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GUWAHATI, June 23 ? The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous institution udner UGC, has conferred accreditation to the three Universities of Dibrugarh,, Arunchal Pradesh and Tripura including 29 other institutions of higher learning in the country. The performance of these 32 institutions have been evaluated and assessed during the last three months. With this, NAAC has completed the assessment and accreditation of 261 institutions. The accreditation process involves preparation of a self-study report, its validation by the peer team by expert technical analysis...

ITANAGAR, May 29 ? The two-day Spring Festival-2002 coinciding with Buddha Purnima ended on May 26 at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh where the world?s second largest Buddhist monastery is located at an altitude of 3500 metres, reports PTI. The occasion was celebrated as mega tourism festival to portray Tawang as a major tourist destination in the country. The festival was jointly organised by Tawang district administration, Tourism department of Arunachal Pradesh and Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, an official release said here on Wednesday. Foreign and domestic tourists thronged Tawang...

GUWAHATI, May 27 ? The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission, accredited three universities of the north-eastern region on May 15. These are Dibrugarh University, Tripura University and Arunachal University, a PIB release today said. Dibrugarh and Arunachal universities have been graded ?B? under the new grading pattern and Tripura University has been conferred with a C+ grading. With this, NAAC has so far completed the assessment and accreditation of 261 institutions.

CHANGLANG (Arunachal Pradesh), April 29 : Of the several festivals observed by the Tangsa community, Moh Mol is the biggest and most colourful of them all. It is also the festival which is celebrated with gusto by all the 16 sub-tribes of the Tangsa community. Moh Mol is the equivalent of the Rongali Bihu celebrations of Assam, as the Tangsa community begins their new year with the celebrations. The only difference here is that Assam goes into Rongali mood on April 14, while Moh Mol gets under way 11 days later and the festivities continue for a full week. The Tangsa community celebrates Moh...

ITANAGAR, April 7 ? Arunachal Pradesh has armed itself against crime syndicates, extremists, and anti-national elements with the State Cabinet approving the Arunachal Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Ordinance, 2002, which provides for capital punishment, reports PTI. The Ordinance, given the nod yesterday, will be notified after gubernatorial assent, Government spokesman Takam Sanjoy told newsmen here today. The Ordinance would be in tune with Maharashtra?s Prevention of Ordinanised Crime Act was against anti-social and anti-national activities by certain organisations and militant...

ITANAGAR, April 5?Mopin, a major festival of Galo community of Arunachal Pradesh is being celebrated today throughout the State, reports PTI. Rice powder is used in greeting each other during the festival known as ?Mopin Giddi?. Speaking as chief guest state Power Minister Lechi Legi described the festival as harbingar of peace, prosperity and happiness also a pre-harvest celebration by propitiating the Mopin goddess for bounty. Vice-Chancellor of Arunachal University Dr K K Dwivedi was the guest of honour on the occasion.

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ITANAGAR, April 3 ? Congress Chief Minister Mukut Mithi has written a letter to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee urging him to prevent the underground faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland led by Isaac Muivah from climing that most tribals in the Arunachal Pradesh were Nagas, reports PTI. Government spokesman Takam Sanjoy told newsmen today that Mithi had informed his cabinet about the letter yesterday at a meeting. The NSCN(IM), he said, had claimed in printed material circulated that most tribals in Arunachal were Nagas, he said. He said, Arunachal Governor Arvind Dave had...

NAHARLAGUN, March 26 ? The Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly adopted The Arunachal Pradesh Commission for Women Bill 2002 on Thursday, facilitating the empowerment of women and for their allround development. ?The basic purpose of the Bill is to provide for the constitution of women?s Commission in the state of Arunachal Pradesh to improve the status of women and to enquire into unfair practices affecting women and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto,? Tadak Dolum, Minister incharge for Social Welfare, Women and Child Development, said. ?This Bill of it becomes an Act...

ITANAGAR, March 9 ? Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mukut Mithi today said that one-third of the total number of seats in gram panchayats, anchal samitis and zilla parishads in the State would be reserved for women for their empowerment at the grass root level. The reservation, in accordance with Panchayat Raj Act 1997, was notified on April 30 after receiving the assent of President K R Narayan, he said inaugurating a 10-day photo exhibition on women and child welfare organised by the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity here. He regretted that women had not been given their...

NIRJULI, (Arunachal), Feb 26 — Nyokum Yullo — the most popular socio-religious festival of Nyishi tribe took off to a colourful start on Tuesday. The main function of the day was held at Nirjuli, Nyokum Ground, about 20 km away from capital Itanagar. The Nyishis of Upper, Lower Subansiri, East Kameng and Papum Pare districts celebrate this festival with religious fervour and gaiety. According to Nyishi legends. The word Nyokum is derived from two words Nyok, meaning entire land mass of the earth and Kum means putting things together. And so the Nyishis interpreted Nyokum festivals as inviting...