A UN Map Tried to Erase Arunachal Pradesh from India. Pema Khandu Wasn’t Having It.

A map is never just a map — and when the United Nations published one that placed Arunachal Pradesh outside the borders of India, it set off a storm that reached all the way to the Chief Minister’s office in Itanagar. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu came out swinging on September 10, issuing a … Read more

That Yellow Banana Might Not Be As Natural As You Think — Arunachal Police Launch Probe in Naharlagun

A video clip. That’s all it took to set off a full-blown police investigation in Naharlagun. Arunachal Pradesh Police have launched a formal probe into shocking allegations that chemicals are being used to artificially ripen bananas being sold in the Naharlagun market. The controversy erupted after a video, apparently showing the alleged practice, went viral … Read more

Shut Out: Arunachal Congress Blocked from Meeting VP Radhakrishnan, Party Cries Foul

When the Vice President of India visits your state, you’d expect the principal opposition party to at least get a seat at the table. That didn’t happen in Arunachal Pradesh — and the Congress is furious about it. The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) came out swinging on September 9, publicly protesting what it called … Read more

A Child Was Allegedly Abused. Now, Arunachal’s Women’s Body is Demanding Answers — and Action.

A disturbing video circulating on social media has shaken Arunachal Pradesh, and the Arunachal Pradesh Women’s Welfare Society (APWWS) is making sure it doesn’t get brushed under the rug. The video, which went viral in recent days, purportedly shows an elderly man identified as Biri Tara allegedly abusing a minor girl. The moment it started … Read more

He Kept the Lights On for 38 Years. A Faulty Pole in the Dark Took His Life.

There is something quietly devastating about the way Baramdeo Pandit died — alone, high up on an electricity pole, in the middle of a Sunday night, trying to restore power to villages that probably didn’t even know he was out there. The 57-year-old electrician, posted at the Mebo Power Sub-Station in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Siang … Read more

Over 1,600 Young Dreams Walk Into JNC Pasighat — And the College Is Ready for Them

There’s something quietly electric about the first day of college. The unfamiliar faces, the nervous laughter, the feeling that your life is about to change — and you’re not entirely sure how. On September 8, Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNC) in Pasighat tried to make that moment count, welcoming no fewer than 1,674 freshers at its … Read more

Fifty Years of Democracy in the Hills: Arunachal Assembly Marks a Half-Century with a Session Worth Remembering

It’s not every day that a state pauses to look back at its own history — and this time, Arunachal Pradesh did it from inside its own assembly hall. On September 8, the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly convened its seventh special session of the eighth Assembly in Itanagar, and the occasion could not have been … Read more

An Empty Chair and a Full Legacy: Arunachal Assembly Bids Farewell to Talong Taggu

He was a soldier before he was a politician, and a people’s man long after he stopped being either. On Tuesday, the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly paused its regular proceedings to honour the memory of former MLA Talong Taggu — a man whose life reads like a quiet chapter from the state’s founding story. Taggu … Read more

Sagalee Shuts Down: Students Force a Town to a Standstill Demanding Basic Rights

Life came to an abrupt halt in Sagalee on Tuesday as the All Sagalee Students’ Union (ASSU) threw a 24-hour bandh across the constituency — and this time, they weren’t taking no for an answer. The ASSU called for the shutdown in Sagalee, tucked within Arunachal Pradesh’s Papum Pare district, demanding immediate action on a … Read more

Arunachal Hits the Brakes on New Private Schools — And the Reason Is Long Overdue

No new private school is getting the government’s nod in Arunachal Pradesh. Not now. Not until the rules catch up with reality. That was the clear message from Education Minister Passang Dorjee Sona on Monday when he addressed the first foundation day-cum-scholars’ meet of the Rajiv Gandhi University Research Scholars’ Forum near Itanagar. In what … Read more