Daily Archives: May 24, 2019

BJP flag flutters aloft in Arunachal as counting continues

ITANAGAR, May 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) saffron wave has swept across entire Arunachal Pradesh in the parliamentary as well as the assembly...

Modi magic sweeps India, opposition left in dust

NEW DELHI, May 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday led his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a super-sized victory for a second term...

The roads of the capital wore a deserted look on Thursday as the counting of votes got underway. Security forces staged flag marches to...

Slain Tirong Aboh retains assembly seat

ITANAGAR, May 23: Tirong Aboh, the National People's Party (NPP) candidate who was gunned down by suspected NSCN militants, has retained the Khonsa West...

Candlelight vigil for Aboh and others held in Delhi

NEW DELHI, May 23: The Tirap Changlang Longding Society Delhi, under the banner of the Arunachal Students' Union Delhi, organized a 'prayer meet and...

COAS reviews security in Arunachal, Assam

KOHIMA, May 23: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Bipin Rawat reviewed the security situation in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam during his visit...

Nirjuli VKV student bags 2nd position in nat’l level science meet

ITANAGAR, May 23: Taba Opu, a Class 12 science student of the Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya (VKV) in Nirjuli, stood first in the Northeast and...

Int’l Biodiversity Day celebrated

CHESSA, May 23: The Arunachal Pradesh Biodiversity Board (APBB) in collaboration with the environment & forests department celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity...

Leadership training prog held

MARGHERITA, May 23: Around 600 youths from the eight districts of eastern Arunachal participated in a leadership training programme which was conducted as part...

Payday for the BJP

The election results are out and the BJP has won by a massive mandate both at the Centre and in Arunachal Pradesh. Prime Minister...

New govt’s priorities

Beyond Borders By Dr D.K. Giri (Prof. International Politics, JMI) After two months of mind and body-wrenching electioneering in the biggest democracy in the world, the results...

There’s hope for Itanagar

Dear Editor, In the northeastern region, which is marred by insurgency, Arunachal Pradesh has always been seen as a peaceful state (and is a peaceful...