In response to the severe road connectivity disruptions caused by recent floods and landslides, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday convened a high-level meeting to assess the overall damage and strategize immediate restoration efforts across the state.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, Secretary (Power) Pankaj Agarwal, and Chief Secretary Dharmendra were present in the meeting.
According to Khandu, the roadmap will be finalized and implemented within a hundred days of the new government, which will scout and nurture talented athletes for the world's biggest sporting event, the Olympics.
Five Indian Army personnel died after a tank they were travelling in got struck in the Shyok River in Eastern Ladakh on Friday night due to a sudden increase in the water level, said the army.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday expressed total "dismay" over the slow pace in the construction of Package B of NH-415 Four Lane Highway, which covers the stretch from Papu Nallah to Nirjuli.
Ninong Ering, one of the senior members of the 8th State Legislative Assembly, was sworn in as the Pro-tem Speaker of the 8th Arunachal Pradesh State Legislative Assembly, in an official ceremony at the Vivekananda Hall, Raj Bhavan, Itanagar, on Thursday.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday said that to empower women the state government has included a woman minister in the cabinet adding the induction of women in the cabinet is a motivation for all the women section.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, after being sworn in on Thursday for the third straight term, immediately got to work by convening the first Cabinet meeting in the afternoon in Itanagar and laid the foundation for building a Viksit Arunachal in the next five years.
The Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and other senior officials of the state government and staff of the Chief Minister's Office welcomed Khandu after he arrived at his office.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Pema Khandu on taking the oath as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister. He further congratulated others who took oaths as ministers in the state.