Yearly Archives: 2018

Union reiterates demands

ZIRO, May 21: The Lower Subansiri district unit of the Students' United Movement of All Arunachal (SUMAA) has reiterated its demands, which include issuing...

Union seeks cancellation of illegal appointment

ITANAGAR, May 21: The All Arunachal Pradesh Workers' Union (AAPWU) has urged the power commissioner to cancel an illegal appointment it alleged was made...

Need for an overhaul

Governor's Scam By Poonam I Kaushish Whoever said different political strokes for different political folks was dead on. Specially when it comes to the high Constitutional...

Clarify the latest position on Botanical Survey of India land

Dear Editor, Green Arunachal Foundation (GAF) has strong objections and condemns the misuse of a plot of land measuring 124 acres at Senki View by...

Supreme Court’s directive helped rescue democracy

Dear Editor, This is with reference to your editorial, "SC restores sanctity" (May 19, 2018). The role of a Governor has touched the nadir. The...

China’s begins large-scale mining on Arunachal border

BEIJING, May 20: China has begun large-scale mining operations on its side of the border with Arunachal Pradesh where a huge trove of gold,...

AAPSU to hold protest against Citizenship Bill today

ITANAGAR, May 20: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) is slated to stage protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill on 21 May at...

Northeast witnessing rapid development under Modi: Pema

GUWAHATI (Assam), May 20: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said that the Northeast region is witnessing rapid development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Attending...

Say no to the greedy minority

First they went for the NERIST, then RGU, then the greenfield airport project - and now the NIT. Some groups of people in the...

Mobile squad to enforce traffic rules: SP

ITANAGAR, May 20: Capital Complex SP Sagar Singh Khalsi informed that double-lane parking has been banned all along the city’s roads, and that a...

Gibahappa village finally gets electricity

ITANAGAR, May 20: Gibahappa - a little known village inhabited by 16 families - near the state capital received electricity for the first time...

Scorching heat killing reared fishes

Correspondent RUKSIN, May 20: Scorching heat and scanty rainfall are making survival difficult for fishes in shallow ponds here in East Siang district. Reared fishes...

60 without ILP expelled

PASIGHAT, May 20: Police expelled 60 persons without inner line permit (ILP) from East Siang district on 18 May. Twelve of them were detected in...

‘Ministry for opening NE to tourists’

NEW DELHI, May 20: The tourism ministry has proposed lifting restrictions on foreigners travelling to Arunachal Pradesh and parts of Sikkim, Minister KJ Alphons...

Union opposes ‘two plans for one district’

ITANAGAR, May 20: Reiterating its complaint that all the matters related to jurisdictional problems between the capital complex DC and DDSE and the Papum...

Give up Citizenship Bill, it’s a threat: AGP to Amit Shah

GUWAHATI, May 20: The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Sunday registered its protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, before BJP president Amit Shah...

Orgs call for maintaining communal harmony

ZIRO, May 20: Representatives of various tribes and student and youth organizations who participated in the 44th foundation day celebration of the Apatani Youth...

Nat’l Wado-Kai karate c’ship

ITANAGAR, May 20: The 21st All India Wado-Kai Karate Championship will be organized here from 1 to 3 June. The championship is being organized...

Gamlin visits fire victims

AALO, May 20: Tax & Excise Minister Jarkar Gamlin inspected the fire accident area in New Market here on Saturday and provided relief assistance...

House gutted in fire

RUMGONG, May 20: The residence of one Taben Gao was reduced to ashes in a fire that broke out here in Siang district on...