Daily Archives: July 18, 2020

Health dept seeks extension of ICR lockdown

ITANAGAR, Jul 17: The health department has recommended to the state government to extend the lockdown in the Itanagar capital region in view of...

Arunachal’s govt schools improve performance in AISSCE, AISSE

Girls outshine boys again ITANAGAR, Jul 17: The government-run schools of Arunachal improved their performance in the All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE) and...

Veggies, meat becoming unaffordable in capital

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 17: Vegetables and meat are becoming unaffordable for most people as prices have skyrocketed since the capital region lockdown was announced...

Weeklong lockdown in W/Siang from 20 July

AALO, Jul 17: West Siang has decided to impose a weeklong total lockdown in the district from 20 July in view of the alarming...

DCM asks BSNL, army to expedite OFC laying work

ITANAGAR, Jul 17: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Friday asked the Indian Army and the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to expedite work...

ICR reports 58 fresh Covid-19 cases

ITANAGAR, Jul 17: The Itanagar capital region registered 58 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, taking the total to 295. The cases were detected in...

Random tests for Covid-19 to start soon: Libang

ITANAGAR, Jul 17: Health Minister Alo Libang has said that random testing for Covid-19 will start soon in the Itanagar capital region. Talking to the...

Centre allocates 20,528.025 mt foodgrains for 5 months under PMGKAY

ITANAGAR, Jul 17: The Centre has allocated 20,528.025 mt foodgrains for Arunachal for five months, from July to November, under the Prime Minister Garib...

CALSOM founder KK Lum Pul passes away

Correspondent TEZU, Jul 17: KK Lum Pul, the founder of the Cultural and Literary Society of Mishmi (CALSOM), pas-sed away early Friday morning at the...

AITF draws GoAP’s attn to shortfalls in Covid-19 mgmt

ITANAGAR, Jul 17: The Arunachal Indigenous Tribes Forum (AITF) has drawn the state government's attention towards what it called "acute shortfalls" in the overall...

Hydropower push in Arunachal: Looming threat to stranded assets

Around 2005, Arunachal was the hub of the ambitious '50,000 mw initiative' launched by the government of India to add as much hydropower capacity...

IPR committee rebuts fake news

NAHARLAGUN, Jul 17: The IPR department's fact-checking committee said that the widely circulated news on social media about eight doctors of the TRIHMS being...

DC urges traders to cooperate

ITANAGAR, Jul 17: Itanagar Capital Region DC Komkar Dulom appealed to the trading community of the ICR to cooperate with the administration and refrain...

Drug de-addiction centre inaugurated

KHONSA, Jul 17: Khonsa East MLA Wanglam Sawin inaugurated a drug de-addiction centre, named Care Me Home, at Charju, around 9 kms from here,...

DA discontinues board, lodging for team in W/Siang

AALO, Jul 17: The West Siang District Students' Union (WSDSU) has informed that the district administration has discontinued board and lodging for the medical...

Intense rainfall over NE from 19-21 July

NEW DELHI, Jul 17: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday forecast heavy rains over Northeast India and issued a red warning for West...

IEC campaign on Covid-19 launched

ZIRO, Jul 17: Lower Subansiri DC Swetika Sachan on Friday launched an intensive IEC campaign on Covid-19 being organized by the Dwbo Goan Bura...

Committee demands check posts in Bordumsa

BORDUMSA, Jul 17: The Covid-19 Vigilance Committee here in Changlang district has demanded immediate installation of check posts at all entry and exit points...

GoAP giving top priority to construction of roads in border areas: Official

ITANAGAR, Jul 17: The Arunachal government is giving top priority to construction of roads in the border areas of the state, a senior government...

GHSS decides to reduce admission fees

DAPORIJO, Jul 17: The authority of the government higher secondary school (GHSS) here in Upper Subansiri district and the alumni association of the school...