Daily Archives: April 18, 2024

Shadow of NSCN looms large in Longding, abducted GPC released

LONGDING, 17 Apr: Just days ahead of the 2024 assembly and parliamentary elections, the shadow of NSCN militants looms large here. On Tuesday evening, Sangam...

Rijiju engineered ‘Delhi Chalo’ campaign, claims Sheetal

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 17 Apr: A video of the Gana Shuraksa Party's (GSP) MP candidate for the Arunachal West parliamentary constituency, Toko Sheetal, has surfaced...

Chije and Sona: David vs Goliath battle for Mechukha

ITANAGAR, 17 Apr: The remote 33-Mechukha assembly constituency in Shi-Yomi district has become a legacy battleground for incumbent MLA and 7th Legislative Assembly Speaker...

Tirap, Longding face anti-incumbency and militancy

With the exception of a seat or two, the BJP seems to have a fair chance in Tirap and Longding districts, but several candidates...

None from Arunachal clears UPSC exam

ITANAGAR, 17 Apr: A total of 1,016 candidates have cleared the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) examination, 2023-24. The results were out on Tuesday. Altogether 352...

Triangular contest on cards in Mebo

PASIGHAT, 17 Apr: An intriguing triangular contest is on the cards in Mebo assembly constituency in East Siang district. The candidates in the fray are...

Miao witnesses low-profile campaigning

MIAO, 17 Apr: With only 36 hours left for voting, the ongoing electoral battle between four-time MLA and ruling BJP candidate Kamlung Mossang and...

Tawang: The waning ‘PP’ factor?

Elections 2024 Tawang, a geo-strategically significant frontier space, is known all over as the birth place of the sixth Dalai Lama. It is basically because...

Polling teams dispatched to remote polling stations

YINGKIONG, 17 Apr: The Upper Siang district election office on Wednesday dispatched its first batch of polling parties and sector officers for three polling...

DC appeals to citizens to vote

ITANAGAR, 17 Apr: Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) DC Shweta Nagarkoti Mehta has appealed to the citizens of the ICR to "participate in the largest...

Campaigning for LS, assembly polls in Arunachal ends

ITANAGAR, 17 Apr: Campaigning for the 19 April simultaneous polls in Arunachal Pradesh came to end on Wednesday evening, setting the stage to elect...

Poll officials urged to work in coordination

ITANAGAR, 17 Apr: General observer (GO) for Papum Pare district, Amit Dhaka, urged all the sector magistrates, sector police officers, and presiding officers to...

Flag march held, Section 144 CrPC clamped in E/Siang

PASIGHAT, 17 Apr: Defence personnel, including the state police, the CRPF and the BSF,under the supervision of East Siang SP Dr SK Singhal, conducted...

Officials engaged on election duties for P-2 polling stations in Upper Subansiri district have left for their destinations, along with EVMs and other polling...

Mock drill conducted at all polling stations in Palin AC

PALIN, 17 Apr: A 'mock drill-cum-area domination exercise' was conducted at all the polling stations in Palin assembly constituency (AC) in Kra Daadi district...

SC brings down Ramdev’s quackery

The Supreme Court's blistering takedown of Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda for making misleading claims about its products has brought into focus an important issue...

Modi’s gaurantee vs Congress Nyay

Tale Of Two Manifestos By Poonam I Kaushish The stage is set, audiences anticipate as the curtain rises on India’s nautanki of democracy, an ideological spectacle...

A fish rots from the head down

Editor, India has slid down eight places from 85 to 93 in the 2023 Corruption Perception Index. Interestingly, it happened while following a zero tolerance...

What matters is unity in diversity

Editor, Kudos to Rahul Gandhi for vehemently opposing the undemocratic coinage of 'one nation, one people, one language, one leader' emitting foul odour of vulgar...

Elections are a festival of democracy, not wars

Editor, Going by the true spirit, elections are a celebration of freedom, the regime of democracy, the joy of activities, and the zest of competitions. Some...