Choose holistic projects for development

The tourism department is reportedly planning to set up cable cars in two locations of the state, namely, Jang waterfall (Nurang fall) in Tawang...

Avoid violence during polls

Monday was the last date for withdrawal of nomination for the panchayat and municipal elections. The real election battle will start now. The threat...

Congress needs to introspect

The election results of the panchayat and municipal corporations have come. The ruling BJP is the clear winner in the panchayat and in the...

Strictly monitor projects’ progress

Yet again, Chief Minister Pema Khandu has set an ambitious deadline for the completion of all the district hospital (DH) projects by March 2023....

Need to revamp agri-horti sector

The horticulture department of Arunachal is participating in the 'Gulfood 2021' event in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Arunachal is showcasing some...

Reinforce strict Covid protocol, RTPCR, TrueNAT testing

What was feared seems to be coming true. With Covid-19 making a comeback across India, it is breaching Arunachal Pradesh too after weeks of...

BJP’s undeclared emergency

In a brazen attack on the press, income tax officials on Thursday raided the offices of two prominent media houses, Dainik Bhaskar and Bharat...

Time to fix responsibility

Chief Minister Pema Khandu issued a note on Thursday to his ministerial colleagues, asking why routine and basic functions of the government are not...

Roads, bridges require effective monitoring

In yet another embarrassing incident, an under-construction steel Bailey bridge over the Shu river between Mepsoro and Geram villages in Papum Pare's Toru circle,...

Take action against illegal earth-cutting

In the last 15 days, the state has been battered by heavy rainfall. Massive damages have been caused to private as well as government...

Probe agencies have become pawns of the government

In a highly controversial move, the government of India on Sunday brought two ordinances to extend the tenures of the CBI and the Enforcement...

Secularism under threat

In the last 10 days, two major incidences of calling for the genocide of minorities, in particular Muslims, and praising Nathuram Godse, the killer...

Two Indias

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while speaking in the Lok Sabha recently alleged that, due to the wrong policy of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government,...

Congress’ refusal to learn and reform

When the Congress Working Committee (CWC) met on Tuesday, it was expected to take some major decisions after the heavy defeat party suffered in...

Hold assembly election in J&K

The spurt in terror attacks in Jammu & Kashmir, coinciding with the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching development projects, comes...

India has to engage with the Taliban

After a long wait, an Indian delegation and the Taliban on Thursday met in Kabul for the first time since August last year, when...

G7 fund can offset China’s BRI

China is increasingly using its financial clout to outmanoeuvre the western world. Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is spreading across the world and...

China encircling India

Given its hegemonic actions and blatant breach of international protocols in the recent past, China's move to dock its spy ship in Sri Lanka...

Stop red tape in civil secretariat

The All Arunachal Contractor's Welfare Association on Thursday alleged that some officers and staffers of the state civil secretariat are unnecessarily keeping files on...

CBI should accept govt.’s offer

The state government's decision to request the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate all examinations conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission...