Festival of election is here

With the declaration of dates for the assembly and Lokh Sabha elections, the people of Arunachal Pradesh are entering into election mode. For the...

Significance of Earth Day

The Earth is our most important resource, and taking care of it deserves our daily attention. On Sunday, the entire world celebrated Earth Day,...

No woman in the new cabinet

The Pema Khandu-led state cabinet has five new faces in Tage Taki, Mama Natung, Nakap Nalo, Tumke Bagra and Taba Tedir. The other cabinet...

Arunachal deserves world class sports academies

In encouraging news for the budding sportspersons of the state, union minister of state (independent charge) for youth affairs and sports, Kiren Rijiju during...

Pay attention to education & health sector

Exposing the tall claims of government, the School Management Committee of Government Secondary School Pakke-Kessang under East Kameng district published a classified advertisement in...

Anti-development activities

The Trans-Arunachal Highway compen-sations scam that rocked the state has opened a can of worms. Several people, including government officials, student leader, politicians, civil...

Strange decision

The decision of the BJP government at the Centre to allow a group of European members of parliament (MP) to visit Jammu & Kashmir...

Country’s laws should be respected

A team of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has started investigation into the alleged police encounter in which all four accused in the...

Interesting move

Eyebrows were raised on Wednesday when the news of the swearing in of retired major general Ganesh Singh Bisht as member of the Arunachal...

Speed up work in township area

Yet again the Itanagar administration has enforced a traffic diversion on NH 415 via Jullang to facilitate the ongoing four-lane construction work. As per...

Don’t create unnecessary hurdles

The possible spread of the coronavirus in the state seems to have made the people panicky. In several areas, village, colony and sector roads...

Need to create awareness on COVID-19 issues to avoid opposition

The people of Lekhi village today protested against the government’s decision to covert the BPL housing complex into an institutional quarantine facility. This comes at...

Papu-Yupia-Potin road needs attention

The pathetic condition of the Papu-Yupia-Potin road has forced a group of MLAs, cutting across party lines, to make an appeal to the state...

Make use of modern technology

Leparada and West Siang have been devastated by cloudbursts that triggered landslides and heavy rains, which led to flooding of areas like never seen...

ASHAs need govt support

Accredited social health activists, or ASHAs, as they are popularly known, are an integral part of National Rural Health Mission. According to the mission,...

Don’t take Covid-19 lightly

The number of people dying from Covid-19 has reached 20 in the state. In the last two days alone, two people lost the battle...

Initiate proper action in APSSB case

In a move which can be decisive in the battle against corruption, the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) of the state's vigilance department has charge-sheeted...

Plus & minus of budget

Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented the state budget on Thursday on the floor of the state assembly....

Bengal and its history of election violence

As feared, the election in West Bengal is turning violent. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was attacked on Wednesday while in Nandigram, where she had...

Recognising a hero

Major Ralengnao Bob Khathing, who was instrumental in bringing Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh under the Indian Union, has finally been recognized by the Arunachal...