Daily Archives: September 21, 2020

Landslide disrupts traffic movement on Pasighat-Yingkiong road

Correspondent PASIGHAT, Sep 20: Traffic movement on the Pasighat-Yingkiong Trans-Arunachal Highway has been badly affected due to heavy landslides triggered by torrential rains. Surface communication remains...

135 new Covid-19 cases detected on Sun, 19 reported from TRIHMS

ITANAGAR, Sep 20: The state recorded 135 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the number of active cases to 1,964. Twenty-one of the cases...

No proposal to abolish ILP system

NEW DELHI, Sep 20: The Centre has no proposal to abolish the inner line permit (ILP) system currently prevalent in Arunachal, Nagaland, Mizoram and...

The price of a pandemic

Monday Musing Since 1 September, the government of Arunachal has imposed testing fees for Covid-19 statewide at all government-run facilities. Whoever is tested will have to...

CM tests Covid-19-ve for second time

ITANAGAR, Sep 20: Chief Minister Pema Khandu, who was infected with Covid-19 recently, tested negative for the virus for the second time on Sunday. Khandu...

Facts, not views central to Rajeev Sharma case: IJU

NEW DELHI, Sep 20: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has noted with concern the arrest of veteran journalist Rajeev Sharma for alleged breach of...

Bedlam in RS as it passes 2 key farm bills

NEW DELHI, Sep 20: The Rajya Sabha on Sunday passed two key farm bills amid a bedlam as opposition members charged towards the podium...

32,238 paramilitary personnel contract Covid-19: Govt

NEW DELHI, Sep 20: The government on Sunday said a total of 32,238 paramilitary personnel have been infected by the coronavirus so far. Union MoS...

State BJP organizes community services

ITANAGAR, Sep 20: The state BJP organized community services, including blood donation and cleanliness drives, as part of its 'seva saptah (service week)' across...

Dept, communities should revive the drying water resources

PHE&WS Secretary Rinchin Tashi during a recent talk said that 652 critical and 650 sub-critical water resources are on the verge of drying in...