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The Anti Drug Squad (ADS) of the Roing police arrested five drug peddlers/consumers and seized over 10 grams approximately of suspected heroin from three different raids conducted since Monday. As per police reports, on 4 July, following specific inputs, the ADS team led by DSP Ringu Ngupok apprehended one Anjanu Umbrey (18) with 2 gms […]
Two bailey bridges have collapsed in Kurung Kumey on Saturday. The bailey bridge over the Wayu river in Kurur village connecting Paniasang circle to Damin under Kurung Kumey district has been washed away due heavy rainfall and flashfloods on Saturday night. Another bailey bridge near Damin which is about two kilometres away on the same […]
Farmers from Arunachal Pradesh bagged four out of six awards for the years 2019-20 and 2020-21 for large cardamom production, at the ‘International Buyer Seller Meet & Spice Conclave’ underway here in Assam. The farmers who received the awards are Neelam Jeel (first prize, 2019-20); Ngurang Yame (second prize, women category, 2020-21); Joram Tamin (second […]
Floods and landslides caused by incessant rainfall reportedly claimed at least five lives in different locations in and around Itanagar on Tuesday. With the loss of the five people, the total number of people killed in floods across the state stands at 17. Heavy rainfall on Tuesday morning led to numerous landslides and flashfloods in […]
In a landmark step towards spreading the wings of the Chief Minister Arogya Arunachal Yojana (CMAAY), a memorandum of agreement (MoA) was signed between the Chief Minister Arogya Arunachal Society (CMAAS) and the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) to provide medical facilities to the beneficiaries of the CMAAY at the Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai and […]
Heavy rainfall continues to create havoc across the districts in Arunachal Pradesh. A 16-year-old boy was killed in a massive landslide that occurred in Yupia in Papum Pare district on Sunday, police said. The landslide hit Yupia at around 8 am. The boy, identified as Rage Hilli, was riding a motorcycle and got buried in […]
The locals here in Lohit district have alleged poor quality work vis-à-vis the project for upgrading the Tezu-Sunpura road. The upgrading work is funded under the RIDF, amounting to Rs 14,99,89,794. The work on this project started last year. The locals of Sunpura, under the banner of the Sunpura Area Youth Association (SAYA), have raised […]
The Arunachal Pradesh Indigenous Tribes Union (APITU) has demanded that the state government take strong steps against those who have encroached on government quarters and public properties in the Itanagar Capital Region (ICR). In a press conference held here on Friday, the APITU urged the government to start issuing show cause notices to the government […]
Director General of Police (in-charge) Chukhu Apa informed that a decision has been taken to lift the inter-district check gates and police pickets for the convenience of the people of the state. Briefing the media here on Friday, Apa, however, clarified that, in case there is any input regarding movement of antisocial elements, the police […]
The sessions court of Arunachal in East Siang district convicted accused Subash @ Haradhan Mondal and Ramesh Yadav and sentenced them to life imprisonment for the murder of Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank’s (APRB) Mebo branch cashier Bomge Nyori. Nyori was murdered inside the bank in the evening of 7 February in 2018.The court also imposed […]