Monthly Archives: June 2020

Looking for giants

Our Pygmy Leaders By Poonam I Kaushish A fundamental principle of a civilised nation is that in times of war, the polity displays cohesiveness and rallies...

3 ITBP personnel test Covid-19+ve

Active cases in E/ Siang down to zero ITANAGAR, Jun 28: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) detected its first three Covid-19 positive cases in the...

Centre tells Arunachal to expedite JJM implementation

ITANAGAR, Jun 28: The Centre has asked the Arunachal government to expeditiously implement the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), a flagship programme that aims to...

Idu Mishmi group opposes construction of Etalin HEP

ITANAGAR, Jun 28: A group of Idu Mishmi people from Lower Dibang Valley and Dibang Valley districts have expressed dissent over the construction of...

Public leaders oppose shifting GH from Khonsa to Charju

ITANAGAR, Jun 28: Public leaders of Tirap district have raised objection to the proposal to shift the general hospital (GH) from district headquarters Khonsa...

Cabin fever

Monday Musing They wring you out from within - the gathering uncertainties - till all the things you cared about, all the rose-tinted dreams you...

Assam keelback snake registers presence after more than a century

129 years ago, the centre of the Ahom dynasty, Sivasagar district of Upper Assam, would have had impenetrable evergreen forest teeming with wildlife. It's...

Cong says PMCF accepted Chinese donations, asks why Modi not calling China aggressor

NEW DELHI, Jun 28: Hitting back at the BJP for raising the issue of funding to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, the Congress on Sunday...

Landslides snap road communication

Correspondent PASIGHAT, Jun 28: Road communication to Lipin and Maane villages from Korang circle headquarters in Lower Siang district is cut off for the last...

Manpower shortage in health sector: Libang

ITANAGAR, Jun 28: Health Minister Alo Libang has said that the state's health sector is still facing shortage of human resource. Speaking to the media...

MLA assures to improve schools

DAPORIJO, Jun 28: MLA Taniya Soki on Sunday inspected several schools here in Upper Subansiri district. After assessing the infrastructures that require to be renovated,...

GeoEnpro’s unethical action

The decision of GeoEnpro Pvt Ltd to terminate the service of 16 contractual and three regular employees is really unfortunate. Some of them have...

To lower demand, growth

Diesel Price Hike Economic Highlights By Shivaji Sarkar The nation needs wisdom to help stir it out of a difficult situation. An economy sinking for...

Flood situation in Arunachal grim

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jun 27: The flood situation in Arunachal is reportedly grim, owing to the ceaseless downpour over the recent weeks. The state disaster management...

GeoEnpro lays off 19 employees, orgs outraged

KHARSANG, Jun 27: GeoEnpro Pvt Ltd has terminated the services of 16 contractual and three regular employees, reportedly on the pretext of a "severe...

A silver lining: The Covid+ve mother who breastfed her child

ITANAGAR, Jun 27: An asymptomatic Covid-19 positive mother continued to breastfeed her six-month-old child at the advice of the doctors. Speaking to this daily, the...

PTC to be closed to returnees from 30 Jun

ITANAGAR, Jun 27: Itanagar Capital Region DC Komkar Dulom has issued an order stating that no returnee/inmate will be admitted into the police training...

Doimukh-Potin road blocked by mudslide, massive landslides in Longding

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jun 27: Massive landslides and mudslides have been reported at multiple locations on the Doimukh-Potin stretch of the Trans-Arunachal Highway. Sources informed that...

Stranded persons rescued from Lohit river

TEZU, Jun 27: Two stranded persons were rescued by a joint team of the police and the district disaster management agency, with assistance from...