Rongali Bihu was celebrated at the Pasighat Namghar and Assamese people come together to celebrate the occasion with great joy. Pasighat MLA Kaling Moyong gracing the occasion as Chief Guest greeted the people on the auspicious occasion and lauded the efforts of the Sri Sri Sankar Guru Kristhi Kendra, Pasighat for organizing the celebration in a befitting manner. He wished for peace and unity and felt that there was a feeling of joy as it was a memorable get-together that enabled all to relive the spirit of Bihu living far away from their homes in Pasighat. Bihu is always a great celebration for the Assamese people and plays a very crucial role in defining the culture of Assam.
Moyong while advising the community to protect and preserved the age-old tradition and culture has said that maintaining cordial relations with the neighboring state Assam will be one of the major priorities of the present government. He also added that tremendous development and transparency brought by the Kalikho Pul led government in all sectors has amazed the people has earning much appreciation in the state.
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The new building of Bright Star School,situated in remote Hatigarh in Udalguri district was inaugurated recently on January 25 with day long programme.It needs mention that Hatigarh has been famous...
RS Chauhan (IPS) took over as new Superintendent of Police for East Siang District on November 20. Chauhan hails from Uttar Pradesh started his career in police service in 1988 as ACP at Delhi. Before joining as SP East Siang, he served the state as AIGP (Modernization) at PHQ, Itanagar. Maintenance of law and order, peace, communal harmony and traffic regulation will be Chauhan’s priorities. Chauhan held a consultative meeting on Sunday with the police officers and took stock of the present law and situation of the district. During interaction, the new SP stated “Our focus will be on improving the quality of professional police functioning. They should be sincere, dedicated,...
Joining the rest of the country, Pentavalent vaccine was launched on Saturday in East Siang District. Now the multiple numbers of injections containing five antigens will be reduced to just one injection per session. The launch formally started with first administration of intramuscular vaccine to an infant by the East Siang Deputy Commissioner Isha Khosla at the general hospital, Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh. Khosla emphasized on awareness on the newly introduced vaccine, urged the health department to make the routine immunization successful in the district, and further assured all necessary help and cooperation from her administration. She while appealing all parents to get their...
The District Level Training for updating of NPR database and seeding Aadhar number in NPR database was held here at DC’s Conference Hall on Wednesday. ADCs of Pasighat, Ruksin, Nari and Mebo and administrative officers were present. Joint Director of Census Operations, Bharti Chanda from Shillong imparted the daylong training program. Chairing the meeting cum training programme, the Deputy Commissioner In-charge Deepak Shinde informed that East Siang District has achieved 90.78% biometric enrollment under active supervision of DSO (Stat) D Naksang. In his keynote address the DC emphasized on the importance of Census activities and extended his appreciation to the Government of India for...
49th College Day celebration at Jawaharlal Nehru College, Pasighat declared open today by the state’s education minister Tapang Taloh amidst cheers and colourful presentation by the students. Addressing the huge gathering in the college ground, Taloh in his impressive speech stated “Discipline is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students”. He termed that discipline is like an addiction and once the students are disciplined then it is difficult to get rid of that and each pleasure of life can be experienced. According to him discipline was equally essential for all age of group but for students it holds a great value. Success would...
Training on Bee-keeping (Apiculture) was organized by the District Agriculture Officer today at the GTC Samity Hall to the extension functionaries under Rasthriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) on Friday. In her inaugural speech Y.J. Lego, DAO Pasighat, emphasized on coordinated work between the field functionaries and the Farmers for the overall development of Agriculture in the district. She also emphasized on competitive work culture and asks the field functionaries to put forward their innovative ideas. The technical session was dealt in length by resource persons Dr M.M. Kumawat, Asst. Prof. (Entomology), College of Horticulture & Forestry, Pasighat and M. Kakki, Agriculture...
Loksabha MP Ninong Ering carried out a whirlwind tour to lower Ramle Bango areas on Monday which have been ravaged by the recent flood. At New Deka village, Ering attended a public meeting announced Rs 10 lakh for construction of Community Hall and Rs 6 lakh for two culverts. He also visited Nari, Telam and Name villages. At Name village he felt the place is being threatened by Depi river and gave sanction of fifteen lakhs for flood protection measures and immediate relief to the effected people. In message at all places, MP Ering said that for a better future and to maintain the sanctity of nature it depends on us as to how we maintain the ecological balance and keep the earth safe for...
The two weeks long consumer awareness training concluded in Pasighat drawing good response on Monday.Assistant controller of legal metrology KP Tago and inspector Lupha Sikhet imparted the consumer awareness training to eight batches in the first phase through practical demonstration in the office complex.Tago dismayed that despite extensive publicity and awareness campaign for the last two years, no significant changes has been found in consumer’s behaviour.He further informed that basically, the training programme is designed to educate common consumers through practical demonstration with reference to safety, quality and efficacy of day to day used products to so as to make participants...
World Tourism Day was celebrated at Pasighat on Sunday. Deputy Commissioner Isha Khosla along with SP T Konia, ADC Deepak Shinde, CC (PMC) Denong Tamuk, DTO (Tourism) Nui Talong and HoDs joined in a mass plantation organized by the tourism department in and around the DC’s office complex. Cassia Fistula seedlings were provided by Nido D Pubiyang, Soil Conservation Officer, RWD.Later in an impressive function of launching of crockery/cutlery, held at the office conference hall DC Khosla stated that East Siang District is naturally blessed and has immense potentials to attract domestic and international tourists. Tourism is a lucrative industry that provides lot of job opportunities that has...
Deputy Commissioner Isha Khosla reviewed the law and order situation at a meeting with the magistrate and police officers in Pasighat township on Tuesday.Khosla reviewed the crime scene discussed the charge sheet and production of UTPs. He also directed police to bring the investigation to its logical conclusion in a time bound manner. She instructed the DTO and the police to check vehicular movement at different locations in the township, regular basis. All unregistered vehicles have to be registered immediately and two wheelers without valid documents and helmet should be penalized, she further directed.
Around two hundred school students of of Pasighat participated in the mini marathon for anti-drugs awareness campaign on Sunday. Organized by the East Siang district SSA mission with an aim to spread awareness against drug abuse, the event was formally flagged off by Kaling Dai in presence of DC Isha Khosla. DDSE cum DPO Obuk Panor, DMO Mandip Perme, DSO (Sports) Nada Apa, DTO (S&G) Onya Padung, principals, headmasters and teacher in-charge of the participating schools also attended the event. More than two hundred students participated in the event which began from Gandhi Chowk to end at Mariyang-Ayeng tri junction. In his message to the society, ZPC Dai hoped that the initiative would...
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