Daily Archives: August 15, 2020

Covid-19 claims one more life; MLA Jummum Ete Deori tests Covid-19+ve

ITANAGAR, Aug 14: A 55-year-old man from Namsai died of Covid-19 on Friday. He had been referred to the Tezu zonal general hospital on 13...

Flashflood damages houses, sweeps away hanging bridge in Kimin

Staff Reporter KIMIN, Aug 14: Two houses were swept away while four others were damaged here in Papum Pare district on Friday, owing to a...

Elephant calf rescued, handed over to zoo

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Aug 14: A two- to three-month-old male elephant calf was rescued from the Toru forest range under the Sagalee forest division on...

APDA demands release of doctors’ NPA

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Aug 14: The Arunachal Pradesh Doctors' Association (APDA) on Friday demanded that the state government release the doctors' non-practicing allowance (NPA) and...

BSNL staffers on strike over delayed salaries

NAHARLAGUN, Aug 14: The casual staffers of the BSNL have been staging protests outside the office of the BSNL SDO (telecom) here since 10...

CS convenes meeting on MOVCD-NER

ITANAGAR, Aug 14: Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar convened a state level executive committee (SLEC) meeting to discuss the Mission Organic Value Chain Development (MOVCD)-Northeast...

House gutted, SHG provides relief

CHIMPU, Aug 14: Members of the 21st Koloriang SHG provided relief materials to one Tolum Yatung, whose house here was reduced to ashes in...

NABARD launches LEDP in Namsai

NAMSAI, Aug 14: The National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) launched its livelihood & enterprise development programme (LEDP) in Namsai district on...

Saplings planted, village cleaned

AALO, Aug 14: The West Siang DRDA, led by the APO and the forest department, along with 20 volunteers planted over 200 saplings and...

CM launches APEDP, unveils challenge for entrepreneurs

ITANAGAR, Aug 14: Chief Minister Pema Khandu launched the Arunachal Pradesh Entrepreneurship Development Programme (APEDP) and unveiled the 'Arunachal Pradesh Entrepreneurship Challenge (APEC)' as...

Forum seeks support for Indo-Naga peace talks, calls for maintaining brotherhood

ITANAGAR, Aug 14: The Tirap Changlang and Longding People's Forum (TCLPeF) has appealed to the people of the state to maintain brotherhood and support...

CS releases books by NABARD

ITANAGAR, Aug 14: Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar on Friday released two books, titled Performance Report of NABARD in Arunachal Pradesh - Annual Report 2019-20...

MLA inaugurates circuit house

LEMMI, Aug 14: Pakke-Kessang MLA Biyuram Wahge inaugurated the circuit house here in Pakke-Kessang district on Friday, in the presence of DC Gautam Hazarika,...

Governor compliments RGU family

ITANAGAR, Aug 14: Governor BD Mishra complimented the authorities of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) for securing the second rank in the all India central...

APYC alleges irregularities in land acquisition

ITANAGAR, Aug 14: Alleging irregularities in the process of acquiring land for the construction of the road from 6.5 km to 16.5 km points...

Remembering Kengki Megu, an unsung hero of the freedom movement

The students of Arunachal Pradesh are taught about the glorious history of the freedom movement and of patriotism in other parts of our country....

RGU brings joy amid sad times

In what could be termed a matter of huge pride, the lone central university of the state, Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), secured the second...

Politics at its worst

Bengaluru Riots By Insaf Riots and the aftermath give political parties a handle to settle scores, rather than heal the wounds. The country’s digital capital, Bengaluru,...