The Potin–Kimin Road, linking the flood-hit Yazali Circle and central Arunachal Pradesh with Upper Assam, remains blocked due to recurring landslides and continued slippage of earth and debris despite repeated clearance efforts. GUWAHATI: Rescue personnel of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Saturday recovered the body of the second victim of the flash flood…
Itanagar: A 29-year-old sanitary supervisor at Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) was arrested on Friday for allegedly secretly recording women inside a hospital washroom.The accused, identified as Tamchi Nido, joined the state-run healthcare facility in 2021 as multi-tasking staff and was promoted to sanitary supervisor in May last year.Itanagar Capital Region…
Rescue personnel evacuate people following incessant heavy rainfall that triggered a flash flood in the Yachuli area of Keyi Panyor district of Arunachal Pradesh Guwahati: What began as an easy holiday in Arunachal Pradesh’s postcard-pretty Ziro Valley ended with a frantic walk through a broken highway, darkness closing in, and the constant dread that the…
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Police on Wednesday arrested a 29-year-old man and seized 24.44 grams of heroin from him at the Banderdewa check gate here, a senior officer said.Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) Naharlagun SP Nyelam Nega said the person was identified as Godak Rajesh, a resident of Raga in Kamle district. He was detained at the…
Itanagar: Police have arrested a Guwahati resident for allegedly cheating an investor of over Rs 34.33 crore through an elaborate conspiracy involving forged govt documents and high-profile digital impersonation, a senior official said.The accused, identified as Rishiraj Borkotoky (41), was arrested from Guwahati on June 20, ICR Naharlagun SP Nyelam Nega said on Monday.A case…
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh marked the International Day of Yoga with statewide events on Sunday.At Lok Bhavan in Itanagar, governor KT Parnaik and health minister Biyuram Wahge participated in a session where Parnaik called IDY a global recognition of India’s civilisational wisdom. He said yoga, now practised worldwide, offers a simple, affordable and sustainable tool for…
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh and Assam govts on Wednesday held a high-level ministerial meeting at the civil secretariat here to curb illegal liquor trade and plug revenue leakages. The aim was to forge a stronger inter-state cooperative framework for the excise administration.The joint session was chaired by Arunachal Pradesh deputy CM Chowna Mein, who holds the…
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh govt has reduced compliance requirements across 51 reform areas in what an official report on Tuesday described as one of the most comprehensive deregulation exercises in the state’s history.Implemented in two phases under the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) framework of the central govt’s DPIIT, the report said 16 priority areas…
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu has described bamboo as one of the state’s greatest natural strengths capable of driving sustainable economic growth, entrepreneurship, employment generation, and environmental conservation, an official report said.Speaking after inaugurating the AP Bamboo & Cane Technology Centre at Gungu near here, Khandu said the newly inaugurated centre would play a…
Itanagar: Lok Sabha MP Tapir Gao on Thursday sought to allay concerns over the proposed implementation of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA), 1978, asserting that the legislation is neither anti-Christian nor aimed at any particular religious community.Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters here, Gao said there was confusion among…
