Phosum Khimhun takes oath as Arunachal Pro-tem Speaker
Itanagar: Senior BJP MLA Phosum Khimhun was on Sunday sworn in as the Pro-tem Speaker of the Seventh Legislative Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh. Governor Brig (Retd) Dr B D Mishra administered the oath to Khimhun in a simple ceremony organised at the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan here in presence of Chief Minister Pema Khandu and others. Khimhun, the MLA from Changlang South Assembly constituency would perform the duties of the office of the Pro-tem speaker in the Assembly till the Speaker is elected. He will administer oath to the newly-elected legislators of the state legislative Assembly when the House would convene on Monday. In the two-day session of the Assembly, besides the traditional address by the governor, obituary reference in respect of Khonsa West MLA Tirong Aboh would be taken. Aboh who was re-elected to the seat in a NPP ticket was gunned down along with 10 others by suspected NSCN militants near Bogapani in Tirap district on May 21. (PTI)
Khandu extends leave benefits for contractual women staff
Itanagar: On his first day at office in his second term, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Sunday extended maternity leave and child care leave benefits to women contingency and contractual employees of the state government. Khandu was sworn in as chief minister of the state for the second term on May 29 along with 11 cabinet ministers. He signed the first file for the benefit of women contingency and contractual employees, an official release said here. Earlier, the maternity and child care leave was given only to regular government employees in Arunachal Pradesh. Now, the women contingency and contractual employees will also get 180 days of maternity leave and 60 days of child care leave in the service period, the release said adding that the decision will benefit around 20,000 women. (PTI)
SpiceJet announces flights on Ghy-Dhaka route from July 1
New Delhi: SpiceJet announced Sunday that it will start flights on the Guwahati-Dhaka-Guwahati route from July 1 onward under the central government scheme UDAN International. The July 1 flight from Guwahati to the Bangladesh capital would be the first to fly under the UDAN International scheme, which seeks to enhance air connectivity between Indian states and selected international destinations with the help of government subsidies. In addition, the airline also announced Sunday that it is launching 14 direct flights connecting metro and non-metro cities on its domestic network from June 20 onward. “The airline will add additional frequencies on the Kolkata-Dibrugarh-Kolkata (2nd frequency), Guwahati-Dibrugarh-Guwahati (2nd frequency) and two additional frequencies on Bengaluru-Mangaluru-Bengaluru sector,” the airline said. (PTI)
