Monthly Archives: July 2020

MARDC resolves to boycott PR elections if no headway in autonomy demand

ITANAGAR, Jul 30: The Mon Autonomous Region Demand Committee (MARDC), which has called for early creation of the Mon autonomous region, comprising Tawang and...

State records 150 Covid-19 recoveries on Thu, 74 new cases

ITANAGAR, Jul 30: The state recorded 150 recoveries from Covid-19 on Thursday in various districts, with the Itanagar capital region (ICR) recording the highest...

AAPSU says Mon autonomy bound to open floodgates for similar demands

ITANAGAR, Jul 30: Reacting to the demand for a Mon autonomous region by the Mon Autonomous Region Demand Committee, the All Arunachal Pradesh Students'...

DCHC to start operation when infrastructure is in place: Libang

ITANAGAR, Jul 30: Health Minister Alo Libang said that the dedicated Covid health centre (DCHC) in Midpu will not be made operational until all...

Illegal timber seized, driver arrested

BOMDILA, Jul 30: The West Kameng police seized a truck loaded with illegal timber worth lakhs of rupees from here on the intervening night...

AIFUCTO opposes new education policy      

 ITANAGAR, Jul 30: The All India Federation of University & College Teachers' Organization (AIFUCTO) has opposed the new education policy and said that "it...

Forum seeks review of tender for food processing units in C’lang

CHANGLANG, Jul 30: The Changlang People's Forum (CPF) has requested the secretary of the North Eastern Council and the Changlang deputy commissioner to review...

DMO urges residents to undergo antigen tests

NAHARLAGUN, Jul 30: DMO Dr Mandip Perme has expressed concern over the low turnouts for the rapid antigen tests being conducted across the Itanagar...

APCC VP Tachu Hina passes away

ITANAGAR, Jul 30: The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has deeply mourned the demise of veteran Congress leader and APCC vice president Tachu Hina,...

Ruksin admin requests other dists to share responsibilities

RUKSIN, Jul 30: The Ruskin subdivision administration in East Siang district has requested the administrators of other districts to share responsibilities by conducting Covid-19-related...

Primary contact of Covid-19+ve driver tests positive

ROING, Jul 30: A primary contact of a driver supplying essential commodities who had tested Covid-19 positive on 21 July, tested positive for the...

ACDSU demands cancellation of online exam, classes

MIAO, Jul 30: The All Changlang District Students' Union (ACDSU) in a memorandum to the education secretary on Thursday demanded cancellation of the directive...

Home, sweet home: Will it be the new normal?

Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest; Home-keeping hearts are happiest, For those that wander they know not where, Are full of trouble and...

Forum alleges substandard work on PMGSY road in Giba

DAPORIJO, Jul 30: Condemning the poor execution of the work on the PMGSY road from 0 Point Menga road to Lungte village, the All...

Man sentenced to life imprisonment

KHONSA, Jul 30: The district & sessions court here in Tirap district on Thursday convicted one Sanjit Murah under Section 302 of the Indian...

Lecture series on Gandhian ideas on ednl policies held

RONO HILLS, Jul 30: To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi University's (RGU) education department held a lecture series on...

2 areas in Miao declared containment zones

MIAO, Jul 30: After one CRPF jawan and a frontline worker in Barrack Line tested Covid-19 positive on Thursday and Wednesday, respectively, during...

Awareness programme organized

DAPORIJO, Jul 30: The All Gandhi Market Welfare Association organized an awareness programme on Covid-19 in the market area here on Thursday. The association also...

Ill-timed demand for autonomous council

As the state, particularly the Itanagar capital region, grapples with the constant rise in the number of cases of the novel coronavirus infection, a...

DCHC yet to be ready, construction agency seeks more time

MIDPU, Jul 29: The construction of the prefabricated dedicated Covid health centre (DCHC) here in Papum Pare district is unlikely to meet the 31...