Rain Couldn’t Stop Them: 247 NCC Cadets Finish Itanagar Training Camp Against All Monsoon Odds

Rain Couldn't Stop Them: 247 NCC Cadets Finish Itanagar Training Camp Against All Monsoon Odds

When the skies threw everything they had at Arunachal Pradesh this monsoon season, 247 young NCC cadets decided that wasn’t reason enough to stay home. These cadets — drawn from across the state’s remote corners — braved washed-out roads, dangerous detours, and relentless rainfall to make it to Itanagar for the Combined Annual Training Camp … Read more

Give the ALB Road Back to BRO — Arunachal Minister Tells Centre

Give the ALB Road Back to BRO — Arunachal Minister Tells Centre

When thousands of people across seven border districts get cut off from the rest of the world every monsoon, someone in power finally has to speak up. Arunachal’s Law Minister Kento Jini just did. A Letter That Needed to Be Written Arunachal Pradesh Law, Legislative and Justice Minister Kento Jini has written to Union Minister … Read more

Arunachal’s Pencak Silat Warriors Head to Shillong — And They’re Going With a Mission Bigger Than Just a Medal

Arunachal's Pencak Silat Warriors Head to Shillong — And They're Going With a Mission Bigger Than Just a Medal

Twenty-five athletes, coaches, and officials from Arunachal Pradesh are packing their bags for Shillong — and this time, there’s a lot more than a trophy on the line. SAA Steps Up Before the Big Departure The Sports Authority of Arunachal (SAA) gave its full backing to the state’s Pencak Silat contingent before they left for … Read more

A Small School in Arunachal Just Won One of India’s Biggest School Awards — and It Charges Nothing

Nobody pays a rupee to study here. Not a single child. And yet, April Blossom Foundation just walked away with one of the most prestigious school honours in the country. Where It All Started Tucked away at Lekhi Village in Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh, April Blossom Foundation has been quietly doing the kind of work most … Read more

Villages Swallowed by Water: Nari-Koyu’s Worst Flood Crisis in Years Leaves Communities Stranded

Villages Swallowed by Water: Nari-Koyu's Worst Flood Crisis in Years Leaves Communities Stranded

The skies opened on June 28 — and by the time they closed, entire communities in Arunachal Pradesh’s Nari-Koyu region had been swallowed by floodwaters, mud, and silence. Heavy rains triggered massive floods, cloudbursts, and relentless landslides across the 36-Nari-Koyu Assembly Constituency, leaving a trail of destruction that officials say is still being fully counted. … Read more

“Not an Inch Will Be Given”: Arunachal’s New RS MP Tai Tagak Shuts Down China Incursion Buzz, Promises Ground Truth

"Not an Inch Will Be Given": Arunachal's New RS MP Tai Tagak Shuts Down China Incursion Buzz, Promises Ground Truth

Arunachal Pradesh’s freshly elected Rajya Sabha MP landed home on Thursday — and walked straight into a storm of questions about China. <br> A Hero’s Welcome at Hollongi Tai Tagak, who was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha, touched down at Donyi Polo Airport in Hollongi on July 2 to a reception that was anything … Read more

Arunachal’s First-Ever Apatani Fashion Week Is Rewriting What Indian Fashion Looks Like

A small village in Lower Subansiri just did something the country’s biggest fashion capitals haven’t — put indigenous identity front and centre on a runway. The first-ever Apatani Fashion Week kicked off on July 1 at the Siilang Diting Dree Festival Ground in Hija village, Arunachal Pradesh, and the moment felt long overdue. Organised by … Read more

When an MLA Gives Away 7 Months of His Salary, You Stop and Pay Attention

In a state battered by floods and landslides, one legislator decided that words weren’t going to be enough. Phurpa Tsering — Dirang MLA and Advisor to the Public Works Department (PWD) Minister, known affectionately across the region as Awo Phurpa — has donated a full seven months of his salary, totalling Rs 7.5 lakh, to … Read more

Who’s Telling the Truth in Taksing? Arunachal Rights Body Steps In to Find Out

When a tribal community says the Chinese PLA has been creeping into their land for years — and the Indian Army calls it baseless — someone has to ask the uncomfortable question. Now, a rights body has. The standoff between what the Nah Welfare Society (NWS) claims is happening on the ground in Taksing and … Read more

BRO Built a 180-Foot Bridge Where Even Reaching Was a Challenge

Most of us have never heard of Kurung Kumey. And honestly, that’s exactly the problem. Tucked deep inside Arunachal Pradesh, close to the Line of Actual Control, this district has always lived on the edges — not just geographically, but in terms of attention too. No proper roads, no reliable connectivity, and for the people … Read more