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Terraced Wet Rice Field of Apatani Plateau

View of terraced wet rice field shot just prior to the plantation of rice saplings (Beginning of Agricultural Cycle) View from “Aro Nyatu Balya”

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Smoke without Fire…An update on AFSPA

Quite categorically, the state government denied their role in proposal of extending AFSPA to whole of Arunachal Pradesh. The Arunachal Times in its 26th April edition reported- “Reacting to the reported move of the State Government to recommend to the Center for extending Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) to the rest of Arunachal Pradesh Read more …

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No to AFSPA in Arunachal, Please

Who has the power to declare an area disturbed under AFSPA? The Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers (Amendment) Act 1972 defines thus: “For section 3 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:[5] If in relation to any State or Union Territory to which this Act extends, the Governor of Read more …

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A feather in the Cap

Which village is the most sanitized of all villages? But of course, Kaba and Kaisu village under Namsai sub division of Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh, which has been chosen for Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) this year. A team of Government officials and Panchayat leaders of these villages will be formally receiving the award from Read more …

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