Chowna Mein Seeks Special Economic Package for Arunachal, Citing High Costs and Difficult Terrain

Arunachal Pradesh is asking the Centre for a financial package tailored to the realities of one of India’s most geographically challenging states, with Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein making the demand at a major national finance conference in New Delhi. Mein raised the issue on the opening day of the two-day conference, Financing India’s Journey … Read more

IIT Delhi, KPMP 2040 Join Hands to Explore Research and Technology for Keyi Panyor’s Future

NEW DELHI, September 19: A new collaboration between IIT Delhi and the Keyi Panyor Mission Plan (KPMP) 2040 is set to bring research, technology and institutional expertise closer to one of Arunachal Pradesh’s newest districts. The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and KPMP 2040 have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to begin the process … Read more

NPP Team Visits Taraso Border Area, Seeks Urgent Action on Long-Running Assam-Arunachal Dispute

ITANAGAR, September 19, 2026: A National People’s Party (NPP) team from Arunachal Pradesh has carried out a ground verification of the interstate boundary situation at Taraso, meeting village elders and farmers whose land and daily lives have been affected by restrictions in the disputed area. The visit comes amid continuing concerns over the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh … Read more

DNGC Arts Club Welcomes New Members with a Day of Creativity, Discipline and Fresh Ideas

ITANAGAR, September 19: A new group of student artists found more than just a formal welcome at Dera Natung Government College on Saturday. They found a space where creativity, discipline and even neuroscience came together as the college’s Arts Club held an orientation programme for its newly inducted members. Organised by the Arts Club of … Read more

Oyster Mushroom Demo in Manchal Opens New Livelihood Possibilities for Rural Families

MANCHAL, Sept 19: A practical demonstration on oyster mushroom cultivation in Manchal has put a simple agricultural idea in the spotlight — one that could help rural families turn small spaces and farm waste into an additional source of income. The Anjaw Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) organised the hands-on programme on Saturday with the aim … Read more

Arunachal Researchers Turn to AI as RIWATCH Workshop Focuses on Preserving Languages and Culture

KHINJILI, LOWER DIBANG VALLEY, Sept 19: Technology is rapidly changing the way knowledge is recorded, and in Arunachal Pradesh, researchers are now looking at how artificial intelligence can help protect something far older — the state’s diverse languages and cultural traditions. A two-day workshop-cum-training programme on “Digital Archiving, Linguistic Tools and AI Applications in Linguistic … Read more

Drugs, Early Marriage, Online Games: Balemu Gets a Hard Talk on Child Safety

It is comforting to believe that child abuse, drug trouble and early marriage belong to bigger towns and other people’s families. On Friday, a gathering at Balemu village in West Kameng district heard that this comfort is misplaced. The Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR) took its sensitisation programme to the … Read more

A Hospital Is Not a Battleground: Niba Hospital Seeks Probe After Morning Clash in Itanagar

Nobody walks into a hospital expecting a fight. Yet at around half past seven on Friday morning, the calm inside Niba Hospital in Itanagar’s Papunalah area came apart. Two groups, still unidentified, got into a physical fight on the premises, in a place where sick people and their anxious families were simply trying to get … Read more

National Award-Winning Filmmaker Beaten With a Stick. FTII Itanagar Shuts Down.

When students at the Film and Television Institute of India in Itanagar stepped out for a routine academic assignment last Tuesday evening, none of them expected the night to end in blood and bruises. But that is exactly what happened — and now, the institute has ground to a complete halt. On the evening of … Read more

Where Roots Run Deep: MP Tai Tagak Visits Ziro’s Indigenous Gurukul, Stands Behind a School That Teaches Children Who They Are

In the quiet green valleys of Ziro, there is a school that doesn’t just teach children what to learn — it teaches them who they are. Rajya Sabha MP Tai Tagak visited the Miji Migumn Yarko on September 18, a one-of-a-kind indigenous residential school nestled in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Subansiri district. And the visit was … Read more