Daily Archives: January 21, 2022

Army seeks assistance from PLA to locate and return missing Arunachalee youth; China says...

NEW DELHI, 20 Jan: The Indian Army has sought assistance of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) to locate missing youth Miram Taron on their...

Dibang Valley reeling under blockade over DMP compensation

ANINI, 20 Jan: Dibang Valley district is reeling under a complete blockade, cut off from the rest of the world, since the last four...

AAPSU, APCC, Ering, Gandhi condemn abduction of Arunachalee youth, demand safe return

ITANAGAR, 20 Jan: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) on Thursday vehemently condemned the reported abduction of one Miram Taron (17) by China's...

GPS fitted trucks introduced in C’lang to prevent logging in reserved forests

Staff Reporter CHANGLANG, 20 Jan: Over 50 trucks within Changlang district which are engaged in transportation of timber were recently fitted with global positioning systems...

Book on trees of Arunachal published

ITANAGAR, 20 Jan: Biologists from the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) have published the first ever pictorial field...

State reports 449 Covid cases, 195 symptomatic

ITANAGAR, 20 Jan: The state reported a total of 449 Covid-19 positive cases on Thursday, of whom 195 are symptomatic. The ICR reported the highest...

We must write our own history, give recognition to tribal heroes: Mein

ZIRO, 20 Jan: Remembering the state's first-generation leaders - known and unknown - who toiled hard and nurtured Arunachal Pradesh, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna...

State cabinet to confer Arunachal Ratna on former Lt Gov Raja

ITANAGAR, 20 Jan: The state cabinet on Thursday decided to confer the highest state award, Arunachal Ratna, on late KAA Raja, the first lieutenant...

Water supply augmentation project launched in Miao

MIAO, 20 Jan: A project titled 'Augmentation of water supply at Miao township' in Changlang district is under construction, with its headwork situated at...

Gov exhorts people to take part in developmental process

ITANAGAR, 20 Jan: Governor BD Mishra on Thursday called upon the people, particularly the youths, to cooperate with the government and take part in...

Verrier Elwin and his contribution to NEFA

The beauty of life lies in its unpredictability. One couldn't fathom how an Englishman, Harry Verrier Holman Elwin, born thousands of miles away, would...

Peddlers arrested, drug seized

DEOMALI, 20 Jan: Two alleged drug peddlers, identified as Ngongdan Pungjung and Abo Wangsu, were arrested by the Deomali police on 18 January, and...

Chief Minister Pema Khandu releases a music video titled 'Ba Ba Blues' by the band AR 01 on the sideline of the inaugural ceremony...

Active ENNG operative arrested

LONGDING, 20 Jan: A joint team of the Longding battalion of the Assam Rifles and the Longding police apprehended an active self-styled captain of...

CDPO passes away

ITANAGAR, 20 Jan: Tamen-Raga (Kamle) CDPO Dani Loma breathed his last on 19 January, at around 6:30 pm, in a hospital in Guwahati, Assam. He...

Assam, Meghalaya CMs meet Shah, apprise him of boundary agreement

NEW DELHI, 20 Jan: A day after agreeing to resolve the decades-old boundary disputes, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart...

Govt issues revised Covid guidelines on use of drugs, masks for children

NEW DELHI, 20 Jan: Use of antivirals or monoclonal antibodies is not recommended for those less than 18 years of age, irrespective of severity...

Covid cases rise in Namsai dist, DC issues fresh directives

NAMSAI, 20 Jan: The Namsai district administration has banned all social, cultural, political, religious, sports, academic and environmental events within the district, in view...

Meeting on pension guidelines held

AALO, 20 Jan: Audit & Pension Director Karluk Ronya on Thursday held a meeting here with all the DDOs of West Siang district to...

AR provides solar lanterns to villagers

LONGDING, 20 Jan: The Longding battalion of the Assam Rifles (AR) recently provided 95 solar lanterns to the residents of Longkhao village. Being a remote...