Monthly Archives: March 2020
Doctors, nurses ostracized, asked to vacate rented accommodations, harassed as state prepares for Covid-19
Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, Mar 30: Some of the doctors and nurses who are staying in rented accommodations in the capital complex are being harassed...
Long march home for migrant workers
Three workers from neighbouring Assam, who were working in the capital region, going back to Narayanpur. They said they ran out of food and...
TRIHMS ‘Covid-19 hospital’ to become functional from 3 Apr, patients being shifted to RKMH
Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, Mar 30: Steps are on to ensure that Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), which has been designated as...
Dismayed SP urges capital’s residents to remain indoors
Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, Mar 30: Capital SP Tumme Amo expressed dismay at the lack of social distancing among people he said he observed during an...
4 quarantine facilities set up in capital
NAHARLAGUN, Mar 30: The capital complex district medical officer has designated four locations apart from Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS)...
PPE to arrive in state shortly: Libang
NAHARLAGUN, Mar 30: Health Minister Alo Libang informed that personal protective equipment (PPE) will arrive in the state shortly.
"Ventilators, masks and hand gloves have...
Sona reviews Covid-19 preparedness in Shi-Yomi
MECHUKA, Mar 30: Legislative Assembly Speaker Pasang D Sona on Monday convened a meeting here with the DC, the SP, the DMO and other...
Vendors, small businesses seek rent exemption
Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, Mar 30: With the nationwide lockdown nearing a week, roadside vendors and small business entrepreneurs in the capital have appealed to the...
Mins, MLAs allocate funds to CMRF
ITANAGAR, Mar 30: Responding to Legislative Assembly Speaker Pasang D Sona's call, several ministers and MLAs have allocated money from their local area development...
Govt urged to have man detained by PLA released
ITANAGAR, Mar 30: The Siyum Nacho Limeking Taksing Student's Union (SINALITASU) in Upper Subansiri district has requested the state government to ensure immediate release...
Kaso waives off tenants’ rent, urges others to do the same
ITANAGAR, Mar 30: Itanagar MLA Techi Kaso has said he will not charge any rent from the tenants residing in the buildings that he...
RGU accommodates stranded students, addresses allegations on social media
RONO HILLS, Mar 30: The Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) authorities have provided temporary accommodation to three stranded students in one of the vacant teachers'...
Ziro residents following lockdown order
ZIRO, Mar 30: As the nationwide lockdown entered the seventh day on Monday, Lower Subansiri HQ Ziro witnessed absolute cooperation from the public.
The roads...
Kamle DA forms ‘purchasing committee’, residents donate to combat Covid-19
RAGA, Mar 30: The Kamle district administration has constituted a 'local purchasing committee', in coordination with the growers of local vegetables in Kumporijo circle...
Lockdown better enforced in rural areas of W/Siang
AALO, Mar 30: The ongoing lockdown seems to be better enforced in the rural areas than in the urban areas of West Siang district.
The...
What a shame!
The first ever four-bedded intensive care unit (ICU) in the state will become operational at Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS)...
Circles in Shi-Yomi report food scarcity
Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, Mar 29: With the nationwide lockdown in place, a food crisis reportedly looms over Pidi and Monigong administrative circles of Shi-Yomi district.
Sources...
More videos of police beatings emerge
Two migrant workers assaulted by public in Ziro
Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, Mar 29: Videos of police atrocity have emerged from different parts of the...
22 swab samples collected so far: Health secy
Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, Mar 29: Health Secretary P Parthiban has informed that till date swab samples from 22 persons with Covid-19-like symptoms have been collected...