Arunachal Pradesh
Capital: Itanagar
Breaking in Arunachal Pradesh
Bomb threat emails hit Mumbai and Pune civic offices, and the searches find nothing
An email naming Mumbai's mayor office, a bank, a court, Amitabh Bachchan's Jalsa bungalow, Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the airport set off searches on Thursday morning. Pune Municipal Corporation received its own threat soon after. Nothing suspicious was found.
Arrogance of power: Rohit Pawar takes on Fadnavis as the NCP merger formula takes shape
Rohit Pawar accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of "arrogance" and of running a politics of blackmail over the NCP merger question. In the party, the formula under discussion gives Sharad Pawar the president post and Sunetra Pawar the working president post.
No eye on Gokul: Fadnavis says the amendment only unties a legal knot
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended amending the cooperative societies law, saying the government needed to end a statutory deadlock over the Gokul dairy chairmanship. Congress leader Satej Patil is going ahead with a November 9 protest, calling the move a trampling of the farmers' mandate.
Cancer bills fall from Monday: 137 drugs cut, some by 96%, ₹3,502 crore saved a year
Revised prices for 137 anti-cancer drugs take effect on Monday after the NPPA capped trade margins at 30% of the maximum retail price. Seventy-six companies have cut prices on 1,225 formulations, with 600 brands down more than half and the steepest cut at 96.45%. Estimated annual savings: ₹3,502.31 crore.
Ten thousand flagged land deals later, Telangana CID picks up four over the Dharani portal
Telangana's CID has searched the homes and offices of suspects in the alleged Dharani land records scandal and arrested at least four people, including a Bhu Bharati portal operator. The case turns on three acres in Kollur village, mutated in another man's name.
BREAKINGRs 81.5 crore in two days, and Netflix already has the papers: Suriya's Scene is on a run
Scene, the Tamil crime thriller with Suriya, Nazriya Nazim and Naslen, has grossed Rs 81.5 crore worldwide in two days. Reports say Netflix has bought the digital rights for Rs 88 crore, though no streaming date has been announced.
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Not talking about building the Siang dam yet, says Pema Khandu as a 36-hour bandh empties Upper Siang
No decision has been taken on the 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project and only a pre-feasibility report is being prepared, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said on Monday evening. He said a PFR does not amount to approval for construction. The Congress has demanded the project be scrapped and a 36-hour bandh began on Monday.
250 RAF personnel in Pasighat after Siang dam violence; 15 held, prohibitory orders continue
Two Rapid Action Force companies of about 250 personnel have been airlifted to Pasighat after violence over the 11,200-MW Siang Upper project. A mob torched an NHPC office and a police station; over 40 security personnel were injured and at least 15 people arrested.
Arunachal BJP backs SIR to check 'outsiders', flags illegal migrant inflow
The Arunachal Pradesh BJP has backed the special intensive revision of electoral rolls, saying accurate voter lists are needed amid concern over the inflow of 'illegal migrants' into a state of 26 major tribes.
Congress wants CEC out, CPI(M) marches at night, Arunachal BJP backs SIR
The SIR row widened as the Congress demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation in Mumbai, the CPI(M) took out a night march in Kerala, and the BJP's Arunachal unit backed the revision. An audit flagged centralised control on the ECINet platform.