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12 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Can APFRA really protect indigenous identity?

Editor, The recent submission of the draft rules under the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA), 1978, has reignited public debate across the state. Many believe that implementing the Act will help protect…

12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Overspeeding fines in Assam: Time for a review

Editor, The increasing imposition of overspeeding fines on national highways in Assam has become a matter of concern for many law-abiding motorists. While no one disputes the importance of road safety, the logic behind…

12 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

NERIST

The Students’ Union of NERIST (SUN) ended its hunger strike after receiving assurances that Director Prof Narendranath, who was forced to resign, will be reinstated. The union launched an indefinite hunger strike…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

3 die, 2 injured in landslide-triggered road accident

MIGGING, 10 Jun: Three people died and two others suffered grievous injuries when their vehicle plunged about 200 metre down a steep slope on the Migging-Tuting road in Upper Siang district on Tuesday morning. The…

3 die, 2 injured in landslide-triggered road accident
11 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

APIYO rejects HPC, demands demolition of ‘illegal’ structures

Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 10 Jun: The Arunachal Pradesh Indigenous Youth Organisation (APIYO) on Wednesday rejected the state government’s proposal to address concerns over alleged illegal structures and immigration…

11 Jun 2026 · 3 min read

Court sentences man to 20 years’ jail for raping minor

ITANAGAR, 10 Jun: A Special Court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl below the age of 12 years, bringing to…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

MLA donates vehicle to school

ZIRO, 10 Jun: Ziro-Hapoli MLA Hage Appa donated a 19-seater vehicle to Arunachal Shiksha Vikas Samiti-run Abotani Vidya Niketan, Old Ziro, in Lower Subansiri district for transportation of students. Handing over the…

MLA donates vehicle to school
11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Slow Lorises straying into settlements raise concern

Prafulla Kaman RUKSIN, 10 Jun: Bengal Slow Lorises (Nycticebus bengalensis) in the reserve forests along the Assam-Arunachal boundary have been found frequently entering into human habitations in East Siang district and…

Slow Lorises straying into settlements raise concern
11 Jun 2026 · 4 min read

Khandu hails PM’s 12 years in office as an era of transformative governance

ITANAGAR, 10 Jun: Chief Minister Pema Khandu hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 12 years in office as an era of transformative governance, visionary leadership and unprecedented development that has fundamentally…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

DC asks teachers to focus on result-oriented efforts

TEZU, 10 Jun: Lohit deputy commissioner K. N. Damo has urged school heads and teachers to make focused and result-oriented efforts to improve academic outcomes in the district. While reviewing the academic performance…

11 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Meet held to revive traditional earthen pottery making

DARAK, 10 Jun: Darak Tourism and Social Welfare Foundation (DTSWF) held a village-level consultative meeting at Sala Potom village in West Siang district on 6 June to discuss the revival of traditional earthen pottery…

Meet held to revive traditional earthen pottery making
11 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

CJP to launch nationwide protest, demands education minister’s resignation

NEW DELHI, 10 Jun: Asserting that India’s youngsters are not scared of questioning the government, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which led a protest here last week demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

IMD forecasts heavy rain, thunderstorms across Arunachal

ITANAGAR, 10 Jun: The weather department on Wednesday forecast widespread rain and thunderstorms in Arunachal Pradesh over the next five days and issued an orange alert for parts of the state, warning people to be…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

AACWA-PKDU demands restoration of PSI NEC road

ITANAGAR, 10 Jun: The Pakke Kessang District Unit of the All Arunachal Contractor Welfare Association (AACWA-PKDU) on Wednesday strongly urged the Pakke Kessang district administration to restore the dilapidated PSI NEC…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

GST awareness prog conducted in Bomdila

BOMDILA, 10 Jun: A two-day intensive GST awareness program, organized by the CGST Bhalukpong range, in close coordination with the SGST Bomdila division, concluded here in West Kameng district on Wednesday. The…

GST awareness prog conducted in Bomdila
11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

KVK conducts awareness prog

PATIWA, 10 Jun: East Kameng Krishi Vigyan Kendra organized an awareness-cum-training programme on ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan’ at Patiwa village, targeting the farming communities of Patiwa and Koto villages on Wednesday. The…

KVK conducts awareness prog
11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Pay regular salaries to DIET employees

The Arunachal Pradesh Teacher Educators’ Association (APTEA) has announced an indefinite pen-down strike if its demand for timely salary release is not accepted through a change in the funding system by the state…

11 Jun 2026 · 6 min read

Viksit Bharat ke achhe din?

What Austerity! By Poonam I Kaushish Austerity? What’s that? In a milieu of George Orwellian ‘more equal than others’ India, this term sounds hollow. So, when Prime Minister Modi recently urged Indians in the name of…

11 Jun 2026 · 2 min read

Appeal for transparency and academic integrity

Editor, I wish to draw the kind attention of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) towards certain important aspects of the ongoing Assistant Professor Recruitment process (Advertisement No. 01/2026),…

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min read

Conduct regular recruitment exams of Nursing Officers

Editor , For many of us who pursued nursing as a profession, the dream was never merely about securing government jobs. It was about serving humanity, caring for the sick, and contributing to the healthcare system of…