF also demanded to check unauthorized issue of SIM cards in various shops.
Most of the criminals use such fake SIM cards issued by those shopkeepers, it claimed and urged the Deputy Commissioner to proper action against the fake SIM card issuing shopkeepers as well as telecom authority.
Mithi adopts Mayu-
ROING, Jan 5: Mukut Mithi, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) today adopted Mayu-
As per the scheme, each Members of Parliament will adopt a village and nurture it under his/her guidance to develop it into a model village in terms of health, cleanliness, greenery and cordiality, etc. to serve as demonstration villages for the surrounding areas to learn and replicate these efforts. Shiv Kumar, Deputy Commissioner Roing along with M Dirchi, District Planning Officer and Heads of various departments accompanied him and visited the village and interact with the panchayat members and villagers at Rekoh, Keraah Village.
Shiv Kumar, DC informed that the base line survey of the adopted Gram Panchayat Segment will be conducted within this week.
M Dirchi, DPO highlighted the villagers about the SAGY scheme and asked for their cooperation and participation for successful implementation of the scheme in the village. DIPRO
Drug addiction a pan arunachal malady: Who will bell the cat?
Denhang Bosai
The benevolent creator created this beautiful earth for all the living creatures
to live in peace and happiness. He took care of every minute detail to ensure that
this beautiful world remained beautiful, free from the obnoxious smoke of hatred,
jealousy, greed and all such things that might potentially ruin the wonderful and
flawless creations of the great creator. But paradoxically, man being man, this beautiful
earth is going to be destroyed by man and not by any other forces thanks to his insatiable
greed, follies and fallacies. The contraband drugs like opium, brown sugar, cocaine,
heroin, cannabis, grass, LSD and what have you, had not been created by the great
creator but by man. Today, these dangerous and life-
During the erstwhile NEFA days, opium used to be distributed to the tribal people
in undivided Tirap district by the frontier administration through the Political
Assistants and Political Interpreters ostensibly to tame the ferocious tribesmen
who always carried weapons the moment they stepped out of their huts. The administration
was successful in a way because after taking opium the people became mild and non-
The mindset of the tribal people will have to change first and tackle the problem
themselves. The administration can only help. The Fathers, Pastors, missionaries
of different Churches, the Mullahs, the Pundits and all the religious preachers must
pitch in their services to address the problem instead of giving sermons endlessly
about the unknown and unseen God and the mysterious life after death. The society
must also wake up to the reality and make an honest effort to fight the menace tooth
and nail before it is too late. But today, the scenario in our state has changed
for the worse. In the past we used to hear about the Golden Triangle that was infamous
for drugs and arms trafficking. It was known as a dreaded place. However, to our
great chagrin and utter dismay, today, all the towns, big and small in Arunachal
Pradesh have become mini 'Golden Triangles.' The youth are merrily using the drugs
and the suppliers or the traffickers are roaming scot-
In Tirap and Longding districts, there are scores of IRBN jawans who are addicted
to opium. These addicts should be identified and transferred out to save them from
certain ruins. The situation has become so pronounced and grim that only Police will
not be able to check the burgeoning menace. Special squads should be invariably constituted
to check and monitor the spread of the great malady threatening the lives of the
youth. The vulnerable places like schools, colleges, hostels, lonely places like
river banks, street corners, etc should be kept under the scanner of the 'special
squad.' In Tirap-
In fact, no one had so far made an attempt to find out the truth. Everybody is sitting
pretty thinking that all is hunky-
It is rather intriguing to see some people who pretend to think that they are here
in this world for ever. They don't realize the bitter truth that we are only temporary
guests in this beautiful world. This life is a transitory flower and not a static
object. The beautiful flowers that bloom to make us happy wither soon. The soothing
calls of the lovely birds are but momentary. I have and will never believe in the
existence of heaven and hell. There can be no better heaven anywhere else than this
wonderful Earth. The moment one crosses the Earth's atmosphere he finds that there
is no air and water. So, how can anyone even survive? The time has come for all of
us to accept the bitter truth that drug addiction among our youth is a reality and
is not a myth. The onus is on all of us to arrest this menace. The drug addiction
is affecting our potent force; the youth and this is happening at a time when we
bank on our youth for a bright tomorrow. Someone has rightly said that 10% of our
youth, especially in the interior places had never been to school. The 20% of our
young people are addicted to alcohol, tobacco and other harmful substances. About
10% of them are addicted to drugs and have virtually reached a point of no return.
About 30% of our youth are school-
Ering unveils ‘Abor Tamte’ in recognition of freedom fighter
Prafulla Kaman
KOMSING (PANGIN), Jan 05: Member of Parliament for East Arunachal constituency, Ninong
Ering on Sunday unveiled 'Abor Tamte', a war memorial in recognition of an unsung
hero of 4th Anglo-
Speaking on the occasion at Komsing village, Ering said that the war memorial will be the symbol of bravery and sacrifice of the unsung heroes, who fought against the British emperor and live in hearts of the community forever. He feels that building of such monument will help in imbibing a moral sense among the youths to respect the martyrs.
MP Ering stated that he was taking all out efforts for development of surface communication link in the rough hilly area. He urged the villagers to approach their local MLA for placing need based scheme in the area.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, MLA Kaling Moyong said that unveiling of the monument will instill a sense of national pride not only amongst members of the community but also for other communities. It will definitely facilitate the future generations and visitors to the State in knowing the valour, courage and bravery of the great sons of the soil, he opined.
Moyong requested the MP to move the central government for major road and bridge construction scheme in the inaccessible area.
Speaking on the occasion, MLA Tatung Jamoh assured the people for maintaining closer cooperation with the local leaders for developmental tasks.
On the occasion, a book consisting of biography of late Lunrung Tamuk, authored by Takeng Tamuk along with an audio CD was also released by the invited guests. The sword and other weapons with the helmet used by warrior Lunrung Tamuk for taking down Williamson was also displayed before the gathering.
The 'Pamuk Welfare Society' members dwelling in Adi belt and Komsing villagers spearheaded
the day-
Komsing village came into existence in early 18th century. Now, the villagers of
Komsing village have fragmented into three parts namely-
The Poju Mimak (war) between the Abor Expeditionary force led by British Major-
Tameng Kamsar
Si-
There is a popular belief among Tagins that if they (Gods) get angry with us then
they might cause us harm and to our livelihoods as well. Entertainment, dance and
various other activities are also part of the celebration. Sometimes, it is also
called as agro-
According to Tagin myths, “The universe at the beginning was a great emptiness. In
course of time, an earth like element appeared in this emptiness which was known
as “Kurium-
At this stage, the Siching (the Earth) and the Nyido (the Sky) were together in liquid
form. Chinge Yarin and Doge Tarin quarreled with each other. Doring Chijing feared
that if both the Earth and the Sky remain together then there would be no space for
others to live in. On this understanding, Earth and Sky (Riumching and Riumdo) have
been separated from each other. After the separation, Chinge Yarin remained on Earth
and Doge Tarin went up to the Sky. At the time of separation both Chinge Yarin and
Doge Tarin had decided to observe social restriction (Irririnam) for solidification
of both Siching and Nyido. Nyido was observing ten days restriction. In the meantime,
Atu Pinchi (Bat) instigated Sichingane on the 5th day that Riumdo or Nyido was not
observing the irri (arri), and this mischievous information broke the restriction
on 5th day. As a result, the Earth failed to reach complete solidif-
As per the practice, the selected priest conducts the traditional Pipi (Egg) Ro (Chicken liver) examination methods to know causes of human sufferings. Animals are sacrificed as a way of appeasing the gods by chanting hymns by the selected priest.
The Si-
Si-
According to Tagins, Si and Donyi are the two supreme spiritual authorities of this
universe. They have full control over all other Gods and goddesses. The Destiny of
man is controlled by them. It is believed nothing can happen on earth without their
knowledge. Hence, Tagin believed that Si-
NAHARLAGUN, Jan 4: A daylong workshop on 'Mega Membership drive' organized by the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha Arunachal Pradesh to emphasize the role and objective of ongoing nationwide membership drive of Bhartiya Janata Party was held here at Naharlagun based hotel yesterday.
Attending the workshop, State Pramukh Sadasyata Abhiyan, Techi Necha elaborated on the commitment and ideology of the party. He urged the youth members of BJYM to be follow the Gandhian philosophy, positive secularism for national integration irrespective of any cast, creed or religion.
Appealing the Yuva Morchas to be more active in their respective areas, Necha opined that target for one lakh members within March next is not a hard task but dedication and determination for the party is the need of the hour to make BJP more strong and vibrant.
While speaking on the role of Yuva Morcha to strengthen the party, State Media Prabhari, Jarpum Gamlin urged the members to reach the unreached with sole dedication for the upliftment of the BJP not only in the state but also in the national platform. 'Your target should not be confined to particular age or area but reach as much as you can, added Jarpum while asserting that the BJYM can do better than the set target of one lakh members if they recall the supporters of recently held Lok Sabha election where the western parliamentary segment has emerged as winner by good margin.
'If you want a committed members than give your time to others as the history of Bhartiya Janata Party and the contribution of its eminent leaders needs to be told whenever any BJYM leader approached for membership drive' he added.
Meanwhile, Organization Secretary-
Arunachal artists in Film Orientation prog in Mumbai
Correspondent
RUKSIN, Jan 05: Three Arunachali artists, Delong Padung, Bulu Appa and Sukdev are attending a five day National Orientation Training Course on 'Film making & Drama', which got under way in Mumbai, a press communiqué informed.
The training course for the upcoming artists organized by 'Sanskar Bharti Porbottar', is being participated by 100 artists from Northeast. The orientation course which started on January 1 last comprises training on film production, dance and drama. Many Bollywood film directors, actors, actresses and producers are attending the programme as resource persons.
Artist Delong Padung, who is leading the Arunachal team, has requested the Bollywood film makers to reach out to Arunachal Pradesh as many budding artists of the state have been searching for right platform in order to expose their hidden talent in the field of art and culture.
Meanwhile, according to the report, the Bollywood film makers have agreed with the plea made by the artists from Arunachal and shown keen interest to extend their base in Arunachal and other NE states.
Spend budgetary allocations evenly: PM to ministries
New Delhi, Jan 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked his Council of Ministers to ensure that the budgetary allocations for the respective ministries are spent evenly throughout the year and denounced the practice of utilising funds at the fag end of the financial year.
A month before the beginning of the budget session, Modi asked his ministers to get "out of the box" ideas from the common man through electronic means including web portals of various ministries so that they can be incorporated in the Union budget.
Addressing Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of States at his official residence, he
made a presentation on e-
He also asked the Ministers to put the seven northeastern states as well as Sikkim on their map and asked them to spend "reasonable" duration of time in these states, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters after the meeting.
The Prime Minister's officials made a presentation on e-
Modi emphasized that more and more ideas should be taken from the people and recalled that the "Swacch Bharat" tagline was also a result of such interactions with the common man.
He said ministries should work in such a fashion that their budgetary allocations are spread evenly throughout the year and said at least the government departments should not spend their allocations at the fag end of the financial year.
He said spending the allocations uniformly is the best way to ensure that ministries get the desired budgetary allocation in the next financial year.
This is the first meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by Modi this year. He had been holding such meetings regularly with his ministerial colleagues after he assumed office in May last year. PTI
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Step up the vigil
As per the report in local media yesterday around 45 people were arrested and later
deported for not possessing valid inner line permits (ILP) in Sille-
It is widely feared that due to the recent clash between Adivasi and Bodo communities
at Assam, many citizens from neigbouring state are pouring inside Arunachal. While
some of them may be genuine citizen fleeing their home to avoid being caught in the
cross-
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Baseless allegation
Dear Editor,
Through the column of your esteemed daily I would like to clarify regarding the news
item published in your daily with the headline “Fuel Quality is not safe" written
by one Tani Moyong on 1st January 2015 issue. As per our office record on 18-
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