Monthly Archives: May 2024

Free, fair and without fear

By Inder Jit (Released on 21 July 1981) Wild stories about the Garhwal poll and the repoll order continue to go the rounds. I heard many...

West Bengal will not forget

Editor, It is nice to see a mighty political heavyweight sparing his precious time in this hectic electioneering season to pay homage to Sarada Debi...

Preserve legitimate disagreement

Editor, After being named the Nobel Prize winner, Abhijit Banerjee said in an interview that Jawaharlal Nehru University made him realise how important politics was. Asked...

Harassment in Assam demands GoAP’s urgent attention

Editor, I am writing to highlight the ongoing harassment faced by the people of central and eastern Arunachal Pradesh when travelling through portions of the...

Techi Doria becomes first cricketer from Arunachal to play for Wolverhampton Cricket Club

ITANAGAR, 29 May: Arunachalee cricketer Techi Doria has become the first from the state to receive a contract from the Wolverhampton Cricket Club, to...

IMC addresses surge in dog bite incidents with new regulations and public appeal

ITANAGAR, 29 May: Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) mayor Tamme Phassang on Wednesday informed that the IMC has introduced several regulations for the public in...

Counting of votes for assembly elections to begin at 6 am

ITANAGAR, 29 May: Counting of votes for the Arunachal Pradesh assembly elections will begin at 6 am on 2 June, an official said here...

Constitution, democracy will be in danger if BJP returns to power: Kharge

BALASORE,  29 May: Launching a scathing attack on the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday asserted that if...

Body of drowned girl recovered

ITANAGAR, 29 May: The body of a teenage girl, who reportedly drowned in Dikrong River near Khula Camp in Papum Pare district on 26...

Training on ‘achieving 100 pc e-KYC for NFSA beneficiaries’

TAWANG, 29 May:  The Food and Civil Supplies department along with Tawang district administration held a training-cum-interaction programme on 'achieving 100 percent e-KYC for...

DA issues monsoon advisory

LIKABALI, 29 May: The Lower Siang district administration has issued an advisory for the people of the district in view of the onset of...

DEO seeks cooperation for peaceful counting process

DAPORIJO, 29 May:  Upper Subansiri deputy commissioner-cum-DEO Talo Potom urged all political parties to cooperate with election functionaries during counting process in order to...

Workshop for RGU’s social media champions held

RONO HILLS, 29 May: An orientation workshop for "Social Media Champions of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU)" was held at the RGU's Institute of Distance...

Govt starts granting citizenship under CAA in West Bengal, Haryana, Uttarakhand

NEW DELHI, 29 May: The union government on Wednesday started granting citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand. The CAA...

Final phase of training for counting officials held

YUPIA, 29 May: The final phase of the training for the counting supervisors, counting assistants and tabulation supervisors was held in the ZPC hall...

Monsoon onset over Kerala, Northeast likely by Thursday

NEW DELHI, 29 May: Spurred on by Cyclone Remal, southwest monsoon is expected to hit the Kerala coast and parts of northeast by Thursday,...

Agniveer scheme introduced to avoid pension to soldiers: Tharoor

DHARAMSHALA, 29 May: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday attacked the BJP-led Centre over the Agniveer scheme, saying that the short-term military recruitment scheme...

Ready to go to jail 100 times to save my country: Arvind Kejriwal

JALANDHAR, 29 May: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has to surrender on June 2 in the excise policy case at the end of...

Bringing peace in Manipur should be the Centre’s priority

In the midst of the ongoing general election, Union Home minister Amit Shah recently claimed that the government is working on removing the trust...

Injustice by govt?

Rise in Undertrials By Dhurjati Mukherjee There is a well-known saying that “justice delayed is justice denied”. But due to the enormous pendency of cases in...