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When an MP Walks In, Not for a Photo-Op, But With Mattresses and a Promise

When an MP Walks In, Not for a Photo-Op, But With Mattresses and a Promise

A Rajya Sabha MP showed up at a children’s home in Ziro — not with a bunch of cameras and empty speeches, but with blankets, fruits, and what seemed like a genuine heart. A Quiet Corner of Ziro That Needed Attention Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak visited the Mothers Home-cum-Achukuru Children’s Home in Ziro on … Read more

Villages Pick Up Shovels — Mebo’s Green Mission Shows How Real Change Happens From the Ground Up

Villages Pick Up Shovels — Mebo's Green Mission Shows How Real Change Happens From the Ground Up

When politicians and locals show up together with saplings in hand, you know something different is going on. On Sunday, July 5, Mebo MLA Oken Tayeng didn’t just give a speech about the environment — he led one of the most visible plantation drives East Siang district has seen this season, heading deep into Ayeng … Read more

Drums, Dances and Divine Prayers — Arunachal’s Dree Festival Puts Apatani Culture in the Spotlight

Drums, Dances and Divine Prayers — Arunachal's Dree Festival Puts Apatani Culture in the Spotlight

When an entire valley stops to pray for rain and rice, you know it’s not just a festival — it’s a way of life. The Apatani community came alive across Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday, July 5, as the annual Dree Festival was celebrated with stunning cultural energy and deep-rooted devotion. The biggest gatherings lit up … Read more

CM Pema Khandu Joins Dree Celebrations, Prays for Rain, Crops and Prosperity Across Arunachal

CM Pema Khandu Joins Dree Celebrations, Prays for Rain, Crops and Prosperity Across Arunachal

The Ziro Valley is alive with prayer and festivity — and this time, the Chief Minister’s voice rang out the loudest. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Sunday extended his heartfelt greetings to the Apatani community on the occasion of the Dree Festival, one of the most deeply rooted agricultural celebrations in the Northeast. … Read more

Pema Khandu Remembers Swami Vivekananda — “The Man Who Gave India Back Its Confidence”

Pema Khandu Remembers Swami Vivekananda — "The Man Who Gave India Back Its Confidence"

On Vivekananda’s death anniversary, Arunachal Pradesh’s top leadership paused to remember a monk who changed how the world saw India — and why that still matters today. There’s something quietly powerful about a sitting Chief Minister taking a moment, in the middle of governing a complex frontier state, to bow before a 19th-century monk. That’s … Read more

Arunachal Breathes Easy — But the Wounds Are Far From Healed

Arunachal Breathes Easy — But the Wounds Are Far From Healed

The skies above Arunachal Pradesh finally gave some respite on Saturday. After days of relentless rain, flash floods and landslides that tore through the state, July 4 brought a quieter 24 hours — no fresh deaths, no major new damage reported. For a state that has been battered since late June, even a single calm … Read more

When Roads Disappear, the Sky Becomes the Only Road — Arunachal Airlifts Hope to Flood-Stranded Villages

When Roads Disappear, the Sky Becomes the Only Road — Arunachal Airlifts Hope to Flood-Stranded Villages

Twelve villages. No bridges. No road. And a helicopter carrying the last line of hope. That’s the ground reality in Lower Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh right now, where flash floods and massive landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have cut off remote communities from the rest of the state. The Arunachal Pradesh government didn’t wait … Read more

One Rule for All Won’t Work Here — Arunachal’s Ojing Tasing Tells Centre

One Rule for All Won’t Work Here — Arunachal’s Ojing Tasing Tells Centre

When a state has villages tucked between mountain ridges with no roads and barely any connectivity, governance can’t be copy-pasted from a policy handbook. Arunachal Pradesh’s Panchayati Raj Minister Ojing Tasing made that exact point — and he didn’t mince words. A Voice from the Hills at a National Table On July 3, Tasing stood … Read more

RGU Finally Gets a VC — But Students Say APU Can’t Wait Anymore

RGU Finally Gets a VC — But Students Say APU Can’t Wait Anymore

Two years of leadership vacuum at Arunachal’s only central university just came to an end. Now, students want the same urgency applied to the state university sitting in limbo. AAPSU Breaks Its Silence — With Applause and a Warning The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) came out strongly on Friday, welcoming the Union government’s … Read more