Politics / Arunachal

ITANAGAR, Jan 24 : Arunachal Pradesh State Planning Board deputy chairman Tadik Chije, MLA was inducted to the Mukut Mithi ministry as cabinet minister on Friday.

Governor Arvind Dave administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chije in a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhawan, which was attended among others by the Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues.

With the induction of Chije, the strength of the Mithi ministry has again become 40, including 24 of cabinet rank. The assembly is a 60-member one where the Congress has 59 seats and the opposition Arunachal Congress just one seat.

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Itanagar, Jan. 25: Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Mukut Mithi today said the state was preparing to hold panchayat elections in a couple of months and the state election commission would soon announce the dates. Talking to reporters after a Cabinet expansion, Mithi said his government had provided Rs 4.5 crore to the state election commission towards poll preparations.

J.M. Tangu, a former bureaucrat, has been appointed chairman of the state election commission, he said.

Mithi said his government would soon bring into effect the Anti-Defection Ordinance.

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ITANAGAR, Jan 24? Arunachal Pradesh had never been a party in the peace talks between the Centre and the NSCN(I-M) and would never compromise with its territorial integrity, State Chief Minister Mukut Mithi said today, reports PTI. In the name of ?Greater Nagaland?, the NSCN had no scope to demand the territory of Arunachal Pradesh as the area was never part of Nagaland, the Chief Minister told PTI after a swearing-in ceremony at the Raj Bhavan Friday.

The government of Arunachal Pradesh, he said, had already made its stand clear by adopting a unanimous resolution in the assembly in...

ITANAGAR, Jan 25? Arunachal Pradesh is getting ready to hold panchayat elections within a couple of months and te state Election Commission would annonce the dates soon, Chief Minister Mukut Mithi said here Saturday, reports PTI. Talking to newsmen after the Cabinet expansion ceremony at Rajbhavan, Mithi said the Government has already provided Rs 4.5 crore to the state Election Commission towards preparations to conduct the election as early as possible. J M Tangu a former commissioner of the state, has been appointed as chairman of the state Election Commission.

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ITANAGAR, Jan 19 ? Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Arunachal Pradesh unit Saturday demanded the immediate resignation of the Minister of State for Finance Rima Taipodia on moral grounds following the alleged involvement of his son in a rape case, reports PTI.

The Minister?s son, Mai Taipodia, and four others had allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl at a government inspection bungalow at Likabali in West Siang district of the State on January 16, Tani Loffa, the BJYM unit president said in a statement.

The culprits, he said, had since been arrested by the police and they were now in police custody...

KHONSA, Dec 19 — Ultras from neighbouring states especially the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, (IM) and security forces engaged to contain the militants are busy in violating the basic human rights in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh. Since October this year, both the personnel of 7/8 Gorkha Regiment positioned at Deomali, and NSCN (IM) ultras have not only made the life of innocent villagers of the sleepy Soha village difficult but also snatched away their basic civil rights. According to eyewitnesses as the trouble started on October 5, after the Naga ultras campaigned at the...

ITANAGAR, June 12 ? The ruling Congress (I) government in Arunachal Pradesh continues to be in a slumber sleep, despite the mass eviction carried out by Assam forest officials against the Arunachalis living in the foothills areas bordering Assam under the pretext of the recent Supreme Court ruling. ?Despite the mass eviction being carried out by the Assam govt. against our people living in foothills, bordering Assam the ruling congress (I) govt. in the state is sleeping?, AAPSU and Papum Pare District Students? Union-who made a tour to some affected areas alleged.

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ITANAGAR, June 11 ? The Arunachal Pradesh Government has filed a fresh petition in the Supreme Court seeking restraint on the evictions carried out by the Assam officials in various areas of the disputed portions of Assam-Arunachal border, reports PTI. Takam Sanjoy, Minister for Education and the spokesman of the Government in a statement on Monday said that more than 40 families have been affected in the wake of recent eviction carried out by the Assam Government officials. School buildings, transformers, water tanks, electricity facility and even houses of the teachers and villagers were not...

DIMAPUR, June 8: The differences between the stands of the Nagaland government headed by chief minister SC Jamir with that of the Naga Hoho has once again emerged when the Naga Hoho termed the statement made by Jamir on the occasion of the 7th general conference of Nagaland GBs Federation at the Town hall, here on Dimapur, June 5: The differences between the stands of the Nagaland government headed by chief minister SC Jamir with that of the Naga Hoho has once again emerged when the Naga Hoho termed the statement made by Jamir on the occasion of the 7th general conference of Nagaland GBs...

DIBRUGARH, June 7 ? Following the personal intervention by Assam Minister Pradyut Bordoloi, a plot of land measuring about 119 bighas is all set to be handed back to the State by the Arunachal Pradesh administration. The SDO (Civil), Margherita, Ratul Chandra Duarah told The Assam Tribune that the land was being used by the erstwhile North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) to house educational institutions of the Tirap Frontier Tract soon after the earthquake of 1950. At that time, the land belonged to the Namdang Tea Company and was requisitioned by the assistant political officer of the Tirap...