Take up Frontier Highway project on priority
The state assembly on Saturday witnessed discussion on the issue of the people living along the Sino-India border migrating from their villages to urban...
Conduct DPC meetings on time
The Arunachal Pradesh Civil Service Officers Association (APCSOA) has served two weeks' ultimatum to convene the departmental promotion committee (DPC) meeting of the APCS...
Attacks on minorities on the rise
The national media on a daily basis report the incidents of harassment of minorities across India. Muslims in Haryana's Gurgaon faced yet more protests...
Union govt’s regressive move
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and the Right to Information (RTI) Act are two schemes that have truly benefited the...
Healthy debate required
A private member resolution moved in the assembly by Congress MLA Ninong Ering, seeking leave for menstruating girls and women, saw some hilarious discussions....
Positive signs of boundary dispute resolution
After the meeting between Chief Ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma and Pema Khandu in Guwahati on Wednesday, it was announced that the two states will...
ICR DA should take steps to stop illegal earth-cutting
The ICR district administration (DA) recently carried out a drive to remove all illegal hoardings, signboards and posters along the RoW of NH 415....
Stop crackdown on dissenting voices
India is fast becoming a very dangerous place for journalists. In a clear deterioration of democratic norms, the journalists who are doing real journalism...
Why is India silent over attack on Rushdie?
The horrific attack on author Salman Rushdie shows how religious fundamentalists still pose a big threat to the free world. The author was stabbed...
Govt should reconduct examination for KVKs
Even as the controversy over the leakage of question paper of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission's (APPSC) assistant engineer (civil) examination rages on,...
BJP’s brazen misuse of power and money
Four MLAs of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) recently alleged that the BJP attempted to bribe them to join the saffron party in...
BJP ahead of Congress in run-up to general elections
The results of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, along with that of Municipal Corporation of Delhi has made all three parties, namely,...
Constitutional logjam in Tamil Nadu
The NDA government has been striking at the roots of federalism which is the bedrock of the Constitution. The present government is systematically usurping...
Voice of opposition needed for vibrant democracy
Both Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge continue their attack on the present government at the Centre. Citing the Adani issue,...
Indictment of a president
The indictment of Donald Trump, the first American president, sitting or former, to face criminal charges, is a historic development that reflects triumph of...
India should keep close vigil on developments in Pakistan
The situation in neighbouring Pakistan is getting very dangerous day by day. Already caught in an unprecedented economic crisis and resurgence of terrorist attacks,...
Tread with caution
The 22nd Law Commission's decision to examine the issue of uniform civil code has surprised many as the 21st Law Commission had said it...
POCSO Act should not be misused
The report of a woman being convicted for misusing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in East Siang district shows how...
Serious action needed to end child abuse in schools
Yet another case of sexual assault on students has emerged, shocking the entire state. Two students of the Arunachal Public School in Ziro in...
Regularise jobs
The Arunachal Pradesh Samagra Shiksha Contractual Employees' Association has once again raised the demand for regularisation of the jobs of non-teaching staffers in the...