Monthly Archives: July 2021

25% tax on alcoholic beverages withdrawn

ITANAGAR, 6 Jul: Following a cabinet decision, the tax & excise department has withdrawn the 25 percent tax on alcoholic beverages in the state. "The...

ZPM donates fuel to SSA teachers

AALO, 6 Jul: Ubu ZPM Genya Ori on Tuesday donated 100 litres of petrol to the SSA (ISSE) teachers of the government upper primary...

AACWA unit lodges complaint over road construction

ITANAGAR, 6 Jul: The Kurung Kumey district unit of the All Arunachal Contractor's Welfare Association (AACWA) on Monday lodged a complaint with the chief...

Awareness prog for yak farmers held to mark World Zoonoses Day

DIRANG, 6 Jul: The National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) here in West Kameng district on Tuesday organized an 'awareness-cum-sensitization programme' for Brokpa yak...

The US has failed the Afghans

The US military left the Bagram airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without notifying the Afghans. This...

Study impact, think ahead

Online Education By Dhurjati Mukherjee It is universally acknowledged that education is the key to development and higher growth. This means that an educated and socially...

Self-styled MMJRMC causing hindrance

Editor, In response to the news item published on 6 July, 2021, in The Arunachal Times under the headline, ‘MMRJMC demands suspension of engineers for...

Schedule exam

Editor, I would like to draw the kind attention of the authorities concerned towards the inconveniences faced by the job aspirants residing outside the state. Most...

2 Covid-19 deaths reported on Monday, cases continue to rise

ITANAGAR, 5 Jul: Two more Covid-19-related deaths were reported on Monday, taking the state's death toll to 179. The deaths were registered on Sunday...

84-yr-old activist Stan Swamy dies in hospital waiting for bail

MUMBAI, 5 Jul: Priest-activist Stan Swamy, arrested under an anti-terror law in the Elgar Parishad case, died at a Mumbai hospital on Monday in...

Covid cases rising rapidly in LDV

ROING, 5 Jul: Just when it had started to look like Lower Dibang Valley (LDV) district was healing itself from the shock of the...

Kamle ASHAs on pen-/tool-down strike

RAGA, 5 Jul: The All Kamle District ASHA Workers' Welfare Association (AKDAWWA) in a representation to the Kamle deputy commissioner on Monday said that...

Kimin episode: Govt committee will submit report this week, says Felix

YACHULI, 5 Jul: Home Minister Bamang Felix informed that a committee constituted by Chief Minister Pema Khandu is studying the Kimin episode and will...

Property tax notice over Arunachal Bhavan invites criticism

ITANAGAR, 5 Jul: The Arunachal Pradesh Students Union Maharashtra (APSUM) on Monday condemned the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) for serving a property tax...

Erosion by Debing river affects villages

Correspondent RUKSIN, 5 Jul: Erosion by the Debing river has affected several areas in Poblung and Debing villages in East Siang district. The surging water of...

U/Subansiri without regular SP, says org

DAPORIJO, 5 Jul: The Tagin Youth Organization in a memorandum to the home minister said that Upper Subansiri district is functioning without a regular...

MMJRMC demands suspension of engineers for encouraging illegalities

Staff reporter ITANAGAR, 5 Jul: Holding them responsible for the substandard construction work on the Mirem-Mikong-Jonai (MMJ) road in East Siang district, the MMJ Road...

Dree celebrated in subdued manner

ITANAGAR, 5 Jul: The Apatani community residing in the capital region celebrated Dree festival with a two-day programme in a subdued manner, in view...

CS expresses concern over flow of narcotics money in state

ITANAGAR, 5 Jul: Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar has expressed concern over the growing flow of illicit narcotics money in the country as well as...

Kimin to Bilgarh: The storm before the thunderstorm?

Kimin is one of the oldest administrative headquarters in Arunachal Pradesh. It came into prominence when Subansiri area was carved out of the Balipara...