Monthly Archives: June 2021

IJU hails SC view on sedition and media

NEW DELHI, 1 Jun: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has welcomed the Supreme Court's stay on coercive action by the Andhra Pradesh Police against...

Tassar to provide RAT kits to people of Koloriang

KOLORIANG, 1 Jun: Local MLA Lokam Tassar has assured to provide rapid antigen test (RAT) kits for the people of Koloriang constituency free of...

Lt Gen Pradeep Chandran Nair is new DG of AR

GUWAHATI, 1 Jun: Lieutenant General Pradeep Chandran Nair on Tuesday took charge as the 21st director general (DG) of the Assam Rifles (AR). He has...

VKIYF distributes stationery items to students

ITANAGAR, 1 Jun: Members of the Itanagar unit of the Vivekananda Kendra Ignited Youth Forum (VKIYF) distributed stationery items to 149 students of the...

Household survey, listing will be done to improve Covishield vaccination coverage: DC

KHONSA, 1 Jun: Tirap DC Taro Mize informed that household survey will be carried out in every village/area of the district and listing of...

PRI leader creates Covid-19 awareness

DAPORIJO, 1 Jun: Sippi-XII Gram Panchayat Chairperson Taro Mosi on Monday conducted Covid-19 awareness programmes at Mosi, Chetia and Sema villages in Chetam circle...

World No Tobacco Day observed, PCV launched

KHONSA, 1 Jun: World No Tobacco Day was observed by the department of health & family welfare at the general hospital here in Tirap...

Inquire into retaining wall collapse

Heavy rainfall caused large-scale damages to the newly constructed four-lane NH 415 in between Chandranagar and Papu Nallah. On Monday, as rain lashed Itanagar,...

Control mechanism critical

Cyclones &Climate Change By Dhurjati Mukherjee The fury and devastation of cyclones is back. First Tauktae and then Yaas have stretched the affected States’ administration workload,...

Don’t push the APPSC

Editor, The APPSC is not the UPSC. It has nowhere near the manpower; hence it is no surprise that it takes longer to declare the...

Development vs welfare – a tightrope

Editor, The recent occurrence on the newly constructed national highway that saw some misfortune caused by incessant rain has put forth an inescapable question in...

8 villages, over 300 people affected by flood, erosion in ICR

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 31 May: At least eight villages and 312 people in the Itanagar capital region (ICR) were affected on Monday due to flood...

Inquiry ordered after malnourished child dies of Covid-19

Correspondent PASIGHAT, 31 May: After the shocking death of a malnourished child from Covid-19 on 29 May, an official inquiry has been ordered, which is...

9 centres identified for weeklong Covid vaccination drive

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 31 May: The health department has identified nine Covid vaccination centres in the Itanagar capital region (ICR) for the intensified vaccination drive...

State registers 322 Covid-19 cases, 130 symptomatic

ITANAGAR, 31 May: The state reported 322 Covid-19 positive cases on Monday, with 130 of them being symptomatic. The Itanagar capital region detected the highest...

GoAP making every effort to control spread of Covid-19: Felix

KARSINGSA, 31 May: Home Minister Bamang Felix said that the state government is making all-out efforts to control the spread of Covid-19 in the...

AR engages in firefight with NSCN (K-YA) insurgents

ITANAGAR, 31 May: Troops of the Assam Rifles (AR) engaged in a firefight with insurgents of the NSCN (K-YA) on Monday morning in the...

Bureaucratic reshuffle effected

ITANAGAR, 31 May: Seven APCS/IAS officers have been transferred and assigned new postings with immediate effect. Incumbent Itanagar capital region (ICR) deputy commissioner Komkar Dulom...

APSCW asks police to arrest prime accused in child abuse case

ITANAGAR, 31 May: The Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (APSCW) has asked the police to immediately arrest the prime accused in the child...

3 arrested for possessing, consuming contraband substances

ROING, 31 May: The police here in Lower Dibang Valley district arrested three persons, aged between 19 and 21 years, for possessing and consuming...