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Monday Musing [ Amar Sangno ] The jubilation of the All-Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) and the Arunachal Frontier Tribal Front (AFTF) over the Pema Khandu-led government's decision to tighten the criteria for…
[ Amar Sangno ] ITANAGAR, 12 Sep: On 11 September, the officials and staff of the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), Naharlagun, did not observe a black day to mark the anniversary of the day…
Monday Musing [ Amar Sangno ] A boundary dispute turned into a violent clash between the natives of Hime village in Kangku circle of Lower Siang district and Bodoti village of Assam, resulting in bullet injuries to…
Monday Musing [ Amar Sangno ] They say history does repeat itself. Sometimes it is not as kind as we expect it to be. The recent episode of the forced resignation of North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and…
[ Amar Sangno ] NIRJULI, 31 May: The North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) here has plunged into a deep administrative crisis as its director, Prof Narendranath S, reportedly resigned on…
[ Amar Sangno ] ITANAGAR, 31 May: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears to be walking a tightrope in selecting its candidate for the lone Rajya Sabha seat, with as many as 12 aspirants reportedly filing…
Monday Musing [Amar Sangno] The recent hullabaloo by activists of the Arunachal Pradesh ST Bachao Andolan (APSTBA) over the alarming rate of illegal immigration in our state and over porous inner line permit (ILP)…
Monday Musing [ Amar Sangno ] They say that every child deserves a life of dignity, education, and hope. Unfortunately, for scores of children from Tirap, Changlang, and Longding (TCL) districts, the pursuit of better…
Monday Musing [ Amar Sangno ] 20 February, 2026 was a day of ‘cosmic irony’ for the people of Arunachal Pradesh. We went the extra mile to prove our patriotism by playing Vande Mataram, followed by the national anthem,…
[ Amar Sangno ] ITANAGAR, 26 Feb: After three years of legal back-and-forth, Posi Gamlin, block education officer (BEO) and one of the accused in the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) paper leak scam…
[ Amar Sangno ] SEIJOSA, 22 Feb: In a significant development in the Arunachal Pradesh-Assam boundary dispute resolution, the first official border pillar was erected at Seijosa in Pakke-Kessang district, along…
[Amar Sangno] The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) has always been a beacon of hope for the common people in raising public or students’ welfare-oriented issues since its inception. The AAPSU has always…
Monday Musing [ Amar Sangno ] They say that where money flows, corruption shadows its path. The land compensation scams in the Trans-Arunachal Highway and the Frontier Highway projects is a classic case of: where money…
[ Amar Sangno & Saraswati Gao ] PASIGHAT, 2 Jan: Opum (name changed), a 21-year-old BA first-semester student at Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNC) in Pasighat, East Siang district, is hesitant to go back to the boys’…
