Monthly Archives: April 2019

Teacher arrested for molesting minor

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Apr 16: One JP Sharma, a senior mathematics lecturer working under the State Council of Educational Research & Training in Chimpu, has...

Waii files police case against rival candidate

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Apr 16: Former home minister and the National People's Party's MLA candidate for the Bameng assembly constituency in East Kameng district, Kumar...

20% rise in crimes against women: DGP

ITANAGAR, Apr 16: There are 1,10,000 cases pending in various police stations across the state, with over a 20 percent rise in crimes against...

The tin roof of the shed on the football ground in Changlang was damaged and trees uprooted at various places during a storm that...

Polling agent dies on duty

ITANAGAR, Apr 16: Upper Siang district BJP Minority Morcha president Samten Wangdi passed away after suffering a massive stroke while on election duty as...

Punishment for attackers sought

ITANAGAR, Apr 16: The Chukhu Welfare Society (CWS) in a release on Tuesday strongly condemned the 11 April assault on Kra Daadi DHO Chukhu...

Teachers demand action against attackers

ITANAGAR, Apr 16: The Arunachal Teachers' Association (ATA) in a representation to the chief electoral officer here on Monday urged him to direct the...

Govt signs ceasefire agreement with 3 NSCN orgs

NEW DELHI, Apr 16: The Centre on Monday extended the ceasefire agreement by one year with two insurgent groups in Nagaland, while a fresh...

Governor sponsors child’s education

ITANAGAR, Apr 16: Governor BD Mishra on Tuesday admitted a six-year-old girl in the nursery section of the government primary school in B Sector...

Seized liquors destroyed

CHANGLANG, Apr 16: Liquors seized from various parts of Changlang district during the election process were destroyed at the urban development department's dumping ground...

Finance dept urged not to halt govt transaction

ITANAGAR, Apr 16: The All Arunachal Contractor's Welfare Association (AACWA) has requested the finance secretary not to halt government transaction and allow banks and...

Will the citizenship amendment bill affect the voting pattern in Arunachal?

Comments from readers: - 1. Very little, as at this moment most of the common people are uneducated on this issue. 2. Most of Arunachal votes...

Throttling democractic freedom?

Warning Signals By Dhurjati Mukherjee In recent days there have been voices of protest from a cross section of society against the policies of the present...

Gujarati asmita vs Bengali pride

Dear Editor, It is curious that Narendra Modi's tall talks of 'India first' and 'nation first' have vanished into thin air, and, as if playing...

On press freedom

Dear Editor,   In its order on the Rafale deal, the Supreme Court (SC) of India has rightly drawn a parallel with the US Supreme...

Economic crisis looms

Policy Paralysis By Shivaji Sarkar Election time is show time. The minuses are swept under the carpet as rhetoric rules the roost. Manifestos are not necessarily...

Maneka’s misplaced priorities

Dear Editor, Hats off to Maneka Gandhi, and thereby the BJP, for such an honest statement. And also thanks to her for acknowledging that they...

Realizing our aspirations

Dear Editor, BR Ambedkar was born on 14 April, 1891. I greatly admire Ambedkar for his efforts in giving us the universal adult suffrage. Indeed, the...

Assault on employees on election duty

Dear Editor, On 11th April 2019 at 53 Changlang North during the election duty our team was assaulted. The government should at least provide the polling...

144 CrPC clamped around polling station in Lower Siang

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Apr 14: The Lower Siang district administration has clamped Section 144 CrPC in the areas surrounding the Sugom polling station, following...