Daily Archives: April 17, 2024

Reports emerging of voters taking photos to prove loyalty

Postal voting ITANAGAR, 16 Apr: Reports of voters taking photographs of their votes cast during postal voting are surfacing across the state. The postal voting...

Straight contest in Pasighat West, Nari-Koyu assembly seats

PASIGHAT, 16 Apr: The elections in Pasighat-West assembly constituency in East Siang district and Nari-Koyu in Lower Siang district are drawing the attention of...

Stakes are high in Basar

BASAR, 16 Apr: If one constituency has captured the attention of the people of the state, it has to be the 29-Basar constituency, where...

Election officials, EVMs airlifted to 4 remote polling booths

ITANAGAR, 16 Apr: The first batch of 40 election officials, including police personnel, was airlifted to four remote polling stations in Kra Daadi district...

Delegates from Arunachal visit Gujarat under Yuva Sangam prog

RONO HILLS, 16 Apr: A 47-member delegation from Arunachal Pradesh toured various places in Gujarat from 8 to 12 April as part of the...

Security tightened to ensure free, air elections in E/Siang: SP

PASIGHAT, 16 Apr: Tight security arrangements have been made in East Siang district for the Lok Sabha and the assembly elections, scheduled to be...

Expelled BJP ZPMs seek time to explain their stand

ZIRO, 16 Apr: The four expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ZPMs from Keyi Panyor district have sought 10 days' time to explain their stand...

Economics & statistics directorate mourns Koj Tajang

ITANAGAR, 16 Apr: The officers and staff of the economics & statistics directorate mourned the demise of former economics & statistics director Koj Tajang,...

GO takes stock of MCMC activities

PASIGHAT, 16 Apr: Election general observer (GO) Dilip Routray on Tuesday asked the members of the Media Certification & Monitoring Committee (MCMC) to keep...

The first batch of polling teams of Siang district was dispatched with polling materials,including EVMs and VVPATs, for 8-Gasseng and 9-Gate polling stations in...

Section 144 CrPC clamped in L/Siang

LIKABALI, 16 Apr: Lower Siang District Magistrate Rujjum Rakshap has clamped Section 144 CrPC within the jurisdiction of Lower Siang district, prohibiting assembly of...

Teachers, edn dept mourn PRT’s demise

AALO, 16 Apr: The teaching fraternity along with the West Siang education department has mourned the demise of Panya-based government upper primary school's primary...

SVEEP team conducts panel discussion

SEPPA, 16 Apr: The East Kameng district election office SVEEP team conducted a panel discussion on the theme 'Yes to Vote, No to Note'...

ITC campaign launched in P/Pare, ICR

ITANAGAR, 16 Apr: The index testing campaign (ITC), 2024 was launched in Papum Pare and the ICR on Monday. The campaign will be held from...

Sarma’s announcement on PRCs for Assamese-origin people in Arunachal vague

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during an election rally on Sunday announced that the government of Assam will now issue the people of...

Prices, graft roil economy

Court Exposes Kinks By Shivaji Sarkar Innocuous developments are unfolding amidst the growing fervour of the impending elections. Despite concerns of the Reserve Bank of India...

Different yardsticks

Editor, We were made aware that Ishrat Jahan and three of her associates were 'terrorists' and so required to be gunned down to death on...

Ramdev in SC line of fire over misleading ads, ‘degrading’ allopathy

NEW DELHI, 16 Apr: The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned yoga guru Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna against any attempt to "degrade allopathy" and...

ADR analysis shows 21% of candidates have criminal cases against them

NEW DELHI, 16 Apr: A total of 250 candidates in the fray for the second phase of the Lok Sabha election have criminal cases...

Electoral bonds a ‘form of extortion’: Gandhi

KOZHIKODE/WAYANAD, 16 Apr: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday over the electoral bonds issue, describing...