Tricolour Flies High at Lok Bhavan: Governor Parnaik Reminds Arunachal That Freedom Was Never Free

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Itanagar didn’t just celebrate 80 years of independence on Friday — it felt every one of them. At Lok Bhavan in the state capital, Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen KT Parnaik (Retd.) unfurled the Tricolour to mark India’s 80th Independence Day, as the Echo Company of the 33rd Battalion of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police presented … Read more

AAPSU’s Bold March to Taksing: Students Take India’s Border Concerns Into Their Own Hands

When students put on their boots and start walking toward one of India’s most remote frontier villages, you know the message they’re sending goes far beyond a press release. On August 13, the All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) launched a two-day march to Taksing, a frontier village tucked deep in the Upper Subansiri district, … Read more

“Assam Is Our Elder Brother”: Arunachal Minister Mama Natung Reaches Across the Border With a Message of Peace

"Assam Is Our Elder Brother": Arunachal Minister Mama Natung Reaches Across the Border With a Message of Peace

There’s something quietly powerful about a minister choosing the language of family over the language of dispute. Amid renewed tensions along the Arunachal Pradesh–Assam border, state Home and Border Affairs Minister Mama Natung stood up on July 26 and said something most politicians wouldn’t dare — that Assam is the “elder brother,” and Arunachal, like … Read more

“Nobody Was There” — Woman’s Emergency Visit to Monigong PHC Exposes Glaring Gaps in Arunachal’s Border Healthcare

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When a woman walked into the Monigong Primary Health Centre in Arunachal Pradesh’s Shi-Yomi district seeking emergency care, she found what many in the region have quietly feared for years — an absent staff and a facility that could not deliver when it mattered most. A Desperate Visit, An Empty Centre The incident, which has … Read more

Chowna Mein Puts Officials on Notice: No More Delays in Arunachal’s Central Schemes

Chowna Mein Puts Officials on Notice: No More Delays in Arunachal's Central Schemes

Border villages are watching. Funds are sitting unused. And Arunachal’s Deputy CM just made it very clear — that stops now. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein called a marathon review meeting at the Civil Secretariat in Itanagar on July 16, taking stock of the physical and financial progress of some of the most critical centrally-sponsored … Read more

Where Soldiers Meet Villagers: Army’s Bond With Arunachal’s Border Communities Gets CM’s Praise

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There are borders drawn on maps, and then there are borders held together by people. In Arunachal Pradesh, it’s increasingly looking like the Indian Army understands the difference. Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday took to X to spotlight something that often goes unnoticed in the noise of national security debates — the quiet, ground-level … Read more

No More Delays: Arunachal Minister Tells Officials to Get Rural Roads Done — Now

No More Delays: Arunachal Minister Tells Officials to Get Rural Roads Done — Now

Roads that don’t exist on the ground can’t exist only on paper. That seems to be the clear message Arunachal Pradesh Rural Works Minister Passang Dorjee Sona sent out on July 8, when he sat down with officials and made one thing absolutely clear — the waiting is over. A Review That Meant Business Minister … Read more

BRO Built a 180-Foot Bridge Where Even Reaching Was a Challenge

Most of us have never heard of Kurung Kumey. And honestly, that’s exactly the problem. Tucked deep inside Arunachal Pradesh, close to the Line of Actual Control, this district has always lived on the edges — not just geographically, but in terms of attention too. No proper roads, no reliable connectivity, and for the people … Read more