[ Tongam Rina ] Call it naivety or a smart political move, Chief Minister Pema Khandu literally stirred a hornet’s nest by stating that the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion (APFR) Act or the Anti-Conversion Law…
[ Tongam Rina ] The engineering departments-PWD, RWD, PHE, Power, APEDA, and UD in the state have a notorious reputation of not doing enough for the people of the state or not doing anything at all, while the engineers…
[ Tongam Rina ] The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) results of Class 10 and Class 12 are a reminder to the government of Arunachal Pradesh, teachers and parents that drastic efforts have to be made to…
[ Tongam Rina ] After years of demand by the Arunachal Pradesh Women’s Welfare Society (APWWS), the Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (APSCW) was finally formed in 2005 by the Gegong Apang government. The…
[ Tongam Rina ] Getting stuck in the traffic is the new normal in the capital. It could be anywhere from half an hour to hours together. One can’t do anything about it apart from fuming and swearing at everyone in…
[ Tongam Rina ] The President of India has promulgated the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 to amend the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 and the Protection…
[ Tongam Rina ] Sudan, world’s last surviving male northern white rhino has died. The 45-year-old rhino was euthanized, following months of ill health on Monday at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. With the passing of…
[ Tongam Rina ] If you overlook the names of the schemes which are in impossibly tough Hindi and named after people, you might need to Google it if you are already not aware who the new heroes of this country are, the…
[ Tongam Rina ] It appears that problems confronting North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) are not over yet even as the centre has appointed a Director following a week of peaceful protest…
[ Tongam Rina ] Since December 23rd, four minors have been raped. Of the four, two were killed. On February 12, a five-year-old kindergarten student went missing from near her home in Namgo Mishmi village in Lohit…
[ Tongam Rina ] As the state was geared up for the festive season of Christmas and New Year, we woke up to the news about the ghastly murder of a young school girl in Empong Village in Namsai who was home from school…
[ Tongam Rina ] Arunachal has a dubious record of calling bandhs. According to information furnished in the legislative assembly in September 2012, Arunachal Pradesh had witnessed 173 days of bandhs between September…
[ Tongam Rina ] The Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) has once again lived up to its reputation of being a professional bungler. The Commission since its constitution in 1988 has a history of…
[ Tongam Rina ] If you ignore the dust in Itanagar caused by the highway construction and consequent traffic jam, and angry drivers swearing in between their mobile phone calls at pedestrians and fellow drivers, you…
[ Tongam Rina ] Ever wondered what our politicians are up to these days? Nothing creative, or worthwhile, or for the good of the state, of course. The last three weeks were spent in uncertainty as Takam Pario and Co…
[ Tongam Rina ] 2014 state legislative election, Sisen village in Siang district refused to vote. The election commission deputed officials and voting machines but 140 villagers did not vote; a first in the state where…
[Tongam Rina] Dictionary says that Déjà vu means a feeling of having already experienced the present situation. For teachers working under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), government and the media in the state, the French…
[ Tongam Rina ] It appears that in Arunachal, bureaucrats at the top have stepped onto each other’s foot; pushing the entire bureaucratic boat to a wild tempest. And we all know what happened next. It not only rocked…
[ Tongam Rina ] When the state cabinet decided to adopt the Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy in August last, it probably had no idea that organisations and political parties would take such a hostile xenophobic stand.…
[ Tongam Rina ] More than 50 years ago, the Chakmas and Hajongs were forced to flee the Chittagong Hill Tracts because of displacement following construction of the Kaptai dam and religious persecution. Some of them…
