Arunachal Pradesh  

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has declared that Tirong Aboh had received 5366 votes, while Phawang Lowang, his lone rival, got 4311 votes

Tirong Aboh, his son, security personnel and party workers were shot dead by suspected militants of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland near Bogapani in Tirap district on Tuesday
 

Aboh’s son and nine people were also killed in the ambush allegedly led by the Naga outfit group. Aboh's PSO is also said to be in a critical condition.

In the 2014 general election, a 79.88% voter turnout was recorded in Assam, while 78.61% was recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, 79.62% in Manipur, 68.79% in Meghalaya, 61.69% in Mizoram, 87.82% in Nagaland and 84.72% in Tripura.

Minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju exercised his voting rights on Thursday. He is among the high profile candidates whose constituency witnessed voting in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls.

Voting in the Northeast began at 21,585 polling stations including 9,574 booths in Assam, 2,201 in Arunachal Pradesh, 3,167 in Meghalaya, 2,227 in Nagaland, 1,175 in Mizoram, 1,679 in Tripura and 1,562 in Manipur
 

The states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Telangana are voting today in a single phase.

The first phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections is set to take place on April 11. A total of 16633 polling stations have been set up. Campaigning for the first phase ended on April 9.

Among the 184 candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections from Arunachal Pradesh, 131 are crorepatis. Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu emerged as the richest.

The security personnel discovered the dilapidated aircraft in a remote location, 30 kms from Roing. The skeleton of the aircraft was completely buried below five feet of snow and covered with thick undergrowth.

During checking by the flying squad team of the Election Commission of India and Income Tax department, Rs 1.8 crore cash was recovered from the vehicle bearing registration number AR-01K-0009

The Arunachal Pradesh chief electoral officer added that the Election Commission will officially declare the two BJP candidates as having won without a contest only after the last date of withdrawal of nomination papers on March 28

To understand, why the Modi government deserves distinction, one should first take note that the region is at least 30 years behind the Indian growth story. It means the benefits of liberalisation more or less bypassed them.

The RSS-backed rights body Legal Rights Observatory (LRO) has moved the Election Commission of India (ECI) against the Arunachal Pradesh Christian Revival Church Council (APCRCC) for rallying voters to vote for a particular candidate on religious grounds in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Almost 30,000 “incorrect” world maps, showing Taiwan as a separate country and “wrong” depiction of the India-China border, were destroyed by the customs authorities in Qingdao province, claimed a Chinese media.