Kamlesh Joshi, IAS has joined as the Deputy Commissioner of insurgency-hit Tirap district in Arunachal Pradesh on June 24. He took charges from Ms Shilpa Shinde, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Longding who was holding the additional charges of Tirap district. Prior to his joining at Khonsa, Joshi was serving as the ADC of Namsai in Lohit district. This is his first posting as DC.
The people of Tirap district have whole-heartedly welcomed the new DC and hoped that the new incumbent Deputy Commissioner would carry forward the new and innovative ventures initiated by former Tirap DC Sachin Shinde, especially, TDCCC, rain water harvesting and other beneficial schemes.
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Over the years, there has been a sharp rise in the rhino poachings in the Kaziranga National Park were the north east militants are actively involved.Disclosing this in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday,...
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The Believers Church Bongaigaon Diocese observed the International Day of the Girl Child on Tuesday at Sudempur Kachugaon public ground with daylong programme scheduled in Kokrajhar district....
Khonsa Battalion under the aegis of DAO Division claimed to have achieved a major success, when they joint with APP (Arunachal Pradesh Police) apprehended an ENNG (Eastern Naga National Government) rebel from Khonsa recently. The Cadre was carrying out extortion activities in town. Delpho Pumao was caught based on specific intelligence about the presence of suspected cadre in Khonsa trying to carryout extortion. The Joint operation team of Khonsa Battalion and Khonsa APP swiftly launched an operation and apprehended the above name individual along with extortion notes in the name of ENNG Group and some contraband items. This operation has tightened the noose...
Assam Congress sharpens its attack on the NDA government at the Centre saying it betrayed the people of Assam by signing the Naga Framework agreement with the NSCN (I-M) in 2015. Addressing a huge protest rally at Namtola on Wednesday state Congress president Ripun Bora said,”India being a republic it is a noble practice for the Centre to either seek the opinion of the concerning states or to hold consultations before signing any agreement which in all probability has direct impact upon the states concerned.” He said two years after it signed the agreement with the Naga outfit on the formation of Nagalim without holding any kind of consultations with the concerning states, the...
The General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway (Construction), N K Prasad flagged off the launching of the last normal span of the Bogibeel Bridge superstructure on Sunday. The launching of the last span will be completed in 15 days. Out of 39 normal spans, 38 spans were already launched by Oct 18, 2017. This important milestone marks the close of the critical superstructure steel fabrication and assembly works of the longest Rail-cum-Road bridge in India. The first span of the bridge superstructure was launched more than three years ago in April, 2014. The fabrication and assembly of Bogibeel Bridge superstructure involved more than 2000 specially trained workers working round the...
Tirap district has been granted membership of Arunachal Shito-Ryu Karate-Do Association for the year 2013 by the head office situated at Chimpu, Itanagar. The ASKA is affiliated with All India Shito-Ryu Karate –Do Federation. Somgang Lowang has been appointed as the Branch Instructor for Tirap district ASKA.This will facilitate the young Karatekas of the district to hone their skills and help them participate in tournaments held every year all over the world. There are many trained young boys and girls in Tirap but for want of proper forum and platform they could not utilize their acquired skill gainfully.When asked about the introduction of ASKA in Tirap the Instructor Somgang Lowang said...
Following the Siksha Ka Haq Abhiyan flagged off by his Excellency the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh on June 8, the SSA District Unit, Tirap has started the Awareness Campaign and 3-days training for SMC/PRI members block levels. For Khonsa block Community Training has been started from July 5 at Khonsa and the Programme will continue till July 23. In Lazu block the programme started with Rallies and meetings on July 6 followed by Community Training. Awareness Campaign and training programmes in rest of the blocks will be started from July 12-13.The main objective of this programme is to mobilize the community leaders like SMC/PRI and Stake holders and to acquaint them with the...
The Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Ninong Ering paid a whirlwind official tour to Tirap and Longding districts from 11th to 12th July. While addressing the HoDs at the Circuit House, Khonsa on 11th July, Ering lauded the HoDs for staying in their stations and performing their duties sincerely. He told the participants that a number of centrally-sponsored schemes were being implemented in Tirap district which would benefit the local people immensely adding that the state and the central governments were alive to the problems of the district and that special care was taken for all round development of Tirap district. The Minister...
World population day was observed at Khonsa to aware the people about the growing population explosion and to remind them about the potential dangers of over population. The programme which was organised by the District Health Society had the ZPC, Mr. Chawang Lowang as a Special Guest, who shared his views on the importance of family planning and population control. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. T. Matey, DMO incharge ask the people to avail the various birth control measures provided by the government medical setup in the district. Dr. P. Rakshit, SMO in his power point presentation gave detail information’s on the world Population day....
A disaster management plan meeting was held in the Tirap DC’s conference hall at Khonsa on July 10 in which Tirap SP Vikramjit Singh, ADC H. Matcha and HoDs attended. While welcoming the participants, Tirap Deputy Commissioner Kamlesh Kumar Joshi said that there were some places in Arunachal Pradesh which had been identified as disaster-prone areas. He told the gathering that in Tirap landslides in summer and fire accidents in winter were the most frequent disasters adding that evolving a contingency plan was of paramount importance to effectively tackle such eventualities. The DC asked all the HoDs to play a pro-active role to ensure that the district was prepared to face any...
July 7 was one of those days when the Arunachal Assembly Speaker Wanglin Lowangdong was not busy in controlling the unruly members inside the august Assembly but was busy in planting saplings along with hundreds of participants at the site of Circle headquarters near Borduria village in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh as a part of Vanmahotsava of Forest festival organized under the aegis of Forest department. Speaking on the occasion Lowangdong urged one and all to maintain the existing greeneries by planting more trees adding that human greed was responsible for the Nature’s fury the people face often. He cited the example of the devastation caused in Uttarakhand recently...
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Recruitment Rally for Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh brought in to Khonsa at the personal initiative of Dr. Sachin Shinde, IAS, the then Deputy Commissioner Khonsa was successfully conducted at Khonsa from July 3-7. A huge response from the youth due to meticulous decimation of Recruitment Rally information by the TDCCC and a month long physical training by the ITBP resulted to the selection of 189 candidates from Tirap for written test at Changlang to be held on July 12. The ITBP team under the presiding officer and 2 i/C Shri. T.S Mangang assisted by 5 officers and other support staff profusely thanked Shri. Kamlesh Kr. Joshi ,...
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