Bullet in the Dark: Woman Shot in Knee as Assam Rifles Clash With Militants Near Namsai’s Reserve Forest

Bullet in the Dark: Woman Shot in Knee as Assam Rifles Clash With Militants Near Namsai's Reserve Forest

A quiet Friday night along the edge of Tengapani Reserve Forest turned violent — and a 30-year-old woman from a small village in Namsai district is now nursing a bullet wound to her left knee. When the Forest Becomes a Battlefield At around 9:15 PM on July 17, an exchange of fire broke out between … Read more

Arunachal Goes All In: CM Khandu’s Cabinet Drops Major Moves on Health and Drugs in One Day

Arunachal Goes All In: CM Khandu's Cabinet Drops Major Moves on Health and Drugs in One Day

The Arunachal Pradesh government just made it clear — it is no longer willing to treat healthcare and drug abuse as two separate problems. In a packed Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pema Khandu on July 17, the state approved three sweeping initiatives that could genuinely reshape how Arunachal handles public health. It was … Read more

Arunachal Assembly Panel Loses Patience — Pulls Up Government Departments Over Broken Promises

Arunachal Assembly Panel Loses Patience — Pulls Up Government Departments Over Broken Promises

Promises made on the floor of the House aren’t just words — and the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly’s Government Assurances Committee made that very clear on Wednesday. The Committee That Won’t Look Away The Committee on Government Assurances (GAC), chaired by MLA Laisam Simai, held its fifth sitting of the Eighth Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly … Read more

Chowna Mein Puts Departments on Notice: Arunachal’s ₹36,607-Crore Budget Must Deliver — Now

Chowna Mein Puts Departments on Notice: Arunachal's ₹36,607-Crore Budget Must Deliver — Now

Announcements on paper mean nothing if the ground doesn’t see the change. Arunachal Pradesh’s Deputy CM made that crystal clear on Thursday. No More Delays on the Budget Front Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein didn’t mince words at a high-level review meeting on July 16. Chairing the meeting, Mein — who also holds the finance … Read more

Pema Khandu Calls All Football Fans to IG Park — The FIFA Final Party Itanagar Didn’t Know It Needed

Pema Khandu Calls All Football Fans to IG Park — The FIFA Final Party Itanagar Didn't Know It Needed

Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister is turning the World Cup final into a full-blown community celebration, and entry is absolutely free. The FIFA World Cup 2026 final is four days away, and most people in Arunachal are probably already setting alarms for the early-morning kick-off. But Pema Khandu wants you doing more than watching alone on … Read more

No More Delays: Deputy CM Chowna Mein Puts Arunachal’s Budget Promises Under the Microscope

No More Delays: Deputy CM Chowna Mein Puts Arunachal's Budget Promises Under the Microscope

Sitting on a Rs 36,607-crore budget and watching it collect dust was never going to be an option — and Chowna Mein made that crystal clear. The Man with Two Hats Means Business Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, who also holds the finance portfolio, called departments to account on Wednesday in a pointed … Read more

NH-13 Goes Dark: Landslide Cuts Off Pakke Kessang, Stranding Hundreds on the Itanagar–Seppa Route

NH-13 Goes Dark: Landslide Cuts Off Pakke Kessang, Stranding Hundreds on the Itanagar–Seppa Route

The highway didn’t just close — it disappeared under a wall of mud and debris. A massive landslide came crashing down on National Highway-13 at Pakro village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Pakke Kessang district on July 15, severing road connectivity between Sagalee and Seppa and throwing the entire Itanagar–Seppa travel corridor into chaos. Those who depend … Read more

Arunachal’s Rivers Are About to Power Homes — And Norway Is Making It Happen

Arunachal's Rivers Are About to Power Homes — And Norway Is Making It Happen

Arunachal Pradesh just wrote its name into India’s clean energy history books, and honestly, it was only a matter of time. A Deal That Changes Everything The Arunachal Pradesh government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Norway’s Tidal Sail AS on July 14 to set up a 500 kW River Kinetic Energy Demonstration Project — … Read more

Knife, a File Cover, and ₹13 Lakh Gone in Minutes — Itanagar Police Crack the Gandhi Market Heist

Knife, a File Cover, and ₹13 Lakh Gone in Minutes — Itanagar Police Crack the Gandhi Market Heist

Three weeks, 500 hours of CCTV footage, and a chase stretching across two states. That’s what it took for Itanagar Police to finally nail the three men who walked into a busy market shop in broad daylight and walked out richer by ₹13 lakh. A Robbery Hidden in Plain Sight It was an ordinary Sunday … Read more

Three Boys Went to the River for a Bath. Two Have Come Back Dead. One Is Still Out There.

Three Boys Went to the River for a Bath. Two Have Come Back Dead. One Is Still Out There.

It started as an ordinary Saturday afternoon. Three young schoolboys, hostel students in Deomali, had been given permission to step out for haircuts. Instead, they ended up at the Chatjo River. By sundown, one was already gone. By Monday, a second body had been pulled from the current. And somewhere downstream, 12-year-old Phosam Wangno is … Read more