Monthly Archives: August 2021

Taliban capture Mazar-e-Sharif, 4th largest Afghan city

Kabul, Aug 14 (AP) Mazar-e-Sharif, the fourth-largest city in Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban on Saturday after a multipronged assault launched by insurgents, according...

Russian firefighting plane crashes in Turkey; 8 killed

Istanbul, Aug 14 (AP) A firefighting plane from Russia crashed Saturday in a mountainous area in southern Turkey, killing the eight crew members and...

Turkish flood deaths hit 55; dispute arises over the missing

Istanbul, Aug 14 (AP) The death toll from severe floods and mudslides along Turkey's Black Sea coast has climbed to at least 55, the...

PM Modi’s Partition Horrors Remembrance Day ‘political stunt’: Pakistan

Islamabad, Aug 14 (PTI) Pakistan on Saturday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement that India will observe August 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day...

Pakistan: 3 militants, 1 soldier killed in shootout

Quetta, Aug 14 (AP) Pakistani security forces killed three militants during a shootout on Saturday following a militant attack on a security patrol in...

Portion of NH 13 near Pasighat swept away, landslide blocks Likabali-Basar road

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 13 Aug: A portion of National Highway (NH) 13, connecting Pasighat (East Siang), Pangin (Siang) and Aalo (West Siang), was reportedly swept...

1 Covid-19 death reported, state’s toll at 252

ITANAGAR, 13 Aug: Arunachal reported one more Covid-19-related death on Friday, taking the state's death toll to 252. As per the DHS report, a 30-year-old...

Rinchen Dorjee sworn in as CIC, Mepung Tadar Bage as APPSC member

ITANAGAR, 13 Aug: Rinchen Dorjee was sworn in as the chief information commissioner (CIC) of the Arunachal Pradesh State Information Commission, while Mepung Tadar...

CM launches ArSWAN, terms it historic step towards e-governance

ITANAGAR, 13 Aug: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday launched the state wide area network (SWAN), which will provide secure digital connectivity to all...

Members of orgs donate blood

PASIGHAT, 13 Aug: Members of the Adi Ba:ne Kebang (ABK) and its wings participated in a blood donation camp organized by the health department...

Health secy inspects DH construction

LONGDING, 13 Aug: Health Secretary P Parthiban visited Longding district on 12 August and inspected the progress of work for the district hospital (DH)...

Rebia raises Yupia-Lekhi bridge issue in RS

ITANAGAR, 13 Aug: Rajya Sabha (RS) member Nabam Rebia on Friday said he raised the issue of non-completion of the Yupia-Lekhi bridge over the...

Online payment of postpaid electricity bills introduced in Ziro

ZIRO, 13 Aug: Online payment of postpaid electricity bills has been introduced for the consumers of the Ziro electrical division in Lower Subansiri district. The...

Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav

BRO pays homage to martyr Hangpan Dada KHONSA, 13 Aug: The 103 Road Construction Company (RCC) of the Border Roads Organization (BRO) paid homage to...

Libraries for 21st century: Arunachal (Part 2)

In the previous article (The Arunachal Times, 13 August, 2021), we saw how vital volunteerism in the community and handholding of stakeholders are for...

Abducted child rescued

Correspondent RUKSIN, 13 Aug: A six-year-old child who had been abducted from Jonai in Assam's Dhemaji district was rescued by a joint team of Assam...

ATMA staffers serve ultimatum

ITANAGAR, 13 Aug: The Arunachal Pradesh ATMA Staff Association (APASA) in an ultimatum to the joint director (PP)-cum-state nodal officer of the ATMA on...

RGU felicitates youth icons on Int’l Youth Day

RONO HILLS, 13 Aug: Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) conferred the title of 'youth paragon' on three youth icons of the state in a programme...

ACR welcomes coming together of stakeholders on boundary issue

ITANAGAR, 13 Aug: The Arunachal Citizens Rights (ACR) on Friday welcomed the coming together of stakeholders to seek a permanent solution to the Arunachal-Assam...

Training prog on school safety organized

LIKABALI, 13 Aug: The Lower Siang district education department organized a two-day 'capacity building training-cum-workshop' on school safety from 12-13 August at the government...