ITANAGAR, May 20: The State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) has demanded a ‘public clarification’ from the GoAP on the latter’s position on alleged violation of the detailed project report (DPR) with regard to the construction of the Itanagar-Hollongi-Gohpur (Assam) road under the four-lane highwa ....

During the Eleventh Plan Period (07-12), a whopping amount in crisis has been denied to scheduled castes and schedule tribe under the sub-plans of the government, according to National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights. The total plan budget for the XIth Plan (minus transfer to states and the union territories) was Rs. 11,99,944 crore. Of this 16.2 percent or Rs. 1,94,391 crore was due as per sub-plan but allocation for only Rs. 94,176 crore was made. The SCSP and TSP are important mechanisms in closing the gap betwee ....

Aankhon-dekha ‘Seeing is believing’ is the basic principle of media. Thus, I saw it all, vividly – the toddler Arunachal walking after discarding its NEFA status on January 20, 1972; running, and ultimately flying on February 20, 2012 at the age of 40. Leaving its nascent stage behind, Arunachal is poised ....

NIMTE, May 16: Fifteen teams from Saglee area of Papum Pare are participating in a ‘vacation cricket tournament’ being organized here by the Rusu Panchayat Youth Welfare Society. The tournament was inaugurated Tuesday by All India Rajeev Gandhi Vichar Manch International’s state unit general secretary Vishal P Nabam, who in his speech highlighted the 10 percent job reservation for outstanding sportspersons in government departments, and spoke of other opportunities available to sportspersons and young entrep ....

Sir, Being an educated unemployed youth who regularly visits various government offices for petty works, it has been my experience that most of the officers in almost every department are either absent from office or utterly unpunctual. People are made to wait outside their offices for hours; but if the same people give a house call the officers do not hesitate to behave rudely and ask them to come to office. In such a scenario, where is the public to go with official matters? The law says that government officer ....

By Sukamal Deb Attending a national seminar at Santiniketan, the holy abode of Rabindranath Tagore, in late January this year last was an experience of a lifetime. The immortal lines of Tagore have always stirred me and inspired me to live meaningfully. Organized jointly by the Visva-Bharati (VB), the IGNOU and the ....