Friday, April 03, 2009

Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Arunachal

Itanagar: Star campaigner and All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi will address a party rally at Pasighat in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh today. Party sources here on Wednesday said the youth leader would be accompanied by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Planning V Narayanswamy.

Around 25,000 party supporters and general public are expected to participate in the rally to be organised at Gandhi market ground,sources said. Other prominent leaders, including Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Nabam Tuki, would also address the rally.

Meanwhile, Mr Tuki, along with AICC secretary and incharge of Arunachal Pradesh S Bapna, have left for Pasighat to oversee the arrangements being made in view of the visit of Rahul Gandhi. (UNI)

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Patil’s visit affects normal life in Itanagar

Itanagar: Traffic movement, along National Highway 52(A), was disrupted following a maiden visit of President Pratibha Devisingh Patil to this Himalayan state on Wednesday.

Traffic movement along the highway, the only lifeline for the people of Banderdewa, Nirjuli, Naharlagun and Itanagar, was restricted for more than three hours as no vehicles were allowed to ply on the road by the administration. Hundreds of vehicles were seen waiting at various locations from 1430 hours to 1740 hours, during the President's visit to the first ever convocation of North East Regional Institute of Science and Technology at Nirjuli.

''It's really disgusting how a highway could be closed for a common man in the pretext of security arrangement,'' said an aggrieved citizen.

Alternate arrangements should be made by the administration to ease the traffic movement, he added. Traffic snarl was witnessed in the evening along the Highway after movements of vehicles were allowed.

President stresses on knowledge-based education: Underscoring the need for value-based education, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday called for a concerted effort from all quarters, saying that development and progress become sustainable only when people receive the benefit of education.

'' Education is essential for preparing a population that is not only knowledgeable and skilled, but is also aware of its responsibilities and willing to contribute to the growth of the nation,'' she said while addressing the first convocation of the North East Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) along with its silver jubilee celebration at Nirjuli on Wednesday. She said education should be a process that imparts knowledge and values, develops the personality of the individual and opens up new opportunities. (UNI)

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