Daily Archives: July 24, 2020

Kamle without ambulance amid Covid-19

ITANAGAR, Jul 23: Even as the health department is fighting tooth and nail to break the Covid-19 transmission chain in the Itanagar capital region,...

Siang river washes away Mebo-Dhola road

PASIGHAT, Jul 23: The rising Siang river eroded about a 550-metre stretch of the Mebo-Dhola road between Kongkul and Namsing villages, in East Siang...

Covid-19: Porters flee from Tawang army camp, quarantined in East Kameng

ITANAGAR, Jul 23: Seven youths who were recently recruited as porters in the Indian Army in Tawang fled from the army camp there after...

14-yr-old primary contact tests positive, 33 cases in ICR

ITANAGAR, Jul 23: A 14-year-old girl student of Huto English School in Nirjuli was found to be positive for Covid-19 during tests conducted by...

Work for Covid-19 hospital at MLA aptts begins

ITANAGAR, Jul 23: Health Secretary P Parthiban has said that work for setting up a Covid-19 hospital at the MLA apartments here has started. He...

Private schools allowed to charge tuition fees

ITANAGAR, Jul 23: Education Minister Taba Tedir held a videoconference here on Thursday with various stakeholders in connection with admission and fees structures vis-à-vis...

Communication via MMJ road restored

RUKSIN, Jul 23: Communication via the Mirem-Mikong-Jonai (MMJ) PWD road, which had been snapped after the turbulent Sille river washed away the right abutment...

Attempt to murder alleged, police arrest one

ITANAGAR, Jul 23: The Riika-Riibla Welfare Society (RRWS) has alleged that one of the members of the society, Nich Takar, was attacked with a...

Constable released from CCC

MIAO, Jul 23: Constable Raltu Mossang of the Miao police station, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on 10 July, was released on Thursday...

NESO urges gov to pursue MHRD, UGC against conducting final sem exams

ITANAGAR, Jul 23: The North East Students' Organization (NESO) has written to Governor BD Mishra to strongly pursue with the MHRD and the UGC...

INC leaders visit flood-affected areas, demand early restoration work

PASIGHAT, Jul 23: A team of senior Congress leaders, including former education minister Bosiram Siram, visited flood- and erosion-affected areas in the Pasighat east...

Water supply suspension bridge damaged

ITANAGAR, Jul 23: The main cable of the 58-metre-span wire rope suspension bridge for DI 300 mm dia mains of the Naharlagun-Nirjuli township water...

IMC sanitizes hospitals

NAHARLAGUN, Jul 23: The Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) carried out sanitization at the RKM, Heema and Niba Hospitals, which have suspended services after Covid-19...

CMC Vellore empanelled under CMAAY

ITANAGAR, Jul 23: The Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, has been empanelled under the Chief Minister Arogya Arunachal Yojana (CMAAY), informed...

Unessential movement restricted in E/Siang

PASIGHAT, Jul 23: The East Siang district administration has under Section 144 CrPC prohibited all kinds of movement for unessential activities, including that of...

Lohit DA seals district’s boundaries

TEZU, Jul 23: The Lohit district administration has sealed its inter-district boundaries to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the district. The step was initiated...

Meeting on Covid-19, disaster preparedness held

YUPIA, Jul 23: The Papum Pare district level incident response team (DLIRT) met here on Thursday under the chairmanship of DC Pige Ligu to...

DC convenes meeting on Covid-19 situation

PASIGHAT, Jul 23: East Siang DC Kinny Singh on Thursday convened a meeting here with stakeholders to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the district. As...

Rise in gender inequalities in media during Covid-19: IFJ

NEW DELHI, Jul 23: The Indian Journalists Union ( IJU) has joined the International Federation of Journalists and its gender council's call to media...

Construction of CSCs under SSA discussed

BOMDILA, Jul 23: A meeting on construction of 45 community sanitary complexes (CSC) under the Samudayik Shauchalaya Abhiyan (SSA) in West Kameng district was...