Daily Archives: December 9, 2019

Shah to introduce CAB as uneasy calm prevails in Northeast India

ITANAGAR, Dec 8: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to introduce the citizenship amendment bill (CAB), which seeks to grant Indian citizenship to...

Admin failed to provide RoW along stretches of under-construction NH 415

ITANAGAR, Dec 8: The capital complex administration has reportedly failed to make provision for the right of way (RoW) along several stretches of the...

AAPSU announces statewide bandh on 10 Dec

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Dec 8: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) has announced a 12-hour statewide bandh on 10 December, in support of the...

Lokayukta: A toothless cub among ravenous hyenas

Monday Musing Truth be told, Lokayukta, the anti-corruption ombudsman organisation, is an unwelcome entity in every Indian state - at least in the states where...

Assam officials enter Arunachal territory, stop road construction

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Dec 8: Officials of the police and the forest departments of Assam reportedly entered inside Arunachal's territory in Tarasso, in Papum...

Surname adoption in Arunachal stirs controversy

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Dec 8: In an unusual development, a person identified as Nizam Ali recently changed his name to Atul Rabha. The change of...

Rape and murder of women reflect disturbing mindset: APWWS

ITANAGAR, Dec 8: The Arunachal Pradesh Women's Welfare Society (APWWS) has said that the recent rape and murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad and...

Arunachal delegation calls on Nagaland gov

Indo-Naga peace talks KOHIMA, Dec 8: A 16-member delegation of the Tirap Changlang and Longding People's Forum (TCLPeF) and the Tirap Changlang Longding Student Federation,...

1 held for hunting in sanctuary

Correspondent PASIGHAT, Dec 8: A team of forest officials from the Daying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary apprehended a person with a hunted wild boar on Friday...

Anti-gambling squad arrests 7

ROING, Dec 8: The anti-gambling squad (AGS) of the Lower Dibang Valley police, headed by DSP Ringu Ngupok, raided two places in Meka village...

DC lays foundation stone for resettlement of village

SEPPA, Dec 8: East Kameng Deputy Commissioner Gaurav Singh Rajawat on Saturday laid the foundation stone for resettlement of Kesse Bagang village. The resettling of...

Kho kho championship: Men’s semifinals today

PASIGHAT, Dec 8: The men's semifinal lineup for the first state-level kho kho championship has been confirmed. Kamle will take on East Kameng, while...

Tadang Minu appointed new AABA president

'Future of boxing in Arunachal bright' Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Dec 8: The future of boxing in Arunachal is bright, said newly appointed Arunachal Amateur Boxing...

PMGSY implementation reviewed

ITANAGAR, Dec 8: The implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Kra Daadi district was reviewed for the first time at...

Plogging carried out in Pasighat

PASIGHAT, Dec 8: Ninety-five NCC cadets from JN College (JNC) and DEM government higher secondary school, along with NCC officers and staff took part...

Country’s laws should be respected

A team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has started investigation into the alleged police encounter in which all four accused in the...

Rate rise critical

Euro Type Crash By Shivaji Sarkar The latest Reserve Bank of India decision to stagnate rates shows that semblance of reality has finally dawned. As...

Indigenous faith and bhoomi puja

Dear Editor, This is in response to the article published in your esteemed daily on 7 December, 2019, with the title, ‘Is koson the same...

Lynchings and fake encounters are symptoms of lack of faith in the rule the...

Dear Editor, This is in response to your editorial, ‘Make legal justice system strong’ (7 December, 2019). Lynchings and fake encounters are the signatures of...