For the people living under its shadow, there is no such thing as a routine renewal. On September 25, the Central government quietly issued Gazette notifications extending the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 — better known as AFSPA — across specified areas of Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh for another six months, effective October … Read more
The Chief Minister didn’t just make promises from a podium. He reminded everyone that he was once sitting exactly where those students are. Itanagar, September 10 — There was something different about the way Pema Khandu spoke on Wednesday. Standing before bright-eyed students, proud parents, and a room full of educators at the state-level Golden … Read more
The Chief Minister didn’t just show up to hand out awards. He showed up as a former government school student who still remembers what it felt like to sit in those classrooms. Itanagar, September 10 — There was a moment at Wednesday’s Golden Jubilee Meritorious Students’ Awards ceremony that stood out from the usual applause … Read more
A frontier state just gave its young people a runway — and a responsibility. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday officially inaugurated the newly constructed NCC Academy Complex at Pasighat, East Siang district, calling it far more than just a building. It’s a statement. In a state that shares sensitive borders and carries … Read more
Twenty-seven years on, the valley still remembers. And it refuses to forget. On Sunday, July 26, the Subansiri Valley in Arunachal Pradesh fell into a quiet kind of reverence — the kind that only comes when a community pauses, together, to honour those who never came home. Kargil Vijay Diwas was observed across the valley … Read more
When the mountains keep you cut off from the world, it means everything when the world finds a way to reach you. That’s exactly what the Indian Army did in Tuting — one of Arunachal Pradesh’s most remote border pockets — when the SpearHead Division under Spear Corps organised the Shaurya Sambandh Veterans Outreach programme. … Read more
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
