Restart quarantine measures
Just when India was starting to go easy over the coronavirus, the number of active Covid-19 cases is once again starting to rise. The...
Pegasus scandal must be probed
The Pegasus spyware scandal is getting bigger and bigger with each passing day. Over the past few days, The Wire, the Washington Post and...
Act against extortion
In a welcome move, the security forces have asked the business community to not succumb to any extortion demand, threat or illegal taxation by...
Fast-track inquiry into fake Taekwondo certificates scam
The report of the arrest of the general secretary of the Arunachal Taekwondo Association, Tara Tagin by a special investigation team (SIT) of the...
The US has failed the Afghans
The US military left the Bagram airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without notifying the Afghans. This...
Restore damaged roads
The much-awaited underpass at Bank Tinali in Itanagar will have to wait for some more days for completion. Even though the PWD Highway had...
Don’t put children’s lives at risk
A major tragedy was averted on Thursday when around 16 schoolchildren sustained minor injuries when a bus carrying them met with an accident at...
Democratic movements should be peaceful
The All Nyishi Youth Association (ANYA) seems to be heading for a massive showdown with the state government. The ANYA on Sunday vowed to...
All hopes on vibrant village programme
Displaying an unabashed streak of hegemony and territorial ambitions, China has been quite aggressive over the last few years in building infrastructure along the...
Citizens have the right to protest
The arrest of advocate Ebo Mili and artist Nilim Mahanta for allegedly defacing a portion of the mural on the civil secretariat wall in...
Rising inflation a huge policy challenge
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently caught everyone by surprise by deciding to hike the policy rate. The decision may have taken the...
Congress should meet BJP head on
The enforcement directorate (ED) questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for two days in the National Herald money laundering case. The ED's probe pertains to...
Murmu should use her office to improve the lives of tribals
Droupadi Murmu has become the first tribal woman to be elected as the president of India. The former Jharkhand governor and the BJP-led NDA's...
Govt appears complicit in Pegasus case
The recent revelation that the central government did not cooperate with the Supreme Court-appointed technical committee on the Pegasus scam does not come as...
Conduct fair probe into custodial deaths
In the span of a week, two cases of custodial deaths have been reported from various parts of the state. On 29 September, one...
Absenteeism should not be tolerated
Recently, the Shi-Yomi district unit of the All Arunachal Pradesh Panchayat Raj Parishad (AAPPRP) lodged a complaint with the deputy commissioner against all the...
Arunachalis should not fall into divisive narratives
RJD leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui recently commented that he has advised his children to get jobs abroad and settle there, in comments that are...
GoAP and ATA should end deadlock over demands
The Arunachal Teachers' Association (ATA) has decided to boycott the coming state board examinations and, if needed, the CBSE examinations. The teachers' association has...
Indian films can compete with world’s best
'Naatu Naatu', a foot-tapping number composed by MM Keeravani for SS Rajamouli's blockbuster 'RRR', created history by becoming the first song from an Indian...
Need for a caste-based census
There is a growing resonance for the demand for caste-based census in the country to fine-tune the idea of social justice. This comes at...