Yearly Archives: 2025

Introduction of MSP for high-value crops

Editor, Compulsory introduction of minimum support price (MSP) for crops such as ginger, maize, buckwheat, and mustard in Arunachal Pradesh' annual budget is a critical...

Clarification

Editor, This is a clarification on 'Mystic affairs of religion and state' written by me and published on 20 February in this daily. Therein a...

Delay in stipend disbursement affecting research work

Editor, The first-year research scholars of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) have not received their stipend for the past five months due to administrative non-compliance, causing...

A critical examination of the APFRA, 1978

Editor, The Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA), 1978 has been widely debated for its implications on religious freedom and individual rights. While proponents...

Protect rivers from further degradation

Editor, Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to highlight the growing concern over the encouragement of illegal riverbank encroachment, unauthorised land transactions,...

GoAP keen on developing small hydro projects: DCM

ITANAGAR, 22 Feb: Deputy Chief Minister and Power & Hydropower Minister Chowna Mein told small hydropower project developers that the state government is keen...

APFRA implementation will have grave consequences, warns ADP, while IFCSAP seeks its implementation

ITANAGAR, 22 Feb: The Arunachal Democratic Party (ADP) said that implementing the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA), 1978 at the current juncture...

Rare northern pintail sighted in Tawang

TAWANG, 22 Feb: Nature enthusiast Jambey Dondu sighted a raft of rare northern pintail (Anas acuta) at an altitude of 13,500 ft in Tawang...

Education is the most powerful tool to shape society: Sona

APUFest-2025 underway PASIGHAT, 22 Feb: Education Minister PD Sona inaugurated the second edition of the Arunachal Pradesh University Festival (APUFest) at Hill Top here in...

Forest officials seize carcasses of wild animals, chainsaws

ITANAGAR, 22 Feb: Officials of the Sagalee forest division seized carcasses of birds and wildlife, and chainsaws from several light motor vehicles (LMV) during...

The Arunachal Pradesh Doctors' Association completed its two days of mass casual leave, demanding the transfer of the secretary and the commissioner of health,...

Every village in Arunachal will have mobile network: BSNL

ITANAGAR, 22 Feb: The state-owned telecommunications company, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has said that every village in Arunachal Pradesh will be connected through...

RGU to host 2nd edition of Borderland Narratives: Festival of Films from Contemporary Northeast...

ITANAGAR, 22 Feb: The mass communication department of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), in collaboration with the Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies (AITS), is all...

Symposium on research opportunities in German varsities

NAMSAI, 22 Feb: The Science & Technology Department, in collaboration with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the Arunachal University of Studies (AUS),...

Nagaland Cong MP criticises Centre for reducing FMR area

KOHIMA, 22 Feb: Congress Nagaland MP S Supongmeren Jamir on Saturday criticised the central government for reducing the area of the free movement regime...

Organic agriculture in Arunachal: Prospects, challenges, and the way forward

The agricultural landscape of Arunachal Pradesh is changing as a result of organic agriculture. The hypothesis of this article is that the sector would...

Nat’l seminar on climate change and its impacts on farmers’ livelihood held

Correspondent SILAPATHAR, 22 Feb: A national seminar on climate change and its impacts on agriculture and farmers' lives was held here in Assam's Dhemaji district...

DPGC awarded Grade B by NAAC

KAMKI, 22 Feb: Donyi-Polo Govt College (DPGC) here in West Siang district has been accredited with a 2.22 CGPA on a seven-point scale and...

Road ahead for women’s 33% reservation in parliament and LAs

The much-awaited 33% reservation for Indian women in the Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies (LA) is going to change our political landscape in a...

Where do we locate the future of debate over APFRA?

Amid debates and discourse regarding religion or related topics like conversion and communalism all over India, a question that arises is, should the state...