Monthly Archives: July 2020

DC inspects solid waste mgmt plant

BOMDILA, Jul 13: West Kameng DC Karma Leki, accompanied by UD&H engineers and other officers on Monday visited the commissioned solid waste management (SWM)...

Residents seek retaining wall

ITANAGAR, Jul 13: The Niya Colony Welfare Committee (NCWC) here has requested the state government and local MLA Techi Kaso to initiate steps for...

NABARD launches developmental progs to mark foundation day

ITANAGAR, Jul 13: The NABARD's Arunachal regional office (RO) here launched several programmes in the state to mark the NABARD's 39th foundation day on...

Integrated border area development as part of national security

It is time to look at border area development from a broader national security perspective and not through a narrow loss/gain or regional vote...

Crime is now politics

Bahubali-Khadi Nexus By Poonam I Kaushish The sordid saga of dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey of Kanpur with over 60 cases to his name came to a...

Postpone written exam

Editor, The number of Covid-19 cases in Arunachal Pradesh is increasing at an alarming rate. It went from 0 to 300+ in a span of...

Is lockdown the only way out?

Editor, The government of India had imposed a nationwide lockdown since 24 March under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, with certain relaxations over the months...

A letter to the chief minister

Editor, Through your esteemed daily, I would like to submit the following before the chief minister: First of all, we would like to congratulate you for...

ICR not in Covid-19 community transmission phase: Health Secy

ITANAGAR, Jul 12: Health Secretary P Parthiban has claimed that the Itanagar capital region (ICR) is yet to enter the community transmission phase of...

Orgs reconstruct hanging bridge

DUMPORIJO, Jul 12: Amid a weeklong lockdown in entire Upper Subansiri district on account of Covid-19, local organizations here came together to construct a...

11 Covid-19+ve cases reported in ICR on Sun

ITANAGAR, Jul 12: Eleven Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the Itanagar capital region (ICR) on Sunday, two of them health workers at the...

Transmission towers on verge of collapse

ITANAGAR, Jul 12: The extra high-tension transmission tower number 72, located behind Tata Motors in Papu Nallah, and tower number 85, located in IRBn...

Govt relaxes lockdown measures in sector areas

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 12: Itanagar Capital Region DC Komkar Dulom informed that the state government has relaxed the lockdown measures somewhat by allowing ration...

Prayer centre goer tests Covid-19+ve

ITANAGAR, Jul 12: An AAPSU team along with a team from the Naharlagun police station on Sunday visited the premises of a prayer centre...

Planning dept postpones CMFP interview

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 12: Following widespread criticism on various social media platforms, the planning department on Sunday postponed the interview for the Chief Minister's...

Overcoming crisis by doing nothing

Monday Musing This is probably the first time in human history that we are trying to overcome a humanitarian crisis by staying indoors and doing...

TRIHMS staff to provide samples by Mon

NAHARLAGUN, Jul 12: The director of the Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) here issued an order on Sunday, directing doctors,...

APCC mourns deaths, urges govt to provide relief

ITANAGAR, Jul 12: The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Sunday expressed deep sorrow over the loss of eight lives, including four children, in...

An 18-year-old, identified as Govind Raito, a GREF worker, died at 9 Kilo area in Kimin circle of Papum Pare district on Sunday morning...