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

After 21 Years in the Shadows, an NSCN-K (Angmai) Militant Walks Out and Surrenders in Longding

After 21 Years in the Shadows, an NSCN-K (Angmai) Militant Walks Out and Surrenders in Longding

He carried a gun for over two decades. On Saturday, he laid it down. A Village Boy Who Chose the Wrong Path Pongngoi Wangnowham is 37 years old. He is a resident of Kamkah village in Longding district, Arunachal Pradesh. And according to officials, he first joined the banned NSCN-K (Angmai) outfit back in 2005 … Read more

AAPSU Gives Minister Dukam a 12-Hour Ultimatum: Apologise or Face Our Wrath

AAPSU Gives Minister Dukam a 12-Hour Ultimatum: Apologise or Face Our Wrath

When a minister who’s supposed to lead the charge on reservation reform starts sounding like the opposition — people notice. And in Arunachal Pradesh, the students’ union has had enough. The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) came out swinging on July 11, issuing a sharp public rebuke against Minister Nyato Dukam over his recent … Read more

Banking Can’t Stop at the City Gates: Arunachal Governor Pushes for Financial Access in Every Remote Village

Banking Can't Stop at the City Gates: Arunachal Governor Pushes for Financial Access in Every Remote Village

In a state where some villages are days away from the nearest town, getting a bank account shouldn’t feel like climbing a mountain — but for many in Arunachal Pradesh, it still does. Arunachal Pradesh Governor KT Parnaik made that reality the centre of his conversation on July 11 when he sat down with Arunachal … Read more

Arunachal Minister’s Honest Warning: The 80:20 Job Quota Could Collapse in Court

Arunachal Minister's Honest Warning: The 80:20 Job Quota Could Collapse in Court

A senior minister has admitted what many quietly feared — the state’s job reservation policy may not survive a legal challenge. And that admission has set off a storm. The Warning Nobody Wanted to Hear Arunachal Pradesh Industries and IPR Minister Nyato Dukam dropped a political bombshell on Friday when he openly cautioned that the … Read more