Monthly Archives: May 2020

Don’t snatch our livelihood

Dear Editor, I would like to draw the kind attention of the state government about the immediate need to release relief package for auto, tempo,...

Arunachal likely to receive heavy rainfall: IMD

ITANAGAR, May 20: Many districts in Arunachal Pradesh are likely to witness heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm during the next two days. The super cyclonic...

Rice dispatched to Vijoynagar via IAF

MIAO, May 20: Four air sorties were made to Vijoynagar in Changlang district by the Indian Air Force (IAF) to dispatch rice and other...

32,933 beneficiaries get free rice in West Siang

AALO, May 20: The civil supplies department has distributed five kilos of free rice per head to 32,933 individual beneficiaries of AAY and PHH...

MLA asks staffers at PTC quarantine centre to strictly follow SoP

BANDERDEWA, May 20: Doimukh MLA Tana Hali Tara has asked the administrative officers and frontline workers at PTC quarantine centre to strictly maintain the...

Centre, state govts owe huge dues of advertisement money to media industry: INS tells...

NEW DELHI, May 20: The central and state governments' advertising arms owe between Rs 1,500 crore and Rs 1,800 crore to various media houses...

Ngandam inspects quarantine centres, check gates

KANUBARI, May 20: Minister for RWD Honchun Ngandam inspected quarantine centres and check gates at Kanubari on Wednesday. Accompanied by Longding-Pumao MLA Tanpho Wangnaw, DC...

34 stranded returning to Changlang

MIAO, May 20: Thirty-four persons from Miao, Bordumsa and Diyun circles of Changlang district, who were stranded in Mumbai, Maharashtra, are returning home via...

‘Govt to enhance economy of farmers through apiculture’

World Honeybee Day NAHARLAGUN, May 20: Agriculture and Horticulture Secretary Bidol Tayeng has said the state government is contemplating on enhancing the economy of the...

GoI should refrain from military bloodbath: NPMHR

ITANAGAR, May 20: The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) while reacting to the killing of a civilian, Lamdaan Lukham on 16 May...

6 shopkeepers booked, chicken sellers warned

ITANAGAR, May 20: A team of the legal metrology and consumer affairs officers consisting of Zonal Deputy Controller Minte Siga and Lower Dibang Valley...

Union urges STS GM to arrange vehicles for stranded people

ITANAGAR, May 20: The All Shi-Yomi District Students' Union (ASYDSU) has urged the Arunachal Pradesh State Transport Services (APSTS) general manager (GM) to provide...

‘EPF rate reduction to benefit crores’

NAHARLAGUN, May 20: Reduction in rate of employees' provident fund (EPF) contributions from 12 percent to 10 percent of basic wages and dearness allowances...

Not ultimate answer

Aarogya Setu By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director ICSSR, New Delhi) The Union Home Ministry has made Aarogya Setu (Bridge to Health) app, a contact tracing app,...

Home Minister visits Pasighat to review Covid-19 preparedness

PASIGHAT, May 19: Home Minister Bamang Felix visited East Siang district to review the preparedness against the Covid-19 pandemic. While talking to media on the...

Sports ministry selects RGU to establish CoE in sports science

ITANAGAR, May 19: The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) under its National Centre of Sports Sciences and Research (NCSSR) scheme has selected...

Students to mark one year of Tirap massacre

KHONSA, May 19: The All Tirap District Students' Union (ATDSU) has appealed to the Tirap district administration to announce closure of market on 21...

Tuki takes stock of Covid-19 preparedness, focuses on food security

SAGALEE, May 19: Local MLA Nabam Tuki took stock of the Covid-19 preparedness and interacted with the Covid-19 control room team constituted by the...

PCI takes suo-motu cognizance on online threats to Arunachal Times journalist

NEW DELHI, May 19: The Press Council of India expressed its concern over threats of physical violence in several online posts to The Arunachal...

Contractors’ ass’n raises concern over work quality of NH

ITANAGAR, May 19: The All Arunachal Contractor's Welfare Association (AACWA) has expressed concern over the work quality of the national highway package from Chandranagar...