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
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
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
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
He was just out for an evening walk. That’s all. And yet, by the time the sun had fully set along the Jollang-Rakap road on the outskirts of Itanagar, National Award-winning filmmaker Dominic Sangma was on the receiving end of bamboo sticks wielded by two men in a drunken rage. Police confirmed on September 18 … Read more
From a hilltop temple in Itanagar to the tarmac of Donyi Polo Airport, Arunachal Pradesh lit up for Narendra Modi on Wednesday — and the BJP made sure every corner of the state felt it. September 17 marked the Prime Minister’s 76th birthday, and the Bharatiya Janata Party across Arunachal Pradesh turned the occasion into … Read more
When the Chief Minister of a state walks into a government school, rolls up his sleeves, and joins students in sweeping the grounds, it is hard not to stop and take notice. That is exactly what Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu did on Wednesday, September 17, showing up at Mallo Tarin Government Higher Secondary … Read more
For hundreds of families across Arunachal Pradesh, Saturday wasn’t just another day — it was the day a years-long dispute finally ended without a single lawyer’s fee draining them dry. The National Lok Adalat swept across the state on September 13, and when the day was done, 202 cases had been settled and over Rs … Read more
A video. Just a video shared on social media — and suddenly, the bananas sitting in your fruit basket don’t look quite as innocent anymore. Arunachal Pradesh Police have launched a formal investigation into the alleged use of chemicals to artificially ripen bananas in Naharlagun, after a disturbing clip went viral online and forced authorities … 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
