Ensure transparency, accountability

Chief Minister Pema Khandu has asked the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) to ensure utmost transparency and fairness in conducting recruitment examinations. "When it...

Do not perpetuate gender stereotypes

Raising concern over the declining trend of participation of women in the labour force, the NITI Aayog recently recommended various steps to boost female...

High expectations from Rijiju

Minister of state (independent) for sports and youth affairs, Kiren Rijiju has been promoted to the cabinet rank and was sworn in as a...

Get going

Chief Minister Pema Khandu has been making all the right voices against corruption in the state. On Tuesday while attending a BJP state executive...

Hydropower resources

The implementation of hydro power projects in the state has become a hot topic of discussion, at least at the government level. From the...

Capital complex on edge

The opposition parties comprising of Congress, PPA and JD(S) has announced to stage dharna outside Rajbhawan on Saturday seeking fulfillment of the demands placed...

Questionable ban on wheat export

The centre's sudden decision to ban the export of wheat reflects a knee-jerk reaction and may not be helpful in taming the soaring inflation....

Bureaucrats should develop better coordination

There has been a major reshuffle in the top-level bureaucracy of the state with Chief Secretary (CS) Satya Gopal and Directorate General of Police...

Drug menace and need for stringent action

In a disgrace to the state police, two IRBn personnel were arrested by the Assam Police from Banderdewa on Monday for alleged possession of...

Probe allegation against Kumaon Rifles

In what could be termed as a shocking incident, a local tribal resident of Anini in Dibang Valley district has levelled serious allegations against...

BSNL on the verge of collapse

The situation at the state-owned telecom firm, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), is going from bad to worse with each passing month. Once the...

GoI should rethink implementing UCC

In a welcome move, the Arunachal Indigenous Tribes Forum (AITF), a conglomeration of 26 major tribal communities, has urged the Law Commission to keep...

CMO takes up the cudgels at last

We are given to understand that the state government is not at all happy with the progress of the four-laning work in the capital,...

The statehood act

The People's Party of Arunachal's call for fresh dialogue regarding the Statehood Act of 1987 under Article 371 (H) of the Indian Constitution and...

State-sponsored assassination of Russian dissident Navalny

Death strikes Russian dissidents in myriad ways; radioactive poisoning, nerve agent attack, a fatal plunge from an open window or the old-fashioned way of...

Exciting time ahead

With the landing of Alliance Air's ATR-42 plane at Pasighat ALG on Monday, the air connectivity has received major boost in the state. The...

Take steps to bring back Tapor Pullom

After the happy reunion of Arunachalee citizen Miram Taron, who had been abducted by the PLA, with his family, a report is emerging that...

All eye on RBI Governor

The government on Tuesday appointed Shaktikanta Das, member of the fifteenth finance commission, as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). His...

Encouraging events for Arunachal’s farmers

When the kiwi growers of Lower Subansiri district set an example in kiwi production, the seminar on spices in the northeastern region on Wednesday...

High expectations from India as G20 leader

It is a watershed moment for India as a nation that it has just assumed presidency of the G20, a premier forum for global...