Itanagar, September 30 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday reviewed the implementation of important Central Schemes under the Women and Child Development (WCD) and Social Justice, Empowerment and Tribal Affairs (SJETA) Departments in the state. Departmental officials led by the respective secretaries gave details of the three important Central programmes being implemented in the state Ekalavya Model Residential School (EMRS) , Rashtriya Poshan Abhiyan an

Itanagar, September 30 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh''s COVID-19 tally rose to 9,553 on Wednesday as 220 more people, including 11 security personnel, tested positive for the disease, an official said. The death toll increased to 16 after a 53-year-old man succumbed to the infection while undergoing treatment at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) at Naharlagun, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said. "The man was suffering from kidne

Itanagar, September 29 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh registered its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as 329 more people tested positive for the infection, a senior health official said. A 55-year-old divisional forest officer succumbed to the infection, taking the northeastern state''s coronavirus death toll to 15, he said. The new patients, including 11 security personnel and a health worker, have pushed the state''s caseload to 9,332, he said.

Itanagar, September 26 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh''s COVID-19 tally rose to 8,671 as 253 more people, including 45 security personnel and five health care workers have tested positive for the virus, a senior health department official said on Saturday. Of the 153 fresh cases, 116 were reported from the Capital Complex region, West Kameng (37), Changlang (22), Papumpare (13), Lower Subansiri (11) and six cases each from East Siang, Upper Subansiri, Kurung Kumey and Namsai distr

Itanagar, September 25 (PTI): Eighty-four newly-recruited constables undergoing training at the Police Training Centre in Banderdwa in Arunachal Pradesh have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past three days, officials said on Friday. The recruits who have tested positive are all male and belong to the D, E and F companies of the state police, superintendent of police (SIT) Hemant Tiwari said. They were living in separate barracks, he said. The recruits arrived at the traini

Itanagar, September 25 (PTI): At least 283 more people, including 19 security personnel and four health care workers, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, pushing the northeastern state''s tally to 8,416, a senior health department official said on Friday. Of the fresh cases, 153 were reported from the Capital Complex region, Longding (26), Tirap (22), Papaumpare (21), Upper Subansiri (11), East Siang (10) and nine each from Changlang and Lower Subansiri d

Itanagar, September 23 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh registered its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as 249 people, including seven security personnel, tested positive for the infection, a health official said. One more patient has succumbed to the infection, taking the northeastern state''s coronavirus death toll to 14, he said. The fresh infections have pushed Arunachal Pradesh''s caseload to 7,844, State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa said.

Itanagar, September 20 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, who was infected with COVID-19 recently, tested negative for the virus for the second time on Sunday. Khandu had tested positive for COVID-19 on September 15. Taking to Twitter, the chief minister who is currently in home isolation in New Delhi, informed that he has tested negative for coronavirus for the second time after a repeat RT-PCR test. "Today my repeat RT-PCR test for COVID-19 came negati

Itanagar, September 20 (PTI): At least 211 more people, including 20 security personnel and a health care worker, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, taking the state''s total virus count to 7,250, a senior health department official said on Sunday. Barring 27, all of them are asymptomatic and have been shifted to COVID care centres, he said. The state''s Capital Complex region -- comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas --

Itanagar, September 19 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh''s COVID-19 tally crossed the 7,000-mark on Saturday as 183 more people, including 28 security personnel, tested positive for the infection, a senior health official said. The fresh infections have taken the northeastern state''s caseload to 7,005, he said. The Capital Complex region reported the highest number of new cases at 93, followed by Papumpare (32) and Lower Dibang Valley (10), State Surveillance Officer, Dr

Itanagar, September 18 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh''s COVID-19 tally rose to 6,851 on Friday as 159 more people, including 15 security personnel, tested positive for the infection, a senior health official said. The Capital Complex region reported the highest number of new cases at 88, followed by West Kameng (11) and Lower Subansiri (11), he said. "Eleven Army jawans and four Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel are among the new patients," State Surveillan

Itanagar, September 17 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases on Thursday as 221 more people tested positive for the infection, a senior health official said. The fresh infections have pushed the state''s coronavirus tally to 6,692, he said. The northeastern state had registered a spike of 221 coronavirus cases also on September 9. The Capital Complex region reported the highest number of new cases at 98, followed by Papumpare (3

Itanagar, September 16 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 6,466 as 170 more people, including 24 security personnel have tested positive for the virus, a health department official said on Wednesday. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 13 in the northeastern state after two people in Changlang district succumbed to the infection, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said. "A 63-year-old non-tribal woman with Covid-19 positive from Miao in Changlang dist

Itanagar, September 15 (PTI): The COVID-19 tally in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 6,298 as 176 more people, including nine security personnel, have tested positive for the disease, an official said on Tuesday. The death toll rose to 11 in the northeastern state after a 50-year-old man, who was working at a primary health centre near here, succumbed to the infection, State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa said. "The man had tested positive for the disease on September 3 and was in

Itanagar, September 14 (PTI): The COVID-19 caseload in Arunachal Pradesh crossed the 6000-mark with 146 fresh cases reported in the northeastern state, a senior Health department official said on Monday. With the fresh cases, the total virus count in the state rose to 6,121, the official said. Arunachal Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Minister Alo Libang has also tested positive for COVID-19, State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said. Of the fresh 146 cases, Capital Comp

Itanagar, September 13 (PTI): The COVID-19 tally in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 5,961 as 151 more people, including 20 security personnel, have tested positive for the disease, an official said on Sunday. Of the fresh cases, 63 were reported from the Capital Complex region, 22 from Changlang, 13 from Lower Dibang Valley, 10 from Upper Siang, seven from Tawang and six each from Papumpare and East Siang districts, State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa said. Four new cases each were a

Itanagar, September 13 (PTI): The Rama Krishna Mission Hospital in Itanagar will temporarily stop all its services for a week from Monday after a spike in COVID-19 cases among its staff, sources at the medical facility said. Emergency services in the hospital have also been stopped from Sunday, they said. The decision was taken at a meeting between the hospital authorities and the staff on Saturday, they added. Twenty-five health workers, including three doctors, were found to

Itanagar, September 12 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh''s COVID-19 tally mounted to 5,825 as 154 more people, including three security personnel and two health workers, have tested positive for the disease, an official said on Saturday. The death toll rose to 10 in the northeastern state after a 38-year-old woman succumbed to the infection, State Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa said. "The woman was working at the Ramakrishna Mission Hospital here and admitted to a COVID Hea

Itanagar, September 12 (IANS): Five young men from Arunachal Pradesh, who went missing on September 2 and were later found to be in Chinese territory, were handed over to India by the People's Liberation Army on Saturday amid the ongoing stand-off between the two sides at the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh area. The missing five returned to India 11 days after they were said to have been abducted, defence sources said. The five youth were handed over to Indian autho

Itanagar, September 9 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as 221 more people, including 59 security personnel, tested positive for the infection, a health official said. One more fatality has taken the northeastern state''s coronavirus death toll to nine, he said. The fresh infections have pushed Arunachal Pradesh''s caseload to 5,402, State Surveillance Officer, Dr L Jampa, said. Papumpare district repo