Itanagar, July 7 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported its second COVID-19 fatality as a 40-year-old man died at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences at Naharlagun, a senior health official said on Tuesday. The man from Dirang in West Kameng district died in the states lone medical college and hospital on Monday, he said.   The man, suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), was under week-long dialysis at TRIHMS, State Surveillance Officer L Jampa said.

Itanagar, July 7 (PTI): Normal life has come to a standstill in Arunachal Pradesh''s Capital Complex due to a week-long total lockdown imposed in the region in the wake of a spurt in COVID-19 cases, police said on Tuesday. The lockdown was imposed at 5 pm on Monday in the Capital Complex region comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli, Banderdewa and Doimukh areas. It will remain in force till 5 am on July 13.   All shops and business establishments remained clo

Itanagar, July 6 (PTI): Ten more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, taking the northeastern state''s tally to 269, a senior Health department official said on Monday. Of the 10, three are from the Capital Complex comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Banderdewa, while two each are from Namsai, Changlang and Lower Subansiri districts and one from Upper Subansiri, the official said. Both Upper and Lower Subansiri districts remained Coronavirus-f

Itanagar, July 4 (PTI): The Arunachal Pradesh government has urged the Centre for "special consideration" for the state''s power sector under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein sought consideration in the implementation of system upgradation for generation, transmission and distribution of power, saying heavy rains, landslides and snowfall in the hilly state damage the power infrastructure.   Mein, who also holds the pow

Itanagar, July 4 (PTI): Twenty more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, taking the state''s tally of coronavirus patients to 252, a senior health official said.   Of the fresh cases, eight were reported from West Kameng district and six each from the capital complex and Changlang, Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa said.   "All the cases were reported from quarantine centres. Sixteen of them were asymptomatic, while four

Itanagar, July 3 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases on Friday after 37 more people, including an NDRF staffer, tested positive for the disease, taking the state''s tally of coronavirus patients to 232, a senior health official said. Of the fresh cases, 34 were reported from the state capital here, two from Changlang and one from Namsai district, Surveillance Officer Dr L Jampa said.   "All the cases were detecte

Itanagar, June 25 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh has recorded its first COVID-19 fatality after a 43-year-old woman succumbed to the disease, while two new coronavirus cases have been reported, taking the northeast state''s tally to 160, officials said on Thursday. The woman, a resident of West Kameng district, was suffering from chronic kidney disease and had returned from Delhi on June 11. She was kept at an institutional quarantine at Dirang. As her health deteriorated, she w

Itanagar, June 23 (PTI): Nine more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, raising the state''s coronavirus count to 148, an official said on Tuesday.   Arunachal Pradesh now has 126 active cases, while 22 patients have recovered from the disease, State Surveillance Officer L Jampa said.   Six fresh cases were reported from worst-hit Changlang district, two from Longding and one from Leparada.   All of them had recently returne

Itanagar, June 20 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh registered its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases as 32 more people tested positive for it, a senior health official said on Saturday. The fresh cases raised the virus count in the northeastern state to 135 on Friday, the official said.   "The new patients, all returnees from other states, were placed under institutional quarantine. They are asymptomatic and have been admitted to COVID-19 care centres," State

Itanagar, June 17 (PTI): The novel coronavirus cases in Arunachal Pradesh inched towards the 100-mark with four more persons testing positive for the infection, a senior health official said on Wednesday. The four new cases have taken the virus count in the state to 99, of which 92 are active cases and seven persons have recovered, he said.   Three new patients are from the worst-affected Changlang district while one is from the state capital, State Surveillance Officer

Itanagar, June 12 (PTI): Six more people, including three Army personnel, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh, taking the total number of cases in the state to 67, a health department official said on Friday. Three Army men tested positive for the disease in Singchung sub-division of West Kameng district on Thursday night, while two persons were detected with the infection in Changlang and one in Longding, he said.   "The three Army personnel had rec

Itanagar, June 09 (PTI): With only a single nomination filed for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Arunachal Pradesh till Tuesday, the last date for doing so, BJP nominee Nabam Rebia appears all set to be elected to it. Rebia is the lone candidate in the state to file his nomination for the Rajya Sabha election slated for June 19, Joint Chief Electoral Officer D J Bhattacharjee said..   He had filed his papers on Monday after the BJP central election committee nominated him

Itanagar, Jun 8 (PTI): The central election committee of the BJP has nominated Nabam Rebia as the partys candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Arunachal Pradesh, a party leader said here on Monday. The party announced the name of Rebia on Sunday night, he said.   Rebia, who represented the state in the Rajya Sabha for two consecutive terms from 1996 to 2002 and 2002 to 2008 as Congress candidate, also served the state as Speaker and cabinet minister.   H

Itanagar, Jun 6 (PTI): The Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to keep all shrines closed in the state till June 30 to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. State Health Secretary P Parthiban in an official order on Saturday banned the opening of places of worship in the state till June 30.   In the larger interest of the public and invoking of the Arunachal Pradesh Epidemic Disease, (Prevention of COVID-19) Regulations 2020, all religious institutions,

Itanagar, June 6 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said the state government witnessed a 17.81 per cent shortfall in receiving its share of the central taxes during the first two months of the current fiscal, leading to a resource crunch in its fight against the coronavirus outbreak. The share of the central taxes expected per month was Rs 985.83 crore, he said.   "The actual receipt for April and May 2020 was Rs 1,620.56 crore at an average o

Itanagar, Jun 5 (PTI): Road connectivity to the remote Shi-Yomi district in Arunachal Pradesh snapped after a bridge was washed away in the floods triggered by incessant rains over the last couple of days, officials said on Friday.   Shi-Yomi district, bordering China, was cut-off from the rest of the country after the RCC bridge (reinforced cement concrete) near Yapik village on the Aalo-Mechuka Road was washed away on Wednesday night, they said.   Transportation

Itanagar, Jun 5 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh reported one more COVID-19 infection, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 42 in a span of 12 days, a senior health official said on Friday.   The fresh case was reported from Namsai district late on Thursday, he said.   The patient is a returnee from Tamil Nadu and asymptomatic, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) L Jampa said.   The state reported five coronavirus cases on Thursday.  

Itanagar, June 3 (PTI): The Centre has approved Rs 255 crore for Arunachal Pradesh under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in 2020-21 to provide tap connections to all the households in the state, official sources said on Wednesday. The state proposes to provide tap connections to all households by March 2023, they said.   Of the 2.18 lakh rural households, the state is planning to provide 77,000 tap connections in 2020-21, the sources said.   It plans to immediately

Itanagar, June 3 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday reported one more COVID-19 case after a person from Itanagar was found infected with the virus, a senior government official said. The number of novel coronavirus cases in the state has now risen to 29, including 28 active cases, the official said.   The person, who is asymptomatic, is a returnee and was in an institutional quarantine centre.   His swab sample tested positive on Wednesday, Health Secretar

Itanagar, June 2 (PTI):  A 36-year-old woman who had returned to Arunachal Pradesh from Delhi tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Lohit district, where the first positive case was detected on April 1, a health official said. With this, the total number of novel coronavirus cases in the state rose to 23, including 22 active cases. The woman, wife of an Indo Tibetan Border police (ITBP) officer, was in an institutional quarantine centre after arriving from Delhi in