111 New Teachers. One Big Promise. Arunachal’s Education Just Got Serious.

111 New Teachers. One Big Promise. Arunachal's Education Just Got Serious.

On a day that meant everything to 111 young men and women, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu walked into a ceremony — and walked out having set a new bar for what the state expects from its teachers. A Moment Years in the Making July 16 wasn’t just another government function. Khandu personally handed … 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

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

Floods Swallowed Their Fields, Their Roads, and Their Future — Leparada Cries Out for Help

Floods Swallowed Their Fields, Their Roads, and Their Future — Leparada Cries Out for Help

The rains came. And when they left, they took everything with them. Leparada district in Arunachal Pradesh is picking through the wreckage of a disaster that began on June 28 when a fierce cloudburst ripped through the region, triggering flash floods that swallowed farmland, snapped roads, collapsed bridges, and left entire villages completely cut off … 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

Floods Swallow Army Camp at India-China Border — Kurung Kumey Is Drowning

Floods Swallow Army Camp at India-China Border — Kurung Kumey Is Drowning

The monsoon has hit where it hurts most — right at the edge of India’s frontier. An Army porter camp near Darmu Pass in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district has been completely washed away by flash floods, sending alarm signals from one of the most sensitive stretches of the India-China border. The camp, located at … Read more

Arunachal Is Drowning — Over 1 Lakh Families Hit, 85,000 Hectares of Crops Gone, and Delhi Needs to Wake Up

Arunachal Is Drowning — Over 1 Lakh Families Hit, 85,000 Hectares of Crops Gone, and Delhi Needs to Wake Up

One lakh families. Let that number sink in for a moment. That is not a statistic — that is villages wiped out, harvests destroyed, and lives turned upside down. Arunachal Pradesh is in the grip of one of its worst flood crises in recent memory, and on Monday, Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak stood before … Read more

When Floods Hit, the Nyishi Elite Society Showed Up — With ₹5 Lakh and No Hesitation

When Floods Hit, the Nyishi Elite Society Showed Up — With ₹5 Lakh and No Hesitation

When floodwaters swept through the Hoj-Dakte villages of Papum Pare, homes were lost and families were left scrambling. Days later, one of Arunachal Pradesh’s most prominent community organisations made sure those families knew they weren’t alone. A Community Steps Forward The Nyishi Elite Society (NES) on Tuesday, July 14, donated Rs 5 lakh to support … 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