Monthly Archives: July 2020

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...

Police constable with no travel history tests Covid-19+ve, capital SP office sealed

TRIHMS employee tests positive Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 7: A 27-year-old lady police constable in the establishment branch of the capital SP office in Ganga...

RGU to follow UGC guidelines on terminal examinations

RONO HILLS, Jul 7: After the University Grants Commission (UGC) revisited its guidelines on Monday and called for completing examinations of terminal semester/year students...

Infant not tested at TRIHMS dies of Covid-19 in NEIGRIHMS; parents test negative

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 7: A seven-month-old baby from Arunachal reportedly died at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences...

Total lockdown affects normal life in ICR

ITANAGAR, Jul 7: Normal life has come to a standstill in the Itanagar capital region (ICR) due to the weeklong total lockdown imposed in...

Need to fight Covid-19 together: Felix

ITANAGAR, Jul 7: Home Minister Bamang Felix on Tuesday visited Nirjuli, Doimukh, Itanagar and Naharlagun to boost the morale of the police personnel. Speaking to...

Culvert on verge of collapse

ITANAGAR, Jul 7: The PWD Capital Division B has informed that a culvert on the Ganga-Jullang road, near the NES secretariat in Richi, is...

Members of the All Upper Subansiri District Students' Union, the All Tagin Students' Union and the All Tagin Youth Organization take out a procession...

DA imposes four-day Seppa lockdown

Staff Reporter SEPPA, Jul 7: East Kameng DC Pravimal Abhishek Polumatla on Tuesday announced a four-day lockdown in headquarters Seppa, from 5 am of 8...

Unruly mithun in villagers’ custody

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Jul 7: In an unusual development, the EAC of Tirbin in Leparada district has issued a public notice, informing that an unidentified...

Functioning of APPSC reviewed

Governor calls for annual calendar for APPSCCE ITANAGAR, Jul 7: Governor BD Mishra stressed on preparing an annual calendar for the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service...

Traffic diversion proposed

ITANAGAR, Jul 7: PWD (Highways) EE Nani Tath on Tuesday informed that the department has proposed diverting the traffic movement between Itanagar and Naharlagun,...

APCC flays BJP for ‘overruling’ SOPs

ITANAGAR, Jul 7: The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Tuesday condemned the BJP for "being superficial," saying that the party "overruled the lockdown...

Drug peddler, driver arrested

CHANGLANG, Jul 7: The anti-drug squad of the Changlang police arrested a drug peddler with suspected brown sugar during a naka checking in Rangkatu...

2nd Covid-19 patient in W/Kameng discharged

BOMDILA, Jul 7: The second Covid-19 patient in West Kameng district has recovered and was discharged from the Covid care centre here on Tuesday...

ArSRLM felicitates best SHGs in LDV

ROING, Jul 7: The Arunachal State Rural Livelihoods Mission (ArSRLM) felicitated 15 best self-help groups (SHG) in Lower Dibang Valley (LDV) district "for their...