Arunachal is like any other Indian state: Rahul

October 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - Reiterating India's stand, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh was a constitutional right as the state was an "integral part" of India. Asked for his reaction to China's objection over the prime minister's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Mukherjee said: "The prime minister can definitely visit the state for campaigning or any other purpose." "I too visited Arunachal Pradesh for campaigning and considered it as a legitimate right.

October 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - A day after China renewed its claim on Arunachal Pradesh, the US envoy to India Timothy J. Roemer Wednesday said Washington respected the process and outcome of the elections in the northeastern state while being confident that the two nations would resolve the issue peacefully.

October 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - A day after China renewed its claim on Arunachal Pradesh, the US envoy to India Timothy J. Roemer Wednesday said it respected the process and outcome of the elections in the northeastern state.

October 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI/BEIJING - India Tuesday rejected China's protest against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, whose ownership is disputed by Beijing, with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee describing it as nothing new and the government expressing disappointment. "It is nothing new.

October 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday saw "nothing new" in China's objection to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh. It is nothing new.

October 13th, 2009 BEIJING - China Tuesday expressed "strong dissatisfaction" over Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, a state whose ownership they dispute. "China is strongly dissatisfied with the visit to the disputed region by the Indian leader disregarding China's serious concerns," Xinhua quoted Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu as saying.

October 13th, 2009 ITANAGAR - Indian lawmakers Tuesday slammed Beijing for criticizing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, the latest hiccup between the Asian neighbours after reports of Chinese incursions and Indian troop build up along the borders. "It is simply blasphemous on the part of China to oppose or express dissatisfaction over the visit of our prime minister to Arunachal Pradesh," Takam Sanjay, a ruling Congress MP in the Lok Sabha from Arunachal Pradesh, told IANS.

October 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Sunday expressed satisfaction over the immediate action the Arunachal Pradesh administration has taken against unregistered motorcycles and vehicle, which were allegedly given free of cost to voters in the state on a large scale. Elections to the Arunachal Pradesh state assembly are to be held on Oct 13.

September 27th, 2009 ITANAGAR - Two major allies of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre are raking up the Chinese incursion issue in the run up to the assembly elections in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh even as Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu maintains that Chinese claims over the state are baseless. Elections to the 60-member legislature are scheduled for Oct 13, although voting would be for just 57 seats with three candidates already declared elected unopposed.

September 24th, 2009 TAWANG - Buddhist monks have been holding special prayers here for the safe visit of the Dalai Lama to India's frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh after China objected to the Tibetan spiritual leader's proposed trip, religious leaders Thursday said. "We are holding daily prayers so that the Dalai Lama's visit passes off peacefully," J.P.

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday dismissed China's objections to the Dalai Lama's proposed visit to Arunachal Pradesh later this year, and said that the Tibetan leader is free to go anywhere in India.

September 15th, 2009 ITANAGAR - The government in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh Tuesday urged New Delhi to act tough on Chinese claims over the state and snub Beijing's opposition to Dalai Lama's proposed visit to the region. Chinese claims over Arunachal Pradesh are simply baseless and not correct.

September 10th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has planned a visit to Arunachal Pradesh in the second week of November, an aide said Thursday. The Dalai Lama had to cancel his visit to the state last year after the Indian government refused to grant him permission.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Assembly polls in the three Congress-ruled states of Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will be held simultaneously Oct 13, the Election Commission announced Monday. The counting of votes will take place nine days later, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla told reporters here.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - It will be young Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's first visit to Sikkim and even the party's rivals are rolling out the red carpet. Luizinho Faleiro, the Congress in-charge for Sikkim, Tuesday said Rahul Gandhi was likely to campaign for the party in state capital Gangtok April 25.