The Delhi police special cell has questioned about 25 journalists and contributors of NewsClick for a second time in connection with a UAPA case registered against the online news portal for allegedly peddling "anti-national" agenda in the country, sources said on Monday.
Unprecedented security arrangements have been made in Arunachal Pradesh.
"In our position, the whole of the state of Arunachal Pradesh is Chinese territory. And Tawang is only one of the places in it. We are claiming all of that. That is our position," Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Yuxi said.
Punjab Director General of Police Guarav Yadav said Sanjeev Singh was nabbed from Arunachal Pradesh.
Projecting the mining operations as part of China's move to take over Arunachal Pradesh, the report said 'people familiar with the project say the mines are part of an ambitious plan by Beijing to reclaim South Tibet'.
Additional Sessions Judge Hardeep Kaur was hearing the arguments regarding the applications. Special Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava cited a Supreme Court judgment and said the accused had to approach the police commissioner, who would then form a committee regarding the same.
'Gorkhas are terrific soldiers. They are known the world over for their fighting qualities.'
The Congress will begin the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from the violence-hit Manipur on Sunday, in what is being seen as the party's bid to set the narrative in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls and put the spotlight on issues such as unemployment, price rise and social justice.
Rebel Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday took a shot at his party once again by questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the 'hurry' to impose President's rule in Arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and submitted a detailed report on the recent political developments in the wake of Governor J P Rajkhowa advancing the assembly session.
Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh had to call off his visit to Pasighat in East Siang district in the wake of floodwaters of rain-fed Siang river submerging the airfield and other areas in the district headquarter town. Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh had to call off his visit to Pasighat in East Siang district in the wake of flood.
An Arunachal Pradesh minister on Tuesday warned of a 'Kargil-like' situation in the border state as he spoke of a lack of development forcing locals to migrate away from far-flung areas and giving China an opportunity to venture deeper inside Indian territory.
This was disclosed by Major General S S Jog, General Officer Commanding the Red Horn Division, during a seminar on counter terrorism organised by the Army for officers and allied personnel engaged in anti-insurgency operations in Guwahati on Wednesday.
Floods triggered by rain submerged paddy fields, causing erosion and landslides in many areas of Nari, Ruksin, Pasighat and adjacent areas of East Siang district, officials said on Wednesday.
Facing a rout in other parts of the country, Congress retained power securing three-fourth majority in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly snapping up 40 of the 60 seats and leading in two.
The remarks by Sibal, a noted advocate, came after Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and eight others were inducted into the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government.
NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, arrested in a case lodged under anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for allegedly receiving money to spread pro-China propaganda, told the Delhi high court on Monday that the allegations against him were "false" and "bogus", and "not a penny has come from China".
The condition of woman journalist Tongam Rina of Arunachal Times, who was fired upon and seriously injured by unidentified miscreants in front of her office on Sunday evening, was stable on Monday. She is undergoing treatment at the Ramkrishna Mission Hospital in Itanagar.
Why did Modi single out the Congress and its leaders for the most pugnacious verbal assault while sparing other regional adversaries? If he is trying to get some parties to break the Opposition ranks, it means that the BJP's present bravado is for effect. Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, author of Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times, begins a new column for Rediff.com.
Border personnel meeting between Chinese and Indian border troops was held on the Chinese side near Bumla in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
"The sun kisses India first in Arunachal Pradesh. It is our land of rising sun," he said while addressing a public meeting in Itanagar on the first day of his maiden visit to this border state. China has often claimed parts of Arunachal Pradesh as its own territory. Asserting that the United Progressive Alliance government accorded the highest priority to the development of Arunachal Pradesh, Singh said the state would emerge as one of the best regions in the country.
Forty-four Congress MLAs and two Independent members voted in favour of the government.
Reacting strongly to reports that China has in its recent map shown Arunachal Pradesh as its territory, India on Saturday said "cartographic depictions" do not change reality on the ground and asserted that Arunachal was an integral part of the country.
With a 50 per cent increase in the last four years, Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number (785) of tigers in the country, followed by Karnataka (563), Uttarakhand (560), and Maharashtra (444), according to the data.
Authorities airlifted 14 staff of the Don Bosco School in Palin in Arunachal Pradesh including four teachers and the principal on Friday, after locals attacked the institution in the wake of the death of 14 school children on Wednesday night in a fire that razed a private hostel.
Three Army personnel were killed on Thursday and four injured when suspected NSCN rebels ambushed their vehicle in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district bordering Nagaland.
'The Kuki-Zo are aware of this rich resource in their areas and feel the Meitei push for ST status is because of this reason'.
The notification for the Arunachal Pradesh elections, due on October 7, was issued.
Election campaign came to an end on Sunday afternoon in Arunachal Pradesh that goes to assembly election on October 13. Polling officials have already embarked on their journey to some remote poling stations since Saturday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday announced a time-frame for infrastructural schemes under the massive Rs 24,000 crore package he had announced for the state last year. The prime minister said a Congress win in Arunachal Pradesh assembly will ensure better coordination with the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre for speedy implementation of important schemes in the state.
The Congress High Command needs to take some urgent steps to quell dissidence within ruling Congress in Arunachal Pradesh, where public campaign against the incumbent Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin has triggered street clashes and created law and order problem besides creating tension between different tribes.
The government on Tuesday expressed concern over the violation of ceasefire agreements by insurgent groups active in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and said the matter has been taken up with the neighbouring countries to ensure that they do not give shelter to these groups. "I concede that despite ceasefire arrangement with insurgent groups, violations do happen and we have taken a grave notice of this," Home Minister P Chidambaram said during the Question Hour.
A third-year student of National Institute of Technology-Silchar allegedly died by suicide on the campus, following which his classmates began a protest that eventually turned violent, prompting the police to lathi charge, in which 40 people were injured, officials said on Saturday.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin "called in" India's envoy in Beijing Ashok Kantha to lodge a protest on Modi's visit on Friday
Shah said the ULFA, the oldest insurgent group of Assam, agreed to abjure violence, disband the organisation and join the democratic process.
The President met the local tribal people and interacted with them.
Several states declared a holiday for schools, while government offices, other establishments and public sector banks remained closed for half a day.
The Indian Air Force is upgrading six airstrips in Arunachal Pradesh bordering China to improve its capabilities to move troops there quickly, Air Chief Marshal P V Naik said on Thursday.
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The internal bickering in the ruling Congress in Arunachal Pradesh manifested into public outcry against the 'misrule' of Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin by the powerful Nyshi community in the state. The All Nyishi Students' Union and the Nyshi Elite Society are spearheading the 'oust Gamlin' campaign raising an eyebrow about the possible involvement of Gamlin's bte noir and senior minister Nabam Tuki.
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