Itanagar : The Union Road Transport and National Highways ministry has approved the 407 km Putin-Pangin road which passes through three districts of Arunachal Pradesh.

The road, part of the ambitious Trans-Arunachal Highway (TAH), which will touch Ziro, Daporijo and Aalo was approved by Union Road Transport & National Highways Minister C P Joshi yesterday, Lok Sabha member from Arunachal Takam Sanjoy said in a statement on Thrusday.

SEPPA, Sept 28: Taking the alarm a notch higher, 17 more students were tested Hepatitis-B positive out of 419 students tested on the concluding day of the three days school health program organized by the District Health Society here yesterday, reports DIPRO.