Daily Archives: July 9, 2020

2 more Covid-19 +ve cases detected in capital outside quarantine

ITANAGAR, Jul 8: Itanagar-Capital Region (ICR) has detected two more positive cases from outside the quarantine facility on Wednesday. They are from 'F' and...

Bank sealed after businessman with no travel history tests Covid-19+ve

Staff Reporter NAHARLAGUN, Jul 8: The Vijaya Bank (Bank of Baroda) here has reportedly been sealed after a businessman, who had visited the bank recently,...

Heavy rainfall affects normal life in Siang valley

Correspondent RUKSIN, Jul 8: Heavy rain lashed East Siang district and Dhemaji of north Assam, throwing life out of gear on Wednesday. Overnight heavy downpour in...

TRIHMS to test all after employee tests Covid19 +ve, shut till July 10

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 8: The Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TIRHMS) has been shut for two days after a health worker...

A portion of the road connecting Upper Vivek Vihar colony with DNGC gate is on the verge of collapse. Commuters have been advised to...

IJU concerned over police complaint against editor Patricia Mukhim

GUWAHATI, Jul 8: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has expressed serious concern over a police complaint by the Lawsohtun village council against The Shillong...

Medical student accuses DBYC Fr of molestation

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 8: A medical student has alleged that Father Cyriac of the Don Bosco Youth Centre here had molested her at...

Three best performing SHGs in Lohit felicitated

TEZU, Jul 8: Three best performing self help groups (SHGs) in Lohit district were felicitated and nine SHGs were provided loan-sanctioned certificates in a...

Christian forum apologises for hurting sentiment of indigenous faith

Staff Reporter SEPPA, Jul 8: The East Kameng Christian Forum (EKCF) has apologised for the unfortunate incident of setting an altar, images and other materials...

Conman arrested after testing negative for Covid19 from quarantine centre

NAHARLAGUN, Jul 8: The capital unit police arrested a conman identified as Ajit Kanu of Lakhimpur, Assam soon after he was released from the...

Last Covid-19 patient in LDV recovers

ROING, Jul 8: The only remaining Covid-19 positive patient in Lower Dibang Valley (LDV) district has recovered. He was discharged from the BRTF Covid care...

RGU first dual-mode university to conduct capacity building training for teachers

RONO HILLS, Jul 8: "Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) is the first dual-mode university from across the nations to initiate capacity building training program for...

Aerodrome committee meet on preparedness and response system

PASIGHAT, Jul 8: The aerodrome committee meeting for the Pasighat Airport was conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF), Advanced Landing Ground, Pasighat on...

BJP leader Vijay Sonam quits party

Staff reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 8: Prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Sonam quit the party on Wednesday. In a letter addressed to the BJP state...

DC plans out KCC enrollment of farmers

SEPPA, Jul 8: East Kameng Deputy Commissioner Pravimal Abhishek Polumatla convened a coordination meeting on Wednesday with all stakeholders to conceptualize a modality to...

Clear the air

With citizens being infected with Covid-19 without any travel history, there is fear that community transmission has started in the state capital region. On Tuesday,...

Rise in domestic violence

Covid-19 Family Gift By Dr S. Saraswathi (Former Director, ICSSR, New Delhi) Gendered impact of infectious diseases noticed in some recent epidemics like ZIKA, SARS, and EBOLA...

Systematic balance between environment and development

Dear Editor, What goes wrong with mega-ecological projects? Amidst the chaos of this pandemic, the talk about Dibang Project has been doing rounds. Well, I...