Monthly Archives: August 2020

JWCAPTU defends APB&OCWWB chairman

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Aug 24: The Joint Working Committee Arunachal Pradesh Trade Union (JWCAPTU) has thrown its weight behind Arunachal Pradesh Building & Other Construction...

28-day-old beats Covid-19

LIKABALI, Aug 24: The youngest to recover from Covid-19 in Arunachal is a 28 days old baby in Lower Siang district. The mother and the...

IJU expresses concern over shutdown of Meghalaya daily

NEW DELHI, Aug 24: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has expressed concern over the random shutdown of The Shillong Times daily by the East...

Nyishi legislators, NES urge ANYA to call off bandh

ITANAGAR, Aug 24: The Nyishi legislators and the Nyishi Elite Society (NES) held a meeting at the NES secretariat on 22 August and unanimously...

Union, village council serve notice to BRO

TAWANG, Aug 24: The BRO Labourers Union, NE Region, the Jang Yuthembu Village Council/Mang and the Covid-19 response team of Tawang district have jointly...

EE reacts to fund misuse allegation

ITANAGAR, Aug 24: The executive engineer of the RWD DPIU-II in Upper Subansiri HQ Daporijo has denied the All Giba Circle Vigilance Forum's allegation...

Yingkiong town declared ODF

YINGKIONG, Aug 24: In compliance with the Centre's direction, Upper Siang DC Taper Pada has declared Yingkiong town open defecation-free (ODF) after reassessing whether...

Training in oilseed prodn imparted

TAFRALIANG, Aug 24: Thirty-three farmers, farmwomen and rural youths participated in a training programme on oilseed production, organized here by the Anjaw KVK on...

DC distributes LLINs to BPL beneficiaries

KOLORIANG, Aug 24: Kurung Kumey DC Kento Riba on Monday distributed long-lasting insecticide nets (LLIN) to the BPL beneficiaries of the entire district. The DC...

DC interacts with FIG members

ZIRO, Aug 24: Lower Subansiri DC Swetika Sachan on Monday met and interacted with members of the farmers' interest group (FIG) under the Mission...

Chaos in the Congress

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Monday decided that Sonia Gandhi will continue as interim president of the Congress for another six months. The...

Bureau of convenience

His Master's Voice By Poonam I Kaushish What is it about the Central Bureau of Investigation that has it always in the eye of the storm?...

State records 40 Covid-19+ve cases, 7 in forest dept, Miao

ITANAGAR, Aug 23: The state recorded 40 Covid-19 positive cases on Sunday, with seven new cases detected in the forest department in Miao in...

If everything goes well, India would get Covid-19 vaccine by year-end: Harsh Vardhan

NEW DELHI, Aug 23: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that if everything goes well, India would get a vaccine against the...

Frontline workers honoured

LONGDING, Aug 23: The Longding District Tourism Promotion Committee, on behalf of the people of Longding district felicitated with certificates and gold medals the...

Walking a tightrope

Monday Musing Nobody would have thought that Pema Khandu, who led the BJP to a convincing win in the 2019 election as the chief ministerial...

Richo questions privatization of airports

ITANAGAR, Aug 23: Taking strong exception to the privatization of the airports in Guwahati (Assam), Jaipur (Rajasthan) and Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), NECC general secretary Padi...

These exceptionally lifelike sculptures are the work of Dr Kaling Darang. A resident of Rengging village in East Siang district, Dr Darang is a...

Unknown miscreants vandalized the veterinary dispensary in Abotani Colony, Itanagar, at around 9 pm on Sunday, Veterinary Officer Dr Nido Tayo informed.