Daily Archives: May 11, 2020

Govt decision to convert housing complex into quarantine facility in trouble as people oppose...

Staff Reporter NAHARLAGUN, May 10: The decision of the state government to convert the BPL housing complex in Lekhi village into a quarantine centre...

More stranded returning home, no clarity on transportation to districts

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, May 10: More stranded students from various parts of India are returning to the state. Sources said that 65 Arunachalee students from Punjab...

Major drug racket busted in Bomdila

BOMDILA, May 10: The West Kameng Anti Narcotics Squad (ANS) has busted a drug racket in Bomdila under its 'Operation Minesweeper' and arrested five...

Blow to NSCN (KK) as political and revenue officer surrenders

CHANGLANG, May 10: A self styled captain -cum- political and revenue officer of the NSCN (Khango Konyak) faction Hangnang Pangtha (31 years) of Jongji...

Backlog in labs as Arunachal intensifies testing

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, May 10: The results of 458 samples are currently awaited as the state has intensified Covid-19 testing but with inadequate human resources...

Covid-19: no room for complacency

Monday Musing The onslaught unleashed by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) upon the humanity is overwhelming and unprecedented. Every country, irrespective of rich and poor, has...

#SaveArunachalBiodiversity trends as citizens hold tweet-storm to protest Etalin HPP

ITANAGAR, May 10: Citizens from different towns and cities across the length and breadth of India participated in a nationwide tweet-storm on Saturday demanding...

Dy Speaker stresses on zone wise segregation

CHANGLANG, May 10: Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker Tesam Pongte took stock of the status of all quarantine centres in Changlang district headquarters on Saturday...

Have to consider rules suitable to locals: Nalo

ROING, May 10: "We have to consider rules that are suitable for the local people and in the interest of the district," Minister for...

Doctors save man with rod impaled in abdomen

TAWANG, May 10: A 26-year-old male with a 20 cm iron rod impaled into his lower abdomen was saved by a team of doctors...

A team of doctors from the Indian Medical Association, Arunachal branch conducted a health camp for migrant workers from Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal...

The 12th Bn National Disaster Response Force continued with its sanitization drives at the Hollongi and Gumto check gates here in Papum Pare district...

Shops sealed for selling cold drinks above MRP

SEPPA, May 10: Twelve shops here in East Kameng district were sealed by the district administration for selling commodities beyond the maximum retail price...

MLAs, DCs visit quarantine facilities

AALO, May 10: Liromoba MLA Nyamar Karbak visited the Covid-19 control room and ICU units at the general hospital here in West Siang district...

Army conducts health camp at remote village in Tirap

DEOMALI, May 10: Eighty patients from Soha, Barak, Duidam and Turet areas benefitted from a health camp organized by the Dao Division of the...

DA supplies vegetables through NaRMGs

CHANGLANG, May 10: Addressing the shortage of vegetables in the township during the lockdown, Deputy Commissioner Dr Devansh Yadav arranged about 30 quintals of...

Need to create awareness on COVID-19 issues to avoid opposition

The people of Lekhi village today protested against the government’s decision to covert the BPL housing complex into an institutional quarantine facility. This comes at...

Rise in modern day slavery

UN Foreboding By Shivaji Sarkar The United Nations has raised the red flag of growing modern slavery, suppression of information and hitting sustainable development goals...

Price tag on votes

Yutan Sunya Youth 1: Is baar vote karne ke liye kitna paisa mila tha? Youth 2: Hum logon ko 5000 mila hai. Youth 3: Dhet, yeh toh...