Monthly Archives: May 2021

Shopkeepers should be compensated

Editor, This is regarding the construction of the underpass at Bank Tinali and its impact on the shopkeepers of Legi Complex and Bank Tinali area. The...

Have you taken COVID-19 vaccine?

Yes 254 Votes (39.20%) No 394 Votes (60.80%)

LDV actively carrying out contact tracing; state’s tally at 1,406

ITANAGAR, 2 May: Lower Dibang Valley (LDV) district, which is on a 10-day lockdown since 29 April and is actively carrying out contact tracing,...

Banerjee, Stalin win elections

KOLKATA, 2 May: Mamata Banerjee rode the BJP challenge to take her Trinamool Congress to triumph for a third consecutive term in West Bengal...

Abhiyans, caps and t-shirts

Monday Musing I am a bit weary of any government campaign, especially if caps and t-shirts are thrown in. No matter how ugly those caps...

Massive forest fire occurs near Hoj

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 2 May: A massive forest fire reportedly broke out near Hoj in Papum Pare district on Saturday evening. The fire engulfed the entire...

Govt issues order to implement Covid containment measures if required

ITANAGAR, 2 May: The disaster management authority of the state government on Saturday directed the deputy commissioners and all other government departments to implement...

Hospital botches up Covid report

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 2 May: The Itafort hospital here botched a Covid-19 report by marking a positive result as negative. The sample for RT-PCR test was...

AAPSU, RGURSF condemn RGU admin’s ‘dictatorial attitude’

ITANAGAR, 2 May: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) and the Rajiv Gandhi University Research Scholars' Forum (RGURSF) have condemned the RGU administration...

ICR health dept says contact tracing on while it’s not

ITANAGAR, 2 May: Contact tracing is being carried out regularly in the Itanagar capital region (ICR) by IDSP and RRT teams in Itanagar and...

DC re-verifies properties to be affected by four-lane work

BANDERDEWA, 2 May: Itanagar Capital Region Deputy Commissioner Talo Potom, who is also the nodal officer for the construction of the four-lane road under...

Thunderstorm disrupts power supply in W/Siang

AALO, 2 May: A thunderstorm that occurred in the evening of 1 May in West Siang district has disrupted electricity supply in the district. The...

Tedir seeks stakeholders’ cooperation for growth of sports sector in Arunachal

ITANAGAR, 2 May: Newly elected Arunachal Olympic Association (AOA) president Taba Tedir sought cooperation from the sports associations and all other stakeholders in the...

Min takes stock of dist’s developmental issues

SEPPA, 2 May: Environment & Forests Minister Mama Natung chaired a district level coordination meeting here in East Kameng district on Saturday to discuss...

Jungle clearance for jhum prohibited in Changlang

CHANGLANG, 2 May: Changlang DC Dr Devansh Yadav has through an executive order prohibited felling and clearing of jungles by any means for the...

TRIHMS Covid vaccine site shifted

ITANAGAR, 2 May: Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) has shifted its vaccine site. In a press release, TRIHMS PRO Dr...

C’lang records 15 fresh cases, taking tally to 61

MIAO, 2 May: The health department, the general administration and other departments of Changlang district are relentlessly fighting the second wave of Covid-19. Altogether 448...

One drowns in Siyom river

BOLENG, 2 May: One Madhukar Gharti (45), who was working as a rigger under the Vij Engineering Consultant Pvt Ltd in Sangam, fell into...

DC urges banks to develop people-friendly attitude

AALO, 2 May: West Siang DC Moki Loyi urged the banking institutions in the district to develop a people-friendly attitude and make people aware...