Monthly Archives: May 2021

NHPC provides cold chain equipment to GoAP

NAHARLAGUN, 16 May: The NHPC's Dibang Multipurpose Project has provided cold chain equipment for Covid-19 vaccination programme to the state government under its CSR...

‘Log on to IMC website for sanitization’

ITANAGAR, 16 May: IMC Commissioner C Chukhu has appealed to the people to log on to the IMC website or contact the nodal officers...

DA implements govt guidelines, tightens issuing of facilitation passes

CHANGLANG, 16 May: The Changlang district administration on Sunday said that the protocols and guidelines issued by the state government vis-à-vis Covid appropriate behaviour...

Environmental effect of felling trees

On Saturday, many trees were felled in Naharlagun town. Many of these trees located along NH 415 were very old and had become iconic...

Modi govt must rethink

Deficits & Debt By Shivaji Sarkar India is profligate. Its economic policies are away from realism, dependent on only one aspect of development – build, build...

B.1.617.2 variant of SARS-COV2 identified in Arunachal

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 15 May: The Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) in Dibrugarh, Assam, has identified the B.1.617.2 variant...

State records 249 Covid cases on Sat, one dies

ITANAGAR, 15 May: The state recorded 249 fresh Covid positive cases on Saturday, with the Itanagar capital region (ICR) reporting the highest 76 cases,...

ICR lockdown extended by 14 days

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 15 May: The Itanagar capital region (ICR) administration has extended the weeklong lockdown by another 14 days (till 31 May) in view...

Govt issues further guidelines for Covid-19 containment in dists

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 15 May: Taking note of "the continuous and rapid increase in daily Covid-19 cases, state and district moving averages in positivity rates...

Old trees along highway felled

NAHARLAGUN, 15 May: Trees along NH 415 in Naharlagun area, which were leaning towards the highway were felled by the administration on Saturday. Naharlagun Executive...

U/Subansiri admin making efforts to contain Covid

DAPORIJO, 15 May: The Upper Subansiri district administration is making every effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the district. The administration has...

State BJP mourns deaths

ITANAGAR, 15 Mar: The state BJP on Saturday organized a 'virtual condolence meeting' to mourn the demise of Manipur BJP president Saikhom Tikendra Singh,...

CS visits C’lang to review Covid preparedness

CHANGLANG, 15 May: Chief Secretary (CS) Naresh Kumar visited Changlang on Friday to take stock of the Covid-19 preparedness in the district. The CS visited...

Tackling Covid fears

Flights Of Fantasy Over the last one year plus, Covid-19 has spread to all corners of the world and has infected more than 16 crore...

Tawang to go under 14-day lockdown from Monday

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 15 May: The state government has announced a 14-day lockdown in Tawang district, from 5 am of 17 May to 5 am...

DA buries body of Covid patient

ITANAGAR, 15 May: The body of a person who died from Covid-19 was buried by a team of officials from the ICR district administration...

DAs declare containment zones in C’lang, L/Subansiri

CHANGLANG/ZIRO, 15 May: In view of the sudden surge in Covid-19 cases, the Changlang district administration declared the BIPL labour camps in New Dokpey...

Free oxygen, oxygen cylinder donated

PASIGHAT, 15 May: A group of friends called 'Friends of Eighties' or FoE on Saturday donated free oxygen for a month, along with an...

Tree plantation prog organized

TALIHA, 15 May: A two-day 'tree plantation-cum-awareness programme on wildlife and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' was organized by the villagers of Rigia in Upper Subansiri...

NES calls for pragmatic Covid-19 action plan

ITANAGAR, 15 May: Taking note of the speculation by scientists and experts that a third wave of Covid-19 may occur and cause a bigger...