Monthly Archives: July 2021

E/Siang DA allows malls, salons to operate with 50% capacity

PASIGHAT, 23 Jul: The East Siang district administration (DA) on Friday permitted opening of shopping malls, barber shops, salons, beauty parlours, spas, etc, with...

Jinping makes rare visit to Tibetan town bordering Arunachal

BEIJING, 23 Jul: Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Nyingchi, a strategically located border town close to Arunachal, during his...

Pegasus snooping row: Oppn MPs protest in Parliament complex

NEW DELHI, 23 Jul: Several opposition MPs, including Congress' Rahul Gandhi, on Friday protested against the government inside Parliament complex over the Pegasus snooping...

Orgs announce 24-hr capital bandh

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 23 Jul: The Nyishi Youth Welfare Association (NYWA) and the Arunachal Indigenous Students Union (AISU) have jointly announced a 24-hour bandh in...

ADC orders smooth distribution of PDS items

MIAO, 23 Jul: Miao Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Sunny K Singh has directed all the fair price shops (FPS), cooperatives and SKO sub-dealers to...

GoI confers award on APU

PASIGHAT, 23 Jul: Apex Professional University (APU) here in East Siang district has been conferred the 'One district one green champion 2020-21' award by...

65 inoculated in Lungla villages

LUNGLA, 23 Jul: The Covid-19 vaccination mop-up team of Tawang district inoculated 65 residents of Kharteng, Phomang and Bakhar villages in Lungla subdivision on...

Sino-India border dispute and what awaits the Arunachal frontier

The 12th round of talks between the military commanders of India and China to extend disengagement and de-escalation to the remaining friction points along...

Apex Bank opens extn counter at civil secretariat

ITANAGAR, 23 Jul: Cooperation Minister Tumke Bagra inaugurated an extension counter of the Arunachal Pradesh State Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd at the civil secretariat...

Pangin township road in need of maintenance

PANGIN, 23 Jul: The township road in Pangin in Siang district is in a deplorable condition for want of maintenance. The people are greeted by...

ADC calls for stopping unnecessary movement of people

MIAO, 23 Jul: Miao ADC Sunny K Singh has directed the Covid-19 nodal officers of Balinong and Namchick to keep strict vigil on unauthorized...

Containment zones notified

AALO, 23 Jul: The West Siang district administration has notified Nigi and Dasi villages, Nikte, and Sector A Gour Hill (Yomcha Complex) as micro-containment...

GoAP’s vaccination drive appreciable

Chief Minister Pema Khandu has set an ambitious target of cent percent first-dose Covid-19 vaccination coverage by mid-August, based on headcount. Chairing a virtual...

India pluralistic, but divided

Religion & Tolerance By Sagarneel Sinha For the past few years, it is very common to hear from India’s Left-Liberals and the western media that “the...

State records 4 Covid deaths on Thursday, numbers continue to rise

ITANAGAR, 22 Jul: Four Covid-19 deaths were recorded on Thursday, taking the state's death toll to 208. As per the health department, a 32-year-old female...

Achieve 100% first-dose Covid-19 vaccination coverage by mid-August: CM

ITANAGAR, 22 Jul: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday called upon the district administrations and the health department to achieve cent percent first-dose Covid-19...

Pegasus snooping row: APCC, APYC stage protest outside Raj Bhavan

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 22 Jul: The surveillance of phones of various political leaders, journalists and constitutional authorities, including lawyers, has sparked nationwide protests against the...

Curfew hours extended in 9 dists with 10% or more weekly Covid positivity rate

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 22 Jul: The state government on Thursday extended the curfew hours in nine districts of the state that have recorded 10 percent...

PPA seeks clarification over statement on Kimin episode

ITANAGAR, 22 Jul: The People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) has sought a clarification from the state government regarding the recent statement of the home...

BJP founding member Tasaso Yun passes away

ITANAGAR, 22 Jul: One of the founding members of the BJP in the state, Tasaso Yun passed away in a hospital in Dibrugarh (Assam)...