Lone voter exercises franchise in Arunachal’s Anjaw

It’s almost 4 days since the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh got over. However, one polling team can still take out time to bask in the glory of ensuring the right to exercise franchise is made available to the last person in any remote corner of the state. […]

Amit Shah fires fresh salvo at Congress in Manipur rally; highlights development agenda in Arunachal’s Bordumsa

BJP president Amit Shah launched a direct attack on former Manipur chief minister and state Congress president Okram Ibobi Singh accusing him of selling the land and resources of Manipur. Shah made the attack during his mega rally at Wangjing in Thoubal district of Manipur on Friday. #LokSabhaElections2019 | BJP President Amit Shah addresses public […]

Stage all set for PM Narendra Modi’s mega rallies in Assam and Arunachal tomorrow

It’s mission Northeast for the BJP, as the party is out to woo the voters of the region with its star campaigner Prime Minister Narendra Modi slated to address as many as three mega rallies in Northeast on Saturday (March 30). Prime Minister Modi will address 2 rallies in Assam and one in Arunachal Pradesh. […]

Big jolt to BJP in Arunachal; 2 incumbent ministers, 6 MLAs including jump ship to NPP

In a big boost to the NPP barely three weeks ahead of the assembly polls, as many as 8 BJP MLAs including 2 ministers of the Pema Khandu cabinet formally joined the party in Itanagar on Tuesday evening. The BJP leaders were formally inducted into the party by senior NPP leader Thomas Sangma. Apart from […]

Arunachal: CM Pema Khandu convenes emergency cabinet meet to assess crisis over PRC issue

Arunachal chief minister Pema Khandu was in damage control mode today as he hurriedly convened two meetings, one with as many as 17 community leaders. Chief Minister Khandu also chaired an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the current crisis and the chalk out the strategy forward for the government. Meanwhile, an all-party meet scheduled for […]

Pema Khandu launches Startup India campaign in Arunachal

Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday launched the Startup India campaign at the state Chief Secretariat office in Itanagar along with other officials. It may be mentioned that Startup India is an initiative of the Central Government which was first launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address from the Red fort in New […]

Arunachal: Defence Minister Sitharaman inaugurates strategic bridge over Diffo river

After the inauguration of the historic Bogibeel Bridge, Modi government’s infrastructure build-up push continues in the Northeast. Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday inaugurated the 426.6m strategic bridge over the Diffo river in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley. The Defence minister arrived at around 11 in the morning at Roing, the district headquarter of […]

Nirmala Sitharaman to inaugurate strategic bridge over Diffo river in Arunachal Pradesh

Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will inaugurate a 426.60 metres strategic bridge over the river Diffo in Arunachal Pradesh’ Lower Dibang valley district on Friday. The bridge will connect Lower Dibang valley district with Lohit district. It will also facilitate faster movement of force multipliers, long-range vectors and troops into Dibang valley. In addition, the […]

Former Arunachal CM Gegong Apang quits BJP

In what can be termed as a big fallout of the Centre’s decision to push for the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Gegong Apang resigned from BJP’s primary membership on Tuesday. Unhappy over the party’s functioning, Apang shot off a letter to BJP national president Amit Shah stating that Prime Minister Narendra […]