Daily Archives: July 15, 2020

18 ‘fasting meet’ attendees test Covid-19+ve

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 14: Eighteen out of 23 people have tested positive for Covid-19 after a reported 'fasting meet' at a prayer centre in...

Residents protest move to turn MLA apartments into Covid hospital

Staff Reporter CHIMPU, Jul 14: Following the government's decision to convert the newly constructed MLA apartments here into a 40-bedded Covid hospital, the residents of...

Construction of prefab Covid-19 hospital plagued by issues

Staff Reporter MIDPU, Jul 14: With the number of Covid-19 cases rising in the state, the focus has turned to the dedicated prefabricated Covid-19 hospital...

State records highest single-day spike in Covid-19

ITANAGAR, Jul 14: Arunachal recorded the highest single-day spike of 75 Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, with the Itanagar capital region leading the list with...

Four days after Nginu ‘operation’, bodies of NSCN (IM) men in Dibrugarh morgue

ITANAGAR, Jul 14: The bodies of the six NSCN (IM) operatives who were killed in Nginu village in Wakka circle of Longding district on...

FIRs lodged against highway CE, TK Engg over mudslide deaths

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 14: An aggrieved husband and relatives have lodged an FIR against Highway Chief Engineer Nani Tadu and M/s TK Engineering, blaming...

AAPSU hits out at govt over unavailability of reqd medicines

ITANAGAR, Jul 14: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) has hit out at the state government for the "non-availability of medicines used in...

Orgs ban movement of GeoEnpro bowsers

KHARSANG, Jul 14: Various organizations and members of the public protesting the termination of jobs of 19 employees by GeoEnpro Petroleum Ltd have banned...

Last rites of businessman held at Karsingsa

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 14: The last rites of the 32-year-old Covid-19 patient with comorbidity who passed away at the TRIHMS, Naharlagun, on Monday were...

Govt reconstitutes SSA interview boards

ITANAGAR, Jul 14: the state cabinet has rolled back its decision to include a panchayat leader along with two residents of the district concerned...

ANYA demands inquiry into job deprivation issue

ITANAGAR, Jul 14: The All Nyishi Youth Association (ANYA) has demanded that the state government order a magisterial inquiry into the alleged injustice meted...

Local MLA visits flood- affected areas in New Seren

NARI-SEREN, Jul 14: Nari-Koyu MLA Kento Rina, accompanied by Nari ADC Kenbom Nyodu and other government officials visited Angma nalla (an irrigation channel) near...

Gao launches seedless Thai lemons

ITANAGAR, Jul 14: MP Tapir Gao on Tuesday launched 'Organic Thailand Lemon', being promoted by the Green Gold Group based in Tarajuli in Papum...

Class 10 student feared drowned

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 14: An 18-year-old, identified as Chow Nilotpol Pangyuk, is feared to have drowned in the Jenthu river, near Enthem village in...

NCD outreach prog conducted

PALIN, Jul 14: A six-day outreach programme conducted by the Kra Daadi district non-communicable disease (NCD) cell at the district hospital and various PHCs...

119 schemes approved under JJM in W/Kameng

BOMDILA, Jul 14: The West Kameng District Water and Sanitation Mission in a meeting held here on Tuesday approved 119 schemes in its annual...

MLA urges highways dept to reopen Papu-Yupia road

NAHARLAGUN, Jul 14: Itanagar MLA Techi Kaso has urged the PWD highways authorities to reopen the blocked Trans-Arunachal Highway (TAH 713) between Papu and...

Lost elephant calf in forest dept’s care

ITANAGAR, Jul 14: The staff of the Seijosa wildlife division in Pakke-Kessang district is looking after an elephant calf that got separated from the...

Following massive damage to the Jullang road at several locations, residents living near the NES secretariat and Doni Colony boundary have raised concern over...

Meeting on containing Covid-19 held

KOLORIANG, Jul 14: The Kurung Kumey district administration held a meeting with stakeholders here on Monday to discuss measures to prevent the spread of...